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Season of television series

The Wire
Season 1
The Wire - Season 1.jpg

DVD encompass
Starring
  • Dominic West
  • John Doman
  • Idris Elba
  • Frankie R. Faison
  • Larry Gilliard Jr.
  • Woods Harris
  • Deirdre Lovejoy
  • Wendell Pierce
  • Lance Reddick
  • Andre Royo
  • Sonja Sohn
Land of origin United States
No. of episodes 13
Release
Original network HBO
Original release June ii (2002-06-02) –
September viii, 2002 (2002-09-08)
Flavour chronology

Side by side →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first flavour of the boob tube series The Wire commenced ambulation on Dominicus, June 2, 2002, at 9:00 pm ET in the Usa and concluded on September 8, 2002. The xiii episodes tell the story from the points of view of both the drug-dealing Barksdale system and the investigating police force detail.

The season was released on DVD as a five-disc boxed gear up under the championship of The Wire: The Complete Kickoff Season on Oct 12, 2004, by HBO Video.

Product [edit]

Coiffure [edit]

David Simon is the series' creator and head writer, showrunner and executive producer. Alongside Simon, many of the creative team behind The Wire are alumni of Homicide and Emmy-winning miniseries The Corner. The Corner veteran, Robert F. Colesberry, was also executive producer. Colesberry is credited past the residual of the creative team equally having a large creative part for a producer, and Simon credits him for achieving the show's realistic visual feel.[i] He also had a small-scale recurring role every bit Detective Ray Cole.[2] Colesberry's married woman Karen L. Thorson joined him on the production staff.[3] A third producer on The Corner, Nina Kostroff Noble, also stayed with the production staff for The Wire rounding out the initial four-person squad.[iii]

Stories for the show are often co-written by Ed Burns, a former Baltimore Constabulary Department homicide detective and public school teacher who has worked with Simon on other projects including The Corner.[three] The writing staff includes acclaimed offense fiction novelist George P. Pelecanos from Washington, D.C.[3] [4] Pelecanos has commented that he was attracted to the projection because of the opportunity to work with Simon.[5] Staff writer Rafael Alvarez was a colleague of Simon'south from The Lord's day and a Baltimore native with working feel in the port area.[3] [six] Another city native and independent filmmaker, Joy Lusco Kecken, joined the writing staff and served as the script coordinator.[iii] [7] David H. Melnick and Shamit Choksey complete the writing staff.[3]

Homicide alumnus Clark Johnson,[8] who directed several acclaimed episodes of The Shield,[9] directed the pilot, the second episode, and the 5th episode (Johnson later had a starring role in the fifth season).[3] Some other echo managing director is Clement Virgo, who directed two episodes.[3] Single episode directors include Ed Bianchi, Joe Chappelle, Gloria Muzio, Milčo Mančevski, Brad Anderson and Steve Shill.[iii] The flavor finale was directed by Tim Van Patten, an Emmy winner who has worked on every season of The Sopranos.[3] The directing has been praised for its uncomplicated and subtle style.[10]

Cast [edit]

The major characters of the get-go season were divided between those on the side of the law and those involved in drug-related crime. The starring cast comprised characters from both groups. The investigating detail was launched by the deportment of Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic W), whose rebel tendencies and personal problems overshadowed his ability.[11] [12] [13] The item was led past Lieutenant Cedric Daniels (Lance Reddick) who faced challenges balancing his career aspirations with his desire to produce a good example.[11] [xiv] [15] Kima Greggs (Sonja Sohn) was a capable lead detective who faced jealousy from colleagues and worry about the dangers of her chore from her domestic partner.[11] [sixteen] [17] Her investigative work was greatly helped past her confidential informant, a drug addict known as Bubbles (Andre Royo).[11] [eighteen] [nineteen]

These investigators were overseen by two commanding officers more than concerned with politics and their ain careers than the case, Major William Rawls (John Doman) and Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell (Frankie Faison).[eleven] [twenty] [21] [22] [23] Banana state'due south attorney Rhonda Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy) acted equally the legal liaison between the detail and the courthouse and too had a casual human relationship with one of the officers.[eleven] [24] [25] In the homicide division, Bunk Moreland (Wendell Pierce) was a gifted, dry-witted detective partnered with McNulty.[xi] [26] [27]

