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poster tv series The Wire

The Wire (2002)

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  • Crime
  • Drama
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Overview

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.

  1. David SimonCreator

StatusEnded

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

  • logo nextwork HBO

Seasons

poster season Specials

Specials

2006 | 7 Episodes

Specials of The Wire premiered on August 20, 2006

poster season Season 1

Season 1

2002 | 13 Episodes

Season 1 of The Wire premiered on June 2, 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.

poster season Season 2

Season 2

2003 | 12 Episodes

Season 2 of The Wire premiered on June 1, 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 a major drug operation — and left its members stigmatized and reassigned — the second season expands to include not only familiar drug dealers, but a group of longshoremen and organized crime members who are caught up in a major homicide case.

poster season Season 3

Season 3

2004 | 12 Episodes

Season 3 of The Wire premiered on September 19, 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 been forced to improvise. But no matter how hard McNulty and the detail try, the dealers always seem to be one step ahead of the game. It’s time to change the rules.

poster season Season 4

Season 4

2006 | 13 Episodes

Season 4 of The Wire premiered on September 10, 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 series expands its focus into Baltimore's school system, providing an inside look at the role of the urban educational system in shaping young people's lives. This storyline is played out through four new young characters, each of whom faces difficult choices amidst the temptation of crime and easy money.

poster season Season 5

Season 5

2008 | 10 Episodes

Season 5 of The Wire premiered on January 6, 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 maintain integrity and meet deadlines in the face of budget cuts and staff reductions.

Casts

  • Profile Dominic West with character Jimmy McNulty

    Dominic West

    Jimmy McNulty

  • Profile Lance Reddick with character Cedric Daniels

    Lance Reddick

    Cedric Daniels

  • Profile Sonja Sohn with character Kima Greggs

    Sonja Sohn

    Kima Greggs

  • Profile Wendell Pierce with character Bunk Moreland

    Wendell Pierce

    Bunk Moreland

  • Profile Michael Kenneth Williams with character Omar Little

    Michael Kenneth Williams

    Omar Little

  • Profile Deirdre Lovejoy with character Rhonda Pearlman

    Deirdre Lovejoy

    Rhonda Pearlman

  • Profile J.D. Williams with character Bodie Broadus

    J.D. Williams

    Bodie Broadus

  • Profile John Doman with character William Rawls

    John Doman

    William Rawls

  • Profile Jamie Hector with character Marlo Stanfield

    Jamie Hector

    Marlo Stanfield

  • Profile Aidan Gillen with character Tommy Carcetti

    Aidan Gillen

    Tommy Carcetti

  • Profile Seth Gilliam with character Ellis Carver

    Seth Gilliam

    Ellis Carver

  • Profile Domenick Lombardozzi with character Herc Hauk

    Domenick Lombardozzi

    Herc Hauk

  • Profile Corey Parker Robinson with character Leander Sydnor

    Corey Parker Robinson

    Leander Sydnor

  • Profile Isiah Whitlock, Jr. with character Clay Davis

    Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

    Clay Davis

  • Profile Michael Kostroff with character Maury Levy

    Michael Kostroff

    Maury Levy

  • Profile Reg E. Cathey with character Norman Wilson

    Reg E. Cathey

    Norman Wilson

  • Profile Clark Johnson with character Augustus Haynes

    Clark Johnson

    Augustus Haynes

  • Profile Tom McCarthy with character Scott Templeton

    Tom McCarthy

    Scott Templeton

  • Profile Gbenga Akinnagbe with character Chris Partlow

    Gbenga Akinnagbe

    Chris Partlow

  • Profile Neal Huff with character Michael Steintorf

    Neal Huff

    Michael Steintorf

  • Profile Jermaine Crawford with character Dukie Weems

    Jermaine Crawford

    Dukie Weems

  • Profile Tristan Mack Wilds with character Michael Lee

    Tristan Mack Wilds

    Michael Lee

  • Profile Michelle Paress with character Alma Gutierrez

    Michelle Paress

    Alma Gutierrez