This gritty inner-city drama initially focuses on the war between the Baltimore police and a drug cartel and then expands to encompass the impact of drugs on various parts of the community. On the side of the law are Lieutenant Cedric Daniels (Lance Reddick) and detectives like troubled Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), lesbian Kima Greggs (Sonja Sohn), brutal Thomas “Herc” Hauk (Domenick Lombardozzi), loyal Ellis Carver (Seth Gilliam), older Lester Freamon (Clarke Peters), and inept Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost).