1. That's the witness all right,
the one from the Barksdale case.Copy !req
2. Gant, William. 41 years.Copy !req
3. Single headshot, close range.
Bullet pancaked on the inner skull.Copy !req
4. - Ain't necessarily what it looks like.
- No?Copy !req
5. A man's walking down a street
in West Baltimore.Copy !req
6. That'll catch you a bullet
for a half-dozen reasons.Copy !req
7. - Yeah, that it will.
- You run him for a sheet?Copy !req
8. Yeah, a couple of disorderlies is all.Copy !req
9. Guy works maintenance
down at Poe Homes.Copy !req
10. Lives alone, no wife, no kids.Copy !req
11. Only time his name pops up
on the courthouse computer...Copy !req
12. is for being a state witness in Barlow's case.Copy !req
13. Otherwise,
I don't even make that connection.Copy !req
14. I mean, you've got to admit...Copy !req
15. it don't make sense to ace this motherfucker
after he done testified.Copy !req
16. Sends a hell of a message though.Copy !req
17. He's one hardheaded fuck in the Terrace
you can't run off or buy out, right?Copy !req
18. If your audience is the high-rise projects,
a move like this cuts right through the shit.Copy !req
19. What are you gonna tell the major?Copy !req
20. That I caught a stone fucking whodunit.Copy !req
21. - Don't soft-sell the witness angle.
- Come on.Copy !req
22. Why get the bosses riled
before we know for sure?Copy !req
23. If I start talking shit
that a witness got killed—Copy !req
24. - Bunk, tell him.
- Why?Copy !req
25. Just cover yourself on this.Copy !req
26. Jimmy, you ain't gonna do what I think?Copy !req
27. Listen to me.Copy !req
28. This shit is gonna jump up
and bite you in your ass.Copy !req
29. Just cover yourself.Copy !req
30. - What the hell was that about?
- Nothing.Copy !req
31. Morning.Copy !req
32. Jesus Christ.Copy !req
33. Goddamn.Copy !req
34. Who do you got to fuck in this town
to get a real office?Copy !req
35. At least that works.Copy !req
36. It was for McNulty.Copy !req
37. - I shouldn't be here.
- Then you shouldn't.Copy !req
38. They killed a fucking witness
out of your court.Copy !req
39. Yeah, you told me. You did your civic duty.Copy !req
40. Under the power vested in me
by the circuit court for Baltimore city...Copy !req
41. I absolve you of all your sins,
Detective McNulty.Copy !req
42. You are my sin, you know that?Copy !req
43. For talking to you,
my major is ready to cut my throat.Copy !req
44. Jimmy, you knew I was gonna
make that call. Admit it.Copy !req
45. I didn't think you would straight-up
hang me out on the line in a shitstorm.Copy !req
46. Look, it's not like it was
when I was a prosecutor.Copy !req
47. - I'm a judge now, the rules are different.
- You missed a spot.Copy !req
48. Yeah, what's done is done.Copy !req
49. Question is,
what do you want me to do now?Copy !req
50. I think you can leverage the Deputy Ops
with a phone call.Copy !req
51. - He's already detailed people.
- Some detail.Copy !req
52. Asshole lieutenant thinks
he can buy-bust his way to Avon Barksdale.Copy !req
53. You want leverage?Copy !req
54. We give the dead-witness angle
to the newspapers.Copy !req
55. Stir some real shit.Copy !req
56. No, that tips Barksdale
that someone's working him.Copy !req
57. - We don't want to go public.
- No?Copy !req
58. Just put it to the Deputy Ops...Copy !req
59. you lost a witness
who testified in your court.Copy !req
60. That forces the department
to commit to the investigation.Copy !req
61. And when you call Burrell this time,
will you forget my fucking name?Copy !req
62. - You missed a spot.
- Why don't you fucking do it?Copy !req
63. Seniority.Copy !req
64. - You found us.
- Wasn't easy.Copy !req
65. - You asked for these guys?
- I asked for more manpower.Copy !req
66. Have a seat.Copy !req
67. What the fuck...Copy !req
68. Sir, l—Copy !req
69. He was showing me
the trigger pull on his Glock.Copy !req
70. - And he was just—
- Detective?Copy !req
71. Officer Pryzbylewski shot the wall,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
72. Why?Copy !req
73. Why did you shoot the wall,
Officer Pryzbylewski?Copy !req
74. I was just showing Carv
how my trigger pull is light, you know.Copy !req
75. - I got it so it's real light.
- He took the clip out, boss.Copy !req
76. But not the one in the chamber.Copy !req
77. No, I forgot the one in the chamber, and...Copy !req
78. Shit, I'm sorry, lieutenant.Copy !req
79. - You want him to write on it?
- Write on what?Copy !req
80. You let one go, you got to write.
You got to justify the use of deadly force.Copy !req
81. Against a plaster wall.Copy !req
82. It's an accident, okay?
Give me a fucking break already.Copy !req
83. - Your name is what?
- Pryzbylewski.Copy !req
84. From Auto Unit, right? Cantrell sent you.Copy !req
85. Not exactly.Copy !req
86. Lt. Cantrell sent me
to Casualty Section a couple months back.Copy !req
87. And I asked out of Casualty.Copy !req
88. You came here from Casualty Section?Copy !req
89. Man, these shits is right, yo.Copy !req
90. - It's good with the hot sauce, too.
- Most definite.Copy !req
91. - Dee, want some nuggets?
- No, go ahead, man.Copy !req
92. Man, whoever invented these,
he off the hook.Copy !req
93. Word!Copy !req
94. Motherfucker got the bone
all the way out the damn chicken.Copy !req
95. Till he came along,
niggas be chewing on drumsticks and shit...Copy !req
96. getting their fingers all greasy.Copy !req
97. He said "Later" to the bone.Copy !req
98. Nugget that meat up
and make some real money.Copy !req
99. - You think the man got paid?
