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The Wire

2002

02/06/2002 - 09/03/2008

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.

Creator(s) David Simon
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 60
Networks(s) HBO
Production Company(s) Blown Deadline Productions, Anthony Hemingway Productions

Resources

Videos

How I Wrote The Wire (David Simon's Writing Process)

The Wire - Why Every Season Matters

The Wire - How Stringer Bell Manipulates Everyone

Why The Wire is one of the Most Brilliant TV Shows ever

The Wire - Omar Little's Flexible Morality

The Wire - The Life Cycle of the Game

Podcasts

The Gods Will Not Save You: The Wire Revisited: ReWired Podcast: The Wire: Stripped: 'The Wire' - Way Down In the Hole: The Wire at 20:

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