TV SERIES · 2002

The Wire

CrimeDramaThriller59 min per episode

In Baltimore, homicide and narcotics detectives build wiretap cases against West Baltimore drug crews while the series keeps one eye on the police and the other on the people they’re chasing. Dominic West and Wendell Pierce are part of a large ensemble moving through squad rooms, street corners, and city offices, where the war on drugs looks less like a battle than a machine that keeps feeding itself. As investigations spread through the department and the neighborhood, lines between law, survival, and institutional self-interest start to blur.