The Wire

The Wire

2002 5 Seasons ⭐ 8.631
Crime Drama

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

Seasons

1. The Target

2002-06-02 • ⭐ 7.418

"... when it's not your turn." - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with inve…

2. The Detail

2002-06-09 • ⭐ 7.917

"You cannot lose if you do not play." - Marla Daniels. McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered. Meanwhile, Greggs is given the lay …

3. The Buys

2002-06-16 • ⭐ 7.763

"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo. The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot, a boy losing an eye and some bad publicity for the d…

4. Old Cases

2002-06-23 • ⭐ 7.714

"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles. Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant as arraignment begins for those caught in the raid. Barksdale pla…

5. The Pager

2002-06-30 • ⭐ 7.782

"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale. McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale and his gang, but nobody can crack the codes used by the cal…

6. The Wire

2002-07-07 • ⭐ 8.137

"..and all the pieces matter." - Freamon. When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linked to D'Angelo and Avon Barksdale, McNulty and Greggs must a…

7. One Arrest

2002-07-21 • ⭐ 8.311

"A man must have a code." - Bunk. Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust, but the incident makes Avon and Stringer suspicious, leading them to clo…

8. Lessons

2002-07-28 • ⭐ 7.936

"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanwhile, Greggs and Carver bust a congressional aide…

9. Game Day

2002-08-04 • ⭐ 8.37

"Maybe we won." - Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver take some cash off of Wee-Bey's hands, and Omar r…

10. The Cost

2002-08-11 • ⭐ 8.34

"And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him in the months before he testifies. Sydnor an…

11. The Hunt

2002-08-18 • ⭐ 8.595

"Dope on the damn table." - Daniels. The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Burrell orders Daniels to hit drug dealers for results that wi…

12. Cleaning Up

2002-09-01 • ⭐ 8.333

"This is me, yo, right here." - Wallace. The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so McNulty and Daniels try to keep pace by tapping Barksdale's office. Bodie gets new respo…

13. Sentencing

2002-09-08 • ⭐ 8.756

"all in the game..." - Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links--including Avon Barksdale's. With the heat turned up in the high-rises, Daniels and McNulty turn to…

Top Cast

Dominic West
Dominic West
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick
Sonja Sohn
Sonja Sohn
Wendell Pierce
Wendell Pierce
Michael Kenneth Williams
Michael Kenneth Williams
Deirdre Lovejoy
Deirdre Lovejoy
Andre Royo
Andre Royo
John Doman
John Doman
Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters
Jamie Hector
Jamie Hector
Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen
Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam

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