1 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:14,013 ( police radio chatter ) 2 00:00:40,241 --> 00:00:43,542 ( distant sirens blaring ) 3 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,262 Gotta be somewhere. You wanna keep goin'? 4 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,469 Officer Smith, ma'am. 5 00:01:11,238 --> 00:01:13,639 We're looking for a man who went after a woman last night 6 00:01:13,641 --> 00:01:16,241 at Esplanda apartments, the ones right behind you. 7 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:18,610 - Heard anything unusual? - No, sorry. 8 00:01:18,612 --> 00:01:20,245 Oh, my God, that's terrible. 9 00:01:20,247 --> 00:01:21,413 - Is the woman all right? - Huh? 10 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:25,818 - The woman, is she all right? - Yeah. Yeah, she good. 11 00:01:29,757 --> 00:01:32,458 Excuse me, my brother Omar Little 12 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:33,592 came here last night. 13 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:35,794 He fell out the damn window. 14 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:37,496 We don't have anyone by that name. 15 00:01:37,498 --> 00:01:39,231 He was kinda, you know, high. 16 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:40,466 Probably messed up his name. 17 00:01:40,468 --> 00:01:42,868 Real dark, got himself a scar. 18 00:01:42,870 --> 00:01:44,736 Legs should be busted up real bad. 19 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:48,373 No one with that type of injury came in last night. 20 00:01:54,882 --> 00:01:56,748 Not a goddamn thing. 21 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:58,684 Been in every trash can, Dumpster, 22 00:01:58,686 --> 00:02:01,186 vacant for three blocks 'round-- nothin'. 23 00:02:01,188 --> 00:02:03,255 We even checked down the sewers. 24 00:02:03,257 --> 00:02:05,457 ( cell phone beeps ) 25 00:02:08,229 --> 00:02:09,495 Marlo wanna meet. 26 00:02:09,497 --> 00:02:12,698 So what you want us to do? 27 00:02:23,811 --> 00:02:25,644 Which one? 28 00:02:35,256 --> 00:02:37,422 Don't seem possible. 29 00:02:37,424 --> 00:02:38,490 It don't. 30 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:41,627 Some Spider-Man shit there. 31 00:02:43,898 --> 00:02:46,331 We missed our shot. 32 00:02:46,767 --> 00:02:49,301 Now he gonna be at us. 33 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:42,314 Usually, my staff tries to keep sharp objects 34 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:45,884 - out of my hands. - ( laughter ) 35 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:48,954 ( applause ) 36 00:04:50,891 --> 00:04:54,326 You know, it all started with Charles Center and Tommy D'Alesandro, 37 00:04:54,328 --> 00:04:58,463 and it continued with William Donald Schaefer and Harborplace. 38 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:01,566 And following that, there were Mayors Schmoke and O'Malley 39 00:05:01,568 --> 00:05:02,934 with Inner Harbor East. 40 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:04,903 Well, today it is my administration's turn 41 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:07,039 to lay claim to the middle branch of the Patapsco 42 00:05:07,041 --> 00:05:09,808 and what will soon become known as New Westport, 43 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:14,046 revitalizing another waterfront area of our great city. 44 00:05:14,048 --> 00:05:16,882 - Thank you. - ( applause ) 45 00:05:16,884 --> 00:05:20,352 Say good-bye to Locust Point South. 46 00:05:22,323 --> 00:05:23,655 Fuck you, Krawczyk! 47 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:26,992 Yeah, fuck you, greed-head motherfucker. 48 00:05:26,994 --> 00:05:29,094 Fuck you for tearing down the Port of Baltimore 49 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:32,397 and selling it to some yuppie assholes from Washington. 50 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:33,965 - Come on, buddy. - This is bullshit. 51 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:37,636 - Who the hell's that? - Oh, that's nobody, Mr. Mayor. 52 00:05:37,638 --> 00:05:39,971 It's nobody at all. 53 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,810 ( crying ) 54 00:05:52,986 --> 00:05:55,420 ( grunts ) 55 00:07:17,905 --> 00:07:20,105 ( chatter ) 56 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:24,009 - You happy now, bitch? - I am content, yes. 57 00:07:24,011 --> 00:07:27,779 - You called the reporter, huh? - No, actually. 58 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,582 That asshole's making up his own shit. 59 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:33,819 Brass called a press conference for this afternoon. 60 00:07:33,821 --> 00:07:35,053 They're gonna be shoveling 61 00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:37,622 so much money at my bullshit, it'll make your head spin. 62 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:40,926 - What's with all the casework? - Bodies from the vacants. 63 00:07:40,928 --> 00:07:44,563 - Some still missing lab work. - Pathetic. 64 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:47,065 Some of them have been worked pretty good. 65 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:48,066 You know what, Jimmy? 66 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:51,870 I'm gonna go back to the beginning and work every one of them again. 67 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:53,872 Back to square one. 68 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:55,006 You know why? 69 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:57,175 Because I'm a murder police. I work murders. 70 00:07:57,177 --> 00:08:00,779 I don't fuck with no make-believe, I don't jerk shit around. 71 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:02,647 I catch a murder and I work it. 72 00:08:02,649 --> 00:08:05,183 Working this shit like I'm supposed to. 73 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:08,520 Well, let me know if you need anything, all right? 74 00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:12,524 Cars, some OT, some lab work, anything you need. 75 00:08:12,526 --> 00:08:14,693 Because in... three to four hours, 76 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,661 the money's gonna flow on my case. 77 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:17,629 Whatever you need, Bunk. 78 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:20,999 I'm probably gonna have more of it than even Lester could use. 79 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,676 To be that close to a serial killer-- it must be weird. 80 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,078 Kinda, yeah. 81 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,946 Wonderful story, Scott. 82 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,114 Yeah, well, it kinda wrote itself. 83 00:08:36,116 --> 00:08:38,617 I mean, it's a lucky thing to have the guy call me like he did. 84 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:40,185 Well, it comes from you pounding the pavement, right? 85 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:42,988 That's more than luck. That's putting yourself in the place 86 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:44,222 where the story comes to you. 87 00:08:44,224 --> 00:08:46,091 - What do you have for tomorrow? - For tomorrow? 88 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:50,028 This is not the kind of thing we can let go of after a day or two. 89 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,831 I, um-- you know, I was thinking that 90 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,299 if I spent a night with the homeless, you know? 91 00:08:54,301 --> 00:08:57,235 Did what they did, saw what they saw-- that kind of thing. 92 00:08:57,237 --> 00:08:58,770 I mean, if it's an overnight thing, 93 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:02,040 I couldn't get it for tomorrow, but the next day, sure. 94 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:02,874 That's great. 95 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:04,809 That could be the perfect follow. 96 00:09:04,811 --> 00:09:05,777 I'll speak to Gus. 97 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:07,112 Also, Scott, we've been taking calls 98 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:09,114 from some of the national networks and cable outlets. 99 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,850 - They're looking for you to go on-camera. - Me? On television? 100 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:14,619 I'd avoid the locals, but if you can do the national stuff 101 00:09:14,621 --> 00:09:16,321 - in a responsible manner... - Sure, yeah. 102 00:09:16,323 --> 00:09:17,956 I mean, I'm just not all that comfortable 103 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:21,293 - having myself in the center of the story like this. - Of course not. 104 00:09:21,295 --> 00:09:23,828 But there is a way of handling this responsibly, I think. 105 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:27,566 Just remember you're an ambassador for the paper. 106 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:32,904 Star time. 107 00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:35,974 Yeah. How 'bout that? 108 00:09:35,976 --> 00:09:38,710 - Homelessness? - Our coverage should reflect 109 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:41,746 the Dickensian aspect of the homeless, 110 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:42,314 the human element. 111 00:09:42,316 --> 00:09:45,183 Scott will lead it off spending a night on the streets 112 00:09:45,185 --> 00:09:46,651 and writing from that perspective. 113 00:09:46,653 --> 00:09:48,753 Scott? He's the lead on your education project. 