TV series recommendation · 2002
The Wire
David Simon · Episodes around 60m
United States · English
Crime · Drama
What is The Wire about?
Police, dealers, dockworkers, politicians, teachers and reporters become part of one portrait of institutional life in Baltimore.
Why watch The Wire?
A city novel disguised as a crime series. Each season widens the system until good intentions, incentives and survival become impossible to separate.
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