The wire, the complete first season (DVD) Home Box Office ; produced by Nina Kostroff-Noble ; written by Rafael Alvarez ... [et al.] ; directed by Brad Anderson ... [et al.] ; created by David Simon.

Originally broadcast on television in 2002.

Title from disc surface.

Game day teleplay, David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey ; story, David Simon & Ed Burns ; director, Milcho Manchevski ; editor, Thom Zimny -- cost teleplay, David Simon ; story, David Simon & Ed Burns ; director, Brad Anderson ; editor, Kate Sanford -- hunt teleplay, Joy Lusco ; story, David Simon & Ed Burns ; director, Steve Shill ; editor, Geraldine Peroni.

Cinematography, Uta Briesewitz ; editors, Allyson C. Johnson ... [et al.] ; original music, Kenneth Burgomaster ; executive producers, Robert F Colesberry, David Simon.

Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie R. Faison, Larry Gillard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy.

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, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn. "Game Day: Barksdale finds himself playing an expensive game of one-upmanship with his east-side rival, Proposition Joe, for bragging rights in the Projects. Freamon schools Prez and Sydnor in how to trace Barksdale's finances to "front" companies in Baltimore. Herc and Carver take some cash off of Wee-Bey's hands, but end up misplacing some of the loot. Bubbles decides to go fishing; Greggs and Freamon try to "turn" Shardene; and Omar resurfaces with a bang, again. The Cost: With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him the months before he testifies. Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses, and Prez shows off his "gift for the paper trail." McNulty's estranged wife Elena takes desperate measures after learning that he had their kids follow Stringer Bell. Proposition Joe brokers a meeting between Omar and Bell, but Omar isn't sure he can trust Barksdale's truce offer. Orlando, who always wanted to be in The Game, finds himself playing into the hands of a state undercover officer named Wiggins. Later, he's forced to play a dangerous game of buy-bust with Greggs, Savino and the Barksdale crew. The Hunt: With Greggs in ICU after the disastrous buy-bust shooting, the police turn up the heat on tracking down Savino, Wee-Bey and Little Man. Burrell orders Daniels to hit drug dealers with an all-out assault that will put "dope on the damn table" for the press to admire. Barksdale sees his ranks thinning after the hit on Orlando, which forces Wee-Bey to leave town and leads to Savino's arrest. Bubbles tries to stay sober while scooping out the projects for McNulty; and Freamon determines there's a rat in the detail." -- http://www.themovienetwork.ca/thewire/season1.php.

Not rated.

DVD; Dolby Digital; 4:3 aspect ratio; Region 1.

Closed-captioned. In English, Spanish or French with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.