List of The Wire episodes

The Wire, a television drama series created by David Simon, premiered on June 2, 2002 on HBO in the United States and ended on March 9, 2008. 60 episodes aired over the show's five seasons, plus three additional prequel shorts. Each episode has a running time of 55-60 minutes.

The Wire is set in Baltimore, Maryland; each season of the series focuses on a different part of the city. The show features a large ensemble cast; many characters are only featured prominently in a single season. A group of characters, mainly in the Baltimore Police Department, appear in every season.

The show is available on DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	Season premiere	Season finale
	1	13	June 2, 2002	September 8, 2002
	2	12	June 1, 2003	August 24, 2003
	3	12	September 19, 2004	December 19, 2004
	4	13	September 10, 2006	December 10, 2006
	5	10	January 6, 2008	March 9, 2008

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

Main article: The Wire (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original air date
1	1	"The Target"	Clark Johnson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)
2	2	"The Detail"	Clark Johnson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09)
3	3	"The Buys"	Peter Medak	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 16, 2002 (2002-06-16)
4	4	"Old Cases"	Clement Virgo	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 23, 2002 (2002-06-23)
5	5	"The Pager"	Clark Johnson	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)
6	6	"The Wire"	Ed Bianchi	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)
7	7	"One Arrest"	Joe Chappelle	David Simon & Ed Burns	Rafael Alvarez	July 21, 2002 (2002-07-21)
8	8	"Lessons"	Gloria Muzio	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	July 28, 2002 (2002-07-28)
9	9	"Game Day"	Milčo Mančevski	David Simon & Ed Burns	David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey	August 4, 2002 (2002-08-04)
10	10	"The Cost"	Brad Anderson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	August 11, 2002 (2002-08-11)
11	11	"The Hunt"	Steve Shill	David Simon & Ed Burns	Joy Lusco	August 18, 2002 (2002-08-18)
12	12	"Cleaning Up"	Clement Virgo	David Simon & Ed Burns	George Pelecanos	September 1, 2002 (2002-09-01)
13	13	"Sentencing"	Tim Van Patten	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon & Ed Burns	September 8, 2002 (2002-09-08)

Season 2 (2003)

Main article: The Wire (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original air date
14	1	"Ebb Tide"	Ed Bianchi	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)
15	2	"Collateral Damage"	Ed Bianchi	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 8, 2003 (2003-06-08)
16	3	"Hot Shots"	Elodie Keene	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	June 15, 2003 (2003-06-15)
17	4	"Hard Cases"	Elodie Keene	David Simon & Joy Lusco	Joy Lusco	June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)
18	5	"Undertow"	Steve Shill	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	June 29, 2003 (2003-06-29)
19	6	"All Prologue"	Steve Shill	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	July 6, 2003 (2003-07-06)
20	7	"Backwash"	Thomas J. Wright	David Simon & Rafael Alvarez	Rafael Alvarez	July 13, 2003 (2003-07-13)
21	8	"Duck and Cover"	Dan Attias	David Simon & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	July 27, 2003 (2003-07-27)
22	9	"Stray Rounds"	Tim Van Patten	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	August 3, 2003 (2003-08-03)
23	10	"Storm Warnings"	Rob Bailey	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10)
24	11	"Bad Dreams"	Ernest Dickerson	David Simon & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	August 17, 2003 (2003-08-17)
25	12	"Port in a Storm"	Robert F. Colesberry	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	August 24, 2003 (2003-08-24)

Season 3 (2004)

Main article: The Wire (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original air date
26	1	"Time After Time"	Ed Bianchi	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	September 19, 2004 (2004-09-19)
27	2	"All Due Respect"	Steve Shill	David Simon & Richard Price	Richard Price	September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26)
28	3	"Dead Soldiers"	Rob Bailey	David Simon & Dennis Lehane	Dennis Lehane	October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03)
29	4	"Hamsterdam"	Ernest Dickerson	David Simon & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	October 10, 2004 (2004-10-10)
30	5	"Straight and True"	Dan Attias	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	October 17, 2004 (2004-10-17)
31	6	"Homecoming"	Leslie Libman	David Simon & Rafael Alvarez	Rafael Alvarez	October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31)
32	7	"Back Burners"	Tim Van Patten	David Simon & Joy Lusco	Joy Lusco	November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)
33	8	"Moral Midgetry"	Agnieszka Holland	David Simon & Richard Price	Richard Price	November 14, 2004 (2004-11-14)
34	9	"Slapstick"	Alex Zakrzewski	David Simon & George Pelecanos	David Simon	November 21, 2004 (2004-11-21)
35	10	"Reformation"	Christine Moore	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	November 28, 2004 (2004-11-28)
36	11	"Middle Ground"	Joe Chappelle	David Simon & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	December 12, 2004 (2004-12-12)
37	12	"Mission Accomplished"	Ernest Dickerson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19)

Season 4 (2006)