- Who?Copy !req
100. - Man who invented these.
- Shit, he richer than a motherfucker.Copy !req
101. Why? You think he get a percentage?Copy !req
102. Why not?Copy !req
103. Nigga, please, the man
who invented them things...Copy !req
104. just some sad-ass down
at the basement of McDonald's...Copy !req
105. thinking up some shit
to make money for the real players.Copy !req
106. - No man, that ain't right.
- Fuck right.Copy !req
107. It ain't about right, it's about money.Copy !req
108. You think Ronald McDonald
gonna go down that basement...Copy !req
109. and say, "Mr. Nugget, you the bomb.Copy !req
110. "We selling chicken faster
than you can tear the bone out.Copy !req
111. "So, I'm gonna write my clowny-ass name
on this fat-ass check for you."Copy !req
112. Shit.Copy !req
113. The nigger who invented them things...Copy !req
114. still working in the basement
for regular wage...Copy !req
115. thinking of some shit
to make the fries taste better.Copy !req
116. Believe.Copy !req
117. He still had the idea, though.Copy !req
118. Who?Copy !req
119. Polk and Pat Mahone.
A couple of drunks from Property.Copy !req
120. - I don't know them.
- Why would you?Copy !req
121. They haven't made a case in 10 years.Copy !req
122. Also got handed some kid
named Prezbelowski or Prezbelewski—Copy !req
123. - Pryzbylewski, him, I know.
- Yeah?Copy !req
124. - Why was he in Casualty Section?
- He shot up his own car.Copy !req
125. - You remember?
- He did what?Copy !req
126. He fired two clips into an unmarked car,
somewhere out in West Baltimore.Copy !req
127. Called in a Signal 13 on the radio,
like he was under fire from a sniper.Copy !req
128. You didn't hear about that?Copy !req
129. He stuck to his story for half a day,
until Ballistics matched the bullet...Copy !req
130. to his off-duty weapon.Copy !req
131. - We almost indicted him for false report.
- Why didn't you?Copy !req
132. He's got some kind of suction
with the Mayor's office. I'm not sure.Copy !req
133. My point is, I can't build much
with the garbage they sent me.Copy !req
134. So, go to the deputy, right?
You've got his ear on this.Copy !req
135. Why not?Copy !req
136. I ask the deputy for manpower.Copy !req
137. He then tells Property to send me two men,
and Special to send two more.Copy !req
138. And those shift lieutenants...Copy !req
139. they know it's a chance
to dump their deadwood.Copy !req
140. The deputy, he knows this, too.Copy !req
141. He could have offered
to let me pick but he didn't.Copy !req
142. - He sent me a message on this.
- And the message is?Copy !req
143. Don't dig in, don't get fancy.Copy !req
144. Put a quick charge on this Barksdale
and then get out.Copy !req
145. If he sends me good police,
I might do good police work.Copy !req
146. - But if the state's attorney's office were to—
- No, no.Copy !req
147. Rhonda, darling...Copy !req
148. it's bad protocol for me to ask for help
and then trash the help I'm given.Copy !req
149. - You, on the other hand—
- No way.Copy !req
150. My office doesn't play that way.Copy !req
151. You people staff your cases,
you bring us casework.Copy !req
152. I cross that line, I only piss everyone off.Copy !req
153. Best I can do is tell my unit chief
that you drew shit.Copy !req
154. He wants to take it upstairs...Copy !req
155. call the deputy for operations,
that's his choice.Copy !req
156. - That won't happen.
- Probably not.Copy !req
157. Make lemonade.Copy !req
158. Fuck!Copy !req
159. Yo, Kima, where you taking us?Copy !req
160. - Get down.
- What?Copy !req
161. Jesus. You all ain't got no creep to you.Copy !req
162. Pair of goddamn elephants.Copy !req
163. A rusted nail just went through my shoe.Copy !req
164. I'm gonna need a tetanus
to get behind this bullshit.Copy !req
165. - Kima.
- Hand me that bag.Copy !req
166. Kima, if you don't mind me asking...Copy !req
167. when was it that you first figured
you liked women better than men?Copy !req
168. I mind you asking.Copy !req
169. Gentlemen, what's going on there, guys?Copy !req
170. - Testers, man, already out.
- No.Copy !req
171. I'm not in need of your services, bro.
I'm offering my services to y'all.Copy !req
172. What you got in the bag, man?Copy !req
173. One thing a gentleman of color like better
than a new pair of downtown shoes...Copy !req
174. is a downtown brim, right?Copy !req
175. What's with the hats?Copy !req
176. - Five-o!
- Five-o!Copy !req
177. Shut it down!Copy !req
178. Clean?Copy !req
179. You ain't gonna put that one on me.
He a witness.Copy !req
180. You picked that shit up off the ground,
so don't be trying to put shit on me.Copy !req
181. Is that what you think I'm about?Copy !req
182. Boy thinks I'm gonna dirty him.Copy !req
183. Like y'all won't do it.Copy !req
184. You Western knockos come here,
picking shit up off the ground...Copy !req
185. putting it on whoever you damn well please.Copy !req
186. Do I know you?Copy !req
187. Let's understand each other.
I'm not Western District.Copy !req
188. I'm not a knocko. I don't dirty people...Copy !req
189. because I don't care
about a possession charge.Copy !req
190. I'm a Murder Police,
I'm here about the bodies.Copy !req
191. D'Angelo here knows that.
He remembers me from the trial, right?Copy !req
192. I'm sitting in back there, behind Stringer,
watching, listening.Copy !req
193. Y'all hassling me about that shit?Copy !req
194. I thought you heard
what the jury had to say.Copy !req
195. - Fuck the jury.
