1 00:00:09,427 --> 00:00:12,680 You see now, I'm here to tell you, 2 00:00:12,763 --> 00:00:16,642 this remaining silent shit ain't nothing like they make it out to be. 3 00:00:16,726 --> 00:00:18,352 Mm-mm. 4 00:00:18,436 --> 00:00:21,189 You up in here all tight with it, 5 00:00:21,272 --> 00:00:24,025 waiting for your paid lawyer, 6 00:00:24,108 --> 00:00:26,736 thinking you all wise, ain't you? 7 00:00:28,112 --> 00:00:30,364 No, see... 8 00:00:30,448 --> 00:00:34,535 That work when you some kind of criminal mastermind... 9 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:38,039 When you ain't been seen runnin' from the deed. 10 00:00:38,122 --> 00:00:42,210 When your own fuckin' running partner ain't in the next room, 11 00:00:42,293 --> 00:00:44,295 putting you in. 12 00:00:46,297 --> 00:00:47,632 Oh, yeah. 13 00:00:47,715 --> 00:00:49,383 (Chuckles) 14 00:00:49,467 --> 00:00:51,302 Yeah, yep, yep, yep, yeah. 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,226 He's telling it like a little bitch. 16 00:00:59,477 --> 00:01:03,814 We even went to Mickey d's for him because he was so motherfucking helpful. 17 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,859 Two quarter pounders, big fries, 18 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:11,113 mcdonaldland cookies, Dr. Pepper. 19 00:01:11,197 --> 00:01:14,200 That's how your boy roll, right? 20 00:01:15,826 --> 00:01:17,328 (Opens door) 21 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:23,626 All right. Step out. 22 00:01:23,709 --> 00:01:27,755 - Where we going? - Break room. So you can enjoy that, huh? 23 00:01:27,838 --> 00:01:31,550 - All right. But I still ain't sayin' shit to y'all. - Yeah. 24 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:33,844 - Marnell, what the fuck? - (Mumbles) 25 00:01:41,727 --> 00:01:44,605 How many years you figure we've been doing the same shit? 26 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:46,691 - 20, at least. - Yeah. 27 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,488 True. True. 28 00:01:55,116 --> 00:01:57,618 False. Load 'em up. 29 00:01:57,702 --> 00:01:59,620 - This shit actually works? - Hell, yeah. 30 00:01:59,704 --> 00:02:02,832 Americans are stupid people. We believe what we're told. 31 00:02:02,915 --> 00:02:04,875 All right. 32 00:02:09,922 --> 00:02:13,426 - So, it can feel my heartbeat? - Pulse, yeah. 33 00:02:14,343 --> 00:02:16,345 If marnell say I had the gun, he lying. 34 00:02:17,722 --> 00:02:20,182 The machine tells the tale, son. 35 00:02:20,266 --> 00:02:22,268 Are we ready, professor? 36 00:02:22,351 --> 00:02:25,479 - Yeah. - We'll start with an easy one. 37 00:02:25,563 --> 00:02:28,399 Is your name, in fact, Dashawn fredericks? 38 00:02:28,899 --> 00:02:30,693 Yeah. 39 00:02:36,449 --> 00:02:37,950 True. 40 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:41,370 And do you reside, in fact, 41 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:45,124 the 1200 block of woodyear street in west Baltimore? 42 00:02:45,207 --> 00:02:46,792 Yeah. 43 00:02:51,714 --> 00:02:53,591 -Tme - and did you and marnell 44 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:57,803 shoot your boy pookie down on Cary street just like marnell said you did? 45 00:02:57,887 --> 00:03:00,306 Nah. No. 46 00:03:07,646 --> 00:03:09,899 Lie. You lying motherfucker. 47 00:03:09,982 --> 00:03:13,486 - (Bunk) Mm. Mm-mm. - Machine is never wrong, son. 48 00:03:14,779 --> 00:03:18,699 Fuck, man. Nigger can't never keep his damn mouth shut. 49 00:03:19,325 --> 00:03:22,578 I should've busted a cap in pookie ass my own self. 50 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:24,705 Left marnell home and shit. 51 00:03:24,789 --> 00:03:27,208 He just a bitch, is all. 52 00:03:34,507 --> 00:03:37,468 The bigger the lie, the more they believe. 53 00:03:38,636 --> 00:03:41,931 When you walk through the garden 54 00:03:43,099 --> 00:03:44,975 gotta watch your back 55 00:03:47,395 --> 00:03:49,647 well, I beg your pardon 56 00:03:51,148 --> 00:03:53,818 walk the straight and narrow track 57 00:03:55,903 --> 00:03:57,488 if you walk with Jesus 58 00:04:00,157 --> 00:04:02,576 he's gonna save your soul 59 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:11,460 you gotta keep the devil way down in a hole 60 00:04:22,263 --> 00:04:24,515 He's got the fire and the fury 61 00:04:27,059 --> 00:04:28,686 at his command 62 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:33,149 well, you don't have to worry 63 00:04:35,151 --> 00:04:38,028 if you hold on to Jesus' hand 64 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,323 and we'll all be safe from Satan 65 00:04:43,742 --> 00:04:45,870 when the thunder rolls 66 00:04:48,289 --> 00:04:50,958 but you gotta help me keep the devil 67 00:04:53,169 --> 00:04:54,879 way down in the hole 68 00:04:55,087 --> 00:04:57,214 in the bottom of the hole 69 00:04:59,049 --> 00:05:00,843 in the hole in the hole 70 00:05:01,427 --> 00:05:03,262 way down in the hole 71 00:05:03,721 --> 00:05:05,890 in the hole in the hole 72 00:05:08,058 --> 00:05:09,894 in the hole in the hole 73 00:05:10,102 --> 00:05:11,937 way down in the hole 74 00:05:27,453 --> 00:05:29,371 (Kima) Where's the BlackBerry? 75 00:05:29,914 --> 00:05:31,916 Aw, he brought his tunes. 76 00:05:32,750 --> 00:05:34,251 All the running shit pay, don't it? 77 00:05:37,588 --> 00:05:39,715 (Camera shutter clicks) 78 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:44,053 We got one coming in. Unidentified number-one male. Got him, Jimmy? 79 00:05:44,136 --> 00:05:46,096 Yeah. More face-to-face. 80 00:05:47,932 --> 00:05:49,099 (Camera shutter clicks) 81 00:05:50,726 --> 00:05:55,272 (Sighs) Oh, man. You know, this would be more fun if we were actually getting paid. 82 00:05:56,106 --> 00:05:59,276 You know, I heard a story about you, when I was back in the west. 83 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,321 - It's not true. - I haven't even told it yet. 84 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,323 Whatever it is, it's not true. 85 00:06:04,907 --> 00:06:06,867 You were on a vice undercover one time, 86 00:06:06,951 --> 00:06:09,870 and instead of pulling up, you went ahead and closed the deal. 87 00:06:09,954 --> 00:06:12,373 I read this report where you got blowed by this whore 88 00:06:12,456 --> 00:06:14,416 and you actually wrote it that you got blowed. 89 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:16,669 You believe everything you read? 90 00:06:22,675 --> 00:06:25,553 Look, man, all I'm saying, 91 00:06:25,928 --> 00:06:29,056 if I'm gonna take your package, split me and be fair. 92 00:06:29,473 --> 00:06:32,351 I got to pay all my people the same and you upping the price on me. 93 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:34,979 - Pay your people less. - They my people, though. 94 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:36,480 Short yourself. 95 00:06:37,940 --> 00:06:41,569 Split it 60/40. You want better? You need to tool up. 96 00:06:41,652 --> 00:06:45,072 I'll wait for Chris, snoop and the rest of my people call on your people. 97 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:50,119 We will be brief with all you motherfuckers. I think you know. 98 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:55,666 All right. 99 00:07:15,603 --> 00:07:17,938 (Kima) Northbound on fulton. 100 00:07:18,022 --> 00:07:19,607 Lester, coming your way. 101 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:28,449 - I see him. - Roger that. 102 00:07:30,534 --> 00:07:33,037 Every day, same shit. 103 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,039 (Chatter) 104 00:07:37,041 --> 00:07:40,377 - Look at this pretty bitch. - Ten-hut! 105 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:49,720 Just sit the fuck down. I'm not gonna pretend to be insulted 106 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:52,348 'cause you all are pretending to respect the rank. 107 00:07:52,431 --> 00:07:57,269 Today, he's an sic. Tomorrow, he might be a newly minted lieutenant. 108 00:07:57,353 --> 00:08:00,272 You never know with these career-minded motherfuckers. 109 00:08:00,356 --> 00:08:02,483 If I was minding my career, would I be in the western 110 00:08:02,566 --> 00:08:05,694 - in command of you useless fucking humps? - (All) Oh! 111 00:08:05,778 --> 00:08:08,364 Okay. Let's go to the readouts and the warrants first. 