S05E05 · SCENE 2/23 · 01:45
React Quotes · Partlow's family home
Meeting with the Greeks

Spiros Vondopoulos inducts Marlo Stanfield into the Greek narcotic smuggling organization, discussing Prop Joe's qualities and instructing him on phone use.

01:45→02:09
in the episode · 0m 24s · S05E05

What happens

01:45–02:09

Spiros Vondopoulos inducts Marlo Stanfield into the Greek narcotic smuggling organization. Vondas describes the qualities he valued in Prop Joe, including his dependability. Vondas gives Stanfield a phone and instructs him on its use for personal calls only, not for business. He tells Stanfield that only he and his second-in-command are to know how to contact the Greeks.

WherePartlow's family home
DriverSpiros Vondopoulos
Positionescalation
ThreadSenator Davis' Indictment and Political Fallout

Key lines

from this scene
01:46

How'd that pIay? Man overcame his grief.

02:05

Omar gonna make a move. You know this.

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Scene DNA

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Beats

02:10Partlow tells family he is away on business

Scene in the episode

01:45–02:09
A · Stanfield's Rise and Vondopoulos' Instructions
B · Dukie's Struggles and Michael's Guidance
C · Senator Davis' Indictment and Political Fallout

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Marlo StanfieldJamie Hector35 episodes · drives 36 scenes
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Spiros VondopoulosPaul Ben-Victor17 episodes · drives 2 scenes

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