1 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:13,310 You see now, I'm here to tell you, 2 00:00:13,346 --> 00:00:17,339 this remaining silent shit ain't nothing like they make it out to be. 3 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:21,749 You up in here all tight with it, 4 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:24,518 waiting for your paid lawyer, 5 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:27,321 thinking you all wise, ain't you? 6 00:00:28,561 --> 00:00:30,995 No, see... 7 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:35,161 that work when you some kind of criminal mastermind... 8 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:38,602 when you ain't been seen runnin' from the deed. 9 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:42,768 When your own fuckin' running partner ain't in the next room, 10 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:44,800 putting you in. 11 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,405 Oh, yeah. 12 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:51,473 Yep. 13 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,713 He's telling it like a little bitch. 14 00:01:00,026 --> 00:01:04,360 We even went to Mickey D's for him because he was so motherfucking helpful. 15 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:07,295 Two quarter pounders, big fries, 16 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:11,599 McDonaldland cookies, Dr. Pepper. 17 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:14,630 That's how your boy roll, right? 18 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:24,205 All right. Step out. 19 00:01:24,250 --> 00:01:25,376 Where we going? 20 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,353 Break room. So you can enjoy that, huh? 21 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:32,085 - All right. But I still ain't sayin' shit to you. - Yeah. 22 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:34,218 Marnell, what the fuck? 23 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,003 How many years you figure we've been doing the same shit? 24 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:47,029 20, at least. 25 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:50,870 True. 26 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,642 True. 27 00:01:55,348 --> 00:01:58,010 False. Load them up. 28 00:01:58,051 --> 00:02:00,042 - So, this shit actually works. - Hell yeah. 29 00:02:00,086 --> 00:02:03,249 Americans are stupid people. We believe what we're told. 30 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:05,257 All right. 31 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:11,890 So, it can feel my heartbeat? 32 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,694 Pulse, yeah. 33 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:16,593 If Marnell say I had the gun, he lying. 34 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,471 The machine tells the tale, son. 35 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:21,769 Are we ready, Professor? 36 00:02:22,742 --> 00:02:25,905 - Yeah. - We'll start with an easy one. 37 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:28,607 Is your name, in fact, Dashawn Fredericks? 38 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:30,238 Yeah. 39 00:02:36,856 --> 00:02:38,289 True. 40 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:41,657 And do you reside, in fact, 41 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:45,425 the 1200 block of Woodyear Street in West Baltimore? 42 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:46,989 Yeah. 43 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:53,905 - True. - And did you and Marnell 44 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:58,104 shoot your boy Pookie down on Cary Street just like Marnell said you did? 45 00:02:58,144 --> 00:03:00,510 No. No. 46 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:10,379 Lie. You lying motherfucker. 47 00:03:11,724 --> 00:03:14,454 Machine is never wrong, son. 48 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:16,584 Fuck, man! 49 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:19,462 Nigger can't never keep his damn mouth shut. 50 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:22,866 I should've busted a cap in Pookie ass my own self. 51 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:25,029 Left Marnell home and shit. 52 00:03:25,071 --> 00:03:27,335 He just a bitch, is all. 53 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:36,510 The bigger the lie, 54 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,881 the more they believe. 55 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:29,355 Where's the BlackBerry? 56 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:32,557 He brought his tunes. 57 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,498 All the running shit pay, don't it? 58 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,541 We got one coming in. Unidentified number-one male. Got him, Jimmy? 59 00:05:44,577 --> 00:05:46,636 Yeah. More face-to-face. 60 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,549 Oh, man. 61 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:55,611 You know, this would be more fun if we were actually getting paid. 62 00:05:56,322 --> 00:05:59,883 Hey, you know, I heard a story about you, when I was back in the West. 63 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:02,861 - It's not true. - I haven't even told it yet. 64 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:04,453 Whatever it is, it's not true. 65 00:06:05,264 --> 00:06:07,357 You were on a vice undercover one time, 66 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,369 and instead of pulling up, you went ahead and closed the deal. 67 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:12,894 I read this report where you got blowed by this whore, 68 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,964 and you actually wrote it that you got blowed. 69 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:16,872 You believe everything you read? 70 00:06:22,882 --> 00:06:26,147 Look, man, all I'm saying, 71 00:06:26,185 --> 00:06:29,552 if I'm gonna take your package, split me and be fair. 72 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:32,888 I got to pay all my people the same and you upping the price on me. 73 00:06:32,925 --> 00:06:34,187 Pay your people less. 74 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:35,455 They my people, though. 75 00:06:35,495 --> 00:06:37,019 Show it yourself. 76 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:39,821 Split it 60/40. 77 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:42,130 You want better? You need to tool up. 78 00:06:42,168 --> 00:06:45,569 I'll wait for Chris, Snoop, and the rest of my people call on your people. 79 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:49,063 We will be brief with all you motherfuckers. 80 00:06:49,108 --> 00:06:50,541 I think you know. 81 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:56,174 All right. 82 00:07:16,068 --> 00:07:18,400 Northbound on Fulton. 83 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:20,099 Lester, coming your way. 84 00:07:26,779 --> 00:07:29,680 - I see him. - Roger that. 85 00:07:30,716 --> 00:07:33,446 Every day, same shit. 86 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:40,723 - Look at this pretty bitch. - Ten-hut! 87 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:48,595 Just sit the fuck down. 88 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:52,934 I'm not gonna pretend to be insulted because you all are pretending to respect the rank. 89 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:54,633 Today, he's an SIC. 90 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:57,905 Tomorrow, he might be a newly minted lieutenant. 91 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,879 You never know with these career-minded motherfuckers. 92 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:02,904 If I was minding my career, would I be in the Western 93 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:05,315 in command of you useless fucking humps? 94 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,317 OK, let's go to the readouts and the warrants first. 95 00:08:09,355 --> 00:08:10,982 - Fuck the readouts. - Fuck the warrants. 96 00:08:11,023 --> 00:08:13,218 What the fuck is going on with our hours? 97 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:14,556 Yeah. 98 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:17,358 Easy, easy. If I had an answer, you'd have an answer. 99 00:08:17,396 --> 00:08:19,227 I'm in the same boat as you. 100 00:08:19,765 --> 00:08:23,030 It's five weeks since I've seen overtime or court pay, 101 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:24,798 and I gotta pay the credit union, 102 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:27,169 the archdiocese for my kid's tuition 103 00:08:27,206 --> 00:08:30,004 and my ex-wife so she can pay her cunt of an attorney... 104 00:08:30,042 --> 00:08:33,671 Shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down! 105 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:36,113 In your fucking seats. 106 00:08:39,418 --> 00:08:43,411 We're still authorizing overtime and the state's attorneys are still signing court slips. 