The Wire
Police, dealers, dockworkers, politicians, teachers and reporters in Baltimore, each caught in failing institutions.
- Type
- TV series
- Released
- 2002
- Creator
- David Simon
- Length
- 5 seasons, 60 ep · A long haul
- Rated
- TV Parental Guidelines TV-MA
Genres
Crime · Drama · Drug-trade crime · Police procedural · Social realism
What it feels like
Class & inequality · Crime & justice · Politics & social systems · Race & the legacy of slavery · Bleak