Luray Cooper

The heat is on in Baltimore. In Season Three of the gritty HBO drama series, the war on crime is being lost at a highly inconvenient time. It's an election year, and a desperate mayor calls for an end to the drug wars and the rising body count.

In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins with Season Four of HBO's acclaimed drama series 'The Wire' that centers on the vagaries of crime, law enforcement, politics and education in Baltimore, MD.

In Season One of the raw, realistic HBO drama series, a joint homicide/narcotics police detail is created to investigate a drug-dealing operation in the city of Baltimore.

The heat is on in Baltimore. In Season Three of the gritty HBO drama series, the war on crime is being lost at a highly inconvenient time. It's an election year, and a desperate mayor calls for an end to the drug wars and the rising body count.

In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. And now, in the media. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. HBO presents the fifth--and final--season of this acclaimed drama series that focuses on the vagaries of crime, law enforcement, politics and the media in Baltimore, MD.

In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. And now, in the schools. The places and faces change, but the game remains the same. A new story begins with Season Four of HBO's acclaimed drama series 'The Wire' that centers on the vagaries of crime, law enforcement, politics and education in Baltimore, MD.