107 00:08:43,456 --> 00:08:44,855 But you ain't fucking paying us. 108 00:08:44,891 --> 00:08:48,827 The union says we're going down to the NLRB and deal with this shit. 109 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:52,228 Word coming down is that when the city's budget situation is improved, 110 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:54,529 we'll all see that as back pay or comp time. 111 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:56,762 - Every last hour. - Back pay my ass. 112 00:08:56,802 --> 00:08:58,861 This shit here is just paper. 113 00:08:59,505 --> 00:09:03,100 65 hours of worthless paper right here. 114 00:09:03,142 --> 00:09:05,007 Officer Brown, sit your ass. 115 00:09:07,146 --> 00:09:08,636 Sit! 116 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:21,991 We're all professionals. 117 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:26,965 And we're about to police the roughest district in one of the roughest cities in the world. 118 00:09:26,999 --> 00:09:28,990 Show some pride. 119 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:32,695 If promises were made, promises will be kept. 120 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:35,605 The situation in the city right now is bad 121 00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:37,302 but it won't stay bad forever. 122 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:41,143 We wait this out like professionals. 123 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:47,483 Now, then, back to the readouts. 124 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:55,024 First item is from motor pool. 125 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:59,293 No marked or unmarked units can be shopped on Dickman Street until further notice. 126 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,492 What? 127 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:03,195 Cutbacks and fleet budgeting require that all districts 128 00:10:03,235 --> 00:10:07,604 make do with vehicles in their current state of repairs. That means... 129 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:12,634 Shitbox cars are falling apart, don't they fucking know that? 130 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:26,080 Where you at? 131 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,786 On his ass. 132 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:35,767 - You guys got the eyeball. - All good, Lester. It's all good. 133 00:10:44,076 --> 00:10:45,373 Natives are restless, huh? 134 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:48,244 I don't know how long we go before the wheels fall off the cart. 135 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,113 A year ago, they were promised pay raises, pension bumps, 136 00:10:51,150 --> 00:10:52,981 better equipment, better cars. 137 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:54,543 Now we can't even pay the OT. 138 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:56,578 Gave them the professionalism bit, right? 139 00:10:56,622 --> 00:11:00,217 In the real world, they pay professionals. That's why we call them pros. 140 00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:03,490 Major, there's a problem on the back lot. 141 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:07,463 - If it really bothers you, clean them up. - Fuck you. 142 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:08,728 Fuck you right back. 143 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:11,965 That thing was all fucked up when I got it for midnight, ask anyone. 144 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:14,734 You clean it or you get the midnight shift to clean it. 145 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,435 Clean this. 146 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:19,808 Fuck you, Gene. You don't leave it like that for the next man. 147 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:22,507 You're the one whining like a little bitch, Bobby. 148 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,111 As SIC should I stop this? 149 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:38,786 What, you think this is good for morale or something? 150 00:11:38,831 --> 00:11:41,629 These guys haven't had an honest paycheck in weeks. 151 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:45,330 We have no fucking morale, Sergeant. 152 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:59,507 Kid ran us around for half an hour. 153 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,679 Amazing, ain't it? 154 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:06,720 Here we go. 155 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:18,396 Got a meeting. 156 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:20,405 - Want me to come? - No, no. 157 00:12:20,439 --> 00:12:23,431 You go check on your corner. I'll send word if it's on. 158 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:37,912 - He's moving. - All right. 159 00:12:44,463 --> 00:12:46,226 Lester, are you there? 160 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,200 Up on Reisterstown with Chris. 161 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,759 Marlo's on the move. 162 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,129 Should we follow him? 163 00:12:54,173 --> 00:12:57,165 Why? We know where he's going. 164 00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:03,445 No, sir, we've cut it to the bone already. 165 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:06,076 The cars are gonna go in service for the next month. 166 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:09,645 And for as long as we can get away with it, we're deferring all overtime and court pay. 167 00:13:09,688 --> 00:13:12,122 How's crime? How are your stats? 168 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:15,924 The double-digit decline you wanted, not possible with these cuts. 169 00:13:15,961 --> 00:13:19,089 For God's sake, you got to show us some kind of reduction. 170 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:21,793 - I campaigned on that. - All this deferred overtime... 171 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:25,361 We'll pay it as we can. And the pay raises I promised? 172 00:13:25,404 --> 00:13:27,872 They're still coming, just a year late. 173 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:30,034 I got to throw every dollar at the schools, 174 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:33,875 but you tell your people I know I made promises. 175 00:13:33,913 --> 00:13:36,074 Where else can you guys trim? 176 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:42,313 Well, we've been running a prolonged investigation... 177 00:13:42,354 --> 00:13:46,415 into all the bodies we pulled out of those houses last year. 178 00:13:46,458 --> 00:13:49,427 Months of surveillance. Thousands of man-hours. 179 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:51,952 At this point, we're not close to an arrest. 180 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:54,124 You're saying you want us to come down on a case 181 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:57,727 in which 22 people were murdered and left to rot in city houses? 182 00:13:57,770 --> 00:14:00,295 We caught national news coverage on those murders. 183 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:01,397 Last year. 184 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,307 I don't want anyone saying we're giving up on those murders. 185 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:05,935 I don't want to see that headline. 186 00:14:05,978 --> 00:14:09,379 But given our fiscal situation, we could... 187 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:12,350 temporarily suspend the investigation... 188 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:13,851 pending new developments. 189 00:14:17,156 --> 00:14:18,214 Anything else? 190 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:21,886 We need to take away the ten-hour cap on secondary employment. 191 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:25,260 You do that and your police aren't doing police work. 192 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:28,824 They're guarding liquor stores, bouncing nightclubs, putting up drywall. 193 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,336 Respectfully, morale is at rock bottom. 194 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,429 You need to throw our people a bone... 195 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:36,171 or you could lose them for good. 196 00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,809 Hold the line now 197 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:47,341 and we'll get to a better place, I promise. 198 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:01,129 Say it, Norman, 199 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:02,827 you're thinking it. 200 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:06,296 Truth to power, Norman. 201 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:08,329 Isn't that what I keep you around for? 202 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:11,172 When the governor threw that 50-some million on the table, 203 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,541 you should've picked that shit up. 204 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:15,046 He takes the state bail-out and he never becomes governor. 205 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,708 He shorts the police department, the crime rate stays up, 206 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,217 he ain't no governor, neither. 