S04E06 · SCENE 15/22 · 19:30
Margin of Error · Police Station
Burrell Intervenes and Prez Helps Duquan

Commissioner Burrell blocks the Braddock investigation; Prezbo helps Duquan shower.

19:30→20:50
in the episode · 1m 20s · S04E06

What happens

19:30–20:50

Commissioner Burrell orders Norris and Greggs to election duty, delaying the investigation until after the primary. Prezbo takes Duquan aside, offering to let him shower early at school and wash his dirty clothes.

WherePolice Station
DriverCommissioner Burrell
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadCarcetti's Mayoral Campaign

Key lines

from this scene
19:41

asking why one day before the primary our detectives were trying to writ out a jailhouse snitch.

19:56

lf Braddock was killed because he was a witness and we break the case one day before the primary,

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Scene DNA

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scheme0.8
deadpan0.7
tense0.3
betrayal0.2

Beats

19:34Burrell mentions Demper's visit.
20:29Norris and Greggs are assigned to election duty.

Scene in the episode

19:30–20:50
A · Carcetti's Mayoral Campaign
B · Barksdale Remnants
C · Major Crimes Unit
D · School and Street Kids

Clips from this episode

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"Margin of error" Best Quote from Season 4 Episode 6 of "The Wire" · The Wire Stripped Podcast

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Roland PryzbylewskiJim True-Frost52 episodes · drives 24 scenes
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Duquan WeemsJermaine Crawford23 episodes · drives 3 scenes

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