EPISODE
SEASON
The Wire - Season 1
A complicated crime drama set in Baltimore, Maryland, that follows the thread of a single police investigation, from the perspectives of both law-enforcement officials and the criminals they're pursuing.
18 May 1980, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
16 November 1981, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
1 September 1962, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
28 October 1992, Maryland, USA
4 October 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 May 1978, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 June 1979, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1962, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
May 15, 2014
Joining Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Sopranos on this pedestal is The Wire, a scorching look at the drug trade in a Baltimore housing project through the eyes of mid-level dealers and police.
May 15, 2014
As we gradually get to know the players... The Wire grows electric.
May 15, 2014
The Wire may just leave you with a slightly better understanding of people we spend most of our lives ignoring or avoiding. And that's reason enough to follow where [David] Simon leads.
May 15, 2014
There's much that resonates here more powerfully than in your tidy beat-down and lock-'em-up broadcast story line.
May 15, 2014
Cheers to these cable cops for exercising their right to make some noise.
June 06, 2014
Its straightforward, uncomfortable portrayal of America's urban crisis makes the issues facing urban America difficult to forget.
May 15, 2014
Those who stick with the show for two or three episodes are going to find themselves caring about people with whom they may never have imagined becoming acquainted.
May 15, 2014
The Wire' doesn't have the pulsating, addictive urgency (or the obvious good guys and bad guys) of '24.
June 06, 2014
The story's details make for startling drama, but the framework surrounds a rich cast of characters who give The Wire its heart and mind.
May 15, 2014
It's a murky world with no clear good guys made all the more unclear by stories, characters and motivations that unfold at a snail's pace.
