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The Wire S1

Release Date: 2 June 2002

• Genre:
• Crime
• Thriller
• Drama

• Wendell Pierce
• John Doman
• Dominic West
• Sheryl Crow

A look into the Baltimore drug scene from both sides, the drug dealers and the law enforcement team tasked with bringing them down, through the story of a detective who leads a joint homicide and narcotics team in the pursuit of drug lord Avon Barksdale.

The Wire S3

• Censorship:
• MPAA
• TV-MA
Release Date: 19 September 2004

• Dominic West
• John Doman
• Idris Elba
• Frankie Faison

Baltimore Police Department resumes its war on drug traffickers, namely the Barksdale Organization and the newly founded Stanfield Organization; only this time local Baltimore politicians are involved, as the Baltimore city council and the mayor’s office get dragged into the deal.