Programa de TV: The Wire - 5x10
But if we...
but how can...
jesus christ.
So this means that, uh...
so no one killed any homeless men.
No serial killer.
Some were random killings, some were natural deaths That were likely manipulated.
But they're not linked in any way.
But why?
The detectives used the money to fund a case Against the drug traffickers responsible For the slayings in the vacants a year ago.
Last week's arrests and seizures were a direct result.
So let me just understand this...
so i've been going out there for weeks, Slamming the governor for his neglect of the Homeless and declaring how we will stop At nothing to findhe person responsible for Preying on the homeless and all the while-- Hey, norman, this is my ass here.
That's true, boss.
But it does have a certain charm to it.
They manufactured an issue to get paid, We manufactured an issue to get you Elected governor.
Everybody's gettin' what they need behind Some make-Believe.
The detectives involved will be suspended and Ultimately fired, at the least.
Beyond that, a criminal prosecution On fraud and perjury charges is probable.
So, what, you're saying we call a press conference And we say, "hey, by the way, "All that stuff about homeless people getting killed and "The governor cutting the safety net and us doing "Everything in our power to catch the guy, Hey, guess what, the joke's on us?"
Not to mention that the evidence against The traffickers arrested last week is tainted.
That case could collapse as well.
I don't fucking believe this.
You two are on point here.
Word of this gets down to annapolis, The governor's gonna wreck me with it.
And if it comes to that, you guys drop on your swords, So help me.
How does word not get out Once we suspend the detectives?
Never mind sending it to the grand jury The cops that did this, they gotta go.
You cannot be telling me i have to live with this.
Deputy, counselor...
if you two will excuse us, we are going to Discuss this first as a matter of public policy.
Until we can reason the best way to address this, Do nothing and speak to no one About any of this.
If this becomes public in the wrong way, A lot of people who were legally responsible For the situation, good people Who were nonetheless in a supervisory role here...
are going to suffer.
And that's not the outcome that anyone wants.
What mike is saying is that we need to Be very careful about how to proceed.
I wish i was still at the newspaper So i could write on this mess.
It's too fuckin' good.
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The life of kings."
H.
L.
Mencklen.
Lester.
What brings you down?
We don't have anything scheduled from you today, I don't think...
40,000 from the showboat on the boardwalk.
26 at the borgata.
80 over the last year at the taj mahal...
and that's just the atlantic city casinos.
I like to play.
So what?
You lost three times your salary over The last two years.
I ran you through sentinel title and came back With seven pages of liens and a third mortgage You folded on two months ago.
Gary, you're done.
What do you mean?
We found sealed grand jury papers in the houses Of drug dealers.
And we've got people naming you on it.
You have a problem, gary.
But you have friends in this courthouse, Lifelong friends.
Cop to the problem, give up the names of those That bought from you.
Disbarred?
Yeah, no doubt.
But you play it clean from this moment on, And we both know you'll probably walk.
Why did you look at me?
I ran the finances on everyone who worked This unit over the last couple years.
You were the only bogie.
If the s.A.O.
Weren't so screwed up, They'd have been running background Checks as a routine.
But i guess you knew that.
I always wondered if they'd get their shit together.
But that's baltimore, isn't it?
So what happens now?
Well, for starters...
you're gonna make a phone call.
Mcnulty, freamon, Sydnor, Anyone who has the smell of this on them should be gone.
Before the close of business, they should be suspended And before the end of the week, indicted.
I know, but...
But what?
We're gonna let this shit stand because it'll Hurt carcetti to air it out?
Instead of cleaning house like we need to, He's up there figuring out how to hide the dirt.
I swear, i gotta mind to call the governor myself And just let it fly.
Cedric, you can't.
Why not?
If i let this thing stand, i might as well just Roll over and play dead for every police Who knows about this.
We cover this up...
cedric, you can't do anything.
Those are your detectives.
They need someone to blame, they will measure you for it...
i don't give a fuck.
And they'll fire me.
You heard steintorf...
i was in charge of this thing.
I was on that wiretap...
this is my career.
This is everything.
You go public, and it hurts carcetti.
Maybe he doesn't get to be governor.
But he is still the mayor and bond is still my boss And you know the weight will not fall on them.
It never does.
Christ.
Everything i've worked for, all those years In that courthouse...
please.
25 cents. "
Baltimore sun."
Sir, "baltimore sun."
One quarter.
Keep it.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
People tip pretty good, don't they?
Paining for what he had done to us.
I'm sorry for him, man, really, but i still Can't let him come up from the basement.
You gonna put all that in the paper?
That's the plan.
Even the parts about sherrod?
Yeah.
What good is...
what good is a story like that?
Like what?
Me, sherrod.
Gettin' high.
Not gettin' high.
My sister, all that shit in there.
What good do any of that do to put it in the newspaper?
People read it, they think about it.
Maybe see things different.
I don't know, man.
Bubs, you don't want me to do this, I won't do it.
I don't know. "
Baltimore sun."
A little bit of sun.
Sun paper.
Look, rupert, you can go public with This thing if you want, But your shop is going to come out looking Worse for letting it happen in the first place.
The better move is to shut it down quietly And then deal with those responsible Through back channels.
We'll bury these guys softly, And in a hole so deep no one will ever get close To digging them up.
I can see that.
Commissioner, do you agree?
Well, it is a little more problematic for me.
The offenders are in my shop, are they not?
Can i have a word with you in private, bill?
Hey, if rawls isn't in, i'm not either.
Oh, i wouldn't worry about bill rawls.
I believe he's about to have one of those road To damascus moments....
i can see what you're thinking in there.
I can see the gears grinding in that head Of yours.
You're thinking, hey, i might have some wood On carcetti here.
After all, there's no way they can pin the blame On me for this fiasco without doing their Boy daniels, too, right?
You're thinking we'd have to fire daniels To fire you and that wouldn't sit well Given how much we've already sold daniels.
Isn't that what you're thinking?
And so you're telling yourself maybe there's A way for you to leverage this.
To get yourself a full term as commissioner, To delay daniels a few more years in Exchange for you shutting the fuck up And doing what you're told.
And you know what, bill?
You're not far off.
You do have a little leverage here, But just a little.
And i wouldn't overplay your hand.
How would you play it?
I'd shut the fuck up and wait your turn, And when tommy gets to the statehouse, He brings you with him to be state Police superintendent, Because while you may be a shade too white To run the baltimore department, You're just about right for the m.S.P.
I have your word?
And i have yours.
Back channel is the way to go.
See?
The police commissioner done fell off his ass.
Can i help you?
