The Wire 5x9

1. But if we—

2. But how can—

3. Jesus crist.

4. So this means that, uh...

5. - But— - so no one killed any homeless men?

6. No serial killer.

7. Some were random killings,

8. Some were natural deaths that were likely manipulated.

9. But they're not linked in any way.

10. But why?

11. The detectives used the money to fund a case

12. Against the drug traffickers responsible

13. For the slayings in the vacants a year ago.

14. Last week's arrests and seizures were a direct result.

15. So let me just understand this.

16. Um...

17. So i've been going out there for weeks

18. Slamming the governor for his neglect of the homeless

19. And declaring how we will stop at nothing

20. To find the person responsible

21. For preying on the homeless, and all the while—

22. Hey, norman, this is my ass here.

23. ( coughs ) that's true, boss.

24. But it does have a certain charm to it.

25. They manufactured an issue to get paid.

26. We manufactured an issue to get you elected governor.

27. Everybody's gettin' what they need behind some make-believe.

28. The detectives involved will be suspended

29. And ultimately fired, at the least.

30. Beyond that, a criminal prosecution

31. On fraud and perjury charges is probable.

32. So, what, you're saying we call a press conference

33. And we say, "hey, by the way,

34. All that stuff about homeless people getting killed

35. And the governor cutting the safety net

36. And us doing everything in our power to catch the guy—

37. Hey, guess what, the joke's on us?"

38. Not to mention that the evidence

39. Against the traffickers arrested last week is tainted.

40. - ( sighs ) - pearlman: That case could collapse as well.

41. I don't fucking believe this!

42. You two are on point here.

43. Word of this gets down to annapolis, the governor's gonna wreck me with it.

44. And if it comes to that, you guys drop on your swords, so help me.

45. How does word not get out

46. Once we suspend the detectives?

47. Never mind sending it to the grand jury

48. For a criminal case.

49. The cops that did this, they gotta go.

50. You cannot be telling me i have to live with this.

51. Deputy, counselor...

52. If you two will excuse us, we are going to discuss this

53. First as a matter of public policy.

54. Until we can reason the best way to address this,

55. Do nothing and speak to no one about any of this.

56. If this becomes public in the wrong way,

57. A lot of people who were legally responsible for the situation,

58. Good people who were nonetheless in a supervisory role here

59. Are going to suffer.

60. And that's not the outcome that anyone wants.

61. What mike is saying is that we need to be very careful about how to proceed.

62. I wish i was still at the newspaper

63. So i could write on this mess.

64. It's too fuckin' good.

65. Lester, what brings you down?

66. We don't have anything scheduled from you today,

67. I don't think.

68. 40,000 from the showboat on the boardwalk.

69. 26 at the borgata.

70. 80 over the last year at the taj mahal,

71. And that's just the atlantic city casinos.

72. I like to play. So what?

73. You lost three times your salary over the last two years.

74. I ran you through sentinel title

75. And came back with seven pages of liens

76. And a third mortgage you folded on two months ago.

77. Gary, you're done.

78. What do you mean?

79. We found sealed grand jury papers

80. In the houses of drug dealers.

81. And we've got people naming you on it.

82. You have a problem, gary.

83. But you have friends in this courthouse,

84. Lifelong friends.

85. Cop to the problem, give up the names

86. Of those that bought from you.

87. Disbarred? Yeah, no doubt.

88. But you play it clean from this moment on,

89. And we both know you'll probably walk.

90. Why did you look at me?

91. I ran the finances on everyone

92. Who worked this unit over the last couple of years.

93. You were the only bogie.

94. If the sao weren't so screwed up,

95. They'd have been running background checks as a routine.

96. But i guess you knew that.

97. I always wondered if they'd get their shit together.

98. But that's baltimore, isn't it?

99. So what happens now?

100. Well, for starters...

101. You're gonna make a phone call.

102. Mcnulty, freamon,

103. Sydnor,

104. Anyone who has the smell of this on them should be gone.

105. Before the close of business, they should be suspended,

106. And before the end of the week, indicted.

107. - I know, but— - but what?

108. We're gonna let this shit stand

109. Because it'll hurt carcetti to air it out?

110. Instead of cleaning house like we need to,

111. He's up there figuring out how to hide the dirt.

112. I swear, i got a mind to call the governor myself and just let it fly.

113. - Cedric, you can't. - Why not?

114. If i let this thing stand, i might as well just

115. Roll over and play dead for every police who knows about this.

116. - Look, we cover this up— - cedric, you can't do anything.

117. Those are your detectives.

118. They need someone to blame, they will measure you for it.

119. I don't give a fuck.

120. And they'll fire me.

121. You heard steintorf.

122. I was in charge of this thing.

123. I was on that wiretap.

124. This is my career. This is everything.

125. You go public and it hurts carcetti.

126. Maybe he doesn't get to be governor,

127. But he is still the mayor and bond is still my boss,

128. And you know the weight will not fall on them.

129. It never does.

130. Christ.

131. Everything i worked for,

132. All those years in that courthouse...

133. Please.

134. Miss, 25 cents, "baltimore sun."

135. - Sir, "baltimore sun," one quarter. - Driver: Here you go.

136. - Keep it. - Thank you, sir. Thank you.

137. People tip pretty good, don't they?

138. "paying him for what he had done to us.

139. I'm sorry for him now, really, but i still

140. Can't let him come up from the basement."

141. You gonna put all that in the paper?

142. That's the plan.

143. Even the parts about sherrod?

144. Yeah.

145. What good is— what good is a story like that?

146. Like what?

147. Like, me and sherrod gettin' high and not gettin' high.

148. My sister, all that shit in there.

149. What good do any of that do to put in a newspaper?

150. People read it.

151. They think about it, maybe see things different.

152. I don't know, man.

153. Bubs, you don't want me to do this, i won't do it.

154. I don't know.

155. "baltimore sun."

156. A little bit of sun. "sun" paper.

157. Look, rupert, you can go public with this thing if you want,

158. But your shop is going to come out looking worse

159. For letting it happen in the first place.

160. The better move is to shut it down quietly

161. And then deal with those responsible through back channels.

162. We'll bury these guys softly

163. And in a hole so deep, no one will ever get close to digging them up.

164. I can see that.

165. Commissioner, do you agree?

166. Well, it is a little more problematic for me.

167. The offenders are in my shop, are they not?

168. Can i have a word with you in private, bill?

169. Hey, if rawls isn't in, i'm not either.

170. Oh, i wouldn't worry about bill rawls.

171. I believe he's about to have one of those road-to-damascus moments.

172. I can see what you're thinking in there.

173. I can see the gears grinding in that head of yours.

174. You're thinking, "hey, i might have some wood on carcetti here.

175. After all, there's no way they can pin the blame on me for this fiasco

176. Without doing their boy daniels, too, right?"

177. You're thinking we'd have to fire daniels to fire you

178. And that wouldn't sit well given how much we've already sold daniels.

179. Isn't that what you're thinking?

180. And so you're telling yourself that maybe there's a way for you to leverage this.

181. To get yourself a full term as commissioner,

182. To delay daniels a few more years in exchange for you

183. Shutting the fuck up and doing what you're told.

184. And you know what, bill? You're not far off.

185. You do have a little leverage here, but just a little.

186. And i wouldn't overplay your hand.

187. How would you play it?

188. I'd shut the fuck up and wait your turn.

189. And when tommy gets to the statehouse,

190. He brings you with him to be state police superintendent,

191. Because while you may be a shade too white

192. To run the baltimore department,

193. You're just about right for the msp.

194. ( chuckles ) i have your word?

