The Wire
“Listen carefully.”
2002•TV-MA•5 Seasons•60 Episodes•8.6•Ended
CrimeDrama
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.
Creator
David Simon
Network
HBO
Origin
US
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
Episodes
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