S03E08 · SCENE 18/36 · 25:14
Officers debate Hamsterdam over beers

Colicchio calls Hamsterdam moral midgetry while Carver defends Colvin.

25:14→25:25
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What happens

25:14–25:25

Colicchio, Herc, Carver, and Garrick discuss Colvin's project over beers. Colicchio calls it moral midgetry and a heartbreaker. Carver says Colvin has earned the right to try after 30 years. Herc says it's on borrowed time. Colicchio is skeptical it will end.

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DriverEllis Carver
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadColvin Hamsterdam experiment

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25:15

Yeah, right hand up.

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Beats

25:15Colicchio criticizes Hamsterdam
26:31Carver defends Colvin

Scene in the episode

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

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Anthony ColicchioBenjamin Busch20 episodes · drives 3 scenes
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Ellis CarverSeth Gilliam59 episodes · drives 6 scenes

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