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. 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. false 2026-05-09 21:49:38 The Wire plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=uDcQbk78CSw 8.626 2002 FR-16 1438 tt0306414 1438 2002-06-02 2002-06-02 2008-03-09 0 Crime Drama HBO admiring angry appreciative awestruck baltimore, usa black project callous candid cautionary clinical commanding corruption cynical depressing dignified docks dramatic drug dealer drug trafficking education system gangster hopeful hopeless horrified informative mayoral election newspaper newspaper reporter objective ominous organized crime police police detective power politics sinister surveillance tense urban decay violence wiretapping workers union 6296 79126 /media/Series/The Wire/folder.jpg /media/Series/The Wire/backdrop.jpg 79126 http://www.thetvdb.com/api/1D62F2F90030C444/series/79126/all/en.zip -1 -1 Ended