Bunk taunts Fredericks about Monell · More with Less

S05E01 · SCENE 1/23 · 00:09

More with Less · Interview room

Bunk taunts Fredericks about Monell

Bunk needles a silent suspect by claiming his partner has already talked and bought him a meal.

00:09→01:41

in the episode · 1m 32s · S05E01

▶ Watch this scene on YouTube

What happens

00:09–01:41

Bunk lectures Fredericks that silence is no shield when a partner is talking. He invents a friendly trip to McDonald's to suggest Monell is cooperating. The bluff sets up the lie-detector trap.

WhereInterview room

DriverBunk Moreland

Positioncold_open · setup

ThreadStanfield surveillance and pay woes

Key lines

from this scene

00:38
When your own fuckin' running partner ain't in the next room, putting you in.

01:11
That's how your boy roII, right?

01:32
MarneII, what the fuck?

More quotes on the The Wire Wiki →

Scene DNA

weights 0–1

interrogation2.0

deal1.0

menacing1.0

deadpan1.0

monologue

Beats

00:56Bunk claims Monell was helpful at McDonald's

Scene in the episode

00:09–01:41

A · Pookie murder interrogation

2 22

B · Stanfield surveillance and pay woes

1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20

C · Michael's corner and Bug

D · Newsroom and city politics

16 17 21 23 24

Clips from this episode

fan uploads · YouTube · matched by frame

Includes this scene · The Wire | The Machine Tells The Tale · WireFans

The Wire - McNulty And Keema Watch Marlo · Brandan Hicks

The Wire Season 5 - Nerese Campbell rages · Boolean Infernus

Scene 2 →Copy machine lie detector confession

Who's in it

—

Collect it

eBay

Merch on Amazon

People search for

“detective bluffs suspect with fake partner betrayal”“interrogation scene where cop lies about accomplice”

FMore with LessFull plot & trivia on the The Wire WikiOPEN ↗WMore with LessWikipediaOPEN ↗