The Wire

Jun 02, 2002 (en) Crime, Drama [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jun 02, 2002
  • Production
    Blown Deadline Productions, Anthony Hemingway Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    86%
  • Original title
    The Wire
  • Release
    Jun 02, 2002
  • en
    -

Rules change. The game remains the same.

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. Music Supervisor

  2. Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Ed Burns

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Dominic West

    Jimmy McNulty

  2. Lance Reddick

    Cedric Daniels

  3. Sonja Sohn

    Kima Greggs

  4. Wendell Pierce

    Bunk Moreland

  5. Michael Kenneth Williams

    Omar Little

  6. Deirdre Lovejoy

    Rhonda Pearlman

  7. J.D. Williams

    Bodie Broadus

  8. Jamie Hector

    Marlo Stanfield

  9. Andre Royo

    Bubbles

  10. Aidan Gillen

    Tommy Carcetti

  11. John Doman

    William Rawls

  12. Seth Gilliam

    Ellis Carver

  13. Domenick Lombardozzi

    Herc

  14. Corey Parker Robinson

    Leander Sydnor

  15. Isiah Whitlock Jr.

    Clay Davis

  16. Michael Kostroff

    Maurice 'Maury' Levy

  17. Reg E. Cathey

    Norman Wilson

  18. Clark Johnson

    Augustus Haynes

  19. Tom McCarthy

    Scott Templeton

  20. Gbenga Akinnagbe

    Chris Partlow

  21. Neal Huff

    Michael Steintorf

  22. Jermaine Crawford

    Duquan "Dukie" Weems

  23. Tristan Mack Wilds

    Michael Lee

  24. Michelle Paress

    Alma Gutierrez

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 24 / Crews : 6

Specials ( 2006-08-20)

It's All Connected

Episode: 1

When Bunk Met McNulty (2000)

Episode: 2

Young Omar (1985)

Episode: 3

Young Proposition Joe (1962)

Episode: 4

Odyssey

Episode: 5

The Last Word

Episode: 6

Tapping The Wire

Episode: 7

Season 1 ( 2002-06-02)

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.

The Target

Episode: 1

The Detail

Episode: 2

The Buys

Episode: 3

Old Cases

Episode: 4

The Pager

Episode: 5

The Wire

Episode: 6

One Arrest

Episode: 7

Lessons

Episode: 8

Game Day

Episode: 9

The Cost

Episode: 10

The Hunt

Episode: 11

Cleaning Up

Episode: 12

Sentencing

Episode: 13

Season 2 ( 2003-06-01)

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.

Ebb Tide

Episode: 1

Collateral Damage

Episode: 2

Hot Shots

Episode: 3

Hard Cases

Episode: 4

Undertow

Episode: 5

All Prologue

Episode: 6

Backwash

Episode: 7

Duck and Cover

Episode: 8

Stray Rounds

Episode: 9

Storm Warnings

Episode: 10

Bad Dreams

Episode: 11

Port in a Storm

Episode: 12

Season 3 ( 2004-09-19)

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.

Time After Time

Episode: 1

All Due Respect

Episode: 2

Dead Soldiers

Episode: 3

Amsterdam

Episode: 4

Straight and True

Episode: 5

Homecoming

Episode: 6

Back Burners

Episode: 7

Moral Midgetry

Episode: 8

Slapstick

Episode: 9

Reformation

Episode: 10

Middle Ground

Episode: 11

Mission Accomplished

Episode: 12

Season 4 ( 2006-09-10)

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.

Boys of Summer

Episode: 1

Soft Eyes

Episode: 2

Home Rooms

Episode: 3

Refugees

Episode: 4

Alliances

Episode: 5

Margin of Error

Episode: 6

Unto Others

Episode: 7

Corner Boys

Episode: 8

Know Your Place

Episode: 9

Misgivings

Episode: 10

A New Day

Episode: 11

That's Got His Own

Episode: 12

Final Grades

Episode: 13

Season 5 ( 2008-01-06)

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.

More with Less

Episode: 1

Unconfirmed Reports

Episode: 2

Not for Attribution

Episode: 3

Transitions

Episode: 4

React Quotes

Episode: 5

The Dickensian Aspect

Episode: 6

Took

Episode: 7

Clarifications

Episode: 8

Late Editions

Episode: 9

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Episode: 10
Jun 02, 2002 (en)
Crime, Drama
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Jun 02, 2002
  • Production
    Blown Deadline Productions, Anthony Hemingway Productions
  • Rotten tomato 86%
Original Title The Wire
en

Rules change. The game remains the same.

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. Music Supervisor

  2. Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Ed Burns

    Producer