Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
production details
USA | Showtime | 60×60 minutes | 2 June 2002 – 9 March 2009
Creator: David Simon
cast
Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty
Lance Reddick as Cedric Daniels
Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs
Idris Elba as Stringer Bell
Wood Harris as Avon Barksdale
Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland
Clarke Peters as Lester Freamon
Michael Kenneth Williams as Omar Little
Deirdre Lovejoy as Rhonda Pearlman
J.D. Williams as Bodie Broadus
Andre Royo as Bubbles
Seth Gilliam as Ellis Carver
Frankie Faison as Ervin Burrell
Domenick Lombardozzi as Herc
Corey Parker Robinson as Leander Sydnor
Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Clay Davis
Michael Kostroff as Maurice Levy
John Doman as William Rawls
