The Wire - Season 1: Episode 1

Episode Title: The Target

Air Date:

02 June 2002

Genre

Crime Drama

Duration

60 min

Episode Description

'... when it's not your turn.' - McNulty. Baltimore homicide detective Jimmy McNulty gets into hot water and winds up assigned to a detail of narcotics outcasts charged with investigating drug lord Avon Barksdale and his powerful operation in Franklin Terrace. Meanwhile, Avon's nephew D'Angelo is fresh off beating a murder rap, but he finds himself demoted upon his return to the gang.