- Yeah, fuck the jury.Copy !req
196. This is just us talking, right?Copy !req
197. Just you, me, my partner and...
What did you say your name was?Copy !req
198. I didn't say shit.Copy !req
199. Just you, me, my partner and Mr. Shit here.Copy !req
200. We're just talking
about how things go, right?Copy !req
201. We are just sharing our thoughts here.Copy !req
202. - Bunk, a vial for your thoughts.
- I'm thinking it's one thing for one of you...Copy !req
203. little Terrace niggers
to shoot somebody in the lobby...Copy !req
204. of the 221 building, you know?
Who gives a fuck?Copy !req
205. - But when you ace a witness...
- A working man.Copy !req
206. who ain't even in the game...Copy !req
207. You gonna act like this is news?Copy !req
208. I tell you this, I don't know shit about shit,
but I do know this...Copy !req
209. anyone who spend time witnessing shit,
you gonna get got.Copy !req
210. I know that sounds kind of harsh,
but that's the way things go around here...Copy !req
211. officer.Copy !req
212. Let's roll.Copy !req
213. That how you see things, D'Angelo?
Like your friend here?Copy !req
214. I'm here trying to outfit niggers
with something to rile up some pussy.Copy !req
215. You don't want to know,
Bubbles used to get that pussy.Copy !req
216. I reckon the pussy ain't worth
what it used to be...Copy !req
217. if you can do it without
a proper brim, right?Copy !req
218. Come on, big man.Copy !req
219. - Something's up.
- What?Copy !req
220. Don't know.Copy !req
221. Yo, Carv. Come here.Copy !req
222. Listen, you see Bubbs
put a hat on anybody...Copy !req
223. you take some pictures, all right?Copy !req
224. - Yeah?
- Especially the red one.Copy !req
225. If you see him put that red hat
on anybody's head...Copy !req
226. snap your fucking fingers off.Copy !req
227. Where you going?Copy !req
228. Yo, Carv. Notice that most of the time...Copy !req
229. it's like Kima thinks
she's above us or something?Copy !req
230. I mean, I don't see any stripes
on her fucking sleeve...Copy !req
231. I don't see that.Copy !req
232. All I see is some stuck-up dyke bitch...Copy !req
233. who ain't been in CID
half the time of you or me...Copy !req
234. and she's fucking telling us what to do.Copy !req
235. It ain't right. You think it's right?Copy !req
236. Shut up for just a minute.
I'm trying to concentrate on this shit here.Copy !req
237. Nice truck.Copy !req
238. No? Makes your breath minty fresh.Copy !req
239. Is you all gonna arrest me?
Then go the fuck ahead and arrest me.Copy !req
240. If not, shut the fuck up.Copy !req
241. - You want to get arrested?
- No.Copy !req
242. - Shut the fuck up your own self.
- I'm out of here.Copy !req
243. Hey, D'Angelo.
You better bend the fuck over.Copy !req
244. Shit.Copy !req
245. - You ain't got nothing else to do today?
- No, no, nothing.Copy !req
246. Y'all ain't got no charge.Copy !req
247. You're getting awfully close, man.
You new on the force or some shit?Copy !req
248. All right, Dee.Copy !req
249. Move it.Copy !req
250. It's Greggs. Get me the lieutenant.Copy !req
251. Prez? He's no good to anyone, he's a goof.Copy !req
252. How is he my problem then?
How is he still carrying a gun and badge?Copy !req
253. You know Valchek in Southeast?Copy !req
254. - Yeah.
- Son-in-law.Copy !req
255. I can't carry him on this.
You know who Special sent me?Copy !req
256. - Who?
- Polk and Mahoney.Copy !req
257. Between the two of them
I don't have a designated driver.Copy !req
258. I heard you have someone from Pawnshop.Copy !req
259. Lester Freamon? A cuddly housecat.Copy !req
260. I don't think he can even find his gun.Copy !req
261. Look, take Pryzbylewski back.Copy !req
262. You know I can't. I would, but I can't.
I gave Valchek my word on it, okay?Copy !req
263. I can't help it that Prez
is fucking the guy's daughter.Copy !req
264. - If not for that, he's gone, no question.
- So, you got suction with Valchek?Copy !req
265. If I cross him,
I'm fucked on the next round of promotions.Copy !req
266. For Christ's sake,
I'm with you on the short list for major.Copy !req
267. Valchek has suction
with the First District Democratic Club...Copy !req
268. and they got suction with the Mayor,
and I'm the runt without a tit here.Copy !req
269. I owe you, okay?Copy !req
270. - So, give me Sydnor.
- No way.Copy !req
271. Give me Sydnor and I'll keep Prez.Copy !req
272. He's my best man, you can't take him.Copy !req
273. - I'm taking your worst, remember?
- How about Steinman?Copy !req
274. I'm working drugs in West Baltimore,
I need a black guy for surveillance.Copy !req
275. I need Sydnor.Copy !req
276. - Jesus, know what Prez did this morning?
- Tell me.Copy !req
277. He put a bullet through a wall,
dry-firing in the detail office.Copy !req
278. Look, no promises.Copy !req
279. You give me Sydnor,
I'll carry Pryzbylewski as long as I can.Copy !req
280. Fine, Cedric, fuck, whatever. Jesus Christ.Copy !req
281. How did you handle the judge?Copy !req
282. I told him we were looking
closely at the situation.Copy !req
283. I asked him not to say anything publicly.Copy !req
284. So, then he's not gonna go public, right?Copy !req
285. Judge Phelan called this morning...Copy !req
286. crying about a witness
in his murder trial who was killed.Copy !req
287. Did the judge say where he heard it?Copy !req
288. He heard it from our man, McNulty.Copy !req
289. That's his pipeline on this crap.Copy !req
290. Pardon my French, but I got no problem
giving that asshole up at this point.Copy !req
291. - I don't need people I can't trust.
