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The Wire (2002) is a crime, drama web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Wire online in HD.

The Wire — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: David Simon
• Starring: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kenneth Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, John Doman

The Wire — Series Details

The Wire — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: The Target (2002-06-02) — "… when it's not your turn." – McNulty.

  Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with inves

• E2: The Detail (2002-06-09) — "You cannot lose if you do not play." – Marla Daniels.

  McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered. Meanwhile, Greggs is given the lay o

• E3: The Buys (2002-06-16) — "The king stay the king." – D'Angelo.

  The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot, a boy losing an eye and some bad publicity for the de

• E4: Old Cases (2002-06-23) — "It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." – Bubbles.

  Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant as arraignment begins for those caught in the raid. Barksdale plac

• E5: The Pager (2002-06-30) — "..a little slow, a little late." – Avon Barksdale.

  McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale and his gang, but nobody can crack the codes used by the call

• E6: The Wire (2002-07-07) — "..and all the pieces matter." – Freamon.

  When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linked to D'Angelo and Avon Barksdale, McNulty and Greggs must ar

• E7: One Arrest (2002-07-21) — "A man must have a code." – Bunk.

  Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust, but the incident makes Avon and Stringer suspicious, leading them to clos

• E8: Lessons (2002-07-28) — "Come at the king, you best not miss." – Omar.

  An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanwhile, Greggs and Carver bust a congressional aide

• E9: Game Day (2002-08-04) — "Maybe we won." – Herc.

  Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver take some cash off of Wee-Bey's hands, and Omar re

• E10: The Cost (2002-08-11) — "And then he dropped the bracelets…" – Greggs.

  With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him in the months before he testifies. Sydnor and

• E11: The Hunt (2002-08-18) — "Dope on the damn table." – Daniels.

  The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Burrell orders Daniels to hit drug dealers for results that wil

• E12: Cleaning Up (2002-09-01) — "This is me, yo, right here." – Wallace.

  The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so McNulty and Daniels try to keep pace by tapping Barksdale's office. Bodie gets new respon

• E13: Sentencing (2002-09-08) — "all in the game…" – Traditional West Baltimore.

  Every crew has weak links–including Avon Barksdale's. With the heat turned up in the high-rises, Daniels and McNulty turn to

Season 2

• E1: Ebb Tide (2003-06-01) — 'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' — Little Big Roy

  Det. Jimmy McNulty–exiled to police-boat duty–makes a shocking discovery in the Baltimore harbor. Bodie drives to Philly to

• E2: Collateral Damage (2003-06-08) — 'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' — McNulty

  Major Valchek gets back at Sobotka for the church gift fiasco, and a feud begins. Valchek ups the ante by asking De

• E3: Hot Shots (2003-06-15) — 'What they need is a union.' — Russell

  Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a container ship, to Philly. Lt. Cedric Daniels–disgusted with his exile to the evidence control

• E4: Hard Cases (2003-06-22) — 'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' — Greggs

  Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for stealing the cameras and orders him to bring the cargo back–too late. McNulty is on a sel

• E5: Undertow (2003-06-29) — 'They used to make steel there, no?' — Spiros Vondas

  Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to drug dealers. Unable to dump the homicide investigation on other agencies, Rawls measures Bu

• E6: All Prologue (2003-07-06) — 'It don't matter that some fool say he different…' — D'Angelo

  Trying to let go of police work and return to his marriage, McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe. In their

• E7: Backwash (2003-07-13) — 'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' — Horseface

  Russell tells Sobotka the investigation is over, but, in fact, a port computer is cloned, and when a container goes mis

• E8: Duck and Cover (2003-07-27) — 'How come they don't fly away?' — Ziggy

  McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken binge. Urged by fellow stevedores to fight Maui, Ziggy is again humiliated. Worried about Mc

• E9: Stray Rounds (2003-08-03) — 'The world is a smaller place now.' — The Greek

  Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper

• E10: Storm Warnings (2003-08-10) — 'It pays to go with the union card every time.' — Ziggy

  The Detail uses satellite technology to its advantage. Bodie is unhappy that Proposition Joe's people are slinging on his

• E11: Bad Dreams (2003-08-17) — 'I need to get clean' — Sobotka

  With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate move, and Daniels reams out Landsman for dropping the ball. Nick's deceit is in the open as S

• E12: Port in a Storm (2003-08-24) — 'Business. Always business.' — The Greek

  The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bunk revisit Philly to look for evidence. Brother Mouzone talks with Stringer Bell about thei

Season 3

• E1: Time After Time (2004-09-19) — "Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." — Bodie

  A wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers, forcin

• E2: All Due Respect (2004-09-26) — "There's never been a paper bag." — Colvin

  Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, now heavily guarded. Under orders from Stringer Bell, Bodie faces a critical

• E3: Dead Soldiers (2004-10-03) — "The gods will not save you." — Burrell

  Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his district's felony numbers; a blown wiretap forces Daniels's

• E4: Amsterdam (2004-10-10) — "Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" — Fruit

  West Baltimore residents get surprising straight talk at a community meeting from Major Colvin. Bubbles finds gainful emplo

• E5: Straight and True (2004-10-17) — "I had such fuckin' hopes for us." — McNulty

  Frustrated in his grass-roots reform efforts, Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels's detail and personally delivers a m

• E6: Homecoming (2004-10-31) — "Just a gangster, I suppose." — Avon Barksdale

  Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar and deliver a searing mess

• E7: Back Burners (2004-11-07) — "Conscience do cost." — Butchie

  Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues. Daniels blows a gasket over the real reason the detail was

• E8: Moral Midgetry (2004-11-14) — "Crawl, walk, and then run." — Clay Davis

  With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is no honor among thieves. Prez impresses the detail with what

• E9: Slapstick (2004-11-21) — "…while you're waiting for moments that never come." — Freamon

  Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley, with unanticipated results.

