S03E08 · SCENE 17/36 · 23:45
Moral Midgetry · Sheriff's office
Sheriff provides parking lot tape

The sheriff offers surveillance tape from BaBa Jani's parking lot.

23:45→25:14
in the episode · 1m 29s · S03E08

What happens

23:45–25:14

The sheriff explains BaBa Jani's problem with school kids and grainy tape. He says his insurance man Bob has a camera on the parking lot. He can get a copy of that tape for McNulty in the morning. McNulty's partner is called an asshole.

WhereSheriff's office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadStringer business conflicts

Key lines

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23:46

-East Side wasn't ready for us, huh? -That's what l'm saying.

24:28

l can get a copy of that for you in the morning.

24:37

Bit of an asshole.

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Scene DNA

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investigation0.8
cheerful0.6
coincidence0.5
deadpan0.5
rapid back and forth

Beats

23:46Sheriff explains tape issue
24:41McNulty gets lead

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23:45–25:14
A · Carcetti political maneuvering
B · Colvin Hamsterdam experiment
C · MCU phone tracking

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