Um, i need to see mr.
Prezbo.
Someone will come down.
Are you a student here?
Ms.
Donnelly, it's me, duquan.
Well, it's good to see you, duquan, But you're not a student here so i can't Let you inside.
I just came past to see mr.
Prezbo.
Well, he's teaching right now.
I know.
I can wait.
Well, you're gonna have to stay outside, And after the bell, i'll tell Mr.
Pryzbylewski you're out here for him, okay?
I'm going to surprise you with something.
You already have.
I got a tip from an informant about a Leak out of the grand jury unit, Sad to say it's checked out.
We know about the leak.
Yeah, but do you know who it is?
Gary dipasquale.
Decent enough guy, but he's got a bear of A gambling problem and a bank of Drug lawyers who are willing to pay for Their look-Sees.
Troy sanders, marvin bronfman, Dennis cray, sid silverstein.
And the pick of the litter?
Maurice levy.
I kid you not.
Gary is their leak?
He broke right away.
He was ready to give it up.
He needed to.
One-Party consent call implicating maury levy.
Where's gary now?
He went up to the second floor to hand In his letter of resignation, then he went home To wait for the sword to drop.
He's oy, he's better than you'd think.
You know, if we can turn levy and some of these Other drug lawyers, we can route the drug Money all over town.
It's sad business, i know, but at least We know the truth now, right?
The truth, you say?
Hey.
Duquan, hello.
Snatch-Pops.
Hey!- Damien.
You lost But i said snatch-Pops.
I don't care what you said.
You're gonna buy him a new sandwich, And past that, you're gonna go inside and ask mr.
Williams For a broom to clean that up, you understand?
But, mr.
P...
right now, damien, orou're mine for another Week of detention.
I don't want to hear another word.
Looks like you got the hang of it.
What's up with you, duquan?
Oh, ain't nothing.
You still at southwestern?
Well, i'm, like, needing a semester off, You know?
I'm outdoors now.
And, um...
i was hoping maybe i could get with you And borrow some money, So i could get a place and some clean clothes And get myself settled so i can go back To school.
You're on the street?
I mean, i got some people ready to give me A really, really good place if i can come up With some money for it.
How much do you need?
Couple hundred.
But if you could go one fifty more, I could enroll in the g.E.D.
Program Down b.C.C.C.
Then i could get my g.E.D.
Without having To go back to southwestern, Then i could get my work permit.
I don't think you're eligible for A g.E.D.
Program if you're still of age To attend high school, duquan.
Yeah, you are.
I'll tell you what.
Give me a couple minutes, i'll drive you down there.
And if you are eligible, i'll write a check Right to the bursar's office down there.
Naw, mr.
P., you ain't got to through all that.
Besides, i really ain't got the time to Go down there today.
But, you know, i'm gonna.
I can do it, duquan, if that's what you want.
And i don't even care about the money.
But understand i'm gonna go down to b.C.C.C.
In a few days and find out if you're enrolled.
If you are, i'm gonna say, "great, "Duquan can come past with his certificate "When he gets it, and we're still friends And he can still rely on me."
But if you aren't enrolled, then...
well, i imagine i'm not gonna see you again, Am i?
No, mr.
P.
I'm definitely gonna enroll.
You'll see.
I'll get my stuff.
I'll meet you in the lot and we'll go find A bank machine.
Jay, all i'm saying is we've run down All the leads we had, all the office reports Are in and at this point, barring any new developments, I don't need all this fucking manpower.
Fuck me, jimmy.
Last week you were crying for every swinging Dick you could get your hands on.
Well, the case has gone quiet.
There's no red ribbons.
There's no bodies.
There's no disappearances.
There's not a fucking word on the cell phone.
This thing's fucking thing is useless.
So what?
You don't want the wiretap either now?
Well, the judge gave us 60 days, Once that runs out, then...
motherfucker, you were the one who was All semper fi for this serial killer And now you're fuckin' the dog.
Jay, i'm ready to work the case.
But short of any new leads or developments, What the fuck do you want me to do?
I can't make shit up, can i?
It is what it is.
If i send the surveillance teams back, jimmy, Don't come crying for more manpower tomorrow.
You hear?
Shit is like a war, ain't it?
Easy to get in, hell to geout.
Pearlman knows everything.
Daniels, too.
They figured it out.
How?
I don't know.
Jesus.
What are they...
i don't know.
She made it clear in no uncertain terms There are not to be any further homeless killings.
Nothing more on this case whatsoever.
Does she know about marlo, that our case-- She knows everything.
Daniels knows.
They went down to the e.C.U., dialed up the wiretap Number and up pop's marlo's cell phone.
Why aren't we fired?
Why aren't we in fucking bracelets?
I don't know.
Oh shit, lester.
We gotta get outta here.
We gotta think this thing through.
Oh, jesus fucking christ.
Look, meet me down at kavanaugh's in ten minutes, All right?
Jimmy?
How much?
Two hundred.
Damn, boy.
Teacher must love your black ass.
C'mon with it.
They gonna put out testers up on poplar grove.
We gonna be late for it.
C'mon, boy.
C'mon.
C'mon.
Deputy...
to be continued.
Fuck fuck fucking fuck.
Ah, what's the matter?
Cottage cheese for lunch again there, carl?
Just because it happened doesn't mean it's news.
There's always a salmonella outbreak somewhere.
I don't see why we have to cover this one...
what's the first rule of rewrite, spry?
Shoot it down.
Did you read this?
We are crediting our own coverage with Changing the governor's mind?
I'm already to the jump and there's not a Quote from anyone crediting us With anything of the sort.
Yeah, the guv is restoring funding, all right.
That's 'cause carcetti's been beating the shit Out of him on this issue.
We're just an afterthought.
Whiting can smell the public service pulitzer, huh?
Seems so.
You get a chance yet?
Yeah, yeah.
I read it.
And?
Beautiful.
No, no, no.
I mean it.
You got some real joe mitchell stuff on the page there.
Really makes me feel like i know this guy and his world.
You just pulled it all through the keyhole.
Thanks, gus.
We get some good art, i'm gonna push for The sunday front.
Well, the thing is, i gotta make sure The guy is good with it.
What do you mean?
The part of the story about the kid still bothers him, And when he told me about it, he was just talking...
you told him you were writing about him, right?
I know, but...
i'm putting the guy's life out there.
I just wanna feel clean about it.
You know what i'm sayin'?
I remember clean.
Obviously, they're not in a hurry To go public 'cause we ain't cuffed.
They're pretending on this case like we're pretending.
Why?
Carcetti.