- Yeah, who does?Copy !req
292. The newspapers get hold of this,
it'll be a complete clusterfuck.Copy !req
293. Okay, so the thing to do
is reassure the judge...Copy !req
294. keep him off his damn soapbox.Copy !req
295. An arrest or two would help.Copy !req
296. What if it's true?Copy !req
297. What if Barksdale ordered the murder
of a state's witness?Copy !req
298. Are you serious?Copy !req
299. Why would anyone do that
after the witness testifies?Copy !req
300. - It has no effect on the case.
- Payback, plain and simple.Copy !req
301. Bullshit, plain and simple.Copy !req
302. Look, I know there could be
two dozen other reasons...Copy !req
303. for this man to be murdered, but what if—Copy !req
304. No money for pretrial.
No witness protection program.Copy !req
305. Look, this is a poor fucking city, gentlemen.Copy !req
306. The last thing we ever need to do
is to announce we lost a witness.Copy !req
307. I mean, it's hard enough
pushing felony casework...Copy !req
308. through that courthouse as it is.Copy !req
309. - You got to pull McNulty off this.
- Who caught the murder case?Copy !req
310. - Bunk Moreland, McNulty's partner.
- Then you'd have to pull him, too.Copy !req
311. No, we pull McNulty up,
the judge will bring the press into this.Copy !req
312. I can see that a mile away.Copy !req
313. No, we're gonna sit tight,
let McNulty take his best shot...Copy !req
314. and hope like hell he comes up short.Copy !req
315. How do you wanna handle this?
We got nothing on him.Copy !req
316. We try to front, he'll see right through us.Copy !req
317. He's scared though. Soft.Copy !req
318. Go with the deuce?Copy !req
319. Hold up, hold up.Copy !req
320. - He part of my case?
- No, sir.Copy !req
321. He's a potential suspect in my murder.Copy !req
322. Which might be part of my case.Copy !req
323. I could use some coffee.
You want some coffee?Copy !req
324. - I need a word with you.
- We're just about to go—Copy !req
325. Now.Copy !req
326. You remember all that bullshit I gave you
about keeping me informed...Copy !req
327. about nothing happening
that I don't know about?Copy !req
328. - Lieutenant—
- Wasn't bullshit.Copy !req
329. My partner caught a murder.
It may have nothing with Barksdale at all.Copy !req
330. I just came from Deputy Ops' office...Copy !req
331. where your own major's
telling Burrell to do you.Copy !req
332. You hear me? Rawls is giving you up.Copy !req
333. - What the fuck did I do?
- You can't shut your mouth.Copy !req
334. You think that downtown judge
is gonna bail your ass out on this?Copy !req
335. You really think that?
You should have come to me.Copy !req
336. We bring this business to the deputy first,
we got a shot.Copy !req
337. But no, you're out there all alone,
jumping bad.Copy !req
338. - You got the deputy's ear?
- On this case, I do.Copy !req
339. Then how come they sent
every worthless hump in plainclothes?Copy !req
340. You ask for men,
they send you drunks and fuck-ups.Copy !req
341. I want to do this case.Copy !req
342. So do l.Copy !req
343. Then you're gonna get
all the way in, Lieutenant.Copy !req
344. If I see you get all the way in,
then I know who you are, what you're about.Copy !req
345. - Who is he?
- D'Angelo Barksdale.Copy !req
346. - Nephew to the king.
- That's the one that beat the murder?Copy !req
347. Yeah, him.Copy !req
348. What do you have
to connect him to the dead witness?Copy !req
349. - Not a thing.
- Why did you pick him up?Copy !req
350. Press him. See what kind of flex he shows.Copy !req
351. - She goes in with you.
- We don't need her.Copy !req
352. Bunk and me, we got our own rhythm.Copy !req
353. You want me in, McNulty?
I thought you said you wanted me in.Copy !req
354. You're along for this interview,
but it's Homicide's play, so let him lead.Copy !req
355. You might want to run
tag and title on these two trucks.Copy !req
356. - They scoped us when we jacked the kid.
- Been there.Copy !req
357. Info's already in the file.Copy !req
358. Y'all weren't the only lawmen
down in the Canyon today.Copy !req
359. - Really, where were you?
- Where was she?Copy !req
360. I mean, the thing is,
I can't see a reason for that man to be dead.Copy !req
361. I can't. I mean, hell, you beat us in court.Copy !req
362. - We don't take it personal.
- Fuck, no.Copy !req
363. We get paid either way.
And it's not like you did anything real bad...Copy !req
364. throwing a couple of hot ones
at Pooh Blanchard.Copy !req
365. No one's gonna miss that motherfucker.Copy !req
366. But you know the man
who got killed this time?Copy !req
367. You know who that
poor son of a bitch was?Copy !req
368. A citizen.Copy !req
369. Worked every goddamn day of his life.
You know that?Copy !req
370. He would get up every day,
go out and do maintenance work.Copy !req
371. Then on the weekends,
he was driving a cab out to the airport.Copy !req
372. Two jobs.Copy !req
373. And he volunteers what little time
he has left at his church.Copy !req
374. - Church-going man.
- A bethel man, a deacon.Copy !req
375. Two jobs and three kids.
Did you know that?Copy !req
376. Three kids. Young, too.Copy !req
377. Five, eight, eleven.Copy !req
378. Crying their little orphaned asses to sleep...Copy !req
379. 'cause they lost their mama
some years ago...Copy !req
380. and now they out there on their own.Copy !req
381. - He doesn't believe us.
- I know he don't believe it.Copy !req
382. We've been here two hours,
telling you what's true in the world...Copy !req
383. and you sit like nothing happened.Copy !req
384. Where my lawyer at?Copy !req
385. We called him.
When he comes, we'll let you know.Copy !req
386. I got nothing to say.Copy !req
387. I mean, I'm sorry for the man,
but I ain't got nothing to say.Copy !req
388. You sorry? You sorry for him?
You fucking killed the man.Copy !req
389. - No.
