Status
Ended
Network
HBO
SEASON
EPISODE

Crime, Drama

DESCRIPTION

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.

Season 1

Aired 22 years ago - Sep 08, 2002

"all in the game..." -- Traditional West Baltimore In the season finale, Greggs finds the strength to finger "Little Man" as one of the men who shot her. Daniels and McNulty go to the feds with crushing evidence about some Baltimore politicians tied to Barksdale, thinking they finally have him. However, the Feds only want the politiicans and not Barksdale. D'Angelo can't swing a deal, and cops to a possession charge and 20 years hard time after a talk with his mother. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Sep 01, 2002

"This is me, yo, right here." -- Wallace After the Barksdale's supply gets confiscated in another bust, Stringer gives more new rules to the crew. Avon and Stringer meet with Levy to discuss the next steps, which include the elimination of any and all persons that can connect Barksdale to the drugs. Wallace goes back to the pit and asks to be let back in but Stringer has another plan for Wallace. Stringer then asks Bodie to take Wallace's old job. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Aug 18, 2002

"Dope on the damn table." -- Daniels While Greggs' life hangs in the balance, the officers deals with the shock in many different ways. Herc, Carver, and Syndor get back on the case after Freamon puts the incident into perspective. After seeing McNulty close to the breaking point, Rawls instructs him not to have any guilty over Gregg's shooting because he's not the one responsible. Daniels is ordered by the Deputy Commissioner to raid all the locations to appease the Commissioner's desire for "dope on the table." MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Aug 11, 2002

"And then he dropped the bracelets..." -- Greggs After being clean for three days straight, Bubbles gets some strong advice from another former addict named Walon. He also gets a promise of extra help from Detective Greggs. When Omar's murder attempt on Avon Barksdale fails, Stringer lays down some new laws for the Barksdale crew. There will be no phone use, no more money runs, a new pager number and anyone that needs to talk to Avon has to go through Stringer first. They also send a word to Omar that a truce will be offered to him. As the team goes through their setup of one of Barksdale's people, one of the officers gets shot. MORE -LESS

Recap of The Wire Season 1 Episode 10 (S01E10) - 1
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See, if they on you, then they got a name.
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They do, but Phelan was named to finish Halpern's term...
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who always calls back from a pay phone way the fuck out in north-west.
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Nobody but you. You're the only person that came in my house.
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They're not there yet, but when this kid here posts, snatch him up.
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-They said they want to parley on it. -Parley?
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Avon Barksdale?
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Cheese puffs and fucking Ring-Dings?
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Guess who's up in here.
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How about anything else like that?
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It's enough to charge him, anyway.
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I fuckin' need a fuckin' lawyer.
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You have a gift for the paper trail.
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I have a list of recent events, Your Honor, that justify an order.
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Look, the charge is on me. I understand that, I'll carry that.
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We know we have a month more to go and we're not gonna let up.
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The man I'm talking about can't have his shit taken like that. That won't do.
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What's up, baby?
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-Excuse me? -Bitch, you work at a TV station.
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Don't go there, Officer. Don't go there.
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and this motherfucker's steady kicking my ass trying to get away.
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God damn.
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follow the entire Westside drug supply in and out of the place?
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And the computer has Avon Barksdale entered as an active Baltimore city target.
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You can't see faces without those?
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Call from Deputy Commissioner for you. You want it in here?
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Did you think about that?
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These people do not touch the drugs. They don't go near the drugs.
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Look here, homes, I ain't asked for much, but I'm a little light on traveling money.
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I'll be going in back. It'll be up under the rear seat.
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That sign said Longwood, but I could swear this was Warwick.
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Aired 22 years ago - Aug 04, 2002

"Maybe we won." - Herc Freamon gets Syndor and Prez started on the Barksdale money trail. They discover the usual ties to dummy companies, but they also find large sums of political contributions. Herc and Carver bust Wee-Bey holding $22.000 but only $15,000 is reported. Lieutenant Daniels discovers the discrepancy and orders them to find the money before the morning roll call. Omar's mission takes him to Proposition Joe where he promptly offers another recently stolen Barksdale stash to Joe in exchange for Avon's pager number. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jul 28, 2002

"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar McNulty has his sons play the game of "front and follow" with Stringer Bell as the target at a local market, and the two get Bell's license plate number. As a result, the two get Stringer's license plate number and McNulty couldn't be happier. Greggs and Carver bust a driver picking up a suspiciously large amount of cash from the Towers, only they are forced to return the money on orders of the Deputy Commissioner. Avon finds out about Orlando's inquiries about branching out into "dirty" business, and makes it clear to Orlando that the plan will never happen. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jul 21, 2002

"A man must have a code." - Bunk Greggs, Herc, Carver, and Syndor grab the runner who is holding the re-up stash for the pit. Now that the cops have the stash, a furious Avon begins to question D'Angelo about a possible snitch in the pit. D'Angelo says it can't be possible and he knows nothing of a snitch. Stringer tells D'Angelo and his crew they are to now use pay phones a block away and to not use the same phone twice. This in turn disconnects all the detective's wiretaps they fought so long to get. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jul 07, 2002

"..and all the pieces matter." - Freamon Brandon's bloodied body is discovered in a lot that coincidentally is located next to Poot and Wallace's home. Wallace in turn, reports this to D'Angelo, and tells him about how seeing Brandon's boy has started to bother him. D'Angelo tells Wallace that he needs to get over it, but Wallace is still unsure about all he is involved in. Wallace gets even more unsettled about the situation after Avon rewards D'Angelo and him with extra cash for their parts in getting Brandon taken care of in the first place. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 30, 2002