He's exposed on this.
How?
Just blame it all on us, on the department.
To kill us, they'd have to kill rawls, daniels, And half the chain of command.
And he made those guys.
It's his police department.
So he opens himself up right when he's out There running for governor.
So they want us to do what?
Run this thing down quietly?
That's no problem.
Six months from now, after the election, They might decide to open up and grand jury us.
We could still go to jail, and if not, I'd expect to be back in the pawn shop unit And you, my brother, are gonna ride the boat.
So what?
It was worth it.
Wasn't it?
Depends.
Are they gonna let the case against marlo And his people stand, knowing what they know?
Why wouldn't they?
It still works on the seizures and cell phones.
It works without the illegal tap.
Yeah, it does.
And they made a big deal about dropping marlo.
They called that press conference And linked him to all the bodies.
For them to drop the case now...
you know, you think about it...
we've got almost as much on them as they do on us.
That tom wolfe wannabe thinks he's gonna Get a phrase like that past me?
No fuckin' way, motherfucker.
It's like a sweater with the threads hanging off.
Pull any thread...
mostly exaggerations and too-Perfect quotes, Sometimes on-The-Record.
I called some of them back, Asked if they really said those things.
You know what the city housing commissioner told me About the quotes in the flipping story?
Hmm?
He wished he'd said some of them, But that he'd never been that smart in his life.
Somee takes the time to...
re-Report this stuff, it'll get ugly.
What're you gonna do?
I don't know, robert.
I don't know.
Keep my name out of it.
No bail.
They're claiming a propensity for violence and Witness intimidation at the bail review, Trying to have you held as the kingpin.
They can do that?
They can try.
Depends on which judge they draw.
So they ain't got no bail for chris, right?
I mean, he got the murder warrant.
Monk neither.
Too much weight in his car and he's on parole from The '04 charge.
Best i could do was spring mr.
Wagstaff on 300,000.
He show that kind of money?
Put up his uncle's house on surety bond For a third of it.
Bondsman is fronting the rest on a fake lien.
Right now, the important thing is not bail, The important thing is this...
i need you to tell me who else knew your clock code.
I told you.
Me, cheese, monk, chris and the supply.
That's it.
No one else.
No one else even had my cell number.
Except you.
What?
There's a lie in here somewhere.
I ain't lyin'.
I don't mean you.
Look, the police say a source told them That you were re-Upping on the day, And word of that might have slipped out.
That's possible.
I mean, if you were wholesaling all over town...
but they only grab your cells when they arrest you And then they have to go get warrants Before they can look at the photos on the phones.
And it's only when they get to the photos And break the code That they have enough to type a charging document For you or chris, right?
I mean, you aren't caught with drugs.
But they had the arrest warrants on both of you Within a couple hours.
Which means that they broke the code almost instantly, In no time at all.
They wiretapped me.
My investigator thinks so.
But he says he doesn't know for sure which Unit ran the tap, or who manned it.
It doesn't add up.
You gettin' out.
You ain't.
You hit the streets, you round up as much Muscle as possible and get that boy.
He did snoop cuz he knew we was on him.
He knew we was on him cuz he the one talked about The damn re-Up.
Get your shit together, man.
The bondsman came in with levy.
A'ight.
I'm on it.
Hey, man, you got a dollar?
C'mon.
Hey, pal.
Hey.
Hey.
Pal, you all right?
Okay, here it comes...
the dreaded crab claw.
You know what happens when crab claw goes...
it's all crab tonight...
No crab claw!
Yes, crab claw!
Yeah!
Crab claw does it again.
Six!
Six and i'm out...
yeah?
Where?
You're fucking kidding me.
It's more bull...
it's bogus, jay.
I'm telling you...
okay.
I gotta go.
I have to keep running the string out.
I have no choice.
You said the bosses know.
Yeah.
Some do, some don't.
The ones that do want us to keep pretending.
We stop pretending, then...
listen, we'll finish this tomorrow night, okay?
I'll see you in a bit.
What do you think?
I mean, puttin' my shit in the streets, huh?
Well, it's you.
He's got you.
Yeah, well...
i mean he's got what you're about.
The guy likes you, that shows through.
I mean, you know, he's saying this giving Back that you're doing, he's putting That up against sherrod.
And he ain't lettin' you off the hook for shit, but...
he's just puttin' it all out there.
You know, the good and the bad.
Know what?
The bad don't bother me to have out there.
Shit, i know the bad.
I ain't lyin' to no one about the bad.
Scared of somebody callin' you good?
A lot of folks volunteer places.
A lot of people share at meetings.
Plenty of motherfuckers wake up every day And not get high.
Man makin' me sound special for doin' what the fuck I need to be doin'.
Read it, sucka. "
You can hold back from the suffering of the world, "You have free permission to do so, "And it is in accordance with your nature, "But perhaps this very holding back is the one Suffering you could have avoided."
Fan-Zee kafka.
Who's he?
Some writer.
You read his books?
Fuck no.
But you remember flubber?
He handed that to me the night that He had me start leading the saint martin meeting.
I kept it ever since.
What it mean to you?
You want these?
Yeah, my man say he need it back and Not to make any copies.
He sayin' he ain't supposed to show it To me before it goes in the paper.
I mean, if i let him.
You gonna?
Thanks for the crabs.
Yep.
Gray van.
You get the tag?
I couldn't see it from where i was.
Describe the driver.
White.
Six foot.
Not heavy, not skinny either.
Clothes?
Nothing i noticed.
Kinda non-Descript.
Non-Descript?
I was surprised, i guess.
I ju thought, whoa, what's he doing?
Funny it bein' you to see this.
It's weird.
If an interview doesn't run late, I'm not even here tonight.
You mind if i get inside?
I gotta check in with my desk.
You need anything else, you got my number.
Yeah.
That guy's an asshole.
This smokehound can't remember a thing.
Only motherfucker he remembers messin' With him is the fella that found him.
Whatever happened before that is anyone's guess.
Hey.
Someone try to kidnap you?
Drag you into a van?
Ok.
Who was trying to hurt you?
My father.
But he was a drunk.
Detective, there's a vagrant over here What did you see, fella?
Mcnulty?
Johnny weaver.
Tactical.
Fuck you.
Why didn't you say so?
J.W.
Tryin' to keep your cover, huh?
It's better for everyone down here thinks i'm One of the regulars, right?
Anyway, what's the ruckus with petey?
-The drunk?
Yeah.
Sun reporter says he's going into his building, He sees a guy trying to drag him into A grey van.
It's bullshit, right?
Yeah.
