S03E10 · SCENE 24/39 · 31:54
Reformation · Police office
Wiretap fails again

Detectives learn wiretap died after 30 hours.

31:54→32:29
in the episode · 0m 35s · S03E10

What happens

31:54–32:29

Detectives report that the wiretap died after just 30 hours. They discuss the high cost per drug call and the need to get back on Bernard's new phones.

WherePolice office
DriverPearlman
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

Key lines

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32:08

Hey, hey, hey, pass it here.

32:26

Got photos, his tags....

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
deadpan0.7
tense0.3

Beats

32:37We were online just shy of 30 hours.

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31:54–32:29
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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The Wire - Lester does business with Bernard · Larry The Killer Clown
The Wire - Lester Freamon crypts numbers like an old-school hustler · vidiia
HBO's "The Wire" (Season 3) - Comstat: Legalised Drugs · hesketh7085
The Wire - This drug thing, this ain't police work. · ConcernedCitizen9

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