The Wire (2002–2008) - episodes with scripts
Set in Baltimore, this show centers around the city's inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. After a conversation with a judge, Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team, in order to bring down drug kingpin Avon Barksdale. Avon Barksdale, accompanied by his right-hand man Stringer Bell, enforcer Wee-Bey and many lieutenants (including his own nephew, D'Angelo Barksdale), has to deal with law enforcement, informants in his own camp, and competition with a local rival, Omar, who's been robbing Barksdale's dealers and reselling the drugs. The supervisor of the investigation, Lt. Cedric Daniels, has to deal with his own problems, such as a corrupt bureaucracy, some of his detectives beating suspects, hard-headed but determined Det. McNulty, and a blackmailing deputy. The show depicts the lives of every part of the drug "food chain", from junkies to dealers, and from cops to politicians.
Season 1
- 1. The Target
- 2. The Detail
- 3. The Buys
- 4. Old Cases
- 5. The Pager
- 6. The Wire
- 7. One Arrest
- 8. Lessons
- 9. Game Day
- 10. The Cost
- 11. The Hunt
- 12. Cleaning Up
- 13. Sentencing
Season 2
- 1. Ebb Tide
- 2. Collateral Damage
- 3. Hot Shots
- 4. Hard Cases
- 5. Undertow
- 6. All Prologue
- 7. Backwash
- 8. Duck and Cover
- 9. Stray Rounds
- 10. Storm Warnings
- 11. Bad Dreams
- 12. Port in a Storm
Season 3
Season 4
- 1. Boys of Summer
- 2. Soft Eyes
- 3. Home Rooms
- 4. Refugees
- 5. Alliances
- 6. Margin of Error
- 7. Unto Others
- 8. Corner Boys
- 9. Know Your Place
- 10. Misgivings
- 11. A New Day
- 12. That's Got His Own
- 13. Final Grades