112 00:08:08,447 --> 00:08:11,075 - Ah, fuck the readouts. - Fuck the warrants. I mean, 113 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:14,161 - what the fuck is going on with our hours? - (All) Yeah. 114 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:18,165 Easy, easy. If I had an answer, you'd have an answer. I'm in the same boat as you. 115 00:08:18,248 --> 00:08:19,333 (Commotion) 116 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:22,503 It's five weeks since I've seen overtime or court pay 117 00:08:22,586 --> 00:08:24,338 and I gotta pay the credit union, 118 00:08:24,421 --> 00:08:27,675 the archdiocese for my kid's tuition and my ex-wife 119 00:08:27,758 --> 00:08:33,263 - so she can pay her cunt of an attorney... - Shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down! 120 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:35,766 In your fucking seats. 121 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:43,023 We're still authorizing overtime and the state's attorneys are still signing court slips. 122 00:08:43,107 --> 00:08:46,694 But you ain't paying us. The union says we're going down to the nlrb 123 00:08:46,777 --> 00:08:48,404 and deal with this shit. 124 00:08:48,487 --> 00:08:51,699 Word is that when the city's budget situation is improved, 125 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:55,160 we'll all see that as back pay or comp time. Every last hour. 126 00:08:55,244 --> 00:08:58,497 Back pay my ass. This shit here is just paper. 127 00:08:59,248 --> 00:09:02,668 65 hours of worthless paper right here. 128 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:04,628 Officer brown, sit your ass. 129 00:09:06,797 --> 00:09:08,632 Sit! 130 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:21,478 We're all professionals. 131 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:23,402 And we're about to police the roughest district 132 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,442 in one of the roughest cities in the world. 133 00:09:26,525 --> 00:09:28,694 Show some pride. 134 00:09:29,361 --> 00:09:32,364 If promises were made, promises will be kept. 135 00:09:32,448 --> 00:09:36,910 The situation in the city right now is bad but it won't stay bad forever. 136 00:09:37,119 --> 00:09:40,789 We wait this out like professionals. 137 00:09:43,709 --> 00:09:46,712 Now, then, back to the readouts. 138 00:09:52,342 --> 00:09:56,597 First item is from motor pool. No marked or unmarked units can be shopped 139 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:59,433 - on dickman street until further notice. - (Man) What?! 140 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:02,102 - (Murmuring) - Cutbacks and fleet budgeting require 141 00:10:02,186 --> 00:10:06,231 that all districts make do with vehicles in their current state of repairs. That means... 142 00:10:06,315 --> 00:10:08,317 (All talk at once) 143 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,820 Shitbox cars are falling apart, don't they fucking know that? 144 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:26,877 (Lester) Where you at? (Sydnor) On his ass. 145 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:34,760 - You guys got the eyeball. - (Sydnor) All good, Lester. It's all good. 146 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,646 - Natives are restless? - I don't know how long 147 00:10:45,729 --> 00:10:47,648 before the wheels fall off the cart. 148 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:52,653 A year ago, they were promised pay raises, pension bumps, better equipment, better cars. 149 00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:56,323 - Now we can't even pay the ot. - Gave them the professionalism bit? 150 00:10:56,406 --> 00:10:59,493 In the real world, they pay professionals. That's why we call them pros. 151 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:02,913 (Knock) Major, there's a problem on the back lot. 152 00:11:04,832 --> 00:11:07,292 (Gene) If it bothers you, clean them up. (Brown) Fuck you. 153 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:11,672 Fuck you right back. It was all fucked up when I got it for midnight, ask anyone. 154 00:11:11,755 --> 00:11:14,508 You clean it or get the midnight shift to clean it. 155 00:11:14,591 --> 00:11:16,218 - Clean this. - (All) Oh! 156 00:11:16,301 --> 00:11:19,513 Fuck you, gene. You don't leave it like that for the next man. 157 00:11:19,596 --> 00:11:22,307 You're the one whining like a little bitch, Bobby. 158 00:11:22,391 --> 00:11:23,934 (All) Oh! 159 00:11:27,729 --> 00:11:29,773 As sic, should I stop this? 160 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:34,361 (Man) That's my car. 161 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:38,365 What, you think this is good for morale or something? 162 00:11:38,448 --> 00:11:41,451 These guys haven't had an honest paycheck in weeks. 163 00:11:42,244 --> 00:11:44,955 We have no fucking morale, sergeant. 164 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:59,011 Kid ran us around for half an hour. 165 00:11:59,303 --> 00:12:01,013 Amazing, ain't it? 166 00:12:04,391 --> 00:12:05,767 Here we go. 167 00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:19,072 - Got a meet. - Want me to come? 168 00:12:19,281 --> 00:12:23,493 No, no. You go check on your corner. I'll send word if it's on. 169 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:37,799 - He's moving. - All right. 170 00:12:43,555 --> 00:12:47,142 - (Electronic beep) - (Jimmy over radio) Lester, are you there? 171 00:12:47,225 --> 00:12:50,395 - Up on reisterstown with Chris. - Marlo's on the move. 172 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:56,193 - Should we follow him? - Why? We know where he's going. 173 00:13:00,989 --> 00:13:03,200 No, sir, we've cut it to the bone already. 174 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:05,661 The cars are gonna go in service for the next month. 175 00:13:05,744 --> 00:13:09,206 And for as long as we can get away with it, we're deferring all overtime and court pay. 176 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,458 How's crime? How are your stats? 177 00:13:11,875 --> 00:13:15,462 The double-digit decline you wanted, not possible with these cuts. 178 00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:19,841 For god's sake, you gotta show us some kind of reduction. I campaigned on that. 179 00:13:19,925 --> 00:13:22,886 - (Rawls) This deferred overtime... - We'll pay it as we can. 180 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:27,349 And the pay raises I promised? They're still coming, just a year late. 181 00:13:27,557 --> 00:13:29,851 Right now I gotta throw every dollar at the schools 182 00:13:29,935 --> 00:13:33,313 but you tell your people I know I made promises. 183 00:13:33,397 --> 00:13:35,565 Where else can you guys trim? 184 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:40,946 Well, we, uh, we've been running a prolonged investigation... 185 00:13:41,947 --> 00:13:46,034 Into all the bodies we pulled out of those houses last year. 186 00:13:46,118 --> 00:13:48,996 Months of surveillance, thousands of man-hours. 187 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:51,373 At this point, we're not close to an arrest. 188 00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:54,001 You're saying you want us to come down on a case 189 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:57,337 in which 22 people were murdered and left to rot in city houses? 190 00:13:57,421 --> 00:13:59,840 We caught national news coverage on those murders. 191 00:13:59,923 --> 00:14:02,217 - Last year. - I don't want anyone saying 192 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,262 we're giving up on those murders. I don't want that headline. 193 00:14:05,345 --> 00:14:07,931 But given our fiscal situation, we could... 194 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:11,935 Temporarily suspend the investigation... 195 00:14:12,019 --> 00:14:13,770 Pending new developments. 196 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:19,359 - Anything else? - We need to take away the ten-hour cap 197 00:14:19,443 --> 00:14:21,194 on secondary employment. 198 00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:24,656 You do that and your police aren't doing police work. 199 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:28,201 They're guarding liquor stores, bouncing nightclubs, putting up drywall. 200 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:30,787 Respectfully, morale is at rock bottom. 201 00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:32,914 You need to throw our people a bone... 202 00:14:33,623 --> 00:14:35,542 Or you could lose them for good. 203 00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:46,178 Hold the line now and we'll get to a better place, I promise. 