Series

The Wire

“Listen carefully.”

★ 8.6(2,687)20025 seasons

The Wire is streaming on Crave and Crave Amazon Channel in Canada, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. Availability checked 9 June 2026.

Where to watch The Wire

🇨🇦 Canada

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Good to know

Creator: David Simon
Release date: 2002-06-02
Language: Mandarin
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 60
Network: HBO
Status: Ended
Country: United States of America
Studio: Blown Deadline Productions

The Wire — trailer

About The Wire

The Wire is a 2002 web series in the Crime and Drama genres, created by David Simon, starring Dominic West, Lance Reddick and Sonja Sohn. It spans 5 seasons and 60 episodes, and originally aired on HBO. It holds an average rating of 8.6/10 from 2,687 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Wire in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

Seasons (5)

Season 113 eps · 2002

Season 212 eps · 2003

Season 312 eps · 2004

Season 413 eps · 2006

Season 510 eps · 2008

Cast

Dominic West

Jimmy McNulty

Lance Reddick

Cedric Daniels

Sonja Sohn

Kima Greggs

Wendell Pierce

Bunk Moreland

Michael Kenneth Williams

Omar Little

Deirdre Lovejoy

Rhonda Pearlman

Andre Royo

Bubbles

John Doman

William Rawls

Clarke Peters

Lester Freamon

Jamie Hector

Marlo Stanfield

Aidan Gillen

Tommy Carcetti

Seth Gilliam

Ellis Carver

Themes & keywords

corruptionnewspaperdrug traffickingdrug dealerbaltimore, usagangsterpoliceorganized crimepolice detectivesurveillancepower politicscynicalurban decaynewspaper reporterwiretapping