The Wire - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Target

Name: Eps 1: The Target
Released: 2002-06-02
Rating: 4.3

2002-06-02 • 63 min • ⭐ 8.6/10

'... when it's not your turn.' - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating drug lord Avon Barksdale and his powerful operation in Franklin Terrace. Meanwhile, Avon's nephew D'Angelo is fresh off beating a murder rap, but he finds himself demoted upon his return to the gang.

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About The Wire

Title: The Wire

First Air Date: 2002-06-02

Last Air Date: 2008-03-09

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.6/10 (from 2308 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 60

Network: HBO

Genres: Crime, Drama

Production Companies: Blown Deadline Productions, HBO

Synopsis

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.