195. And i have yours.

196. Back channel is the way to go.

197. See?

198. The police commissioner done fell off his ass.

199. Woman over intercom: Can i help you?

200. Um, i need to see mr. Prezbo.

201. Someone will come down.

202. Are you a student here?

203. Ms. Donnelly, it's me, duquan.

204. Oh, well, it's good to see you, duquan,

205. But you're not a student here, so i can't let you inside.

206. I just came past to see mr. Prezbo.

207. Well, he's teaching right now.

208. I know. I can wait.

209. Well, you're gonna have to stay outside,

210. And after the bell, i'll tell mr. Pryzbylewski

211. You're out here for him, okay?

212. I'm going to surprise you with something.

213. You already have.

214. I got a tip from an informant

215. About a leak out of the grand jury unit.

216. Sad to say it's checked out.

217. We know about the leak.

218. Yeah, but do you know who it is?

219. Gary dipasquale.

220. Decent enough guy, but he's got a bear

221. Of a gambling problem and a bank of drug lawyers

222. Who are willing to pay for their look-sees.

223. Troy sanders, marvin bronfman,

224. Dennis cray, sid silverstein.

225. And the pick of the litter? Maurice levy.

226. I kid you not.

227. Gary is their leak?

228. He broke right away. He was ready to give it up. He needed to.

229. One-party consent call implicating maury levy.

230. Where's gary now?

231. He went up to the second floor to hand in

232. His letter of resignation, then he went home to wait for the sword to drop.

233. He's okay.

234. He's better than you'd think.

235. You know, if we can turn levy

236. And some of these other drug lawyers,

237. We can route the drug money all over town.

238. It's sad business, i know, but at least

239. We know the truth now, right?

240. The truth, you say?

241. - Hey. - Duquan, hello.

242. - Snatch-pops. - Hey!

243. Damien. You lost your mind?

244. - But i said snatch-pops. - I don't care what you said.

245. You're gonna buy him a new sandwich.

246. And past that, you're gonna go inside and ask mr. Williams

247. For a broom to clean that up, you understand?

248. - But, mr. P— - right now, damien,

249. Or you're mine for another week of detention.

250. I don't want to hear another word.

251. Looks like you got the hang of it.

252. What's up with you, duquan?

253. Oh, ain't nothing.

254. You still at southwestern?

255. Well, i'm, like, needing a semester off,

256. You know?

257. I'm outdoors now.

258. And, um...

259. I was hoping maybe i could get with you

260. And borrow some money,

261. So i could get a place and some clean clothes

262. And get myself settled so i can go back to school.

263. You're on the street?

264. I mean, i got some people ready to give me a really, really good place

265. If i can come up with some money for it.

266. How much do you need?

267. Couple hundred.

268. But if you can go one-fifty more,

269. I can enroll in the ged program down bccc.

270. Then i could get my ged without having to go back to southwestern.

271. Then i can get my work permit.

272. I don't think you're eligible for a ged program

273. If you're still of age to attend high school, duquan.

274. Yeah, you are.

275. I'll tell you what.

276. Give me a couple minutes. I'll drive you down there.

277. And if you are eligible, i'll write a check

278. Right to the bursar's office down there.

279. Naw, mr. P, you ain't got to go through all that.

280. Besides, man, i really ain't got the time to go down there today.

281. But, you know, i'm gonna.

282. I can do it, duquan, if that's what you want.

283. And i don't even care about the money.

284. But understand i'm gonna go down to bccc in a few days

285. And find out if you're enrolled.

286. If you are, i'm gonna say,

287. "great, duquan can come past with his certificate

288. When he gets it, and we're still friends

289. And he can still rely on me."

290. But if you aren't enrolled, then...

291. Well, i imagine i'm not gonna see you again, am i?

292. No, mr. P.

293. I'm definitely gonna enroll.

294. You'll see.

295. I'll get my stuff.

296. I'll meet you in the lot and we'll go find a bank machine.

297. Jay, all i'm saying is we've run down all the leads we had,

298. All the office reports are in, and at this point,

299. Barring any new developments, i don't need all this fucking manpower.

300. Fuck me, jimmy.

301. Last week you were crying for every swinging dick you could get your hands on.

302. Well, the case has gone quiet.

303. There's no red ribbons. There's no bodies.

304. There's no disappearances. There's not a fucking word on the cell phone.

305. This thing's fucking useless.

306. So, what? You don't want the wiretap either now?

307. Well, the judge gave us 60 days. Once that runs out, then—

308. Motherfucker, you were the one who was all semper fi for this serial killer,

309. And now you're fuckin' the dog.

310. Jay, i'm ready to work the case.

311. But short of any new leads or developments,

312. What the fuck do you want me to do?

313. I can't make shit up, can i?

314. It is what it is.

315. If i send the surveillance teams back, jimmy,

316. Don't come crying for more manpower tomorrow.

317. You hear?

318. Shit is like a war, ain't it?

319. Easy to get in, hell to get out.

320. Pearlman knows everything. Daniels, too.

321. They figured it out.

322. - How? - I don't know.

323. Jesus. What are they— what are they—

324. I don't know.

325. She made it clear in no uncertain terms

326. There are not to be any further homeless killings.

327. Nothing more on this case whatsoever.

328. Does she know about marlo, that our case—

329. She knows everything.

330. Daniels knows.

331. They went down to the ecu, dialed up the wiretap number,

332. And up pops marlo's cell phone.

333. Why aren't we fired? Why aren't we in fucking bracelets?

334. I don't know.

335. Shit, lester.

336. We gotta get outta here. We gotta think this thing through.

337. Oh, Jesus fucking christ.

338. Look, meet me down at kavanaugh's in 10 minutes, all right?

339. Jimmy?

340. How much?

341. - 200. - Damn, boy.

342. Teacher must love your black ass.

343. C'mon with it.

344. They gonna put out testers up on poplar grove.

345. We gonna be late for it.

346. C'mon, boy. C'mon.

347. C'mon.

348. Deputy.

349. To be continued.

350. Fuck, fuck, fucking fuck.

351. Ah, what's the matter?

352. Cottage cheese for lunch again there, carl?

353. Steve said that i should give it to rewrite.

354. Just because it happened doesn't mean it's news.

355. Steve said rewrite—

356. Look, there's always a salmonella outbreak somewhere.

357. I don't see why we have to cover this one.

358. What's the first rule of rewrite, spry?

359. Shoot it down.

360. Thanks for nothing.

361. Did you read this?

362. We are crediting our own coverage

363. With changing the governor's mind?

364. I'm already to the jump and there's not a quote from anyone

365. Crediting us with anything of the sort.

366. Yeah, the guv is restoring funding, all right.

367. That's 'cause carcetti's been beating the shit

368. Out of him on this issue.

369. We're just an afterthought.

370. Whiting can smell the public service pulitzer, huh?

371. Seems so.

372. You get a chance yet?

373. Yeah, yeah. I read it.

374. And?

375. Beautiful.

376. No, no, no. I mean it.

377. You got some real joe mitchell stuff on the page there.

378. Really makes me feel like i know this guy and his world.

379. - You just pulled it all through the keyhole. - Thanks, gus.

