S04E11 · SCENE 12/38 · 20:06
A New Day · City departments
Carcetti tests departments

Carcetti visits city departments, giving vague orders to spur action without locations.

20:06→22:07
in the episode · 2m 01s · S04E11

What happens

20:06–22:07

Carcetti visits public works, parks, and water departments. He gives vague orders about an abandoned car, a hazardous playground, and a leaking hydrant without locations, spurring frantic activity.

WhereCity departments
DriverMayor Tommy Carcetti
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadBoys revenge on Walker

Key lines

from this scene
20:25

Get the fucking trucks moving!

21:14

But that won't be enough for the ministers, not by a long shot.

21:24

Am l the only one that knows how to play this game?

21:31

Let's go, get that hydrant sealed.

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Scene DNA

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scheme1.0
petty grievance1.0
rapid back and forth

Beats

20:18Carcetti orders tow without location
20:52Carcetti repeats trick with hydrant

Scene in the episode

20:06–22:07
B · Bubbles and Sherrod reunion
C · Politics and police reform
D · Omar targets Prop Joe

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The Wire - Bunk Is Furious At Herc · masterofceremonies1
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