The Corner (2000)
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.
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Episode 1 - Gary's Blues
Release Date: 2000-04-16Gary McCullough, an entrepreneur in the middle of his four year struggle with drug addiction. We see how he ended up on the road to ruin after being a sucessful businessman. We meet his former wife Fran, who is raising thier two sons and dealing with her own addiction to drugs.
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Episode 2 - DeAndre's Blues
Release Date: 2000-04-23DeAndre is kicked out of the house by Fran for selling drugs, so he moves into the apartment that the family once lived in. He has a party with his friends and sex with Tyreeka as his father continues his habit. Gary even steals drugs from DeAndre as he is having sex with Tyreeka.
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Episode 3 - Fran's Blues
Release Date: 2000-04-30Fran decides to fight her drug addiction.
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Episode 4 - Dope Fiend Blues
Release Date: 2000-05-07The series focuses more on Andre and his drug dealing lifestyle as he deals with police and the birth of his son.
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Episode 5 - Corner Boy Blues
Release Date: 2000-05-14Andre and his friends go about their business of slinging drugs as they try to stay out of jail.
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Episode 6 - Everyman's Blues
Release Date: 2000-05-21Everyone's fates are reveal in this must watch final episode. Fran defeates her drug addiction as Gary deals with his. DeAndre deals with his drug selling and the final path it leads him on.