S04E06 · SCENE 21/22 · 26:05
Margin of Error · Tilghman Middle School Classroom
Pilot Program Orientation

Students are introduced to the special pilot program as a form of solitary confinement.

26:05→27:24
in the episode · 1m 19s · S04E06
Pilot Program Orientation

What happens

26:05–27:24

The principal explains the pilot program to the selected students, who are told it's mandatory. One student compares it to prison solitary confinement, and the teacher agrees, calling it 'the hole.'

WhereTilghman Middle School Classroom
DriverPrincipal
Positionact2 · setup
ThreadCarcetti's Mayoral Campaign

Key lines

from this scene
26:33

And we outta everybody else' shit.

27:17

This is the hole up in here.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.7
absurd0.3

Beats

26:19Students learn the program is mandatory.
27:12A student calls it solitary confinement.

Scene in the episode

26:05–27:24
A · Carcetti's Mayoral Campaign
B · Barksdale Remnants
C · Major Crimes Unit
D · School and Street Kids

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