The Wire Season 1: A Deep Dive into the Streets of Baltimore Originally premiered on in June 2002,
(Lance Reddick), tasked with using complex electronic surveillance—the eponymous "wire"—to bring down the elusive kingpin Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris) and his business-minded partner, Russell "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba). Key Characters and the "Game" The wire saison 1 startimes