380. We get some good art, i'm gonna push for the sunday front.

381. Well, the thing is, i gotta make sure the guy is good with it.

382. What do you mean?

383. The part of the story about the kid still bothers him,

384. And when he told me about it, he was just talking.

385. You told him you were writing about him, right?

386. I know, but...

387. I'm putting the guy's life out there.

388. I just wanna feel clean about it.

389. You know what i'm sayin'?

390. I remember clean.

391. Obviously, they're not in a hurry

392. To go public 'cause we ain't cuffed.

393. They're pretending on this case like we're pretending.

394. Why?

395. Carcetti. He's exposed on this.

396. How? Just blame it all on us, on the department.

397. To kill us, they'd have to kill rawls, daniels,

398. And half the chain of command.

399. And he made those guys. It's his police department.

400. So he opens himself up right when he's out there

401. Running for governor.

402. So they want us to do what?

403. Run this thing down quietly? That's no problem.

404. Six months from now, after the election,

405. They might decide to open up and grand jury us.

406. We can still go to jail.

407. And if not, i expect to be back in the pawn shop unit,

408. And you, my brother, are gonna ride the boat.

409. So what? It was worth it.

410. Wasn't it?

411. Depends.

412. Are they gonna let the case against marlo and his people stand

413. Knowing what they know?

414. Well, why wouldn't they?

415. It still works on the seizures and cell phones.

416. It works without the illegal tap.

417. Yeah, it does.

418. And they made a big deal about dropping marlo.

419. They called that press conference

420. And linked him to all the bodies.

421. For them to drop the case now...

422. You know, you think about it...

423. We've got almost as much on them as they do on us.

424. That tom wolfe wannabe think he gonna

425. Get a phrase like that past me?

426. No fuckin' way, motherfucker.

427. It's like a sweater with the threads hanging off.

428. Pull any thread...

429. Mostly exaggerations and too-perfect quotes,

430. Sometimes on the record.

431. I called some of them back,

432. Asked if they really said those things.

433. You know what the city housing commissioner told me

434. - About the quotes in the flipping story? - Hmm?

435. He wished he'd said some of them,

436. But that he'd never been that smart in his life.

437. Someone takes the time to...

438. Re-report this stuff, it'll get ugly.

439. What are you gonna do?

440. I don't know, robert. I don't know.

441. Keep my name out of it.

442. No bail.

443. They're claiming a propensity for violence

444. And witness intimidation at the bail review,

445. Trying to have you held as the kingpin.

446. - They can do that? - They can try.

447. Depends on which judge they draw.

448. So they don't got no bail for chris, right?

449. I mean, he got the murder warrant.

450. Monk neither.

451. Too much weight in his car and he's on parole from the '04 charge,

452. So best i could do was spring mr. Wagstaff on 300,000.

453. He show that kind of money?

454. Put up his uncle's house on surety bond for a third of it.

455. Bondsman is fronting the rest on a fake lien.

456. Right now the important thing is not bail, though.

457. The important thing is this.

458. I need you to tell me who else knew your clock code.

459. I told you.

460. Me, cheese, monk, chris, and the supply.

461. - That's it. - No one else?

462. No one else even had my cell number except you.

463. - ( sucks teeth ) - what?

464. There's a lie in here somewhere.

465. - I ain't lyin'. - I don't mean you.

466. Look, the police say a source told them

467. That you were re-upping on the day,

468. And word of that might have slipped out. That's possible.

469. I mean, if you were wholesaling all over town.

470. But they only grab your cells when they arrest you,

471. And then they have to go get warrants

472. Before they can look at the photos on the phones.

473. And it's only when they get to the photos

474. - And break the code... - Mm-hmm.

475. That they have enough to type a charging document for you or chris, right?

476. I mean, you aren't caught with drugs.

477. Mm-mm.

478. But they had arrest warrants on both of you

479. Within a couple hours.

480. Which means that they broke the code almost instantly,

481. - In no time at all. - Hmm.

482. They wiretapped me.

483. My investigator thinks so.

484. But he says he doesn't know for sure which unit

485. Ran the tap or who manned it.

486. It doesn't add up.

487. You gettin' out.

488. - You ain't. - ( randy laughs )

489. You hit the streets, you round up as much muscle as possible and get that boy.

490. He did snoop 'cause he knew we was on him.

491. He knew we was on him 'cause he the one talked

492. About the damn re-up.

493. Get your shit together, man.

494. The bondsman came in with levy.

495. A'ight. I'm on it.

496. Hey, man, you got a dollar?

497. Come on.

498. Hey, pal.

499. Hey.

500. Hey.

501. Pal, you all right?

502. Okay, here it comes...

503. The dreaded crab claw.

504. - You know what happens when crab claw goes. - No, no!

505. - It's all crab tonight! - No, crab claw!

506. Yes, crab claw!

507. Yeah! Crab claw does it again. Six!

508. - ( phone ringing ) - mcnulty: Six and i'm out.

509. Yeah?

510. Where?

511. You're fucking kidding me.

512. It's— it's more bull—

513. It's bogus, jay. I'm telling you.

514. Yeah, okay.

515. I gotta go.

516. I have to keep running the string out.

517. - I have no choice. - You said the bosses know.

518. Yeah, some do, some don't.

519. The ones that do want us to keep pretending.

520. We stop pretending, then...

521. Listen, we'll finish this tomorrow night, okay?

522. Aw.

523. See you in a bit.

524. What do you think?

525. I mean, puttin' my shit in the streets, huh?

526. Well, it's you.

527. He's got you.

528. Yeah, well...

529. I mean, he's got what you're about.

530. The guy likes you. That shows through.

531. I mean, you know, he's saying that

532. This giving back that you're doing,

533. He's putting that up against sherrod.

534. And he ain't lettin' you off the hook for shit, but...

535. He's just puttin' it all out there.

536. You know, the good and the bad.

537. You know what?

538. The bad don't bother me to have out there.

539. Shit, i know the bad.

540. I ain't lyin' to no one about the bad.

541. Scared of somebody callin' you good?

542. A lot of folks volunteer places.

543. A lot of people share at meetings.

544. Plenty of motherfuckers wake up every day

545. And not get high.

546. Man makin' me sound special for doin' what the fuck i need to be doin'.

547. Read it, sucka.

548. "you can hold back from the suffering of the world.

549. You have free permission to do so

550. And it is in accordance with your nature.

551. But perhaps this very holding back

552. Is the one suffering you could have avoided."

553. Fan-zee kafka.

554. Who's he?

555. Some writer.

556. - You read his books? - Fuck, no.

557. But you remember flubber?

558. He handed that to me the night that he had me

559. Start leading the saint martin meeting.

560. I kept it ever since.

561. What it mean to you?

562. You want these?

563. Yeah, my man say he need it back and not to make any copies.

564. He sayin' he ain't supposed to show it to me

565. Before it goes in the paper.

566. I mean, if i let him.

567. You gonna?

568. Thanks for the crabs.

569. Yep.

570. Gray van?

571. You get the tag?

572. I couldn't see it from where i was.

573. Describe the driver.

574. White. Six foot.

575. Not heavy, not skinny either.

576. Clothes?

577. Nothing i noticed. Kinda nondescript.

578. Nondescript?

579. I was surprised, i guess.

580. I just thought, "whoa, what's he doing?"

581. - Funny it being you to see this. - It's weird.

