Tento realistický kriminální seriál z produkce HBO, jehož autorem je scenárista David Simon, tvůrce trojdílné minisérie The Corner, oceněné prestižní cenou Emmy, vypráví o vyšetřování případů spjatých s drogami a vraždami v Baltimore. Sleduje je z nejrůznějších úhlů, jak očima policie, tak těch, co stojí proti ní, a zachycuje svět plný úskoků i stálého sledování, v němž lze snadno překročit tenkou hranici mezi dobrem a zlem, zločinem a trestem. První řada se soustřeďuje na leckdy marné úsilí policie infiltrovat se do drogového kartelu v západním Baltimore, v jehož čele stojí Avon Barksdale a jeho pobočník Stringer Bell.
ghetto, drogy, policie, politika, korupce
Hrají: Dominic West, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Frankie Faison, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, .....Seth Gilliam, Aidan Gillen, Robert Wisdom, Domenick Lombardozzi, Michael Kenneth Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Idris Elba, Jim True-Frost, Tristan Mack Wilds, Wood Harris, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jamie Hector, J.D. Williams, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Delaney Williams, Chad L. Coleman, Chris Bauer, Anwan Glover, Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Michael Kostroff, Gregory L. Williams, Jay Landsman, Tray Chaney, Michael Salconi, Felicia Pearson, Jermaine Crawford, Glynn Turman, Hassan Johnson, Al Brown, Brian Anthony Wilson, Benjamin Busch, Maria Broom, Frederick Strother, Kwame Patterson, Thuliso Dingwall, Richard Burton, Tom Mardirosian, Leo Fitzpatrick, Paul Ben-Victor, Pablo Schreiber, Ryan Sands, Jeff Wincott, Amy Ryan, Merritt Wever, Method Man, Peter Gerety, Ramon Rodriguez, Alexandra Tydings, Bill Raymond, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Boris McGiver, Michael Mosley, Cyrus Farmer, David Costabile, Sam Freed, Dionne Audain, Brian Distance, Michael Ahl, Mike D. Anderson, Erik Dellums, Michael Rivera, Keith Johnson, Melanie Nicholls-King, Richard DeAngelis, Cleo Reginald Pizana, Brandy Burre, Maestro Harrell, Julito McCullum, Rick Otto, Michael Willis, Michael B. Jordan, Doug Olear, Megan Anderson, Neal Huff, Dravon James, Shamyl Brown, Callie Thorne, Susan Duvall, David Simon, Dennis Lehane, Ken Arnold, Tracy Teague, Kelley Slagle, James Ransone, Sarah Desage, Dion Graham, Alexander Emmert, Raw Leiba, Mark Joy, Vincent M. Ward, Chris Ashworth, Michael Potts, Andrew Roth, Jim Klock, Zach Book, Michael James Shaw, Genevieve Hudson-Price, Michael Hyatt, Marlyne Barrett, David Von Roehm, Teddy Cañez, Daniel Ross, Mark Kochanowicz, Nancy Grace, Laura Lippman, Allyn Camp, Corey Sorenson, Robert Hogan, Jarvis W. George, Muna Otaru, Neko Parham, Nitin Adsul, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Jerome Ro Brooks, Keith Flippen, Robert F. Colesberry, Eisa Davis, Rodney Roldan, Lloyd Booker, Christopher Mann, Dan DeLuca, Larry Derr, Chad Ridgely, Sam Coppola, Jeffrey Pratt Gordon, Edwina Findley, Nikki Bell, Rodney J. Hobbs, Aaron Michael Lacey, Fredro Starr, Nathan James, Antonio D. Charity, Lev Gorn, Richard Price, Stephen Graybill, Clay Steakley, Brandon Fobbs, Steven Moreti, Melvin Williams, Joe Inscoe, Joe Urla, Dennis Hill, Krystal Browning, Ed Moran, Richard Belzer, Gina Hernandez, Chris Kies, Steve Earle, Kevin Jiggetts, Luray Cooper, Clayton LeBouef, Ernest Waddell, David Ian McKendry, Roscoe Orman, Brook Yeaton, Kevin Murray, Robert F. Chew, Stephen Schnetzer, Tom Quinn, Terrence Currier, Pete Burris, Kevin McKelvey, Brandon Young, Franklin Ojeda Smith, Karl Otter, Oleg Kljonov, Robert G. McKay, Donnell Rawlings, Kevyn Settle, Anthony Mangano, Ben Solenberger, Aubrey Deeker Hernandez, Melvin Jackson Jr., Eli Harris, Christopher Haley, Patrick F. McDade, Jameel Saleem, Tamieka Chavis, Atif Lanier, Jim Jones, William F. Zorzi, Shamika Cotton, Tamika Simpkins, Edward T. Norris, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Barney Fitzpatrick
Vypravějí: J.D. Williams
Archivní záběry: Wood Harris, Robert Guillaume, Chris Bauer, Delaney Williams, Gregory L. Williams, Michael B. Jordan, Ian McShane, Chris Ashworth, Muhammad Ali
Režie: Ernest R. Dickerson, Daniel Attias, Clark Johnson, Brad Anderson, Agnieszka Holland, Jim McKay, Steve Shill, Timothy Van Patten, Seith Mann, .....Gloria Muzio, David Platt, Anthony Hemingway, Thomas J. Wright, Dominic West, Alex Zakrzewski, Joe Chappelle, Ed Bianchi, Robert F. Colesberry, Leslie Libman, Peter Medak, Clément Virgo, Milčo Mančevski, Elodie Keene, Rob Bailey, Joy Kecken, Scott Kecken, Christine Moore
Tvůrci: David Simon
Scénář: David Simon, Dennis Lehane, Richard Price, Joy Kecken, Eric Ellis Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Chris Collins, Ed Burns, David Mills, .....William F. Zorzi
Producenti: Ed Burns
Kamera: Russell Lee Fine, Uta Briesewitz, Eagle Egilsson, David Insley
Střih: Geraldine Peroni, Michael Berenbaum, Alex Hall, Allyson C. Johnson, Kate Sanford, Meg Reticker, Thom Zimny, Deborah Moran
Scénografie: Vincent Peranio, William A. Cimino, Barbara Haberecht, Halina Gebarowicz
Kostýmy a make-up: Ardis Cohen, Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, Alonzo Van Wilson
Zvuk: Andy Kris, Frank Morrone, Robert Fernandez, James Peterson
