In chronicling a multi-generational family business dealing illegal drugs and the efforts of the Baltimore police to curb their trade, this series draws parallels between these organizations and the men and women on either side of the battle.
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05x10 -30- Aired: Mar. 09, 2008A damaging report by Pearlman and Daniels gets a reaction from Carcetti, while Haynes finds little support for his concerns about a reporters … [continue reading]
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Directors
- Ernest R. Dickerson (6 episodes)
- Joe Chappelle (6 episodes)
- Steve Shill (4 episodes)
Writers
- David Simon (132 episodes)
- Ed Burns (51 episodes)
- Rafael Álvarez (17 episodes)
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- The writers/producers briefly considered doing a sixth season about the influx of Latinos into Baltimore. But none of them knew enough about Baltimore's Latino population to write about it so…
[show]The writers/producers briefly considered doing a sixth season about the influx of Latinos into Baltimore. But none of them knew enough about Baltimore's Latino population to write about it so the idea was dropped.
[hide] - Ranked #8 on Empire magazine's 50 Greatest TV Shows Of All Time (2008).
- SPOILER: Producer Robert F. Colesberry also plays Detective Ray Cole. After Colesberry died tragically following routine heart surgery, the Ray Cole character also died from a heart related…
[show]SPOILER: Producer Robert F. Colesberry also plays Detective Ray Cole. After Colesberry died tragically following routine heart surgery, the Ray Cole character also died from a heart related illness in the show. The entire cast participated in an elaborate detectives wake in honor of Cole and Colesberry's memory.
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