S03E10 · SCENE 9/39 · 12:32
Reformation · Hamsterdam
Colvin spins reporter

Colvin convinces reporter to delay story about free zones.

12:32→13:08
in the episode · 0m 36s · S03E10

What happens

12:32–13:08

Colvin meets the reporter at Hamsterdam and spins a story about the free zones being part of an enforcement strategy. The reporter agrees to hold the story for a week.

WhereHamsterdam
DriverHoward Colvin
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadColvin's Hamsterdam Falls

Key lines

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12:49

Now let's listen to an intercept we made of Bodie Broadus when we were up on those payphones a couple of years back.

12:59

-Same voice, no question. -l'll let the judge know.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.7
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deadpan0.4
negotiation0.3
argument

Beats

13:40Look, Command is well aware of the situation.
14:44A week. But then l gotta run something, no matter what.

Scene in the episode

12:32–13:08
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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