The Wire (2002)

06/02/2002 (US) • 1h

Crime, Drama

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

60 Episodes

Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

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Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

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Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

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Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

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Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

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J.D. Williams

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John Doman

William Rawls

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Jamie Hector

Marlo Stanfield

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Last Season

Season 5

2008 | 10 Episodes

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.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

corruption

newspaper

drug trafficking

drug dealer

baltimore, usa

gangster

police

organized crime

police detective

surveillance

power politics

urban decay

newspaper reporter

wiretapping

workers union

education system

docks

black project

mayoral election

violence

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