The Wire

The Wire - HBO

HBO

Series

2002

TVMA

Crime drama

A homicide officer and narcotics detective target drug traffickers.

Where to Stream

2002–2008 Series 5 Seasons67 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, July 14

The Target

Season 1 • Episode 1

A homicide detective is assigned to investigate a street gang after disagreeing with a judge.

Monday, July 14

The Detail

Season 1 • Episode 2

A witness in D'Angelo's trial is found murdered; officers head for the gang's home turf.

Monday, July 14

The Buys

Season 1 • Episode 3

Interviews by officers lead to a minor riot; D'Angelo's crew gets raided.

Monday, July 14

Old Cases

Season 1 • Episode 4

Gang members arrested in the raid face arraignment.

Monday, July 14

The Pager

Season 1 • Episode 5

McNulty's detail tries breaking the code on the gang's pagers.

Monday, July 14

The Wire

Season 1 • Episode 6

Wallace and D'Angelo wrestle with their consciences.

Monday, July 14

One Arrest

Season 1 • Episode 7

A tip-off prompts arrest, but Avon and Stringer are suspicious.

Monday, July 14

Lessons

Season 1 • Episode 8

McNulty gets Stringer's license-plate number; Omar engages in a violent street encounter.

Monday, July 14

Game Day

Season 1 • Episode 9

Herc and Carver take cash from Wee-Bey; Omar resurfaces.

Monday, July 14

The Cost

Season 1 • Episode 10

Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses.

Monday, July 14

The Hunt

Season 1 • Episode 11

Greggs is hospitalized; police continue to try to track Savino; Bubbles tries to stay sober.

Monday, July 14

Cleaning Up

Season 1 • Episode 12

McNulty and Daniels wire Barksdale's back office; Wallace returns to the projects.

Monday, July 14

Sentencing

Season 1 • Episode 13

Hoping to continue the case, Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority.

Monday, July 14

Ebb Tide

Season 2 • Episode 1

Detective Jimmy McNulty finds a body in the harbor; Bodie drives to Philadelphia.

Monday, July 14

Collateral Damage

Season 2 • Episode 2

Valchek seeks revenge; Barksdale runs his empire from prison; contraband.

Tuesday, July 15

Hot Shots

Season 2 • Episode 3

Bunk and Freamon chase a ship; Daniels is unhappy; McNulty pursues his Jane Doe.

Tuesday, July 15

Hard Cases

Season 2 • Episode 4

Sobotka reprimands Nick; McNulty courts his estranged wife.

Tuesday, July 15

Undertow

Season 2 • Episode 5

Ziggy loses his Camaro to drug dealers; Rawls pressures Bunk.

Tuesday, July 15

All Prologue

Season 2 • Episode 6

McNulty gives up on identifying his Jane Doe; Sobotka tries to play a political game.

Tuesday, July 15

Backwash

Season 2 • Episode 7

Greggs and Prez tap into a circuit of Russian prostitutes; Bell tries to hold it together.

Tuesday, July 15

Duck and Cover

Season 2 • Episode 8

McNulty is back to his old self; Bunk tries to get Daniels and Rawls to look after McNulty.

Tuesday, July 15

Stray Rounds

Season 2 • Episode 9

Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously; Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper.

Tuesday, July 15

Storm Warnings

Season 2 • Episode 10

The Detail uses satellite technology; Valcheck visits the FBI; Ziggy's deal goes bad.

Tuesday, July 15

Bad Dreams

Season 2 • Episode 11

The Detail makes a move; Omar's suspicions are validated; Sobotka makes a choice.

Tuesday, July 15

Port in a Storm

Season 2 • Episode 12

The Detail has a setback; McNulty and Greggs return to the west side; Omar has a new target.

Tuesday, July 15

Time After Time

Season 3 • Episode 1

The Barksdale drug crew must find a new home.

Tuesday, July 15

All Due Respect

Season 3 • Episode 2

Omar continues strikes on Barksdale stash houses.

