Season 1 (2002)

The Target
7.6

June 2, 2002 • 1h 3m

'... when it's not your turn.' - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to...Read more

The Detail
8.0

June 9, 2002 • 58m

'You cannot lose if you do not play.' - Marla Daniels. McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is fo...Read more

The Buys
8.0

June 16, 2002 • 56m

"The king stay the king." - D'Angelo. The early-morning 'field interviews' by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot, a b...Read more

Old Cases
7.8

June 23, 2002 • 1h

"It's a thin line 'tween heaven and here." - Bubbles. Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant as arraignment b...Read more

The Pager
7.8

June 30, 2002 • 1h

"..a little slow, a little late." - Avon Barksdale. McNulty's detail finally gets 'clone' pagers to track Barksdale and his gan...Read more

The Wire
8.1

July 7, 2002 • 1h

"..and all the pieces matter." - Freamon. When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linked to D'Ang...Read more

One Arrest
8.3

July 21, 2002 • 1h

"A man must have a code." - Bunk. Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust, but the incident makes ...Read more

Lessons
8.0

July 28, 2002 • 57m

"Come at the king, you best not miss." - Omar. An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of a car driven by Stringer Bell. Meanw...Read more

Game Day
8.4

August 4, 2002 • 57m

"Maybe we won." - Herc. Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. Meanwhile, Herc and Carver ...Read more

The Cost
8.4

August 11, 2002 • 56m

"And then he dropped the bracelets..." - Greggs. With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with...Read more

The Hunt
8.5

August 18, 2002 • 57m

"Dope on the damn table." - Daniels. The police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Burrell order...Read more

Cleaning Up
8.4

September 1, 2002 • 57m

"This is me, yo, right here." - Wallace. The low-rise pay phones are out of service, so McNulty and Daniels try to keep pace by...Read more

Sentencing
8.7

September 8, 2002 • 1h 6m

"all in the game..." - Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links--including Avon Barksdale's. With the heat turned ...Read more