- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: You know why I respect you so much, Bunk?
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Mm-mmm.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: It's not 'cause you're good police, 'cause, y'know, fuck that, right?
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Mm. Fuck that, yeah.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: It's not 'cause when I came to homicide, you taught me all kinds of cool shit about . . . well, whatever.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Mm. Whatever.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: It's 'cause when it came time for you to fuck me . . . you were very gentle.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: You damn right.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: See, 'cause you could have hauled me out of the garage and just bent me over the hood of a radio car, and . . . no, you were, you were very gentle.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: I knew it was your first time. I wanted to make that shit special.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: It was, man. It fucking was.
- Acting Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell: [about political corruption] In this state, there's a thin line between campaign posters and photo arrays.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: So you're my eyeball witness, huh? So why'd you step up on this?
- Omar Little: Bird triflin', basically. Kill a everyday workin' man and all. I mean, don't get it twisted, I do some dirt too, but I ain't never put my gun on nobody who wasn't in the game.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: A man must have a code.
- Omar Little: Oh, no doubt. Hey, man, I knew you from somewhere.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Yeah? I was in Southwestern, before I came to Homicide to work Frederick Road.
- Omar Little: Nah, I mean back in the day. You go to Edmondson, right? Yeah, you was ahead of me. I remember you was the first brother I ever seen play that sport with a stick, uh, what's it called?
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: [chuckling] Lacrosse, man.
- Omar Little: Fo' sho.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Yeah. I was All-Metro attack. Prep school boys used to pee themselves when they see the ol' Bunk comin' at 'em, you know?
- [they laugh]
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Oh, man, so look here, homie. Seein' as how you bein' all charitable with your recollections, what else you got in the way of open murders?
- Omar Little: Goin' to Barksdale?
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Goin' anywhere.
- Omar Little: How far back you want me to go?
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: As far as you need. Murder stay murder.
- Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: [Herc and Carver have been referred to as Batman and Robin] I'm Batman.
- Det. Ellis Carver: I don't think so.
- Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: Batman's white.
- Det. Ellis Carver: And Robin's black?