114 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,088 I think we need to get him back on the-- 115 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:53,925 I don't see the-- the school project as yielding 116 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:56,294 the same kind of impact as our attention 117 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,295 to homelessness can. 118 00:09:57,297 --> 00:10:00,031 These murders, the phone call to our reporter... 119 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:01,633 it really opens up the issue, don't you think? 120 00:10:01,635 --> 00:10:04,336 - Well, yeah, but I-- - From now till the end of the year, 121 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:06,972 let's focus not only on covering the murders, 122 00:10:06,974 --> 00:10:11,176 but on the-- the nature of homelessness itself. 123 00:10:11,178 --> 00:10:14,212 The Dickensian aspect of it, yeah. 124 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:22,120 Freamon: I've reached a point, Detective Sydnor, 125 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:24,889 where I no longer have the time or patience left 126 00:10:24,891 --> 00:10:27,892 to address myself to the needs of the system 127 00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:30,161 within which we work. 128 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:32,664 - I'm tired. - You're gonna quit? 129 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,199 Not yet. Not just yet. 130 00:10:34,201 --> 00:10:36,101 So what are you talking about? 131 00:10:36,103 --> 00:10:38,937 When they took us off Marlo this last time, 132 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:43,141 when they said they couldn't pay for further investigation... 133 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:46,077 I regarded that decision as illegitimate. 134 00:10:46,079 --> 00:10:49,314 - Illegitimate? - And so I'm responding in kind. 135 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:52,217 I'm going to press a case against Marlo Stanfield 136 00:10:52,219 --> 00:10:55,353 without regard to the usual rules. 137 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:10,201 I'm running an illegal wiretap on Marlo Stanfield's cell phone. 138 00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:14,272 - Fuck, Lester. - If you have a problem with this, 139 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:15,940 I understand completely 140 00:11:15,942 --> 00:11:20,812 and I urge you to get as far fucking away from me as you can. 141 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,371 You remember this one here? 142 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:48,106 I backed away from jackin' the boy up 143 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:51,209 out of respect for that goofy motherfucker Pryzbylewski. 144 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:54,913 Wonder what the young man might tell me a year later, though. 145 00:11:54,915 --> 00:11:57,749 - Bunk. - What the fuck is this? 146 00:11:57,751 --> 00:12:00,018 Landsman: Vernon here did a search warrant 147 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:01,352 on this dead guy's appliance store, 148 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,254 pulled all that out of the desk drawer. 149 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:06,458 - Grand jury shit? - Transcripts, sealed indictments. 150 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:09,494 - Who's your murder? - East Side dealer by the name of Joe Stewart. 151 00:12:09,496 --> 00:12:11,996 Caught one in the back of his head the other night. 152 00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:15,133 - Somebody finally touched Prop Joe, huh? - Mm-hmm. 153 00:12:15,135 --> 00:12:17,802 You remember when narcotics indicted Charlie Burman last year? 154 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:21,206 Motherfucker ran a couple days before the raids, still on the wing. 155 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:23,508 Holley: The sealed indictments are all in there. 156 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:26,311 Every one of 'em. 157 00:12:27,481 --> 00:12:29,180 Who don't we trust at the courthouse? 158 00:12:29,182 --> 00:12:31,082 Marlo on wire: They put cheese on them fries? 159 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,484 Man on wire: They can. Chili, too. 160 00:12:32,486 --> 00:12:34,452 - All right, then. - You want a drink with that? 161 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:36,287 - Strawberry lemonade. - All right, I'm on it. 162 00:12:36,289 --> 00:12:39,958 They're back on cell phones after more than a year? 163 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,126 That they are. 164 00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:43,094 Tell me they're talking in code, Lester. 165 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,096 I wanna go to jail for snatchin' something better 166 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:47,232 than Marlo Stanfield's fucking lunch order. 167 00:12:47,234 --> 00:12:48,500 There's no code that I can tell. 168 00:12:48,502 --> 00:12:51,002 I got a half dozen calls, all routine. 169 00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:54,506 No drug talk, no numbers, no times. 170 00:12:54,508 --> 00:12:55,940 Nothing but what they seem. 171 00:12:55,942 --> 00:12:57,475 So he ain't doing business with the phone, then. 172 00:12:57,477 --> 00:13:00,078 So take this mess down and let's get the fuck outta here. 173 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,015 I also have five calls, 30 to 40 seconds duration, 174 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:06,117 each one picked up on the first ring, 175 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:09,554 each one with nothing whatsoever said between parties. 176 00:13:09,556 --> 00:13:13,224 You see? When they talk, it's bullshit. 177 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:16,561 But there are calls where no one says a thing. 178 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:20,331 30 seconds without conversation. 179 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,400 ( knocks on door ) 180 00:13:25,205 --> 00:13:27,238 - Is he...? - Mm-hmm. 181 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,808 We talked it through. He knows the risks. 182 00:13:29,810 --> 00:13:34,012 I'm in. If it makes the fucking case, I'm in all the way. 183 00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:38,049 So, what's up now? They talking dirt? 184 00:13:38,051 --> 00:13:39,217 - No. - Lester, fuck. 185 00:13:39,219 --> 00:13:41,920 Marlo's not gonna talk dirt on the phone, 186 00:13:41,922 --> 00:13:43,121 but there's something to this. 187 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:45,156 I just haven't figured it out. 188 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:47,292 We could use some more manpower. 189 00:13:47,294 --> 00:13:50,328 We need a couple of surveillance teams to get on these guys 190 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,430 to see how they're using the phones. 191 00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:54,132 - You see the newspaper today? - Mm-hmm. 192 00:13:54,134 --> 00:13:56,334 A headline like that, the bosses are gonna start 193 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:59,571 throwing money at the homeless murders. 194 00:13:59,573 --> 00:14:00,371 When they do, 195 00:14:00,373 --> 00:14:04,442 I'll peel off a couple of detectives, throw them your way. 196 00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:11,349 The homeless murders? 197 00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:14,419 How does that case tangle in with this? 198 00:14:14,421 --> 00:14:16,421 Hard to explain. 199 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:23,027 Remember what the DNC folks told me two years ago? 200 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:25,129 What I needed to do to take the statehouse? 201 00:14:25,131 --> 00:14:27,498 Build something downtown and stick your name on it, 202 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:31,202 get the crime to go down, and stay away from schools. 203 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:32,904 And keep my boyish good looks. 204 00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:35,039 One out of four ain't bad. 205 00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:35,874 Jesus. 206 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,910 Did we have to schedule this the same day as New Westport? 207 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:42,213 My good news isn't even going to make the front of the local section. 208 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,582 The ribbon-cutting was schedded two weeks ago. 209 00:14:44,584 --> 00:14:47,085 This homeless thing no one saw coming. 210 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:50,221 - ( chatter ) - ( camera shutters clicking ) 211 00:14:52,926 --> 00:14:56,427 First of all, I'm surprised to see so much media here. 212 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:58,096 A press event held earlier today 213 00:14:58,098 --> 00:14:59,364 to announce the revitalization 214 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:02,066 of yet another part of our city was not so well attended. 215 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,502 It would appear that media attention is always focusing 216 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:06,137 on the negatives when it comes to Baltimore, 217 00:15:06,139 --> 00:15:08,439 but you guys aren't around when we're making real progress. 218 00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:11,376 Nevertheless, I'm glad to see so many of you here. 219 00:15:11,378 --> 00:15:14,045 Some of you representing not just our local media, 220 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:16,180 but national attention to this problem. 