S05E02 · SCENE 8/32 · 18:12
Unconfirmed Reports · elderly woman's home
McNulty at crime scene

McNulty investigates a possible murder scene with Bunk and discusses the state of the department.

18:12→20:12
in the episode · 2m 00s · S05E02

What happens

18:12–20:12

McNulty arrives at a crime scene where an elderly woman is found dead. Bunk and McNulty discuss the lack of resources and the cutbacks. McNulty suspects something is off with the pillow over her face.

Whereelderly woman's home
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadMcNulty fake serial killer

Key lines

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18:13

OK. Now I've seen everything.

19:06

Fucking crime Iab too, huh? They've cut everything to the bone.

19:13

Been here maybe a coupIe of days.

19:43

The Western District way.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
investigation0.8
deadpan0.5
tense0.5
obsession0.2
rapid back and forth

Beats

18:13McNulty arrives at crime scene
19:30McNulty questions pillow over face

Scene in the episode

18:12–20:12
A · Bubbles recovery journey
B · Clay Davis investigation
C · Marlo Stanfield operations

Clips from this episode

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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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