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Clips from The Wire - The Detail (S01E01)

"The newspapers get hold of this, it'll be a complete clusterfuck."
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"Okay, so the thing to do is reassure the judge..."
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"keep him off his damn soapbox."
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"An arrest or two would help."
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"Are you serious?"
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"Why would anyone do that after the witness testifies?"
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"for this man to be murdered, but what if--"
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"No money for pretrial. No witness protection program."
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"Look, this is a poor fucking city, gentlemen."
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"The last thing we ever need to do is to announce we lost a witness."
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"-You got to pull McNulty off this. -Who caught the murder case?"
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"-Bunk Moreland, McNulty's partner. -Then you'd have to pull him, too."
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"No, we pull McNulty up, the judge will bring the press into this."
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"I can see that a mile away."
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"No, we're gonna sit tight, let McNulty take his best shot..."
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"How do you wanna handle this? We got nothing on him."
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"We try to front, he'll see right through us."
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"He's scared though. Soft."
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"Go with the deuce?"
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"-He part of my case? -No, sir."
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"He's a potential suspect in my murder."
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"I could use some coffee. You want some coffee?"
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"You remember all that bullshit I gave you about keeping me informed..."
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"about nothing happening that I don't know about?"
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"My partner caught a murder. It may have nothing with Barksdale at all."
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"I just came from Deputy Ops' office..."
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"where your own major's telling Burrell to do you."
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"You hear me? Rawls is giving you up."
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"-What the fuck did I do? -You can't shut your mouth."
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"You think that downtown judge is gonna bail your ass out on this?"
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"You really think that? You should have come to me."
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"We bring this business to the deputy first, we got a shot."
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"But no, you're out there all alone, jumping bad."
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"Then how come they sent every worthless hump in plainclothes?"
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"You ask for men, they send you drunks and fuck-ups."
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"I want to do this case."
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"So do l."
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"Then you're gonna get all the way in, Lieutenant."
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"-Who is he? -D'Angelo Barksdale."
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"-Nephew to the king. -That's the one that beat the murder?"
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"What do you have to connect him to the dead witness?"
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"-Not a thing. -Why did you pick him up?"
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"Press him. See what kind of flex he shows."
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"Bunk and me, we got our own rhythm."
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"You want me in, McNulty? I thought you said you wanted me in."
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"You might want to run tag and title on these two trucks."
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"Info's already in the file."
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"I can't. I mean, hell, you beat us in court."
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"-We don't take it personal. -Fuck, no."
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"We get paid either way. And it's not like you did anything real bad..."
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"No one's gonna miss that motherfucker."
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"A citizen."
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"Worked every goddamn day of his life. You know that?"
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"He would get up every day, go out and do maintenance work."
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"Then on the weekends, he was driving a cab out to the airport."
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"Two jobs."
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"And he volunteers what little time he has left at his church."
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"Three kids. Young, too."
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"Five, eight, eleven."
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"Crying their little orphaned asses to sleep..."
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"-He doesn't believe us. -I know he don't believe it."
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"We've been here two hours, telling you what's true in the world..."
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"and you sit like nothing happened."
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"Where my lawyer at?"
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"You sorry? You sorry for him? You fucking killed the man."
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"-No. -Yes, you did."
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"he ain't coming out of the elevator and see it happen."
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"He doesn't testify, those kids still got a daddy to lean on."
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"-Why'd he testify? -How would we know?"
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"-He didn't have to testify. -No, he didn't, but he did."
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"And you still beat the charge, didn't you?"
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"But that wasn't enough. It's not enough to beat the murder."
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"They gotta send a cold message to everyone in the Terrace."
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"Why can't you sell the shit and walk the fuck away?"
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"In the Terrace, it's one body after another."
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"You remember that little boy..."
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"got shot in the barbershop on West Lombard last summer?"
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"One asshole chases another into a house..."
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"empties a 9."
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"Bullshit argument over 20 missing gelcaps..."
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"and that little kid, instead of getting his first haircut..."
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"he gets one in the eye."
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"They didn't have to do that."
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"That man was just..."
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"They ain't had to do that."
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"No mama and no daddy."
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"Lord Jesus!"
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"not because I think you wanted that man to get shot..."
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"But I think you could just sit here..."
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"for a moment or two, collect your thoughts..."
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"you know, get your shit together."
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"for you to write a little letter to those children..."
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"and you let them know you're sorry..."
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"that they're not gonna have anyone left, you know?"
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"I mean, just say something."
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"Tell them how you personally think your uncle..."
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"maybe he got it wrong this time, because it's wrong..."
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"that they lost their daddy behind what happened, you know?"
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"It might mean something to them to know that you're feeling for them."
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"Man, I ain't got nothing to say."
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"Just say what's in your heart."
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"-They're yours? -Yeah, afraid so."
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"-The defense never rests. -Shame on you, McNulty."
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"Dragging me from the Levy family preserve on a Friday night."
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"-My apologies. -Yvette made brisket."
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"What the fuck! Stop writing! Now!"
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"He calls his lawyer, that's supposed to be the end of the interview."
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"Your client gave no statement, we took no statement."
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"Listen to me, you don't say anything..."
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"you don't do anything, you don't write anything."
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"Do you hear me?"
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"Shut up!"
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"How many times do I have to tell you people the same fucking thing?"
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"What the fuck is that?"
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"Armoire. Louis Quatorze."
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"Some of you I know. Some of you I will know."
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"If you've ever worked with me before, you know I don't want cowboy shit..."
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"is Avon Barksdale, and Avon Barksdale only."
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"No sidetrips, no sprawl."
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"Greggs from my unit and McNulty from Homicide."
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