Kareem: As of 36 hours ago, Merle Callahan returned to us.
Mike: You didn’t want to pick up the fucking phone, Kareem.
Kareem: I don’t report to you, Mike.
Mike: Yeah, I know you don’t. Come on. No one said you did. But, you know, neither of us can do this in a fucking vacuum.
Kareem: The torch has been passed. It’s in my hand. And I will run shit my way.
Mike: Run shit the way you want to run it, Kareem. But what you do in here, that goes on the outside.
Kareem: And KPD will deal with what happens on the streets.
Mike: Fuckin — you know how this works Kareem.
Kareem: KPD will deal with what happens out there.
Mike: Jesus Christ.
Kareem: And I will deal with the shit that happens inside my prison.
Mike: You can’t fucking silo this. You know that.
Kareem: Yes I can. Yes I can. You don’t have agency in here man. You’re a civilian, bad enough. But you’re a fucking ex-con. And if any of this shit comes to light, what you do, what’ve you’ve done. Any of it comes to light man, and everyone is compromised.
Mike: You’re compromised, you mean.
Kareem: Look, I’m not going to risk my career to help you play fixer. I can’t do that.
Mike: Okay, I hear you. You put me in a position that I don’t want to fucking be in, though Kareem. Which is going to force you to be in a position that you don’t want to be in. You understand?
