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The Wire · Season 2, Episode 5

“Undertow” quotes from The Wire

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“Undertow” · Season 2, Episode 5

In this episode: Lester Freamon (2), Jimmy McNulty (1), Bunk Moreland (1), Kima Greggs (1), William Rawls (1), Bubbles (1), Frank Sobotka (1)

[about Omar] He play you hard?

I go at him respectable. He put that goddamn shotgun in my face, man. I'm looking at two goddamn tubes of the Harbor Tunnel staring right at me. [McNulty laughs] Each one about yea-big. I damn near piss my pants.

Colonel, respectfully, did you just fuck me over without giving me half a chance to clear this case?

Let's be clear, Detective Freamon. When I fuck you over, you'll know it. You'll be so goddamn certain, you won't need to ask the question.

Cool Lester Smooth... hey, what's happenin'?

Same fuck-ups in the same shit detail, workin' out of the same shithouse kind of office. You people lack for personal growth, you know that?

[after the Stevedores' Union members testified in front of the Grand Jury]

How'd we do, Charlie?

CCharlie

I almost got one to swear that the docks are actually near the water.

What do you say, Johnny? What do you say to any question?

JFJohnny Fifty

I take the Fifth Commandment.

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