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You see now?
I'm here to tell you,
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this "remaining silent" shit
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ain't nothing like
they make it out to be.
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Uh-uh.
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You up in here
all tight with it,
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waiting for
your paid lawyer,
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thinking you all wise,
ain't you?
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No. See,
that worked when
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you some kind of
criminal mastermind...
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when you ain't been seen
running from the deed.
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When your own fucking
running partner
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ain't in the next room,
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putting you in.
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Oh, yeah.
( chuckles )
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Yep, yep, yep,
yep, yep, yep.
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He's telling it
like a little bitch.
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( chuckles )
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We even went
to Mickey D's for him
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because he was so
motherfucking helpful.
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Two Quarter Pounders,
big fries,
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McDonaldland cookies,
Dr. Pepper.
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That's how your boy
roll, right?
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( door opens )
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All right.
Step out.
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Where we going?
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Break room.
So you can enjoy
that, huh?
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All right.
But I still ain't
saying shit to y'all.
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Yeah.
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- Monell, what the fuck?
- Mmf.
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( door closes )
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How many years
you figure we've been
doing this same shit?
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- 20 at least.
- Huh.
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True.
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True.
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False.
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Load him up.
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So this shit
actually works, huh?
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Hell, yeah.
Americans are a stupid
people, by and large.
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We pretty much believe
whatever we're told.
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All right.
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Ahh.
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So it can feel
my heart beat?
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Pulse, yeah.
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If Monell say
I had the gun, he lying.
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The machine
tells the tale, son.
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We ready, Professor?
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Yeah.
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We'll start
with an easy one.
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Is your name in fact
DeShawn Fredericks?
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Yeah.
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( beeps )
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True.
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And do you reside,
in fact,
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the 1200 block
of Woodyear Street
in West Baltimore?
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- Yeah.
- ( beeps )
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- True.
- And did you and Monell
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shoot your boy Pookie
down on Cary Street
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just like Monell
said you did?
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No. No.
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( beeps )
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Lie.
You lying motherfucker.
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- Bunk: Mm, mm, mm.
- The machine is never
wrong, son.
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Fuck, man!
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Nigger can't never keep
his damn mouth shut.
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I should've busted a cap
in Pookie ass my own self.
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Left Monell home and shit.
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He just a bitch, is all.
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- Yeah.
- ( handcuffs click )
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The bigger the lie,
the more they believe.
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Greggs:
There's the BlackBerry.
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Oh, he brought his tunes.
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All the running shit pay,
don't it?
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( camera shutter clicking )
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- ( beeps )
- We got one coming in.
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Unidentified number-one male.
Got him, Jimmy?
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Yeah.
More face-to-face.
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( camera shutter clicking )
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( sighs )
Oh, man.
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You know,
this would be more fun
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if we were actually
getting paid.
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Hey, you know, I heard
a story about you,
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when I was back
in the West.
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Not true.
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Haven't even told it yet.
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Whatever it is,
it's not true.
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You run a vice undercover
one time,
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and instead of pulling up,
you went ahead and
closed the deal.
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I read this report where
you got blowed by this whore,
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and you actually wrote it
that you got blowed.
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You believe
everything you read?
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- ( music playing )
- Look, man, all I'm saying,
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if I'm gonna take your package,
split me and be fair.
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I mean, I got to pay
all my people the same
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and here you're upping
the price on me.
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- Pay your people less.
- They my people, though.
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Short yourself.
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The split is 60/40.
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You want better?
You need to tool up.
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Don't wait for Chris, Snoop,
and the rest of my people
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come pay a call
on your people.
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We will be brief
with all you motherfuckers.
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I think you know.
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All right.
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( camera shutter clicking )
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Northbound on Fulton.
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Lester, coming your way.
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I see him.
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Roger that.
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Every day, same shit.
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( indistinct chatter )
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- Ooh, look at
this pretty bitch.
- Ten-hut!
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( laughing )
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Just sit the fuck down.
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I'm not gonna stand up here
and pretend to be insulted
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because you all are pretending
to respect the rank.
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Today, he's an SIC.
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Tomorrow, he might be
a newly minted lieutenant.
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You never know
with these career-minded
motherfuckers, do you?
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- ( laughing )
- If I was minding
my career,
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would I be in the Western
in command
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of you useless
fucking humps?
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Ooh!
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Okay, okay,
let's go to the readouts
and the warrants first.
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- Ah, fuck the readouts.
- Fuck the warrants.
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I mean, what the fuck
is going on with our hours?
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All: Yeah.
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Easy, easy.
If I had an answer,
you'd have an answer.
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- I'm in the same boat as you.
- ( overlapping chatter )
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It's five weeks
since I've seen
overtime or court pay.
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I've gotta pay
the credit union,
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the archdiocese
for my kid's tuition,
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and my ex-wife
so she can pay her cunt
of an attorney.
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Shut the fuck up
and sit the fuck down!
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In your fucking seats!
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We're still
authorizing overtime
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and the state's attorneys
are still signing court slips.
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Officer:
Yeah, but you ain't
fucking paying us.
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The union says we're going
down to the NLRB
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and deal with this shit.
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Word coming down is that
when the city's budget
situation is improved,
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we'll all see that
as back pay or comp time.
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Every last hour.
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Back pay my ass.
This shit here
is just paper.
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65 hours of worthless
paper right here.
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Officer Brown,
sit your ass.
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Sit!
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We're all professionals.
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And we're about to police
the roughest district
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in one of the roughest cities
in the world.
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Show some pride.
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If promises were made,
promises will be kept.
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The situation in the city
right now is bad,
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but it won't
stay bad forever.
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We wait this out
like professionals.
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Now, then,
back to the readouts.
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First item
is from motor pool.
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No marked
or unmarked units
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can be shopped
on Dickman Street
until further notice.
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- What?!
- ( men muttering )
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Cutbacks and fleet budgeting
require that all districts
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make do with vehicles in their
current state of affairs.
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- That means--
- ( overlapping chatter )
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Shitbox cars
are falling apart.
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Don't they fucking
know that?
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00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,378
( shouting )
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00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:24,889
- ( radio beeps )
- Freamon: Where you at?
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Sydnor:
On his ass.
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You guys got the eyeball.
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All good, Lester.
It's all good.
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( knocks )
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Man on P.A.:
Officer Castor, you have
a call on line 79...
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Natives are restless, huh?
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I don't know
how long we go
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before the wheels
fall off the cart.
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A year ago,
they were promised
pay raises, pension bumps,
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better equipment,
better cars.
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Now we can't even
pay the OT.
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You gave them
the professionalism
bit, right?
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00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:57,088
In the real world,
they pay professionals.
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That's why
we call them pros.
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- ( knocking on door )
- Major.
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00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:02,027
There's a problem
on the back lot.
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00:11:03,196 --> 00:11:05,063
Man:
If it really bothers you,
clean them up.
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- Fuck you, son.
- Fuck you right back.
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00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:09,901
That thing was all fucked up
when I got it for midnight.
You ask anyone.
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00:11:09,903 --> 00:11:13,838
Well, then, you clean it
or you get the midnight
shift to clean it.
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00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:14,773
Clean this.
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00:11:14,775 --> 00:11:17,942
Fuck you, Gene.
You don't leave it like
that for the next man.
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00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:21,813
You're the one whining
like a little bitch, Bobby.
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00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:23,715
Oh!
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00:11:26,787 --> 00:11:29,154
As SIC,
should I stop this?
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That's my car.
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00:11:33,427 --> 00:11:37,028
What, you think this is good
for morale or something?
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00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:41,166
These guys haven't had
an honest paycheck in weeks.
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00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:44,836
We have no fucking
morale, Sergeant.
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00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:58,149
Kid ran us around
for half an hour.
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- Amazing, ain't it?
- Huh.
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00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:06,157
- Here we go.
- Hmm?
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00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:17,068
We got a meeting.
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00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:18,336
- Want me to come?
- No, no.
201
00:12:18,338 --> 00:12:21,973
You go check on your corner.
I'll send word if it's off.
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00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:24,375
( music playing )
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00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:37,122
- He's moving.
- All right.
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00:12:37,124 --> 00:12:39,524
( engine starts )
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00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,396
McNulty:
Lester, are you there?
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00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:48,166
Up on Reisterstown
with Chris.
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00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:50,201
Marlo's on the move.
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00:12:51,071 --> 00:12:53,505
- Should we follow him?
- Why?
