S03E08 · SCENE 20/36 · 27:59
Moral Midgetry · Pool hall
Cutty hustles Deacon at pool

Cutty wins money from the Deacon in a pool game.

27:59→28:44
in the episode · 0m 45s · S03E08

What happens

27:59–28:44

Cutty plays pool with the Deacon. The Deacon asks if Cutty is hustling or educating. Cutty says tuition will come back tenfold. The Deacon doubles the bet, then triples it. Cutty wins and says he doesn't like taking money from a churchgoing man.

WherePool hall
DriverDennis Cutty Wise
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadColvin Hamsterdam experiment

Key lines

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28:00

Ain't even got a quarter box for the Magic Fingers.

28:06

Maybe you don't need a quarter box for that.

28:09

-For what? -Magic fingers.

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Beats

28:45Cutty hustles Deacon
29:14Cutty wins money

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27:59–28:44
A · Carcetti political maneuvering
B · Colvin Hamsterdam experiment
C · MCU phone tracking

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