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This is an episode list for the HBO television series The Wire, created by David Simon. The series premiered in the United States on HBO on June 2, 2002 and ended on March 9, 2008.
The show comprises a total of 60 episodes, divided into five seasons. Currently, the first four seasons are available on Region 1 and 2 DVD. Seasons 1 and 2 are also available on Region 4.
[edit] Seasons
| Season |
Episodes |
Originally aired |
DVD Release |
| Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Region 4 |
Discs |
|
1 |
13 |
2002 |
October 12, 2004 |
April 18, 2005 |
May 11, 2005 |
5 |
|
2 |
12 |
2003 |
January 25, 2005 |
October 10, 2005 |
May 3, 2006 |
|
3 |
12 |
2004 |
August 8, 2006 |
February 5, 2007 |
N/A |
|
4 |
13 |
2006 |
December 4, 2007 |
March 10, 2008 |
N/A |
4 |
|
5 |
10 |
2008 |
August 12, 2008 |
September 22, 2008 |
N/A |
[edit] Episodes
"Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Season #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season.
[edit] Season 1: 2002
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| Season # |
Series # |
Title |
Story |
Teleplay |
Director |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
1 |
"The Target" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Clark Johnson |
June 2, 2002 |
| 2 |
2 |
"The Detail" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Clark Johnson |
June 9, 2002 |
| 3 |
3 |
"The Buys" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Peter Medak |
June 16, 2002 |
| 4 |
4 |
"Old Cases" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Clement Virgo |
June 23, 2002 |
| 5 |
5 |
"The Pager" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Clark Johnson |
June 30, 2002 |
| 6 |
6 |
"The Wire" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ed Bianchi |
July 7, 2002 |
| 7 |
7 |
"One Arrest" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Rafael Alvarez |
Joe Chappelle |
July 21, 2002 |
| 8 |
8 |
"Lessons" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Gloria Muzio |
July 28, 2002 |
| 9 |
9 |
"Game Day" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David H. Melnick, Shamit Choksey |
Milčo Mančevski |
August 4, 2002 |
| 10 |
10 |
"The Cost" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Brad Anderson |
August 11, 2002 |
| 11 |
11 |
"The Hunt" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Joy Lusco |
Steve Shill |
August 18, 2002 |
| 12 |
12 |
"Cleaning Up" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
George Pelecanos |
Clement Virgo |
September 1, 2002 |
| 13 |
13 |
"Sentencing" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Tim Van Patten |
September 8, 2002 |
[edit] Season 2: 2003
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| Season # |
Series # |
Title |
Story |
Teleplay |
Director |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
14 |
"Ebb Tide" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ed Bianchi[1] |
June 1, 2003 |
| 2 |
15 |
"Collateral Damage" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ed Bianchi |
June 8, 2003 |
| 3 |
16 |
"Hot Shots" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Elodie Keene |
June 15, 2003 |
| 4 |
17 |
"Hard Cases" |
David Simon, Joy Lusco |
Joy Lusco |
Elodie Keene |
June 22, 2003 |
| 5 |
18 |
"Undertow" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Steve Shill |
June 29, 2003 |
| 6 |
19 |
"All Prologue" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Steve Shill |
July 6, 2003 |
| 7 |
20 |
"Backwash" |
David Simon, Rafael Alvarez |
Rafael Alvarez |
Thomas J. Wright |
July 13, 2003 |
| 8 |
21 |
"Duck and Cover" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Daniel Attias |
July 27, 2003 |
| 9 |
22 |
"Stray Rounds" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Tim Van Patten |
August 3, 2003 |
| 10 |
23 |
"Storm Warnings" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Rob Bailey |
August 10, 2003 |
| 11 |
24 |
"Bad Dreams" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Ernest Dickerson |
August 17, 2003 |
| 12 |
25 |
"Port in a Storm" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Robert F. Colesberry |
August 24, 2003 |
[edit] Season 3: 2004
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| Season # |
Series # |
Title |
Story |
Teleplay |
Director |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
