Columns: Series # | Title | Story by | Teleplay by | Directed by | Original air date
1 | " The Target " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Clark Johnson | June2,2002 | 2 | " The Detail " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Clark Johnson | June9,2002 | 3 | " The Buys " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Peter Medak | June16,2002 | 4 | " Old Cases " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Clement Virgo | June23,2002 | 5 | " The Pager " | David Simon & Ed Burns | Ed Burns | Clark Johnson | June30,2002 | 6 | " The Wire " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Ed Bianchi | July7,2002 | 7 | " One Arrest " | David Simon & Ed Burns | Rafael Alvarez | Joe Chappelle | July21,2002 | 8 | " Lessons " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Gloria Muzio | July28,2002 | 9 | " Game Day " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey | Milčo Mančevski | August4,2002 | 10 | " The Cost " | David Simon & Ed Burns | David Simon | Brad Anderson | August11,2002 | 11 | " The Hunt " | David Simon & Ed Burns | Joy Lusco | Steve Shill | August18,2002 | 12 | " Cleaning Up " | David Simon & Ed Burns | George Pelecanos | Clement Virgo | September1,2002