The Corner (2000)

Crime · Drama

The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (6,093 votes)
Episode average: 8.7 ↑ +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

8.68 avg 6 episodes 8.5 → 9.2 63 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gary's Blues	8.5	256
2	DeAndre's Blues	8.5	218
3	Fran's Blues	8.7	205
4	Dope Fiend Blues	8.6	195
5	Corner Boy Blues	8.6	181
6	Everyman's Blues	9.2	203