S05E01 · SCENE 15/23 · 17:55
Newsroom reporter covers fire and zoning

At the paper, reporters juggle a burnt-doll fire photo and a zoning story tied to Ricardo Hendrix.

17:55→21:52
in the episode · 3m 57s · S05E01

What happens

17:55–21:52

Editors fret over a fire photo with a burnt doll and a counsel vote on the homeless ordinance. Alma is assigned to investigate Hendrix's property swap. Editors send reporters to chase the story.

WhereBar
DriverGus Haynes
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadStanfield surveillance and pay woes

Key lines

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19:31

Guess I ain't in the Ioop.

20:13

Budget officer caIIed an hour ago teIIing us to reIieve coIoneIs and beIow of take-home vehicIes.

20:40

OK. The IittIe man bringing it.

21:36

Before he get home, time is your own.

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Scene DNA

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rapid back and forth

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19:01Freamon jokes about robbing a liquor store

Scene in the episode

17:55–21:52
A · Pookie murder interrogation
B · Stanfield surveillance and pay woes
C · Michael's corner and Bug
D · Newsroom and city politics

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Scott TempletonTom McCarthy10 episodes · drives 5 scenes

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