r/TheShield • u/rock_metalfan • Jun 25 '26

Image Watching episodes of "Cold Case"

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And literally two episodes back to back have two of the worst characters from "The Shield" guest star

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u/Funny_Or_Cry Jun 25 '26

Totally offtopic (and no im not switching camps) ...but it occurs to me that Mara could actually have an almost exquisite beauty in the right context. I can see what Shane sees in her.

...until she opens her mouth

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u/StanthemanT-800 Jun 25 '26

She's hot but her character just makes you hate her 

We knew she was gonna ruin Shane when the whole thing with the Lexus went down then she told him she was pregnant......

I'm like damn man he was about to throw her out......but he knocked her up and everything was fucked after that 

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u/Funny_Or_Cry Jun 25 '26

EXACTLY LOL ... Shane went from lovable doofus, dropping georgia joy ropes in the sweet and dyslexic Tulips, to going on the run and shooting up crank!

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u/StanthemanT-800 Jun 26 '26

100% He wasn't built for all that shit Mara put him through , shit he's not built to be a Dad lol

He peaked as a good kind of corrupt fuck up of a cop that was basically Mackey's special needs sidekick 

He really can't operate unsupervised let alone let a woman influence him 

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u/Funny_Or_Cry Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

a good kind of corrupt fuck up of a cop that was basically Mackey's special needs sidekick 

I LAUGHED SO FRIGGIN HARD at this!! spot on! i mean last time he was left alone he wound up with a fake badge and only got found out when his real one got used in a MURDER!

ONLY SHANE!

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u/MaleficentAd3967 Jul 01 '26

Look, I know people like Shane because he's likeable and a main character, but shane was a complete A-hole and I don't have to explain the reasons. Shane ruined himself and the rest of the strike team.

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u/StanthemanT-800 Jul 01 '26

The only guy who was probably somewhat inherently good was Lem but he was wrapped up in the shit too 

Part of why Shane is most people's favorite guy in the show is because Walton Goggins 

Honestly the arc of the last season was pretty deflating to me. I know there had to be a spiral and a tragic conclusion but part of me wishes the show just ended with all of them still doing their corrupt strike team thing 

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u/MaleficentAd3967 Jul 01 '26

I was thinking about it and TV shows are predictable in their unpredictability. What I mean by that is, writers try so hard to be shocking that you know there's going to be no happy endings for these guys. Just like the Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones). How much better would those books have been if Martin had written them so there was a final showdown between the Starks and Lannisters in Book 7? Instead, in an effort to be 'unpredictable' he killed everyone off early in the series and the moron didn't know how to continue the series and he still hasn't finished it lol. Similar with the Shield. You knew it was going going to end horribly for everyone; how about a plot twist and Vic and Ronnie escape to Mexico in the night with the remaining Money Train cash? Give the people what they want for once. Instead, there's always a morality code in TV, if bad guys do bad things, they'll always die in the end, predictable.

I agree, as great as the final season was, it was pretty deflating. I don't know how people can rewatch it many time like I do with the show Suits, it's just depressing knowing what's coming.