EPISODE
SEASON
The Wire - Season 1
The first season focus on two major groups of characters: the Baltimore police department and a drug dealing organization run by the Barksdale family. Told from the points of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.
18 June 1981, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
14 February 1961, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
11 June 1944, Bronx, New York, USA
26 May 1969, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
23 September 1964, San Francisco, California, USA
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
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.
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
The Wire' doesn't have the pulsating, addictive urgency (or the obvious good guys and bad guys) of '24.
May 15, 2014
As we gradually get to know the players... The Wire grows electric.
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
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.
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.
June 06, 2014
Its straightforward, uncomfortable portrayal of America's urban crisis makes the issues facing urban America difficult to forget.
May 15, 2014
Cheers to these cable cops for exercising their right to make some noise.