207 00:15:19,251 --> 00:15:22,379 Just a weak-ass mayor of a broke-ass city. 208 00:15:24,556 --> 00:15:27,150 - Feel better? - A little bit. 209 00:15:27,192 --> 00:15:28,318 You? 210 00:15:47,046 --> 00:15:48,445 Boy folded it up. 211 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,210 He taking our shit 60/40. 212 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:54,776 Yeah, nigger showed no heart at all. 213 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,448 - So my people could stand down there? - Definitely. 214 00:15:57,489 --> 00:16:00,856 - All right. - Won't need no drama behind this nonsense. 215 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:02,986 And po-po's still up on you, huh? 216 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:04,859 Yeah, hot all the time, man. 217 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:10,297 Today they got the white boy with the black hair up on the roof with Booker T Washington. 218 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:12,327 Watching with his spyglass. 219 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:17,330 The young 'un saw him climbing up. Yeah. 220 00:16:17,376 --> 00:16:19,867 All right, so we'll do like this, then. 221 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:35,725 That's it. 222 00:16:36,595 --> 00:16:38,927 All of that so he could swap a few words. 223 00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:41,091 How do you wiretap that? 224 00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:44,466 - Lester? - Are we done for the day, man? 225 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:47,529 You don't want to stay on Chris, see where he goes next? 226 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:51,272 We've been on this guy for months, man, he doesn't slip. 227 00:16:51,310 --> 00:16:53,801 And no one's kicking our OT. 228 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:58,439 Yeah. We're done. 229 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:00,817 Copy that. 230 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:05,546 Greenhouse gas right here. Gas up. 231 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:09,154 Hey, Marcus, you got a count for me? 232 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:13,321 - Spider, you got a count for me? - For you? No. 233 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,730 How we do? 234 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:25,108 Can't say for sure. 235 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,280 They short, huh? 236 00:17:29,314 --> 00:17:31,373 Man, I just know they ain't told me. 237 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:39,322 Greenhouse gas. Gas up on the green. 238 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:43,822 Go home, man. Bug'll be out of school pretty soon. 239 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:45,193 I ain't you, Michael. 240 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:48,532 Go get Bug. I'll see you tonight. 241 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:57,839 Greenhouse gas right here. 242 00:17:58,444 --> 00:17:59,604 Yo, we short? 243 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:04,309 No, we good. Got 60 left from 1,400. We on it, Mike. 244 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:07,147 So why you ain't tell Duke? 245 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:10,952 - Why you fucking with Duke, nigger? - I ain't fucking with nobody, man. 246 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:13,981 He just acting like a bitch, that's all. 247 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,852 Greenhouse gas is hot. 248 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,238 They're getting a little sloppier. 249 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:34,006 Did that meet in the same lot they've used twice in the last week. 250 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:35,775 The one in McCulloh? 251 00:18:35,814 --> 00:18:40,251 That's pretty thin considering how long we've been on these guys, Lester. 252 00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:43,413 They're gonna get lazy, fall into a pattern. 253 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:46,491 They all do, over time. 254 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,753 Someone say overtime? 255 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:50,455 We did 14 hours today and we'll only get paid for 8. 256 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,090 Cases gotta go green before they go black. 257 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:55,464 That's how I was taught. 258 00:18:55,501 --> 00:18:56,968 180 hours and counting. 259 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:59,436 Couple more weeks and you get a month's work. 260 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:03,965 Couple more weeks, I'm gonna be in jail for late payment of child support. 261 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,636 Who needs a taste? 262 00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:09,613 Shit. Who's buying, motherfucker? 263 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,616 I'll cover a round or two. 264 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,982 Then I guess I'm drinking a round or two. 265 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:16,954 Oh, yeah, and a boat dock, huh? 266 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:20,322 Yeah. And the gazebo here... for my wife. 267 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:26,053 You get any word from downtown on when they'll start paying out the OT again? 268 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:28,794 Cos we going double shift on these surveillances. 269 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:31,064 They haven't told me anything. 270 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,900 Guess I ain't in the loop. 271 00:19:37,743 --> 00:19:39,404 We have to shut it down, Colonel. 272 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:43,141 Explain to me how we come up on 22 bodies. Explain that to me. 273 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,945 This comes straight from the hall. 274 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:47,975 You're talking about a year's worth of work by my best people. 275 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,647 To just give up on all of that? 276 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:52,987 Colonel, we haven't made an honest payroll in over a month. 277 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,890 Where the fuck is Carcetti? 278 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,861 The man promised us a new day. 279 00:19:56,895 --> 00:20:00,888 He's tangled up with the schools and we're on hold. 280 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:04,967 The mayor's made a few commitments to me personally. 281 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:08,996 If you want to call in a marker on behalf of this department, feel free. 282 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:13,137 And while you're at it, see if you can get your take-home car back. 283 00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:15,169 Budget officer called an hour ago 284 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:18,650 telling us to relieve colonels and below of take-home vehicles. 285 00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:39,034 Hold on. See, if you move it here, then I got you. 286 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,806 OK. The little man bringing it. 287 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:49,536 Yo, Duke... 288 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:53,374 I've been thinking. 289 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:56,148 You ain't need to put in time on the corner if you don't want. 290 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:59,715 I mean, you doing enough here with Bug to get paid. 291 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,350 How you mean? 292 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:04,385 I'm saying, looking out for him. 293 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:08,297 And I've been thinking, like, if you were to get locked up 294 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:12,827 for some shit, how'd it be for Bug, you know? 295 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:17,869 So, who's gonna watch your corner in the morning? 296 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:20,139 Thought I might promote Spider, 297 00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:22,612 see how he do for a week or so. 298 00:21:24,049 --> 00:21:25,846 So, I'd be like a nanny and shit? 299 00:21:27,252 --> 00:21:30,221 What am I gonna do before Bug get home from school, 300 00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:32,917 clean the stove and bake some cookies? 301 00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:36,058 Do what you wanna, yo. 302 00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:38,756 Before he get home, time is your own. 303 00:21:44,603 --> 00:21:46,070 You beat me. 304 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,239 Oh, snap, you beat me. 305 00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:56,110 Fucking liars, motherfucking liars. 