Petey was layin' there forty-Five minutes Before that preppy cocksucker even parks his car.
Thanks.
No problem.
Hey, gimme a dollar, make it look right.
Thank you, johnny.
What about the reporter?
You could charge false statement, you know.
You lock up every liar, there's no room in b.D.C.
For anyone else, right?
More trouble than it's worth.
Jay, it's horseshit.
I'm goin' home.
Yeah.
Brought home some crabs.
I already made dinner.
Put 'em in the fridge.
Cold for lunch tomorrow if you like.
I can't eat 'em all.
We don't run this shit, especially not off the front.
I saw what i saw.
Alma is on the phone with police p.I.O.
And they are telling us on the record and off That they are discounting any report of A possible abduction.
That may be.
But that doesn't mean they're doing their job, And it doesn't mean we shouldn't be-- Our job is to report the news, Not to manufacture it.
Nice.
I know that they're jealous of how much play His stories get, but the truth is...
we cannot run this shit.
Are you suggesting that scott made any of this up?
You ever notice that the guys who do that...
the blairs, the glasses, the kelleys.
They always start with something small, You know, just a little quote that they clean up, And then, then it's a whole anecdote, And pretty soon they're seeing some amazing shit.
They're the lucky ones who just happen To be standing on the right street corner In tel aviv when the pizza joint blows up And the human head rolls down the street With the eyes still blinking.
Those pictures were sent to him.
The police have confirmed...
it always starts with something true, Something confirmed.
But then you've got a son of a bitch who just Happens to be walking in the guilford entrance When the mysterious gray van comes-- Gus, this has gotten personal between you and scott And it's affecting your judgment.
I'm moving the story through the state desk.
You should go home, think this through.
We'll talk in the morning.
Maybe you win a pulitzer with this stuff.
And maybe you gotta give it back.
It's in my notes, gus.
Everything that happened.
Everything that guy said when i got to him.
Every last word is in my notes.
Home earlier than i thought.
Yeah.
Home.
He hit again.
Who did?
Serial killer.
Get a grip, motherfucker.
You don't believe me?
Check out his left wrist.
You fuckin' with me again, bunk?
Copycat.
Call mcnulty.
Get him down here.
Ronnie.
Maury.
Been going over the charging documents on the Partlow-Stanfield drug arrests.
Problematic to say the least.
How so?
They grab the phones and minutes later They've cracked an elaborate code that Implicates everyone.
No one's that brilliant.
Not in the b.P.D.
Anyway.
You don't know lester freamon.
I know what i know.
And this feels to me like an illegal wiretap.
Your guys were up on those phones and tracking My clients long before they went near any drugs.
Untrue.
We get into discovery and i'm going to have no problem Knocking down that bullshit about a source of information.
And my sources around here tell me that with all The budget cutbacks, the only wiretap You all have had up this year Has been on the homeless killer thing.
Whatever else you're running is illegal.
Sources?
Title threes are supposed to be secret, maury.
Are you saying you have a source of information Inside the courthouse?
It's a figure of speech.
What i'm saying is that there's shit in the Blood of your case.
And if you wait until this goes past indictments, I'm gonna run wild with it.
We should talk.
Out of court.
Oh, fuck me.
Is it enough?
Do you have enough?
It has to be.
It should be.
I mean, you can't look at everything that robert Found at the pattern, And not see what this fucking guy's about.
You know that.
I know that.
What you don't think so?
I think that if you do this, These son of a bitches will do you.
Come.
Sorry.
There's been another homeless murder.
South baltimore.
Careful, gus.
I can't protect you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No fucking way.
Dead for a while.
And i can assume, jimmy, From the fact that the ribbon ain't red And the simple fact that you don't need Another body because marlo is locked up...
i got nothing to do with this.
Wonderful.
We've eliminated one suspect.
You see what you started here?
The bosses are gonna toss it back to you, No doubt.
The bosses know it's bullshit.
What?
Daniels knows.
Pearlman, too.
How the fuck you...
how much longer does this...
Can you give us a minute?
You turning the world upside down with your bullshit.
How are you not in jail?
I don't know.
The lie's so big, people can live with it, i guess.
Jesus fucking christ, jimmy.
I told you.
I fuckin' told you it was going to come to this.
You played with fire, didn't you?
And now we're all getting burned...
reporting live from south baltimore Where police have found the body of what appears to be Another homeless man.
This one killed and left in a vacant lot...
...short while ago have refused so far...
did somebody not get the message?
You're not killing them yourself, mcnulty.
At least assure me of that.
And the one you disappeared.
He's okay, last i checked.
Good.
That's a start...
i guess.
I thought you got a message.
Copycat.
I got nothing on this one.
Jesus.
How did you do it?
How did you get 'em by the medical examiner?
Some were real and i just linked 'em With the ribbons.
Some i juk as strangle jobs.
If it matters, i know now...
fuck what you know now.
This was all for money, mcnulty?
You couldn't live without the o.T.?
The stanfield case.
It was that.
I know where it went, but you got paid, too.
You and freamon and maybe a dozen other guys.
It wasn't about the money.
Down the road, when we settle on this-- And we will settle on this-- I don't expect any of you will ever see another hour Of o.T.
Again.
I don't expect any of you will be doing Police work ever again.
And the only reason this isn't before a Grand jury right now is because our mayor Can't live with that.
Oh, yeah.
The mayor knows your name.
So this is your last case.
Work it.
If you're half the detective you think you are, You'll put this one down fast and take us all Off the hook.
The longer this goes on, The worse the payback's gonna be.
The worse the payback's gonna be.
But what does he really know?
What he knows now isn't half of what he'll learn When we get to discovery.
They won't be able to produce a credible source Of information...
they don't have to if it's not a registered c.I.
A source of information is only-- If he can raise doubts in a judge's mind, We could be compelled to reveal our source.
At that point, we're giving up the wiretap.
And he gets the paperwork from the phone company...
which has stanfield's number on it.
God.
The only thing we can do is barter.
Then barter.
This can't go to court.
We do have some leverage.
What?
Let's just say mr.
Levy has problems of his Own to deal with.
Make this go away...
and the mayor will not forget that you did so.
Nor will i.
Jimmy, ass up an' help with this.
Shit is funky.
Aw, man, we should take this into the box.
Where's the pocket contents?
We have questions about the report Of the kidnapping...
those two bags there.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, that would seem to be the newspaper's problem.
I get another fucking call about a gray van And i'm burning that fucking newspaper building To the ground.
Huh.
What?
Your homeless guy from days ago.
What was in his pockets?
Bullshit.
You got business cards?
