The Wire Season 1 Ratings

by dogdawgdogdawgdog | created - 08 Aug 2015 | updated - 18 Jan 2023 | Public

Season rating - 9.5/10 Highlight episode: Cleaning Up Best performance: Lawrence Gillard Jr.

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1. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Target (2002)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Baltimore Det. Jimmy McNulty finds himself in hot water with his superior Major William Rawls after a drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale who is charged with three murders, is acquitted. ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 7,687

8.0/10

2. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Detail (2002)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Lt. Daniels puts his team together but the extra help he's asked includes several less than stellar officers. It also includes McNulty, who is obviously in the doghouse. When one of the ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 6,281

8.5/10

3. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Buys (2002)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After two weeks on the job, the team still doesn't have a photo of their principal target, Avon Barksdale. Freamon has a solution when he hears Avon was a Gold Gloves boxer. In the ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,892

8.5/10

4. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Old Cases (2002)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Bodie walks out of detention pretending to be a janitor but Patty is recovering in hospital and is pleased that his injuries will result in a medical pension. Avon Barksdale puts a contract... See full summary »

Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,700

8.5/10

5. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Pager (2002)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Avon Barksdale is becoming paranoid and thinks he's being watched. He's also worried his phone is being tapped. He also thinks there's a snitch in D'Angelo's crew and he's told not to pay ... See full summary »

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,439

8.5/10

6. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Wire (2002)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Avon takes care of Omar's man Brandon but Wallace, who saw Brandon in the arcade, isn't too comfortable when he sees what they've done to him. Avon gives D'Angelo and Wallace a bonus for ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,609

9.0/10

7. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: One Arrest (2002)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Burrell reluctantly sides with Daniels in the disagreement with Rawls, giving the detail more time to make a case against Avon, despite his fears the operation is beginning to sprawl. ... See full summary »

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,273

8.5/10

8. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Lessons (2002)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

McNulty uses his children to tail Stringer after a chance encounter in a local market, with one of them getting his license plate. As the detail discuss the implications of the pit ... See full summary »

Director: Gloria Muzio | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,256

8.5/10

9. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Game Day (2002)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

D'Angelo speaks to Wallace, who tells him he wants to go back to school and get out of the Game. However, Malik 'Poot' Carr (Tray Chaney) discovers Wallace has started using cocaine to help... See full summary »

Director: Milcho Manchevski | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,448

9.0/10

10. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Cost (2002)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Avon, Stringer and Wee-Bey discuss how best to deal with Omar after the attempted hit on Avon, deciding to let him think they want peace, whilst secretly planning to kill him. As such, Omar... See full summary »

Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 6,279

9.5/10

11. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: The Hunt (2002)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While Greggs' life hangs in the balance, the entire department attempts to hunt down Savino. When Wallace flips, willing to testify that Stringer, Wee-Bey and Bird killed Brandon, Daniels ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,408

9.0/10

12. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Cleaning Up (2002)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Kima slowly recovers in the hospital. Stringer changes operations in the pit and the towers, rendering the wiretaps and clones useless, and prompting Burrell to begin dismantling the detail... See full summary »

Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,889

9.5/10

13. The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode: Sentencing (2002)

TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Due to the camera at Orlando's, the detail gather enough information to arrest Avon and many of his people, but, with Wallace dead, they are unable to bring charges against Stringer, who's ... See full summary »

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison

Votes: 5,734

9.5/10



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