The Wire

Episodes

Season 1 · 13 episodes

• E1 The Target
  Jun 2, 2002 62 min

  Baltimore detective Jimmy McNulty gets assigned to a new task force.

• E2 The Detail
  Jun 9, 2002 58 min

  McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is killed.

• E3 The Buys
  Jun 16, 2002 55 min

  The early-morning "field interviews" by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot.

• E4 Old Cases
  Jun 23, 2002 59 min

  Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant.

• E5 The Pager
  Jun 30, 2002 60 min

  McNulty's detail finally gets "clone" pagers to track Barksdale and his gang.

• E6 The Wire
  Jul 7, 2002 59 min

  McNulty and Greggs ask for a delay in a murder bust in order to preserve the wiretap.

• E7 One Arrest
  Jul 21, 2002 59 min

  Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust.

• E8 Lessons
  Jul 28, 2002 56 min

  An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of Stringer Bell's car. Later, Omar earns his 'loose cannon' reputation.

• E9 Game Day
  Aug 4, 2002 57 min

  Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival.

• E10 The Cost
  Aug 11, 2002 55 min

  With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels must figure out what to do with him in the time before he testifies.

• E11 The Hunt
  Aug 18, 2002 56 min

  Burrell orders Daniels to hit dealers for results that will impress the media. Meanwhile, Greggs is in the ICU.

• E12 Cleaning Up
  Sep 1, 2002 56 min

  With the detail's future hanging in the balance, Daniels faces off against Burrell and his political allies.

• E13 Sentencing
  Sep 8, 2002 65 min

  Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority to crack the case.