• E10: Reformation (2004-11-28) — "Call it a crisis of leadership." — Proposition Joe

  Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar, who has his own plan

• E11: Middle Ground (2004-12-12) — "We ain't gotta dream no more." — Stringer Bell

  The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization, while Stringer and Avon reminisce on how far they have come

• E12: Mission Accomplished (2004-12-19) — "…we fight on the lie." — Slim Charles

  In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon readies his troops for a war against Marlo. Meanwhile, as the detail works towards the top ru

Season 4

• E1: Boys of Summer (2006-09-10) — "Lambs to the slaughter here." – Marcia Donnelly

  Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation as the new fall school year approaches. Bo

• E2: Soft Eyes (2006-09-17) — "I still wake up white in a city that ain't." – Carcetti

  In the hopes of possibly saving her job, Pearlman and Freamon continue arguing over the subpoenas, as the election draws c

• E3: Home Rooms (2006-09-24) — "I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." – Namond Brice

  Prez is shocked by his students; Royce strikes back against Carcetti; Rawls begins to gut the major ca

• E4: Refugees (2006-10-01) — "No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." – Prez

  Freamon and Greggs move to Homicide, while Herc and Dozerman join Marimow in the lackluster Major Crimes Unit. Cutty gets a

• E5: Alliances (2006-10-08) — "If you with us, you with us." – Chris Partlow

  Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support; Chris Partlow tries to recruit Michael to become a soldier in Marlo's unit; Dukie shows

• E6: Margin of Error (2006-10-15) — "Don't try this shit at home." – Norman Wilson

  Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Randy is accused of a serious transgression. Colvin's special class gets its first enlistees

• E7: Unto Others (2006-10-29) — "Aw yeah. That golden rule." – The Bunk

  Omar calls in a favor to the police; Carcetti gets advice from the ex-mayor and then Mayor Royce and his team; Cutty finds out why Spider h

• E8: Corner Boys (2006-11-05) — "We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." – Zenobia

  Prez wants to teach off curriculum. Carcetti visits the Homicide Department and goes on ride-a-longs for drug bu

• E9: Know Your Place (2006-11-12) — "Might as well dump 'em, get another." – Proposition Joe

  Herc and Dozerman search for Little Kevin; Omar gets out of jail; Carcetti has his first meeting with the City Council; Pr

• E10: Misgivings (2006-11-19) — "World goin' one way, people another." -Poot

  Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teaches him a lesson; Commissioner Burrell gets advice from Senator Davis; Little Kevin has a t

• E11: A New Day (2006-11-26) — "You play in dirt, you get dirty." – McNulty

  Randy has trouble with his friends at school, while Carcetti faces a huge dilemma. Meanwhile, Omar visits Proposition Joe, while Fream

• E12: That's Got His Own (2006-12-03) — "That all there is to it?" – Bubbles

  While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes around the chain of command after being rebuked by Landsman. Carcetti finds that his prom

• E13: Final Grades (2006-12-10) — "If animal trapped call 410-844-6286" – Baltimore, traditional

  Burrell tries to help Daniels. Bubbles' big plan backfires and leaves him in big trouble, Colvin tries to find a sol

Season 5

• E1: More with Less (2008-01-06) — "The bigger the lie, the more they believe." – Bunk Moreland.

  McNulty and the detail continue to stake out Marlo and his crew. Recently promoted Sergeant Carver is met with compl

• E2: Unconfirmed Reports (2008-01-13) — "This ain't Aruba, bitch." – Bunk Moreland

  Freamon keeps a look out for Marlo, who is putting together a deal with Avon Barksdale. Davis goes to Burrell for help, but finds that

• E3: Not for Attribution (2008-01-20) — "They're dead where it doesn't count." – Fletcher

  Mayor Carcetti's police department plan is leaked. Marlo turns to Proposition Joe for help. Meanwhile, McNulty strikes up an un

• E4: Transitions (2008-01-27) — "Buyer's market out there." – Templeton

  Omar plots his revenge for his former associates murder now that he's returned from exile. Gus stresses the need for a city-court reporter,

• E5: React Quotes (2008-02-03) — "Just because they're in the street doesn't mean they lack opinions." – Haynes

  While the crew awaits a showdown with Omar, Marlo celebrates a business deal. Meanwhile, at the Sun,

• E6: The Dickensian Aspect (2008-02-10) — "If you have a problem with this. I understand completely." – Freamon

  Marlo's crew goes on full alert after Omar's mysterious disappearance. Meanwhile, Carcetti concentrates on th

• E7: Took (2008-02-17) — "They don't teach it in law school." – Pearlman

  After cooking up another scheme for the homeless case, McNulty and Lester become popular figures. Davis is set for his day in court

• E8: Clarifications (2008-02-24) — "A lie ain't a side of a story. It's just a lie." – Terry Hanning

  A shift in the police department sends Carver to a new location. Meanwhile, Carcetti is forced to put his politic

• E9: Late Editions (2008-03-02) — "Deserve got nuthin' to do with it." – Snoop

  A promising lead makes Freamon's hard work worthwhile, although McNulty doesn't feel like a celebration. Michael is suspicious about h

• E10: -30- (2008-03-09) — "…the life of kings." – H.L. Mencken

  A damaging report by Pearlman and Daniels gets a reaction from Carcetti, while Haynes finds little support for his concerns about a reporter

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Wire have? 5 season(s) with 60 episodes.

Who created The Wire? David Simon.

Where can I watch The Wire? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.