S05E02 · SCENE 32/32 · 54:53
Unconfirmed Reports · crime scene
McNulty creates fake serial killer

McNulty stages a crime scene to create a fake serial killer to get resources for the Stanfield case.

54:53→58:40
in the episode · 3m 47s · S05E02

What happens

54:53–58:40

McNulty stages a crime scene by moving a body and planting evidence. Bunk catches him and asks if he has lost his mind. McNulty says there is a serial killer in Baltimore and he needs to be caught. Bunk says he wants no part of it.

Wherecrime scene
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · reveal
ThreadMcNulty fake serial killer

Key lines

from this scene
55:02

LittIe earIy for that, ain't it?

55:45

Have you Iost your fucking mind?

56:38

I don't want a part of this.

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Beats

54:54McNulty stages crime scene
56:24McNulty says there is a serial killer

Scene in the episode

54:53–58:40
A · Bubbles recovery journey
B · Clay Davis investigation
C · Marlo Stanfield operations

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The Wire - "In B-more, we aim to hit, ya heard?" · Justin Zhang
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