Harvey, an old man from Scotland lives with his young son and daughter in an isolated house in Patagonia. Upon arrival of the emissaries of a development corporation he promptly stands against them by building a large fence (alambrado). A debut rich with sensibility and violent physicality, an unusual film of wind, isolation, loneliness, desolation ... and madness.

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

When she was 13 years old, Amy Watson watched her mother die from an incurable disease. Determined to find a cure, Amy becomes a dedicated researcher at a high-security pharmaceutical company. She struggles with OCD and a fear of heights. When her groundbreaking discovery is stolen and her partner murdered, she’s thrust into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse high in the Dolomite mountains. With no escape except across a treacherous zip wire, Amy must outsmart the attackers, face her debilitating fears, and summon every ounce of courage to protect the research – and herself – before it’s too late.

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.

A computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon.

第四季将视野拓展到教育系统，其它主要情节还有第三季中引入的市长竞选，并深入描写了Marlo Stanfield领导的贩毒团伙在西巴尔的摩的不断壮大。

第五个季节集中在媒体行业。巴尔的摩太阳报面对利润的下滑、记者和新闻的数量减少、新闻质量下降的困境，如何报道被杀流浪者的新闻专题。第四季结束后的十五个月，市长Carcetti削减警局预算缩减教育赤字迫使案件调查中止。McNulty回到重案组，通过伪造证据制造了流浪者连环杀人案。暗自联系记者，得到社会关注，最终争取到市长支持查案。McNulty 将所得资源分配给警局的侦探使得多个案件取得重大进展。

第三季的焦点重回到活跃于街头的Barksdale团伙，同时也将视角扩展到政治领域。此外，本季当中引入Hamsterdam这一新支线剧情，以探讨在部分人烟稀少的街区对非法毒品交易及卖淫的「事实性」合法化会有怎么样的潜在积极作用。这种做法在阿姆斯特丹和其他欧洲城市取得了积极成果，减少了市内的街头犯罪。这些都是对早先情节的延续。