"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale Avon becomes more and more suspicious, he orders Wee-Bey to change phone lines in his apartment and promotes Stinkum to manage a new territory. He gets word that one of Omar's crew members has been "got". Stringer Bell warns D'Angelo that a snitch may be in his camp. The detectives get their affidavit approved for a cloned pager but they are puzzled when the numbers they receive are not regular Baltimore phone numbers.. Herc and Carver catch up with Bodie and attempt to interrogate him. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 23, 2002

"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles Bodie manages to slip through security and escape from lockup. Meanwhile Herc and Carver continue their renegade ways by travelling to Marlboro to find Bodie and beat him into giving up information on the case. Once they get there, Herc has a change of attitude after meeting Bodie's grandmother. Furious at being robbed of his product during the "re-up", Avon Barksdale instructs Stinkum, Wee-Bey and Stringer to double the existing reward to anyone who eliminates Omar and his crew. When Bodie returns to the pit, he explains how no jail can hold him because he's too tough. He further challenges D'Angelo's mettle by implying that D'Angelo's weak. D'Angelo responds by telling how he killed one of Avon Barksdale's ex-girlfriends after she threatened to give Avon up to the police. AFter hearing this, Bodie becomes cautiously impressed. Sgt. Landsman tells Major Rawls that despite all the screw ups, McNulty's tenacity and obsession with getting the job done usually results in closed cases and that the Major should probably cut McNulty some slack. Detective Freamon discovers D'Angelo's pager number just when Greggs and McNulty figure out a cloned pager could be the advantage they need. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 16, 2002

"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo After early morning "field interviews" conducted by Herc, Carver and Prez lead to a minor riot and bad publicity for the police, Daniels gets called in by the Deputy Commissioner. McNulty sends Mahone and Polk to the terrace to get a photo of Avon Barksdale. They come up short but soft- spoken Freamon comes through with an old photo from Barksdale's boxing days. McNulty and Greggs visit FBI agent Fitzhugh to try and obtain some surveillance equipment. D'Angelo delivers the daily count to Stringer Bell who in turn, gives D'Angelo a bonus. Later, while Bodie and D'Angelo wait for the new supply to arrive, D'Angelo offers to get food. While he's gone Bodie, Stinkum and the crew go to retrieve the new supply only renegade dealer Omar and his crew get there and steal the drugs for themselves. The next day D'Angelo gets chewed out by Wee Bey -- a Barksdale enforcer -- for not being around when the incident happened. After getting chided by his superiors, Lieutenant Daniels mobilizes the team to raid "The Pit". Bodie hits one of the detectives while getting arrested and the rest of the officers proceed to beat Bodie. McNulty secretly meets with agent Fitzhugh who tells him to watch out for Lieutenant Daniels -- who might be on the take. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 09, 2002

"You cannot lose if you do not play." - Marla Daniels The witness who testified against D'Angelo winds up being a murder case for "Bunk" Moreland. However, McNulty tells Bunk that since the victim testified against D'Angelo, this murder was probably ordered by Avon Barkdsdale. McNulty and Bunk pick up D'Angelo for questioning and convince him to write an "apology" to the victim's family. Just as he's about to start, D'Angelo's attorney arrives and makes him leave. Meanwhile in "The Pit", Detective Greggs gets some inside information courtesy of Bubbles. New investigation team member Prez arrives with a heavy reputation of incompetence, which worries Lieutenant Daniels. Daniels's concerns are supported when Prez teams up with Herc and Carver to make their own moves in the case by going to the projects to "bust heads" for information. Things backfire and a quasi riot ensues. MORE -LESS

Aired 22 years ago - Jun 02, 2002

"... when it's not your turn." - McNultyDuring the trial of D'Angelo Barksdale, a mid-level dealer accused of murder, the prosecution's star witness recants her testimony, resulting in a not guilty verdict. After the trial, Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty is taken to task for his indiscretion. Meanwhile, D'Angelo is free to return to work, but he soon discovers that he's been demoted. MORE -LESS

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-Guess what he says. -What?
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-Your witness. -Thank you.
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And is that the guard booth in the lobby of the Fremont Avenue high-rise?
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-Yeah. -Good.
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That's the price that you were going to quote me?
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Wait on the drop, take the car when it's deep in the block.
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Look at this.
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Detective. Judge asked to speak with you.
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Barksdale has five out of seven towers in the Terrace.
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You got submission numbers for the ECU?
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It's the chain-of-command, baby, the shit always rolls downhill.
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Call Andrews at DEA. See what they have on this mope.
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-What about? -Fuck should I know, I'm only your sergeant.
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who's supposedly beat my unit out of 10 murders.
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Look, sir, this judge, he fucks me up.
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It's your fucking truck.
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I don't plan on knowing shit about jail, you feel me?
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You ain't said one motherfucking thing I want to hear.
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Don't it make your dick bust concrete to be in the same room...
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I'll go this against $10, you're riding the boat, midnight shift.
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You show us you can run the Pit, and you'll be back uptown soon enough.
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Lieutenant, in my hand, I'm holding how many pages?
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All right, give me the real.
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Somebody snapping pictures, they got the whole damn thing.
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This shit happen again, you off the money. You hear me?
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No long surveillances, no Kel recorders, no DNRs.
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Keep me briefed.
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-You up on a wire? -That and more.
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and I gotta shut it down by the end of the month.
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Hold up, hold up, you fucking me up. Chill out.
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What we need to do is, motherfucker burned us for $30.
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see if anything can be manufactured.
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Two days ago no one on this fucking floor knew this mope's name.
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Let's call it a night.
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Downtown, yeah.