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Detective James 'Jimmy' McNulty
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: And you know why I can tell you all this? Because, you lyin' motherfucker, you're as full of shit as I am. And you gotta live with it and play it out for as long as it goes, right? Trapped in the same lie. Only difference is I know why I did it. But fuck if I can figure out what it gets you, in the end. But, hey, I ain't part of your tribe.
- Scott Templeton: You're not serious. You...
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: [interrupting] No. No, I'm a fucking joke. And so are you. Now get the fuck out of here.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: You turning the world upside down with your bullshit. How are you not in jail?
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: I don't know. The lie's so big, people can live with it, I guess.
- Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: Jesus fucking Christ, Jimmy. I told you. I fuckin' told you it was gonna come to this. You played with fire, didn't you? And now we're all getting burned.
- Det. Lester Freamon: We could still go to jail. And if not, I'd expect to be back in the pawn shop unit and you, my brother, are gonna ride the boat.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: So what? It was worth it.
- [pause]
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Wasn't it?
- Det. Lester Freamon: Depends.
- [Daniels escorts McNulty into an interrogation room, where Rawls is waiting]
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: [after a long, uncomfortable silence] You're not killin' them yourself, McNulty, at least assure me of that.
- [McNulty shakes his head]
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: And the one you disappeared?
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: He's okay... last I checked.
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: Good, that's a start... I guess.
- Dep. Comm. for Operations Cedric Daniels: I thought you got a message.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Copycat. I got nothin' on this one.
- Dep. Comm. for Operations Cedric Daniels: Jesus...
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: How'd you do it? How'd you get 'em by the medical examiner?
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Some were real, I just linked them with the ribbons. Some I juked as strangle jobs. If it matters, I know now...
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: Fuck what you know now! This was all for money, McNulty? You couldn't live without the OT?
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: The Stanfield case. It was that.
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: I know where it went, but you got paid, too. You and Freamon and maybe a dozen other guys.
- Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: Wasn't about the money.
- [Rawls walks towards McNulty and squares up in front of him]
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: Down the road when we settle on this - and we *will* settle on this - I don't expect any of you will ever see another hour of OT again. I don't expect any of you will be doing *police work* ever again. And the only reason this isn't before a grand jury right now is because our mayor can't live with that. Oh, yeah. The mayor knows your name.
- Dep. Comm. for Operations Cedric Daniels: So this is your last case. Work it.
- Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls: If you're half the detective you think you are, you'll put this one down fast and take us all off the hook. The longer this goes on, the worse the payback's gonna be.