Clarifications

The Wire 5×8

Commissioner William A. Rawls: The bad news, gentlemen, is we're actually going to have to catch this motherfucker. The good news is our mayor finally needs a police department more than he needs a school system.

Sgt. Ellis Carver: Why me? Why not somebody from a district where they caught one of your homeless cases?
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Well, there's a hitch...
Sgt. Ellis Carver: This is some fucked-up McNulty shit. I don't want me or any of my guys getting burned.

Scott Templeton: If you're not going to let me tell my side of the story...
TerryHanning: A lie ain't a side of the story, it's just a lie.

FBI Profiler: So what we conclude from a behavioral analysis of the known forensics is the following. The suspect is likely a white male, in his late 20s to late 30s. He likely is not a college graduate, but feels nonetheless superior to those with advanced education, and he is likely employed in a bureaucratic entity, possibly civil service or quasi-public service, from which he feels alienated. He has a problem with authority and a deep-seated resentment of those he feels have impeded his progress professionally. The minimized sexual activity suggests that this is not a primary motive for the killings. In fact, the bite marks in the last found victim lacking the DNA of saliva, indicate to us possible post-mortem staging. The suspect has trouble with relationships and is possibly a high-functioning alcoholic, with alcohol being utilized as a trigger in the commission of these crimes. His resentment of the homeless may stem from a relationship with someone in that cohort, or his victimization of vagrants might merely present an opportunity for him to assert his superiority and intellectual prowess. If you get more, fax it down, and we can update the profile.

Off. Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell: All the guys at the bar, Jimmy, all the girls, they don't show up at your wake. Not because they don't like you but because they never knew your last name. A month later, someone tells 'em, "Oh, Jimmy died." "Jimmy who?" "Jimmy the cop." "Oh," they say. "Him." And all the people on the job, all the people you spent all those hours in the radio car with, the guys with their feet up on their desk telling stories, who shorted you on the food runs, who signed your overtime slips. In the end, they're not gonna be there either. Family. That's it. Family, and if you're lucky, one or two friends who are the same as family. That's all the best of us get. Everything else is just...

Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: You start to tell the story, you think you're the hero. And then, when you get done talking, you...

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