Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: June 2, 2002
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 60
Networks: HBO
Genres: Crime, Drama

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The Wire(2002)
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TMDB Rating: 8.6 (2355 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

13 episodes • 2002Avg: 8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Target	Jun 2, 2002	7.6
2	The Detail	Jun 9, 2002	8.0
3	The Buys	Jun 16, 2002	7.9
4	Old Cases	Jun 23, 2002	7.8
5	The Pager	Jun 30, 2002	7.8
6	The Wire	Jul 7, 2002	8.0
7	One Arrest	Jul 21, 2002	8.3
8	Lessons	Jul 28, 2002	8.0
9	Game Day	Aug 4, 2002	8.4
10	The Cost	Aug 11, 2002	8.4
11	The Hunt	Aug 18, 2002	8.5
12	Cleaning Up	Sep 1, 2002	8.4
13	Sentencing	Sep 8, 2002	8.7

Season 2

12 episodes • 2003Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Ebb Tide	Jun 1, 2003	7.9
2	Collateral Damage	Jun 8, 2003	7.9
3	Hot Shots	Jun 15, 2003	8.0
4	Hard Cases	Jun 22, 2003	7.9
5	Undertow	Jun 29, 2003	7.9
6	All Prologue	Jul 6, 2003	8.0
7	Backwash	Jul 13, 2003	7.6
8	Duck and Cover	Jul 27, 2003	7.7
9	Stray Rounds	Aug 3, 2003	8.0
10	Storm Warnings	Aug 10, 2003	8.4
11	Bad Dreams	Aug 17, 2003	8.6
12	Port in a Storm	Aug 24, 2003	8.5

Season 3

12 episodes • 2004Avg: 8.2Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Time After Time	Sep 19, 2004	7.9
2	All Due Respect	Sep 26, 2004	8.1
3	Dead Soldiers	Oct 3, 2004	7.9
4	Amsterdam	Oct 10, 2004	8.0
5	Straight and True	Oct 17, 2004	8.0
6	Homecoming	Oct 31, 2004	8.3
7	Back Burners	Nov 7, 2004	8.1
8	Moral Midgetry	Nov 14, 2004	8.5
9	Slapstick	Nov 21, 2004	8.1
10	Reformation	Nov 28, 2004	8.4
11	Middle Ground	Dec 12, 2004	8.9
12	Mission Accomplished	Dec 19, 2004	8.3

Season 4

13 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Boys of Summer	Sep 10, 2006	7.8
2	Soft Eyes	Sep 17, 2006	8.2
3	Home Rooms	Sep 24, 2006	8.2
4	Refugees	Oct 1, 2006	7.9
5	Alliances	Oct 8, 2006	7.8
6	Margin of Error	Oct 15, 2006	8.1
7	Unto Others	Oct 29, 2006	7.9
8	Corner Boys	Nov 5, 2006	8.0
9	Know Your Place	Nov 12, 2006	7.8
10	Misgivings	Nov 19, 2006	8.1
11	A New Day	Nov 26, 2006	8.3
12	That's Got His Own	Dec 3, 2006	8.3
13	Final Grades	Dec 10, 2006	8.8

Season 5

10 episodes • 2008Avg: 8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	More with Less	Jan 6, 2008	7.8
2	Unconfirmed Reports	Jan 13, 2008	7.9
3	Not for Attribution	Jan 20, 2008	8.1
4	Transitions	Jan 27, 2008	8.3
5	React Quotes	Feb 3, 2008	8.2
6	The Dickensian Aspect	Feb 10, 2008	8.0
7	Took	Feb 17, 2008	8.0
8	Clarifications	Feb 24, 2008	8.3
9	Late Editions	Mar 2, 2008	8.5
10	-30-	Mar 9, 2008	8.8

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