On the other side of the investigation was Avon Barksdale's drug empire. The driven, ruthless Barksdale (Woods Harris) was aided past business-minded Stringer Bell (Idris Elba).[xi] [28] [29] [30] [31] Avon'due south nephew D'Angelo Barksdale (Larry Gilliard Jr.) ran some of his uncle's territory, but likewise possessed a guilty conscience.[11] [32] [33]

The showtime season featured several meaning characters in recurring roles. Like Detective Greggs, partners Thomas "Herc" Hauk (Domenick Lombardozzi) and Ellis Carver (Seth Gilliam) were reassigned to the detail from the narcotics unit of measurement.[34] [35] The duo'south initially violent nature was eventually subdued as they proved useful in grunt work, and sometimes served every bit comic relief for the audience.[11] [36] [37] Rounding out the temporary unit were detectives Leander Sydnor (Corey Parker Robinson), Lester Freamon (Clarke Peters) and Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim Truthful-Frost).[38] [39] [40] Sydnor was a rookie detective with a reputation for solid undercover work.[41] Though non initially important players in the functioning, Freamon proved a quietly capable investigator with a knack for noticing tiny simply important details, and Prez, while a liability on the street, turned out to be a natural at his desk job.[11] [42] [43] McNulty and Bunk served in a homicide unit team led by Sergeant Jay Landsman (Delaney Williams), the jovial team commander.[eleven] [44] [45] Peter Gerety had a recurring role as Judge Phelan, the official who started the case moving.[11]

In that location were also several recurring characters in the Barksdale System. Loyal Wee-Bey Brice (Hassan Johnson) was responsible for multiple homicides carried out on Avon's orders.[46] [47] Working under D'Angelo were Poot Carr (Tray Chaney),[48] Bodie Broadus (J.D. Williams),[49] and Wallace (Michael B. Jordan), all street-level drug dealers. Wallace was an intelligent merely naïve youth trapped in the drug trade, Bodie a trigger-happy and determined young dealer, and Poot a lascivious beau happy to follow rather than lead.[11] [50] [51] Omar Footling (Michael K. Williams), a notorious Baltimore stick-up human being robbing drug dealers for a living, was a frequent thorn in the side of the Barksdale clan.[xi] [52] [53]

Main cast [edit]

  • Dominic Westward as Jimmy McNulty (thirteen episodes)
  • John Doman as William Rawls (8 episodes)
  • Idris Elba equally Russell "Stringer" Bell (13 episodes)
  • Frankie Faison as Ervin Burrell (11 episodes)
  • Lawrence Gilliard Jr. equally D'Angelo Barksdale (13 episodes)
  • Woods Harris every bit Avon Barksdale (12 episodes)
  • Deirdre Lovejoy as Rhonda Pearlman (9 episodes)
  • Wendell Pierce as Bunk Moreland (12 episodes)
  • Lance Reddick equally Cedric Daniels (13 episodes)
  • Andre Royo as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins (11 episodes)
  • Sonja Sohn as Kima Greggs (12 episodes)

Reception [edit]

The first flavor received more often than not positive reviews from critics,[54] holding a 79/100 on Metacritic.[55] On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 85% with an average score of 9.5 out of x based on 34 reviews. The website's disquisitional consensus reads, "Though information technology takes its time getting started, The Wire is worth the wait, spinning a connective web of characters and delivering no-holds-barred commentary on some of America's unsettling societal issues."[56]

Some called it superior to HBO's better-known "flagship" drama series such as The Sopranos and Six Anxiety Under.[57] [58] [59] One reviewer felt that the evidence was partially a retread of themes from HBO and David Simon's earlier works but still valuable viewing and described the series equally specially resonant because it parallels the war on terror through the chronicling of the war on drugs.[60] Another review postulated that the series might suffer considering of its reliance on profanity and slowly drawn-out plot, but was largely positive about the show'due south characters and intrigue.[8] TIME named the first season as the best TV testify of 2002 in their Acme 10 Everything 2002.[61]

Despite the disquisitional acclaim, The Wire has received poor Nielsen ratings, which Simon attributes to the complexity of the plot, a poor time slot, heavy use of esoteric slang, particularly among the gangster characters and a predominantly black bandage.[62] Critics felt the show was testing the attention span of its audience and felt that it was mistimed in the wake of the launch of the successful crime drama The Shield on FX.[60] However, apprehension for a release of the first flavour on DVD was high at Entertainment Weekly.[63]

Awards and nominations [edit]

19th TCA Awards

  • Nomination for Programme of the Year
  • Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Drama
  • Nomination for Outstanding New Program of the Year

Episodes [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • The Wire at IMDb

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