Yeah, but eve
but how can...
jesus christ.
So this means that, uh...
so no one killed any homeless men.
No serial killer.
Some were random killings, some were natural deaths That were likely manipulated.
But they're not linked in any way.
But why?
The detectives used the money to fund a case Against the drug traffickers responsible For the slayings in the vacants a year ago.
Last week's arrests and seizures were a direct result.
So let me just understand this...
so i've been going out there for weeks, Slamming the governor for his neglect of the Homeless and declaring how we will stop At nothing to findhe person responsible for Preying on the homeless and all the while-- Hey, norman, this is my ass here.
That's true, boss.
But it does have a certain charm to it.
They manufactured an issue to get paid, We manufactured an issue to get you Elected governor.
Everybody's gettin' what they need behind Some make-Believe.
The detectives involved will be suspended and Ultimately fired, at the least.
Beyond that, a criminal prosecution On fraud and perjury charges is probable.
So, what, you're saying we call a press conference And we say, "hey, by the way, "All that stuff about homeless people getting killed and "The governor cutting the safety net and us doing "Everything in our power to catch the guy, Hey, guess what, the joke's on us?"
Not to mention that the evidence against The traffickers arrested last week is tainted.
That case could collapse as well.
I don't fucking believe this.
You two are on point here.
Word of this gets down to annapolis, The governor's gonna wreck me with it.
And if it comes to that, you guys drop on your swords, So help me.
How does word not get out Once we suspend the detectives?
Never mind sending it to the grand jury The cops that did this, they gotta go.
You cannot be telling me i have to live with this.
Deputy, counselor...
if you two will excuse us, we are going to Discuss this first as a matter of public policy.
Until we can reason the best way to address this, Do nothing and speak to no one About any of this.
If this becomes public in the wrong way, A lot of people who were legally responsible For the situation, good people Who were nonetheless in a supervisory role here...
are going to suffer.
And that's not the outcome that anyone wants.
What mike is saying is that we need to Be very careful about how to proceed.
I wish i was still at the newspaper So i could write on this mess.
It's too fuckin' good.
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H.
L.
Mencklen.
Lester.
What brings you down?
We don't have anything scheduled from you today, I don't think...
40,000 from the showboat on the boardwalk.
26 at the borgata.
80 over the last year at the taj mahal...
and that's just the atlantic city casinos.
I like to play.
So what?
You lost three times your salary over The last two years.
I ran you through sentinel title and came back With seven pages of liens and a third mortgage You folded on two months ago.
Gary, you're done.
What do you mean?
We found sealed grand jury papers in the houses Of drug dealers.
And we've got people naming you on it.
You have a problem, gary.
But you have friends in this courthouse, Lifelong friends.
Cop to the problem, give up the names of those That bought from you.
Disbarred?
Yeah, no doubt.
But you play it clean from this moment on, And we both know you'll probably walk.
Why did you look at me?
I ran the finances on everyone who worked This unit over the last couple years.
You were the only bogie.
If the s.A.O.
Weren't so screwed up, They'd have been running background Checks as a routine.
But i guess you knew that.
I always wondered if they'd get their shit together.
But that's baltimore, isn't it?
So what happens now?
Well, for starters...
you're gonna make a phone call.
Mcnulty, freamon, Sydnor, Anyone who has the smell of this on them should be gone.
Before the close of business, they should be suspended And before the end of the week, indicted.
I know, but...
But what?
We're gonna let this shit stand because it'll Hurt carcetti to air it out?
Instead of cleaning house like we need to, He's up there figuring out how to hide the dirt.
I swear, i gotta mind to call the governor myself And just let it fly.
Cedric, you can't.
Why not?
If i let this thing stand, i might as well just Roll over and play dead for every police Who knows about this.
We cover this up...
cedric, you can't do anything.
Those are your detectives.
They need someone to blame, they will measure you for it...
i don't give a fuck.
And they'll fire me.
You heard steintorf...
i was in charge of this thing.
I was on that wiretap...
this is my career.
This is everything.
You go public, and it hurts carcetti.
Maybe he doesn't get to be governor.
But he is still the mayor and bond is still my boss And you know the weight will not fall on them.
It never does.
Christ.
Everything i've worked for, all those years In that courthouse...
please.
25 cents. "
Baltimore sun."
Sir, "baltimore sun."
One quarter.
Keep it.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
People tip pretty good, don't they?
Paining for what he had done to us.
I'm sorry for him, man, really, but i still Can't let him come up from the basement.
You gonna put all that in the paper?
That's the plan.
Even the parts about sherrod?
Yeah.
What good is...
what good is a story like that?
Like what?
Me, sherrod.
Gettin' high.
Not gettin' high.
My sister, all that shit in there.
What good do any of that do to put it in the newspaper?
People read it, they think about it.
Maybe see things different.
I don't know, man.
Bubs, you don't want me to do this, I won't do it.
I don't know. "
Baltimore sun."
A little bit of sun.
Sun paper.
Look, rupert, you can go public with This thing if you want, But your shop is going to come out looking Worse for letting it happen in the first place.
The better move is to shut it down quietly And then deal with those responsible Through back channels.
We'll bury these guys softly, And in a hole so deep no one will ever get close To digging them up.
I can see that.
Commissioner, do you agree?
Well, it is a little more problematic for me.
The offenders are in my shop, are they not?
Can i have a word with you in private, bill?
Hey, if rawls isn't in, i'm not either.
Oh, i wouldn't worry about bill rawls.
I believe he's about to have one of those road To damascus moments....
i can see what you're thinking in there.
I can see the gears grinding in that head Of yours.
You're thinking, hey, i might have some wood On carcetti here.
After all, there's no way they can pin the blame On me for this fiasco without doing their Boy daniels, too, right?
You're thinking we'd have to fire daniels To fire you and that wouldn't sit well Given how much we've already sold daniels.
Isn't that what you're thinking?
And so you're telling yourself maybe there's A way for you to leverage this.
To get yourself a full term as commissioner, To delay daniels a few more years in Exchange for you shutting the fuck up And doing what you're told.
And you know what, bill?
You're not far off.
You do have a little leverage here, But just a little.
And i wouldn't overplay your hand.
How would you play it?
I'd shut the fuck up and wait your turn, And when tommy gets to the statehouse, He brings you with him to be state Police superintendent, Because while you may be a shade too white To run the baltimore department, You're just about right for the m.S.P.
I have your word?
And i have yours.
Back channel is the way to go.
See?
The police commissioner done fell off his ass.
Can i help you?
Um, i need to see mr.
Prezbo.