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00:12:53,507 --> 00:12:56,074
We know where he's going.
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00:12:58,812 --> 00:12:59,410
( sighs )
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00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,780
No, sir. We've cut it
to the bone already.
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00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:04,482
The cars are gonna
go in service for
the next month.
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00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:06,050
And for as long as
we can get away with it,
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00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:08,219
we're deferring all
overtime and court pay.
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00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,488
How's crime?
How are your stats?
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00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,857
The double-digit
decline you wanted,
217
00:13:12,859 --> 00:13:14,025
not possible
with these cuts.
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00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:17,128
For God's sake,
you got to show us
some kind of reduction.
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00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:19,964
- I campaigned on that.
- All this deferred overtime--
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00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:23,802
We'll pay it as we can.
And the pay raises I promised?
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00:13:23,804 --> 00:13:25,970
They're still coming,
just a year late.
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00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:28,306
Right now I got to throw
every dollar at the schools,
223
00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:32,443
but you tell your people
I know I made promises.
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00:13:32,445 --> 00:13:34,512
Where else
can you guys trim?
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00:13:36,216 --> 00:13:37,282
Well, we, uh...
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00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:41,119
we've been running
a prolonged investigation
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00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:42,887
into all the-- the bodies
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00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:44,823
we pulled out of those
houses last year.
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00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:47,926
Months of surveillance.
Thousands of man-hours.
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00:13:47,928 --> 00:13:50,161
At this point, we're not
close to an arrest.
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00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,096
You're saying you want us
to come down on a case
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00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:56,000
in which 22 people
were murdered and left
to rot in city houses?
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00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:58,536
We caught national news
coverage on those murders.
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00:13:58,538 --> 00:13:59,537
Last year.
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00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:02,841
I don't want anyone saying
we're giving up on
those murders.
236
00:14:02,843 --> 00:14:04,509
I don't want to see
that headline.
237
00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:06,044
But given our
fiscal situation,
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00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:11,149
we could temporarily
suspend the investigation
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00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:13,284
pending new developments.
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00:14:16,122 --> 00:14:16,855
Anything else?
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00:14:16,857 --> 00:14:18,957
We need to take away
the 10-hour cap
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00:14:18,959 --> 00:14:20,024
on secondary employment.
243
00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:23,895
You do that and your police
aren't doing police work,
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00:14:23,897 --> 00:14:25,430
they're guarding
liquor stores,
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00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:27,232
bouncing nightclubs,
putting up drywall.
246
00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:29,634
Respectfully,
morale is at rock bottom.
247
00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:32,070
You need to throw
our people a bone.
248
00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:35,540
Or you could lose
them for good.
249
00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:45,216
Hold the line now
and we'll get to
a better place.
250
00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:47,252
I promise.
251
00:14:53,526 --> 00:14:55,927
( door closes )
252
00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:02,433
Say it, Norman.
You're thinking it.
253
00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,369
Truth to power, Norman.
254
00:15:04,371 --> 00:15:05,670
Isn't that what
I keep you around for?
255
00:15:05,672 --> 00:15:09,574
When the governor threw that
50-some million on the table,
256
00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:10,942
you should've
picked that shit up.
257
00:15:10,944 --> 00:15:13,077
He takes the state bailout
and he never becomes governor.
258
00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:16,314
He shorts
the police department,
the crime rate stays up,
259
00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:17,548
he ain't no governor,
neither,
260
00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:21,920
just a weak-ass mayor
of a broke-ass city.
261
00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:27,692
- Feel better?
- A little bit. You?
262
00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:32,497
( music playing )
263
00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:48,246
Boy folded up.
264
00:15:48,248 --> 00:15:50,581
He taking our shit 60/40.
265
00:15:51,217 --> 00:15:53,184
Yeah, nigger showed
no heart at all.
266
00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:54,619
So my people can
stand down now, right?
267
00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,287
- Definitely, definitely.
- All right.
268
00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:59,390
Won't be needing no drama
behind his nonsense.
269
00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:01,492
And po-po's still
up on you, huh?
270
00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:04,228
We all hot
all the time, man.
271
00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:06,331
Today they got the white boy
with the black hair
272
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,366
up on the roof of
Booker T. Washington.
273
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:10,702
Watching
with his spyglass.
274
00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:12,170
( laughs )
Yeah.
275
00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:15,506
The young'un
saw him climbing up.
Yeah.
276
00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:18,409
All right.
So we do like
this, then.
277
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:21,012
- Mm-hmm.
- ( engine starts )
278
00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:23,548
( train whistle blows )
279
00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,587
( engine starts )
280
00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,192
Sydnor:
That's it.
281
00:16:34,194 --> 00:16:37,662
All of that so he could
swap a few words.
282
00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:39,697
How do you wiretap that?
283
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:42,467
Lester? Are we done
for the day, man?
284
00:16:42,469 --> 00:16:46,571
You don't want
to stay on Chris,
see where he goes next?
285
00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:50,008
We've been on this guy
for months, man.
He doesn't slip.
286
00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:54,012
And no one's
kicking out OT.
287
00:16:54,014 --> 00:16:57,548
Yeah. We're done.
288
00:16:57,550 --> 00:16:59,484
Copy that.
289
00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:03,154
Man:
Greenhouse Gas
right here.
290
00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:05,023
Gas up.
291
00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:07,625
Hey, Marcus,
you got a count for me?
292
00:17:09,029 --> 00:17:10,595
Spider, you got
a count for me?
293
00:17:10,597 --> 00:17:12,397
For you? No.
294
00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:20,338
( music blaring )
295
00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:22,507
How we do?
296
00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:24,542
Can't say for sure.
297
00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:27,712
They short, huh?
298
00:17:27,714 --> 00:17:30,748
Man, I just know
they ain't told me.
299
00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:37,088
Man:
Greenhouse Gas.
300
00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:39,057
Gas up on the green.
301
00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:39,724
Go home, man.
302
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,393
Bug'll be out of school
pretty soon.
303
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,562
I ain't you, Michael.
304
00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:48,066
Go get Bug.
I'll see you tonight.
305
00:17:54,541 --> 00:17:56,774
Greenhouse Gas
right here.
306
00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:59,243
- Yo, we short?
- No, we good.
307
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:02,280
Got 60 left
and Mark sold 1,400.
308
00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:03,314
We on it, Mike.
309
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:05,583
- So why didn't
you tell Duke?
- Huh?
310
00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:07,251
Why you fucking
with Duke, nigger?
311
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,320
I ain't fucking
with nobody, man.
312
00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:12,323
He just acting like
a bitch, that's all.
313
00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:16,461
Man:
Greenhouse Gas is hot.
314
00:18:26,139 --> 00:18:28,806
They're getting
a little sloppy.
315
00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:30,708
Did that meet
in the same lot
316
00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:32,577
they've used twice
in the last week.
317
00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,278
- The one on McCulloh.
- Mm-hmm.
318
00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,513
That's pretty thin
considering
319
00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:38,449
how long we've been
on these guys, Lester.
320
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:42,720
They're gonna get lazy.
Fall into a pattern.
321
00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:44,589
They all do over time.
322
00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:46,190
Someone say overtime?
323
00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:47,525
Seriously, we did
14 hours today.
324
00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:48,726
We're only gonna
get paid for eight.
325
00:18:48,728 --> 00:18:51,762
Case has gotta go green
before they go black.
326
00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:53,698
That's how I was taught.
327
00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:55,666
180 hours and counting.
328
00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:57,802
Couple more weeks
and you get a month's work.
329
00:18:57,804 --> 00:18:59,704
Couple more weeks,
I'm gonna be in jail
330
00:18:59,706 --> 00:19:02,340
for late payment
of child support.
331
00:19:04,878 --> 00:19:06,244
Who needs a taste?
332
00:19:06,246 --> 00:19:08,412
Shit. Who's buying,
motherfucker?
333
00:19:08,414 --> 00:19:09,547
I'll cover a round or two.
334
00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:12,583
Then I guess I'm drinking
a round or two.
335
00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:15,219
Oh, yeah,
and a boat dock, huh?
336
00:19:15,221 --> 00:19:19,724
Yeah.
And the gazebo here?
For my wife.
337
00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:21,893
Lieutenant, you get
any word from downtown
338
00:19:21,895 --> 00:19:24,195
on when they're gonna start
paying out the OT again?
339
00:19:24,197 --> 00:19:26,831
Because we going double shift
on these surveillances.
