Name: Undertow
Released: 2016-10-11
Cast: Idris Elba, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Dominic West, John Doman

Words to remember

Nouns

1) stevedore

on every stevedore who worked the ship, keep rattling cages.
2) permanganate

Spell "permanganate."
3) sociopath

Imagine the mileage Maury Levy gets out of me putting that sociopath on the stand.
4) fingernail

I could show you pictures of how they died. Broken fingernail, blood.
5) snitch

I ain't no snitch, Beadie. Not even for you am I a snitch.
6) kickback

a kickback's supposed to be $500.
7) toothpick

One more time with that toothpick, I'm going to stab his eye with it.
8) morgue

You seen what happens at the morgue, when they can't ID a body?
9) motherfucker

- Fuck you all. - Yeah, motherfucker?
10) fiend

So a fiend gets some bad shit from one, he'd go back to the other.
11) nigger

I'm not out there asking about no random-ass, who-give-a-damn nigger.
12) perjury

You lie to them, it's perjury.
13) informant

You ain't got no informant on the dock?
14) undocumented

We keep the undocumented out of gen pop.
15) rooftop

So Kima, Carv on the rooftop. It's my time to front.
16) berth

In a nutshell, what this shows is the Aqua Verde at Berth 4.
17) expressway

On the expressway at lunch time, you can watch them traveling west to east.
18) summons

Taking a hard look at the port, we're gonna drop a grand jury summons
19) subpoena

You don't need a subpoena to see our records no more.
20) ransom

They're holding Princess for fuckin' ransom.
21) dnr

To start with, you and Freamon are gonna put some DNRs on the union hall phones.
22) dope

It was over some dope.
23) stash

Stash got hit, yo.

Verbs

1) deport

Everyone in that book was deport. You can guess, some are already back.
2) snatch

They snatch up some of our guys, drove them downtown.
3) chop

I mean, you running around like your head's chop off,
4) beg

Well, I beg your pardon
5) toss

When that ship sails, and there ain't no problems, then that paper gets toss.
6) misplace

having misplace a frozen can of Japanese tuna steaks,
7) disappear

When they got no more use for you, that shit disappear.
8) regret

He also told me to tell you he regret you're still having problems on our behalf.
9) knock

With all the stacks out there, sometimes waves get knock down.
10) steal

- 160? - Not that all of them are stolen.
11) grab

Don't be grab my dick, faggot.
12) laugh

What you laugh at, man?
13) suppose

a kickback's suppose to be $500.
14) shoot

I'm about to get my ass shot behind his bullshit?
15) lie

You lie to us, you hurt our feelings.
16) burn

"Why take a man who already burn you once,
17) appreciate

And I appreciate you all coming all this way so much,
18) prove

"who already prove himself disloyal?"
19) operate

Of course, otherwise, you operate at a loss.
20) pull

No, I thought maybe if you guys have been pull in any women
21) catch

Because if I caught him once,
22) assume

That assume low overhead.
23) deliver

Before I deliver, I wanna know what you need it for.

Adverbs

1) respectfully

Colonel, respectfully, did you just fuck me over,
2) temporarily

Get over to Southeastern today. You're detailed temporarily.
3) nowhere

The police are going nowhere.
4) meanwhile

Meanwhile, you three, do what you do best.
5) damn

I damn near pissed in my pants and he stood smiling like this shit is funny.
6) besides

I mean, besides, if I don't get some money soon, I'm fucking toasted.
7) apart

String say they gonna keep you apart from it and give back some time for family.
8) eventually

your product eventually loses consumer credibility.
9) smooth

- Cool Lester smooth. - Hey!
10) twice

he might be the last son of a bitch to try it twice.
11) broad

How's the port police broad working out for us?
12) neither

Don't ever worry about him. My uncle neither.
13) indeed

Indeed.
14) approximately

And you were approximately 50 feet from the shooter?
15) alone

And you, Detective Moreland, are now all alone with 14 red names.
16) sometimes

With all the stacks out there, sometimes waves get knocked down.
17) fucking

Then you'll see there's no need to get all fucking dramatic out here!
18) otherwise

Of course, otherwise, you operate at a loss.
19) round

All right, then we good. Go and holler at my niggers round back.
20) almost

I've almost got one of them ready to swear that the docks are actually near the water.
21) outside

And one more I just dropped on your barbecue chef outside.
22) actually

I've almost got one of them ready to swear that the docks are actually near the water.
23) kind

It's kind of funny when you think about it.

Adjectives

1) thieving

Thieving motherfuckers take everything, don't they?
2) unforgiving

i-in regards to that fucking unforgiving, motherfuckin' Omar, man.
3) poetical

So as to be, what do you call it, poetical, we rounded it off.
4) bullpen

Raid on a couple of clubs put 12 in their bullpen four days ago.
5) respectable

I go at him respectable, he put that goddamn shotgun in my face, man.
6) ashamed

Ashamed he should be, to be Greek and call this a diner.
7) inferior

What are the options when you got an inferior product in an aggressive marketplace?
8) invaluable

And the parking pad in the rear is invaluable for Federal Hill.
9) investigative

He returns the favor and I'm running an investigative unit again.
10) southeastern

So you're gonna need a white boy to go down to these southeastern corners, right?
11) stressed

Ring's a little stressed right now,
12) upset

But Sobotka, as I said, he's upset.
13) sudden

All of a sudden, you're a cop.
14) aggressive

What are the options when you got an inferior product in an aggressive marketplace?
15) dramatic

Then you'll see there's no need to get all fucking dramatic out here!
16) frozen

having misplaced a frozen can of Japanese tuna steaks,
17) fake

Then we do, like, some fake competing.
18) broke

You might notice a broke seal, you might not.
19) damn

But damn, homes, you all the time up in some damn crib,
20) triple

He said he talked to you. He said it's triple-rate for every can.
21) weak

We'll be here through your weak bullshit, no problem!
22) stupid

Serves you right, you stupid fuck.
23) fifth

I take the fifth commandment.

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