The Wire

About The Wire

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.

HBO's The Wire is a crime series. Its themes are organized crime, informative, awestruck, and depressing.

It ran for 5 seasons and 60 episodes between June 2002 and March 2008. Seasons run to about 12 episodes.

Dominic West leads the cast as Jimmy McNulty, Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels, Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs, and Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland. It was produced by Blown Deadline Productions and HBO.

American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel. Designated Survivor, The Ark, and Patriot make useful companions to The Wire, all filed under appreciative, commanding, and dignified. TMDB voters put it at 8.6 out of 10 across 2,893 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.