We Own This City
We Own This City is an American crime drama miniseries based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. The miniseries was developed by George Pelecanos and David Simon and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The six-episode series premiered on HBO on April 25, 2022.[1]
We Own This City
We Own This City
by Justin Fenton
United States
English
6
- David Simon
- George Pelecanos
- Reinaldo Marcus Green
- Nina Kostroff Noble
- Ed Burns
- Kary Antholis
58 minutes
- Spartan Productions
- Blown Deadline Productions
- HBO Entertainment
April 25 –
May 30, 2022
Premise[edit]
The miniseries details the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force, and the corruption surrounding it. The story centers on Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, one of eight officers who were convicted on various corruption charges in 2018 and 2019. Its nonlinear narrative frequently includes flashbacks.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 93% approval rating with an average rating of 8.3/10, based on 56 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A spiritual successor to The Wire with an even more pessimistic outlook on law enforcement, We Own This City deftly explores compromised individuals to paint an overall picture of systemic corruption."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 83 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[18]
Andy Greenwald of The Ringer said Jon Bernthal gave "one of the great TV performances of this century."[19]
