S05E02 · SCENE 21/32 · 40:02
Unconfirmed Reports · newspaper office
Gus questions Scott's story

Gus questions Scott's story about the wheelchair boy but Whiting approves it for publication.

40:02→41:34
in the episode · 1m 32s · S05E02

What happens

40:02–41:34

Gus questions Scott about the lack of a last name for the wheelchair boy. Scott defends the story. Whiting approves the story for publication despite Gus's concerns.

Wherenewspaper office
DriverGus Haynes
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMcNulty fake serial killer

Key lines

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41:00

Jim, aren't you just a IittIe bit concerned that we don't even have a Iast name for this kid?

41:16

A IittIe bit, yeah. I'm just saying that the standards that I think we're on terra firma here.

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Beats

40:03Gus questions Scott about story
41:25Whiting approves story

Scene in the episode

40:02–41:34
A · Bubbles recovery journey
B · Clay Davis investigation
C · Marlo Stanfield operations

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