The Corner
The Corner Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
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"The true story that quietly became The Wire's soul"
Before The Wire, David Simon and Ed Burns turned their nonfiction book into this six-part HBO miniseries about a Baltimore family caught inside the drug trade: a mother battling addiction, a father trying to get clean, and a teenage son drifting toward the corner that shaped them all. It's shot with a documentary rawness, slow and unglamorous, more interested in daily survival than plot twists. Heavy, compassionate, and unflinching, it carries real weight because it's based on actual people, not invented crime drama.
the unflinching, deeply human portrait of addiction and family that predates and informs The Wire.
you need fast plotting or hope for easy resolutions to real, ongoing suffering.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Gary's Blues | 8.5 | 250 | 64 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | DeAndre's Blues | 8.5 | 212 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Fran's Blues | 8.7 | 200 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Dope Fiend Blues | 8.6 | 189 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Corner Boy Blues | 8.6 | 175 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Everyman's Blues | 9.2 | 197 | 74 min |