THE WIRE

ESTEFANÍA CARRERA MORENO 1º BACHILLERATO

Script:

The Wire shows a realistic vision about Baltimore’s life, specially focus on drug trafficking. A lot of its characters have been based on real persons of Baltimore in USA. Few secondary actors are amateurs who perform their own character in the real life because they considerer that the story is so real that they want to participate in it.

The central subject in the development of series is the use of electronic vigilance technologies for Police, thanks to it its title The Wire (La Escucha in Spanish). This technologies appear reflected in both faces of Law, in a way systems and techniques used for criminals to avoid vigilance and in the other way systems used by Police.

Series starts with the links between two apparently opposite worlds and develops gradually strong cross between situations and characters of the two antagonist faces of society. Good and Evil faces of world are together because they need theirs to exist. To be in a face or in the other face of the line is often a perspective thing.

Series was finished in 2008 and all the sessions are focused on a different aspect of Baltimore although always with a common theme.

First session is focused on fight between Police and drug dealers in the city. Second session is focused in Baltimore’s port, contraband and problems about port union. Third session is focused in politicians, fight for power and social leader. Fourth session is focused in educative system and children’s education in Baltimore’s poor areas. Fifth and last session tell about Baltimore’s media.

Characters

- Detective “Jimmy” McNulty: McNulty joined the police department after a year of college in Baltimore. In his first few years in the Baltimore’s Department Police he was patrolman in the Western District under the command of Major Colvin. After helping Detective Ray Cole in solving a homicide, he was promoted to detective and assigned to the homicide unit where he was partnered with Bunk Moreland.

- Avon Barksdale: Avon is the boss of drug business in the Western Baltimore’s District and he is assisted by his childhood friend Stringer Bell . Below Bell was a huge organization of drug dealers. He is interested only in controlling the drug trade in West Baltimore, accepting nothing less than absolute power, believing that control of territory is the key to this objective. The problem is that he’s not very clever.

-Russell "Stringer" Bell: is an intelligent planner and businessman in the drug world of Baltimore. Bell helps Barksdale to decide about his economic decisions. In fact, Bell is an Economic’ student in the University who was recruited for Barksdeal’s band.