The Wire, a show set in Baltimore centers around the city’s inner-city drug scene. It starts as mid-level drug dealer; D’Angelo Barksdale beats a murder rap. Det. James McNulty has been assigned to lead a joint homicide and narcotics team. The purpose of the team is to bring down drug bigwig Avon Barksdale along with his right hand man Stringer Bell, Wee-Bey, his own nephew D’Angelo Barksdale.