The Wire

2002·Show
60Episodes in5Seasons
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Energy
❤️Heart
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🎭Humor
🌍World
🛠️Craft
🎨Style

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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.
Gritty Urban RealismSystemic Social CritiqueCrime Drama MasterpieceIn-Depth Character StudyPolitical BureaucracyWar on Drugs DeconstructionComplex Narrative WeavingUnflinching PortrayalPhilosophical UndercuttingBaltimore Chronicle

Actors

Crew

Directed by:
Ernest R. Dickerson, Joe Chappelle, Steve Shill
Written by:
David Simon, Ed Burns, George Pelecanos
Produced by:
Nina K. Noble, Joe Chappelle, Eric Overmyer

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