- Yes, you did.Copy !req
390. We don't think that you shot him,
but if you weren't so busy...Copy !req
391. Iighting folks up in high-rise lobby...Copy !req
392. he ain't coming out of the elevator
and see it happen.Copy !req
393. He don't see anything, he doesn't testify.Copy !req
394. He doesn't testify,
those kids still got a daddy to lean on.Copy !req
395. - Why'd he testify?
- How would we know?Copy !req
396. - He didn't have to testify.
- No, he didn't, but he did.Copy !req
397. And you still beat the charge, didn't you?Copy !req
398. But that wasn't enough.
It's not enough to beat the murder.Copy !req
399. They gotta send a cold message
to everyone in the Terrace.Copy !req
400. Fuck the working man.
Fuck his kids, that shit don't count.Copy !req
401. See, that's what I don't get
about the drug thing.Copy !req
402. Why can't you sell the shit
and walk the fuck away?Copy !req
403. You know what I mean?
Everything else in this country gets sold...Copy !req
404. without people shooting each other
behind it.Copy !req
405. In the Terrace, it's one body after another.Copy !req
406. You remember that little boy...Copy !req
407. got shot in the barbershop
on West Lombard last summer?Copy !req
408. One asshole chases another into a house...Copy !req
409. empties a 9.Copy !req
410. Bullshit argument over 20 missing gelcaps...Copy !req
411. and that little kid,
instead of getting his first haircut...Copy !req
412. he gets one in the eye.Copy !req
413. You remember that?Copy !req
414. - It's fucked up.
- Yes, it is.Copy !req
415. - It's fucked up.
- Yes, it is.Copy !req
416. They didn't have to do that.Copy !req
417. Shoot up a barber shop?Copy !req
418. No, they did not have to do that.Copy !req
419. That man was just...Copy !req
420. my thing.Copy !req
421. My thing, they ain't had...Copy !req
422. They ain't had to do that.Copy !req
423. No mama and no daddy.Copy !req
424. Lord Jesus!Copy !req
425. I'll tell you what I think
you should do, D'Angelo...Copy !req
426. not because I think you wanted that man
to get shot...Copy !req
427. or had anything to do with shooting him.Copy !req
428. But I think you could just sit here...Copy !req
429. for a moment or two,
collect your thoughts...Copy !req
430. you know, get your shit together.Copy !req
431. And then I think it might be a good thing...Copy !req
432. for you to write a little letter
to those children...Copy !req
433. and you let them know you're sorry...Copy !req
434. that they're not gonna
have anyone left, you know?Copy !req
435. I mean, just say something.Copy !req
436. Tell them how you personally
think your uncle...Copy !req
437. maybe he got it wrong this time,
because it's wrong...Copy !req
438. that they lost their daddy
behind what happened, you know?Copy !req
439. It might mean something to them to know
that you're feeling for them.Copy !req
440. Man, I ain't got nothing to say.Copy !req
441. Just say what's in your heart.Copy !req
442. Church deacon? That was thick.Copy !req
443. Got good to me, what can I say?Copy !req
444. It's sad enough with the kids
being orphaned and everything.Copy !req
445. Photo was from Bunk's desk.Copy !req
446. - They're yours?
- Yeah, afraid so.Copy !req
447. Good thing they look like their mama.Copy !req
448. Maurice Levy just posted.
He's by the elevators.Copy !req
449. - The defense never rests.
- Shame on you, McNulty.Copy !req
450. Dragging me from the Levy family preserve
on a Friday night.Copy !req
451. - My apologies.
- Yvette made brisket.Copy !req
452. - Good?
- When served hot. One or two?Copy !req
453. Your client.Copy !req
454. What the fuck! Stop writing! Now!Copy !req
455. - I'm just—
- Shut up!Copy !req
456. He calls his lawyer, that's supposed to be
the end of the interview.Copy !req
457. Your client gave no statement,
we took no statement.Copy !req
458. He just decided, voluntarily,
to write a letter to the victim's family.Copy !req
459. - To say that—
- Shut up!Copy !req
460. - Any charge here?
- No charge.Copy !req
461. Good, get up. Go! Walk!Copy !req
462. Listen to me, you don't say anything...Copy !req
463. you don't do anything,
you don't write anything.Copy !req
464. Do you hear me?Copy !req
465. Shut up!Copy !req
466. How many times do I have to tell you people
the same fucking thing?Copy !req
467. What the fuck is that?Copy !req
468. Armoire. Louis Quatorze.Copy !req
469. I mean, what is it, a toy?Copy !req
470. Some of you I know.
Some of you I will know.Copy !req
471. If you've ever worked with me before,
you know I don't want cowboy shit...Copy !req
472. and I don't want surprises.Copy !req
473. The task...Copy !req
474. is Avon Barksdale,
and Avon Barksdale only.Copy !req
475. No sidetrips, no sprawl.Copy !req
476. Primary investigators
are Greggs from my unit and—Copy !req
477. Greggs from my unit
and McNulty from Homicide.Copy !req
478. They keep the file.
On the street, we work partners.Copy !req
479. Greggs and Sydnor. Herc and Carver.Copy !req
480. McNulty's with Santangelo,
Mahone and Polk.Copy !req
481. Pryzbylewski and Freamon.Copy !req
482. To start with, we got nine—Copy !req
483. How's that? Did that get it?Copy !req
484. What? Do you hear me?Copy !req
485. What?Copy !req
486. To start with, we have
nine or ten open homicide files...Copy !req
487. to work back through for leads.Copy !req
488. McNulty and Santangelo,
they're on that already.Copy !req
489. Herc, Carver, Sydnor, and me,
we'll be targeting street dealers...Copy !req
490. and rolling them back up
at Barksdale's people.Copy !req
491. Polk and Mahone are available
to run down specific leads.Copy !req
492. Freamon, Pryzbylewski,
are gonna start in-office...Copy !req
493. on clerical duty.Copy !req
494. - You need a prosecutor—
- No, turn the shit off!Copy !req
495. What?Copy !req
496. You need a prosecutor.Copy !req
497. Rhonda Pearlman from Narcotics
is assigned.Copy !req
498. Now, we don't have enough desks yet,
so we gotta share—Copy !req
499. - Y'all from Purchasing?