221 00:15:16,182 --> 00:15:17,682 Thank you for caring enough about 222 00:15:17,684 --> 00:15:19,984 our most vulnerable citizens to address 223 00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:21,119 yourselves to this tragedy. 224 00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:23,588 Our homeless citizens, those who have fallen 225 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,189 through the cracks of our society, 226 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:28,660 those who command the least of our attentions and efforts, 227 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:32,964 they seemingly have little to endear themselves to politicians. 228 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:34,165 They don't vote, by and large. 229 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:35,667 They don't contribute to campaigns. 230 00:15:35,669 --> 00:15:37,368 They offer little to a city's tax base, 231 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:40,138 and to the extent that our government is made aware of their existence, 232 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:44,208 it responds by trying to mitigate the damage done by their presence. 233 00:15:44,210 --> 00:15:47,545 We open a food bank here, a shelter there. 234 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:49,480 We try to move them away from downtown, 235 00:15:49,482 --> 00:15:52,684 away from our communal areas, away from our schools, 236 00:15:52,686 --> 00:15:53,651 away from our homes. 237 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:55,586 If you were to judge our society by the manner 238 00:15:55,588 --> 00:15:57,989 in which we treat those lost on our streets, 239 00:15:57,991 --> 00:15:59,958 we would have cause to be shamed. 240 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:03,127 Well, I am, God forgive me, a politician. 241 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:03,995 ( crowd laughs ) 242 00:16:03,997 --> 00:16:05,530 But I am also someone who ran for public office 243 00:16:05,532 --> 00:16:09,133 because I believe that there is a different way of governing. 244 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,535 And I believe that in the end, 245 00:16:10,537 --> 00:16:12,103 we will be judged not by the efforts 246 00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:13,738 we make on behalf of those who vote for us 247 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:15,573 or those who contribute to our campaigns 248 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:17,442 or those who provide for our tax base. 249 00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,744 I believe that we will be judged by what we provide 250 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,713 to the weakest and most vulnerable. 251 00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:25,416 That is the test. That is my test. 252 00:16:25,685 --> 00:16:29,153 Somebody is killing homeless men in this city. 253 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,289 They are taking the lives of fellow citizens 254 00:16:31,291 --> 00:16:33,491 who do not have the means or the strength 255 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,360 to properly protect themselves. 256 00:16:35,362 --> 00:16:36,327 They will be stopped. 257 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:39,330 We will do everything in our power to stop them. 258 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:40,999 You have my word on this. 259 00:16:41,001 --> 00:16:44,202 ( reporters clamoring ) 260 00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:45,703 Thank you, Mr. Mayor. 261 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,372 What got into you? 262 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:48,639 - What? - Damn, boss. 263 00:16:48,641 --> 00:16:49,707 I want to assure the public 264 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:52,443 that we're doing everything possible in our power 265 00:16:52,445 --> 00:16:53,611 to apprehend this subject. 266 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,646 Homicide detectives are working around the clock. 267 00:16:55,648 --> 00:16:59,183 District officers are in contact with the agencies 268 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:00,418 that work with the homeless. 269 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:04,088 I cannot go into specifics of the investigation, 270 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:06,691 but with that caveat, I will take questions. 271 00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:07,759 ( reporters clamoring ) 272 00:17:07,761 --> 00:17:11,095 Commissioner, is there any connection between these murders 273 00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:12,797 and those in the vacant homes last year? 274 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:15,299 - No connection. - ( reporters clamoring ) 275 00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:18,536 Commissioner, are you asking the FBI to join in the investigation? 276 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:21,439 I think Deputy Commissioner Daniels 277 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:24,709 is in a position to elaborate on that. 278 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:34,085 We'll take whatever help is offered. 279 00:17:34,087 --> 00:17:35,520 Certainly, our detectives will work closely 280 00:17:35,522 --> 00:17:37,655 with the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico. 281 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:40,691 Deputy, even with all the resources at your disposal, 282 00:17:40,693 --> 00:17:43,828 isn't it extremely difficult to catch a serial killer? 283 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:46,431 Our ability to secure genetic material 284 00:17:46,433 --> 00:17:47,832 and the growing DNA data bank 285 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:50,201 are assets unavailable to us even a few years ago. 286 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:52,170 And our ability to effectively use resources 287 00:17:52,172 --> 00:17:55,073 has been increased with the aid of sophisticated computer software. 288 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:58,242 And, of course, we have some of the best criminal investigators 289 00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,577 in the nation working 24/7. 290 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:02,547 As the mayor made very clear a moment ago, 291 00:18:02,549 --> 00:18:04,282 this is now a priority for the department. 292 00:18:04,284 --> 00:18:07,618 - ( reporters clamoring ) - Has a note been found at any of the scenes? 293 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:10,154 I'm not at liberty to go into any details 294 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:11,722 of the investigation at this time. 295 00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:12,857 ( reporters clamoring ) 296 00:18:12,859 --> 00:18:16,461 - ( door opens ) - ( music playing ) 297 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,567 Want me to hang? 298 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,640 ( door closes ) 299 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:41,486 He told you who I am, right? 300 00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:46,390 Son, the thing about murder 301 00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:47,892 is it never goes off the books. 302 00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:51,562 I mean, we work on 'em for weeks, months, years. 303 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:54,332 We keep on with it until finally 304 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:56,734 someone decides they've had enough, 305 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:59,637 until we get the right word 306 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,172 from the right person. 307 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:03,608 And you know what happens then. 308 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,485 When a case does go down... 309 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:18,523 all those people who kept quiet about it, 310 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:19,490 who lied about it, 311 00:19:19,492 --> 00:19:21,893 all of them who thought it wasn't coming back on 'em, 312 00:19:21,895 --> 00:19:23,895 they end up catchin' a charge. 313 00:19:23,897 --> 00:19:27,331 And they get time behind that. 314 00:19:28,268 --> 00:19:29,867 Time, huh? 315 00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:32,603 You gonna give me time? 316 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:42,813 If you know something about that boy Lex getting shot, 317 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:46,317 now is your last chance to speak to that. 318 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,386 You gave a statement last year. 319 00:19:48,388 --> 00:19:51,589 Why don't you promise to get me outta here? 320 00:19:51,925 --> 00:19:53,958 That's what y'all do, ain't it? 321 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,294 Lie to dumbass niggas? 322 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:04,735 Yo, y'all need to get this police outta my face before I bank his ass. 323 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:17,982 You're a natural, kiddo. 324 00:20:17,984 --> 00:20:19,584 You had them eating out of your hand. 325 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,586 Shit, I was just following the mayor's lead. 326 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:24,322 He wants a full-court press, right? 327 00:20:27,927 --> 00:20:29,293 We can add a detective or two. 328 00:20:29,295 --> 00:20:33,264 And you can ask patrol to concentrate on posts where vagrants congregate. 