The Wire

2002 · 5 seasons · 60 episodes · Série

Directed by David Simon

Starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kenneth Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Jamie Hector

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Angry Bored

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Chris Collins

Cast

Wendell Pierce, Michael Kenneth Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Jamie Hector, Aidan Gillen, Seth Gilliam

Updated October 22, 2026

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