The Wire

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Baltimore's grinding drug war unfolds from every side — the cops, the dealers, the politicians, and the ordinary people caught between them.

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  1. 1h 3m
    Episode 1

    The Target

    Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty talks himself into trouble and lands on a detail of narcotics castoffs assigned to the Barksdale drug operation in the towers.

  2. 58m
    Episode 2

    The Detail

    A witness who testified against D'Angelo turns up dead and the heat lands on McNulty. Herc, Carver and Prez go looking for trouble at the high-rises and find it.

  3. 56m
    Episode 3

    The Buys

    Early-morning field interviews by Herc, Carver and Prez end in a small riot and bad press for the department. Down in the pit, D'Angelo teaches Wallace and Bodie chess.

  4. 1h 0m
    Episode 4

    Old Cases

    Greggs and McNulty work on turning a suspect into an informant as the arraignments begin. Barksdale puts a bounty on the head of the stickup man Omar.

  5. 1h 0m
    Episode 5

    The Pager

    The detail finally gets clone pagers on the Barksdale crew, but nobody can crack the callers' codes. In the pit, Stringer coaches D'Angelo and flushes for a snitch.

  6. 1h 0m
    Episode 6

    The Wire

    Rawls wants an early arrest on three murders linked to the Barksdales, and McNulty and Greggs argue for time to protect the wiretap. Wallace wrestles with his conscience.

  7. 1h 0m
    Episode 7

    One Arrest

    The wire gives up a bust, but it makes Avon and Stringer suspicious enough to close down the pit. Bunk and McNulty hunt another witness in the Gant killing.

  8. 57m
    Episode 8

    Lessons

    An unlikely source hands McNulty the tag off Stringer Bell's car. Greggs and Carver take a congressional aide carrying dirty cash and are made to let him walk.

  9. 57m
    Episode 9

    Game Day

    Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival, and Omar resurfaces with a bang.

  10. 56m
    Episode 10

    The Cost

    With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels puzzle over what to do with him in the months before he testifies. Sydnor and Carver find a Barksdale stash house.

  11. 57m
    Episode 11

    The Hunt

    Burrell orders Daniels to hit corners for numbers that will play in the press. Bubbles works the projects for McNulty, and Freamon concludes there is a rat in the detail.

  12. 57m
    Episode 12

    Cleaning Up

    With the low-rise pay phones dead, McNulty and Daniels go after a tap on the Barksdale office. Daniels squares off against Burrell and his political allies over the detail.

  13. 1h 6m
    Episode 13

    Sentencing

    With the heat up in the high-rises, Daniels and McNulty go over Burrell's head, betting that every crew has a weak link and the Barksdales are no different.