The Wire (2002)

On the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes you need more than a badge to tell them apart. Season 1 follows a single spraw...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.4

The Target

'... when it's not your turn.' - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets...

Jun 02, 2002 • 63m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.0

The Detail

'You cannot lose if you do not play.' - Marla Daniels. McNulty feels the heat when a witn...

Jun 09, 2002 • 58m

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EP 03 ⭐ 7.8

The Buys

"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo. The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Car...

Jun 16, 2002 • 56m

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EP 04 ⭐ 7.7

Old Cases

"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles. Greggs and McNulty try to get Har...

Jun 23, 2002 • 60m

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EP 05 ⭐ 7.7

The Pager

"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale. McNulty's detail finally gets 'clon...

Jun 30, 2002 • 60m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.1

The Wire

"..and all the pieces matter." - Freamon. When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest fo...

Jul 07, 2002 • 60m

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EP 07 ⭐ 8.3

One Arrest

"A man must have a code." - Bunk. Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Frea...

Jul 21, 2002 • 60m

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EP 08 ⭐ 7.9

Lessons

"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag...

Jul 28, 2002 • 57m

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EP 09 ⭐ 8.4

Game Day

"Maybe we won." - Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east...

Aug 04, 2002 • 57m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.3

The Cost

"And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and D...

Aug 11, 2002 • 56m

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EP 11 ⭐ 8.6

The Hunt

"Dope on the damn table." - Daniels. The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savin...

Aug 18, 2002 • 57m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.3

Cleaning Up

"This is me, yo, right here." - Wallace. The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so...

Sep 01, 2002 • 57m

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EP 13 ⭐ 8.8

Sentencing

"all in the game..." - Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links--including...

Sep 08, 2002 • 66m

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McNulty's on harbor patrol. Daniels is in the police-archives dungeon. Prez is chafing in the suburbs. Greggs has a desk job. The detail may be on ice, but corruption marches on ....

EP 01 ⭐ 7.9

Ebb Tide

'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to polic...

Jun 01, 2003 • 59m

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EP 01 ⭐ 7.9

Ebb Tide

'Ain't never gonna be what it was.' -- Little Big Roy Det. Jimmy McNulty--exiled to polic...

Jun 01, 2003 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 7.9

Collateral Damage

'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNulty Major Valchek gets back a...

Jun 08, 2003 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 7.9

Collateral Damage

'They can chew you up, but they gotta spit you out.' -- McNulty Major Valchek gets back a...

Jun 08, 2003 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.0

Hot Shots

'What they need is a union.' -- Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a conta...

Jun 15, 2003 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.0

Hot Shots

'What they need is a union.' -- Russell Bunk and Freamon chase their crime scene, a conta...

Jun 15, 2003 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 7.7

Hard Cases

'If I hear the music, I'm gonna dance.' -- Greggs Sobotka reprimands his nephew Nick for...

Jun 22, 2003 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 7.9

Undertow

'They used to make steel there, no?' -- Spiros Vondas Ziggy loses his prized Camaro to dr...

Jun 29, 2003 • 58m

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EP 06 ⭐ 7.8

All Prologue

'It don't matter that some fool say he different...' -- D'Angelo Trying to let go of poli...

Jul 06, 2003 • 59m

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EP 07 ⭐ 7.3

Backwash

'Don't worry, kid. You're still on the clock.' -- Horseface Russell tells Sobotka the inv...

Jul 13, 2003 • 59m

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EP 08 ⭐ 7.6

Duck and Cover

'How come they don't fly away?' -- Ziggy McNulty is back to his old self, on a drunken bi...

Jul 27, 2003 • 58m

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EP 09 ⭐ 7.8

Stray Rounds

'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The Greek Bodie's effort to improve sales ends dis...

Aug 03, 2003 • 59m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.3

Storm Warnings

'It pays to go with the union card every time.' -- Ziggy The Detail uses satellite techno...

Aug 10, 2003 • 59m

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EP 11 ⭐ 8.6

Bad Dreams

'I need to get clean' -- Sobotka With the clock ticking, the Detail makes a desperate mov...

Aug 17, 2003 • 59m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.5

Port in a Storm

'Business. Always business.' -- The Greek The Detail has a setback, while Russell and Bun...

Aug 24, 2003 • 63m

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The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.9

Time After Time

"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." -- Bodie A wav...

Sep 19, 2004 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.1

All Due Respect

"There's never been a paper bag." -- Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale...

Sep 26, 2004 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 7.7

Dead Soldiers

"The gods will not save you." -- Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls duri...

Oct 03, 2004 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 8.0

Amsterdam

"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" -- Fruit West Baltimore residents get surp...

