S05E08 · SCENE 15/23 · 21:15
Clarifications · Corner store
Reporter Pitches Homeless Story

A reporter describes a man he met and wants to write about.

21:15→22:19
in the episode · 1m 04s · S05E08

What happens

21:15–22:19

A reporter describes a man he met at a soup kitchen and wants to write about him. Editors discuss space for a homicide.

WhereCorner store
DriverReporter Scott
Positionact3 · reveal
ThreadStanfield vs Omar

Key lines

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21:19

I stiII got too much dog in me to be settIed Iike that.

21:25

It wasn't CheryI. It was me.

22:04

Boy up on the corner say he try to rob them Koreans and got kiIIed.

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investigation0.5
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Scene in the episode

21:15–22:19
B · Homicide serial killer hunt
C · Newsroom fabrication scandal
D · Political maneuvering and funding

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