- No.Copy !req
500. Like I was saying, we've been promised
some computers...Copy !req
501. and surveillance equipment.Copy !req
502. - Questions?
- Yeah, who signs the overtime slips?Copy !req
503. No OT, unless prior authorization.Copy !req
504. A case goes from red to black
by way of green, Lieutenant.Copy !req
505. You people bring me
something that needs OT...Copy !req
506. you'll get OT...Copy !req
507. until then, live on your fucking salaries.Copy !req
508. "I'm very sorry for your father.
If I could've stopped it, I would have."Copy !req
509. What can you do with this?Copy !req
510. Nothing legally.Copy !req
511. He doesn't put himself in,
or anyone else for that matter.Copy !req
512. You can't read that letter...Copy !req
513. and think that man was killed
for any other reason...Copy !req
514. than he was a witness.Copy !req
515. Why apologize at all
if you got nothing to do with it?Copy !req
516. We lost a state's witness.Copy !req
517. Even in Baltimore,
that's supposed to mean something, right?Copy !req
518. Just go to the deputy,
show him what's what...Copy !req
519. and let's put something real together.Copy !req
520. This case needs informants.
It needs long-term surveillance.Copy !req
521. And eventually,
it's gonna need a Title 3 wiretap.Copy !req
522. Most of all, it needs police who know
how to work those things.Copy !req
523. You think it's good for business
to put it out on the street...Copy !req
524. that our witnesses get killed?Copy !req
525. You think it's not on the street already?Copy !req
526. No grandstanding, no red balls.Copy !req
527. Like I said, we get in and out.Copy !req
528. Aunt June.Copy !req
529. Yeah, I hope you're hungry.Copy !req
530. Starving.Copy !req
531. Hey, Dee!Copy !req
532. What's up, baby?Copy !req
533. - That your uncle?
- Yeah.Copy !req
534. I thought he'd look different.Copy !req
535. My man, Dee. What's up, man?Copy !req
536. This the little man?Copy !req
537. Yo, you see how shorty
favor your nephew here?Copy !req
538. What's up, little man?
You ain't gonna be able to deny that child.Copy !req
539. You wanna come to me?
I know you tryin' to come to me.Copy !req
540. - Been napping.
- Yeah?Copy !req
541. Just woke up.Copy !req
542. You got a grip, let me see your grip.Copy !req
543. C'mon, give us a twirl, let's take a look.Copy !req
544. What you looking at?Copy !req
545. - Go fix her a hot plate.
- All right.Copy !req
546. Put everything on it.
She's the skinniest thing in here.Copy !req
547. Come on, girl, we gonna hook you up.Copy !req
548. Don't let that fool you, she can eat, man.Copy !req
549. - How y'all doing? You doing good?
- Yeah, we all right.Copy !req
550. She want me to move in,
I'm thinking about it.Copy !req
551. Let's walk.Copy !req
552. Let's walk.Copy !req
553. Here you come.
You gonna take my man from me?Copy !req
554. Yeah.Copy !req
555. Be careful with my little soldier.Copy !req
556. - Got a name for that one?
- No.Copy !req
557. But he's one of the boys
they use in the stairwell.Copy !req
558. - What about him?
- That's Little Man.Copy !req
559. He's muscle.Copy !req
560. You know his real name?Copy !req
561. - Cl?
- Yeah.Copy !req
562. - You need some privacy?
- No, it's all right.Copy !req
563. He's cool.Copy !req
564. What's with the hat?Copy !req
565. Go ahead, tell him, Bubbles.Copy !req
566. I go down the way
with some hats that I'm selling.Copy !req
567. If someone is someone you need to know...Copy !req
568. I put the red hat on them
and Kima here take the pictures.Copy !req
569. If they in the mix, they get another color.Copy !req
570. If they ain't shit, they don't get shit.Copy !req
571. Everyone in the hat's
part of Barksdale's crew?Copy !req
572. At the Terrace.Copy !req
573. We haven't hit the low-rises yet.Copy !req
574. That's sharp.Copy !req
575. I like that.Copy !req
576. Bubbles does not forget a face.Copy !req
577. Ain't so good with names,
but, you know, faces I keep in my head.Copy !req
578. I used to take him down to Escape Unit,
let him look through the warrant books.Copy !req
579. He'd call me up that night,
telling me to go to this corner, that corner.Copy !req
580. Yeah, paid $25 a pop.Copy !req
581. - That's good money.
- Yeah.Copy !req
582. How much does the hat routine pay?Copy !req
583. Nothing.Copy !req
584. We free on this.Copy !req
585. - Motherfuckers beat my boy down.
- Who?Copy !req
586. Little hoppers in the low-rises.Copy !req
587. Who's your boy?Copy !req
588. I got a friend.Copy !req
589. Younger white boy.Copy !req
590. Used to come down to the corners,
real green.Copy !req
591. I was schooling him, you know?Copy !req
592. What happened?Copy !req
593. - They stomped him.
