The Wire - Complete Box Set

Season 1From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner , this unvarnished, highly realistic series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. Season one introduces two major groups of characters-the Baltimore police department and a drug dealing organization run by the Barksdale family.Season 2In this season, McNulty (Dominic West) has been demoted to harbour patrol, Daniels (Lance Reddick) is in the police archive dungeon, Prez (Jim True-Frost) is chafing in the suburbs and Greggs (Sonja Sohn) is stuck behind a desk. Meanwhile, on the docks of the Baltimore harbour, the rank and file scrounge for work and the union bosses take illegitimate measures to reinvigorate business, but a horrific discovery is about to blow the whole port inside out. While the detail is on ice, a new case begins.Season 3Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, The Wire captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. Season 3 introduces Baltimore's local politicians and the upstart drug dealing Stanfield organization while continuing to examine the Barksdale Organization and the Baltimore Police Department.Season 4With the fall of Barksdale and the ascent of young Marlo Stanfield as West Baltimore's drug king, The Wire's fourth season continues to follow the money up the political ladder in the midst of a mayoral election that pits the black incumbent, Clarence Royce, against an ambitious white councilman, Tommy Carcetti.Season 5The Wire Season 5 concludes the award-winning TV series with a bang. The bodies are piling up in Homicide, but funds for police work have been diverted to the schools. Meanwhile, business is booming on the streets as the war between East and West Baltimore's drug kings reaches a new intensity. McNulty is drinking again. Bubs is clean again. Omar is back with a vengeance and Carcetti is struggling to make a difference as Mayor. After taking us through the streets, the docks, the corridors of power and the schools, The Wire brings us to the Baltimore media, where the successes and tragedies of all of our favourite characters become ammunition in the battle for circulation figures.Bonus Features:Season 1 Audio Commentary on Episode 1 with David Simon Audio Commentary on Episode 2 with Clark Johnson Audio Commentary on Episode 12 with David Simon and George P. PelecanosSeason 2 Audio Commentary on Episode 6 with Michael K. Williams & Domenic West Audio Commentary on Episode 12 with Producer Karen Thorson and Editor Thom ZimnySeason 3 Audio Commentary on Episode 1 with David Simon and Nina Noble Audio Commentary on Episode 2 with Richard Price Audio Commentary on Episode 3 with David Simon Audio Commentary on Episode 11 with George Pelecanos and Joe Chappelle Audio Commentary on Episode 12 with David Simon and Karen ThorsonSeason 4 Audio Commentary on Episode 1 with David Simon and Ed Burns Audio Commentary on Episode 4 with Karen Throrson, Kate Sanford and Jim True-Frost Audio Commentary on Episode 6 with Dan Attias and William F. Zorzi Audio Commentary on Episode 11 with Robert Chew, Julito McCullum, Jermaine Crawford, Maestro Harrell and Tristian Wilds Audio Commentary on Episode 12 with Joe Chappelle and George Pelecanos Audio Commentary on Episode 13 with David Simon and Nina K. Noble Part I: It's All Connected: The Wire (28:40) (TRT TBD) Part II: The Game is Real: The Wire (30:00) (TRT TBD)Season 5 Audio Commentary on Episode 1 w/Director Joe Chappelle and Cast Member Wendell Pierce Audio Commentary on Episode 2 w/Writer William Zorzi and Director/Cast Member Clark Johnson Audio Commentary on Episode 4 w/Writer Ed Burns and Producer Karen Thorson Audio Commentary on Episode 6 w/Producer George Pelecanos and Director Seith Mann Audio Commentary on Episode 7 w/Director/Cast Member Dominic West and Editor Kate Sanford Audio Commentary on Episode 10 w/Creator David Simon and Producer Nina Noble The Wire: The Last Word (26:33) The Wire Odyssey (28:39) The Wire Prequels (6:14)Seasons 1-5 PaleyFest NY: The Wire Reunion (85 minutes)