S05E07 · SCENE 20/37 · 23:58
Took · Police Department
McNulty's Plan Unfolds

McNulty assigns manpower

23:58→25:13
in the episode · 1m 15s · S05E07

What happens

23:58–25:13

McNulty talks to an unknown person about assigning manpower to a case. He decides to give the person two Tac guys and writes up the hours under his file. The conversation reveals McNulty's plan to use the extra manpower to his advantage.

WherePolice Department
DriverMcNulty
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMcNulty's Plan

Key lines

from this scene
24:04

Broke-ass department ain't even payin'.

24:42

Two more men do it?

24:54

I'II write up the hours under my fiIe. And you can do that?

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24:29McNulty assigns manpower

Scene in the episode

23:58–25:13
B · Omar's Revenge
C · Clay Davis's Trial
D · Newspaper Investigation
E · Bunk's Frustration
F · McNulty's Scheme

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