The Wire TV show was a 60 minute crime drama series on HBO that explored the inner-city drug culture in Baltimore, Maryland. On the bad guys side, it featured the junkies, street dealers, and kingpins. On the legal side, it followed the actions of the politicians who demanded action, the cops that had to find and arrest the perpetrators, and the attorneys/District Attorneys/Judges who brought them to justice!

The Wire TV Show Cast:

Dominic West ............... Detective / Officer James "Jimmy" McNulty
John Doman ................. Major / Colonel / Deputy Commander William A. Rawls
Frankie Faison ............. Deputy Commander / Commander Ervin H. Burrell
Wood Harris ................ Avon Barksdale
Deirdre Lovejoy ............ Assistant State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Clarke Peters .............. Detective Lester Freamon
Lance Reddick .............. Lieutenant Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo ................. Bubbles (Bubbs)
Seth Gilliam ............... Detective / Sergeant Ellis Carver
Sonja Sohn ................. Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs
Jim True-Frost ............. Detective Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski
Domenick Lombardozzi ....... Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk
Clarke Peters .............. Detective Lester Freamon
Michael K. Williams ........ Omar Little
Corey Parker Robinson ...... Detective Leander Sydnor
Delaney Williams ........... Sergeant Jay Landsman (2002-2008)
Gbenga Akinnagbe ........... Chris Partlow
Michael Kostroff ........... Maurice "Maury" Levy
Tray Chaney ................ Malik "Poot" Carr
Isiah Whitlock Jr. ......... State Senator R. Clayton "Clay" Davis
Michael Salconi ............ Officer Michael Santangelo
Idris Elba ................. Russell "Stringer" Bell (2002-2004)
Aidan Gillen ............... Councilman Thomas "Tommy" Carcetti (2004-2008)
Robert Wisdom .............. Major Howard 'Bunny' Colvin (2003-2008)
J.D. Williams .............. Preston "Bodie" Broadus (2002-2006)
Jamie Hector ............... Marlo Stanfield (2004-2008)
Chad Coleman ............... Dennis "Cutty" Wise (2004-2008)
Anwan Glover ............... Slim Charles (2004-2008)
Felicia Pearson ............ Felicia "Snoop" Pearson (2004-2008)

The Wire Trivia:

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The Wire TV Show - The First Season

1. The Target (6/2/2002)
2. The Detail (6/9/2002)
3. The Buys (6/16/2002)
4. Old Cases (6/23/2002)
5. The Pager (6/30/2002)
6. The Wire (7/7/2002)
7. One Arrest (7/21/2002)
8. Lessons (7/28/2002)
9. Game Day (8/4/2002)
10. The Cost (8/11/2002)
11. The Hunt (8/18/2002)
12. Cleaning Up (9/1/2002)
13. Sentencing (9/8/2002)

The Wire TV Show - The Second Season

14. Ebb Tide (6/1/2003)
15. Collateral Damage (6/8/2003)
16. Hot Shots (6/15/2003)
17. Hard Cases (6/22/2003)
18. Undertow (6/29/2003)
19. All Prologue (7/6/2003)
20. Backwash (7/13/2003)
21. Duck and Cover (7/27/2003)
22. Stray Rounds (8/3/2003)
23. Storm Warnings (8/10/2003)
24. Bad Dreams (8/17/2003)
25. Port in a Storm (8/24/2003)

The Wire TV Show - The Third Season

26. Time After Time (9/19/2004)
27. All Due Respect (9/26/2004)
28. Dead Soldiers (10/3/2004)
29. Amsterdam (10/10/2004)
30. Straight and True (10/17/2004)
31. Homecoming (10/31/2004)
32. Back Burners (11/7/2004)
33. Moral Midgetry (11/14/2004)
34. Slapstick (11/21/2004)
35. Reformation (11/28/2004)
36. Middle Ground (12/12/2004)
37. Mission Accomplished (12/19/2004)

The Wire TV Show - The Fourth Season

38. Boys of Summer (9/10/2006)
39. Soft Eyes (9/17/2006)
40. Home Room (9/24/2006)
41. Refugees (10/1/2006)
42. Alliances (10/8/2006)
43. Margin Of Error (10/15/2006)
44. Unto Others (10/29/2006)
45. Corner Boys (11/5/2006)
46. Know Your Place (11/12/2006)
47. Misgivings (11/19/2006)
48. A New Day (11/26/2006)
49. That's Got His Own (12/3/2006)
50. Final Grades (12/10/2006)

The Wire TV Show - The Fifth Season

51. More With Less (1/6/2008)
52. Unconfirmed Reports (1/13/2008)
53. Not For Attribution (1/20/2008)
54. Transitions (1/27/2008)
55. React Quotes (2/3/2008)
56. The Dickensian Aspect (2/10/2008)
57. Took (2/17/2008)
58. Clarifications (2/24/2008)
59. Late Editions (3/2/2008)
60. 30 (3/9/2008)