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Release Date:
2 June 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
Rules change. The game remains the same. (third season) more
Plot:
Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement. full summary
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Drugs
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Ghetto
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Drug War
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Labor Union
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Drug Dealing
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.
Another 9 wins
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35 nominations
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(299 articles)
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Best show on TV
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(Series Cast Summary - 29 of 326) more
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60 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Australia:M (some episodes) |
UK:18 (some episodes) |
Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) |
UK:15 (some episodes) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:MA
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Lance Reddick auditioned for the roles of Bunk Moreland and Bubbles before being cast as Cedric Daniels.
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Continuity: Throughout the series some Officers are shown on both the day, evening and Night shifts in a short period of time, some even within the same day. The Baltimore police department rarely gives shift changes until the next fiscal year.
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Quotes:
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty:
[during interrogation] All right, we'll call you Boris...
Sergei 'Serge' Malatov: [sighs] Boris... why always Boris?
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Sergei 'Serge' Malatov: [sighs] Boris... why always Boris?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Heroes Unmasked: Shock of the Old (#3.5)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
Way Down in the Hole
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Who performs the opening theme song?What is the name of the song over the end credits?
I just started watching the show. I'm three episodes in, but it seems kind of slow. Does it get any better?
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Hate to be rude but don't pay attention to the moronic post below. That was some of the most lame criticism I have ever come across on this site. I doubt the guy even watched the entire first season. This show is the best thing going on TV. Writing. Direction. Acting. Its all perfection. The people behind the show are former journalists and police officers who were covering crime in Baltimore or working the beat as cops for over 20 years. They know what they speak of and don't rely on cookie cutter characterization. This is the closest thing to a novel that you will find on TV. It is so impeccably plotted and so honest and realistic that I will never be able to watch another cop show (or any TV drama) without comparing it to this example of television greatness. Did I mention its also the smartest TV show on the air too? The Sopranos gets the media attention but it can't match the sophistication and grittiness of The Wire. The Sopranos is a romanticized TV crime drama by comparison. And as for Six Feet Under? Please! It reached its peak in its final six episodes of the first season and haven't lived up to that magic since. It doesn't get any better than The Wire. Universal critical acclaim. The winner of the 2002 TV Critics awards. The winner of the 2004 Peabody award. Nuff said.