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The Wire - Season 1 (2002)  link to The Wire - Season 1 on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 485

poster The Wire - Season 1

IMDb Rating:
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9.3/10 (239144 votes)

Country: USA,

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Greek

Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director(s): Joe Chappelle, Ernest R. Dickerson, Clark Johnson, Ed Bianchi, Steve Shill

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale. Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a local rival, Omar, who's been robbing Barksdale's dealers and reselling the drugs. The supervisor of the investigation, Lt. Cedric Daniels, has to deal with his own problems, such as a corrupt bureaucracy, some of his detectives beating suspects, hard-headed but determined Det. McNulty, and a blackmailing deputy. The show depicts the lives of every part of the drug "food chain", from junkies to dealers, and from cops to politicians.

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Cast:

photo Dominic West Dominic West Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty, 60 episodes, 2002-2008
photo John Doman John Doman Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls, 60 episodes, 2002-2008
photo Deirdre Lovejoy Deirdre Lovejoy Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman, 60 episodes, 2002-2008
photo Wendell Pierce Wendell Pierce Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland, 60 episodes, 2002-2008
photo Lance Reddick Lance Reddick Lt. Cedric Daniels, 60 episodes, 2002-2008

Medium: Media file,

Location: D:\strm\TV\The Wire\The Wire.mp4

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