204 00:14:59,441 --> 00:15:01,777 Say it, Norman. You're thinking it. 205 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:07,365 Truth to power, Norman. Isn't that what I keep you around for? 206 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:10,577 When the governor threw that 50-some million on the table, 207 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:12,079 you should've picked that shit up. 208 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:14,623 He takes the state bail-out and he never becomes governor. 209 00:15:14,706 --> 00:15:16,083 He shorts the police department, 210 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:19,086 the crime rate stays up, he ain't no governor, neither. 211 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:22,130 Just a weak-ass mayor of a broke-ass city. 212 00:15:24,174 --> 00:15:28,095 - Feel better? - A little bit. You? 213 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:32,474 ( Muffled rap music) 214 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:48,782 Boy folded it up. 215 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:50,867 He taking our shit 60/40. 216 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:54,162 Yeah, nigger showed no heart at all. 217 00:15:54,246 --> 00:15:56,915 - So my people could stand down there? - Definitely. 218 00:15:57,124 --> 00:16:00,502 - All right. - Won't need no drama behind this nonsense. 219 00:16:00,585 --> 00:16:04,548 - And po-po's still up on you, huh? - Yeah, hot all the time, man. 220 00:16:05,549 --> 00:16:07,592 Today they got the white boy with the black hair 221 00:16:07,676 --> 00:16:09,719 up on the roof with booker t Washington. 222 00:16:09,803 --> 00:16:12,180 Watching with his spyglass. (Laughs) 223 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,395 - The young 'UN saw him climbing up. Yeah. - All right, so we'll do like this, then. 224 00:16:19,563 --> 00:16:21,064 (Marlo) Mm-hm. 225 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:38,623 - That's it. - All of that so he could swap a few words. 226 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:41,626 - How do you wiretap that? - (Beep) 227 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:44,212 - Lester? - Are we done for the day, man? 228 00:16:44,296 --> 00:16:47,382 You don't want to stay on Chris, see where he goes next? 229 00:16:48,258 --> 00:16:50,886 We've been on this guy for months, he doesn't slip. 230 00:16:50,969 --> 00:16:53,597 And no one's kicking our ot. 231 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:57,601 Yeah. We're done. 232 00:16:58,310 --> 00:17:00,604 Copy that. 233 00:17:01,438 --> 00:17:05,442 (Man) Greenhouse gas right here. Gas up. 234 00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:08,945 Hey, Marcus, you got a count for me? 235 00:17:10,238 --> 00:17:13,241 - Spider, you got a count for me? - For you? No. 236 00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:23,251 How we do? 237 00:17:23,335 --> 00:17:24,836 Can't say for sure. 238 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:31,259 - They short, huh? - Man, I just know they ain't told me. 239 00:17:36,348 --> 00:17:39,017 (Man) Greenhouse gas. Gas up on the green. 240 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:43,438 Go home, man. Bug'll be out of school pretty soon. 241 00:17:43,521 --> 00:17:45,690 I ain't you, Michael. 242 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:48,401 Go get bug. I'll see you tonight. 243 00:17:55,659 --> 00:17:57,661 (Man) Greenhouse gas right here. 244 00:17:58,078 --> 00:18:02,707 - Yo, we short? - No, we good. Got 60 left from 1,400. 245 00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:04,584 We on it, Mike. 246 00:18:04,668 --> 00:18:06,711 - So why you ain't tell Duke? - Huh? 247 00:18:06,795 --> 00:18:10,632 - Why you fucking with Duke, nigger? - I ain't fucking with nobody, man. 248 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:12,968 He just acting like a bitch, that's all. 249 00:18:13,885 --> 00:18:16,721 - (Sighs) - (Man) Greenhouse gas is hot. 250 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:29,776 They're getting a little sloppier. 251 00:18:29,859 --> 00:18:33,780 Did that meet in the same lot they've used twice in the last week. 252 00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:35,615 - The one in mcculloh? - M-hm. 253 00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:39,828 That's pretty thin considering how long we've been on these guys, Lester. 254 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:43,373 They're gonna get lazy, fall into a pattern. 255 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:47,210 - They all do, over time. - Someone say overtime? 256 00:18:47,544 --> 00:18:50,338 We did 14 hours today and we'll only get paid for 8. 257 00:18:50,422 --> 00:18:54,009 Cases gotta go green before they go black. That's how I was taught. 258 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:56,803 180 hours and counting. 259 00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:59,347 Couple more weeks and you get a month's work. 260 00:18:59,431 --> 00:19:03,893 Couple more weeks, I'm gonna be in jail for late payment of child support. 261 00:19:05,729 --> 00:19:07,522 Who needs a taste? 262 00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:09,482 Shit. Who's buying, motherfucker? 263 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:13,903 - I'll cover a round or two. - Then I guess I'm drinking a round or two. 264 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:16,573 Oh, yeah, and a boat dock, huh? 265 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:20,118 Yeah. And the gazebo here... for my wife. 266 00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:25,665 You get any word from downtown on when they'll start paying out the ot again? 267 00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:28,293 'Cause we going double shift on these surveillances. 268 00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:31,546 They haven't told me anything. Guess I ain't in the loop. 269 00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:41,848 - (Rawls) We have to shut it down, colonel. - Explain to me how we come up on 22 bodies. 270 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:44,517 - Explain that to me. - This comes straight from the hall. 271 00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:47,520 You're talking about a year's worth of work by my best people. 272 00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:49,189 To just give up on all of that? 273 00:19:49,272 --> 00:19:52,442 Colonel, we haven't made an honest payroll in over a month. 274 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:56,196 Where the fuck is carcetti? The man promised us a new day. 275 00:19:56,279 --> 00:20:00,367 He's tangled up with the schools and we're on hold. 276 00:20:02,452 --> 00:20:04,537 The mayor's made a few commitments to me personally. 277 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:08,500 If you want to call in a marker on behalf of this department, feel free. 278 00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:12,670 And while you're at it, see if you can get your take-home car back. 279 00:20:12,796 --> 00:20:14,714 Budget officer called an hour ago 280 00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:18,343 telling us to relieve colonels and below of take-home vehicles. 281 00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:25,517 ( Over stereo: R&B) 282 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:38,571 Hold on. See, if you move it here, then I got you. 283 00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:42,325 (Laughs) Okay. The little man bringing it. 284 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,749 Yo, Duke... 285 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,961 I've been thinking. 286 00:20:53,128 --> 00:20:56,047 You ain't need to put in time on the corner if you don't want. 287 00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:59,259 I mean, you doing enough here with bug to get paid. 288 00:20:59,342 --> 00:21:02,762 - How you mean? - I'm saying, looking out for him. 289 00:21:04,514 --> 00:21:09,185 And I've been thinking, like, if you were to get locked up for some shit, 290 00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:12,939 how'd it be for bug, you know? 291 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:17,402 So, who's gonna watch your corner in the morning? 