The Wire: Season 3 (2004)

USA

Television Series

Creator: David Simon

Cast: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Aidan Gillen, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, J.D. Williams, Michael Kenneth Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Glynn Turman, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Brandy Burre

In Simon’s intricately plotted, pathos laden, and viciously realistic third season, the focus shifts back to the drug trade of the West Baltimore projects, with more time given to political machinations and besuited villains, further emphasising the fact that those who challenge the status quo, who are interested in progress and change, invariably get their comeuppance, whilst those who toe the party line, who turn a blind eye, are invariably rewarded. Iain.Stott