340
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:32,403
They haven't told me anything.
Guess I ain't in the loop.
341
00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:37,441
Rawls:
We have to shut it down,
Colonel.
342
00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:41,612
Explain to me how
we come up on 22 bodies.
Explain that to me.
343
00:19:41,614 --> 00:19:43,214
This comes straight
from the hall.
344
00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:45,383
You're talking about
a year's worth of work
345
00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:46,450
by my best people.
346
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:47,919
To just give up
on all of that?
347
00:19:47,921 --> 00:19:50,721
Colonel, we haven't
made an honest payroll
348
00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:51,656
in over a month.
349
00:19:51,658 --> 00:19:53,391
Where the fuck
is Carcetti?
350
00:19:53,393 --> 00:19:54,859
The man promised us
a new day.
351
00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:57,395
He's tangled up
with the schools,
352
00:19:57,397 --> 00:19:59,797
and we're on hold.
353
00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:03,401
The mayor's made a few
commitments to me personally.
354
00:20:03,403 --> 00:20:04,702
If you want to call
in a marker
355
00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:07,772
on behalf of this
department, feel free.
356
00:20:07,774 --> 00:20:08,839
And while you're at it,
357
00:20:08,841 --> 00:20:11,209
see if you can get
your take-home car back.
358
00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:13,578
Budget officer called
an hour ago
359
00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,947
telling us to relieve
colonels and below
360
00:20:15,949 --> 00:20:18,216
of take-home vehicles.
361
00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,256
( music playing )
362
00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:33,431
Hold on. Hold on.
Hold on.
363
00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:38,236
See, if you move it here,
then I got you.
364
00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:40,371
Ha ha! Okay.
365
00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:43,341
Little man bringing it.
( chuckles )
366
00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:49,247
Yo, Duke...
367
00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:51,515
I've been thinking.
368
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:54,418
You ain't need to put
in time on the corner
if you don't want to.
369
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:58,656
I mean, you're doing
enough here with Bug
to get paid.
370
00:20:58,658 --> 00:20:59,991
How you mean?
371
00:20:59,993 --> 00:21:02,426
I'm saying
looking out for him,
372
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:06,564
and I've been thinking, like,
if you were to get locked up
373
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:12,036
for some shit,
how'd it be for Bug,
you know?
374
00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:15,806
So, who's gonna watch
your corner in the morning?
375
00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:18,709
Thought I might
promote Spider,
376
00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:21,612
see how he doing
for a week or so.
377
00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:25,616
So, I'd be like
a nanny and shit?
378
00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:28,519
What am I gonna do before Bug
get home from school?
379
00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:31,422
Clean the stove
and bake some cookies?
380
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:34,458
Do what you want to, yo.
381
00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:37,295
Before he get home,
time is your own.
382
00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,666
( laughs )
383
00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:44,835
Oh, you beat me.
384
00:21:44,837 --> 00:21:49,507
Oh, snap,
you beat me.
385
00:21:51,611 --> 00:21:54,979
They're fucking liars.
Motherfucking liars.
386
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,681
Easy, boy.
387
00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:59,483
I was happy on patrol.
I was fine.
388
00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:03,954
- You were bored.
- Fuck no. I was happy.
389
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:07,491
Motherfuckers
come to me and say,
390
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,427
"It's a new day, Jimmy."
391
00:22:09,429 --> 00:22:11,462
Talking shit about
how it was gonna change.
392
00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:12,963
Shit never fucking changes.
393
00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,398
If they had left me
up and running
394
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,367
when Marlo
was on them cell phones,
395
00:22:16,369 --> 00:22:17,535
I'd have had him
a year ago.
396
00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:20,805
See? But they can't do
the right thing.
397
00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,073
It ain't in them.
398
00:22:22,075 --> 00:22:25,776
Now we're back on Marlo's ass.
We need to be on him 24/7.
399
00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:27,511
The motherfuckers
cut our overtime
400
00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:29,714
and they shopped
our best surveillance van.
401
00:22:29,716 --> 00:22:33,517
Don't even think
about trying to requisition
402
00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:35,586
a new fucking
digital camera.
403
00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,588
They want to do it
on the cheap.
404
00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,690
Freamon:
Bunk on the prowl.
405
00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:42,059
Hey, Bunky Bunk,
come here.
406
00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:45,496
- Jimmy.
- Come here,
you virile beast.
407
00:22:45,498 --> 00:22:46,397
Hey, you...
408
00:22:46,399 --> 00:22:49,033
Come on, Bunk.
Buy me a drink, you whore.
409
00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:53,437
With what, huh?
410
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,408
I'd have thought the bosses
would've at least figured out
411
00:22:57,410 --> 00:23:00,010
how to keep
paying homicide.
412
00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:02,513
Pete, come on.
Take these slips off me.
413
00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:05,850
I'll pay you 50 cents
on the dollar against my tab.
414
00:23:05,852 --> 00:23:06,650
Cash only.
415
00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:08,018
When we get paid,
you double your money.
416
00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:11,021
City's never gonna
be healthy enough to go
all that back pay.
417
00:23:11,023 --> 00:23:13,391
How the fuck are we
gonna pay the bar tab?
418
00:23:13,393 --> 00:23:15,926
Well, we could always
knock off a liquor store.
419
00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,629
G&L on Edmonds,
thin plexi.
420
00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:20,698
I'll take out
the counter man.
421
00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:21,732
I'll cover you.
422
00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:24,769
I got the door,
no problem.
423
00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:28,472
Who's gonna
be our wheel man?
424
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:39,116
- Every plan, a weak link.
- ( laughs )
425
00:23:39,118 --> 00:23:41,051
I heard they're closing
the foreign bureaus--
426
00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:43,154
Jo-burg, Beijing,
everything.
427
00:23:43,156 --> 00:23:45,423
I heard layoffs
as bad as in Philly.
428
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,558
Bullshit.
They're not gonna
lay off.
429
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:48,926
They'll offer
buyouts first.
430
00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,461
But if they don't get
enough of those,
431
00:23:50,463 --> 00:23:51,796
they'll go right
to layoffs. Watch.
432
00:23:51,798 --> 00:23:52,863
What the fuck you care?
433
00:23:52,865 --> 00:23:54,131
You got all the seniority
in the world.
434
00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:56,066
Be a shame if they have
to get rid of all them
435
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,468
twentysomethings
in the newsroom.
436
00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:59,170
You degenerate
motherfucker.
437
00:23:59,172 --> 00:24:00,438
( laughs )
Yeah.
438
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,008
Klebanow sure do
like to hire them sweet,
young things, don't he?
439
00:24:04,010 --> 00:24:06,544
23, 24 years old,
model-thin,
440
00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:09,013
long, straight hair,
and big traffic-light eyes.
441
00:24:09,015 --> 00:24:11,549
And half of them can't
write a lick, can they?
442
00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:14,552
Yeah. Our esteemed
managing editor
443
00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:17,855
certainly does favor
a certain type, don't he?
444
00:24:19,058 --> 00:24:20,591
Gentlemen.
445
00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:21,859
Question mark.
446
00:24:21,861 --> 00:24:23,828
( laughs )
447
00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:27,798
Someday I want to find out
what it feels like
448
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,868
to work for
a real newspaper.
449
00:24:48,855 --> 00:24:50,154
What?
I've got calls out.
450
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:52,523
You start writing now
and I'm not here
451
00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,258
10:00 tonight
reworking your lead.
452
00:24:54,260 --> 00:24:56,193
- Reworking my lead?
- Come on, Fletch.
453
00:24:56,195 --> 00:24:59,897
Try to make the E-Dot deadline
for once in your life.
454
00:25:00,566 --> 00:25:01,899
Any matter
for the council meeting?
455
00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:05,236
Yeah. I'll top it
with whatever smells fresh,
make the Double-Dot.
456
00:25:05,238 --> 00:25:08,639
- They're gonna vote on
a homeless ordinance, right?
- Maybe not.
457
00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:12,843
Narese is making noises
like she might throw it
back to committee.
458
00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:17,681
Yeah? Well, find me
some news somewhere.
459
00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:20,918
North Avenue?
460
00:25:22,522 --> 00:25:24,989
Something's burning.
461
00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:28,292
You wonder
what it might be?
462
00:25:28,294 --> 00:25:30,928
Hey, I'm not
the police reporter.
463
00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:34,665
But you called Twigg,
though, right?
