The Wire

2002 • Crime, Drama

8.6(2,897 votes)

Listen carefully.

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.

Created by

David Simon

Seasons

5 season(s), 60 episodes

Status

Ended