Dope Thief

The Wire

Two lifelong friends in Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob small-time drug dealers. It's a perfect grift—until they choose the wrong mark and become targets of a massive narcotics enterprise.

Crime

Drama

Apple TV

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

	Dope ThiefApple TV · 2025	The WireHBO · 2002
Current Buzz ScoreMay 7, 2026	0.3 #1,428	3.6 #148
1-Year Buzz ScoreDaily average	0.7 #1,040	4.1 #164
Peak Buzz ScoreHighest 30-day average	7.7 Mar 14 – Apr 12, 2025 #985	12.3 Sep 6 – Oct 5, 2021 #683

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