582. If an interview doesn't run late, i'm not even here tonight.

583. You mind if i get inside? I gotta check in with my desk.

584. You need anything else, you got my number.

585. Yeah.

586. That guy's an asshole.

587. This smoke hound can't remember a thing.

588. Only motherfucker he remembers messin' with him

589. Is the fella that found him.

590. Whatever happened before that is anyone's guess.

591. Hey.

592. Someone try to kidnap you?

593. - Drag you into a van? - Okay.

594. - Who was trying to hurt you? - My father.

595. But he was a drunk.

596. Detective, there's a vagrant over here says he saw something.

597. What did you see, fella?

598. Mcnulty?

599. Johnny weaver. Tactical.

600. Fucking— why didn't you say so?

601. J.W. Trying to keep your cover, huh?

602. It's better if everyone down here thinks i'm one of the regulars, right?

603. Anyway, what's the ruckus with petey?

604. - The drunk? - Yeah.

605. "sun" reporter says he's going into his building,

606. He sees a guy trying to drag him into a gray van.

607. - It's bullshit, right? - Yeah.

608. Petey was layin' there 45 minutes before that preppy cocksucker even parks his car.

609. - Thanks. - No problem.

610. Hey, gimme a dollar, make it look right.

611. Later, johnny.

612. What about the reporter?

613. You could charge false statement, you know.

614. You lock up every liar, there's no room in bdc for anyone else, right?

615. More trouble than it's worth.

616. Jay, it's horseshit. I'm going home.

617. Yeah.

618. Brought home some crabs.

619. I already made dinner.

620. Put it in the fridge.

621. Cold for lunch tomorrow, if you like.

622. I can't eat 'em all.

623. We don't run this shit, especially not off the front.

624. I saw what i saw.

625. Alma is on the phone with police pio

626. And they are telling us on the record and off

627. That they are discounting any report of a possible abduction.

628. That may be, but that doesn't mean they're doing their job,

629. And it doesn't mean we shouldn't be—

630. Our job is to report the news,

631. - Not to manufacture it. - Fuck you, gus.

632. Nice.

633. I know that they're jealous of how much play his stories get,

634. - But the truth is— - we cannot run this shit.

635. Are you suggesting that scott made any of this up?

636. You ever notice that the guys who do that—

637. The blairs, the glasses, the kelleys,

638. They always start with something small,

639. You know, just a little quote that they clean up,

640. And then— then it's a whole anecdote.

641. And pretty soon, they're seeing some amazing shit.

642. They're the lucky ones who just happen to be standing

643. On the right street corner in tel aviv when the pizza joint blows up

644. And the human head rolls down the street with the eyes still blinking.

645. The pictures were sent to him.

646. The police have confirmed—

647. It always starts with something true,

648. Something confirmed.

649. But then you've got a son of a bitch

650. Who just happens to be walking in the guilford entrance

651. When the mysterious gray van comes—

652. Gus, this has gotten personal between you and scott...

653. And it's affecting your judgment.

654. I'm moving the story through the state desk.

655. You should go home, think this through.

656. We'll talk in the morning.

657. Maybe you win a pulitzer with this stuff...

658. And maybe you gotta give it back.

659. It's in my notes, gus, everything that happened.

660. Everything that guy said when i got to him.

661. Every last word is in my notes!

662. - ( keys clatter ) - you're home earlier than i thought.

663. Yeah. Home.

664. - He hit again. - Who did?

665. Serial killer.

666. ( scoffs ) get a grip, motherfucker.

667. You don't believe me? Check out his left wrist.

668. Hey, you fuckin' with me again, bunk?

669. Copycat.

670. Call mcnulty. Get him down here.

671. - Ronnie. - Maury.

672. Going over the charging documents

673. On the partlow-stanfield drug arrests.

674. Problematic, to say the least.

675. How so?

676. They grab the phones and minutes later,

677. They've cracked an elaborate code

678. That implicates everyone.

679. No one's that brilliant.

680. Not in the bpd, anyway.

681. You don't know lester freamon.

682. I know what i know.

683. And this feels to me like an illegal wiretap.

684. - ( scoffs ) - your guys were up on those phones

685. And tracking my clients long before they went near any drugs.

686. Untrue.

687. We get into discovery and i'm going to have no problem

688. Knocking down that bullshit about a source of information.

689. And my sources around here tell me

690. That, with all the budget cutbacks,

691. The only wiretap you all have had up this year

692. Has been on the homeless killer thing.

693. Whatever else you're running is illegal.

694. Sources?

695. Title threes are supposed to be secret, maury.

696. Are you saying you have a source of information

697. Inside the courthouse?

698. - It's a figure of speech. - Ah.

699. What i'm saying is that there's shit in the blood of your case.

700. And if you wait until this goes past indictments,

701. I'm gonna run wild with it.

702. We should talk.

703. Out of court.

704. Oh, fuck me.

705. Is it enough? Do you have enough?

706. It has to be. It should be.

707. I mean, you can't look at everything that robert found, at the pattern,

708. And not see what this fucking guy's about.

709. You know that. I know that.

710. What, you don't think so?

711. I think that if you do this,

712. These son of a bitches will do you.

713. Come.

714. Sorry. There's been another homeless murder.

715. South baltimore.

716. Careful, gus.

717. I can't protect you.

718. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

719. Let's form up right there.

720. - No fucking way. - Bunk: Dead for a while.

721. And i can assume, jimmy,

722. From the fact that the ribbon ain't red

723. And the simple fact that you don't need

724. Another body because marlo is locked up—

725. I got nothing to do with this.

726. - Oh. - Wonderful!

727. We've eliminated one suspect.

728. You see what you started here?

729. The bosses are gonna toss it back to you, no doubt.

730. - The bosses know it's bullshit. - What?

731. Daniels knows. Pearlman, too.

732. How the fuck you—

733. - How much longer... - Can you give us a minute?

734. You turning the world upside down with your bullshit.

735. - How are you not in jail? - I don't know.

736. The lie's so big, people can't live with it, i guess.

737. Jesus fucking christ, jimmy.

738. I told you.

739. I fuckin' told you it was going to come to this.

740. You played with fire, didn't you?

741. And now we're all getting burned.

742. Reporting live from south baltimore

743. Where police have found the body

744. Of what appears to be another homeless man,

745. This one killed and left in a vacant lot.

746. - ( remote clatters ) - reporter: ... Short while ago have refused so far...

