The Wire: Season 3

12 EPISODES | TV-MA

The heat is on in Baltimore. In Season Three of the gritty HBO drama series, the war on crime is being lost...at a highly inconvenient time. It's an election year, and a desperate mayor calls for an end to the drug wars and the rising body count--but the dealers always seem to be one step ahead.

1.Time After Time

In the Season Three premiere, a wave of urban reform brings down the notorious Franklin Terrace public housing towers.

2.All Due Respect

Omar continues his bold strikes on Barksdale stash houses, which are now heavily guarded.

3.Dead Soldiers

Colvin feels the sting of Burrell and Rawls during a Comstat assessment of his district's felony numbers.

4.Amsterdam

West Baltimore residents get some surprising straight talk at a community meeting from Major Colvin.

5.Straight and True

Frustrated in his reform efforts, Colvin delivers a message to the next level of corner management.

6.Homecoming

Stringer Bell gets an education in construction management; Bunk uses shoe-leather to catch up with Omar.

7.Back Burners

Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues.

8.Moral Midgetry

With Amsterdam running full-tilt, Carver and Truck discover there really is no honor among thieves.

9.Slapstick

Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley, with unanticipated results.

10.Reformation

Brother Mouzone returns to Baltimore on a mission of revenge and casts a wide net in his search for Omar.

11.Middle Ground

The wire begins to yield information about the Barksdale organization, though links to the top are elusive.

12.Mission Accomplished

In the Season Three finale, a reticent Avon readies his troops for a seemingly endless war against Marlo.