The Wire
Ended
2002 – 2008
60 Episodes
54
Popularity
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8.6
/10TMDB Rating
8.10
/10AER
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AER stands for “Average Episode Rating” and is calculated by averaging all rated episodes.
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| Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.5 | |
| S3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.2 | |
| S4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 |
| S5 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
Highlights
Best Episode
S3E11 - Middle Ground(9.0/10)
2004-12-12
Worst Episode
S2E7 - Backwash(7.3/10)
2003-07-13
Best Season
Season 5(8.18/10)
2008
Worst Season
Season 2(7.94/10)
2003
Top 5
S3E11
Middle Ground
2004-12-12
9.0
S4E13
Final Grades
2006-12-10
8.9
S1E13
Sentencing
2002-09-08
8.8
S1E11
The Hunt
2002-08-18
8.6
S2E11
Bad Dreams
2003-08-17
8.6
Best Run
S1E11
The Hunt
2002-08-18
8.6
S1E12
Cleaning Up
2002-09-01
8.3
S1E13
Sentencing
2002-09-08
8.8
Worst Run
S2E6
All Prologue
2003-07-06
7.8
S2E7
Backwash
2003-07-13
7.3
S2E8
Duck and Cover
2003-07-27
7.6
Created by
Cast
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
Lance Reddick
Cedric Daniels
Sonja Sohn
Kima Greggs
Wendell Pierce
Bunk Moreland
Michael Kenneth Williams
Omar Little
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
Andre Royo
Bubbles
John Doman
William Rawls
Clarke Peters
Lester Freamon
Jamie Hector
Marlo Stanfield
Aidan Gillen
Tommy Carcetti
Seth Gilliam
Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi
Herc Hauk
Corey Parker Robinson
Leander Sydnor
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Clay Davis
Michael Kostroff
Maury Levy
Reg E. Cathey
Norman Wilson
Clark Johnson
Augustus Haynes
Tom McCarthy
Scott Templeton
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Chris Partlow
Neal Huff
Michael Steintorf
Jermaine Crawford
Dukie Weems
Tristan Mack Wilds
Michael Lee
Michelle Paress
Alma Gutierrez
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.