The Wire
2002·Show
·60Episodes in5Seasons·


About
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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.
Baltimore CrimeWar on DrugsSystemic CorruptionMoral AmbiguityPolice ProceduralComplex NarrativeBleak RealismPolitical IntrigueEnsemble Cast
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Crew
Directed by:
Joe Chappelle, Ernest R. Dickerson, Ed Bianchi
Written by:
David Simon, Ed Burns, George Pelecanos
Produced by:
Nina K. Noble, Joe Chappelle, Ed Burns
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