The Wire
"Listen carefully."
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.
First Aired
June 2, 2002
Last Aired
March 9, 2008
Original Language
en
Popularity
47
Type
Scripted
Official Website
Production Companies
Blown Deadline Productions
HBO
Seasons & Episodes
Episodes
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.
Cast
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
Lance Reddick
Cedric Daniels
Sonja Sohn
Kima Greggs
Wendell Pierce
Bunk Moreland
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
John Doman
William Rawls
Clarke Peters
Lester Freamon
Domenick Lombardozzi
Herc Hauk
Seth Gilliam
Ellis Carver
Andre Royo
Bubbles
Michael Kenneth Williams
Omar Little
Jim True-Frost
Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski
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