292 00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:19,654 Thought I might promote spider, 293 00:21:19,863 --> 00:21:22,532 see how he do for a week or so. 294 00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:25,660 So, I'd be like a nanny and shit? 295 00:21:27,036 --> 00:21:29,789 What am I gonna do before bug get home from school, 296 00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:31,916 clean the stove and bake some cookies? 297 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:37,213 Do what you wanna, yo. Before he get home, time is your own. 298 00:21:44,304 --> 00:21:45,847 You beat me. 299 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:48,808 (Laughs) Oh, snap, you beat me. 300 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:55,732 Fucking liars, motherfucking liars. 301 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,901 Easy, boy. 302 00:21:58,151 --> 00:22:01,946 - I was happy on patrol. I was fine. - You were bored. 303 00:22:02,197 --> 00:22:04,324 Fuck no. I was happy. 304 00:22:05,909 --> 00:22:09,871 Motherfuckers come to me and say, "it's a new day, Jimmy," 305 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:14,083 talking shit about how it was gonna change. Shit never fucking changes. 306 00:22:14,167 --> 00:22:17,212 If they had left me up and running when marlo was on them cell phones, 307 00:22:17,295 --> 00:22:19,464 - I'd have had him a year ago. - See? 308 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:23,009 But they can't do the right thing. It ain't in them. 309 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:26,596 Now we're back on marlo's ass, we need to be on him 24/7. 310 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:31,142 The motherfuckers cut our overtime and they shopped our best surveillance Van. 311 00:22:31,226 --> 00:22:36,439 Don't even think about trying to requisition a new fucking digital camera. 312 00:22:36,523 --> 00:22:39,067 They want to do it on the cheap. 313 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:43,279 - (Lester) Bunk on the prowl. - Hey, bunky-bunk, come here. 314 00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:45,949 - (Bunk) Jimmy. - Come here, you virile beast. 315 00:22:47,408 --> 00:22:49,536 Come on, bunk. Buy me a drink, you whore. 316 00:22:49,619 --> 00:22:53,498 With what? Uh? 317 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,005 I'd have thought the bosses would've at least figured out how to keep paying homicide. 318 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:06,344 Pete, come on. Take these slips off me. I'll pay you 50 cents on the dollar against my tab. 319 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:09,180 - Cash only. - When we get paid, you double your money. 320 00:23:09,264 --> 00:23:12,392 City's never gonna be healthy enough to go all that back pay. 321 00:23:12,475 --> 00:23:16,688 - How the fuck are we gonna pay the bar tab? - We could always knock off a liquor store. 322 00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:21,526 G & I on edmondson. Thin plexi, I'd take out the counter man. 323 00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:24,404 - I'll cover you. - I got the door, no problem. 324 00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:28,074 Who's gonna be our wheel man? 325 00:23:36,207 --> 00:23:39,335 - Every plan, a weak link. - (Kima laughs) 326 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:44,424 (Man) I heard they're closing the foreign bureaus - Jo'burg, Beijing, everything. 327 00:23:44,507 --> 00:23:48,386 - I heard layoffs as bad as in Philly. - Bullshit, they're not gonna lay off. 328 00:23:48,469 --> 00:23:50,138 They'll offer buyouts first. 329 00:23:50,221 --> 00:23:52,765 If they don't get enough, they'll go right to layoffs. 330 00:23:52,849 --> 00:23:55,518 What the fuck you care? You got all the seniority in the world. 331 00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:58,605 Be a shame to get rid of them twenty-somethings in the newsroom. 332 00:23:58,688 --> 00:24:00,398 Degenerate motherfucker. 333 00:24:01,274 --> 00:24:05,278 Yeah. Kleppner sure do like to hire them sweet, young things. 334 00:24:05,361 --> 00:24:10,617 23, 24 years old, model-thin. Long, straight hair and big traffic-light eyes. 335 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,286 And half of them can't write a lick, can they? 336 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:18,166 Yeah, our esteemed managing editor. Certainly does favor a certain type, don't he? 337 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:22,295 - Gentlemen... - Question Mark. 338 00:24:25,548 --> 00:24:29,886 Someday, I want to find out what it feels like to work for a real newspaper. 339 00:24:49,781 --> 00:24:51,491 What? I've got calls out. 340 00:24:51,574 --> 00:24:55,495 You start writing now, and I'm not here ten o'clock tonight reworking your lead. 341 00:24:55,578 --> 00:24:57,705 - Reworking my lead? - Come on, fletch. 342 00:24:57,789 --> 00:25:01,292 Try to make the e-dot deadline for once in your life. 343 00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:04,295 - A-matter for the council meeting? - Yeah. 344 00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:07,173 I'll top it with whatever smells fresh, make the double-dot. 345 00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:09,509 They're gonna vote on a homeless ordinance, right? 346 00:25:09,592 --> 00:25:14,180 Maybe not. Nerese is making noises like she might throw it back to committee. 347 00:25:14,722 --> 00:25:17,266 Yeah? Well, find me some news somewhere. 348 00:25:23,272 --> 00:25:24,941 Something's burning. 349 00:25:26,234 --> 00:25:29,112 You, uh... wondered what it might be? 350 00:25:29,779 --> 00:25:32,198 Hey, I'm not the police reporter. 351 00:25:32,281 --> 00:25:34,450 But you called twigg, though, right? 352 00:25:35,952 --> 00:25:37,787 (Sighs) 353 00:25:38,913 --> 00:25:42,875 At least he's a columnist, he's paid to sit on his ass. What's your excuse? 354 00:25:42,959 --> 00:25:45,461 Just left him in the smoking lounge. Hit him on his cell. 355 00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:48,589 What kind of people stand around watching a fire? 356 00:25:48,673 --> 00:25:50,883 Some shameful shit right here. 357 00:25:53,302 --> 00:25:56,305 Where else would you rather be, huh, kids? 358 00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:00,560 (Man) Hey, Gus. 359 00:26:10,445 --> 00:26:15,241 Hey, Jay. Ap has got something on more cutbacks in city bus lines. 360 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:18,244 - (Laughs) You don't say. - Daily record had it this morning. 361 00:26:18,327 --> 00:26:21,664 Mta trial balloon. State desk is covering. 362 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:27,253 Daily record. All right, people, it's two o'clock, I need budget lines 363 00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:31,382 in case anybody's threatening to commit an act of daily journalism. 364 00:26:31,466 --> 00:26:33,426 - (Sighs) - (Phone) 365 00:26:35,052 --> 00:26:38,139 City desk. Haynes. You didn't, huh? 366 00:26:39,015 --> 00:26:42,560 What the fuck are we supposed to do for centerpiece art? 367 00:26:42,852 --> 00:26:44,896 Great. Wonderful. 368 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:48,316 Photo didn't get out for the racetrack piece. 369 00:26:48,399 --> 00:26:50,902 What about art for the Hopkins press conference? 370 00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:54,280 Scratched it for racetrack. Hey, swag, it's me again. 371 00:26:54,697 --> 00:26:57,033 Something's on fire over in east Baltimore. 372 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,577 Surprise me with a nice, pretty picture, huh? 373 00:26:59,869 --> 00:27:03,790 Look, what we have is drug violence and plenty of it. 374 00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:05,393 What you have are federal gun statutes 375 00:27:05,583 --> 00:27:08,419 that come with a five-year minimum, no parole, 376 00:27:08,503 --> 00:27:10,338 and we need to lower our murder rate. 377 00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:13,382 Especially since you shorted your police department budget. 378 00:27:13,466 --> 00:27:15,551 It's no secret we have budget problems, 379 00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:18,304 all the more reason for the us attorney to pitch in. 380 00:27:18,387 --> 00:27:22,266 Officially, my priorities are counterterrorism and political corruption. 381 00:27:22,391 --> 00:27:25,812 So you told me when I asked you for help on those bodies in the vacant houses. 382 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:29,732 But I'm inclined to provide you with a dozen FBI agents 383 00:27:29,816 --> 00:27:33,069 and all the wherewithal they need to work that case. 384 00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:35,613 But we want Clay Davis to go federal. 