The Wire Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1 Episode Guide

Episode 1 - The Target

McNulty (Dominic West) is assigned to a team of outcasts assigned to probe drug lord Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) operations.
Episode 2 - The Detail

A witness who testified against D'Angelo is found murdered; Greggs is briefed on the Barksdale probe.
Episode 3 - The Buys

Detectives' inquiries spark a minor riot, causing a boy to lose an eye and giving police a black eye publicity-wise.
Episode 4 - Old Cases

Gang members arrested in the raid face arraignment; Greggs and McNulty try to turn Hardcase into an informant.
Episode 5 - The Pager

McNulty's detail tries breaking the code on the gang's pagers; Bell teaches D'Angelo how to train lookouts.
Episode 6 - The Wire

Rawls' demands create strange allies; Wallace and D'Angelo wrestle with their consciences; Omar turns witness.
Episode 7 - One Arrest

A tip-off prompts arrest, but Avon and Stringer grow suspicious; another witness to the Grant murder emerges.
Episode 8 - Lessons

McNulty gets Stringer's license-plate number; Omar engages in a violent street encounter.
Episode 9 - Game Day

Barksdale plays games with an East Side rival; Herc and Carver take cash from Wee-Bey; Omar resurfaces.
Episode 10 - The Cost

McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with Wallace; Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses.
Episode 11 - The Hunt

After a drug bust goes awry, Greggs winds up in intensive care; the police step up the hunt for Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man.
Episode 12 - Cleaning Up

McNulty and Daniels wire Barksdale's back office; Wallace returns to the projects; D'Angelo makes a run to New York.
Episode 13 - Sentencing

Daniels and McNulty attempt to continue the case; Freamon and Bunk try to trace a crucial call; Pearlman and McNulty celebrate a break in the case.


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