The Wire - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Target
'... 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 investigating drug lord Avon Barksdale and his powerful operation in Franklin Terrace. Meanwhile, Avon's nephew D'Angelo is fresh off beating a murder rap, but he finds himself demoted upon his return to the gang.
About The Wire
Title: The Wire
First Air Date: 2002-06-02
Last Air Date: 2008-03-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.605/10 (from 2482 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 60
Network: HBO
Genres: Crime, Drama
Production Companies: Blown Deadline Productions, HBO
Synopsis
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
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
Lance Reddick
Cedric Daniels
Sonja Sohn
Kima Greggs
Wendell Pierce
Bunk Moreland
Michael Kenneth Williams
Omar Little
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
Andre Royo
Bubbles
John Doman
William Rawls
Clarke Peters
Lester Freamon
Jamie Hector
Marlo Stanfield