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The Wire

The Wire

—This series looks at the narcotics scene in Baltimore through the eyes of law enforcers as well as the drug dealers and users. Other facets of the city that are explored in the series are the government and bureaucracy, schools and the news media. The show was created by former police reporter David Simon, who also wrote many of the episodes.
5 seasonsCrime, DramaTV-MAAdult Situations, Graphic Violence, Graphic Language
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Season 113 of 13 Episodes

  • McNulty (Dominic West) is assigned to a team of outcasts assigned to probe drug lord Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) operations.

  • A witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered; Greggs is briefed on the Barksdale probe.

  • Detectives' inquiries spark a minor riot, causing a boy to lose an eye and giving police a black eye publicity-wise.

  • Gang members arrested in the raid face arraignment; Greggs and McNulty try to turn Hardcase into an informant.

  • McNulty's detail tries breaking the code on the gang's pagers; Bell teaches D'Angelo how to train lookouts.

  • Rawls' demands create strange allies; Wallace and D'Angelo wrestle with their consciences; Omar turns witness.

  • A tip-off prompts arrest, but Avon and Stringer grow suspicious; another witness to the Grant murder emerges.

  • McNulty gets Stringer's license-plate number; Omar engages in a violent street encounter.

  • Barksdale plays games with an East Side rival; Herc and Carver take cash from Wee-Bey; Omar resurfaces.

  • McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with Wallace; Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses.

  • After a drug bust goes awry, Greggs winds up in intensive care; the police step up the hunt for Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man.

  • McNulty and Daniels wire Barksdale's back office; Wallace returns to the projects; D'Angelo makes a run to New York.

  • Daniels and McNulty attempt to continue the case; Freamon and Bunk try to trace a crucial call; Pearlman and McNulty celebrate a break in the case.

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60 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    The Target
    The Detail
    The Buys
    Old Cases
    The Pager
    The Wire
    One Arrest
    Lessons
    Game Day
    The Cost
  • The Target

    McNulty (Dominic West) is assigned to a team of outcasts assigned to probe drug lord Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) operations.
    Upcoming
  • The Detail

    A witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered; Greggs is briefed on the Barksdale probe.
    Upcoming
  • The Buys

    Detectives' inquiries spark a minor riot, causing a boy to lose an eye and giving police a black eye publicity-wise.
    Upcoming
  • Old Cases

    Gang members arrested in the raid face arraignment; Greggs and McNulty try to turn Hardcase into an informant.
    Upcoming
  • The Pager

    McNulty's detail tries breaking the code on the gang's pagers; Bell teaches D'Angelo how to train lookouts.
    Upcoming
  • The Wire

    Rawls' demands create strange allies; Wallace and D'Angelo wrestle with their consciences; Omar turns witness.
    Upcoming
The Wire

More about The Wire

This series looks at the narcotics scene in Baltimore through the eyes of law enforcers as well as the drug dealers and users. Other facets of the city that are explored in the series are the government and bureaucracy, schools and the news media. The show was created by former police reporter David Simon, who also wrote many of the episodes.

Starring

Dominic West, John Doman, Frankie Faison, Wood Harris, Domenick Lombardozzi, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Seth Gilliam, Clarke Peters, Andre Royo, Jim True-Frost, J.D. Williams, Michael Williams, Corey Robinson, Robert Wisdom, Aidan Gillen, Jamie Hector, Chad Coleman, Isiah Whitlock, Glynn Turman

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