385 00:27:36,697 --> 00:27:38,866 Our state's attorney has developed that case. 386 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:40,993 Our state's attorney decides what to do with it. 387 00:27:41,077 --> 00:27:44,121 He seems inclined to keep Mr. Davis local at this point. 388 00:27:44,622 --> 00:27:47,708 But if you could convince Mr. Bond to reconsider, 389 00:27:47,792 --> 00:27:51,128 we might find the resources not only for the probe of the row-house bodies, 390 00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:53,422 but the time to run some of those gun cases for you. 391 00:27:53,798 --> 00:27:56,801 But unless you get Clay Davis, you'll let the killing continue. 392 00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:59,595 Now look, the FBI and the us attorney's office 393 00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:02,849 are not here to do the job that your police department can't. 394 00:28:02,932 --> 00:28:06,018 - Don't blame us for your ineffectiveness. - Baltimore is knee deep in blood. 395 00:28:06,102 --> 00:28:09,939 Unless this guy can hang a Democratic legislator, he couldn't give a damn. 396 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:14,861 And to protect that legislator, who happens to be one of the most corrupt extortion artists 397 00:28:14,944 --> 00:28:17,822 in the state, you'll burn every last bridge. 398 00:28:17,905 --> 00:28:21,576 Do you think I give a shit about Clay Davis? I am not protecting him. 399 00:28:21,659 --> 00:28:23,452 - Then give him up. - It's bond's call. 400 00:28:23,536 --> 00:28:24,954 - Talk to him. - I have. 401 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:27,707 And he told your republican ass to go fuck itself, huh? 402 00:28:27,790 --> 00:28:30,126 Well, let me double down on that. 403 00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:36,340 (Exhales sharply) 404 00:28:39,135 --> 00:28:41,554 Good luck with your crime problem. 405 00:28:41,637 --> 00:28:43,306 (Sighs) 406 00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:49,979 That go well? 407 00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:52,982 You know why he wants the Clay Davis investigation so bad? 408 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:57,194 So he can stomp all over the Democratic party and give his asshole republican golf buddy 409 00:28:57,278 --> 00:28:59,739 another four years in the governor's mansion. 410 00:28:59,822 --> 00:29:03,284 So, bond is keeping the case local to help the party, uh? 411 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:07,705 No. Bond is keeping the case so that Clay Davis can be a trophy for bond. 412 00:29:07,997 --> 00:29:10,082 My guess is, our newly elected state's attorney 413 00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:12,209 wants to, one day, run for mayor. 414 00:29:12,293 --> 00:29:14,128 Cuts both ways for you, nerese. 415 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:17,673 If the feds get Clay Davis, then the case doesn't give bond any profile, 416 00:29:18,007 --> 00:29:20,468 but if they get him and flip him, 417 00:29:20,551 --> 00:29:23,054 Clay might take half the Royce administration with him. 418 00:29:23,137 --> 00:29:25,598 You included, maybe. 419 00:29:27,016 --> 00:29:31,020 Don't you worry about me. You, on the other hand, just slammed the door on the feds 420 00:29:31,145 --> 00:29:33,356 when we need all the help we can get. 421 00:29:35,691 --> 00:29:37,777 That's on them. 422 00:29:49,330 --> 00:29:52,833 - Pussy call. - I'm just glad to know marlo has a hobby. 423 00:29:56,504 --> 00:29:58,798 Take her to her room, 424 00:29:59,173 --> 00:30:02,385 you know, let her hit the minibar, watch TV. 425 00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:06,013 When she's settled, we'll take care of the other thing. 426 00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,182 I'll use monk for my ride. 427 00:30:13,187 --> 00:30:16,023 All right, then, moving on to new business. 428 00:30:16,232 --> 00:30:19,151 With John Hopkins buying up everything north of monument street 429 00:30:19,235 --> 00:30:21,070 and tearing the shit down, 430 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:24,281 I think we all see the writing on the wall in east Baltimore. 431 00:30:24,365 --> 00:30:26,158 (Man) Yeah. They moving the hood out. 432 00:30:26,242 --> 00:30:29,495 Yo, niggers are going across the line to Baltimore county. 433 00:30:29,704 --> 00:30:32,415 Pretty soon, east Baltimore won't be in essex. 434 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:36,168 There's a market already along route 40 and down at Turner station. 435 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:39,338 - And new territory go to who claim it. - No. Ordinarily so. 436 00:30:39,422 --> 00:30:43,676 But here we got some of our east-side people being displaced, right? 437 00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:46,637 I think we need to take care of those most affected. 438 00:30:47,263 --> 00:30:48,681 Meaning you. 439 00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:56,313 Well, I am east side, for the most part. 440 00:30:56,397 --> 00:31:00,067 But I'm talking about hungry man and Parker and ghost. 441 00:31:00,151 --> 00:31:02,820 You know, others beside myself. 442 00:31:03,362 --> 00:31:06,907 Hopkins ain't gonna affect your market share, marlo. 443 00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:10,661 - So for those of us who suffer... - (Marlo) All right, I see that. 444 00:31:10,745 --> 00:31:14,123 Why don't you let one of yourjuniors get a shot to open the county up? 445 00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:15,750 Let a fresh face get a shot at it. 446 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:22,131 No disrespect, son, but how I delegate to my lieutenants is not a co-op concern. 447 00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:25,718 (Laughs) Yeah, but how slim feel about that, though? 448 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:30,306 How you feel, tall man? Ready to pioneer out there for us? 449 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,558 Nah, I'm good where I am. 450 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:36,520 Marlo, man, you're a little out of order here. 451 00:31:36,604 --> 00:31:39,565 Yeah, well, it's just a thought. 452 00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:41,817 Look, man, what's the percentage breakdown... 453 00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:44,236 Don't sleep on marlo. 454 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,322 He up to some shit here. 455 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:50,701 (Man) That was some prime real estate. 456 00:31:50,785 --> 00:31:53,913 It took me six years to build up them corners. 457 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,100 (Door opens) 458 00:32:16,060 --> 00:32:17,686 (Sister) Reginald. 459 00:32:21,774 --> 00:32:23,526 Reginald. 460 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:33,619 I'm going to work, you know I got night shift all this week. 461 00:32:33,702 --> 00:32:37,540 You know, I could stay down here quiet like, you ain't need to fret. 462 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,751 You don't stay here when I'm not around. That's our rule. 463 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:45,297 I'm your brother. I got nowhere to go when I leave. 464 00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:48,968 Last time I left you alone in my home, you dragged half my kitchen to a pawn shop. 465 00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:51,053 You remember that? 466 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,724 But you can keep the door locked, right? I'm down here. 467 00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:59,520 My rules. 468 00:32:59,937 --> 00:33:01,605 You said. 469 00:33:23,127 --> 00:33:24,628 (Locks click) 470 00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:43,731 (Sydnor) The courthouse? What the fuck? (Jimmy) I'll go in. 471 00:33:45,274 --> 00:33:47,234 (Rhonda) Rupert. 472 00:33:49,570 --> 00:33:53,240 - What now? - Major crimes is being disbanded. 473 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:55,659 The detectives return to regular rotation. 474 00:33:55,743 --> 00:33:59,246 I got the word yesterday from command. The mayor signed off. 475 00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:03,584 They're quietly deep-sixing the investigation into the bodies and Mario Stanfield. 