Ayo, lesson here, Bey. You come at the king, you best not miss.
“Lessons” · Season 1, Episode 8
In this episode: Jimmy McNulty (2), Omar Little (2), Cedric Daniels (1), Lester Freamon (1), Wallace (1)
Lester, are we still cops?
Technically, I suppose so.
OK, I was just checking.
WSWallace's Little Brother
Eight?
Damn Cyril look! Close your eyes. You workin' a ground stash. 20 tall pinks. Two fiends come up at you and ask for two each, another one cops three. Then Bodie hands you off ten more. But some white guy rolls up in a car, waves you down and pays for eight. How many vials you got left?
WSWallace's Little Brother
Fifteen?
How the fuck you able to keep the count right and you not be able to do the book problem then?
WSWallace's Little Brother
Count be wrong they fuck you up.
[Daniels has just given Damien Price's money back to him]
Hey, what the fuck? Let me guess, the Deputy? How's he got onto this so quick?
I told him.
You told him? Why would you be fucking telling him?
He's the Deputy for Operations, and I just jacked up an aide to a state senator. How do I not tell him?
Yeah, Lieutenant, if you've noticed, there hasn't been a complaint so far from the senator. And you know why? Because what the fuck is his driver doing coming out of the high-rises carrying that kind of money?
That's what I told the Deputy.
Yeah, and what did he say? We should mind our own business? Fucking give the man back his money and go the fuck away?
Pretty much. Except he said a few things for my benefit, too. Like how I had shit all over him. Like how he was shutting us down at the end of this week.
The fuck he is.
We're done. I go past Friday, and I'm buried. He told me that.
He's gonna bury you? For what? You're doing your fucking job.
You think the job is going to save me? You think it's going to save you? Chain of command, Detective. That's all I got from the Deputy today.
Chain of command? Well, did you tell your major about the senator's driver? Did you tell the Colonel? No? Then where's your fucking chain of command?! What's the shift lieutenant doing going up the back stairs to the Deputy Ops?!
What are you saying?
Nothing.
Goddamn right.
Why, he got something on you? You say you got the Deputy's ear. What the fuck's he got on you?
Only rank, Detective.
Look man, I do what I can do to help y'all. But the game is out there, and it's either play or get played.
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