747. Did somebody not get the message?

748. You're not killing them yourself, mcnulty.

749. At least assure me of that.

750. And the one you disappeared?

751. He's okay, last i checked.

752. Good. That's a start...

753. I guess.

754. I thought you got a message.

755. Copycat.

756. I got nothing on this one.

757. Jesus.

758. How did you do it? How did you get 'em by the medical examiner?

759. Some were real and i just linked 'em

760. With the ribbons.

761. Some i juked as strangle jobs.

762. If it matters, i know now—

763. Fuck what you know now!

764. This was all for money, mcnulty?

765. You couldn't live without the ot?

766. The stanfield case. It was that.

767. I know where it went, but you got paid, too.

768. You and freamon and maybe a dozen other guys.

769. It wasn't about the money.

770. Down the road, when we settle on this—

771. And we will settle on this—

772. I don't expect any of you will ever see another hour of ot again.

773. I don't expect any of you will be doing police work ever again.

774. And the only reason this isn't before a grand jury right now

775. Is because our mayor can't live with that.

776. Oh, yeah.

777. The mayor knows your name.

778. So this is your last case.

779. Work it.

780. If you're half the detective you think you are,

781. You'll put this one down fast and take us all off the hook.

782. The longer this goes on, the worse the payback's gonna be.

783. But what does he really know?

784. What he knows now isn't half

785. Of what he'll learn when we get to discovery.

786. They won't be able to produce a credible source of information.

787. They don't have to if it's not a registered ci.

788. A source of information is only—

789. If he can raise doubts in a judge's mind,

790. We could be compelled to reveal our source.

791. At that point, we're giving up the wiretap.

792. And he gets the paperwork from the phone company...

793. Which has stanfield's number on it.

794. God.

795. The only thing we can do is barter.

796. Then barter. This can't go to court.

797. We do have some leverage.

798. What?

799. Let's just say mr. Levy has problems of his own to deal with.

800. Make this go away...

801. And the mayor will not forget that you did so.

802. Nor will i.

803. Jimmy, ass up and help with this.

804. This shit is funky.

805. Aw, man, we should take this into the box.

806. Where's the pocket contents?

807. We have questions about the report of a kidnapping.

808. - Those two bags there. - Landsman: Yes, ma'am.

809. Well, that would seem to be the newspaper's problem.

810. Mm, god.

811. I get another fucking call about a gray van,

812. I'm burning that fucking newspaper building to the ground.

813. Huh.

814. What?

815. Your homeless guy from days ago,

816. What was in his pockets?

817. Bullshit.

818. You got business cards?

819. - Yeah, but every card has an alibi. - Let me see.

820. I thought we were done with this.

821. So, where you going with this?

822. Hey, i think it's down.

823. Motherfucker, you ain't that good.

824. - Hold on. - Christeson: Mcnulty, what's up with that?

825. - You okay, gus? - Hmm?

826. Yeah, i'm good.

827. What?

828. Alma, what's up?

829. It's empty.

830. What's empty?

831. The pad he waved at you,

832. Saying it was all filled with notes.

833. It's empty. Every page.

834. Thanks.

835. ( muttering ) fuck this goddamn bullshit...

836. This cocksucker...

837. - What the fuck is that about? - ( door slams )

838. Uh-oh.

839. Alma, tv has police on a sweep of the homeless under hanover street.

840. - Pearlman: I'll get right to the point. - Please do.

841. - Dipasquale on tape: Maury, hey. - Levy on tape: Yeah, hi.

842. - You have stanfield, right? He's your client? - Yeah, him and his people.

843. Well, i have some stuff, straight from the grand jury

844. That you're gonna wanna see sooner rather than later.

845. Is this a title-three case? You're gonna find it interesting, i promise.

846. All right. When can you meet?

847. Tomorrow, after work. Same money, right?

848. - Yeah, the money's the same. - Good.

849. We can grand jury gary dipasquale tomorrow

850. Along with that one-party consent call.

851. Or... Here's the deal.

852. No court trials.

853. Partlow pleads to all the bodies in the vacants

854. And takes life, no parole.

855. We'd want the second shooter, too,

856. But pearson's beyond that now.

857. Metcalf and wagstaff plead to possession with intent.

858. Stanfield takes 10 years on conspiracy.

859. You're blackmailing an officer of the court.

860. The moment you came in here and offered that quid pro quo,

861. You were guilty of obstruction of justice.

862. You're right.

863. I could get six to eight years.

864. And for bribery of a state's attorney

865. And the violation of grand jury secrecy, you could see 10 to 12.

866. I'll be out a couple years before you, maury.

867. You come home, first round's on me, i guess.

868. So you'll let me walk to keep this case out of open court?

869. The file must be dirty as hell, hmm?

870. The conspiracy charge on stanfield falls

871. Without the cell phones, and you and i both know

872. That if someone does some digging,

873. They're gonna find an illegal wiretap

874. And you're gonna lose the phones.

875. Everhart 274,

876. Maryland 459,

877. Or ceccolini 435, us 268.

878. Lying cops don't automatically kill a case.

879. But that's a lot of risk on appeal...

880. And a lot of dirt for your office to show.

881. No.

882. You're scared of the light.

883. Partlow takes his chances on the legit murder charge only,

884. The conspiracy count goes, and stanfield and the rest walk.

885. Stanfield walks,

886. But the case goes on the stet docket,

887. Not dismissed outright.

888. And although i can tell you there are people in this city

889. Who can't tolerate a scandal at this particular moment,

890. That dynamic changes after november.

891. The elections.

892. After november, no one is going to care as much

893. About showing dirt.

894. If carcetti wins, he's in annapolis.

895. If he loses, he's an incumbent mayor who can take a hit or two.

896. So you tell mr. Stanfield that this is his only window.

897. Partlow pleads to all the murders

898. And both lieutenants plead to the drugs.

899. Then stanfield retires.

900. He's done.

901. We even get the scent of him on the street ever again,

902. This case comes off stet and goes to trial.

903. And if we have to put a few cops in jail

904. Right behind him, so be it.

905. We'll bring the evidence and take a hit.

906. Your client walks away now...

907. Or the both of you don't walk at all.

908. - Huh? - Let's go. Come on, get up.

909. Hey, why you fuckin' with that, man?

910. Man #2: Shut the fuck up already with that fucking shit.

911. Oh, it's mine.

912. - Man #2: Shut the fuck up. - It's yours, i know.

913. Woman #2: I'm so sick of listening to that damn song, i could scream.

914. They ain't even the goddamn words.

915. Hey, do you have a card?

916. That's not a card.

917. We met before. Don't you remember?

918. ( clicks tongue ) liar.

919. Black liar.

920. Why'd you kill your friend?

921. He drinks.

922. He's always drinking, you know?

923. But you put a ribbon around his wrist.

924. Like the others.

925. Yeah.

926. Did you see that on television?

927. The ribbon on the wrist?

928. Did you hear about that from other people?

929. Why'd you do the thing with the ribbon?

930. Nobody understands.

931. You don't understand.

932. I always know what i'm going to do...

933. Before i do it, okay?

934. I always know what i'm going to do.

935. Did you kill the others? Did you kill all of them?

936. Every one of them.

937. I did it because i knew i was going to do it.

938. Okay?

939. I've killed millions.

940. Okay? And they all killed me.

941. So you did all the murders, huh?

942. You're a coward.

943. I can tell.

944. Hey, do you have a card?

945. Jimmy, reporter's in there waiting for a photo array.

946. What?

947. Jay, he's bullshit.

948. I know he is.

949. But the newspaper made such a fuss,

950. The major wants us to jerk him off just to say we did.

951. Hey, detective.

952. Ahem, um...

953. No gray van either.

954. - W-what? - He doesn't have a gray van.

955. No gray van

956. And he didn't call you on the phone either, did he?

957. He didn't call you the first time

958. And he didn't call you the second.

959. I did that.

960. ( southern accent ) "you mortified me in front of my father."

961. And those pictures you got,

962. I took those.

963. And the missing guy? He's my second cousin.

964. We sent him up to atlantic city with a roll of quarters.

965. And you know why i can tell you all this?

966. Because, you lyin' motherfucker,

967. You're as full of shit as i am,

968. And you've got to live with it and play it out

969. For as long as it goes, right?

970. Trapped in the same lie.

971. The only difference is i know why i did it.

972. But fuck if i can figure out what it gets you in the end.

973. But, hey, i ain't part of your tribe.

974. - You're not serious. You can't— - no.

