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The Wire

HBO · 2002–2008 · Ended · Drama · Crime · ★ 8.9/10

The first season of The Wire (2002) concentrated on the often-futile efforts of police to infiltrate a West Baltimore drug ring headed by Avon Barksdale and his lieutenant, Stringer Bell. In Seasons Two and Three, as the Barksdale investigation escalated, new storylines involving pressures on the working class and the city's political leadership were introduced. Season Four focused on the stories of several young boys in the public school system, struggling with problems at home and the lure of the corner - set against the rise of a new drug empire in West Baltimore and a new Mayor in City Hall. The fifth and final season of The Wire centers on the media's role in addressing - or failing to address - the fundamental political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series, while also resolving storylines of the numerous characters woven throughout the narrative arc of the show.

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The Wire episode guide

Season 1 · 13 episodes · Jun 2, 2002 – Sep 8, 2002
  1. The Target
  2. The Detail
  3. The Buys
  4. Old Cases
  5. The Pager
  6. The Wire
  7. One Arrest
  8. Lessons
  9. Game Day
  10. The Cost
  11. The Hunt
  12. Cleaning Up
  13. Sentencing
Season 2 · 12 episodes · Jun 1, 2003 – Aug 24, 2003
  1. Ebb Tide
  2. Collateral Damage
  3. Hot Shots
  4. Hard Cases
  5. Undertow
  6. All Prologue
  7. Backwash
  8. Duck and Cover
  9. Stray Rounds
  10. Storm Warnings
  11. Bad Dreams
  12. Port in a Storm
Season 3 · 12 episodes · Sep 19, 2004 – Dec 19, 2004
  1. Time After Time
  2. All Due Respect
  3. Dead Soldiers
  4. Hamsterdam
  5. Straight and True
  6. Homecoming
  7. Back Burners
  8. Moral Midgetry
  9. Slapstick
  10. Reformation
  11. Middle Ground
  12. Mission Accomplished
Season 4 · 13 episodes · Sep 10, 2006 – Dec 10, 2006
  1. Boys of Summer
  2. Soft Eyes
  3. Home Rooms
  4. Refugees
  5. Alliances
  6. Margin of Error
  7. Unto Others
  8. Corner Boys
  9. Know Your Place
  10. Misgivings
  11. A New Day
  12. That's Got His Own
  13. Final Grades
Season 5 · 10 episodes · Jan 6, 2008 – Mar 9, 2008
  1. More with Less
  2. Unconfirmed Reports
  3. Not for Attribution
  4. Transitions
  5. React Quotes
  6. The Dickensian Aspect
  7. Took
  8. Clarifications
  9. Late Editions
  10. -30-

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