Tuesday, July 15

Dead Soldiers

Season 3 • Episode 3

Omar sticks up a stash house.

Tuesday, July 15

Amsterdam

Season 3 • Episode 4

Greggs learns how Marlo takes care of business.

Tuesday, July 15

Straight and True

Season 3 • Episode 5

Colvin arms himself with intelligence from Daniels' detail.

Tuesday, July 15

Homecoming

Season 3 • Episode 6

Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management.

Tuesday, July 15

Back Burners

Season 3 • Episode 7

Herc discovers a blast from the past.

Tuesday, July 15

Moral Midgetry

Season 3 • Episode 8

McNulty and Greggs embark on a road trip.

Tuesday, July 15

Slapstick

Season 3 • Episode 9

Pearlman and Daniels confront a cell-phone company.

Tuesday, July 15

Reformation

Season 3 • Episode 10

Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore.

Tuesday, July 15

Middle Ground

Season 3 • Episode 11

Stringer and Avon reminisce.

Tuesday, July 15

Mission Accomplished

Season 3 • Episode 12

Avon readies his troops for a war against Marlo.

Tuesday, July 15

Boys of Summer

Season 4 • Episode 1

McNulty turns down a promotion.

Tuesday, July 15

Soft Eyes

Season 4 • Episode 2

Herc's job with the mayor takes a hard turn.

Wednesday, July 16

Home Rooms

Season 4 • Episode 3

Michael proves to be adept as a runner.

Wednesday, July 16

Refugees

Season 4 • Episode 4

Freamon and Greggs move to the homicide unit.

Wednesday, July 16

Alliances

Season 4 • Episode 5

Valchek leaks details of a case to Carcetti.

Wednesday, July 16

Margin of Error

Season 4 • Episode 6

Carcetti responds to a campaign smear.

Wednesday, July 16

Unto Others

Season 4 • Episode 7

Omar calls in a favor; Royce and Carcetti make their peace; Cutty ponders his job future.

Wednesday, July 16

Corner Boys

Season 4 • Episode 8

Carcetti makes the rounds; Colvin uses corner logic in class; an unwanted guest unsettles Michael.

Wednesday, July 16

Know Your Place

Season 4 • Episode 9

Bubbles identifies a witness for Herc.

Wednesday, July 16

Misgivings

Season 4 • Episode 10

Burrell sends out a mandate.

Wednesday, July 16

A New Day

Season 4 • Episode 11

Carcetti faces a dilemma.

Wednesday, July 16

That's Got His Own

Season 4 • Episode 12

Colvin seeks to keep his experimental class funded.

Wednesday, July 16

Final Grades

Season 4 • Episode 13

Bubbles' plan backfires; Omar hatches a new plan.

Wednesday, July 16

More With Less

Season 5 • Episode 1

Sgt. Carver faces discontent of unpaid officers.

Wednesday, July 16

Unconfirmed Reports

Season 5 • Episode 2

McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands.

Wednesday, July 16

Not for Attribution

Season 5 • Episode 3

The press learns of Carcetti's plan for the police department.

Wednesday, July 16

Transitions

Season 5 • Episode 4

Campbell tries to aid in departmental transitions; Proposition Joe prepares to make himself scarce.

Wednesday, July 16

React Quotes

Season 5 • Episode 5

The newspaper gives McNulty increasing attention.

Wednesday, July 16

The Dickensian Aspect

Season 5 • Episode 6

Templeton makes headlines; Bunk follows up on old leads; McNulty takes an interest in the homeless.

Wednesday, July 16

Took

Season 5 • Episode 7

Templeton and the newspaper are back in the spotlight.

Wednesday, July 16

Clarifications

Season 5 • Episode 8

Hayes discusses sources with Templeton.

Wednesday, July 16

Late Editions

Season 5 • Episode 9

Freamon's hard work pays off with a promising lead.

Wednesday, July 16

- 30 -

Season 5 • Episode 10

Carcetti maps out a damage-control scenario.

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