975. No, i'm a fucking joke.

976. And so are you.

977. Now get the fuck out of here.

978. - You walk. - ( chuckles )

979. Chris eats the murders, every last one, takes life with no parole.

980. - No parole? - No shot.

981. But they've got him cold on the one with the dna.

982. Can you sell that? Is chris loyal?

983. Yeah.

984. As long as i take care of his people.

985. Cheese and monk are looking at up to 20 for the drugs.

986. But there's gonna be no assets investigation

987. And you come home with all your money.

988. Man, why they letting me walk?

989. ( chuckles ) they don't wanna, but there's some shit

990. In their case and they'd rather not show it in court.

991. - Mm-hmm. - And here's the rub—

992. If you stay in the game, they will.

993. They definitely will.

994. Right now, with an election going on,

995. They're willing to give you a bye.

996. But after november, if they even think you're still a player...

997. Mm-hmm?

998. They can take this case down off the shelf

999. And the shit in the case might not be enough to keep you free.

1000. You understand?

1001. Give up the crown.

1002. Well, that's the deal, kiddo.

1003. There's not a lawyer who could get better for you.

1004. How'd that go, boss?

1005. Kiddo, you are a goldmine to me. You know that?

1006. You've taken this law firm to a whole new level.

1007. Me?

1008. You don't tip me to that bad wiretap,

1009. I've got all kinds of trouble,

1010. But now, if marlo takes the deal,

1011. He's gonna get a walk after being charged

1012. In a multimillion- dollar drug seizure.

1013. That doesn't happen very often.

1014. And when it does happen, the name and number

1015. Of the defense attorney goes in the front pocket

1016. Of every respectable drug trafficker.

1017. You're a genius for what you brought me on this.

1018. I'm just doin' what i do, right?

1019. You need to know something, all you gotta do is ask.

1020. That's what a detective is, right?

1021. Here.

1022. You should come over for dinner tonight.

1023. Yvette's making brisket.

1024. Your house?

1025. You're mishpucha now.

1026. If you say so.

1027. It's down.

1028. Not that this thing is ever going to trial.

1029. The guy has ncr written all over him.

1030. Can't argue.

1031. A padded room at clifton t. Perkins is definitely called for.

1032. He go for all of them?

1033. No, sir, just the last two.

1034. He deny the others?

1035. He ain't exactly denying anything in there.

1036. I mean, he'll cop to anything we damn please.

1037. Then go back and get it.

1038. Excuse me?

1039. If he's ncr, what the fuck is the difference

1040. If he cops to two or six?

1041. Either way, they tie his arms and feed him green jell-o.

1042. Sir, he did the last two.

1043. Motherfucker, you are a cunt hair away from indictment

1044. And you see fit to argue with me?

1045. I did what i did. I know.

1046. And now, i'm standing responsible for two fresh murders.

1047. I know what i've done here.

1048. But i'm not doing this.

1049. - This is over. - ( shutters clicking )

1050. And all of our citizens can rest soundly

1051. In the knowledge that the man responsible

1052. Has been apprehended by the diligent efforts of investigators.

1053. Mr. Mayor, is he being charged

1054. With all of the murders, or just two?

1055. Um, it is my understanding that, uh...

1056. Uh, we are charging the last two incidents,

1057. But it is my understanding that

1058. He is suspected in all the crimes.

1059. And we're waiting for dna test results.

1060. Indications are that he may be mentally incapacitated

1061. And therefore additional prosecutions would prove redundant.

1062. I would also like to credit deputy commissioner for operations daniels

1063. With not only bringing these cases to their proper conclusion,

1064. But also for solving last year's slayings in the vacant row houses.

1065. He has given us such excellent work

1066. That i think that now is as good a time as any

1067. To announce that we will be sending the deputy's name forward

1068. To the city council for confirmation as baltimore police commissioner.

1069. Acting commissioner rawls, to whom i am also extremely grateful,

1070. Will serve in an advisory capacity

1071. Pending new responsibilities at city hall.

1072. Scott, you should be working the main bar on the arrest with alma.

1073. I, um...

1074. We're going to want your byline in this coverage.

1075. Yeah, i don't feel so well.

1076. My stomach—

1077. I think— i gotta go home.

1078. Sorry.

1079. - ( siren wailing ) - ( helicopter blades whirring )

1080. - ( boat horn blowing ) - ( bell buoys ringing )

1081. Having ducked the bullet on that homeless mess,

1082. I want you to know that the mayor and i both

1083. Appreciate your discretion.

1084. But right now we can't take our eyes off the ball

1085. When it comes to crime overall.

1086. Looking at your weekly ucrs from the districts,

1087. I am not seeing the kind of decline

1088. That's going to measure out to a 10% drop in the quarter.

1089. They're clean.

1090. Excuse me?

1091. The stats are clean.

1092. They're gonna stay clean.

1093. Either we fix this police department

1094. And the crime goes down, or we don't and the crime stays up.

1095. Commissioner, we're talking about a little help

1096. In the next couple quarters.

1097. - That's all. - No. I can't.

1098. You're quiet on the homeless fiasco,

1099. But this makes you squeal? What the—

1100. Tell the mayor his stats will be clean.

1101. Before the election, after the election.

1102. You're right. They can't fire you.

1103. Not without it bouncing back on city hall.

1104. If you don't mind being buried in some backroom unit,

1105. You can stay for as long as you can stand it.

1106. Or until you get the pension.

1107. But at the same time,

1108. I can't let you do police work.

1109. Not anything that's going to find its way into a courtroom.

1110. I won't do that.

1111. For both of you. That's over.

1112. So marlo walks.

1113. Or you go to jail.

1114. And you couldn't do any better with levy, huh?

1115. I mean, giving up the money...

1116. I got what i could.

1117. You lost the money trail, lester,

1118. When you decided to start coloring outside of the lines.

1119. This isn't on me.

1120. What the fuck you mean you selling?

1121. I'm sellin' the connect.

1122. How much, yo?

1123. - 10 million. - God damn!

1124. Or a high bidder if i hear 10 from more than one of y'all.

1125. If you all think it ain't worth that,

1126. I stick that shit back in my pocket,

1127. Y'all can go back to runnin' that stepped-on new york shit.

1128. You don't mind me askin', why you sellin'?

1129. I mean, even from inside of here, you can take a slice

1130. For just layin' in the cut, nigga.

1131. I ain't gonna be in here long.

1132. Case they got against me already fallin' apart.

1133. But the truth is,

1134. I'm done with this gangsta shit.

1135. I've been there, done that.

1136. You somethin' else other than a gangsta? Ha.

1137. Businessman.

1138. Yeah, tall man, i can't get that shit wrapped around my head neither.

1139. Anyway, y'all can't get my price up,

1140. Maybe y'all pool y'all money.

1141. But supply only gonna deal with y'all

1142. After i make the intro.

1143. Then i'm out.

1144. You've got a problem.

1145. I thought daniels was your boy.

1146. We've both got a problem if crime doesn't drop.

1147. Carcetti loses the statehouse and you aren't mayor.

1148. And even if he wins, nerese, you're stuck

1149. With a police commissioner who won't work with you.

1150. Oh, i'm not stuck with anything.

1151. Daniels either comes around or he's done.

1152. We just anointed him.

1153. We can't go back on that now. He knows it.

1154. Either he learns his place or he'll be offering to resign.

1155. Oh, you ain't the only one knows how to play this game.

1156. What to say about this piece of work?

1157. Fuck if i don't find myself without the right words.

1158. Me, as gifted a golden throat as any of you cocksuckers

1159. Being loosed from religion are ever likely to hear.

1160. - ( laughing ) - yeah!

