The Wire
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.
Created By: David Simon |Genres: Crime | Drama |
Production Company: Blown Deadline Productions | Anthony Hemingway Productions |
- Release Date: 02-06-2002
- Total Sessions: 5
- Total Episodes: 60
- Vote Count: 1,946
- IMDB Rating: 8.5
- Network: HBO |
- Status: Ended
- Homepage: http://www.hbo.com/the-wire
Seasons
| Image | Seasons |
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Specials 2006 | 7 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on August 20, 2006 |
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Season 1 2002 | 13 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on June 03, 2002 On the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes you need more than a badge to tell them apart. Season 1 follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore — one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance. |
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Season 2 2003 | 12 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on June 02, 2003 McNulty's on harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archives dungeon. Prez is chafing in the suburbs. Greggs has a desk job. The detail may be on ice, but corruption marches on . . . and a horrific discovery is about to turn the Baltimore shipping port inside out. Setting up in the wake of the first season's joint homicide/narcotics detail that exposed ... |
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Season 3 2004 | 12 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on September 20, 2004 The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got any answers. Wiretaps haven’t worked. Neither have stakeouts or street busts. With the demolition of the Franklin Terrace towers, Stringer Bell and the Barksdale crew have ... |
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Season 4 2006 | 13 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on September 11, 2006 In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins. This year, while expanding on storylines introduced in previous seasons — including the new vocations of several characters, the rise of a new drug empire, and the city's imminent mayoral election — the ... |
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Season 5 2008 | 10 EpisodesThe Wire - premiered on January 07, 2008 In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. In the fifth — and final — season, the series expands its focus into the media — specifically the role of newspapers in big-city bureaucracy — as it follows a newspaper staff as they struggle to ... |
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Trailers & Videos
Cast & Crew
| Photo | Name | Character |
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Dominic West | Jimmy McNulty |
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Lance Reddick | Cedric Daniels |
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Sonja Sohn | Kima Greggs |
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Wendell Pierce | Bunk Moreland |
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Michael Kenneth Williams | Omar Little |
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Deirdre Lovejoy | Rhonda Pearlman |
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J.D. Williams | Bodie Broadus |
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Jamie Hector | Marlo Stanfield |
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Andre Royo | Bubbles |
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Aidan Gillen | Tommy Carcetti |
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Comments
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Without doubt, this is the finest, most complete TV drama ever! I know other people will say I am not even close, but for me it really is, and that includes watching Breaking Bad and The Sopranos! Years ago I watched "The Corner", which was like a prequel to The Wire, and it not only saddened me as to how people live and are dependent on drugs, but it also intrigued me. So much so that I went on to watch The Wire. What I loved about the show is how it views the misery of drugs from different perspectives. In season 1 it focuses on the on-going battle between the street-corner dealers and the police; season 2 focuses on drug distribution; season 3 the possibility of a drug amnesty; season 4 and school kids and their choices between education, employment and drug dealers; season 5 the media take on drugs. There is a certain feeling of helplessness running through this show, as you quickly realise that despite the extreme law enforcement the war on drugs is long gone. But because of the exceptionally good writing throughout you keep on hoping that something can be done to rid the city/state/country of this cancer. Unlike other drama shows, this feels so real even today, and one does wonder if governments and law enforcement departments are just peeing in the wind when it comes to winning the fight on drugs.
id : 5dd6b9d3af85de00197e387aMr.Charlie
Good but not Great 3.5/5 2 series I was told I have to watch by many were GOT n The Wire. I have to say I'm at the end of Season 4 of The Wire and its just... well, OK. I'm not sure why so many people seem to praise this show so much when nobody seemed to care when it was on, rating weren't anything to talk about not to mention it never won a single Emmy. IDK it seems like all it takes is for someone to talk up the show n everyone new jumps on the bandwagon. I'm definitely expecting a lot more from GOT which is why I saved it for last. 🤞
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