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.

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Crime
Drama
Created By

David Simon

First Aired on

Jun 02, 2002

5 seaons till Mar 09, 2008

Popularity: 50.9067
2,376 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Blown Deadline Productions (US)HBO (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: -30-

Seasons & episodes

Total 5 seasons, 60 episodes

Specials

Aired

7 Episodes
  • Episode 1It's All Connected29 min

    A behind-the-scenes look at the fourth season of The Wire.

  • Episode 2When Bunk Met McNulty (2000)3 min

    One of three short prequel films shot during production of the Wire's fifth season and offered via HBO On Demand. McNulty shows up for his first day as Bunk's partner.

  • Episode 3Young Omar (1985)2 min

    One of three short prequel films shot during production of the Wire's fifth season and offered via HBO On Demand. Omar's first stick-up.

  • Episode 4Young Proposition Joe (1962)2 min

    One of three short prequel films shot during production of the Wire's fifth season and offered via HBO On Demand. An elementary school-aged Prop Joe shows his entrepreneurial tendencies

  • Episode 5Odyssey29 min

    Creator David Simon and members of the cast take you on a retrospective journey through the streets of Baltimore, and the first four seasons of "The Wire."