Oct 10, 2004 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 7.9

Straight and True

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." -- McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform effort...

Oct 17, 2004 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.3

Homecoming

"Just a gangster, I suppose." -- Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in constr...

Oct 31, 2004 • 58m

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EP 07 ⭐ 8.2

Back Burners

"Conscience do cost." -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly...

Nov 07, 2004 • 56m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.5

Moral Midgetry

"Crawl, walk, and then run." -- Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and T...

Nov 14, 2004 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 7.9

Slapstick

"...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -- Freamon Responding to an office...

Nov 21, 2004 • 59m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.3

Reformation

"Call it a crisis of leadership." -- Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore...

Nov 28, 2004 • 59m

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EP 11 ⭐ 9.0

Middle Ground

"We ain't gotta dream no more." -- Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information abo...

Dec 12, 2004 • 59m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.2

Mission Accomplished

"...we fight on the lie." -- Slim Charles In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon rea...

Dec 19, 2004 • 64m

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The heat is on in Baltimore. The drug war is being lost, bodies are piling up, and a desperate mayor wants the tide turned before the election. But the police department hasn't got...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.9

Time After Time

"Don't matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin' the same." -- Bodie A wav...

Sep 19, 2004 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.1

All Due Respect

"There's never been a paper bag." -- Colvin Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale...

Sep 26, 2004 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 7.7

Dead Soldiers

"The gods will not save you." -- Burrell Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls duri...

Oct 03, 2004 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 8.0

Amsterdam

"Why you got to go and fuck with the program?" -- Fruit West Baltimore residents get surp...

Oct 10, 2004 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 7.9

Straight and True

"I had such fuckin' hopes for us." -- McNulty Frustrated in his grass-roots reform effort...

Oct 17, 2004 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.3

Homecoming

"Just a gangster, I suppose." -- Avon Barksdale Stringer Bell gets an education in constr...

Oct 31, 2004 • 58m

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EP 07 ⭐ 8.2

Back Burners

"Conscience do cost." -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly...

Nov 07, 2004 • 56m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.5

Moral Midgetry

"Crawl, walk, and then run." -- Clay Davis With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and T...

Nov 14, 2004 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 7.9

Slapstick

"...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -- Freamon Responding to an office...

Nov 21, 2004 • 59m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.3

Reformation

"Call it a crisis of leadership." -- Proposition Joe Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore...

Nov 28, 2004 • 59m

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EP 11 ⭐ 9.0

Middle Ground

"We ain't gotta dream no more." -- Stringer Bell The wire begins to yield information abo...

Dec 12, 2004 • 59m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.2

Mission Accomplished

"...we fight on the lie." -- Slim Charles In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon rea...

Dec 19, 2004 • 64m

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In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins. This year, while expanding on...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.8

Boys of Summer

"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with wh...

Sep 10, 2006 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.2

Soft Eyes

"I still wake up white in a city that ain't." - Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving...

Sep 17, 2006 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.2

Home Rooms

"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." - Namond Brice Prez is shoc...

Sep 24, 2006 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 7.9

Refugees

"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Freamon and Greggs move to Homicid...

Oct 01, 2006 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 8.0

Alliances

"If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support...

Oct 08, 2006 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.1

Margin of Error

"Don't try this shit at home." - Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Ra...

Oct 15, 2006 • 58m

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EP 07 ⭐ 7.9

Unto Others

"Aw yeah. That golden rule." - The Bunk Omar calls in a favor to the police; Carcetti get...

Oct 29, 2006 • 59m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.0

Corner Boys

"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." - Zenobia Prez wants to teach of...

Nov 05, 2006 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 7.8

Know Your Place

"Might as well dump 'em, get another." - Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Lit...

Nov 12, 2006 • 59m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.1

Misgivings

"World goin' one way, people another." -Poot Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teach...

Nov 19, 2006 • 59m

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EP 11 ⭐ 8.3

A New Day

"You play in dirt, you get dirty." - McNulty Randy has trouble with his friends at school...

Nov 26, 2006 • 59m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.3

That's Got His Own

"That all there is to it?" - Bubbles While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes...

Dec 03, 2006 • 59m

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EP 13 ⭐ 8.9

Final Grades

"If animal trapped call 410-844-6286" - Baltimore, traditional Burrell tries to help Dani...

Dec 10, 2006 • 79m

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In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins. This year, while expanding on...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.8

Boys of Summer

"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with wh...

Sep 10, 2006 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.2

Soft Eyes

"I still wake up white in a city that ain't." - Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving...

Sep 17, 2006 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.2

Home Rooms

"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." - Namond Brice Prez is shoc...

Sep 24, 2006 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 7.9

Refugees

"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Freamon and Greggs move to Homicid...