306 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,480 Easy, boy. 307 00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:01,611 I was happy on patrol. I was fine. 308 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:05,145 - You were bored. - Fuck no. I was happy. 309 00:22:06,224 --> 00:22:08,818 Motherfuckers come to me and say, 310 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:10,953 "It's a new day, Jimmy," 311 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:14,523 talking shit about how it was gonna change. Shit never fucking changes. 312 00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:17,660 If they had left me up and running when Marlo was on them cell phones, 313 00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:19,000 I'd have had him a year ago. 314 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:24,100 See? But they can't do the right thing. It ain't in them. 315 00:22:24,142 --> 00:22:27,168 Now we're back on Marlo's ass, we need to be on him 24/7. 316 00:22:27,212 --> 00:22:31,581 The motherfuckers cut our overtime and they shopped our best surveillance van. 317 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:34,710 Don't even think about trying to requisition 318 00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:36,914 a new fucking digital camera. 319 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:39,480 They want to do it on the cheap. 320 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:43,722 - Bunk on the prowl. - Hey, Bunky-Bunk, come here. 321 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:46,356 - Jimmy. - Come here, you virile beast. 322 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:50,097 Come on, Bunk. Buy me a drink, you whore. 323 00:22:50,135 --> 00:22:52,126 With what? 324 00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:58,741 I'd have thought the bosses would've at least figured out 325 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:01,644 how to keep paying Homicide. 326 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,274 Pete, come on. Take these slips off me. 327 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:06,807 I'll pay you 50 cents on the dollar against my tab. 328 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:09,548 - Cash only. - When we get paid, you double your money. 329 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,785 City's never gonna be healthy enough to go all that back pay. 330 00:23:12,824 --> 00:23:15,054 How the fuck are we gonna pay the bar tab? 331 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:17,220 We could always knock off a liquor store. 332 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:21,961 G & L on Edmondson. Thin Plexi, I'd take out the counter man. 333 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,730 - I'll cover you. - I got the door, no problem. 334 00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:29,371 Who's gonna be our wheel man? 335 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:39,640 Every plan, a weak link. 336 00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:44,811 I heard they're closing the foreign bureaus - Jo'burg, Beijing, everything. 337 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:48,815 - I heard layoffs as bad as in Philly. - Bullshit, they're not gonna lay off. 338 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,521 They'll offer buyouts first. 339 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:53,224 If they don't get enough, they'll go right to layoffs. 340 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:55,927 What the fuck you care? You got all the seniority in the world. 341 00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:59,027 Be a shame to rid of them twentysomethings in the newsroom. 342 00:23:59,070 --> 00:24:00,765 Degenerate motherfucker. 343 00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:05,602 Yeah. Kleppner sure do like to hire them sweet, young things. 344 00:24:05,644 --> 00:24:08,408 23, 24 years old, model-thin. 345 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:11,245 Long, straight hair and big traffic-light eyes. 346 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,615 And half of them can't write a lick, can they? 347 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:16,450 Yeah, our esteemed managing editor. 348 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:19,514 Certainly does favor a certain type, don't he? 349 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:21,589 Gentlemen... 350 00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:23,116 Question mark. 351 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:28,956 Someday, I want to find out what it feels like 352 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,991 to work for a real newspaper. 353 00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:51,849 What? I've got calls out. 354 00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:55,883 You start writing now, and I'm not here ten o'clock tonight reworking your lead. 355 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:58,122 - Reworking my lead? - Come on, Fletch. 356 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,859 Try to make the e-dot deadline for once in your life. 357 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:04,996 - A-matter for the council meeting? - Yeah. 358 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:07,504 I'll top it with whatever smells fresh, make the double-dot. 359 00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:09,803 They're gonna vote on a homeless ordinance, right? 360 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:14,403 Maybe not. Nerese is making noises like she might throw it back to committee. 361 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:17,706 Yeah? Well, find me some news somewhere. 362 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,284 Something's burning. 363 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:30,086 You... wondered what it might be? 364 00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:32,562 Hey, I'm not the police reporter. 365 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:35,589 But you called Twigg, though, right? 366 00:25:39,437 --> 00:25:43,203 At least he's a columnist, he's paid to sit on his ass. What's your excuse? 367 00:25:43,241 --> 00:25:45,971 Just left him in the smoking lounge. Hit him on his cell. 368 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:49,105 What kind of people stand around watching a fire? 369 00:25:49,147 --> 00:25:51,206 Some shameful shit right here. 370 00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:56,710 Where else would you rather be, huh, kids? 371 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,547 Hey, Gus. 372 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:12,670 Hey, Jay. 373 00:26:12,704 --> 00:26:15,730 A.P. Has got something on more cutbacks in city bus lines. 374 00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:17,002 You don't say. 375 00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:20,068 Daily Record had it this morning. M.T.A. Trial balloon. 376 00:26:20,111 --> 00:26:22,773 State desk is covering. 377 00:26:22,814 --> 00:26:23,803 Daily Record. 378 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:27,511 All right, people, it's two o'clock, I need budget lines 379 00:26:27,552 --> 00:26:31,545 in case anybody's threatening to commit an act of daily journalism. 380 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:37,851 City desk. Haynes. 381 00:26:37,896 --> 00:26:39,329 You didn't, huh? 382 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,198 What the fuck are we supposed to do for centerpiece art? 383 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:46,567 Great. Wonderful. 384 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,766 Photo didn't get out for the racetrack piece. 385 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:51,401 What about art for the Hopkins press conference? 386 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:54,435 Scratched it for racetrack. Hey, Swag, it's me again. 387 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,344 Something's on fire over in East Baltimore. 388 00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:59,748 Surprise me with a nice, pretty picture, huh? 389 00:27:00,151 --> 00:27:04,144 Look, what we have is drug violence and plenty of it. 390 00:27:04,189 --> 00:27:08,353 What you have are federal gun statutes that come with a five-year minimum, no parole, 391 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:10,691 and we need to lower our murder rate. 392 00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:13,664 Especially since you shorted your police department budget. 393 00:27:13,698 --> 00:27:15,996 It's no secret we have budget problems, 394 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:18,696 all the more reason for the US Attorney to pitch in. 395 00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:22,605 Officially, my priorities are counterterrorism and political corruption. 396 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,202 So you told me when I asked you for help on those bodies in the vacant houses. 397 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:29,907 But I'm inclined to provide you with a dozen FBI agents 398 00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:33,475 and all the wherewithal they need to work that case. 399 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:35,918 But we want Clay Davis to go federal. 