S05E01 · SCENE 8/23 · 10:30
More with Less · Mayor's office
Police briefing on cuts and motor pool

Sergeants and officers gripe about pay cuts and car shortages during a roll call briefing.

10:30→11:56
in the episode · 1m 26s · S05E01

What happens

10:30–11:56

The sergeant tries to hold morale together while officers complain about pay and broken cars. A dispute over a car's condition escalates. The sergeant admits morale is gone.

WhereMayor's office
DriverOfficer Brown
Positionact2 · complication
ThreadStanfield surveillance and pay woes

Key lines

from this scene
10:31

You guys got the eyebaII. AII good, Lester. It's aII good.

11:20

You're the one whining Iike a IittIe bitch, Bobby.

11:28

As SIC shouId I stop this?

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Scene DNA

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negotiation1.0
petty grievance1.0
angry1.0
tense1.0
argument

Beats

11:15Mayor says the investigation may be suspended

Scene in the episode

10:30–11:56
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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