This gripping series explores the seamy underworld of Baltimore – and the cops tasked with cleaning it up.

Our main man in the police department is Jimmy McNulty who – in spite of his womanising, drinking and intimidation of co-workers – is a good officer with both the skills and the heart for the job. He may bend the rules sometimes, but who doesn’t?

Viewers follow the story through the eyes of law enforcers and drug dealers, and see the game of cat and mouse between cops and criminals – with disturbing parallels emerging between the two.