S05E08 · SCENE 9/23 · 14:39
Clarifications · Corner store
Omar's Stash Taunt and Surveillance Briefing

Omar taunts Marlo over the drain and is later shot; intercut with surveillance briefing.

14:39→16:12
in the episode · 1m 33s · S05E08

What happens

14:39–16:12

Omar shouts that Marlo fears facing him openly. He goes into a store for cigarettes, gives a stranger a sidelong glance, and is shot. Kenard drops the gun and flees. Meanwhile, detectives brief on surveillance plans.

WhereCorner store
DriverKenard
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadStanfield vs Omar

Key lines

from this scene
15:03

So you might as weII go ahead and drop it out, ya feeI me?

15:12

I'm obIiged to waIk up in there now.

16:06

MarIo StanfieId is not a man for this town. You dig?

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
violence0.6
menacing0.5
avoidance0.3
sad0.3
monologue

Beats

15:37Omar is shot and killed

Scene in the episode

14:39–16:12
B · Homicide serial killer hunt
C · Newsroom fabrication scandal
D · Political maneuvering and funding

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KenardThuliso Dingwall17 episodes · drives 1 scenes

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