464
00:25:35,801 --> 00:25:37,568
Yeah.
465
00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:40,571
At least he's a columnist.
He's paid to sit on his ass.
466
00:25:40,573 --> 00:25:41,572
What's your excuse?
467
00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:44,008
Just left him
in the smoking lounge.
Hit him on his cell.
468
00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:47,645
What kind of people stand
around watching a fire?
469
00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:50,714
Some shameful shit
right here.
470
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:55,986
Where else would you
rather be, huh, kids?
471
00:25:57,723 --> 00:26:00,124
I got it, sir.
472
00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:10,701
Hey, Jay.
473
00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:14,605
AP has got something on more
cutbacks in city bus lines.
474
00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:15,573
Ha! You don't say.
475
00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,274
"Daily Record" had it
this morning,
476
00:26:17,276 --> 00:26:18,909
MTA trial balloon.
477
00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,678
State desk is covering.
478
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,580
( scoffs )
"Daily Record."
479
00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:24,748
All right,
people, it's 2:00.
480
00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:27,284
I need budget lines in case
anybody is threatening
481
00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:29,987
to commit an act
of daily journalism.
482
00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:33,090
( phone rings )
483
00:26:33,859 --> 00:26:36,694
City desk. Haynes.
484
00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:37,361
You didn't, huh?
485
00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:41,999
What in the fuck
are we supposed to do
for centerpiece art?
486
00:26:42,001 --> 00:26:44,301
Great. Wonderful.
487
00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:46,337
Photo didn't get out
for the racetrack piece.
488
00:26:46,339 --> 00:26:49,640
What about art for
the Hopkins press conference?
Did we get that?
489
00:26:49,642 --> 00:26:52,810
Scratched it for racetrack.
Hey, Swag, it's me again.
490
00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:55,212
Something is on fire
over in East Baltimore.
491
00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:58,882
Surprise me with a nice,
pretty picture, huh?
492
00:26:58,884 --> 00:27:00,784
Look, what we have
493
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:02,786
is drug violence
and plenty of it.
494
00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:04,054
What you have
are federal gun statutes
495
00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:06,690
that come with a five-year
minimum, no parole,
496
00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:08,826
and we need to lower
our murder rate.
497
00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:11,929
Especially since you
shorted your police
department budget.
498
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:13,731
It's no secret
we have budget problems,
499
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:16,367
all the more reason for
the US Attorney to pitch in.
500
00:27:16,369 --> 00:27:19,903
Well, officially,
my priorities are
counterterrorism
501
00:27:19,905 --> 00:27:21,038
and political
corruption.
502
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,706
So you told me
when I asked you for help
503
00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:24,241
on those bodies
in the vacant houses.
504
00:27:24,243 --> 00:27:27,978
But I'm inclined to provide
you with a dozen FBI agents
505
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:31,682
and all the wherewithal
they need to work that case,
506
00:27:31,684 --> 00:27:35,152
but we want Clay Davis
to go federal.
507
00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:37,388
Our state's attorney
has developed that case.
508
00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:39,123
Our state's attorney decides
what to do with it.
509
00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:42,926
He seems inclined to keep
Mr. Davis local at this point.
510
00:27:42,928 --> 00:27:45,663
But if you could convince
Mr. Bond to reconsider,
511
00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:49,800
we might find the resources
not only for the probe of
the row house bodies,
512
00:27:49,802 --> 00:27:51,435
but the time to run some
of those gun cases for you.
513
00:27:51,437 --> 00:27:55,139
But unless you get Clay Davis,
you're willing to let
the killing continue.
514
00:27:55,141 --> 00:27:58,042
Well, look,
the FBI and the US
Attorney's office
515
00:27:58,044 --> 00:28:01,445
are not here to do
the job that your police
department can't.
516
00:28:01,447 --> 00:28:03,313
Don't blame us
for your ineffectiveness.
517
00:28:03,315 --> 00:28:04,748
Baltimore
is knee deep in blood
518
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:09,386
and unless this guy can hang
a democratic legislator,
he couldn't give a damn.
519
00:28:09,388 --> 00:28:10,688
And to protect
that legislator,
520
00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:12,189
who happens to be
one of the most corrupt
521
00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:16,727
extortion artists
in the state, you'll burn
every last bridge.
522
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:18,362
Do you think I give a shit
about Clay Davis?
523
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:21,098
- I am not protecting him.
- Then give him up.
524
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,801
- It's Bond's call.
Talk to him.
- I have.
525
00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:26,403
And he told your Republican ass
to go fuck itself, huh?
526
00:28:26,405 --> 00:28:29,940
Well, let me
double down on that.
527
00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:35,879
( chuckles )
528
00:28:37,450 --> 00:28:41,118
Good luck
with your crime problem.
529
00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:45,255
( door opens )
530
00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:48,225
That go well?
531
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:51,361
You know why
he wants the Clay Davis
investigation so bad?
532
00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:53,430
So he can stomp all over
the Democratic party
533
00:28:53,432 --> 00:28:56,066
and help give his asshole
Republican golf buddy
534
00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:58,035
another four years
in the governor's mansion.
535
00:28:58,037 --> 00:29:02,239
So, Bond is keeping the case
local to help the party, huh?
536
00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,441
No, Bond is keeping
the case
537
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:06,243
so that Clay Davis
can be a trophy for Bond.
538
00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:09,246
My guess is our newly elected
state's attorney
539
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,115
wants to one day
run for mayor.
540
00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:13,250
Cuts both ways
for you, Narese.
541
00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:14,284
If the feds get Clay Davis,
542
00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:16,520
then the case doesn't
give Bond any profile.
543
00:29:16,522 --> 00:29:18,455
But if they get him
and flip him,
544
00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:22,126
Clay might take half
the Royce administration
with him.
545
00:29:22,128 --> 00:29:25,129
You included maybe.
546
00:29:25,131 --> 00:29:26,997
Don't you worry about me.
547
00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,867
You, on the other hand,
just slammed the door
on the feds
548
00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:32,469
when we need
all the help we can get.
549
00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:37,808
That's on them.
550
00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:49,286
Pussy call.
551
00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:53,023
Just glad to know
Marlo has a hobby.
552
00:29:54,827 --> 00:29:57,060
Here.
Take her to her room.
553
00:29:57,062 --> 00:30:01,265
You know, let her hit
the mini bar, watch TV.
554
00:30:01,267 --> 00:30:04,868
When she's settled,
go take care of
the other thing.
555
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:07,571
I'll use Monk
for my ride.
556
00:30:12,044 --> 00:30:14,178
All right, then moving on
to new business,
557
00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:18,182
with Johns Hopkins
buying up everything
north of Monument Street
558
00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:19,216
and tearing the shit down,
559
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:23,086
I think we all see
the writing on the wall
in East Baltimore.
560
00:30:23,088 --> 00:30:24,388
Yeah. They moving
the hood out.
561
00:30:24,390 --> 00:30:28,125
Yo, niggers are going
across the line to
Baltimore County.
562
00:30:28,127 --> 00:30:31,295
Pretty soon, East Baltimore
won't be in Essex.
563
00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:33,831
There's a market already
along Route 40
564
00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:35,032
and down at Turner Station.
565
00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:36,900
And new territory go
to who claim it.
566
00:30:36,902 --> 00:30:39,169
Ordinarily so,
but here we got
567
00:30:39,171 --> 00:30:41,471
some of our East Side people
being displaced, right?
568
00:30:41,473 --> 00:30:46,076
I think we need to take care
of those most affected.
569
00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:48,612
Meaning you.
570
00:30:50,349 --> 00:30:54,551
Well, I am East Side,
for the most part.
571
00:30:54,553 --> 00:30:58,989
But I'm talking
about Hungry Man
and Parker and Ghost,
572
00:30:58,991 --> 00:31:01,425
you know,
others beside myself.
573
00:31:01,427 --> 00:31:06,129
Hopkins ain't gonna affect
your market share, Marlo.
574
00:31:06,131 --> 00:31:08,265
So for those
of us who suffer--
575
00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,299
All right, I see that.
576
00:31:09,301 --> 00:31:11,602
Why don't you let
one of your juniors get a shot
577
00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:12,903
to open the county up?
578
00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:14,271
Let a fresh face
get a shot at it.
579
00:31:14,273 --> 00:31:18,542
No disrespect, son,
but I delegate
to my lieutenants.
580
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,077
It's not a co-op concern.
