S05E02 · SCENE 13/32 · 28:36
Unconfirmed Reports · prison visiting room
Marlo meets with Avon in prison

Marlo meets with Avon Barksdale in prison to discuss getting to the Greeks through the Russians.

28:36→31:11
in the episode · 2m 35s · S05E02
Marlo meets with Avon in prison

What happens

28:36–31:11

Marlo meets with Avon Barksdale in prison. Avon explains he is the authority figure and Marlo needs to go through him to reach the Russians and the Greeks. Avon demands $100,000 for his sister.

Whereprison visiting room
DriverMarlo Stanfield
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMcNulty fake serial killer

Key lines

from this scene
29:17

I teII him, ''HeII, yeah, I know MarIo reaI weII.'' You know? Over Westside, everybody know everybody, right?

30:26

A hundred Iarge, huh?

30:32

The game is the game.

31:05

They're getting sIoppy, Jimmy, especiaIIy now they think we've backed away.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
menacing0.7
negotiation0.6
scheme0.4
tense0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

28:37Marlo meets Avon in prison
30:36Avon says the game is the game

Scene in the episode

28:36–31:11
A · Bubbles recovery journey
B · Clay Davis investigation
C · Marlo Stanfield operations

Clips from this episode

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Includes this scene · Avon Barksdale confronts Marlo Stanfield in prison (The Wire) · The Wire Stripped Podcast
Includes this scene · The Wire - Avon And Marlo Meet · allmightantdawgs
The Wire - S5E2 - Unconfirmed Reports · Culture Screen
vlcrecord-2013-04-26-23h46m42s-The Wire Season 5 Episode 02 - Unconfirmed Reports.avi- · James Declanio
The Wire - Detective Mcnulty Stages a Murder · Brandan Hicks
The Wire - "In B-more, we aim to hit, ya heard?" · Justin Zhang
The Wire - Marlo's Back in the Game · ZipTartarWarrior

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MS
Marlo StanfieldJamie Hector35 episodes · drives 36 scenes
AB
Avon Barksdale41 episodes · drives 44 scenes
SM
Sergei Malatov13 episodes · drives 1 scenes

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