Oct 01, 2006 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 8.0

Alliances

"If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support...

Oct 08, 2006 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.1

Margin of Error

"Don't try this shit at home." - Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Ra...

Oct 15, 2006 • 58m

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EP 07 ⭐ 7.9

Unto Others

"Aw yeah. That golden rule." - The Bunk Omar calls in a favor to the police; Carcetti get...

Oct 29, 2006 • 59m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.0

Corner Boys

"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." - Zenobia Prez wants to teach of...

Nov 05, 2006 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 7.8

Know Your Place

"Might as well dump 'em, get another." - Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Lit...

Nov 12, 2006 • 59m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.1

Misgivings

"World goin' one way, people another." -Poot Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teach...

Nov 19, 2006 • 59m

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EP 11 ⭐ 8.3

A New Day

"You play in dirt, you get dirty." - McNulty Randy has trouble with his friends at school...

Nov 26, 2006 • 59m

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EP 12 ⭐ 8.3

That's Got His Own

"That all there is to it?" - Bubbles While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes...

Dec 03, 2006 • 59m

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EP 13 ⭐ 8.9

Final Grades

"If animal trapped call 410-844-6286" - Baltimore, traditional Burrell tries to help Dani...

Dec 10, 2006 • 79m

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In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. In the fifth — and final — season, t...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.8

More with Less

"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Bunk Moreland. McNulty and the detail cont...

Jan 06, 2008 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.0

Unconfirmed Reports

"This ain't Aruba, bitch." - Bunk Moreland Freamon keeps a look out for Marlo, who is put...

Jan 13, 2008 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.1

Not for Attribution

"They're dead where it doesn't count." - Fletcher Mayor Carcetti's police department plan...

Jan 20, 2008 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 8.4

Transitions

"Buyer's market out there." - Templeton Omar plots his revenge for his former associates...

Jan 27, 2008 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 8.2

React Quotes

"Just because they're in the street doesn't mean they lack opinions." - Haynes While the...

Feb 03, 2008 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.0

The Dickensian Aspect

"If you have a problem with this. I understand completely." - Freamon Marlo's crew goes o...

Feb 10, 2008 • 59m

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EP 07 ⭐ 7.9

Took

"They don't teach it in law school." - Pearlman After cooking up another scheme for the h...

Feb 17, 2008 • 59m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.3

Clarifications

"A lie ain't a side of a story. It's just a lie." - Terry Hanning A shift in the police d...

Feb 24, 2008 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 8.5

Late Editions

"Deserve got nuthin' to do with it." - Snoop A promising lead makes Freamon's hard work w...

Mar 02, 2008 • 60m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.6

-30-

"...the life of kings." - H.L. Mencken A damaging report by Pearlman and Daniels gets a r...

Mar 09, 2008 • 94m

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In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. In the fifth — and final — season, t...

EP 01 ⭐ 7.8

More with Less

"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Bunk Moreland. McNulty and the detail cont...

Jan 06, 2008 • 59m

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EP 02 ⭐ 8.0

Unconfirmed Reports

"This ain't Aruba, bitch." - Bunk Moreland Freamon keeps a look out for Marlo, who is put...

Jan 13, 2008 • 59m

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EP 03 ⭐ 8.1

Not for Attribution

"They're dead where it doesn't count." - Fletcher Mayor Carcetti's police department plan...

Jan 20, 2008 • 59m

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EP 04 ⭐ 8.3

Transitions

"Buyer's market out there." - Templeton Omar plots his revenge for his former associates...

Jan 27, 2008 • 59m

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EP 05 ⭐ 8.2

React Quotes

"Just because they're in the street doesn't mean they lack opinions." - Haynes While the...

Feb 03, 2008 • 59m

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EP 06 ⭐ 8.0

The Dickensian Aspect

"If you have a problem with this. I understand completely." - Freamon Marlo's crew goes o...

Feb 10, 2008 • 59m

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EP 07 ⭐ 7.9

Took

"They don't teach it in law school." - Pearlman After cooking up another scheme for the h...

Feb 17, 2008 • 59m

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EP 08 ⭐ 8.3

Clarifications

"A lie ain't a side of a story. It's just a lie." - Terry Hanning A shift in the police d...

Feb 24, 2008 • 59m

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EP 09 ⭐ 8.5

Late Editions

"Deserve got nuthin' to do with it." - Snoop A promising lead makes Freamon's hard work w...

Mar 02, 2008 • 60m

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EP 10 ⭐ 8.6

-30-

"...the life of kings." - H.L. Mencken A damaging report by Pearlman and Daniels gets a r...

Mar 09, 2008 • 94m

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