581
00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:25,382
( laughs )
Yeah, but how Slim feel
about that, though?
582
00:31:26,051 --> 00:31:27,451
How you feel, Tall Man?
583
00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:29,353
Ready to pioneer
out there for us?
584
00:31:29,355 --> 00:31:31,121
Naw, I'm good where I am.
585
00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:35,359
Marlo, man, you're a little
out of order here.
586
00:31:35,361 --> 00:31:37,961
Yeah, well,
it's just a thought.
587
00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:40,998
Man:
Look, man, what's
the percentage breakdown...
588
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,333
Don't sleep on Marlo.
589
00:31:43,335 --> 00:31:44,501
He up to some shit here.
590
00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:47,037
Hungry Man:
That puts me out
eight corners at least.
591
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:49,206
Man:
Hungry Man, that was
some prime real estate.
592
00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:53,543
It took me six years
to build up them corners.
593
00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:58,949
( footsteps )
594
00:32:10,963 --> 00:32:13,263
( door opens )
595
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,634
Woman:
Reginald.
596
00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:23,607
Reginald.
597
00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:29,713
I'm going to work.
598
00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:32,149
You know I got night shift
all this week.
599
00:32:32,151 --> 00:32:34,451
Well, you know I can
stay down here quiet like.
600
00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:35,986
You ain't need to fret.
601
00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:40,390
You don't stay here
when I'm not around.
That's our rule.
602
00:32:41,527 --> 00:32:42,492
I'm your brother, right?
603
00:32:42,494 --> 00:32:44,027
I got nowhere to go
when I leave here.
604
00:32:44,029 --> 00:32:45,262
Last time I left you
alone in my home,
605
00:32:45,264 --> 00:32:47,631
you dragged half my kitchen
to a pawn shop.
606
00:32:47,633 --> 00:32:50,100
You remember that?
607
00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:54,271
But you can keep
the door locked, right?
608
00:32:54,273 --> 00:32:56,707
I'm down here.
609
00:32:56,709 --> 00:33:01,044
My rules.
You said.
610
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:24,668
( deadbolt latches )
611
00:33:38,584 --> 00:33:41,685
Sydnor:
The courthouse?
What the fuck?
612
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:43,653
McNulty:
I'll go in.
613
00:33:44,623 --> 00:33:46,623
Rupert.
614
00:33:48,761 --> 00:33:50,027
What now?
615
00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:51,795
Major Crimes
is being disbanded.
616
00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:54,431
The detectives return
to regular rotation.
617
00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:56,633
I got the word yesterday
from command.
618
00:33:56,635 --> 00:33:57,768
The mayor signed off.
619
00:33:57,770 --> 00:33:59,736
They're quietly deep-sixing
the investigation
620
00:33:59,738 --> 00:34:01,772
into the bodies
and to Marlo Stanfield.
621
00:34:01,774 --> 00:34:04,341
- A money thing?
- They're pulling back
on everything--
622
00:34:04,343 --> 00:34:07,144
man hours, equipment,
lab work, motor pool.
623
00:34:07,146 --> 00:34:09,479
Every last dollar we can
find is being shipped over
624
00:34:09,481 --> 00:34:11,081
to plug
the school system budget.
625
00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:13,417
Cedric thought
he would try to
reason with Carcetti.
626
00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:16,286
Maybe see if we
can keep the Stanfield
detail, at least.
627
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:19,556
Wait. What about Clay Davis?
That's going to grand jury soon.
628
00:34:19,558 --> 00:34:21,491
If they ship Freamon
back to homicide,
629
00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:22,659
I don't have him
on that, either,
630
00:34:22,661 --> 00:34:24,261
and Lester pretty much
is that case.
631
00:34:24,263 --> 00:34:26,797
Excuse me.
Y'all know where
the clerk's office at?
632
00:34:26,799 --> 00:34:30,267
- Criminal or civil?
- Criminal, definitely.
633
00:34:30,269 --> 00:34:32,436
End of the hall,
last door.
634
00:34:32,438 --> 00:34:33,637
Okay.
635
00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:37,574
When are you meeting
with the mayor?
636
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:38,375
About an hour.
637
00:34:38,377 --> 00:34:40,377
They gave me a few minutes
on the end of his day.
638
00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:45,248
I'll go with you.
Come by my office and get me.
639
00:34:48,153 --> 00:34:50,153
So, where you
off to now?
640
00:34:50,155 --> 00:34:52,456
Motions hearing
in part 18.
641
00:34:52,458 --> 00:34:55,158
It's the last thing
on my sched.
642
00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:02,566
And for state desk?
643
00:35:02,568 --> 00:35:05,602
Additional cutbacks
are said to be coming
in the city MTA routes,
644
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,704
a trial balloon
from the governor.
645
00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:08,805
Affects a lot
of people, no?
646
00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:10,874
If it happens.
They floated this
once before.
647
00:35:10,876 --> 00:35:15,479
Still, we can go
outside and give them
the potential impact.
648
00:35:15,481 --> 00:35:17,514
Well, the truth is,
649
00:35:17,516 --> 00:35:20,450
we're following
the "Daily Record"
on this one.
650
00:35:20,452 --> 00:35:23,553
Why didn't we have that?
If it's a trial balloon--
651
00:35:23,555 --> 00:35:25,255
We've been without
a transpo reporter
652
00:35:25,257 --> 00:35:26,623
since the last round
of buyouts, so--
653
00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:28,892
- We should
still pick that up.
- Probably so, but--
654
00:35:28,894 --> 00:35:31,161
Just because Chicago does
a little belt-tightening,
655
00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:32,496
there's no reason for us
to fall down.
656
00:35:32,498 --> 00:35:35,232
Whatever cutbacks there are
shouldn't affect our ability
657
00:35:35,234 --> 00:35:36,867
to put out
an excellent product.
658
00:35:36,869 --> 00:35:38,301
Simply have to do more
with less.
659
00:35:38,303 --> 00:35:41,138
Certainly, we have
more resources than
the "Daily Record."
660
00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:43,907
Though not
a transpo reporter.
661
00:35:45,711 --> 00:35:49,312
Your Eminence, slumming
at the metro meeting today?
662
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:51,781
- What do you know?
- City desk.
663
00:35:51,783 --> 00:35:53,817
State's attorney complains
about the decline
664
00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:57,154
in quality police casework,
20 inches from Warmcastle.
665
00:35:57,156 --> 00:35:58,355
Got the city
council tonight.
666
00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:00,157
Probably won't get a vote
on the homeless initiative,
667
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:02,359
but we'll scratch some news
out of it somehow.
668
00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:04,294
Two-car fatal
on the beltway,
669
00:36:04,296 --> 00:36:05,529
two overnight murders
in the city,
670
00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:09,499
and a fire ongoing
in a Baltimore City row house
671
00:36:09,501 --> 00:36:12,335
for which we may
or may not have art.
672
00:36:12,337 --> 00:36:13,236
Regional affairs.
673
00:36:13,238 --> 00:36:14,738
We have the Hopkins piece
on biomed,
674
00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:18,475
though I'm told
we didn't get art on
today's press conference.
675
00:36:18,477 --> 00:36:21,611
And we have 15 inches
from the College Park stringer
676
00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:23,180
on UM not making
its deseg goals again.
677
00:36:23,182 --> 00:36:27,284
I'm told that,
numbers aside,
the campus has become
678
00:36:27,286 --> 00:36:28,885
much more hospitable
to minorities.
679
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:31,221
I'm told that things have
changed for the better.
680
00:36:31,223 --> 00:36:33,256
- Really?
- As you may know,
681
00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:35,692
Gene Robbins is dean
of journalism there.
682
00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,394
I had lunch with him
the other day...
683
00:36:37,396 --> 00:36:38,628
Well, nevertheless,
they haven't--
684
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:40,830
...and he was saying
how the last few years
685
00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:43,967
have really transformed
the school's reputation
686
00:36:43,969 --> 00:36:46,536
with black faculty
and students.
687
00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:48,905
- He's a white guy, right?
- Who?
688
00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:51,274
Journalism fellow--
Dean Wormer,
689
00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:52,475
Dean Martin,
whatever his name is.
690
00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:55,745
I worked with Gene Robbins
in Philadelphia.
691
00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:59,382
He is an excellent journalist
and a reliable source.
692
00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:02,552
I think race
is beside the point,
693
00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:04,654
so why don't we hold
on the deseg story
694
00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:07,857
until we can assign someone
to do some more reporting?
