S05E01 · SCENE 3/23 · 03:07
More with Less · Interview room
Bunk on big lies and gullible Americans

Bunk reflects that the biggest lies get believed.

03:07→05:26
in the episode · 2m 19s · S05E01

What happens

03:07–05:26

After the confession Bunk notes that the bigger the lie, the more people believe it. The detectives relish how easily the trick worked.

WhereInterview room
DriverBunk Moreland
Positionact1 · aftermath
ThreadStanfield surveillance and pay woes

Key lines

from this scene
03:08

Lie. You Iying motherfucker.

03:25

He just a bitch, is aII.

03:35

The bigger the Iie, the more they beIieve.

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Beats

03:35Bunk says the bigger the lie the more they believe

Scene in the episode

03:07–05:26
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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