26 |
"Time after Time" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ed Bianchi |
September 19, 2004 |
| 2 |
27 |
"All Due Respect" |
David Simon, Richard Price |
Richard Price |
Steve Shill |
September 26, 2004 |
| 3 |
28 |
"Dead Soldiers" |
David Simon, Dennis Lehane |
Dennis Lehane |
Rob Bailey |
October 3, 2004 |
| 4 |
29 |
"Hamsterdam" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Ernest Dickerson |
October 10, 2004 |
| 5 |
30 |
"Straight and True" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Daniel Attias |
October 17, 2004 |
| 6 |
31 |
"Homecoming" |
David Simon, Rafael Alvarez |
Rafael Alvarez |
Leslie Libman |
October 31, 2004 |
| 7 |
32 |
"Back Burners" |
David Simon, Joy Lusco |
Joy Lusco |
Tim Van Patten |
November 7, 2004 |
| 8 |
33 |
"Moral Midgetry" |
David Simon, Richard Price |
Richard Price |
Agnieszka Holland |
November 14, 2004 |
| 9 |
34 |
"Slapstick" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
David Simon |
Alex Zakrzewski |
November 21, 2004 |
| 10 |
35 |
"Reformation" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Christine Moore |
November 28, 2004 |
| 11 |
36 |
"Middle Ground" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Joe Chappelle |
December 12, 2004 |
| 12 |
37 |
"Mission Accomplished" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ernest Dickerson |
December 19, 2004 |
[edit] Season 4: 2006
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| Season # |
Series # |
Title |
Story |
Teleplay |
Director |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
38 |
"Boys of Summer" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Joe Chappelle |
September 10, 2006 |
| 2 |
39 |
"Soft Eyes" |
Ed Burns, David Mills |
David Mills |
Christine Moore |
September 17, 2006 |
| 3 |
40 |
"Home Rooms" |
Ed Burns, Richard Price |
Richard Price |
Seith Mann |
September 24, 2006 |
| 4 |
41 |
"Refugees" |
Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane |
Dennis Lehane |
Jim McKay |
October 1, 2006 |
| 5 |
42 |
"Alliances" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
David Platt |
October 8, 2006 |
| 6 |
43 |
"Margin of Error" |
Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer |
Eric Overmyer |
Dan Attias |
October 15, 2006 |
| 7 |
44 |
"Unto Others" |
Ed Burns, William F. Zorzi |
William F. Zorzi |
Anthony Hemingway |
October 29, 2006 |
| 8 |
45 |
"Corner Boys" |
Ed Burns, Richard Price |
Richard Price |
Agnieszka Holland |
November 5, 2006 |
| 9 |
46 |
"Know Your Place" |
Ed Burns, Kia Corthron |
Kia Corthron |
Alex Zakrzewski |
November 12, 2006 |
| 10 |
47 |
"Misgivings" |
Ed Burns, Eric Overmyer |
Ed Burns |
Ernest R. Dickerson |
November 19, 2006 |
| 11 |
48 |
"A New Day" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Brad Anderson |
November 26, 2006 |
| 12 |
49 |
"That's Got His Own" |
Ed Burns, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Joe Chappelle |
December 3, 2006 |
| 13 |
50 |
"Final Grades" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Ernest R. Dickerson |
December 10, 2006 |
[edit] Season 5: 2008
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| Season # |
Series # |
Title |
Story |
Teleplay |
Director |
Original airdate |
| 1 |
51 |
"More with Less" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Joe Chappelle |
January 6, 2008 |
| 2 |
52 |
"Unconfirmed Reports" |
David Simon, William F. Zorzi |
William F. Zorzi |
Ernest Dickerson |
January 13, 2008 |
| 3 |
53 |
"Not for Attribution" |
David Simon, Chris Collins |
Chris Collins |
Scott & Joy Kecken |
January 20, 2008 |
| 4 |
54 |
"Transitions" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Dan Attias |
January 27, 2008 |
| 5 |
55 |
"React Quotes" |
David Simon, David Mills |
David Mills |
Agnieszka Holland |
February 3, 2008 |
| 6 |
56 |
"The Dickensian Aspect" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
Ed Burns |
Seith Mann |
February 10, 2008 |
| 7 |
57 |
"Took" |
David Simon, Richard Price |
Richard Price |
Dominic West |
February 17, 2008 |
| 8 |
58 |
"Clarifications" |
David Simon, Dennis Lehane |
Dennis Lehane |
Anthony Hemingway |
February 24, 2008 |
| 9 |
59 |
"Late Editions" |
David Simon, George Pelecanos |
George Pelecanos |
Joe Chappelle |
March 2, 2008 |
| 10 |
60 |
"–30–" |
David Simon, Ed Burns |
David Simon |
Clark Johnson |
March 9, 2008 |
[edit] References