Someone will come down.
Are you a student here?
Ms.
Donnelly, it's me, duquan.
Well, it's good to see you, duquan, But you're not a student here so i can't Let you inside.
I just came past to see mr.
Prezbo.
Well, he's teaching right now.
I know.
I can wait.
Well, you're gonna have to stay outside, And after the bell, i'll tell Mr.
Pryzbylewski you're out here for him, okay?
I'm going to surprise you with something.
You already have.
I got a tip from an informant about a Leak out of the grand jury unit, Sad to say it's checked out.
We know about the leak.
Yeah, but do you know who it is?
Gary dipasquale.
Decent enough guy, but he's got a bear of A gambling problem and a bank of Drug lawyers who are willing to pay for Their look-Sees.
Troy sanders, marvin bronfman, Dennis cray, sid silverstein.
And the pick of the litter?
Maurice levy.
I kid you not.
Gary is their leak?
He broke right away.
He was ready to give it up.
He needed to.
One-Party consent call implicating maury levy.
Where's gary now?
He went up to the second floor to hand In his letter of resignation, then he went home To wait for the sword to drop.
He's oy, he's better than you'd think.
You know, if we can turn levy and some of these Other drug lawyers, we can route the drug Money all over town.
It's sad business, i know, but at least We know the truth now, right?
The truth, you say?
Hey.
Duquan, hello.
Snatch-Pops.
Hey!- Damien.
You lost But i said snatch-Pops.
I don't care what you said.
You're gonna buy him a new sandwich, And past that, you're gonna go inside and ask mr.
Williams For a broom to clean that up, you understand?
But, mr.
P...
right now, damien, orou're mine for another Week of detention.
I don't want to hear another word.
Looks like you got the hang of it.
What's up with you, duquan?
Oh, ain't nothing.
You still at southwestern?
Well, i'm, like, needing a semester off, You know?
I'm outdoors now.
And, um...
i was hoping maybe i could get with you And borrow some money, So i could get a place and some clean clothes And get myself settled so i can go back To school.
You're on the street?
I mean, i got some people ready to give me A really, really good place if i can come up With some money for it.
How much do you need?
Couple hundred.
But if you could go one fifty more, I could enroll in the g.E.D.
Program Down b.C.C.C.
Then i could get my g.E.D.
Without having To go back to southwestern, Then i could get my work permit.
I don't think you're eligible for A g.E.D.
Program if you're still of age To attend high school, duquan.
Yeah, you are.
I'll tell you what.
Give me a couple minutes, i'll drive you down there.
And if you are eligible, i'll write a check Right to the bursar's office down there.
Naw, mr.
P., you ain't got to through all that.
Besides, i really ain't got the time to Go down there today.
But, you know, i'm gonna.
I can do it, duquan, if that's what you want.
And i don't even care about the money.
But understand i'm gonna go down to b.C.C.C.
In a few days and find out if you're enrolled.
If you are, i'm gonna say, "great, "Duquan can come past with his certificate "When he gets it, and we're still friends And he can still rely on me."
But if you aren't enrolled, then...
well, i imagine i'm not gonna see you again, Am i?
No, mr.
P.
I'm definitely gonna enroll.
You'll see.
I'll get my stuff.
I'll meet you in the lot and we'll go find A bank machine.
Jay, all i'm saying is we've run down All the leads we had, all the office reports Are in and at this point, barring any new developments, I don't need all this fucking manpower.
Fuck me, jimmy.
Last week you were crying for every swinging Dick you could get your hands on.
Well, the case has gone quiet.
There's no red ribbons.
There's no bodies.
There's no disappearances.
There's not a fucking word on the cell phone.
This thing's fucking thing is useless.
So what?
You don't want the wiretap either now?
Well, the judge gave us 60 days, Once that runs out, then...
motherfucker, you were the one who was All semper fi for this serial killer And now you're fuckin' the dog.
Jay, i'm ready to work the case.
But short of any new leads or developments, What the fuck do you want me to do?
I can't make shit up, can i?
It is what it is.
If i send the surveillance teams back, jimmy, Don't come crying for more manpower tomorrow.
You hear?
Shit is like a war, ain't it?
Easy to get in, hell to geout.
Pearlman knows everything.
Daniels, too.
They figured it out.
How?
I don't know.
Jesus.
What are they...
i don't know.
She made it clear in no uncertain terms There are not to be any further homeless killings.
Nothing more on this case whatsoever.
Does she know about marlo, that our case-- She knows everything.
Daniels knows.
They went down to the e.C.U., dialed up the wiretap Number and up pop's marlo's cell phone.
Why aren't we fired?
Why aren't we in fucking bracelets?
I don't know.
Oh shit, lester.
We gotta get outta here.
We gotta think this thing through.
Oh, jesus fucking christ.
Look, meet me down at kavanaugh's in ten minutes, All right?
Jimmy?
How much?
Two hundred.
Damn, boy.
Teacher must love your black ass.
C'mon with it.
They gonna put out testers up on poplar grove.
We gonna be late for it.
C'mon, boy.
C'mon.
C'mon.
Deputy...
to be continued.
Fuck fuck fucking fuck.
Ah, what's the matter?
Cottage cheese for lunch again there, carl?
Just because it happened doesn't mean it's news.
There's always a salmonella outbreak somewhere.
I don't see why we have to cover this one...
what's the first rule of rewrite, spry?
Shoot it down.
Did you read this?
We are crediting our own coverage with Changing the governor's mind?
I'm already to the jump and there's not a Quote from anyone crediting us With anything of the sort.
Yeah, the guv is restoring funding, all right.
That's 'cause carcetti's been beating the shit Out of him on this issue.
We're just an afterthought.
Whiting can smell the public service pulitzer, huh?
Seems so.
You get a chance yet?
Yeah, yeah.
I read it.
And?
Beautiful.
No, no, no.
I mean it.
You got some real joe mitchell stuff on the page there.
Really makes me feel like i know this guy and his world.
You just pulled it all through the keyhole.
Thanks, gus.
We get some good art, i'm gonna push for The sunday front.
Well, the thing is, i gotta make sure The guy is good with it.
What do you mean?
The part of the story about the kid still bothers him, And when he told me about it, he was just talking...
you told him you were writing about him, right?
I know, but...
i'm putting the guy's life out there.
I just wanna feel clean about it.
You know what i'm sayin'?
I remember clean.
Obviously, they're not in a hurry To go public 'cause we ain't cuffed.
They're pretending on this case like we're pretending.
Why?
Carcetti.
He's exposed on this.
How?
Just blame it all on us, on the department.
