In the-wire-network.xlsx, you will find a sheet for each season. Within a sheet, a rows exists for the first time two characters speak to each other in a scene (called a chapter). The columns are:

• Episode
  
• Chapter
• Vertex 1 (one of the two characters in the interaction)
  
• Vertex 2 (the other character in the interaction)
  
• Speech type (one of: In-Person, Radio, Beeper, or Phone)
  
• Notes

Edges are undirected. A list of characters and how they are referenced in the Vertex 1 and Vertex 2 columns of the-wire-network.xlsx can be found in the-wire-characters.xlsx. That file has the following columns:

• ID (use this to cross reference with the-wire-network.xlsx)
  
• Official Title
• Full Name
• Episode Introduced
• Notes

This dataset was created by Prof. Sam Alexander and the students of HON350: The Network Society when it ran in Spring 2018.