Michael refuses mother money · Transitions

S05E04 · SCENE 14/44 · 18:46

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Michael refuses mother money

Michael's mother asks for money, but he refuses to give her any.

18:46→20:01

in the episode · 1m 15s · S05E04

What happens

18:46–20:01

Michael's mother signs him out of custody and asks for money, saying things are rough. Michael tells her he won't pay her to be his mother.

WherePolice station

DriverMichael Lee

Positionact1 · payoff

ThreadOmar's revenge

Key lines

from this scene

19:18
Don't teII me they're firing the poIice commissioner and you don't know.

19:50
I ain't paying you to be my mother.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

angry0.7

humiliation0.6

petty grievance0.4

sad0.3

argument

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19:50Michael refuses to give money

Scene in the episode

18:46–20:01

A · Western District fallout

B · Davis investigation

22 29

C · Political shakeup

D · Omar's revenge

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