To kill us, they'd have to kill rawls, daniels, And half the chain of command.
And he made those guys.
It's his police department.
So he opens himself up right when he's out There running for governor.
So they want us to do what?
Run this thing down quietly?
That's no problem.
Six months from now, after the election, They might decide to open up and grand jury us.
We could still go to jail, and if not, I'd expect to be back in the pawn shop unit And you, my brother, are gonna ride the boat.
So what?
It was worth it.
Wasn't it?
Depends.
Are they gonna let the case against marlo And his people stand, knowing what they know?
Why wouldn't they?
It still works on the seizures and cell phones.
It works without the illegal tap.
Yeah, it does.
And they made a big deal about dropping marlo.
They called that press conference And linked him to all the bodies.
For them to drop the case now...
you know, you think about it...
we've got almost as much on them as they do on us.
That tom wolfe wannabe thinks he's gonna Get a phrase like that past me?
No fuckin' way, motherfucker.
It's like a sweater with the threads hanging off.
Pull any thread...
mostly exaggerations and too-Perfect quotes, Sometimes on-The-Record.
I called some of them back, Asked if they really said those things.
You know what the city housing commissioner told me About the quotes in the flipping story?
Hmm?
He wished he'd said some of them, But that he'd never been that smart in his life.
Somee takes the time to...
re-Report this stuff, it'll get ugly.
What're you gonna do?
I don't know, robert.
I don't know.
Keep my name out of it.
No bail.
They're claiming a propensity for violence and Witness intimidation at the bail review, Trying to have you held as the kingpin.
They can do that?
They can try.
Depends on which judge they draw.
So they ain't got no bail for chris, right?
I mean, he got the murder warrant.
Monk neither.
Too much weight in his car and he's on parole from The '04 charge.
Best i could do was spring mr.
Wagstaff on 300,000.
He show that kind of money?
Put up his uncle's house on surety bond For a third of it.
Bondsman is fronting the rest on a fake lien.
Right now, the important thing is not bail, The important thing is this...
i need you to tell me who else knew your clock code.
I told you.
Me, cheese, monk, chris and the supply.
That's it.
No one else.
No one else even had my cell number.
Except you.
What?
There's a lie in here somewhere.
I ain't lyin'.
I don't mean you.
Look, the police say a source told them That you were re-Upping on the day, And word of that might have slipped out.
That's possible.
I mean, if you were wholesaling all over town...
but they only grab your cells when they arrest you And then they have to go get warrants Before they can look at the photos on the phones.
And it's only when they get to the photos And break the code That they have enough to type a charging document For you or chris, right?
I mean, you aren't caught with drugs.
But they had the arrest warrants on both of you Within a couple hours.
Which means that they broke the code almost instantly, In no time at all.
They wiretapped me.
My investigator thinks so.
But he says he doesn't know for sure which Unit ran the tap, or who manned it.
It doesn't add up.
You gettin' out.
You ain't.
You hit the streets, you round up as much Muscle as possible and get that boy.
He did snoop cuz he knew we was on him.
He knew we was on him cuz he the one talked about The damn re-Up.
Get your shit together, man.
The bondsman came in with levy.
A'ight.
I'm on it.
Hey, man, you got a dollar?
C'mon.
Hey, pal.
Hey.
Hey.
Pal, you all right?
Okay, here it comes...
the dreaded crab claw.
You know what happens when crab claw goes...
it's all crab tonight...
No crab claw!
Yes, crab claw!
Yeah!
Crab claw does it again.
Six!
Six and i'm out...
yeah?
Where?
You're fucking kidding me.
It's more bull...
it's bogus, jay.
I'm telling you...
okay.
I gotta go.
I have to keep running the string out.
I have no choice.
You said the bosses know.
Yeah.
Some do, some don't.
The ones that do want us to keep pretending.
We stop pretending, then...
listen, we'll finish this tomorrow night, okay?
I'll see you in a bit.
What do you think?
I mean, puttin' my shit in the streets, huh?
Well, it's you.
He's got you.
Yeah, well...
i mean he's got what you're about.
The guy likes you, that shows through.
I mean, you know, he's saying this giving Back that you're doing, he's putting That up against sherrod.
And he ain't lettin' you off the hook for shit, but...
he's just puttin' it all out there.
You know, the good and the bad.
Know what?
The bad don't bother me to have out there.
Shit, i know the bad.
I ain't lyin' to no one about the bad.
Scared of somebody callin' you good?
A lot of folks volunteer places.
A lot of people share at meetings.
Plenty of motherfuckers wake up every day And not get high.
Man makin' me sound special for doin' what the fuck I need to be doin'.
Read it, sucka. "
You can hold back from the suffering of the world, "You have free permission to do so, "And it is in accordance with your nature, "But perhaps this very holding back is the one Suffering you could have avoided."
Fan-Zee kafka.
Who's he?
Some writer.
You read his books?
Fuck no.
But you remember flubber?
He handed that to me the night that He had me start leading the saint martin meeting.
I kept it ever since.
What it mean to you?
You want these?
Yeah, my man say he need it back and Not to make any copies.
He sayin' he ain't supposed to show it To me before it goes in the paper.
I mean, if i let him.
You gonna?
Thanks for the crabs.
Yep.
Gray van.
You get the tag?
I couldn't see it from where i was.
Describe the driver.
White.
Six foot.
Not heavy, not skinny either.
Clothes?
Nothing i noticed.
Kinda non-Descript.
Non-Descript?
I was surprised, i guess.
I ju thought, whoa, what's he doing?
Funny it bein' you to see this.
It's weird.
If an interview doesn't run late, I'm not even here tonight.
You mind if i get inside?
I gotta check in with my desk.
You need anything else, you got my number.
Yeah.
That guy's an asshole.
This smokehound can't remember a thing.
Only motherfucker he remembers messin' With him is the fella that found him.
Whatever happened before that is anyone's guess.
Hey.
Someone try to kidnap you?
Drag you into a van?
Ok.
Who was trying to hurt you?
My father.
But he was a drunk.
Detective, there's a vagrant over here What did you see, fella?
Mcnulty?
Johnny weaver.
Tactical.
Fuck you.
Why didn't you say so?
J.W.
Tryin' to keep your cover, huh?
It's better for everyone down here thinks i'm One of the regulars, right?
Anyway, what's the ruckus with petey?
-The drunk?
Yeah.
Sun reporter says he's going into his building, He sees a guy trying to drag him into A grey van.
It's bullshit, right?
Yeah.
Petey was layin' there forty-Five minutes Before that preppy cocksucker even parks his car.
