The Wire

8.6 2002 Crime Drama 618 views

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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.

First episode Seasons & Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

5 seasons

Chargement des épisodes…

E01 63 min

S01 · E01

Le Verdict

Cast

Dominic West

Lance Reddick

Sonja Sohn

Wendell Pierce

Michael Kenneth Williams

Deirdre Lovejoy

Andre Royo

John Doman

Clarke Peters

Jamie Hector

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