S03E08 · SCENE 3/36 · 05:02
Moral Midgetry · Hamsterdam and surrounding streets
Colvin shows Deacon Hamsterdam
Colvin tours the Deacon through cleaned-up areas and the drug market.
05:02→07:48
in the episode · 2m 46s · S03E08
What happens
05:02–07:48Colvin shows the Deacon the quiet streets and then Hamsterdam. Dealers complain about stick-up crews. Colvin suggests paying unemployed lookouts as auxiliary cops to neutralize threats. The Deacon is disgusted and questions Colvin's scheme.
Key lines
from this scene05:30You want to make a complaint to us that you were selling drugs -and someone took your money? -Fuck, yes.
05:59lt'd be nice to know who's buying all those cell phones, though.
07:38What in God's name did you do here?
07:42WMD. Got that WMD.
Scene DNA
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Beats
05:03Colvin shows quiet streets
07:38Deacon asks what Colvin did
Scene in the episode
05:02–07:48A · Carcetti political maneuvering
C · MCU phone tracking
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