On the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys. Sometimes you need more than a badge to tell them apart. Season 1 follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore — one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance.
Baltimore detective Jimmy McNulty gets assigned to a new task force. |
McNulty feels the heat when a witness who testified against D'Angelo is killed. |
The early-morning "field interviews" by Herc, Carver and Prez result in a minor riot. |
Greggs and McNulty try to get Hardcase to turn informant. |
McNulty's detail finally gets "clone" pagers to track Barksdale and his gang. |
McNulty and Greggs ask for a delay in a murder bust in order to preserve the wiretap. |
Tipped off by the wire, Greggs, Herc, Carver and Freamon make a bust. |
An unlikely source gives McNulty the tag of Stringer Bell's car. Later, Omar earns his 'loose… |
Barksdale plays an expensive game of one-upmanship with an east-side rival. |
With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels must figure out what to do with him in the time before… |
Burrell orders Daniels to hit dealers for results that will impress the media. Meanwhile, Greggs is… |
With the detail's future hanging in the balance, Daniels faces off against Burrell and his… |
Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority to crack the case. |