S03E10 · SCENE 4/39 · 07:07
Reformation · Western District office
Colvin lectures Carver

Colvin tells Carver he is failing as an investigator.

07:07→10:40
in the episode · 3m 33s · S03E10
Colvin lectures Carver

What happens

07:07–10:40

Major Colvin meets with Sergeant Carver, thanking him for loyalty but berating him for lack of confidential informants. Colvin explains that the drug war is not police work and urges Carver to learn his post. Lieutenant Mello interrupts to say a reporter has learned of the free zones.

WhereWestern District office
DriverHoward Colvin
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadColvin's Hamsterdam Falls

Key lines

from this scene
07:17

l bet you won all your motions.

07:24

-You wanted to see me, sir? -Have a seat.

09:59

But don't none of that amount to shit when you talking about protecting the neighborhood, now, do it?

10:35

Meet you at the car.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tense0.7
investigation0.6
social rule violation0.4
sad0.3
monologue

Beats

08:02You've been here over a year now, Carver.
10:29A Sun paper reporter. Been to the free zones, all three of them.

Scene in the episode

07:07–10:40
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

Clips from this episode

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

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Howard ColvinRobert Wisdom28 episodes · drives 20 scenes
EC
Ellis CarverSeth Gilliam59 episodes · drives 6 scenes

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