329 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:36,500 But other than that, Deputy, the cupboard is bare. 330 00:20:36,502 --> 00:20:38,636 - But Carcetti said-- - Make no mistake. 331 00:20:38,638 --> 00:20:40,438 He wants us to solve the murders. 332 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,274 He just doesn't want it to cost. 333 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:44,775 Don't look so shocked. 334 00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:47,278 You're runnin' with the big dogs now. 335 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:47,845 ( laughs ) 336 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:50,915 Isn't it enough that we're up on the killer's cell phone? 337 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:54,518 I would think that you could track him on the GPS chip alone. 338 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:55,653 But he's using a burner. 339 00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:58,456 And we suspect he's taking out the battery between calls. 340 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:01,459 And there's nothing to stop him from changing phones, 341 00:21:01,461 --> 00:21:03,327 calling the reporter from a new number. 342 00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:05,363 So you want to tap the reporter's phone as well. 343 00:21:05,365 --> 00:21:08,733 It stands to reason that we should monitor this thing from both ends. 344 00:21:08,735 --> 00:21:12,436 - It's what we would normally do. - Nothing about this is normal. 345 00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:15,573 "Baltimore Sun" reporter's phone is problematic. 346 00:21:15,575 --> 00:21:18,809 We need to strike a balance between your needs as investigators 347 00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:21,812 and the first amendment rights of the "Sun" and its sources. 348 00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:25,349 The first amendment does not guarantee privacy, Your Honor. 349 00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:27,551 - Legal precedent clearly indicates-- - Look, look. 350 00:21:27,553 --> 00:21:30,755 - I'm not saying that we can't, but-- - But what? 351 00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:33,024 ( sighs ) 352 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:38,896 Until we get the sense that your suspect is changing phones, 353 00:21:38,898 --> 00:21:42,033 I'm not inclined to look with favor on tapping 354 00:21:42,035 --> 00:21:44,702 the "Baltimore Sun"'s telecommunications. 355 00:21:44,704 --> 00:21:46,037 What, we're afraid to piss them off? 356 00:21:46,039 --> 00:21:50,908 Never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel-full. 357 00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:53,944 - Christ. - Very well, Judge. 358 00:22:01,788 --> 00:22:04,889 How many enemies do you need? 359 00:22:07,927 --> 00:22:09,760 Deputy. 360 00:22:25,478 --> 00:22:26,877 Where did you get all this? 361 00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:29,814 Darling, you do not want to know. 362 00:22:35,488 --> 00:22:37,555 What's up with you? 363 00:22:37,557 --> 00:22:39,457 Got all 22 out the drawer, huh? 364 00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:40,891 Workin' the whole mess at once. 365 00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:42,960 I'm trying to see 'em fresh. 366 00:22:44,597 --> 00:22:45,930 25. My triple. 367 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:48,032 Comes back to Marlo and his people. 368 00:22:48,034 --> 00:22:49,500 You sure? 369 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:51,469 A good informant tells me so. 370 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:53,037 Says one of my vics was talking bad 371 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,506 about Mr. Stanfield, who took it personal. 372 00:22:55,508 --> 00:22:56,841 Killed him, his girl, his muscle. 373 00:22:56,843 --> 00:23:00,010 Left the little kids alive, so I guess he ain't all bad. 374 00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:01,979 People out there so scared of this motherfucker, 375 00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:06,417 I can't get close to an eyewitness on any of it. 376 00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:09,053 Where you at with the rest of these cases? 377 00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,956 You know, we don't even have lab work on 14 of these bodies? 378 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:14,859 A year later, I'm still walking in written requests to Landsman, 379 00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:16,827 watching him just file them away in his drawer. 380 00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:19,797 McNulty would've called a news reporter on that shit. 381 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:21,632 I am not him. 382 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,434 Well, what would the Bunk do? 383 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:26,470 Take no for a fucking answer? 384 00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:30,674 We had cutbacks. You know that. 385 00:23:30,676 --> 00:23:33,043 We lost three of four trace examiners. 386 00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:36,013 Lost half our clerical. The freezer went bad. 387 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:37,615 We lost four months of blood samples. 388 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:39,683 Did you know that? Four months of evidence 389 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:42,520 and they still haven't replaced my damn icebox. 390 00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:44,121 My heart pumps purple piss for you. 391 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:46,624 Now, I got the worst mass murder in B-more history 392 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:50,060 and you can't get the trace work back to me inside of a year? 393 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:52,096 Come on, Ron. 394 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:53,931 Look... 395 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:55,866 you can't go to the press. 396 00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,803 I mean, heads will roll if this gets out. 397 00:23:58,805 --> 00:23:59,870 It isn't anyone's fault. 398 00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:03,707 In fact, it's a little bit on you, in a way. 399 00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:05,743 The fuck you say? 400 00:24:05,745 --> 00:24:07,044 After Annette took retirement, 401 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:09,713 the casework got backed up worse than ever, right? 402 00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:11,916 Well, we put in to fill the lab assistant slot, 403 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:15,019 but with all these cutbacks, the best they could give us was a temp. 404 00:24:15,021 --> 00:24:18,622 - A temp? - Yeah. No medical. No pension. 405 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:22,026 A temp hire to get us over for a while. 406 00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:23,894 Come on, I'll show you something. 407 00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:29,099 She was assigned to sort and file the individual trace elements-- 408 00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:32,002 hair, fiber mostly. 409 00:24:32,705 --> 00:24:36,540 You know, from each of the 14 scenes. 410 00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:39,577 - So what's the problem? - Well, in the initial paperwork, 411 00:24:39,579 --> 00:24:43,747 - you guys wrote out all 22 CC numbers, right? - Right. 412 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:44,982 But in the supplemental requests, 413 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,718 you put all the incidents under the initial CC. 414 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,689 - And then you wrote, "et al," remember? - So? 415 00:24:51,691 --> 00:24:53,257 She didn't know what "et al" meant. 416 00:24:53,259 --> 00:24:57,127 And she sorted everything under the single complaint number. 417 00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:58,629 - You don't fuckin' mean-- - Yeah. 418 00:24:58,631 --> 00:25:00,931 We have no idea which one of your scenes 419 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:03,868 - any of this shit came from. - ( groans ) 420 00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:06,070 We don't have a clue. 421 00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,875 ( clears throat ) 422 00:25:10,877 --> 00:25:12,910 Actually, except for this, 423 00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:16,046 she's been a pretty good employee. 424 00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:24,255 Man: Who's up in the rotation? 425 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:28,592 - Surveillance teams. - Two each on 12-hour shifts. 426 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:32,630 I need them to set up on certain locations common to our cases. 427 00:25:32,632 --> 00:25:33,697 Come on, Jay. 428 00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:36,634 - You heard the mayor. This case is a red ball. - That it is. 429 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:38,802 You can have Greggs, if you want. 430 00:25:38,804 --> 00:25:39,937 The last time I offered her up, 431 00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:41,272 you kicked her back to her own casework. 432 00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:45,576 Other than a second detective, you are on your own. 433 00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:48,746 - So it's all bullshit. - I don't know. 434 00:25:48,748 --> 00:25:52,216 I thought the mayor gave a very nice speech. I, for one, was moved. 