S03E08 · SCENE 26/36 · 36:19
Moral Midgetry · car driving near Hamsterdam
Marlo's crew scouts Hamsterdam

Marlo's crew observes the open-air drug market from a car.

36:19→37:49
in the episode · 1m 30s · S03E08

What happens

36:19–37:49

Marlo and his men drive by Hamsterdam, noting the lack of police presence and the open drug dealing. They discuss whether it's a setup but decide to leave.

Wherecar driving near Hamsterdam
DriverMarlo
Positionact3 · complication
ThreadStringer business conflicts

Key lines

from this scene
36:34

Can you believe this?

36:37

No muscle, it's all out in the open.

37:07

l'm gonna tell you, boy, you better keep your head back in the game or you gonna land us both in the pokey.

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Beats

36:20Marlo's crew scouts Hamsterdam
37:04They decide to leave

Scene in the episode

36:19–37:49
A · Carcetti political maneuvering
B · Colvin Hamsterdam experiment
C · MCU phone tracking

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