S05E08 · SCENE 13/23 · 19:42
Clarifications · Newsroom
Surveillance Briefing

Police plan surveillance on Marlo's crew and assign officers.

19:42→21:04
in the episode · 1m 22s · S05E08

What happens

19:42–21:04

Police plan to tail Stanfield crew members. The detective briefs officers on each target and tells them to monitor the meeting spots.

WhereNewsroom
DriverDetective Leander
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadStanfield vs Omar

Key lines

from this scene
20:01

Mr. Hanning, I know you... What if one of the guys, what if a Marine who was there, he reads that shit that you made up?

20:13

Man, get him outta my face.

20:53

But misunderstanding or no, we wiII write a correction if what we printed wasn't accurate.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
lie0.6
secret exposed0.5
tense0.5
angry0.4
confession0.3
argument

Beats

20:02Reporter insists he told a different story

Scene in the episode

19:42–21:04
B · Homicide serial killer hunt
C · Newsroom fabrication scandal
D · Political maneuvering and funding

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