435 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:55,953 Much like the bull to which you just referred. 436 00:26:06,232 --> 00:26:08,666 - I'll tell you one thing... - What's that? 437 00:26:08,668 --> 00:26:10,334 Motherfucker whose got the connect, 438 00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:14,204 - he the one that did Joe. - Oh, no doubt. 439 00:26:29,655 --> 00:26:31,822 Y'all know the co-op took some hits. 440 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:34,258 Joe. Hungry Man. 441 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,126 Good people, especially Joe. 442 00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:38,362 Their passin' was, for real, cold-blooded. 443 00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:43,300 I know what you thinkin', so I'ma put it out there. 444 00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,902 I'm responsible. 445 00:26:44,904 --> 00:26:46,904 ( murmuring ) 446 00:26:46,906 --> 00:26:49,974 A week or so back, I made a move on Omar with Joe's approval. 447 00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:52,309 The faggot ain't have heart enough to come at me, 448 00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:54,078 so he come at those close to me. 449 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,847 Now I'm doublin' the bounty-- 450 00:26:56,849 --> 00:27:00,751 hundred large for a whiff of that dicksuck. 451 00:27:00,753 --> 00:27:02,286 250 for his head. 452 00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:03,954 What about the connect? 453 00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,155 I got that covered. 454 00:27:05,157 --> 00:27:07,091 And in light of that fact, 455 00:27:07,093 --> 00:27:10,394 I'ma take it upon myself to conduct this meet. 456 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:15,065 Slim, I want you to take over Hungry Man's slice of the cake. 457 00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:17,301 Meanin' no disrespect, 458 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,304 but I ain't cut out to be no CEO. 459 00:27:23,943 --> 00:27:27,177 - Cheese, then. - No problem, man. Got you covered. 460 00:27:27,179 --> 00:27:29,046 Marlo: Until we settle up with Omar, 461 00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:32,182 I think it's best we suspend these meets. 462 00:27:32,184 --> 00:27:34,218 In fact, I ain't really one for meets nohow. 463 00:27:34,220 --> 00:27:36,353 Anybody got a problem from here on out, 464 00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:38,422 bring it to me or sit on that shit. 465 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:42,092 Those of you on the West Side who need to re-up, 466 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,661 holla at my man Monk. 467 00:27:43,663 --> 00:27:45,295 He gonna handle the supply over there. 468 00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:47,331 On the East Side, Cheese. 469 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:51,368 One more thing-- price of the brick going up. 470 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:55,372 - 30 more. - ( murmuring ) 471 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:58,709 All right, enough of this shit. 472 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:15,092 - What? - Next year for the schools. 473 00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:18,896 From now until December, we're all about the plight of the homeless. 474 00:28:18,898 --> 00:28:19,997 The great Whiting has spoken. 475 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:21,999 I appealed to Klebanow half an hour ago, 476 00:28:22,001 --> 00:28:25,402 but he gave me the thumbs down. I'm sorry. 477 00:28:27,773 --> 00:28:28,806 Check it out, people. 478 00:28:28,808 --> 00:28:32,743 Our metro desk has some national profile. 479 00:28:32,745 --> 00:28:34,278 Templeton: We're being careful to cooperate 480 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,013 with the investigators in every way. 481 00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:39,850 My newspaper has no desire to get between the police and the suspect. 482 00:28:39,852 --> 00:28:42,720 But still, wouldn't you agree it's an incredible moment 483 00:28:42,722 --> 00:28:44,988 for any journalist to come face to face 484 00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:47,891 with that type of pure evil like the Son of Sam. 485 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,928 That makes you the Jimmy Breslin of Baltimore. 486 00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:53,897 Templeton: Well, no, I wouldn't say that. I mean... 487 00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:56,867 But knowing you have been in contact with a killer, 488 00:28:56,869 --> 00:29:00,738 are you at all concerned about continuing to report from the street? 489 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:03,073 No, not at all. I mean, this is what we do. 490 00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:07,177 As a reporter, you expect to be in harm's way at some points. 491 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:10,180 - It's what we do. - Agreed. It's what we do. 492 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:12,750 But very rarely does a reporter end up 493 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:16,453 being in the middle of a story-- an ongoing story-- 494 00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:19,456 about a murderer who is still at large 495 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,192 and posing a severe and deadly risk to the... 496 00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:26,263 McNulty: You should've heard Phelan this morning. 497 00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:28,232 Too scared to tap the newspaper phones 498 00:29:28,234 --> 00:29:31,235 'cause they might shit on him for it. 499 00:29:31,771 --> 00:29:32,970 Fuckin' hack judge. 500 00:29:32,972 --> 00:29:34,171 What would you want with more wires? 501 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:36,473 - We got all we need. - I don't want another wire. 502 00:29:36,475 --> 00:29:38,375 It's the principle of the thing. 503 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:41,278 It just pissed me off listening to him. 504 00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:45,849 Oh, yeah, no surveillance cars. 505 00:29:45,851 --> 00:29:48,018 They won't go beyond me and Greggs. 506 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:52,489 You and Sydnor will have to work it as best you can for right now. 507 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:55,392 Assholes. 508 00:29:59,165 --> 00:30:02,132 They need another body, don't they? 509 00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:07,171 I'll call our man in the Southern. 510 00:30:07,173 --> 00:30:09,973 ( music playing on radio ) 511 00:30:13,913 --> 00:30:18,448 - I can take it from here. Y'all can bounce. - All right, boss. 512 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:28,592 What up, Rick? 513 00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:30,594 Just like old times for me and you, huh? 514 00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,262 Whatever you want it's yours, all right? 515 00:30:32,264 --> 00:30:35,132 Tonight, I'm just gonna take your jump. 516 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:36,967 ( glass shatters ) 517 00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:39,937 - And leave you with a little something. - What's that? 518 00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:41,438 My word in your ear. 519 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,308 I'm callin' Marlo a straight bitch. 520 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:47,511 I'm sayin' it don't take much to shoot down a blind man. 521 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:49,913 And as for him steppin' to me, 522 00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:53,383 - you tell that dude he ain't got the heart. - All right. 523 00:30:53,385 --> 00:30:56,486 You tell that man I'm in the street, waiting. 524 00:30:56,488 --> 00:31:00,390 And just like a little bitch, he ain't nowhere to be found. 525 00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,960 I'll tell him. I will. 526 00:31:03,429 --> 00:31:06,363 Pick up your keys and go on inside, yo. 527 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:16,373 You kill Joe? Hungry? 528 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,209 ( chuckling ) 529 00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:22,412 Didn't think so. 530 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:26,483 ( door closes ) 531 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:33,090 Greggs: What now? 532 00:31:33,092 --> 00:31:37,094 There's more than one way to skin a case. 533 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:50,274 Already ran them for priors, right? 534 00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:51,074 Priors, yeah. 535 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:54,544 But I'm gonna run every name you guys developed through the entire database. 536 00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:57,180 Not just for priors, but for anything at all 537 00:31:57,182 --> 00:31:58,482 in the Miles system. 538 00:31:58,484 --> 00:32:01,551 Court appearances, parole, probation, 539 00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:04,054 gun permits, DOC, open bails. 540 00:32:04,056 --> 00:32:05,389 You're playing longshots, huh? 541 00:32:05,391 --> 00:32:09,226 Darlin', I'm playin' the hand I've been dealt. 542 00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:12,129 Greggs: An H-file? 543 00:32:16,969 --> 00:32:20,404 - Greggs: Who caught the case? - Worden. Other shifts. 