The Wire

The Wire

2002 | 5 Seasons | TV-MA
Rules change. The game remains the same.
The Wire

Storyline

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.
  • Creator
  • Genre
  • Type
    Scripted
  • Network
  • Status
    Ended
  • Runtime
    60m
  • First Aired
    2 June 2002
  • Last Aired
    9 March 2008
  • Seasons
    5
  • Episodes
    60
  • Language
    English