The Wire's most gripping quote still defines the crime genre 24 years later

David Simon created one of the most well-regarded series, The Wire, a realistic portrayal of crime in Baltimore.
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‘The Wire’ played the game for keeps from its first scene onward

In the Autopilot series, we bear down into great first episodes in TV history. In the case of “The Wire,” David Simon’s granular HBO drama of cops, criminals, politics, and big city bureaucracy, we ...

'The Wire' should be considered HBO's greatest TV show

'The Wire' is one of the most popular prestige dramas released by HBO and stars Dominic West, Idris Elba, Lance Reddick, and Wendell Pierce.
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10 Best 'The Wire' Episodes, Ranked

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...