544 00:32:20,406 --> 00:32:22,439 Stepfather. Beaten to death. 545 00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:24,641 They interviewed the mother, 546 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:28,445 but no one else in the household. 547 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:30,614 Doesn't exactly fit with the others, does it? 548 00:32:30,616 --> 00:32:32,382 I mean, a straight-up ass-whuppin' in an alley 549 00:32:32,384 --> 00:32:35,285 - doesn't seem like Marlo Stanfield. - No, it doesn't. 550 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:38,021 But you're gonna work it anyway. 551 00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:41,391 Wilson: In the Pentecostal church where I was given religion, 552 00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:44,728 it would have been said the spirit was on you yesterday. 553 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:46,330 - It got good to me. - Let praises be. 554 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:48,999 I don't know. It just pissed me off that on top of everything else 555 00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:51,435 I gotta deal with, some nutjob starts killing homeless guys. 556 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:53,704 I mean, fuck, already. How many shitbowls are there? 557 00:32:53,706 --> 00:32:55,973 Steintorf: He's right, though. You were great. 558 00:32:55,975 --> 00:32:58,976 That passion was just the thing. 559 00:32:59,712 --> 00:33:02,279 - You think, uh... - You step out on this issue, it could provide 560 00:33:02,281 --> 00:33:06,550 - some national presence. - Didn't the governor scrap the emergency medical 561 00:33:06,552 --> 00:33:08,251 and housing program last year? 562 00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:10,587 - What was it, TEMHA? - He did, replaced it with T-DAP, 563 00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:13,390 which cuts funding to anyone who doesn't qualify for federal support. 564 00:33:13,392 --> 00:33:15,492 Wilson: It's worse than that, actually. 565 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:16,460 He froze eligibility 566 00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:17,627 by disallowing new applications, 567 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,496 which put all kind of folks out on the street. 568 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:23,000 So we slam the Republican for sticking it to the poor. 569 00:33:23,002 --> 00:33:23,433 It plays. 570 00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:25,602 Nationally, you're taking up the cause of the forgotten, 571 00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:27,537 and no one is ever in favor of homelessness. 572 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:32,743 Statewide, you're going up against the fella who tore up the safety net. 573 00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:36,546 Homelessness. Huh. 574 00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:40,617 I'll be damned. 575 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:47,324 ( computer beeping ) 576 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,661 - Base to 23-06. - Sydnor: Go ahead, Lester. 577 00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:54,331 You see anybody using a cell phone? 578 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:55,265 Wait one. 579 00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:58,668 - ( knock on door ) - Negative. 580 00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:02,472 Hold on. Somebody's here. 581 00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:06,109 Pearlman: Lester? 582 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:14,618 Can't get used to how empty this place feels nowadays. 583 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:17,220 True, but you'd be surprised what you can get done 584 00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:19,122 when no one's looking over your shoulder. 585 00:34:19,124 --> 00:34:21,792 You'll need to serve these. Running out of time. 586 00:34:21,794 --> 00:34:24,795 - I'll get right on it. - There's a couple of loose ends 587 00:34:24,797 --> 00:34:26,363 I think we should cover as well. 588 00:34:26,365 --> 00:34:28,298 - Now? - If not now, when? 589 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:30,700 The trial date is coming up on us fast. 590 00:34:30,702 --> 00:34:33,637 Right, but it's, uh... 591 00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:38,208 - Is it something I said? - No. 592 00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:42,179 It's-- Sydnor is bringing in a CI. 593 00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:46,183 - And if you're here... - Oh, shit. 594 00:34:46,185 --> 00:34:48,285 I'm sorry. Um... 595 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:50,821 I'll leave you my list, okay? 596 00:34:50,823 --> 00:34:53,223 No problem. We'll get right on it. 597 00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:57,294 I'm sorry, Lester, if I was intruding. 598 00:34:58,163 --> 00:35:00,297 You couldn't know. 599 00:35:05,537 --> 00:35:07,304 So why you here? 600 00:35:07,673 --> 00:35:09,239 If this about Michael and what he into, 601 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:11,141 y'all should know he don't live here no more. 602 00:35:11,143 --> 00:35:13,743 Actually, I'm following up on your man's case. 603 00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:18,548 You spoke to Detective Worden when it happened. 604 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:20,350 Hmm? 605 00:35:21,687 --> 00:35:26,590 - He was your boyfriend, right? - When he weren't in jail. 606 00:35:27,259 --> 00:35:29,493 Father to my youngest. 607 00:35:31,363 --> 00:35:35,165 But you know how he died. Beaten bad. 608 00:35:35,167 --> 00:35:38,168 A crime of passion, as we say. 609 00:35:38,170 --> 00:35:40,604 Didn't seem like he was home long enough 610 00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:43,173 to get somebody that riled at him. 611 00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:45,208 Unless, of course, it was over you. 612 00:35:45,210 --> 00:35:47,210 What, you sayin' I know somethin' about that? 613 00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:49,546 Lady, let's put our cards on the table. 614 00:35:49,548 --> 00:35:51,581 I been in this game longer than a little bit, 615 00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:53,583 and there's one thing I know from jump. 616 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:54,651 You get a murder like this, 617 00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:57,220 there's bound to be a woman at the center of it. 618 00:35:57,222 --> 00:35:59,156 I don't know nothin'. 619 00:35:59,691 --> 00:36:02,459 You know my gut tells me that you do. 620 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,762 And I'll tell you what... 621 00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:07,831 we're gonna take a ride downtown, 622 00:36:07,833 --> 00:36:09,366 let you talk to the grand jury. 623 00:36:09,368 --> 00:36:11,234 You're not straight with them, they'll slap you 624 00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:12,402 with a material witness warrant. 625 00:36:12,404 --> 00:36:14,738 And you'll sit over at women's detention 626 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,173 for a couple of weeks. 627 00:36:16,175 --> 00:36:19,409 It's amazing what it does for the grieving process. 628 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:21,912 - Get your things. - I ain't goin' no-damn-where. 629 00:36:21,914 --> 00:36:23,847 It's me or the wagon. 630 00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:28,919 Detective, I swear, I ain't in this. 631 00:36:29,388 --> 00:36:31,922 It ain't me you wanna talk to. 632 00:36:33,392 --> 00:36:35,425 It's the boy. He know. 633 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:36,793 He runnin' with them who did it. 634 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:39,396 You just tryin' to put me off the scent here. 635 00:36:39,398 --> 00:36:41,665 No, you gotta believe me. 636 00:36:44,903 --> 00:36:47,204 He told me Devar weren't comin' home 637 00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,873 'fore we even knowed he was dead. 638 00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,842 You said he's runnin' with them? 639 00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:53,777 Runnin' with who? 640 00:36:53,779 --> 00:36:55,312 Chris, Snoop, all them gangsters. 641 00:36:55,314 --> 00:36:58,248 Who else doin' all the killin' around here? 642 00:37:03,355 --> 00:37:05,956 Freamon: Let me see your camera. 643 00:37:09,995 --> 00:37:13,663 - Add a minute-six to your times. - Got it. 644 00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:15,632 Here it is. Look at this. 645 00:37:15,968 --> 00:37:19,603 Single ring. Connection. Silence. 646 00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:22,772 - What do you have? - Took these three. 647 00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:25,609 They're just hangin' around. 648 00:37:32,017 --> 00:37:34,618 What time did Monk leave? 649 00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:38,455 1:24. Two minutes later. 650 00:37:41,293 --> 00:37:43,627 ( chuckling ) 651 00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:47,597 It's not what Marlo's sayin', it's what he's sendin'. 652 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,400 - Look at Monk. - Yeah. Text message. 653 00:37:50,402 --> 00:37:52,569 Text? Need I remind you, Detective, 654 00:37:52,571 --> 00:37:56,339 these young men are products of Baltimore City schools? 655 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,842 Besides, look how far away he's holding his phone. 