476 00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:05,878 - A money thing? - They're pulling back on everything. 477 00:34:05,961 --> 00:34:08,923 Man hours, equipment, lab work, motor pool. 478 00:34:09,006 --> 00:34:10,758 Every last dollar we can find is being 479 00:34:10,841 --> 00:34:12,641 shipped over to plug the school system budget. 480 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:15,054 Cedric thought he would try to reason with carcetti, 481 00:34:15,137 --> 00:34:18,057 maybe see if we can keep the Stanfield detail, at least. 482 00:34:18,140 --> 00:34:20,517 What about Clay Davis? That's going to grand jury soon. 483 00:34:20,643 --> 00:34:23,854 If they ship freamon back to homicide, I don't have him on that, either, 484 00:34:23,938 --> 00:34:25,481 and Lester pretty much is that case. 485 00:34:25,606 --> 00:34:28,192 Excuse me. Y'all know where the clerk's office at? 486 00:34:28,359 --> 00:34:31,070 - Criminal or civil? - Criminal, definitely. 487 00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:34,114 - End of the hall, last door. - Tha'. 488 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,495 - When are you meeting the mayor? - About an hour. 489 00:34:39,662 --> 00:34:41,830 They gave me a few minutes on the end of his day. 490 00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:45,084 I'll go with you. Come by my office and get me. 491 00:34:49,463 --> 00:34:53,509 - So, where you off to now? - Motions hearing in part 18. 492 00:34:53,968 --> 00:34:56,178 It's the last thing on my sched. 493 00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:05,187 - (Klebanow) And for state desk? - Additional cutbacks coming 494 00:35:05,271 --> 00:35:08,899 in the city mta routes. Trial balloon from the governor. 495 00:35:08,983 --> 00:35:12,403 - Affects a lot of people, no? - If it happens. They floated this once before. 496 00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:16,240 Still, we can go outside and give them the potential impact. 497 00:35:16,657 --> 00:35:20,661 Well, the truth is, we're following the daily record on this one. 498 00:35:22,162 --> 00:35:24,540 Why don't we have that? If it's a trial balloon... 499 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:27,876 We've been without a transport reporter since the last round of buyouts, so... 500 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,296 - We should still pick that up. - Probably so, but... 501 00:35:30,379 --> 00:35:33,924 Just because Chicago tightens its belt, it's no reason for us to fall down. 502 00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:38,137 Their cutbacks there shouldn't affect our ability to put out an excellent product. 503 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:42,016 Simply have to do more with less. We have more resources than the daily record. 504 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,393 Though not a transport reporter. 505 00:35:47,229 --> 00:35:50,316 Your eminence, slumming at the Metro meeting today? 506 00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:53,319 - What do you know? - (Klebanow) City desk. 507 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:56,530 State's attorney complains about the decline in quality police casework, 508 00:35:56,613 --> 00:35:59,366 20 inches from warmcastle. Got the city council tonight. 509 00:35:59,450 --> 00:36:03,329 Won't get a vote on the homeless initiative, but we'll scratch some news out somehow. 510 00:36:03,579 --> 00:36:06,999 Two-car fatal on the beltway, two overnight murders in the city, 511 00:36:07,082 --> 00:36:10,878 and a fire ongoing in a Baltimore city row house 512 00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:13,005 for which we may or may not have art. 513 00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:16,467 - Regional affairs. - We have the Hopkins piece on biomed, 514 00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:19,845 though I'm told we didn't get art on today's press conference. 515 00:36:20,012 --> 00:36:24,683 And 15 inches from the college park stringer on um not making it's deseg goals again. 516 00:36:24,767 --> 00:36:27,644 I'm told that, numbers aside, 517 00:36:27,728 --> 00:36:30,314 the campus has become much more hospitable to minorities. 518 00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:32,941 - I'm told things have changed for the better. - Really? 519 00:36:33,025 --> 00:36:36,862 As you may know, gene Robbins is Dean ofjournalism there. 520 00:36:37,279 --> 00:36:38,822 I had lunch with him the other day... 521 00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:41,033 - Nevertheless, they haven't... - ..And he was saying 522 00:36:41,116 --> 00:36:45,245 how the last few years have really transformed the school's reputation 523 00:36:45,329 --> 00:36:47,498 with black faculty and students. 524 00:36:48,082 --> 00:36:49,875 - He's a white guy, right? - Who? 525 00:36:49,958 --> 00:36:53,379 Journalism fellow. Dean wormer, Dean Martin - whatever his name is. 526 00:36:53,837 --> 00:36:57,424 I worked with gene Robbins in Philadelphia. 527 00:36:57,633 --> 00:37:00,636 He is an excellentjournalist and a reliable source. 528 00:37:00,969 --> 00:37:03,514 I think race is, uh, beside the point. 529 00:37:04,139 --> 00:37:06,558 So why don't we hold on the deseg story 530 00:37:06,642 --> 00:37:09,561 until we can assign someone to do some more reporting, 531 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:13,232 get a real sense of how um is perceived by minorities? 532 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,110 All right, then. Let's firm things up. 533 00:37:16,193 --> 00:37:18,033 Take a look at where we stand an hour from now. 534 00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:25,327 Why poke him with a stick? You know who gene Robbins is. 535 00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:29,289 Who's poking? If I think something about a story, I'm gonna speak on it. 536 00:37:29,373 --> 00:37:31,333 You know what a healthy newsroom is? 537 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:35,254 It's a magical place where people argue about everything all the time. 538 00:37:35,337 --> 00:37:37,548 - I'm not poking anyone here. - "Dean Martin"? 539 00:37:37,631 --> 00:37:39,216 Yeah, a little poke. 540 00:37:39,633 --> 00:37:41,176 Thank you. 541 00:38:37,399 --> 00:38:39,401 (Distant sirens) 542 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:52,331 I know that wasn't no court date. You already got the gun charge postponed twice. 543 00:38:52,414 --> 00:38:54,166 So what the fuck was that about? 544 00:38:54,249 --> 00:38:58,545 Remember that Russian we locked up for murder, part of the port case years back? 545 00:38:58,629 --> 00:39:02,257 I didn't work that case with you, man. So, no, I don't remember. 546 00:39:02,341 --> 00:39:05,511 Well, Chris partlow does. 547 00:39:07,471 --> 00:39:09,473 (Distant sirens) 548 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:14,228 (Car alarm chirps) 549 00:39:28,951 --> 00:39:30,452 Miss Gutierrez. 550 00:39:32,371 --> 00:39:34,206 Gutierrez! 551 00:39:34,873 --> 00:39:37,042 Get your ass over here. 552 00:39:37,918 --> 00:39:41,713 - Yeah. - You say that 120 people were evacuated. 553 00:39:41,797 --> 00:39:44,716 - Yeah. They were. - You can't evacuate people. 554 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,803 I mean, you can, if you want, but that's not what you want to say here. 555 00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,596 A building can be evacuated. 556 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,392 To evacuate a person is to give that person an enema. 557 00:39:53,475 --> 00:39:57,604 The details, miss Gutierrez. At the Baltimore sun, 558 00:39:57,688 --> 00:40:02,109 - god still resides in the details. - (Gus) You teach them, spry. 559 00:40:02,192 --> 00:40:05,404 (Spry) What are we gonna do with these children today? 560 00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:11,577 Fuckety-fuck. 561 00:40:12,452 --> 00:40:16,373 - Another burnt doll. - (Laughs) Carlyle again. 562 00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:20,711 - (Sighs) - (Swag) Photo. 563 00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:25,424 I'm looking at the fire art from east Baltimore and I got a burnt Barbie in foreground. 564 00:40:25,507 --> 00:40:28,260 - Oh, yeah? - Yeah. And I might actually believe you 565 00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,597 if it wasn't Carlyle who took it. No fuckin' way I believe in this picture. 566 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,391 - Print me something else. - All right. 