S04E05 · SCENE 14/21 · 35:15
Alliances · Homicide office
Detective Reassignment and Press Conference

A detective is reassigned and a press conference is announced.

35:15→36:21
in the episode · 1m 06s · S04E05

What happens

35:15–36:21

A detective sergeant discusses reassignment of Norris and a press conference upstairs.

WhereHomicide office
DriverDetective Norris
Positionescalation
ThreadPolice and Political Maneuvering

Key lines

from this scene
35:42

this detective sergeant will still be standing.

35:58

Does the colonel know about this?

36:01

He's in the hospital-- chemo didn't work.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
tense0.6
menacing0.3
misunderstanding0.2
coincidence0.1

Beats

35:16Norris reassigned
36:09Political pressure

Scene in the episode

35:15–36:21
A · School and Classroom Tensions
B · Police and Political Maneuvering
C · Street Violence and Gang Dynamics

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