400 00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:39,346 Our state's attorney has developed that case. 401 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:41,552 Our state's attorney decides what to do with it. 402 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:44,721 He seems inclined to keep Mr. Davis local at this point. 403 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:48,096 But if you could convince Mr. Bond to reconsider, 404 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:51,500 we might find the resources not only for the probe of the row-house bodies, 405 00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:53,936 but the time to run some of those gun cases for you. 406 00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:56,998 But unless you get Clay Davis, you'll let the killing continue. 407 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:59,840 Now look, the FBI and the US Attorney's office 408 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:03,109 are not here to do the job that your police department can't. 409 00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:06,447 - Don't blame us for your ineffectiveness. - Baltimore is knee deep in blood. 410 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:10,386 Unless this guy can hang a Democratic legislator, he couldn't give a damn. 411 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,788 And to protect that legislator, 412 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:16,624 who happens to be one of the most corrupt extortion artists in the state, 413 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:20,097 - you'll burn every last bridge. - Do you think I give a shit about Clay Davis? 414 00:28:20,131 --> 00:28:22,565 - I am not protecting him. - Then give him up. 415 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,364 - It's Bond's call. Talk to him. - I have. 416 00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:28,099 And he told your Republican ass to go fuck itself? 417 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:30,437 Well, let me double down on that. 418 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,682 Good luck with your crime problem. 419 00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:49,682 That go well? 420 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:53,323 You know why he wants the Clay Davis investigation so bad? 421 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,229 So he can stomp all over the Democratic party 422 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:57,666 and help give his asshole Republican golf buddy 423 00:28:57,702 --> 00:29:00,136 another four years in the governor's mansion. 424 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:03,766 So, Bond is keeping the case local to help the party, huh? 425 00:29:03,808 --> 00:29:08,040 No. Bond is keeping the case so that Clay Davis can be a trophy for Bond. 426 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:10,673 My guess is, our newly elected state's attorney 427 00:29:10,715 --> 00:29:12,512 wants to, one day, run for mayor. 428 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:14,484 Cuts both ways for you, Nerese. 429 00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:18,080 If the Feds get Clay Davis, then the case doesn't give Bond any profile, 430 00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:20,956 But if they get him and flip him, 431 00:29:20,992 --> 00:29:23,222 Clay might take half the Royce administration with him. 432 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,525 You included, maybe. 433 00:29:27,398 --> 00:29:29,059 Don't you worry about me. 434 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,466 You, on the other hand, just slammed the door on the feds, 435 00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:34,904 when we need all the help we can get. 436 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,268 That's on them. 437 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:50,781 Pussy call. 438 00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:53,518 I'm just glad to know Marlo has a hobby. 439 00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:59,295 Take her to her room, 440 00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:03,198 You know, let her hit the minibar, watch TV. 441 00:30:03,234 --> 00:30:06,499 When she's settled, we'll take care of the other thing. 442 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:08,529 I'll use Monk for my ride. 443 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:16,547 All right, then, moving on to new business, 444 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:19,573 with John Hopkins buying up everything north of Monument Street 445 00:30:19,617 --> 00:30:21,482 and tearing the shit down, 446 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:24,613 I think we all see the writing on the wall in East Baltimore. 447 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:26,590 Yeah. They moving the hood out. 448 00:30:26,624 --> 00:30:29,957 Yo, niggers are going across the line to Baltimore County. 449 00:30:29,994 --> 00:30:32,758 Pretty soon, East Baltimore won't be in Essex. 450 00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:36,460 There's a market already along route 40 and down at Turner Station. 451 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:39,664 - And new territory go to who claim it. - No. Ordinarily so. 452 00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:44,038 But here we got some of our east-side people being displaced, right? 453 00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:46,976 I think we need to take care of those most affected. 454 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:49,275 Meaning you. 455 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:56,577 Well, I am east side, for the most part. 456 00:30:56,621 --> 00:31:00,557 But I'm talking about Hungry Man and Parker and Ghost. 457 00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:03,288 You know, others beside myself. 458 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:06,889 Hopkins ain't gonna affect your market share, Marlo. 459 00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:10,958 - So for those of us who suffer... - All right, I see that. 460 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:14,460 Why don't you let one of your juniors get a shot to open the county up? 461 00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:16,097 Let a fresh face get a shot at it. 462 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:19,940 No disrespect, son, but how I delegate to my lieutenants 463 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:21,969 is not a co-op concern. 464 00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:25,976 Yeah, but how Slim feel about that, though? 465 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:30,552 How you feel, tall man? Ready to pioneer out there for us? 466 00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:32,818 Nah, I'm good where I am. 467 00:31:32,857 --> 00:31:36,793 Marlo, man, you're a little out of order here. 468 00:31:36,828 --> 00:31:40,025 Yeah, well, it's just a thought. 469 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:42,089 Look, man, what's the percentage breakdown... 470 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:44,567 Don't sleep on Marlo. 471 00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:46,593 He up to some shit here. 472 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:50,966 That was some prime real estate. 473 00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:54,137 It took me six years to build up them corners. 474 00:32:16,467 --> 00:32:17,957 Reginald. 475 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:23,596 Reginald. 476 00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:33,942 I'm going to work, you know I got night shift all this week. 477 00:32:33,985 --> 00:32:36,476 You know, I could stay down here quiet like, 478 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:37,749 you ain't need to sweat. 479 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,952 You don't stay here when I'm not around. That's our rule. 480 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,421 I'm your brother. I got nowhere to go when I leave. 481 00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:49,524 Last time I left you alone in my home, you dragged half my kitchen to a pawn shop. 482 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:51,558 Remember that? 483 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:55,431 But you can keep the door locked, right? 484 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:57,805 I'm down here. 485 00:32:57,842 --> 00:32:59,707 My rules. 486 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:02,006 You said. 487 00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:43,045 The courthouse? What the fuck? 488 00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:44,281 I'll go in. 489 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:46,987 Rupert. 490 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:51,689 What now? 491 00:33:51,729 --> 00:33:53,526 Major crimes is being disbanded. 492 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:56,032 The detectives return to regular rotation. 493 00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:59,696 I got the word yesterday from command. The mayor signed off. 494 00:33:59,737 --> 00:34:03,764 They're quietly deep-sixing the investigation into the bodies and Marlo Stanfield. 