# The Wire

Baltimore over five seasons: the corner, the docks, the school and City Hall. Scrub from 2002 to 2008 and watch Marlo replace Barksdale while the police stay the same.

Source: https://netgraf.isik.co/m/the-wire
Kind: Fictional
Summary: 31 people, 56 relationships, 2002 to 2008
Structure: average 3.4 connections each, 11% of the possible ties drawn, 5 communities

## People (31)

- Jimmy McNulty, Detective, the detail, from 2002
- Kima Greggs, Detective, from 2002
- Lester Freamon, Detective, natural police, from 2002
- Bunk Moreland, Homicide, from 2002
- Cedric Daniels, Commands the detail, from 2002
- William Rawls, Deputy commissioner, from 2002
- Ellis Carver, Officer, later sergeant, from 2002
- Thomas 'Herc' Hauk, Officer, from 2002
- Rhonda Pearlman, Assistant state's attorney, from 2002
- Avon Barksdale, Runs the Barksdale organisation, from 2002
- Stringer Bell, Avon's second, wants to go legitimate, 2002 to 2004
- D'Angelo Barksdale, Avon's nephew, 2002 to 2003
- Wee-Bey Brice, Enforcer, Namond's father, from 2002
- Bodie Broadus, Corner boy, then crew chief, 2002 to 2006
- Poot Carr, Corner boy, from 2002
- Omar Little, Robs drug crews, 2002 to 2008
- Brother Mouzone, Enforcer from New York, 2003 to 2004
- Proposition Joe, East side, runs the co-op, 2002 to 2008
- Marlo Stanfield, Takes the west side, from 2004
- Chris Partlow, Marlo's enforcer, from 2004
- Snoop Pearson, Marlo's enforcer, 2004 to 2008
- Tommy Carcetti, Councilman, then mayor, from 2004
- Clay Davis, State senator, from 2002
- Frank Sobotka, Union boss at the docks, 2003
- Bubbles, Informant, from 2002
- Bunny Colvin, Major, invents Hamsterdam, from 2004
- Dennis 'Cutty' Wise, Out of prison, opens a gym, from 2004
- Michael Lee, Corner kid, taken on by Chris, from 2006
- Namond Brice, Wee-Bey's son, from 2006
- Randy Wagstaff, Corner kid, talks to the police, from 2006
- Duquan 'Dukie' Weems, Corner kid, no one left at home, from 2006

## Relationships (56)

- Cedric Daniels -> Jimmy McNulty: commands (business)
- Cedric Daniels -> Kima Greggs: commands (business)
- Cedric Daniels -> Lester Freamon: commands (business)
- Cedric Daniels -> Ellis Carver: commands (business)
- Cedric Daniels -> Thomas 'Herc' Hauk: commands (business)
- William Rawls -> Cedric Daniels: commands (business)
- Jimmy McNulty and Bunk Moreland: partners with (business)
- Jimmy McNulty -> Bubbles: runs as an informant (business)
- Kima Greggs -> Bubbles: runs as an informant (business)
- Cedric Daniels and Rhonda Pearlman: with (family)
- Rhonda Pearlman and Lester Freamon: takes the wire to court (business)
- Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell: partners with (business, until 2004)
- Avon Barksdale -> D'Angelo Barksdale: uncle of (family)
- Avon Barksdale -> Wee-Bey Brice: employs (business)
- Stringer Bell -> Bodie Broadus: employs (business)
- Stringer Bell -> Poot Carr: employs (business)
- D'Angelo Barksdale and Bodie Broadus: runs the pit with (business)
- Stringer Bell and Proposition Joe: forms the co-op with (business, from 2004)
- Proposition Joe -> Marlo Stanfield: brings into the co-op (business, from 2006)
- Marlo Stanfield -> Chris Partlow: employs (business)
- Marlo Stanfield -> Snoop Pearson: employs (business)
- Stringer Bell -> Clay Davis: pays off (business)
- Tommy Carcetti -> William Rawls: promotes (business, from 2006)
- Frank Sobotka -> Clay Davis: lobbies (business, until 2003)
- Omar Little -> Avon Barksdale: robs (conflict)
- Omar Little -> Marlo Stanfield: robs (conflict, 2006 to 2008)
- Avon Barksdale -> Omar Little: hunts (conflict)
- Stringer Bell -> D'Angelo Barksdale: has him killed (conflict, 2003)
- Stringer Bell -> Brother Mouzone: sets up (conflict, 2003)
- Brother Mouzone and Omar Little: allies with (conflict, 2004)
- Omar Little -> Stringer Bell: kills (conflict, 2004)
- Brother Mouzone -> Stringer Bell: kills (conflict, 2004)
- Avon Barksdale -> Stringer Bell: gives him up (conflict, 2004)
- Jimmy McNulty -> Avon Barksdale: puts a case on (conflict)
- Lester Freamon -> Marlo Stanfield: puts a case on (conflict, 2006 to 2008)
- Marlo Stanfield -> Proposition Joe: has him killed (conflict, 2008)
- Chris Partlow -> Proposition Joe: kills (conflict, 2008)
- Marlo Stanfield -> Bodie Broadus: has him killed (conflict, 2006)
- Snoop Pearson -> Omar Little: hunts (conflict, 2008)
- William Rawls -> Jimmy McNulty: buries (conflict)
- Bunny Colvin -> Ellis Carver: commands (business, 2004)
- Bunny Colvin -> Bubbles: moves the corners to Hamsterdam (business, 2004)
- William Rawls -> Bunny Colvin: ends Hamsterdam (conflict, 2004)
- Bunny Colvin -> Namond Brice: takes him in (social, from 2006)
- Wee-Bey Brice -> Namond Brice: father of (family)
- Wee-Bey Brice -> Bunny Colvin: gives up his son (social, 2006)
- Dennis 'Cutty' Wise and Avon Barksdale: takes money from (business, 2004)
- Dennis 'Cutty' Wise -> Michael Lee: trains at the gym (social, 2006)
- Chris Partlow -> Michael Lee: takes him on (business, from 2006)
- Michael Lee -> Duquan 'Dukie' Weems: looks after (social, from 2006)
- Michael Lee and Namond Brice: friends (social, 2006)
- Michael Lee and Randy Wagstaff: friends (social, 2006)
- Thomas 'Herc' Hauk -> Randy Wagstaff: burns as an informant (conflict, 2006)
- Marlo Stanfield -> Michael Lee: employs (business, from 2006)
- Michael Lee -> Snoop Pearson: kills (conflict, 2008)
- Michael Lee -> Omar Little: takes his place robbing crews (social, from 2008)

## Tour (5 steps)

1. Two organisations with the same shape. A chain of command, people at the bottom taking the risk, and a boss insulated from all of it.
2. Stringer wanted to run drugs like a business. That is what killed him, and Avon signed off on it.
3. Omar answers to nobody on this map. That is the whole point of him.
4. Marlo takes over and the co-op ends. He kills the man who let him in.
5. Season four is four boys and the year that sorts them. One gets taken in by a policeman, one gets taken in by a killer, and the show is fairly clear that the difference was luck.