- You see it?Copy !req
594. Fuck a man like that up
for a couple dollars, you know?Copy !req
595. He still at University,
tubes all up in his nose.Copy !req
596. Can't say but a fucking word or two.Copy !req
597. But you know, that's how it goes, right?Copy !req
598. How you feeling, Bubbles?Copy !req
599. Restless.Copy !req
600. Yeah, I could tell.Copy !req
601. What the fuck?Copy !req
602. Can you hook a nigger up with
$10 then till tomorrow?Copy !req
603. I mean, you know, just to carry me, Kima.Copy !req
604. Bubbles.Copy !req
605. Obliged.Copy !req
606. Stay out of the projects
the next couple of days...Copy !req
607. just to be safe.Copy !req
608. Girl's always fretting over me.Copy !req
609. - Change it up, Bubs.
- Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
610. Go Eastside.Copy !req
611. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
612. $20?Copy !req
613. - You gonna spoil him with that shit.
- I respect the work.Copy !req
614. They used your name, Stringer, Wee-Bey...Copy !req
615. Savino, Peanut...Copy !req
616. They knew a lot of names. They knew a lot.Copy !req
617. But you didn't say nothing?Copy !req
618. Shit, man, I don't know nothing.Copy !req
619. What was you writing then?Copy !req
620. Yo, they was talking about
the man who got killed...Copy !req
621. and his kids, they asked me to write.Copy !req
622. - What you got to do with them, Dee?
- Yeah, that's what I said.Copy !req
623. Then they cried
about how the kids ain't doing so good.Copy !req
624. I'm like, it ain't gonna hurt for me
to say I'm sorry the man got killed.Copy !req
625. Why the fuck you gotta say you're sorry?Copy !req
626. Motherfuckers tried to
put your ass in the stir.Copy !req
627. Yeah, but it didn't turn out that way.Copy !req
628. You know, that's what I'm saying,
it's a shame that y'all...Copy !req
629. I'm saying, it's a shame
what happened to that man, all right?Copy !req
630. 'Cause he didn't do anything
but come off the elevator...Copy !req
631. when I was doing that thing
that I was doing.Copy !req
632. What you think, cuz?Copy !req
633. About what?Copy !req
634. I'm saying, what you think
about what happened to the man?Copy !req
635. You think we killed the motherfucker?Copy !req
636. Speak your mind.Copy !req
637. - Man, I don't know.
- Exactly.Copy !req
638. You don't know,
and you don't need to know.Copy !req
639. And if we did, we had a reason.
And if we didn't, we had a reason.Copy !req
640. But either way,
you ain't got shit to do with it.Copy !req
641. It ain't on you, cuz.Copy !req
642. You feel me? It ain't on you.Copy !req
643. Now, if you get jacked again...Copy !req
644. I don't want to hear shit about
you writing nothing to no one.Copy !req
645. - Got it?
- Yeah.Copy !req
646. Come on, let's have some good times...Copy !req
647. and get some ribs
before they done ate all the ribs up.Copy !req
648. - This case isn't shit, Carv.
- I know it.Copy !req
649. We're dancing around
with this motherfucker, typing shit out...Copy !req
650. taking pictures of assholes in hats.Copy !req
651. - What the fuck is that?
- It's bullshit.Copy !req
652. I say we go down there right now.
Right fucking now.Copy !req
653. We go into those towers,
and we let them know.Copy !req
654. I'm serious.Copy !req
655. You got to let these motherfuckers know
who you are.Copy !req
656. You coming?Copy !req
657. - I'm with you.
- Carv?Copy !req
658. What the hell?Copy !req
659. Let's do it.Copy !req
660. Come on.Copy !req
661. Shut it down. Five-O.Copy !req
662. Five-O, five-O, break out.Copy !req
663. Yo, come here, man.
Come here, where you going?Copy !req
664. Don't act like you don't know me.
Get your hands up.Copy !req
665. Put that down.Copy !req
666. - Drop that shit! Kiss the fucking ground!
- Put your hands up.Copy !req
667. Don't look at me like I ain't talking English.Copy !req
668. You got a needle on you?
Got anything in here that's gonna stick me?Copy !req
669. No? What's that?Copy !req
670. What you got in your pockets?Copy !req
671. You know what?
Put your pants down, man.Copy !req
672. Put your pants down
and get down on the ground.Copy !req
673. Get down on the fucking ground!Copy !req
674. All right, spread your shit out.Copy !req
675. Nice shoes. Think a happy thought.Copy !req
676. Why don't you go somewhere else
with that bullshit?Copy !req
677. No-good motherfuckers.Copy !req
678. Stay down, man, stay down.Copy !req
679. Y'all can let Barksdale and them know
who owns these towers.Copy !req
680. 'Cause we're coming back.Copy !req
681. - I'm sick of this shit.
- Kiss my ass!Copy !req
682. We roll out, come back in an hour,
catch everybody dirty.Copy !req
683. You'll see how that goes.Copy !req
684. - That's bullshit, man.
- Yo, stay down, man.Copy !req
685. That's fucked up. Man ain't did nothing.Copy !req
686. Want something?Copy !req
687. - Move, shitbird.
- I ain't doing nothing.Copy !req
688. Really? I got nothing for you.Copy !req
689. - My eye, my eye.
- Who you gonna eyefuck now?Copy !req
690. Are you serious?Copy !req
691. You bleed on my car?
Don't bleed on my car.Copy !req
692. Get your shit off my car.Copy !req
693. What the fuck's the matter with you?Copy !req
694. Got a visual?Copy !req
695. Fuck.Copy !req
696. Get the radio.Copy !req
697. 1 1 :35, Signal 13.Copy !req
698. 771 Franklin, in the Court.Copy !req
699. Son of a bitch!Copy !req
700. Shots fired, shots fired.
Officers need assistance.Copy !req
701. I'm hit! Signal 13.Copy !req
702. Officer down, Officer down!Copy !req
703. Shit!Copy !req
704. - Hello?
- You seen the paper?Copy !req
705. - What?