567 00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:39,605 Every fire photo he brings in there's got to be some burnt doll somewhere in the debris. 568 00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:42,774 I can see that cheating motherfucker now with his fucking harem of dolls 569 00:40:42,858 --> 00:40:44,860 pouring lighter fluid on each one. 570 00:40:45,277 --> 00:40:48,614 You check his fucking trunk, you'll find a whole collection. 571 00:40:48,697 --> 00:40:49,698 What's your lead? 572 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,867 Council delays vote on the homeless initiative 573 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:55,370 at carcetti's behest. He doesn't want it to look like the city's running the homeless 574 00:40:55,454 --> 00:40:59,625 out of downtown, so he asked nerese to redraft the measure. 575 00:41:01,084 --> 00:41:04,463 He's right. You don't evacuate people. 576 00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:08,550 - What? - Never mind. 577 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:12,638 - Working on anything good? - Just what day cops missed. 578 00:41:12,721 --> 00:41:15,682 A fatal in Charles county and a gas leak downtown. 579 00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:18,769 - Briefs, huh? - Quiet day so far. 580 00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:21,688 - It's a shit news town. - You think? 581 00:41:21,772 --> 00:41:24,775 How many stories go national out of here? Not many. 582 00:41:24,858 --> 00:41:27,903 Those bodies in the houses last year. That got a lot of play. 583 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:29,821 And they didn't even solve it, right? 584 00:41:29,905 --> 00:41:31,782 The story had no legs at all. 585 00:41:31,865 --> 00:41:34,284 Since then, what else? 586 00:41:34,368 --> 00:41:37,245 Jeff. Jeffy-Jeff. 587 00:41:37,871 --> 00:41:41,958 - What? - Come here. Jesus Christ. 588 00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:44,920 - What now? - Did you stay for the zoning bills? 589 00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:48,507 - No, I came back here to write. - Check the fucking library. 590 00:41:48,590 --> 00:41:51,551 Shit, check the clips too. It goes back a-ways. 591 00:41:51,635 --> 00:41:54,614 No, no, no. Check that. You go back to the hall, you get the vote on this thing. 592 00:41:54,638 --> 00:41:56,014 Find out who sponsored this. 593 00:41:56,098 --> 00:41:58,850 Find out whether carcetti or nerese or whoever's behind it. 594 00:41:58,934 --> 00:42:01,436 You buttonhole them, find out what the hell's going on. 595 00:42:01,561 --> 00:42:03,563 Why? Who's Ricardo Hendrix? 596 00:42:03,689 --> 00:42:05,899 A drug dealer. Fat face Rick. 597 00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:09,861 Alma, Scott, this property on Baltimore street is a titty bar 598 00:42:09,945 --> 00:42:12,197 the city wants for the Howard street enterprise zone, 599 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:16,118 but this other property they want to trade with him, I want to find out what that's about. 600 00:42:16,243 --> 00:42:18,704 This is a drug dealer they're trading properties with? 601 00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:21,516 He's got a record as long as your arm. Couple of convictions too. 602 00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:23,458 Go, go. Get some good quote. 603 00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:26,712 Alma... I want you to go to this address. 604 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:30,090 It's a strip club called desperado. 605 00:42:30,173 --> 00:42:34,094 You ask around for the owner. His name's Ricardo Hendrix. 606 00:42:34,219 --> 00:42:38,223 You tell them until we get a comment, we'll put Ricky on the front page every day. 607 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,351 - Who is he? - He's a drug dealer. 608 00:42:41,435 --> 00:42:45,731 But from the look of this, he's running some sort of game at city hall. 609 00:42:45,814 --> 00:42:48,650 We want a comment as to why he's trading property with the city, 610 00:42:48,734 --> 00:42:50,902 - what he stands to make off the deal. - Okay. 611 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:55,574 - What do you want from me? - (Sighs) 612 00:42:55,657 --> 00:42:58,744 Pull clips, check the morgue files, 613 00:42:58,827 --> 00:43:00,620 write the a-matter on Ricardo's history. 614 00:43:00,704 --> 00:43:03,832 Wait, she goes to strip clubs and I'm pulling clips in the morgue? 615 00:43:04,750 --> 00:43:07,169 - You late for the council meeting? - Looking for you. 616 00:43:07,294 --> 00:43:10,088 Me? I'm racing. Late for some charity thing at the Walters'. 617 00:43:10,172 --> 00:43:12,372 Mr. Mayor, I was told I could get a few minutes tonight. 618 00:43:12,591 --> 00:43:14,718 - You're on my schedule? - Everything ran late today. 619 00:43:14,843 --> 00:43:18,555 - They were supposed to ring you, I think. - What, do it quick or do we resched? 620 00:43:18,638 --> 00:43:21,683 Burrell's disbanded the unit that's working the bodies in the houses. 621 00:43:21,850 --> 00:43:23,935 When we're fat with money, you can come back on it. 622 00:43:24,019 --> 00:43:25,645 Investigations are not like that. 623 00:43:25,812 --> 00:43:28,458 You can't just drop one and then pick it up down the road without... 624 00:43:28,482 --> 00:43:30,942 Colonel, we got no money. No fucking money at all. 625 00:43:31,026 --> 00:43:33,028 There's nothing we can do until the new fiscal. 626 00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:37,699 But, Tommy, that kills Clay Davis for me and we're about to go to grand jury on it. 627 00:43:37,783 --> 00:43:41,369 - Same unit is doing Clay? - I need some profile for my shop. 628 00:43:42,788 --> 00:43:45,373 How much of that unit do you need to bring the case in? 629 00:43:45,457 --> 00:43:47,542 A couple of detectives. 630 00:43:48,543 --> 00:43:54,549 I'll tell rawls you can keep two men for Clay. The rest is shut down until we can dig out. 631 00:43:55,050 --> 00:43:57,385 I gotta run. 632 00:44:00,263 --> 00:44:05,352 So one thieving politician trumps 22 dead bodies. 633 00:44:07,354 --> 00:44:09,356 Good to know. 634 00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:16,822 To save money, they're not even putting ops cars in the street. No more two-man patrols. 635 00:44:16,905 --> 00:44:19,491 - Jesus, where did the money go? - Schools. 636 00:44:19,574 --> 00:44:22,619 Carcetti didn't want to lay off teachers, so he fucks us instead. 637 00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:26,081 Seems like you got out at the right time, huh? Look at you. 638 00:44:27,082 --> 00:44:31,461 Here's our boy Thomas sporting the latest in downtown businesswear. 639 00:44:31,545 --> 00:44:34,923 An understated ensemble that puts the "b" in subtle. 640 00:44:35,507 --> 00:44:37,092 There's a "b" in subtle? 641 00:44:38,260 --> 00:44:41,304 Seriously, you look well, herc. 642 00:44:41,388 --> 00:44:44,224 I'm doing good, man. I got more work than I can get to. 643 00:44:44,432 --> 00:44:48,770 It's like once word got around, these fucking lawyers came out of the fucking woodwork. 644 00:44:48,854 --> 00:44:52,190 Which reminds me, I need one of you guys to run a name for me. 645 00:44:53,108 --> 00:44:56,778 Tags, registration and phone. While you're at it, run a sheeting photo. 646 00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:00,657 'Cause, hey, I'm buying the next round, right? 647 00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:02,576 About fucking time! 648 00:45:05,704 --> 00:45:09,165 Not used to having money, you kind of forget. Let's get a round. 649 00:45:13,503 --> 00:45:17,299 - How does it read? - It's clean and it bites. 650 00:45:17,382 --> 00:45:20,218 - Deserves a front, off-lead, maybe. - And we're saying what? 651 00:45:20,302 --> 00:45:21,803 That it's a sweetheart deal 652 00:45:21,887 --> 00:45:24,097 for a titty bar owner with a big criminal history. 653 00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:27,851 He sells his existing location to the city for 1.2 million 654 00:45:28,059 --> 00:45:30,228 and they sell him a better piece of real estate 655 00:45:30,312 --> 00:45:34,149 to relocate his club five blocks west for 200,000. 656 00:45:34,232 --> 00:45:37,485 - He clears a million for laying in the cut. - What's the quid pro quo? 657 00:45:37,569 --> 00:45:40,614 We're going through donors in nerese's campaign committee. 658 00:45:40,697 --> 00:45:43,408 So far, we got 40,000 from Ricardo Hendrix 659 00:45:43,491 --> 00:45:46,411 and a bunch of people all using the same address as the bar. 660 00:45:46,494 --> 00:45:48,079 Why wasn't this on your budget? 