495 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:06,003 - A money thing? - They're pulling back on everything. 496 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:09,013 Man hours, equipment, lab work, motor pool. 497 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:12,949 Every last dollar we can find is being shipped over to plug the school system budget. 498 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:15,384 Cedric thought he would try to reason with Carcetti, 499 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:18,412 maybe see if we can keep the Stanfield detail, at least. 500 00:34:18,456 --> 00:34:21,118 What about Clay Davis? That's going to grand jury soon. 501 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:24,356 If they ship Freamon back to homicide, I don't have him on that, either, 502 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,090 and Lester pretty much is that case. 503 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:28,724 Excuse me. Y'all know where the clerk's office at? 504 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:31,496 - Criminal or civil? - Criminal, definitely. 505 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,163 End of the hall, last door. 506 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,809 - When are you meeting the mayor? - About an hour. 507 00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:42,074 They gave me a few minutes on the end of his day. 508 00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:45,742 I'll go with you. Come by my office and get me. 509 00:34:49,821 --> 00:34:51,516 So, where you off to now? 510 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:56,516 Motions hearing in part 18. It's the last thing on my sched. 511 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:03,962 And for state desk? 512 00:35:04,001 --> 00:35:07,095 Additional cutbacks are said to be coming in the city M.T.A. Routes. 513 00:35:07,138 --> 00:35:10,505 - Trial balloon from the governor. - Affects a lot of people, no? 514 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:12,839 If it happens. They floated this once before. 515 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:16,574 Still, we can go outside and give them the potential impact. 516 00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:21,051 Well, the truth is, we're following the Daily Record on this one. 517 00:35:22,553 --> 00:35:25,078 Why don't we have that? If it's a trial balloon... 518 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,286 We've been without a transport reporter since the last round of buyouts, so... 519 00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:30,760 - We should still pick that up. - Probably so, but... 520 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:34,390 Just because Chicago tightens its belt, it's no reason for us to fall down. 521 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:38,562 Their cutbacks there shouldn't affect our ability to put out an excellent product. 522 00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:39,968 Simply have to do more with less. 523 00:35:40,004 --> 00:35:42,404 We have more resources than the Daily Record. 524 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,533 Though not a transport reporter. 525 00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:50,705 Your eminence, slumming at the Metro meeting today? 526 00:35:50,748 --> 00:35:53,649 - What do you know? - City desk. 527 00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:56,881 State's attorney complains about the decline in quality police casework, 528 00:35:56,921 --> 00:35:59,822 20 inches from Warmcastle. Got the city council tonight. 529 00:35:59,857 --> 00:36:03,725 Won't get a vote on the homeless initiative, but we'll scratch some news out somehow. 530 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:07,424 Two-car fatal on the Beltway, two overnight murders in the city, 531 00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:11,424 and a fire ongoing in a Baltimore City row house 532 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:13,528 for which we may or may not have art. 533 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:14,799 Regional affairs. 534 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:16,864 We have the Hopkins piece on biomed, 535 00:36:16,908 --> 00:36:20,309 though I'm told we didn't get art on today's press conference. 536 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:25,043 And 15 inches from the college park stringer on UM not making it's deseg goals again. 537 00:36:25,082 --> 00:36:27,482 I'm told that, numbers aside, 538 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:30,851 the campus has become much more hospitable to minorities. 539 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:33,652 - I'm told things have changed for the better. - Really? 540 00:36:33,691 --> 00:36:37,320 As you may know, Gene Robbins is dean of journalism there. 541 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:39,261 I had lunch with him the other day... 542 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:41,424 - Nevertheless, they haven't... ...and he was saying 543 00:36:41,465 --> 00:36:45,629 how the last few years have really transformed the school's reputation 544 00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:47,968 with black faculty and students. 545 00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:50,838 - He's a white guy, right? - Who? 546 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:54,140 Journalism fellow. Dean Wormer, Dean Martin - whatever his name is. 547 00:36:54,178 --> 00:36:57,773 I worked with Gene Robbins in Philadelphia. 548 00:36:57,815 --> 00:37:00,841 He is an excellent journalist and a reliable source. 549 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:03,353 I think race is beside the point. 550 00:37:04,488 --> 00:37:07,048 So why don't we hold on the deseg story 551 00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:10,026 until we can assign someone to do some more reporting, 552 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:14,725 get a real sense of how UM is perceived by minorities? 553 00:37:14,765 --> 00:37:16,528 All right, then. Let's firm things up, 554 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:19,400 Take a look at where we stand an hour from now. 555 00:37:22,106 --> 00:37:25,872 Why poke him with a stick? You know who Gene Robbins is. 556 00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:27,002 Who's poking? 557 00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:29,979 If I think something about a story, I'm gonna speak on it. 558 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:31,811 You know what a healthy newsroom is? 559 00:37:31,849 --> 00:37:35,876 It's a magical place where people argue about everything all the time. 560 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,047 - I'm not poking anyone here. - "Dean Martin"? 561 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:39,579 Yeah, a little poke. 562 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:41,424 Thank you. 563 00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:50,326 I know that wasn't no court date. 564 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:52,795 You already got the gun charge postponed twice. 565 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:54,695 So what the fuck was that about? 566 00:38:54,732 --> 00:38:57,292 Remember that Russian we locked up for murder, 567 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:58,962 part of the port case years back? 568 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:00,868 I didn't work that case with you, man. 569 00:39:00,905 --> 00:39:02,702 So, no, I don't remember. 570 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:05,732 Well, Chris Partlow does. 571 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:30,756 Miss Gutierrez. 572 00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:34,295 Gutierrez! 573 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:37,534 Get your ass over here. 574 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:39,365 Yeah. 575 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:42,140 You say that 120 people were evacuated. 576 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:43,510 Yeah. They were. 577 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:45,105 You can't evacuate people. 578 00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:48,118 I mean, you can, if you want, but that's not what you want to say here. 579 00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:49,983 A building can be evacuated. 580 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:53,717 To evacuate a person is to give that person an enema. 581 00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:56,056 The details, Miss Gutierrez. 582 00:39:56,093 --> 00:40:01,030 At the Baltimore Sun, God still resides in the details. 583 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,532 You teach them, Spry. 584 00:40:02,566 --> 00:40:05,558 What are we gonna do with these children today? 585 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,769 Fuckety-fuck. 586 00:40:12,743 --> 00:40:13,903 Another burnt doll. 587 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:16,507 Carlyle again. 588 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:23,382 - Photo. - I'm looking at the fire art from East Baltimore 589 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,616 and I got a burnt Barbie in foreground. 