The Wire

Ended Sunday / 7:00pm HBO US 60 min.
Follows one single drug and homicide investigation throughout the length of an entire season. Centered on the drug culture of inner-city Baltimore, the series' storyline unfolds from the points of view of both the criminals lording the streets and the police officers determined to bring them down.

Season 5

10 Episodes

-30- 5x10
McNulty and Freamon face the consequences of their actions, while Carcetti tries to save face.
Mar 09 2008
Freamon's hard work pays off with a promising lead, though McNulty isn't in the mood to celebrate.
Mar 02 2008
Bunk returns a McNulty favor; Carcetti is forced to make deals; Hayes asks Templeton about his sources.
Feb 24 2008
Took 5x07
An unexpected call puts Templeton and the paper back in the spotlight--and gets McNulty unwanted extra attention.
Feb 17 2008
Templeton makes headlines; Bunk follows up on old leads; McNulty takes an interest in the homeless.
Feb 10 2008
Marlo's new alliance gives Freamon and McNulty a fresh lead; the press turns to a breaking story.
Feb 03 2008
The police brass changes; McNulty and Freamon look for bodies; Prop Joe pays his last respects.
Jan 27 2008
Carcetti's police plans are leaked to the press; Marlo cleans up his cash.
Jan 20 2008
McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands; Marlo takes care of unfinished business.
Jan 13 2008
Budget cuts hit the police hard; corporate downsizing frustrates the staff of a local newspaper.
Jan 06 2008

Season 4

13 Episodes

Namond, Randy and Dukie adjust to new realities; Michael is promoted; Omar makes Prop Joe an offer.
Dec 10 2006
Freamon seeks help in City Hall; Bubbles gets desperate; Michael rejects his past; Omar strikes again.
Dec 03 2006
Carcetti faces a dilemma; Randy gets the cold shoulder; Omar makes a power play; Freamon has a revelation.
Nov 26 2006
Burrell sends out a mandate; Kevin comes clean to Marlo; Bubbles gets payback; Chris takes care of a problem.
Nov 19 2006
Bubbles fingers a witness for Herc; Colvin offers an incentive; Andre turns to Proposition Joe for help.
Nov 12 2006
Carcetti makes the rounds; Colvin uses corner logic in class; Daniels sees his stock rising.
Nov 05 2006
Royce and Carcetti make their peace; Prez has a good day; Greggs uses 'soft eyes' at a crime scene.
Oct 29 2006
Carcetti responds to a campaign smear; Randy makes a startling revelation; Marlo proves elusive.
Oct 15 2006
Burrell feels the heat from Royce; Marlo tries to enlist Michael; Dukie debunks Randy's 'special dead' theory.
Oct 08 2006
A major case gets a new detective; Marlo is burned in poker; Colvin and Cutty get new jobs in the school system.
Oct 01 2006
Royce takes extreme measures; the detail gets a new boss and agenda; Prez survives his first day at school.
Sep 24 2006
Pearlman is on thin ice; Marlo plays Robin Hood; Prez preps for school; Carcetti drops a bombshell on Royce.
Sep 17 2006
Four boys play out their summer; Royce and Carcetti hit the campaign trail.
Sep 10 2006

Season 3

12 Episodes

A reticent Avon readies his troops for a seemingly endless war against Marlo.
Dec 19 2004
The wire begins to yield info about the Barksdale organization, though links to the top are elusive.
Dec 12 2004
Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar.
Nov 28 2004
Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley, with unexpected results.
Nov 21 2004
With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is no honor among thieves.
Nov 14 2004
Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues.
Nov 07 2004
Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar.
Oct 31 2004
Frustrated in his reform efforts, Colvin delivers a message to the next level of corner management.
Oct 17 2004
West Baltimore residents get some surprising straight talk at a community meeting from Major Colvin.
Oct 10 2004
Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his district's felony numbers.
Oct 03 2004
Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, which are now heavily guarded.
Sep 26 2004
A wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers.
Sep 19 2004

Season 2

12 Episodes

The Detail suffers a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence.
Aug 24 2003
With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move. Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball.
Aug 17 2003
Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe's people are slinging on his turf.
Aug 10 2003
Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy.
Aug 03 2003
McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge of legendary proportions.
Jul 27 2003
Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but a computer is cloned, and when a container goes missing, the cops follow.
Jul 13 2003
Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe.
Jul 06 2003
Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers who aren't buying his alibis about not paying up.
Jun 29 2003
Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back.
Jun 22 2003
Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly.
Jun 15 2003
Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco and a feud begins.
Jun 08 2003
Det. McNulty�exiled to police-boat duty�makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor.
Jun 01 2003

Season 1

13 Episodes

Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority to crack the case.
Sep 08 2002
With the detail's future hanging in the balance, Daniels faces off against Burrell and his political allies.
Sep 01 2002
Burrell orders Daniels to hit dealers for results that will impress the media. Meanwhile, Greggs is in the ICU.
Aug 18 2002
With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels must figure out what to do with him in the time before he testifies.
Aug 11 2002
Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival.
Aug 04 2002
Lessons 1x08
An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of Stringer Bell's car. Later, Omar earns his 'loose cannon' reputation.
Jul 28 2002
Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust.
Jul 21 2002
McNulty and Greggs ask for a delay in a murder bust in order to preserve the wiretap.
Jul 07 2002
McNulty's detail finally gets "clone" pagers to track Barksdale and his gang.
Jun 30 2002
Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant.
Jun 23 2002
The early-morning "field interviews" by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot.
Jun 16 2002
McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is killed.
Jun 09 2002
Baltimore detective Jimmy McNulty gets assigned to a new task force.
Jun 02 2002