The Wire (2002)
2002 · 5 seasons · Crime, Drama
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.
Created by David Simon. Starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce and Michael Kenneth Williams.
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