695
00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:12,596
Get a real sense of how UM
is perceived by minorities.
696
00:37:12,598 --> 00:37:14,664
All right, then.
Let's firm things up,
697
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:17,300
take a look at where
we stand an hour from now.
698
00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:19,236
Uh-huh.
699
00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:22,505
Why poke him with a stick?
700
00:37:22,507 --> 00:37:24,341
You know who
Gene Robbins is.
701
00:37:24,343 --> 00:37:25,242
Who's poking?
702
00:37:25,244 --> 00:37:28,411
If I think something
about a story, I'm gonna
speak on it.
703
00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:29,846
You know what
a healthy newsroom is?
704
00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:33,917
It's a magical place
where people argue about
everything all the time.
705
00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:36,720
- I'm not poking anyone here.
- "Dean Martin"?
706
00:37:36,722 --> 00:37:38,788
Yeah, a little poke.
707
00:37:38,790 --> 00:37:41,324
Thank you.
708
00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:39,482
( siren blaring )
709
00:38:46,625 --> 00:38:48,458
I know that
wasn't no court date.
710
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:51,328
He already got the gun
charge postponed twice.
711
00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:52,929
So what the fuck
was that about?
712
00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:55,565
Remember that Russian
we locked up for murder,
713
00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:57,467
part of the port case
years back?
714
00:38:57,469 --> 00:38:59,536
I didn't work that case
with you, man,
715
00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:01,504
so, no,
I don't remember.
716
00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:04,507
Well, Chris Partlow does.
717
00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:14,017
( alarm beeps )
718
00:39:28,133 --> 00:39:31,468
Miss Gutierrez.
719
00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:33,603
Gutierrez!
720
00:39:33,605 --> 00:39:36,740
Get your ass over here.
721
00:39:36,742 --> 00:39:37,741
Yeah?
722
00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:41,077
You say that 120 people
were evacuated.
723
00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:41,978
Yeah, they were.
724
00:39:41,980 --> 00:39:44,581
You can't evacuate people.
I mean, you can, if you want,
725
00:39:44,583 --> 00:39:46,683
but that's not what
you want to say here.
726
00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:48,651
A building
can be evacuated.
727
00:39:48,653 --> 00:39:52,455
To evacuate a person is
to give that person an enema.
728
00:39:52,457 --> 00:39:55,525
The details,
Miss Gutierrez.
729
00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:56,826
At the "Baltimore Sun,"
730
00:39:56,828 --> 00:39:59,763
God still resides
in the details.
731
00:39:59,765 --> 00:40:00,797
You teach them, Spry.
732
00:40:00,799 --> 00:40:04,801
What are we gonna do
with these children today?
733
00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:12,776
Fuckety-fuck.
Another burnt doll.
734
00:40:12,778 --> 00:40:15,478
Huh.
Carlyle again.
735
00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:19,048
( dials )
736
00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:19,949
Photo.
737
00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:22,118
Hey, Swag, I'm looking
at fire art from
East Baltimore
738
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,487
and I got a burnt Barbie
in foreground.
739
00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:25,622
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah, yeah.
740
00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:26,923
And I might
actually believe you
741
00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:29,125
if it wasn't Carlyle
who took the shot.
742
00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:30,660
No fucking way I believe
in this picture.
743
00:40:30,662 --> 00:40:33,129
- Print me something else.
- All right.
744
00:40:33,799 --> 00:40:35,064
Every fire photo
he brings in
745
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:38,701
there's just got to be
some burnt doll somewhere
in the debris.
746
00:40:38,703 --> 00:40:40,537
I can see that cheating
motherfucker now
747
00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:41,838
with his fucking
harem of dolls
748
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,106
pouring lighter fluid
on each one.
749
00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:47,544
You check his fucking trunk,
you'll find a whole
collection of them.
750
00:40:47,546 --> 00:40:48,611
What's your lead?
751
00:40:48,613 --> 00:40:51,114
Council delays vote
on the homeless initiative
752
00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:52,182
at Carcetti's behest.
753
00:40:52,184 --> 00:40:53,683
He doesn't want it
to look like the city's
754
00:40:53,685 --> 00:40:54,918
running the homeless
out of downtown,
755
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,954
so he asked Narese
to redraft the measure.
756
00:40:59,558 --> 00:41:04,494
He's right.
You don't evacuate people.
757
00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:07,931
- What?
- Never mind.
758
00:41:09,201 --> 00:41:10,767
Working on anything good?
759
00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:11,734
Just what day cops missed.
760
00:41:11,736 --> 00:41:15,572
A fatal in Charles County
and a gas leak downtown.
761
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:16,773
Briefs, huh?
762
00:41:16,775 --> 00:41:18,041
A quiet day so far.
763
00:41:18,043 --> 00:41:20,043
It's a shit news town.
764
00:41:20,045 --> 00:41:20,810
You think?
765
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:22,579
How many stories go national
out of here?
766
00:41:22,581 --> 00:41:25,849
- Not many.
- Those bodies in the houses
last year.
767
00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:27,016
That got a lot of play.
768
00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:28,751
And they didn't even
solve it, right?
769
00:41:28,753 --> 00:41:30,920
The story had
no legs at all.
770
00:41:30,922 --> 00:41:33,223
Since then, what else?
771
00:41:33,225 --> 00:41:36,659
Jeff.
Jeffy-Jeff.
772
00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:38,528
What?
773
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:41,231
Come here.
Jesus Christ.
774
00:41:41,233 --> 00:41:41,998
What now?
775
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,133
Did you stay
for the zoning bills?
776
00:41:44,135 --> 00:41:46,102
No, I came back
here to write.
777
00:41:46,104 --> 00:41:47,203
Check the fucking library.
778
00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:50,240
Shit, check the clips, too.
It goes back a ways.
779
00:41:50,242 --> 00:41:51,241
No, no, no, no.
Check that.
780
00:41:51,243 --> 00:41:53,610
You go back to the hall,
you get the vote on this thing.
781
00:41:53,612 --> 00:41:54,811
Find out who sponsored this.
782
00:41:54,813 --> 00:41:57,647
Find out whether
Carcetti or Narese
or whoever's behind it.
783
00:41:57,649 --> 00:42:00,783
You buttonhole them,
find out what the hell's
going on.
784
00:42:00,785 --> 00:42:02,685
Why?
Who's Ricardo Hendrix?
785
00:42:02,687 --> 00:42:05,622
A drug dealer.
Fat Face Rick.
786
00:42:05,624 --> 00:42:06,523
Alma, Scott.
787
00:42:06,525 --> 00:42:08,558
This property
on Baltimore Street
is a titty bar
788
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,894
the city wants for
the Howard Street
enterprise zone.
789
00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:13,263
But this other property
they want to trade with him,
790
00:42:13,265 --> 00:42:14,931
I want to find out
what that's all about.
791
00:42:14,933 --> 00:42:17,567
This is a drug dealer
they're trading
properties with?
792
00:42:17,569 --> 00:42:19,035
Yeah. He's got a record
as long as your arm.
793
00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:22,605
A couple convictions, too.
Go, go. Get some good quotes.
794
00:42:22,607 --> 00:42:25,742
Alma, I want you to go
to this address.
795
00:42:25,744 --> 00:42:28,745
It's a strip club
called Desperado.
796
00:42:28,747 --> 00:42:32,982
You ask around for the owner.
His name's Ricardo Hendrix.
797
00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:34,584
You tell them
until we get a comment,
798
00:42:34,586 --> 00:42:37,120
we're gonna put Ricky's picture
on the front page every day.
799
00:42:37,122 --> 00:42:39,255
- Who is he?
- He's a drug dealer.
800
00:42:39,257 --> 00:42:44,093
But from the look of this,
he's running some sort
of game at city hall.
801
00:42:44,095 --> 00:42:47,297
We want a comment
as to why he's trading
property with the city
802
00:42:47,299 --> 00:42:50,166
and what he stands
to make off the deal.
803
00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:51,868
Okay.
804
00:42:51,870 --> 00:42:54,270
What do you want from me?
805
00:42:54,272 --> 00:42:57,674
Pull clips,
check morgue files,
806
00:42:57,676 --> 00:42:59,742
write the "A" matter
on Ricardo's history.
807
00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:00,944
Wait, she goes
to strip clubs
808
00:43:00,946 --> 00:43:02,845
and I'm pulling clips
in the morgue?