656 00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:00,777 Too far away to be reading a text. 657 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:04,514 Naw, son. Pictures. 658 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:06,483 ( chuckles ) 659 00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:08,385 Pictures. 660 00:38:19,698 --> 00:38:22,432 Man: You got a dollar? 661 00:38:24,336 --> 00:38:26,936 Man: Got a dollar? 662 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:44,788 What the fuck you lookin' at? 663 00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:46,756 You know what they do, right? They tease you. 664 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:51,795 They let you get close, and just when you're about to pull the case, 665 00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:55,332 they rip the fuckin' rug out from under you. 666 00:38:55,334 --> 00:39:00,070 I'm not lying. We got a fuckin' serial killer on the loose. 667 00:39:02,841 --> 00:39:05,008 You didn't know that? 668 00:39:05,577 --> 00:39:08,445 It's in the goddamn paper. 669 00:39:12,484 --> 00:39:16,619 What support do I get? One fuckin' detective. 670 00:39:17,055 --> 00:39:19,589 They wanna play their simple-ass games, fine. 671 00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:20,757 But I gotta do what I gotta do. 672 00:39:20,759 --> 00:39:23,827 - ( cell phone rings ) - Excuse me. 673 00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:29,032 McNulty. Yeah, Oscar. 674 00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,568 Beautiful. 675 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:35,905 Absolutely. Where? On my way. 676 00:39:48,153 --> 00:39:50,587 - ( dog barking ) - Jeez! 677 00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:52,489 ( laughing ) 678 00:40:03,568 --> 00:40:07,737 Snoop: Man, you can't let it get to you like this. 679 00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:10,907 Why don't we go buy up a bunch of toys 680 00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:13,977 - and take 'em to your kids? - You ain't hearin' me. 681 00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:16,546 How can I go near my people with Omar on us? 682 00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:18,081 How he gonna find out about them? 683 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:21,518 How we find out about the blind man? 684 00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:31,628 ( music playing on radio ) 685 00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:54,751 - ( all shouting ) - Man: Omar, yo, Omar! 686 00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:55,952 Man #2: Omar! 687 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,021 - Get! - Man #2: Omar! 688 00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:00,056 It's Omar! 689 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:06,763 ( man grunting ) 690 00:41:06,765 --> 00:41:08,932 You too, shorty. 691 00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:13,937 Woman: Omar! It's Omar! 692 00:41:13,939 --> 00:41:16,105 Money a little late today. 693 00:41:18,543 --> 00:41:20,677 ( grunting continues ) 694 00:41:28,053 --> 00:41:30,186 That buckshot in your leg should help you some 695 00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:31,821 when you explain' yourself to Marlo. 696 00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:36,192 As for them other two, they gonna wish I'd have peppered them a bit. 697 00:41:37,963 --> 00:41:39,696 ( car alarm blaring ) 698 00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:42,966 Now you make sure you tell old Marlo I burned the money. 699 00:41:42,968 --> 00:41:44,267 'Cause it ain't about that paper. 700 00:41:44,269 --> 00:41:48,137 It's about me hurtin' his people and messin' with his world. 701 00:41:48,139 --> 00:41:50,874 Tell that boy he ain't man enough 702 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:53,676 to come down to the street with Omar. 703 00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:55,845 You tell him that! 704 00:41:59,718 --> 00:42:02,051 ( siren wailing ) 705 00:42:02,888 --> 00:42:05,855 My sergeant and two side partners got here before me. 706 00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:07,123 Then the shift commander showed. 707 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:10,560 - Now the duty officer is on his way. - For a DOA? 708 00:42:10,562 --> 00:42:14,030 Yeah, well, you and Lester started some shit here, son. 709 00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:18,868 Now a DOA call brings everyone in a heartbeat. 710 00:42:24,609 --> 00:42:27,577 ( helicopter blades whirring ) 711 00:43:07,285 --> 00:43:09,185 God bless. 712 00:43:19,230 --> 00:43:20,663 Pictures? 713 00:43:20,665 --> 00:43:23,199 Photographs on cell phones. 714 00:43:23,201 --> 00:43:26,769 Now, that means new PC to capture the photos 715 00:43:26,771 --> 00:43:29,372 and new equipment that could do it. 716 00:43:29,908 --> 00:43:35,044 How do I write that into my bullshit homeless killer's MO? 717 00:43:35,380 --> 00:43:39,082 When we started this, you said all we needed were some bugs, 718 00:43:39,084 --> 00:43:42,251 a camera or two, and in a couple of weeks, we'd have them. 719 00:43:42,253 --> 00:43:44,187 That's what you said. 720 00:43:44,189 --> 00:43:47,023 So I cranked up my bullshit to pay for that, 721 00:43:47,025 --> 00:43:49,626 but, no, then you needed a wiretap. 722 00:43:49,628 --> 00:43:51,828 So I went along with that. I got you the wiretap. 723 00:43:51,830 --> 00:43:53,696 Then you ask for surveillance teams. 724 00:43:53,698 --> 00:43:56,766 But before I can get to that, you came to me with this. 725 00:43:56,768 --> 00:43:59,202 I mean, what the fuck? 726 00:44:00,772 --> 00:44:04,007 I gotta tell you, Lester, I don't want to hurt your feelings, 727 00:44:04,009 --> 00:44:08,378 but I can see why Daniels cringed every time you opened your fucking mouth. 728 00:44:08,380 --> 00:44:10,179 You're a supervisor's nightmare. 729 00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:13,650 I'm just following the thread. 730 00:44:26,665 --> 00:44:29,132 Okay, say we get you the intercept on your pictures. 731 00:44:29,134 --> 00:44:33,403 - Will that give us Marlo? - It'll be coded, probably, 732 00:44:33,405 --> 00:44:35,304 but I'm sure we can break it. 733 00:44:35,306 --> 00:44:37,774 That'll tell us how they do business, 734 00:44:37,776 --> 00:44:40,176 and, usually, that's enough. 735 00:44:40,178 --> 00:44:41,811 Or not. 736 00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:43,946 Look, the truth is I'm running Sydnor ragged 737 00:44:43,948 --> 00:44:46,849 just staying on a couple of mopes and monitoring calls. 738 00:44:46,851 --> 00:44:48,151 Now, when we're up on their code, 739 00:44:48,153 --> 00:44:51,154 we're going to need more manpower to run down a stash or a re-up. 740 00:44:51,156 --> 00:44:55,425 - We can't do it all. - I can't juke this thing any more than I have. 741 00:44:55,427 --> 00:44:57,860 Last night, half the police department turned up 742 00:44:57,862 --> 00:45:01,998 at Oscar's crime scene before I could get there. 743 00:45:03,168 --> 00:45:05,835 We can't make another murder. 744 00:45:14,913 --> 00:45:19,982 - Thanks for the milk. - What's a donut without milk? 745 00:45:22,287 --> 00:45:26,489 So you were talking about your second tour. 746 00:45:26,491 --> 00:45:29,492 The bad one, yeah. 747 00:45:29,494 --> 00:45:31,027 Second tour fucked me up good. 748 00:45:31,029 --> 00:45:34,097 - But they don't wanna hear it. - Who doesn't? 749 00:45:34,099 --> 00:45:36,733 Mostly it's command and the senior EMs. 750 00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:40,336 They put it down that marines don't get PTSD. 751 00:45:40,338 --> 00:45:41,170 But they do. 752 00:45:41,172 --> 00:45:44,841 Can you tell me what happened? 753 00:45:48,346 --> 00:45:51,147 Terry, can you talk about it? 754 00:45:52,951 --> 00:45:54,150 We had a month left on the tour, 755 00:45:54,152 --> 00:45:57,887 working an S-and-A mission outside Fallujah. 756 00:45:57,889 --> 00:46:00,189 I was assistant team leader. 757 00:46:00,191 --> 00:46:03,526 Our M998s were retrofitted with up-armor kits. 758 00:46:03,528 --> 00:46:05,828 M998? 759 00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:08,264 A Humvee. Sorry. 760 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:11,134 They're big on nomenclature. 761 00:46:11,336 --> 00:46:14,537 Anyway, we finished our sweep, headed back in, right? 762 00:46:14,539 --> 00:46:17,406 It was all good. Then, bam... 763 00:46:17,408 --> 00:46:20,243 our lead vehicle was hit with an elevated IED. 764 00:46:20,245 --> 00:46:23,279 The blast tore the M50 gunner in half. 765 00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:24,847 Flipped the Humvee like a Matchbox car. 766 00:46:24,849 --> 00:46:28,484 Driver lost both his hands. Blood shooting out all over. 767 00:46:28,486 --> 00:46:29,852 He's fuckin' laughin', 768 00:46:29,854 --> 00:46:34,257 saying over and over, "Look, Ma, no hands." 769 00:46:39,430 --> 00:46:43,833 It's the laughing I can't shake. 770 00:46:43,835 --> 00:46:44,433 Weird. 771 00:46:44,435 --> 00:46:48,938 'Cause he's okay, you know? I mean, he's better than me. 772 00:46:49,274 --> 00:46:53,943 Got himself a couple of prosthetic mitts, 80,000 apiece. 773 00:46:57,882 --> 00:46:59,282 Wow. 774 00:47:03,521 --> 00:47:07,456 - What happened next? - Nothing, really. 775 00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:08,958 We pushed out, secured the perimeter. 776 00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:13,029 Corpsman did what he could and we waited for the CASEVAC. 777 00:47:15,066 --> 00:47:17,533 ( horns honking ) 778 00:48:02,146 --> 00:48:04,513 Look, I'm not looking to shit on another guy's copy. 779 00:48:04,515 --> 00:48:06,315 I just wanted to let you know this was out there. 