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The Wire

“Listen carefully.”

2002Crime · Drama

First aired

June 2, 2002

8.6

TMDB Score

86% match · 2,880 votes

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S01 · E08

Lessons

Season 1 · Jul 28, 2002 · 57m

The Target

Jun 2, 2002 · 1h 3m

The Detail

Jun 9, 2002 · 58m

The Buys

Jun 16, 2002 · 56m

Old Cases

Jun 23, 2002 · 1h 0m

The Pager

Jun 30, 2002 · 1h 0m

The Wire

Jul 7, 2002 · 1h 0m

One Arrest

Jul 21, 2002 · 1h 0m

Lessons

Jul 28, 2002 · 57m

Game Day

Aug 4, 2002 · 57m

The Cost

Aug 11, 2002 · 56m

The Hunt

Aug 18, 2002 · 57m

Cleaning Up

Sep 1, 2002 · 57m

Sentencing

Sep 8, 2002 · 1h 6m

"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanwhile, Greggs and Carver bust a congressional aide carrying dirty cash, but are forced to let him go. Omar earns his 'loose cannon' moniker.

About the Series

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CrimeDrama

Synopsis

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.

CreatorDavid Simon

First aired: June 2, 2002
Last aired: March 9, 2008
Seasons: 5 seasons · 60 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: English
Network: HBO

Top Billed Cast

Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

Andre Royo

Bubbles

John Doman

William Rawls

Clarke Peters

Lester Freamon

Jamie Hector

Marlo Stanfield

Aidan Gillen

Tommy Carcetti

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Domenick Lombardozzi

Herc Hauk

Corey Parker Robinson

Leander Sydnor

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Clay Davis

Michael Kostroff

Maury Levy

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