590 00:40:25,656 --> 00:40:27,055 - Oh, yeah? - Yeah. 591 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:30,652 And I might actually believe you if it wasn't Carlyle who took the shot. 592 00:40:30,694 --> 00:40:34,528 No fuckin' way I believe in this picture. Print me something else. 593 00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:36,856 Every fire photo he brings in 594 00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:40,268 there's got to be some burnt doll somewhere in the debris. 595 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:43,205 I can see that cheating motherfucker now with his fucking harem of dolls 596 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,470 pouring lighter fluid on each one. 597 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:49,036 You check his fucking trunk, you'll find a whole collection. 598 00:40:49,079 --> 00:40:50,171 What's your lead? 599 00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:53,843 Council delays vote on the homeless initiative at Carcetti's behest. 600 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:56,580 He doesn't want it to look like the city's running the homeless out of downtown, 601 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,612 so he asked Nerese to redraft the measure. 602 00:41:01,058 --> 00:41:04,960 He's right. You don't evacuate people. 603 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:08,888 - What? - Never mind. 604 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,130 - Working on anything good? - Just what day cops missed. 605 00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:16,298 A fatal in Charles County and a gas leak downtown. 606 00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,830 Briefs, huh? 607 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:19,274 Quiet day so far. 608 00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:22,108 - It's a shit news town. - You think? 609 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:25,047 How many stories go national out of here? Not many. 610 00:41:25,082 --> 00:41:28,210 Those bodies in the houses last year. That got a lot of play. 611 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:30,117 And they didn't even solve it, right? 612 00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:32,054 The story had no legs at all. 613 00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:34,455 Since then, what else? 614 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,393 Jeff. Jeffy-Jeff. 615 00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:39,728 What? 616 00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:42,261 Come here. Jesus Christ. 617 00:41:42,299 --> 00:41:43,323 What now? 618 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:45,392 Did you stay for the zoning bills? 619 00:41:45,436 --> 00:41:48,872 - No, I came back here to write. - Check the fucking library. 620 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:52,069 Shit, check the clips too. It goes back a-ways. 621 00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:54,771 Check that. You go back to the hall, you get the vote on this thing. 622 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,109 Find out who sponsored this. 623 00:41:56,146 --> 00:41:59,274 Find out whether Carcetti or Nerese or whoever's behind it. 624 00:41:59,316 --> 00:42:01,910 You buttonhole them, find out what the hell's going on. 625 00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:03,977 Why? Who's Ricardo Hendrix? 626 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:06,387 A drug dealer. Fatface Rick. 627 00:42:06,423 --> 00:42:10,291 Alma, Scott, this property on Baltimore Street is a titty bar 628 00:42:10,327 --> 00:42:12,557 the city wants for the Howard Street enterprise zone, 629 00:42:12,596 --> 00:42:15,064 but this other property they want to trade with him, 630 00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:16,589 I want to find out what that's all about. 631 00:42:16,634 --> 00:42:19,194 This is a drug dealer they're trading properties with? 632 00:42:19,236 --> 00:42:22,000 He's got a record as long as your arm. Couple of convictions too. 633 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:23,939 Go, go. Get some good quotes. 634 00:42:23,974 --> 00:42:27,205 Alma... I want you to go to this address. 635 00:42:27,244 --> 00:42:30,645 It's a strip club called Desperado. 636 00:42:30,681 --> 00:42:34,549 You ask around for the owner. His name's Ricardo Hendrix. 637 00:42:34,585 --> 00:42:38,681 You tell them until we get a comment, we'll put Ricky on the front page every day. 638 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:40,189 Who is he? 639 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:41,521 He's a drug dealer. 640 00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:46,121 But from the look of this, he's running some sort of game at city hall. 641 00:42:46,163 --> 00:42:48,996 We want a comment as to why he's trading property with the city, 642 00:42:49,033 --> 00:42:51,365 - what he stands to make off the deal. - OK. 643 00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:55,795 What do you want from me? 644 00:42:55,839 --> 00:42:59,104 Pull clips, check the morgue files, 645 00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:01,008 write the A-matter on Ricardo's history. 646 00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:04,344 Wait, she goes to strip clubs and I'm pulling clips in the morgue? 647 00:43:05,182 --> 00:43:07,548 - You late for the council meeting? - Looking for you. 648 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:10,486 Me? I'm racing. Late for some charity thing at the Walters'. 649 00:43:10,521 --> 00:43:12,887 Mr. Mayor, I was told I could get a few minutes tonight. 650 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,084 - You're on my schedule? - Everything ran late today. 651 00:43:15,125 --> 00:43:18,959 - They were supposed to ring you, I think. - What, do it quick or do we resched? 652 00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:22,159 Burrell's disbanded the unit that's working the bodies in the houses. 653 00:43:22,199 --> 00:43:24,258 When we're fat with money, you can come back on it. 654 00:43:24,301 --> 00:43:26,064 Investigations are not like that. 655 00:43:26,103 --> 00:43:29,004 You can't just drop one and then pick it up down the road without... 656 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,371 Colonel, we got no money. No fucking money at all. 657 00:43:31,408 --> 00:43:33,399 There's nothing we can do until the new fiscal. 658 00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:38,006 But, Tommy, that kills Clay Davis for me and we're about to go to grand jury on it. 659 00:43:38,048 --> 00:43:39,276 Same unit is doing Clay? 660 00:43:39,316 --> 00:43:41,341 I need some profile for my shop. 661 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,788 How much of that unit do you need to bring the case in? 662 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:47,222 A couple of detectives. 663 00:43:48,826 --> 00:43:54,890 I'll tell Rawls you can keep two men for Clay. The rest is shut down until we can dig out. 664 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,798 I got to run. 665 00:44:00,671 --> 00:44:05,665 So one thieving politician trumps 22 dead bodies. 666 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:09,142 Good to know. 667 00:44:12,249 --> 00:44:15,650 To save money, they're not even putting ops cars in the street. 668 00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:16,914 No more two-man patrols. 669 00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:18,717 Jesus, where did the money go? 670 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:19,745 Schools. 671 00:44:19,790 --> 00:44:22,953 Carcetti didn't want to lay off teachers, so he fucks us instead. 672 00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:25,689 Seems like you got out at the right time, huh? 673 00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:27,321 Look at you. 674 00:44:27,364 --> 00:44:32,097 Here's our boy Thomas sporting the latest in downtown businesswear, 675 00:44:32,136 --> 00:44:35,435 An understated ensemble that puts the "b" in subtle. 676 00:44:35,472 --> 00:44:37,167 There's a "b" in subtle? 677 00:44:38,442 --> 00:44:41,673 Seriously, you look well, Herc. 678 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:43,111 I'm doing good, man. 679 00:44:43,147 --> 00:44:44,808 I got more work than I can get to. 680 00:44:44,848 --> 00:44:46,475 It's like once word got around, 681 00:44:46,517 --> 00:44:49,179 these fucking lawyers came out of the fucking woodwork. 682 00:44:49,219 --> 00:44:52,518 Which reminds me, I need one of you guys to run a name for me. 683 00:44:53,490 --> 00:44:57,426 Tags, registration, and phone. While you're at it, run a sheeting photo. 684 00:44:58,929 --> 00:45:01,193 'Cause I'm buying the next round, right? 685 00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:02,960 About fucking time! 686 00:45:06,303 --> 00:45:09,670 Not used to having money, you kind of forget. Let's get a round. 687 00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,742 How does it read? 688 00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:17,747 It's clean and it bites. 689 00:45:17,781 --> 00:45:20,807 - Deserves a front, off-lead, maybe. - And we're saying what? 690 00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:24,446 That it's a sweetheart deal for a titty bar owner with a big criminal history. 