1161. What can i say about the dearly departed? I mean, really.

1162. He died young. Too young.

1163. - Not even 40 years old. - Though had it lived, his dick would've been a 134.

1164. Shut up. It's coming to me.

1165. Uh...

1166. He was the black sheep,

1167. The permanent pariah.

1168. He asked no quarter of the bosses and none was given.

1169. He learned no lessons. He acknowledged no mistakes.

1170. He was as stubborn a mick as ever stumbled out

1171. Of the northeast parishes to take a patrolman's shield.

1172. He brooked no authority.

1173. He did what he wanted to do

1174. And he said what he wanted to say,

1175. And in the end, he gave you the clearances.

1176. - He's natural police. - Yes, he was.

1177. And i don't say that about many people,

1178. Even when they're here on the felt.

1179. I don't give that one up unless it happens to be true.

1180. Natural po-lees.

1181. He's crying.

1182. But, christ, what an asshole.

1183. And i'm not talkin' about the ordinary,

1184. Gaping orifice that all of us possess.

1185. I mean an all-encompassing, all-consuming,

1186. Out-of-proportion-to-every- other-facet-of-his-humanity chasm...

1187. From whose bourn, if i may quote shakespeare,

1188. No traveler has ever returned.

1189. - The fuck did i do? - Shut the fuck up.

1190. You're dead to us now.

1191. Hey, hey.

1192. Oh, here's his partner in crime.

1193. Now, now. Be gentle. Be gentle.

1194. I'm a civilian now. Just be gentle.

1195. Your papers went in, huh?

1196. Yeah, this afternoon. 32 years.

1197. And four months.

1198. Ooh. Mm-mm-mm.

1199. Y'all did a fine job with him, you did.

1200. He look to be about 10 years younger than i remember.

1201. Come on, there's enough room for both of you to be laid out.

1202. One at a time.

1203. You know, don't crowd a man at his own wake.

1204. Come on, lester. Come and snuggle.

1205. Keep our secret, jimmy.

1206. I got shardene with me.

1207. If you gentlemen will spare us

1208. This unfortunate homoerotic lapse,

1209. I will conclude my elegiac remarks.

1210. Then do it, you gabby motherfucker.

1211. To conclude— to conclude, i say...

1212. He gave us 13 years on the line.

1213. Not enough for a pension...

1214. But enough for us to know that he was...

1215. Put the fucking song on, hue...

1216. Despite his negligible irish ancestry,

1217. His defects of personality,

1218. And his inconstant sobriety and hygiene...

1219. - ... A true murder police. - ( music playing )

1220. Jimmy...

1221. I say this seriously.

1222. If i was laying there dead on some baltimore street corner,

1223. I'd want it to be you standing over me, catching the case.

1224. - ( fakes cough ) bullshit. - ( all laughing )

1225. Because, brother, when you were good,

1226. You were the best we had.

1227. Hear, hear.

1228. Shit, if you were lyin' there dead on some corner,

1229. Probably jimmy that done ya.

1230. - ( all laughing ) - fuck you!

1231. If you caught the case, you'd be standing there pissin' in my ear.

1232. How did nerese campbell get it?

1233. You think i asked?

1234. Do you think it even matters?

1235. She gave it to me because she thought you'd listen to me.

1236. So now they want me to go.

1237. Well, the way she expressed it is that she wanted you to stay

1238. If you could come to your senses.

1239. Come to my senses?

1240. She wants me to juke the stats for carcetti.

1241. This quarter and the next.

1242. Hide the crime, get him elected as governor

1243. And make her the mayor.

1244. So do it. Burrell juked them before you.

1245. Warren frasier before him.

1246. And after you're gone, rawls or whoever will juke them. So what?

1247. I'll swallow a lie when i have to.

1248. I've swallowed a few big ones lately.

1249. But the stat games, that lie,

1250. It's what ruined this department.

1251. Shining up shit and calling it gold

1252. So majors become colonels and mayors become governors.

1253. Pretending to do police work while one generation

1254. Fucking trains the next how not to do the job.

1255. And that—

1256. I looked carcetti in the eye.

1257. I shook his hand.

1258. I asked him if he was for real.

1259. This is the lie i can't live with.

1260. If i do, then nerese has me in her pocket whenever she wants me.

1261. And i'm no good to anyone like that.

1262. Then go.

1263. Withdraw for personal reasons or health reasons.

1264. Whatever.

1265. You've got your law degree. You're not going to starve.

1266. But if you don't go, they'll wreck both of us.

1267. There's not enough in here to indict me.

1268. And the joke of it is, i've seen enough

1269. The last few days to have them indicted.

1270. For what?

1271. Then use it, cedric. Or at least threaten to.

1272. People will get hurt.

1273. People i care about.

1274. Then you're done.

1275. There's enough in their files that you'll never

1276. Make it through confirmation hearings.

1277. And enough so that my career is dead before it even gets started.

1278. The tree that doesn't bend breaks, cedric.

1279. Bend too far, you're already broken.

1280. Marlo on a walk. And the money.

1281. Jimmy, she gave that away, too.

1282. Yeah.

1283. We don't get to follow the money.

1284. Hey.

1285. Been wonderin' where you was.

1286. I didn't know if i should come out on this here.

1287. Why the fuck not?

1288. Was me who told daniels.

1289. I didn't want to do it behind your back,

1290. But it had to be done.

1291. Anyway, it was great bein' on the job with y'all.

1292. I just wanted to say that, too, i guess.

1293. So, what?

1294. You ain't gonna drink with me?

1295. I am if you want.

1296. Detective, if you think it needed doin',

1297. I guess it did.

1298. You comin'?

1299. Yeah. Come on, now.

1300. Milton came with 600.

1301. And little glen is in for three.

1302. I got five from me and i got five from chinaman to cover.

1303. We still short nine hundred.

1304. I can go that. No thing.

1305. What? Motherfucker, where you get that kind of scratch?

1306. You don't think cheese know this here game?

1307. We sellin' dope and coke in baltimore, nigga.

1308. Any of y'all ain't got that kind of money need be ashamed.

1309. You still puttin' up more than your share with that.

1310. The way i look at it, we all gonna be more than paid

1311. Once we own the connect, so...

1312. Shit, nigga, we was good when your uncle had it.

1313. He had to go ahead and put up with marlo.

1314. See that?

1315. See now, that's just the wrong way to look at it

1316. 'cause joe had his time and omar put an end to that.

1317. Then marlo had his time, short as it was,

1318. And the police put an end to that.

1319. And now, motherfucker, it's our time,

1320. Mines and yours.

1321. But instead of just shuttin' up and kickin' in,

1322. You gonna stand there cryin' that back-in-the-day shit.

1323. - Cheese— - there ain't no back in the day, nigga!

1324. Ain't no nostalgia to this shit here.

1325. There's just the street and the game

1326. And what happen here today.

1327. You right.

1328. When it was my uncle, i was with my uncle.

1329. When it was marlo, i was with him.

1330. But now, nigga—

1331. What the fuck did you do that for?

1332. Now we short the nine.

1333. - That was for joe. - Man: Motherfucker had it coming.