Thanks.
No problem.
Hey, gimme a dollar, make it look right.
Thank you, johnny.
What about the reporter?
You could charge false statement, you know.
You lock up every liar, there's no room in b.D.C.
For anyone else, right?
More trouble than it's worth.
Jay, it's horseshit.
I'm goin' home.
Yeah.
Brought home some crabs.
I already made dinner.
Put 'em in the fridge.
Cold for lunch tomorrow if you like.
I can't eat 'em all.
We don't run this shit, especially not off the front.
I saw what i saw.
Alma is on the phone with police p.I.O.
And they are telling us on the record and off That they are discounting any report of A possible abduction.
That may be.
But that doesn't mean they're doing their job, And it doesn't mean we shouldn't be-- Our job is to report the news, Not to manufacture it.
Nice.
I know that they're jealous of how much play His stories get, but the truth is...
we cannot run this shit.
Are you suggesting that scott made any of this up?
You ever notice that the guys who do that...
the blairs, the glasses, the kelleys.
They always start with something small, You know, just a little quote that they clean up, And then, then it's a whole anecdote, And pretty soon they're seeing some amazing shit.
They're the lucky ones who just happen To be standing on the right street corner In tel aviv when the pizza joint blows up And the human head rolls down the street With the eyes still blinking.
Those pictures were sent to him.
The police have confirmed...
it always starts with something true, Something confirmed.
But then you've got a son of a bitch who just Happens to be walking in the guilford entrance When the mysterious gray van comes-- Gus, this has gotten personal between you and scott And it's affecting your judgment.
I'm moving the story through the state desk.
You should go home, think this through.
We'll talk in the morning.
Maybe you win a pulitzer with this stuff.
And maybe you gotta give it back.
It's in my notes, gus.
Everything that happened.
Everything that guy said when i got to him.
Every last word is in my notes.
Home earlier than i thought.
Yeah.
Home.
He hit again.
Who did?
Serial killer.
Get a grip, motherfucker.
You don't believe me?
Check out his left wrist.
You fuckin' with me again, bunk?
Copycat.
Call mcnulty.
Get him down here.
Ronnie.
Maury.
Been going over the charging documents on the Partlow-Stanfield drug arrests.
Problematic to say the least.
How so?
They grab the phones and minutes later They've cracked an elaborate code that Implicates everyone.
No one's that brilliant.
Not in the b.P.D.
Anyway.
You don't know lester freamon.
I know what i know.
And this feels to me like an illegal wiretap.
Your guys were up on those phones and tracking My clients long before they went near any drugs.
Untrue.
We get into discovery and i'm going to have no problem Knocking down that bullshit about a source of information.
And my sources around here tell me that with all The budget cutbacks, the only wiretap You all have had up this year Has been on the homeless killer thing.
Whatever else you're running is illegal.
Sources?
Title threes are supposed to be secret, maury.
Are you saying you have a source of information Inside the courthouse?
It's a figure of speech.
What i'm saying is that there's shit in the Blood of your case.
And if you wait until this goes past indictments, I'm gonna run wild with it.
We should talk.
Out of court.
Oh, fuck me.
Is it enough?
Do you have enough?
It has to be.
It should be.
I mean, you can't look at everything that robert Found at the pattern, And not see what this fucking guy's about.
You know that.
I know that.
What you don't think so?
I think that if you do this, These son of a bitches will do you.
Come.
Sorry.
There's been another homeless murder.
South baltimore.
Careful, gus.
I can't protect you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
No fucking way.
Dead for a while.
And i can assume, jimmy, From the fact that the ribbon ain't red And the simple fact that you don't need Another body because marlo is locked up...
i got nothing to do with this.
Wonderful.
We've eliminated one suspect.
You see what you started here?
The bosses are gonna toss it back to you, No doubt.
The bosses know it's bullshit.
What?
Daniels knows.
Pearlman, too.
How the fuck you...
how much longer does this...
Can you give us a minute?
You turning the world upside down with your bullshit.
How are you not in jail?
I don't know.
The lie's so big, people can live with it, i guess.
Jesus fucking christ, jimmy.
I told you.
I fuckin' told you it was going to come to this.
You played with fire, didn't you?
And now we're all getting burned...
reporting live from south baltimore Where police have found the body of what appears to be Another homeless man.
This one killed and left in a vacant lot...
...short while ago have refused so far...
did somebody not get the message?
You're not killing them yourself, mcnulty.
At least assure me of that.
And the one you disappeared.
He's okay, last i checked.
Good.
That's a start...
i guess.
I thought you got a message.
Copycat.
I got nothing on this one.
Jesus.
How did you do it?
How did you get 'em by the medical examiner?
Some were real and i just linked 'em With the ribbons.
Some i juk as strangle jobs.
If it matters, i know now...
fuck what you know now.
This was all for money, mcnulty?
You couldn't live without the o.T.?
The stanfield case.
It was that.
I know where it went, but you got paid, too.
You and freamon and maybe a dozen other guys.
It wasn't about the money.
Down the road, when we settle on this-- And we will settle on this-- I don't expect any of you will ever see another hour Of o.T.
Again.
I don't expect any of you will be doing Police work ever again.
And the only reason this isn't before a Grand jury right now is because our mayor Can't live with that.
Oh, yeah.
The mayor knows your name.
So this is your last case.
Work it.
If you're half the detective you think you are, You'll put this one down fast and take us all Off the hook.
The longer this goes on, The worse the payback's gonna be.
The worse the payback's gonna be.
But what does he really know?
What he knows now isn't half of what he'll learn When we get to discovery.
They won't be able to produce a credible source Of information...
they don't have to if it's not a registered c.I.
A source of information is only-- If he can raise doubts in a judge's mind, We could be compelled to reveal our source.
At that point, we're giving up the wiretap.
And he gets the paperwork from the phone company...
which has stanfield's number on it.
God.
The only thing we can do is barter.
Then barter.
This can't go to court.
We do have some leverage.
What?
Let's just say mr.
Levy has problems of his Own to deal with.
Make this go away...
and the mayor will not forget that you did so.
Nor will i.
Jimmy, ass up an' help with this.
Shit is funky.
Aw, man, we should take this into the box.
Where's the pocket contents?
We have questions about the report Of the kidnapping...
those two bags there.
Yes, ma'am.
Well, that would seem to be the newspaper's problem.
I get another fucking call about a gray van And i'm burning that fucking newspaper building To the ground.
Huh.
What?
Your homeless guy from days ago.
What was in his pockets?
Bullshit.
You got business cards?
Yeah, but eve