809
00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:05,014
You guys late
for the council meeting?
810
00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:06,950
- Looking for you, sir.
- Me? I'm racing.
811
00:43:06,952 --> 00:43:08,718
I'm late for
some charity thing
at the Walters.
812
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,621
Mr. Mayor, I was told
I could get a few
minutes tonight.
813
00:43:11,623 --> 00:43:12,755
What, you're on
my schedule?
814
00:43:12,757 --> 00:43:13,790
Everything
ran late today.
815
00:43:13,792 --> 00:43:15,124
They were supposed
to ring you, I think.
816
00:43:15,126 --> 00:43:16,759
Do it quick
or do we resched?
817
00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:20,129
Burrell's disbanded
the unit that's working
the bodies in the houses.
818
00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:22,932
Yeah, when we're fat
with money, you can
come back on it.
819
00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,200
Investigations
are not like that.
820
00:43:24,202 --> 00:43:27,604
You can't just drop one
and then pick it up
down the road without--
821
00:43:27,606 --> 00:43:28,705
Colonel, we got no money.
822
00:43:28,707 --> 00:43:30,039
We've got no fucking
money at all.
823
00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:31,975
There's nothing we can do
until the new fiscal.
824
00:43:31,977 --> 00:43:34,911
But, Tommy, that kills
Clay Davis for me.
825
00:43:34,913 --> 00:43:37,013
And we're about to go
to grand jury on it.
826
00:43:37,015 --> 00:43:38,147
Same unit is doing Clay?
827
00:43:38,149 --> 00:43:40,850
I need some profile
for my shop.
828
00:43:41,186 --> 00:43:43,920
How much of that unit do you
need to bring the case in?
829
00:43:43,922 --> 00:43:46,723
A couple of detectives.
830
00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:49,058
I'll tell Rawls you can
keep two men for Clay.
831
00:43:49,060 --> 00:43:53,963
The rest of it
is shut down until we're
able to dig out, okay?
832
00:43:53,965 --> 00:43:55,898
I got to run.
833
00:43:58,903 --> 00:44:04,140
So one thieving politician
trumps 22 dead bodies.
834
00:44:04,142 --> 00:44:06,809
( door closes )
835
00:44:06,811 --> 00:44:08,711
Good to know.
836
00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:14,684
To save money,
they're not even putting
ops cars in the street.
837
00:44:14,686 --> 00:44:15,718
No more two-man patrols.
838
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:17,020
Jesus, where did
the money go?
839
00:44:17,022 --> 00:44:20,123
Schools.
Carcetti didn't want
to lay off teachers,
840
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:21,257
so he fucks us instead.
841
00:44:21,259 --> 00:44:24,027
Seems like you got out
at the right time, huh?
842
00:44:24,029 --> 00:44:26,029
Look at you.
843
00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:27,330
Here's our boy
Thomas sporting
844
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:30,133
the latest in
downtown business wear,
845
00:44:30,135 --> 00:44:34,270
an understated ensemble
that puts the "B" in subtle.
846
00:44:34,272 --> 00:44:36,706
There's a "B" in subtle?
847
00:44:37,275 --> 00:44:40,677
Seriously,
you look well, Herc.
848
00:44:40,679 --> 00:44:41,778
I'm doing good, man.
849
00:44:41,780 --> 00:44:43,379
I got more work
than I can get to.
850
00:44:43,381 --> 00:44:44,814
It's like once
word got around,
851
00:44:44,816 --> 00:44:47,216
these fucking lawyers came
out of the fucking woodwork.
852
00:44:47,218 --> 00:44:51,988
Which reminds me,
I need one of you guys
to run a name for me.
853
00:44:51,990 --> 00:44:53,256
Tags, registration,
and phone.
854
00:44:53,258 --> 00:44:56,292
While you're at it,
run his sheeting photo.
855
00:44:57,228 --> 00:44:59,295
Okay, I'm buying
the next round, right?
856
00:44:59,297 --> 00:45:01,864
About fucking time!
857
00:45:04,803 --> 00:45:05,935
Not used
to having money.
858
00:45:05,937 --> 00:45:09,105
Kind of forget.
Let's get a round.
859
00:45:12,944 --> 00:45:14,243
How's the brief?
860
00:45:14,245 --> 00:45:16,412
It's clean
and it bites.
861
00:45:16,414 --> 00:45:18,414
Deserves a front,
off-lead, maybe.
862
00:45:18,416 --> 00:45:19,415
And we're saying what?
863
00:45:19,417 --> 00:45:20,383
That it's a sweetheart deal
864
00:45:20,385 --> 00:45:22,418
for a titty bar owner
with a big criminal history.
865
00:45:22,420 --> 00:45:26,422
He sells his existing location
to the city for 1.2 million
866
00:45:26,424 --> 00:45:28,725
and they sell him
a better piece
of real estate
867
00:45:28,727 --> 00:45:32,995
to relocate his club
five blocks west
for 200,000.
868
00:45:32,997 --> 00:45:34,931
He clears a million
for laying in the cut.
869
00:45:34,933 --> 00:45:36,032
What's the quid pro quo?
870
00:45:36,034 --> 00:45:39,368
We're going through donors
in Narese's campaign
committee as we speak.
871
00:45:39,370 --> 00:45:42,038
So far, we got 40,000
from Ricardo Hendrix
872
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,408
and a bunch of people all using
the same address as the bar.
873
00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:46,809
Why wasn't this
on your budget?
874
00:45:46,811 --> 00:45:49,946
Well, we found it--
actually, Jeff Price found it
875
00:45:49,948 --> 00:45:54,016
hidden in the zoning bills,
bottom of the council agenda.
876
00:45:54,018 --> 00:45:56,052
He caught it late,
but he caught it.
877
00:45:56,054 --> 00:45:59,388
All right, front page,
below the fold.
878
00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:00,923
Yeah.
879
00:46:00,925 --> 00:46:02,859
Metro desk, Phelps.
880
00:46:03,928 --> 00:46:06,929
Gus, Price for you,
line two.
881
00:46:06,931 --> 00:46:08,331
And he's got
Narese with him.
882
00:46:08,333 --> 00:46:10,933
Aw, shit, here it comes.
883
00:46:12,270 --> 00:46:14,170
- Gus? It's Jeff.
- Yeah?
884
00:46:14,172 --> 00:46:17,073
The council president
would like a word with you.
885
00:46:17,075 --> 00:46:18,274
On the record?
886
00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:19,542
No. She's given
me her quote.
887
00:46:19,544 --> 00:46:21,544
She wants to talk to you
off the record.
888
00:46:21,546 --> 00:46:23,479
Put her on.
889
00:46:26,851 --> 00:46:29,285
This is all
perfectly above board.
890
00:46:29,287 --> 00:46:30,787
No doubt,
Madam President.
891
00:46:30,789 --> 00:46:32,855
We need this property
for redevelopment
892
00:46:32,857 --> 00:46:34,056
and it's in
the city's interest
893
00:46:34,058 --> 00:46:35,424
to allow Mr. Hendrix
to relocate.
894
00:46:35,426 --> 00:46:38,427
And is it in the city's
interest to give him a property
895
00:46:38,429 --> 00:46:40,062
with twice
as much floor space
896
00:46:40,064 --> 00:46:42,131
and give him a million dollars
for his trouble?
897
00:46:42,133 --> 00:46:44,167
The solicitor's office
signed off on the deal.
898
00:46:44,169 --> 00:46:45,234
They negotiated, not me.
899
00:46:45,236 --> 00:46:47,136
Well, do you think
he might have made it clear
to the council
900
00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:53,109
that Mr. Hendrix
donated $60,000 to your
campaign committee?
901
00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:56,445
I don't know, ma'am.
902
00:46:56,447 --> 00:46:59,448
Where I live, 60,000 buys
a lot of good will.
903
00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:02,819
- You son of a bitch.
- ( snickers )
904
00:47:02,821 --> 00:47:05,521
- Gus?
- Hey, Jeff, is that you?
905
00:47:05,523 --> 00:47:07,089
I'm putting you
on hold for Spry.
906
00:47:07,091 --> 00:47:09,592
Yeah, give him your
on-the-record for Narese.
907
00:47:09,594 --> 00:47:10,960
- Ready?
- Yeah.
908
00:47:10,962 --> 00:47:13,262
Shame we couldn't use
what she just gave us.
909
00:47:13,264 --> 00:47:15,198
- What do you got?
- On-the-record for Narese.
