The Wire - Season 1 - Eps 5: The Pager

Name: Eps 5: The Pager
Released: 2002-06-30
Rating: 4.3

2002-06-30 • 60 min • ⭐ 8.6/10

"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale. McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale and his gang, but nobody can crack the codes used by the callers. Meanwhile, Bell instructs D'Angelo on how to school his lookouts while simultaneously flushing out a possible snitch. Later, Carver and Herc find Bodie, but their interrogation doesn't turn up results.

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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.