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About We Own This City
We Own This City premiered April 25, 2022 on HBO as six episodes from David Simon and George Pelecanos, adapting the 2021 Justin Fenton book. Jon Bernthal plays Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, Wunmi Mosaku plays DOJ lawyer Nicole Steele, with Josh Charles as Daniel Hersl, Jamie Hector as Sean Suiter and Darrell Britt Gibson as Jemell Rayam. It centers on plainclothes stops, thefts, overtime claims and Freddie Gray aftermath in Baltimore.
Middle hours track 2017 wiretaps, county thefts, Suiter death inquiry, federal cooperation and consent decree politics through the May 30, 2022 finale. Filmed in Baltimore with former police advisors and court records for search and overtime procedure. Watch episodes 1 through 6 in order, since flashbacks are dated on screen and each robbery explains later testimony.
Good to know
Watch episodes 1 through 6 straight, since theft amounts, overtime logs and wire dates carry forward and skipping breaks who takes what. The Wire shares Baltimore crews and themes but no plot or characters cross over beyond city institutions. Treat the six as one finished miniseries with no second season, focused on task force prosecution and department reform rather than a new season setup.