661 00:45:48,163 --> 00:45:51,249 Well, we found it... Actually, Jeff price found it 662 00:45:51,333 --> 00:45:55,170 hidden in the zoning bills, bottom of the council agenda. 663 00:45:55,253 --> 00:45:57,255 He caught it late, but he caught it. 664 00:45:57,339 --> 00:45:59,674 All right, front page, below the fold. 665 00:45:59,758 --> 00:46:01,551 - Yeah. - (Phone rings) 666 00:46:01,635 --> 00:46:03,553 Metro desk, Phelps. 667 00:46:05,013 --> 00:46:09,100 Gus, price for you, line two, and he's got nerese with him. 668 00:46:09,309 --> 00:46:11,436 Aw, shit, here it comes. 669 00:46:13,313 --> 00:46:17,651 Gus? It's Jeff. The council president would like a word with you. 670 00:46:17,734 --> 00:46:20,779 - On the record? - No. She's given me her quote. 671 00:46:20,862 --> 00:46:24,449 - She wants to talk to you off the record. - Put her on. 672 00:46:27,994 --> 00:46:30,038 This is all perfectly above board. 673 00:46:30,288 --> 00:46:31,790 No doubt, madam president. 674 00:46:31,873 --> 00:46:33,833 We need this property for redevelopment 675 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:37,045 and it's in the city's interest to allow Mr. Hendrix to relocate. 676 00:46:37,212 --> 00:46:38,588 Is it in the city's interest 677 00:46:38,672 --> 00:46:41,341 to give him a property with twice as much floor space 678 00:46:41,424 --> 00:46:44,386 and give him a million dollars for his trouble? 679 00:46:44,469 --> 00:46:46,554 (Nerese speaks, indistinct) 680 00:46:46,638 --> 00:46:48,765 Do you think you made it clear to the council 681 00:46:48,848 --> 00:46:53,770 that Mr. Hendrix donated $60,000 to your campaign committee? 682 00:46:56,231 --> 00:46:57,732 I don't know, ma'am, 683 00:46:57,816 --> 00:47:00,819 where I live, 60,000 buys a lot of goodwill. 684 00:47:01,736 --> 00:47:03,697 (Sniggering) 685 00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:06,491 - (Jeff) Gus. - Hey, Jeff, is that you? 686 00:47:06,574 --> 00:47:08,702 I'm putting you on hold for spry. 687 00:47:08,785 --> 00:47:10,429 Yeah, give him your on the record for nerese. 688 00:47:10,453 --> 00:47:11,997 - Ready? - Yeah. 689 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,457 Shame we couldn't use what she just gave us. 690 00:47:14,791 --> 00:47:16,626 What do you got? 691 00:47:16,710 --> 00:47:19,045 Keep running through that campaign finance shit. 692 00:47:19,129 --> 00:47:22,507 There's at least $20,000 in contributions we haven't found yet. 693 00:47:24,092 --> 00:47:26,428 Nerese all but confirmed it. 694 00:47:27,929 --> 00:47:30,432 ( Ernie k-Doe: Mother-in-law) 695 00:47:33,476 --> 00:47:35,311 (Inaudible) 696 00:47:35,937 --> 00:47:37,814 I'll be back. 697 00:48:05,925 --> 00:48:07,761 Hey, it's me. 698 00:48:08,887 --> 00:48:11,473 Yeah, we're going late tonight. 699 00:48:11,556 --> 00:48:13,266 Fine. 700 00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:15,560 No, I'm not. 701 00:48:15,643 --> 00:48:17,729 I'm just tired, is all. 702 00:48:18,897 --> 00:48:21,149 I slur when I'm tired. 703 00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,777 That's all. 704 00:48:24,819 --> 00:48:26,529 Yeah. 705 00:48:27,655 --> 00:48:29,449 Night. 706 00:48:40,251 --> 00:48:43,338 (Man calls) Blue tops, on the rocks. (Chatting) 707 00:48:45,673 --> 00:48:47,717 Blue tops. 708 00:48:56,893 --> 00:48:58,728 Blue tops. 709 00:49:02,816 --> 00:49:07,362 Blue tops, get 'em while they hot. Come and get your blue tops. 710 00:49:09,531 --> 00:49:12,200 (Men shouting in background) 711 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,294 Bubs, yo. 712 00:49:27,382 --> 00:49:29,425 (Laughs) 713 00:49:39,727 --> 00:49:42,313 It was a great pull at deadline. 714 00:49:42,397 --> 00:49:47,527 Hey, any night a Baltimore politician calls you a son of a bitch is a good night. Am I right? 715 00:49:48,027 --> 00:49:49,988 Hey, and that was a good pull by Alma, 716 00:49:50,071 --> 00:49:53,032 getting that quote from fat face Rick for the home final. 717 00:49:53,116 --> 00:49:57,078 "Hey, I'm a businessman. City wants to help me out, I ain't gonna argue." Sweet. 718 00:49:57,537 --> 00:49:59,831 - Thank you. - How'd you get him to talk to you? 719 00:49:59,914 --> 00:50:02,125 I just walked in, sat down, 720 00:50:02,417 --> 00:50:05,837 watched the dancers for a few minutes, and he came over to me. 721 00:50:06,254 --> 00:50:08,089 Thought I was looking for a job. 722 00:50:12,302 --> 00:50:15,471 You deserve more than a contributing line for that. 723 00:50:15,763 --> 00:50:18,766 I don't know, a contrib line is cool. 724 00:50:19,058 --> 00:50:21,436 You can't go far on contrib lines. 725 00:50:22,270 --> 00:50:25,023 Where do you want to go? 726 00:50:25,190 --> 00:50:27,442 Times or post. Where else? 727 00:50:27,609 --> 00:50:30,653 I don't know. This is still a pretty good paper. 728 00:51:13,029 --> 00:51:15,031 (Distant dog barks) 729 00:51:35,969 --> 00:51:37,971 (Muffled TV sounds) 730 00:51:45,979 --> 00:51:47,814 (Footsteps) 731 00:52:08,126 --> 00:52:11,087 I brought it to the mayor personally, 732 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:15,091 but they're throwing their last dollars into patrol and crime suppression. 733 00:52:15,174 --> 00:52:17,278 You think being on Mario and his people every damn day 734 00:52:17,302 --> 00:52:19,762 for a year isn't crime suppression? 735 00:52:19,929 --> 00:52:22,473 We lowered the body count just by sitting on these people. 736 00:52:22,765 --> 00:52:25,727 - They know they're hot, huh? - After a year? 737 00:52:29,314 --> 00:52:32,233 Look. Promises were made to me, as well. 738 00:52:32,358 --> 00:52:34,527 I was told a new day was coming. 739 00:52:35,778 --> 00:52:37,572 Clearly, this isn't it. 740 00:52:41,326 --> 00:52:42,910 Where are we going, then? 741 00:52:43,786 --> 00:52:47,081 You and mcnulty are back to the homicide rotation. 742 00:52:47,165 --> 00:52:49,834 Dozerman is temporarily assigned to tactical. 743 00:52:50,918 --> 00:52:55,298 Lieutenant, you're going to fill a vacancy in the northern, 4 to 12 shift. 744 00:52:55,757 --> 00:52:59,719 Freamon, sydnor, you two are assigned to the state's attorney's office 745 00:52:59,802 --> 00:53:02,263 to help grand-jury the Clay Davis thing. 746 00:53:10,438 --> 00:53:14,734 When the money starts to flow, I'll get you all back on this somehow. 747 00:53:18,571 --> 00:53:20,323 Sorry. 748 00:53:23,785 --> 00:53:27,622 Wonder what it feels like to work in a real fucking police department. 749 00:53:27,997 --> 00:53:29,665 (Door shuts) 750 00:53:38,132 --> 00:53:39,801 50 cent. 751 00:53:46,891 --> 00:53:48,768 50 cent. 752 00:53:52,146 --> 00:53:53,940 Obliged. 753 00:53:57,026 --> 00:53:59,028 (Inaudible) 754 00:54:06,911 --> 00:54:08,913 When did this break last night? 755 00:54:08,996 --> 00:54:11,999 Gus saw it on the council agenda around 9:30. 756 00:54:13,501 --> 00:54:15,795 It's a good fucking story. 757 00:54:32,687 --> 00:54:34,564 - Hey. - Hey. 758 00:54:34,647 --> 00:54:37,692 - Who's doing the react piece? - Jeff will, why? 759 00:54:38,443 --> 00:54:40,278 I'm just, uh... 760 00:54:40,403 --> 00:54:42,196 I need a story. I'm up. 761 00:54:43,281 --> 00:54:46,075 Yeah. Stay hungry like that. 762 00:54:47,535 --> 00:54:49,871 Good things come when they come. 763 00:55:03,509 --> 00:55:05,261 It's two o'clock, people. 764 00:55:05,553 --> 00:55:07,013 I need budget lines. 765 00:55:07,388 --> 00:55:10,558 There are a million stories in the naked city, 766 00:55:10,641 --> 00:55:14,729 but today you poor mooks only need to throw me three or four. 767 00:55:33,206 --> 00:55:36,501 The orioles will not pay for pitcher. I should have never left the Bronx. 768 00:55:36,584 --> 00:55:38,544 - You see this? - What? 769 00:55:38,628 --> 00:55:40,671 One of our clients on the front page. 770 00:55:42,465 --> 00:55:44,800 Represent Tiger Woods? 771 00:55:48,930 --> 00:55:51,098 All it cost me was a round of beers. 772 00:55:51,307 --> 00:55:55,186 They fucking love me in the department. I'm a fucking martyr is what I am. 773 00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:59,440 Pull over some black minister, piss him off and I lose my fucking job. 774 00:56:00,441 --> 00:56:02,527 One round? 775 00:56:02,610 --> 00:56:07,573 You, a prominent defense investigator, let these other guys buy a round of drinks ever? 776 00:56:09,158 --> 00:56:14,413 Kid, it's time you learned a little something about the expense account. 777 00:56:40,690 --> 00:56:42,650 That's my desk. 778 00:56:43,317 --> 00:56:44,777 What the fuck you saying? 779 00:57:17,685 --> 00:57:19,312 The prodigal son.