1334. - Shit. - This sentimental motherfucker just cost us money.

1335. Hey, alma.

1336. I just heard.

1337. The carroll county bureau?

1338. That's how they punish me?

1339. Why not just send my ass all the way to pennsylvania?

1340. What did they tell you?

1341. That i did an excellent job.

1342. That this had nothing to do with anything

1343. But trying to make the county bureau stronger.

1344. Alma, i didn't tell them about the notepad.

1345. - I left that part out. - I told them.

1346. When i heard you were in trouble,

1347. I went to whiting, told him i thought you were right about scott.

1348. I told him about the notepad.

1349. Did he make all of it up?

1350. The calls from the killer? The pictures?

1351. Some, not all.

1352. Why?

1353. Look around you.

1354. The pond is shrinking. The fish are nervous.

1355. Get some profile, win a prize...

1356. Maybe find a bigger pond somewhere.

1357. Whiting, klebanow, templeton...

1358. They snatch a pulitzer or two,

1359. And they are up and gone from this place.

1360. For them, that's what this is all about.

1361. Me, i'm too fuckin' simple-minded for that.

1362. I just wanted to see something new every day...

1363. And write a story with it.

1364. Alma, you'll write your way outta carroll in no time, watch.

1365. About as fast as you edit your way off the copy desk, huh?

1366. Congratulations, sergeant goette.

1367. I know you'll do well in the eastern.

1368. Glad i got to do this at least.

1369. Congratulations, lieutenant carver.

1370. Thank you, sir.

1371. I'm just sorry it won't be you i'm serving under.

1372. Word gets around, huh?

1373. It's on wbal today.

1374. They said you're leaving for family reasons.

1375. I guess i got some kids somewhere i don't even know about.

1376. They say on bal who they're sending up as acting commissioner?

1377. Say it ain't so.

1378. Ladies and gentlemen,

1379. As what may be my last official act

1380. As a baltimore police officer,

1381. Allow me to congratulate all of the promoted officers,

1382. Their families, their fellow officers,

1383. And their friends.

1384. Thank you.

1385. You ain't careful, they may make you major.

1386. Then you're gonna be truly fucked.

1387. - Good job. - Thanks.

1388. - I'm proud of you. - Thanks.

1389. Thank you.

1390. See, now, there you go givin' a fuck

1391. When it ain't your turn to give a fuck.

1392. Lehman's squad was up.

1393. I needed the ot.

1394. Yeah, and now you got a shooting with no wits,

1395. No suspect and no prayer of it goin' to black.

1396. Pickin' up the phone like a goddamn rookie.

1397. - Shame on you. - Stop squealin' like a bitch.

1398. And make sure you don't step on that shell casing behind you.

1399. I ain't gonna kick no shell casings behind me. It's right there on the side.

1400. I'm not gonna step back and kick no damn shell casing

1401. That you all marked with letters and numbers.

1402. I understand.

1403. But you gotta be in the system.

1404. I sent them the form.

1405. They told me that wasn't good enough.

1406. They said they wanted the other paper work.

1407. - And you said you applied for ssi, mr. Belton? - Yes, ma'am.

1408. Well, let's go inside and look it up on the computer.

1409. Hey, you remember me?

1410. I brought this guy in a few weeks back.

1411. I just wanted to see how he was.

1412. He wandered out after a couple nights.

1413. Sorry.

1414. Where—

1415. Where do the homeless go around here?

1416. Different places.

1417. Down by the river, over in the warehouse district.

1418. Some of the places, i don't really think

1419. It would be safe for you to go.

1420. I'm police. Well, i used to be.

1421. Wait here. I'll see if i can find you a map.

1422. - Thanks. - Come on, mr. Belton.

1423. And if the major could find his ass with his hand,

1424. He'd know that we have more than enough to be up on a pen register.

1425. Lieutenant carver told him so,

1426. But fuck if he isn't trying to shut this thing down.

1427. All's i'm sayin' is a phone call or two

1428. And you're gonna find out that they're gettin'

1429. Some kind of pressure from somewhere to sit on this thing,

1430. Even though we tied three killings to this crew.

1431. - Does the police commissioner know? - Him?

1432. He wouldn't know police work if it took down his front door on a warrant.

1433. Just... Keep my name out of it.

1434. New westport is like howard street 10 years ago,

1435. Except the land's cheaper and there's more potential

1436. For mixed-use because of the waterfront location.

1437. There you are.

1438. You can't put a price on a water view.

1439. Oh, yes, you can.

1440. ( laughs ) you definitely can.

1441. Andy, he's gotta meet tommy and they're leaving early,

1442. So let me borrow him for a moment.

1443. Sure, no problem. I'll—

1444. Nice to meet you, mr. Stanfield.

1445. You know who you were talking to?

1446. - Nah. - Andy krawczyk.

1447. Very connected.

1448. Very big with development around the harbor.

1449. He's someone you're gonna wanna know well.

1450. But, kid, do not— you want—?

1451. Do not get in a room with him alone.

1452. You want me in there with you, believe me.

1453. Otherwise, guys like that will bleed you.

1454. Now, i want you to meet tommy flanagan before he leaves.

1455. Yeah, give me a minute. I need to, um...

1456. - Bathroom? - Yeah.

1457. Down the hall to the right.

1458. Hey, watch that stuff. You'll put on weight.

1459. You have to watch that.

1460. But next time, i want you to make sure

1461. That you watch this money, man, and don't grab—

1462. What the fuck?

1463. Uh-uh, don't— mm-mm. Don't do it to yourself.

1464. Time to give that up.

1465. - Do you know who i am? - Michael: Name's vinson.

1466. Used to be marlo's bank, but marlo ain't around no more

1467. And you still movin' money for other players, so...

1468. I'm thinkin' some of that money need to be mine.

1469. Shit, you just a boy.

1470. That's just your knee.

1471. That motherfucker shot me!

1472. Nice doin' business, gentlemen.

1473. ( groans ) god damn.

1474. No way, yo. That's bullshit.

1475. I heard it different. The real story about omar

1476. Is that a bunch of cops made it look like them new york boys killed him.

1477. But it was them. They're the ones who really killed him.

1478. Man #2: Listen, motherfucker, i know what happened to him.

1479. Man, no police had nothing to do with it.

1480. No new york boys neither.

1481. So omar got an ak, right? But he's surrounded.

1482. It's like eight, nine motherfuckers up there and they all got nines.

1483. - But he like, "you all think you..." - what the fuck you lookin' at?

1484. You, nigga.

1485. Do you know who i am?

1486. Nigga, you know who i am?

1487. Oh, shit!

1488. - Yeah. - ( siren wailing )

1489. Thank you.

1490. This is a great day for democrats and it's a great day for maryland.

1491. Hey, zorzi.

1492. I hope i get this before the e-dot.

1493. Okay, three minutes, for christ's sake.

1494. Don't get your panties in a knot.

1495. Commissioner valchek.

1496. Fits like a glove.

1497. Madam prosecutor, gentlemen.

1498. First case up and i have to recuse myself.

1499. Your honor, i appreciate your concern.

1500. Congratulations, superintendent. Welcome aboard.

1501. Thank you, governor.

1502. - Happy to be aboard. - Thank you.

1503. Larry...

1504. Let's go home.