910
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,034
Keep running through
that campaign finance shit.
911
00:47:18,036 --> 00:47:20,469
There's at least
$20,000 in contributions
912
00:47:20,471 --> 00:47:22,371
we haven't found yet.
913
00:47:23,274 --> 00:47:25,575
Narese all but confirmed it.
914
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:37,153
I'm gonna use the--
I'll be back.
915
00:48:05,350 --> 00:48:07,583
Hey, it's me.
916
00:48:07,585 --> 00:48:11,187
Yeah, we're going
late tonight.
917
00:48:11,189 --> 00:48:12,455
Fine.
918
00:48:12,457 --> 00:48:14,557
No, I'm not.
919
00:48:14,559 --> 00:48:17,960
I'm just tired is all.
920
00:48:17,962 --> 00:48:21,163
I slur when I'm tired.
921
00:48:21,165 --> 00:48:24,200
That's all.
922
00:48:24,202 --> 00:48:26,035
Yeah.
923
00:48:27,038 --> 00:48:28,671
Good night.
924
00:48:39,417 --> 00:48:42,184
( men shouting )
925
00:49:20,491 --> 00:49:23,025
Bubbs, yo.
926
00:49:25,063 --> 00:49:26,228
Huck.
927
00:49:26,230 --> 00:49:29,198
( laughs )
928
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,267
( coughs )
929
00:49:38,443 --> 00:49:41,043
That was a great pull
at deadline.
930
00:49:41,045 --> 00:49:42,645
Hey, any night
a Baltimore politician
931
00:49:42,647 --> 00:49:46,716
calls you a son of
a bitch is a good night.
Am I right?
932
00:49:46,718 --> 00:49:48,317
And that was
a good pull by Alma,
933
00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:51,187
getting that quote
from Fat Face Rick
for the home final.
934
00:49:51,189 --> 00:49:55,524
"Hey, I'm a businessman.
City wants to help me out,
I ain't gonna argue."
935
00:49:55,526 --> 00:49:57,393
- Sweet.
- Thank you.
936
00:49:57,395 --> 00:49:58,728
How'd you get him
to talk to you?
937
00:49:58,730 --> 00:50:00,997
I just walked in,
sat down,
938
00:50:00,999 --> 00:50:03,733
watched the dancers
for a few minutes,
939
00:50:03,735 --> 00:50:04,734
and he came over to me.
940
00:50:04,736 --> 00:50:07,770
Thought I was
looking for a job.
941
00:50:07,772 --> 00:50:09,605
Ooh!
942
00:50:10,742 --> 00:50:14,243
You deserve more than
a contributing line for that.
943
00:50:14,245 --> 00:50:17,680
I don't know.
A contrib line is cool.
944
00:50:17,682 --> 00:50:20,483
You can't go far
on contrib lines.
945
00:50:20,485 --> 00:50:22,651
Where do you want to go?
946
00:50:22,653 --> 00:50:25,421
"Times" or "Post."
Where else?
947
00:50:25,423 --> 00:50:29,625
I don't know.
This is still
a pretty good paper.
948
00:50:48,179 --> 00:50:51,047
( sighs )
949
00:50:59,824 --> 00:51:02,491
( dog barking )
950
00:51:34,859 --> 00:51:38,327
( music playing )
951
00:51:45,203 --> 00:51:48,504
( footsteps upstairs )
952
00:52:06,757 --> 00:52:09,225
I brought it
to the mayor personally,
953
00:52:09,227 --> 00:52:11,293
but they're throwing
their last dollars
954
00:52:11,295 --> 00:52:13,596
into patrol
and crime suppression.
955
00:52:13,598 --> 00:52:15,564
You think being
on Marlo and his people
956
00:52:15,566 --> 00:52:18,567
every damn day for a year
isn't crime suppression?
957
00:52:18,569 --> 00:52:19,735
I mean, we lowered
the body count
958
00:52:19,737 --> 00:52:21,437
just by sitting
on these people.
959
00:52:21,439 --> 00:52:23,305
They knew
they were hot, huh?
960
00:52:23,307 --> 00:52:25,241
After a year?
961
00:52:27,812 --> 00:52:30,913
Look, promises were made
to me, as well.
962
00:52:30,915 --> 00:52:34,316
I was told
a new day was coming.
963
00:52:34,652 --> 00:52:37,319
Clearly, this isn't it.
964
00:52:39,824 --> 00:52:41,357
Well, where are
we going, then?
965
00:52:41,359 --> 00:52:45,594
You and McNulty are back
to the homicide rotation.
966
00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:49,398
Dozerman is temporarily
assigned to tactical.
967
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:53,269
Lieutenant, you're going
to fill a vacancy
in the Northern,
968
00:52:53,271 --> 00:52:54,336
4:00-12:00 shift.
969
00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:58,440
Freamon, Sydnor, you two
are assigned to the state's
attorney's office
970
00:52:58,442 --> 00:53:01,877
to help grand jury
the Clay Davis thing.
971
00:53:08,886 --> 00:53:11,620
When the money
starts to flow,
972
00:53:11,622 --> 00:53:15,558
I'll get you all
back on this somehow.
973
00:53:16,928 --> 00:53:19,628
Sorry.
974
00:53:21,832 --> 00:53:23,899
Wonder what
it feels like to work
975
00:53:23,901 --> 00:53:26,769
in a real fucking
police department.
976
00:53:26,771 --> 00:53:29,471
( door closes )
977
00:53:37,281 --> 00:53:39,448
50 cent.
978
00:53:45,823 --> 00:53:48,357
50 cent.
979
00:53:51,395 --> 00:53:54,230
Obliged.
980
00:53:57,501 --> 00:54:00,603
( no audio )
981
00:54:05,543 --> 00:54:07,443
When did this break
last night?
982
00:54:07,445 --> 00:54:11,947
Gus saw it on the council
agenda around 9:30.
983
00:54:11,949 --> 00:54:15,651
It's a good fucking story.
984
00:54:31,802 --> 00:54:33,535
- Hey.
- Hey.
985
00:54:33,537 --> 00:54:35,337
Who's doing
the react piece?
986
00:54:35,339 --> 00:54:37,506
Jeff will. Why?
987
00:54:37,508 --> 00:54:39,475
I'm just--
988
00:54:39,477 --> 00:54:41,410
I need a story.
I'm up.
989
00:54:41,412 --> 00:54:46,448
Yeah.
Stay hungry like that.
990
00:54:46,450 --> 00:54:49,485
Good things come
when they come.
991
00:55:01,699 --> 00:55:05,701
It's 2:00, people.
I need budget lines.
992
00:55:05,703 --> 00:55:08,570
There are a million stories
in the naked city,
993
00:55:08,572 --> 00:55:13,909
but today you poor mooks
only need to throw me
three or four.
994
00:55:19,917 --> 00:55:23,652
Secretary:
Good afternoon.
995
00:55:31,562 --> 00:55:33,862
The Orioles will not
pay for pitching.
996
00:55:33,864 --> 00:55:35,597
I should have never
left the Bronx.
997
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:37,800
- You see this?
- What?
998
00:55:37,802 --> 00:55:41,003
One of our clients
on the front page.
999
00:55:41,005 --> 00:55:43,806
You represent Tiger Woods?
1000
00:55:47,611 --> 00:55:49,712
All it cost me
was a round of beers.
1001
00:55:49,714 --> 00:55:51,747
They fucking love me
in the department.
1002
00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:53,415
I'm a fucking martyr
is what I am.
1003
00:55:53,417 --> 00:55:56,852
Pull over some black
minister, piss him off,
1004
00:55:56,854 --> 00:55:59,722
and I lose my fucking job.
1005
00:55:59,724 --> 00:56:00,989
One round?
1006
00:56:00,991 --> 00:56:02,958
You, a prominent
defense investigator,
1007
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:07,062
let these other guys
buy a round of drinks ever?
1008
00:56:07,064 --> 00:56:14,136
Kid, it's time you
learned a little something
about the expense account.
1009
00:56:39,530 --> 00:56:40,963
That's my desk.
1010
00:56:40,965 --> 00:56:44,133
What the fuck you say?
1011
00:56:44,135 --> 00:56:46,802
( chuckles )
1012
00:56:59,717 --> 00:57:02,584
( sighs )
1013
00:57:16,700 --> 00:57:19,601
The prodigal son.
1014
00:57:26,877 --> 00:57:29,845
( theme music playing )