The first two episodes of HBO's new police drama "We Own This City" which debuted Monday introduce a dead man riddled with bullets in an alley and a drug lord whose wares seem to be leaving behind a trail of bodies, but the real mystery is something else altogether.
We Own This City tells the true story of Baltimore's Gun Trace task force, alongside the stories of Wayne Jenkins (Jon Bernthal) and Daniel Hersl (Josh Charles)
The Wire's David Simon returns to Baltimore for his new series about a dirty police unit who ruled the city like a gang of thieves. But it's a different beast, writes Vikram Murthi.