S05E02 · SCENE 18/32 · 35:30
Unconfirmed Reports · newspaper office
Scott pitches story to Gus

Scott pitches a story about a boy in a wheelchair to Gus who questions its veracity.

35:30→37:18
in the episode · 1m 48s · S05E02

What happens

35:30–37:18

Scott pitches a story about a 13-year-old boy in a wheelchair outside the stadium. Gus questions the lack of a last name and photo. Scott says the boy goes by E.J. Gus asks Jane to check clips for a stray bullet victim.

Wherenewspaper office
DriverScott Templeton
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMcNulty fake serial killer

Key lines

from this scene
36:31

Hey, Jane, come here a minute.

36:48

Don't hoId your breath.

36:58

And God knows they couId use the heIp.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
lie0.7
tense0.6
deadpan0.4
investigation0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

35:31Scott pitches story about boy in wheelchair
36:40Gus asks Jane to check clips

Scene in the episode

35:30–37:18
A · Bubbles recovery journey
B · Clay Davis investigation
C · Marlo Stanfield operations

Clips from this episode

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The Wire - S5E2 - Unconfirmed Reports · Culture Screen
Avon Barksdale confronts Marlo Stanfield in prison (The Wire) · The Wire Stripped Podcast
The Wire - Avon And Marlo Meet · allmightantdawgs
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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