- The newspaper, get it.Copy !req
706. Hey, kids.Copy !req
707. Oh, no.Copy !req
708. You happy now, bitch?Copy !req
709. McNulty!Copy !req
710. Where in fuck is he?Copy !req
711. He's detailed, Major, to Narcotics—Copy !req
712. I fucking know where he's detailed.
I fucking already know that!Copy !req
713. Yes, sir.Copy !req
714. - Where is he right now?
- I can page him, sir.Copy !req
715. Move that fucking desk out of my unit.Copy !req
716. I do not want that
fucking man's desk in my unit.Copy !req
717. That's Crutchfield's desk.Copy !req
718. Crutchfield's?Copy !req
719. McNulty sits here.Copy !req
720. - What the fuck was that about?
- Did you see today's paper?Copy !req
721. - Just sports.
- You gotta check out the front page.Copy !req
722. - What do you think they'll do to him?
- Let me tell you something.Copy !req
723. If he gets caught with his dick up the ass
of the deputy's wife...Copy !req
724. he's still gonna have more of a career
than if they find out he's behind that story.Copy !req
725. Lieutenant.Copy !req
726. I saw the story in the paper.
I want you to know I had nothing to do...Copy !req
727. - They jumped us, Boss.
- Who?Copy !req
728. Fucking project niggers.Copy !req
729. What are you doing here
at 2:00 in the morning?Copy !req
730. Field interviews, sir, police work.Copy !req
731. - Police work?
- Yeah.Copy !req
732. I got a 14-year-old in critical
but stable condition at University...Copy !req
733. and two witnesses who say
one of you princes...Copy !req
734. cold-cocked him
with the butt-end of a pistol.Copy !req
735. - No, sir.
- I got his mother over at llD...Copy !req
736. filing a formal brutality charge...Copy !req
737. which for Herc will make an even four
in the last two years.Copy !req
738. - None sustained.
- But all of them true.Copy !req
739. We thought that—Copy !req
740. I got one less Crown Vic
than I had last night.Copy !req
741. I'm out two Kevlar vests
that burned in the car...Copy !req
742. two hand-held radios, a shotgun...Copy !req
743. and I'm about to lose this idiot here
for a week or two of medical.Copy !req
744. And for what?Copy !req
745. What did you all learn
when you went to the Terrace...Copy !req
746. at 2:00 in the morning
to conduct field interviews?Copy !req
747. What valuable information did
we acquire from this situation?Copy !req
748. IID is gonna be on all three of you
by afternoon...Copy !req
749. and if you don't get a story straight
by then...Copy !req
750. you're gonna have a file thick enough
to see the light of a trial board.Copy !req
751. Now tell me, who cold-cocked the kid?Copy !req
752. Me.Copy !req
753. Why?Copy !req
754. He pissed me off.Copy !req
755. No, Officer Pryzbylewski,
he did not piss you off.Copy !req
756. He made you fear for your safety
and that of your fellow officers.Copy !req
757. I'm guessing now, but maybe...Copy !req
758. he was seen to pick up a bottle
and menace officers Hauk and Carver...Copy !req
759. both of whom had already sustained injury
from flying projectiles.Copy !req
760. Rather than use deadly force
in such a situation...Copy !req
761. maybe you elected to approach the youth,
ordering him to drop the bottle.Copy !req
762. Maybe when he raised the bottle
in a threatening manner...Copy !req
763. you used a Kel-Light,
not the handle of your service weapon...Copy !req
764. to incapacitate the suspect.Copy !req
765. Go practice.Copy !req
766. You fuck the bullshit up
when you talk to lnternal...Copy !req
767. I can't fix it, you're on your own.Copy !req
768. - Push the arraignments back to 3:00.
- And the Gillette case?Copy !req
769. The Gillette trial goes back
on the move docket.Copy !req
770. Come on, walk with me. I'm running late.Copy !req
771. - It wasn't me.
- The story quoted you.Copy !req
772. Reporter has the story confirmed
when he calls me about the quote.Copy !req
773. What am I gonna say?Copy !req
774. No, he wasn't a witness?
No, he didn't testify in my court last week?Copy !req
775. What?Copy !req
776. You don't think it's around
about the witness?Copy !req
777. Lawyers, clerks, jurors, everybody talks.Copy !req
778. - I'm in the shit here, Your Honor.
- What can I tell you?Copy !req
779. I called the deputy, not the newspapers.
I gotta run.Copy !req
780. - You should have hung them.
- If I hang them, I hang myself.Copy !req
781. I'm the man in charge, remember?Copy !req
782. Besides, you don't
give your people up to llD.Copy !req
783. You don't do that.Copy !req
784. Even if they put
a 14-year-old kid into Critical Care?Copy !req
785. This case, it's just...Copy !req
786. Get out of it.Copy !req
787. - How do I do that?
- I don't know.Copy !req
788. But you can't lose if you don't play.Copy !req
789. I always heard it
that you can't win if you don't play.Copy !req
790. The department puts you on a case
it doesn't want.Copy !req
791. You're given people
that are useless or untrustworthy.Copy !req
792. Correct.Copy !req
793. If you push too hard,
and any shit hits the fan...Copy !req
794. you'll be blamed for it.Copy !req
795. Correct.Copy !req
796. If you don't push hard enough, and there's
no arrest, you'll be blamed for that, too.Copy !req
797. Correct.Copy !req
798. The game is rigged.Copy !req
799. But you cannot lose if you do not play.Copy !req
800. In the hole, y'all.Copy !req
801. Hey!Copy !req
802. Hey, you fuckheads!Copy !req
803. Hey, police!Copy !req
804. - Hello.
- Lieutenant Daniels?Copy !req
805. Yeah.Copy !req
806. Who was that?Copy !req
807. It was the duty officer
down at University hospital.Copy !req
808. What happened?Copy !req
809. - He's blind in one eye.
- Who?Copy !req
810. The kid. The 14-year-old.Copy !req