691 00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:28,288 He sells his existing location to the city for 1.2 million 692 00:45:28,325 --> 00:45:30,418 and they sell him a better piece of real estate 693 00:45:30,461 --> 00:45:34,488 to relocate his club five blocks west for 200,000. 694 00:45:34,531 --> 00:45:37,830 - He clears a million for laying in the cut. - What's the quid pro quo? 695 00:45:37,868 --> 00:45:41,065 We're going through donors in Nerese's campaign committee. 696 00:45:41,105 --> 00:45:43,835 So far, we got 40,000 from Ricardo Hendrix 697 00:45:43,874 --> 00:45:46,866 and a bunch of people all using the same address as the bar. 698 00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:48,343 Why wasn't this on your budget? 699 00:45:48,378 --> 00:45:51,745 Well, we found it... Actually, Jeff Price found it 700 00:45:51,782 --> 00:45:55,548 hidden in the zoning bills, bottom of the council agenda. 701 00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:57,577 He caught it late, but he caught it. 702 00:45:57,621 --> 00:46:00,112 All right, front page, below the fold. 703 00:46:00,157 --> 00:46:02,148 Yeah. 704 00:46:02,192 --> 00:46:03,853 Metro desk, Phelps. 705 00:46:05,362 --> 00:46:09,526 Gus, Price for you, line two, and he's got Nerese with him. 706 00:46:09,566 --> 00:46:11,727 Aw, shit, here it comes. 707 00:46:13,570 --> 00:46:15,970 Gus? It's Jeff. 708 00:46:16,006 --> 00:46:18,065 The council president would like a word with you. 709 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:21,168 - On the record? - No. She's given me her quote. 710 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:24,703 - She wants to talk to you off the record. - Put her on. 711 00:46:28,385 --> 00:46:30,512 This is all perfectly above board. 712 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:32,215 No doubt, Madam President. 713 00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:34,247 We need this property for redevelopment 714 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:37,419 and it's in the city's interest to allow Mr. Hendrix to relocate. 715 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:39,861 Is it in the city's interest to give him a property 716 00:46:39,897 --> 00:46:41,660 with twice as much floor space 717 00:46:41,698 --> 00:46:44,690 and give him a million dollars for his trouble? 718 00:46:46,937 --> 00:46:49,030 Do you think you made it clear to the council 719 00:46:49,072 --> 00:46:54,100 that Mr. Hendrix donated $60,000 to your campaign committee? 720 00:46:56,446 --> 00:46:58,107 I don't know, ma'am, 721 00:46:58,148 --> 00:47:01,140 where I live, 60,000 buys a lot of goodwill. 722 00:47:05,155 --> 00:47:06,918 Hey, Jeff, is that you? 723 00:47:06,957 --> 00:47:09,016 I'm putting you on hold for Spry. 724 00:47:09,059 --> 00:47:11,050 Yeah, give me your on the record for Nerese. 725 00:47:11,094 --> 00:47:12,493 - Ready? - Yeah. 726 00:47:12,529 --> 00:47:15,191 Shame we couldn't use what she just gave us. 727 00:47:15,232 --> 00:47:16,927 What do you got? 728 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:19,492 Keep running through that campaign finance shit. 729 00:47:19,536 --> 00:47:22,972 There's at least $20,000 in contributions we haven't found yet. 730 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:26,840 Nerese all but confirmed it. 731 00:47:36,453 --> 00:47:38,080 I'll be back. 732 00:48:06,416 --> 00:48:07,883 It's me. 733 00:48:09,286 --> 00:48:12,119 Yeah, we're going late tonight. 734 00:48:12,155 --> 00:48:13,554 Fine. 735 00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:14,989 No, I'm not. 736 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:18,017 I'm just tired, is all. 737 00:48:19,296 --> 00:48:21,287 I slur when I'm tired. 738 00:48:22,332 --> 00:48:23,663 That's all. 739 00:48:25,102 --> 00:48:26,433 Yeah. 740 00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:29,302 Night. 741 00:48:40,450 --> 00:48:42,441 Blue tops, all the rocks. 742 00:48:57,501 --> 00:48:59,162 Blue tops. 743 00:49:03,307 --> 00:49:07,471 Blue tops, get 'em while they hot. Come and get your blue tops. 744 00:49:21,258 --> 00:49:23,419 Bubs, yo. 745 00:49:26,229 --> 00:49:27,992 Hauk? 746 00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:42,707 It was a great pull at deadline. 747 00:49:42,746 --> 00:49:46,341 Hey, any night a Baltimore politician calls you a son of a bitch is a good night. 748 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:47,714 Am I right? 749 00:49:48,385 --> 00:49:50,580 Hey, that was a good pull by Alma, 750 00:49:50,620 --> 00:49:53,487 getting that quote from Fatface Rick for the home final. 751 00:49:53,523 --> 00:49:57,653 "Hey, I'm a businessman. City wants to help me out, I ain't gonna argue." Sweet. 752 00:49:57,694 --> 00:50:00,094 - Thank you. - How'd you get him to talk to you? 753 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:02,496 I just walked in, sat down, 754 00:50:02,532 --> 00:50:06,263 watched the dancers for a few minutes, and he came over to me. 755 00:50:06,303 --> 00:50:08,601 Thought I was looking for a job. 756 00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:15,637 You deserve more than a contributing line for that. 757 00:50:16,213 --> 00:50:19,580 I don't know, a contrib line is cool. 758 00:50:19,616 --> 00:50:22,744 You can't go far on contrib lines. 759 00:50:22,786 --> 00:50:25,550 Where do you want to go? 760 00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:28,023 Times or Post. Where else? 761 00:50:28,058 --> 00:50:31,221 I don't know. This is still a pretty good paper. 762 00:52:08,258 --> 00:52:11,659 I brought it to the mayor personally, 763 00:52:11,695 --> 00:52:15,461 but they're throwing their last dollars into patrol and crime suppression. 764 00:52:15,499 --> 00:52:18,559 You think being on Marlo and his people every damn day for a year 765 00:52:18,602 --> 00:52:20,263 isn't crime suppression? 766 00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:22,771 We lowered the body count just by sitting on these people. 767 00:52:22,806 --> 00:52:25,775 - They know they're hot, huh? - After a year? 768 00:52:29,713 --> 00:52:32,045 Look. Promises were made to me, as well. 769 00:52:32,649 --> 00:52:36,050 I was told a new day was coming. 770 00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:37,815 Clearly, this isn't it. 771 00:52:41,591 --> 00:52:43,115 Where are we going, then? 772 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:47,324 You and McNulty are back to the Homicide rotation. 773 00:52:47,364 --> 00:52:51,460 Dozerman is temporarily assigned to tactical. 774 00:52:51,501 --> 00:52:56,063 Lieutenant, you're going to fill a vacancy in the Northern, four to 12 shift. 775 00:52:56,106 --> 00:53:00,099 Freamon, Sydnor, you two are assigned to the state's attorney's office 776 00:53:00,143 --> 00:53:02,543 to help grand-jury the Clay Davis thing. 777 00:53:10,787 --> 00:53:13,449 When the money starts to flow, 778 00:53:13,490 --> 00:53:16,118 I'll get you all back on this somehow. 779 00:53:18,895 --> 00:53:20,385 Sorry. 780 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:27,830 Wonder what it feels like to work in a real fucking police department. 781 00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:40,212 50 cent. 782 00:53:47,257 --> 00:53:49,088 50 cent. 783 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:53,720 Obliged. 784 00:54:07,277 --> 00:54:09,302 When did this break last night? 785 00:54:09,346 --> 00:54:13,248 Gus saw it on the council agenda around 9:30. 786 00:54:13,283 --> 00:54:16,252 It's a good fucking story. 787 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:36,906 Who's doing the react piece? 788 00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:38,339 Jeff will, why? 789 00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,739 I'm just... 790 00:54:40,777 --> 00:54:42,711 I need a story. I'm up. 791 00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,877 Yeah. Stay hungry like that. 792 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:50,408 Good things come when they come. 793 00:55:03,266 --> 00:55:05,700 It's two o'clock, people. 794 00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:07,396 I need budget lines. 795 00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:10,838 There are a million stories in the naked city, 796 00:55:10,874 --> 00:55:14,867 but today you poor mooks only need to throw me three or four. 797 00:55:33,129 --> 00:55:36,963 The Orioles will not pay for pitcher. I should have never left the Bronx. 798 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,230 - You see this? - What? 799 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:42,295 One of our clients on the front page. 800 00:55:42,872 --> 00:55:45,272 Represent Tiger Woods? 801 00:55:49,245 --> 00:55:51,406 All it cost me was a round of beers. 802 00:55:51,448 --> 00:55:55,509 They fucking love me in the department. I'm a fucking martyr is what I am. 803 00:55:55,552 --> 00:55:58,146 Pull over some black minister, piss him off, 804 00:55:58,188 --> 00:56:00,656 and I lose my fucking job. 805 00:56:00,690 --> 00:56:02,089 One round? 806 00:56:02,926 --> 00:56:04,917 You, a prominent defense investigator, 807 00:56:04,961 --> 00:56:07,623 let these other guys buy a round of drinks ever? 808 00:56:09,466 --> 00:56:14,768 Kid, it's time you learned a little something about the expense account. 809 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:42,888 That's my desk. 810 00:56:43,633 --> 00:56:45,123 What the fuck you saying? 811 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:20,100 The prodigal son.