S05E06 · SCENE 20/24 · 28:28
The Dickensian Aspect · Homicide office
Newsroom Strategy and Reporter Interview

Editors decide to focus on homelessness for the rest of the year. A reporter is interviewed about his contact with the serial killer.

28:28→31:31
in the episode · 3m 03s · S05E06

What happens

28:28–31:31

An editor says from now until December they are all about the plight of the homeless. A reporter is asked about coming face to face with pure evil like the Son of Sam. He says it's what reporters do.

WhereHomicide office
DriverEditor
Positioncomplication
ThreadHomicide Unit Investigation

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30:00

They need another body, don't they?

30:05

I'II caII our man in the Southern.

30:32

Whatever you want it's yours, aII right? Tonight, I'm just gonna take yo' jump...

31:05

Pick up your keys and go on inside, yo.

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28:21Legal challenges

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28:28–31:31
A · Stanfield Organization Activities
B · Omar Little's Survival and Revenge
C · Homicide Unit Investigation

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