S05E04 · SCENE 15/44 · 20:01
Transitions · Coroner's office
McNulty recruits Oscar for body

McNulty and Freamon ask Oscar to help them find a homeless body for a fake case.

20:01→20:32
in the episode · 0m 31s · S05E04

What happens

20:01–20:32

McNulty and Freamon visit Oscar to ask for a homeless body with little decomposition. Oscar agrees but asks McNulty to write the first officer's report.

WhereCoroner's office
DriverJimmy McNulty
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadOmar's revenge

Key lines

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20:06

You got a copy of the shift roster?

20:20

My favorite side partner from my saIad days in patroI. Thank you.

20:28

Damn, if I can find it. That's why they caII it a hoIe.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.7
deadpan0.6
absurd0.4
investigation0.3
rapid back and forth

Beats

21:33McNulty asks for a homeless body

Scene in the episode

20:01–20:32
A · Western District fallout
B · Davis investigation
C · Political shakeup

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Jimmy McNulty38 episodes · drives 119 scenes
LF
Lester FreamonClarke Peters59 episodes · drives 80 scenes

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