Main article: The Wire (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original air date
38	1	"Boys of Summer"	Joe Chappelle	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	September 10, 2006 (2006-09-10)
39	2	"Soft Eyes"	Christine Moore	Ed Burns & David Mills	David Mills	September 17, 2006 (2006-09-17)
40	3	"Home Rooms"	Seith Mann	Ed Burns & Richard Price	Richard Price	September 24, 2006 (2006-09-24)
41	4	"Refugees"	Jim McKay	Ed Burns & Dennis Lehane	Dennis Lehane	October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01)
42	5	"Alliances"	David Platt	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	October 8, 2006 (2006-10-08)
43	6	"Margin of Error"	Dan Attias	Ed Burns & Eric Overmyer	Eric Overmyer	October 15, 2006 (2006-10-15)
44	7	"Unto Others"	Anthony Hemingway	Ed Burns & William F. Zorzi	William F. Zorzi	October 29, 2006 (2006-10-29)
45	8	"Corner Boys"	Agnieszka Holland	Ed Burns & Richard Price	Richard Price	November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)
46	9	"Know Your Place"	Alex Zakrzewski	Ed Burns & Kia Corthron	Kia Corthron	November 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)
47	10	"Misgivings"	Ernest Dickerson	Ed Burns & Eric Overmyer	Eric Overmyer	November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19)
48	11	"A New Day"	Brad Anderson	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)
49	12	"That's Got His Own"	Joe Chappelle	Ed Burns & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
50	13	"Final Grades"	Ernest Dickerson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)

Season 5 (2008)

Main article: The Wire (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Story by	Teleplay by	Original air date
51	1	"More with Less"	Joe Chappelle	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	January 6, 2008 (2008-01-06)
52	2	"Unconfirmed Reports"	Ernest Dickerson	David Simon & William F. Zorzi	William F. Zorzi	January 13, 2008 (2008-01-13)
53	3	"Not for Attribution"	Scott Kecken & Joy Kecken	David Simon & Chris Collins	Chris Collins	January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20)
54	4	"Transitions"	Dan Attias	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
55	5	"React Quotes"	Agnieszka Holland	David Simon & David Mills	David Mills	February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)
56	6	"The Dickensian Aspect"	Seith Mann	David Simon & Ed Burns	Ed Burns	February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)
57	7	"Took"	Dominic West	David Simon & Richard Price	Richard Price	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
58	8	"Clarifications"	Anthony Hemingway	David Simon & Dennis Lehane	Dennis Lehane	February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24)
59	9	"Late Editions"	Joe Chappelle	David Simon & George Pelecanos	George Pelecanos	March 2, 2008 (2008-03-02)
60	10	"–30–"	Clark Johnson	David Simon & Ed Burns	David Simon	March 9, 2008 (2008-03-09)

Prequel shorts

Three short film vignettes set prior to the series events were filmed during the fifth season's production. They were made available via HBO On Demand during broadcast of the final season, and included as extras on the complete series DVD box set.

"When Bunk Met McNulty"
"Young Omar"
"Young Prop Joe"

References

External links

Episode guide at HBO
List of The Wire episodes at the Internet Movie Database
List of The Wire episodes at TV.com

The Wire

Characters

Police	Jimmy McNulty Kima Greggs Bunk Moreland Lester Freamon Ellis Carver Herc Hauk Roland Pryzbylewski Leander Sydnor Beadie Russell Cedric Daniels William Rawls Ervin Burrell Bunny Colvin Jay Landsman Stan Valchek

Law enforcement	Rhonda Pearlman Maurice Levy

Street-level	Omar Little Bubbles Cutty Wise Johnny Weeks Butchie Stringer Bell Avon Barksdale Marlo Stanfield Proposition Joe Spiros Vondas The Greek Chris Partlow Snoop Wee-Bey Brice Slim Charles Sergei Malatov Bodie Broadus D'Angelo Barksdale Poot Cheese Monk Metcalf Wallace Kenard Brother Mouzone

Docks	Frank Sobotka Nick Sobotka Ziggy Sobotka

Politics	Tommy Carcetti Clarence Royce Clay Davis Norman Wilson

School	Michael Lee Dukie Weems Namond Brice Randy Wagstaff

Journalists	Augustus Haynes Scott Templeton Alma Gutierrez

Book:The Wire
Category:The Wire

The Wire episodes

Season 1	"The Target" "The Detail" "The Buys" "Old Cases" "The Pager" "The Wire" "One Arrest" "Lessons" "Game Day" "The Cost" "The Hunt" "Cleaning Up" "Sentencing"

Season 2	"Ebb Tide" "Collateral Damage" "Hot Shots" "Hard Cases" "Undertow" "All Prologue" "Backwash" "Duck and Cover" "Stray Rounds" "Storm Warnings" "Bad Dreams" "Port in a Storm"

Season 3	"Time After Time" "All Due Respect" "Dead Soldiers" "Hamsterdam" "Straight and True" "Homecoming" "Back Burners" "Moral Midgetry" "Slapstick" "Reformation" "Middle Ground" "Mission Accomplished"

Season 4	"Boys of Summer" "Soft Eyes" "Home Rooms" "Refugees" "Alliances" "Margin of Error" "Unto Others" "Corner Boys" "Know Your Place" "Misgivings" "A New Day" "That's Got His Own" "Final Grades

Season 5	"More with Less" "Unconfirmed Reports" "Not For Attribution" "Transitions" "React Quotes" "The Dickensian Aspect" "Took" "Clarifications" "Late Editions" "–30–"

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