
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.
- Created By
David Simon
- First Aired on
Jun 02, 2002
- Popularity: 50.9067
- 2,376 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Production
Blown Deadline Productions (US)HBO (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
5 seaons till Mar 09, 2008
Last episode: -30-
Seasons & episodes
Total 5 seasons, 60 episodes

Specials
Aired
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."
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