780 00:48:06,317 --> 00:48:08,117 I'm at a community meeting in Belair-Edison 781 00:48:08,119 --> 00:48:11,954 to hear about school zoning and this woman talked my ear off about this. 782 00:48:11,956 --> 00:48:16,092 - She said the kids never saw a dime. - Hmm. 783 00:48:16,895 --> 00:48:20,263 I mean, I'm hoping this is all bullshit. 784 00:48:20,265 --> 00:48:23,032 - Hey, Scott, how's it coming? - Pretty good. Seen the art? 785 00:48:23,034 --> 00:48:24,433 Yeah, yeah. Good stuff, good stuff. 786 00:48:24,435 --> 00:48:25,534 Listen, we got a complaint 787 00:48:25,536 --> 00:48:27,203 about a story you wrote a couple weeks ago. 788 00:48:27,205 --> 00:48:30,673 The one about the woman who died from an allergic reaction to seafood. 789 00:48:30,675 --> 00:48:32,041 - You remember? - What about it? 790 00:48:32,043 --> 00:48:33,609 Neighborhood lady who knows the dead woman's sister 791 00:48:33,611 --> 00:48:35,444 says our story made a lot of money for those kids, 792 00:48:35,446 --> 00:48:37,346 - a scholarship fund we wrote up. - Yeah, so? 793 00:48:37,348 --> 00:48:41,617 Well, she says the sister has a history of fraud, convictions on it. 794 00:48:41,619 --> 00:48:44,654 Says all the money went to Atlantic City casinos 795 00:48:44,656 --> 00:48:46,155 and the kids never saw a dime. 796 00:48:46,157 --> 00:48:47,523 - Christ, who the fuck-- - I know, I know. 797 00:48:47,525 --> 00:48:50,159 It's probably some old biddy talkin' about stuff she don't know, 798 00:48:50,161 --> 00:48:53,963 but maybe you should go back and check with the family 799 00:48:53,965 --> 00:48:56,966 and see we don't get took on this, huh? 800 00:49:01,205 --> 00:49:04,473 No, no, not now. After you file. 801 00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:07,009 Just make a couple calls, huh? 802 00:49:13,351 --> 00:49:15,618 - This is kidnapping. - Actually, I'm not sure. 803 00:49:15,620 --> 00:49:19,088 I asked him if he wanted $100 to go someplace for dinner 804 00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:21,490 and talk and he walked to my car. 805 00:49:21,492 --> 00:49:23,960 You give him the hundred? 806 00:49:23,962 --> 00:49:26,996 Stuffed it in his jacket. 807 00:49:27,665 --> 00:49:30,333 He's fine, Lester. He's great. 808 00:49:30,335 --> 00:49:33,369 - Think he'll find his way back home? - Eventually. 809 00:49:33,371 --> 00:49:36,672 By then, we'll be done with Marlo where we shut this thing down. 810 00:49:36,674 --> 00:49:39,709 And as far as what happened to this guy... 811 00:49:40,178 --> 00:49:42,378 They'll write it off as some fraternity prank. 812 00:49:42,380 --> 00:49:45,681 Does he know we're cops? 813 00:49:45,683 --> 00:49:46,549 No. 814 00:49:46,551 --> 00:49:48,517 Even if he figures it out, who's gonna believe him? 815 00:49:48,519 --> 00:49:50,353 - He's nuts. - How do you know he's nuts? 816 00:49:50,355 --> 00:49:51,687 First of all, just look at him. 817 00:49:51,689 --> 00:49:53,522 He's fucking bouncing off the walls. 818 00:49:53,524 --> 00:49:55,658 Second of all, I got his scrip. 819 00:49:55,660 --> 00:49:59,595 I called the university ER. It's an anti-psychotic. 820 00:49:59,597 --> 00:50:01,197 So... 821 00:50:01,199 --> 00:50:06,302 I took his ID, I'll scratch his name off the scrip, 822 00:50:06,304 --> 00:50:07,236 and leave him with this. 823 00:50:07,238 --> 00:50:11,307 I got that one from the first homeless death that Oscar gave us. 824 00:50:11,309 --> 00:50:14,243 The one that was too rigored. Donald somebody or other. 825 00:50:14,245 --> 00:50:16,445 It had him in a Cleveland, Ohio shelter. 826 00:50:16,447 --> 00:50:21,417 McNulty, you're deserving of serious psychological study. 827 00:50:21,419 --> 00:50:24,253 You need PC to intercept cell phone photos. 828 00:50:24,255 --> 00:50:25,721 Well, here it is, right here. 829 00:50:25,723 --> 00:50:27,123 We send photos of this guy 830 00:50:27,125 --> 00:50:31,127 all ribboned up from a dry cell phone to that goofy reporter, 831 00:50:31,129 --> 00:50:33,696 along with a message bitching about his stories. 832 00:50:33,698 --> 00:50:35,364 "I ain't no pervert," or whatever. 833 00:50:35,366 --> 00:50:36,532 Now the killer says, 834 00:50:36,534 --> 00:50:40,403 "You ain't gonna find no more bodies, only photos of the victims..." 835 00:50:40,405 --> 00:50:43,205 Before they disappear. 836 00:50:47,145 --> 00:50:48,244 Look at this poor sucker. 837 00:50:48,246 --> 00:50:50,479 I don't believe we're gonna do this. 838 00:50:50,481 --> 00:50:52,782 He disappears, the city goes batshit. 839 00:50:52,784 --> 00:50:54,050 You get your photo intercepts, 840 00:50:54,052 --> 00:50:56,452 and by the time we need to run down one of Marlo's re-ups, 841 00:50:56,454 --> 00:50:58,521 you got all the manpower you need. 842 00:50:58,523 --> 00:51:02,091 - And Marlo falls. - Falls hard. 843 00:51:09,801 --> 00:51:12,301 ( sighs ) 844 00:51:23,548 --> 00:51:27,116 Don't fucking tell me you mislabeled this, too. 845 00:51:27,118 --> 00:51:30,719 I want comparisons between known suspects 846 00:51:30,721 --> 00:51:32,088 and the DNA from this scene. 847 00:51:32,090 --> 00:51:35,658 By the looks of it, we got a whole lot of DNA outta this mess. 848 00:51:35,660 --> 00:51:38,461 - Now, motherfucker. Right now. - Top of my list. 849 00:51:38,463 --> 00:51:43,365 As soon as we work through all the trace from the homeless killings. 850 00:51:44,335 --> 00:51:46,669 That's the priority, Bunk. 851 00:51:47,305 --> 00:51:52,208 - The homeless killings. - Everything is backed up behind that. Sorry. 852 00:51:52,210 --> 00:51:55,778 Your boy McNulty has everyone's attention right now. 853 00:52:04,789 --> 00:52:08,157 The homeless fucking killer. 854 00:52:10,795 --> 00:52:14,196 - ( music playing on radio ) - So it's Larry, huh? 855 00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:17,800 Okay, Larry. You're with good people here. 856 00:52:17,802 --> 00:52:20,269 It's all gonna be great. 857 00:52:22,473 --> 00:52:23,906 You're gonna like this place. 858 00:52:23,908 --> 00:52:26,876 It's warm. They got nice beds. 859 00:52:27,879 --> 00:52:29,712 Best of all, I gave you cash money 860 00:52:29,714 --> 00:52:32,581 just for walking in the door. 861 00:52:37,355 --> 00:52:39,255 Come on, Larry. 862 00:52:40,491 --> 00:52:43,592 It's gonna be fine. I promise. 863 00:52:52,203 --> 00:52:55,237 You feel up for trying Clay yourself? 864 00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:56,772 I mean, it's been a while 865 00:52:56,774 --> 00:52:59,608 since you tried a criminal case personally. 866 00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:01,243 It sends a statement, I think. 867 00:53:01,245 --> 00:53:02,645 We should start with our witness list. 868 00:53:02,647 --> 00:53:03,746 See if we can pare that down any 869 00:53:03,748 --> 00:53:07,383 out of respect for the distracted nature of a Baltimore jury. 870 00:53:07,385 --> 00:53:12,321 First, there's something else I need to bring up. 871 00:53:17,428 --> 00:53:19,895 - Old grand jury stuff? - Sealed indictments. 872 00:53:19,897 --> 00:53:22,565 Sealed transcripts. Dozens of them. 873 00:53:22,567 --> 00:53:27,469 Pulled from the desk of a shot-to-death drug dealer in East Baltimore. 874 00:53:27,471 --> 00:53:30,372 The Deputy Ops brought me those. 875 00:53:30,374 --> 00:53:32,808 We have a leak. 876 00:53:54,632 --> 00:53:57,733 And he showed up outside where I work. 877 00:53:57,735 --> 00:53:59,935 He was confused. Lost, I think. 878 00:53:59,937 --> 00:54:01,804 So I brought him here. 879 00:54:01,806 --> 00:54:04,640 Donald, where are you from? 880 00:54:08,479 --> 00:54:10,679 Tell the lady, Donald. 881 00:54:14,952 --> 00:54:15,951 Baltimore. 882 00:54:15,953 --> 00:54:19,488 But he told me he came from Cleveland. 883 00:54:20,691 --> 00:54:23,959 Donald, do you have identification? 884 00:54:45,416 --> 00:54:47,916 This does say Cleveland. 885 00:54:48,386 --> 00:54:51,553 Donald, why don't we get you something to eat? 886 00:54:56,594 --> 00:54:58,927 It's okay. Come on. 887 00:55:01,866 --> 00:55:03,766 We're good to go? 888 00:55:03,768 --> 00:55:05,934 It's great, Gus. 889 00:55:05,936 --> 00:55:07,903 It sings. 890 00:55:07,905 --> 00:55:09,905 - Hey, Scottie boy. - Hey. 891 00:55:09,907 --> 00:55:10,939 Hey, great piece. 892 00:55:10,941 --> 00:55:13,509 I mean, this one really feels like the real deal. 893 00:55:13,511 --> 00:55:14,977 - It's great work. - Thanks. 894 00:55:14,979 --> 00:55:18,314 What I like most about it is that you didn't overwrite it. 895 00:55:18,316 --> 00:55:20,049 No extra color. No puffy adjectives. 896 00:55:20,051 --> 00:55:22,351 Just tight, declarative sentences. 897 00:55:22,353 --> 00:55:24,553 And you really let this ex-Marine just tell the story. 898 00:55:24,555 --> 00:55:28,924 - Thanks, Gus. - Hey, Mr. Slot Man, read it and weep. 899 00:55:28,926 --> 00:55:32,027 And I mean that literally. 900 00:55:32,430 --> 00:55:33,829 Oh, hey, Scott, did you get a chance 901 00:55:33,831 --> 00:55:37,533 - to drop a couple calls on that complaint? - Yeah, it's bullshit. 902 00:55:37,535 --> 00:55:38,767 I talked to people in the neighborhood. 903 00:55:38,769 --> 00:55:42,104 Sister's good people, but there's another woman 904 00:55:42,106 --> 00:55:44,773 up there, unrelated, keeps getting arrested 905 00:55:44,775 --> 00:55:46,975 for kiting checks and stuff, and she-- 906 00:55:46,977 --> 00:55:49,745 she uses the sister's name every time she gets locked up. 907 00:55:49,747 --> 00:55:51,847 She's done it, like, three or four times now. 908 00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:53,649 - No shit. - Yeah, it's crazy. 909 00:55:53,651 --> 00:55:56,452 But sister's clean. Everyone says so. 910 00:55:56,454 --> 00:55:58,787 Okay. 911 00:56:05,029 --> 00:56:07,429 ( chatter on TV ) 912 00:56:36,394 --> 00:56:38,660 Is there anything else I can do for him? 913 00:56:38,662 --> 00:56:39,762 No, we've got it. 914 00:56:39,764 --> 00:56:41,096 But thanks for bringing him in. 915 00:56:41,098 --> 00:56:44,099 Most people, they just ignore them. 916 00:56:52,042 --> 00:56:55,978 I just want to get all of your paperwork taken care of. 917 00:57:22,606 --> 00:57:25,140 ( theme music playing )