Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It
starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After
a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead
a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin
Avon
Barksdale. Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer
Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew,
D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his
own camp, and competition with a local rival, Omar, who's been robbing
Barksdale's dealers and reselling the drugs. The supervisor of the
investigation, Lt. Cedric Daniels, has to deal with his own problems, such as
a corrupt bureaucracy, some of his detectives beating suspects, hard-
headed but determined Det. McNulty, and a blackmailing deputy. The show
depicts the lives of every part of the drug "food chain", from junkies to
dealers, and from cops to politicians.

Season 1, Episode 1: The Target 2 June 2002
Season 1, Episode 2: The Detail 9 June 2002
Season 1, Episode 3: The Buys 16 June 2002
Season 1, Episode 4: Old Cases 23 June 2002
Season 1, Episode 5: The Pager 30 June 2002
Season 1, Episode 6: The Wire 7 July 2002
Season 1, Episode 7: One Arrest 21 July 2002
Season 1, Episode 8: Lessons 28 July 2002
Season 1, Episode 9: Game Day 4 August 2002
Season 1, Episode 10: The Cost 11 August 2002
Season 1, Episode 11: The Hunt 18 August 2002
Season 1, Episode 12: Cleaning Up 1 September 2002
Season 1, Episode 13: Sentencing 8 September 2002