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Season 1 follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore — one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance. On the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore, there are good guys and there are bad guys.
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When Rawls looks to make a premature arrest for three murders that are linked to D'Angelo and Avon Barksdale, McNulty and Greggs must argue for a delay in order to preserve the valuable wiretap gains they have made.
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.
The major characters of the first 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.
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Detective Jimmy McNulty - case driven but insubordinate homicide investigator who prompted the detail's formation. Detective Kima Greggs - assigned from narcotics, and Daniels' protege. Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk - assigned from narcotics, penchant for physical policing. Detective Ellis Carver - assigned from narcotics, ambitious.
