The Detail

Episode aired Jun 9, 2002
TV-MA
58m

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8.1/10

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A special police detail is assembled to investigate the Barksdale organization, but scarce resources and conflicting agendas complicate the case as D'Angelo navigates the low-rise drug trade... Read allA special police detail is assembled to investigate the Barksdale organization, but scarce resources and conflicting agendas complicate the case as D'Angelo navigates the low-rise drug trade.A special police detail is assembled to investigate the Barksdale organization, but scarce resources and conflicting agendas complicate the case as D'Angelo navigates the low-rise drug trade.

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8.1/10

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Director
- Clark Johnson
Writers
- David Simon
- Ed Burns
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Trivia
The project scene with Herc, Carver and Prezbo was shot outside a retirement home. During the scene where projectiles are being thrown at them from above, some residents (not part of the production) started hurling items down on their own. One threw a mini-fridge.

Goofs
When McNulty confronts Judge Phelan at the courthouse about him speaking to the media. In the background, an elevator opens and two men possibly not realizing filming is taking place enter the shot, freeze, stare at the camera, put their hands up to acknowledge the accident, and hurry out of the shot.

Quotes
Wallace: [while eating some Chicken McNuggets] Man, these shits is right, yo.
Malik 'Poot' Carr: [with his mouth full] Mm-hmm.
Wallace: Good with the hot sauce too, yo.
Malik 'Poot' Carr: Most definitely.
Wallace: Yo, D, you want some nuggets?
D'Angelo Barksdale: Nah, go ahead, man.
Wallace: Man, whoever invented these, yo, he off the hook.
Malik 'Poot' Carr: What?
Wallace: Mm. Muthafucka got the bone all the way out the damn chicken. 'Til he came along, niggas been chewin' on drumsticks and shit, gettin' they fingers all greasy. He said, " Later for the bone. Let's nugget that meat up and make some real money."
Malik 'Poot' Carr: You think the man got paid?
Wallace: Who?
Malik 'Poot' Carr: Man who invented these.
Wallace: Shit, he richer than a muthafucka.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Why? You think he get a percentage?
Wallace: Why not?
D'Angelo Barksdale: Nigga, please. The man who invented them things? Just some sad-ass down at the basement at McDonald's, thinkin' up some shit to make some money for the real players.
Malik 'Poot' Carr: Naw, man, that ain't right.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Fuck "right." It ain't about right, it's about money. Now you think Ronald McDonald gonna go down in that basement and say, "Hey, Mista Nugget, you the bomb. We sellin' chicken faster than you can tear the bone out. So I'm gonna write my clowny-ass name on this fat-ass check for you"?
Wallace: Shit.
D'Angelo Barksdale: Man, the nigga who invented them things still workin' in the basement for regular wage, thinkin' up some shit to make the fries taste better or some shit like that. Believe.
[pause]
Wallace: Still had the idea, though.