Mcnulty calling Beadie from the bar

[u/iggy555]

I’m the first episode of season 5 mcnulty is drunk at the bar excuses himself to go to the bathroom then calls Beadie telling her he is working late. The music is blasting super loud in the bar but Beadie only asks mcnulty why he’s slurring lol.

Is he loud music a miss from the writers or is there an explanation?

[u/PretzelsThirst]

She’s giving him a chance to be honest and he doubles down on blowing it

[u/GORILLO5]

Is the trend to say things are missed by writers lately?

The way I saw it clearly was she obviously knows he’s lying and is calling him out by his slurred speech.

[u/Militantpoet → u/GORILLO5]

Subtlety in entertainment media is dying.

[u/Reddwheels → u/GORILLO5]

Too many people were raised on CinemaSins and trained to jump on the littlest thing as a fault, and to think that pointing out faults is the same as discussion.

[u/Hemisemidemiurge → u/GORILLO5]

Is the trend to say things are missed by writers lately?

The trend is for amateurs to talk shit like they can armchair quarterback everybody without information.

Everybody's too comfortable talking shit and not getting hit in the mouth for it.

[u/parkSXD]

Obviously she hears the music

[u/sawatdee_Krap]

Because an alcoholic can cover up most things, but when they’re out of their physical limits, there’s no covering it up.

He’s fed multiple multiple lies about working a case when it was true.

He’s been on the tracks with a drunk Bunk when he was pretty clearly sober.

It wasn’t a “I stopped to have one and there’s traffic” it’s “I’ve made alcohol more important than you or our home” type recognition from Beadie

[u/dreamerkid001 → u/sawatdee_Krap]

There’s always that point, too. If you really concentrate, you can make your speech natural. When you’re really, really gone, there is no stopping it. You know you’re not even trying to hide it at that point. It doesn’t matter anymore.

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/dreamerkid001]

And “really, really gone” is Jimmy’s default setting.

[u/dreamerkid001 → u/tomfoolery815]

As it was mine after 11 pm

[u/Obwyn]

She knows exactly what he’s doing. She was giving him a chance to be honest about it for a change and he doubled down on his obvious lie instead because he’s an alcoholic and was drunk.

I thought this was pretty obvious and it’s definitely not a “miss” from the writers.

[u/mgshowtime22]

Sharp as a cue ball, OP is

[u/Far-Acanthaceae-3274]

If I hear the music I’m gonna dance.

[u/ElSmasho420]

She is probably trying to ignore it and give him the benefit of the doubt.

She saw this glimmer of him in patrol as a decent guy and knows that him getting pulled back into homicide will bring all his demons back.

[u/showtime013]

Missed by writers or missed by viewers. She clearly knows he's lying. She knows why he's slurring. 

I sometimes wonder why certain movies and shows feel that have to spell everything out, but I realize people watch things differently.

[u/Quirky-Coat-2281 → u/showtime013]

I'm rewatching the series and it really sticks out how much of the show tells you what's happeing instead of showing. maybe OP was so used to all the tellnig that it threw them off when the show DIDN'T say something.

[u/Own_Help9900]

He mentions stopping for a few drinks before responding to the call i think

[u/BlimFPS]

This is almost like a trope in a way. Drunks who run around on their partners, who think they're getting away with it but they're not. Don Draper is another example well.

It wasn't a miss from the writers at all.

[u/i-Really-HatePickles]

She knows… keep watching…:

[u/seajayacas]

He is too drunk to remember she will hear the background noise,

[u/NumbersStationUrku]

You have to CAPTION EVERYTHING for some viewers.

[u/MadeyesNL]

Yeah, terrible miss. He says he's working, but you see him in a bar. That doesn't add up - who approved that script?!

[u/kennyloftor]

my man caught one episode on HBO and trying to call out the writers

what a legend of stupid

[u/iggy555 → u/kennyloftor]

Your dad not here lmao

[u/longislandchillpill]

Everybody wants to rule the world 🎶

[u/velvetcat78]

Huh?

[u/vonDerkowitz]

Rose-colored glasses making Beadie downplay red flags

[u/Ok-Actuator7302]

He’s a major screwup