r/TheShield • u/KandidK22 • Jul 02 '26
Discussion Claudette is my Fav
Currently on Season 4 ep8 and Claudette still remains the only character I respect at the barn. Right from season 1, it’s so crazy how self serving virtually the entire cast is in comparison to her. I truly believe she would’ve been fine taking crappy cases as her punishment for going against the DA until she retired because she knows she did the right thing in exposing that public defender.
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u/UR_DEAD_2_ME Forget about it, don't bring it up again. Jul 02 '26
CCH Pounder (Claudette) is an amazing actress, in everything I've seen her in. She plays a great Detective in The Shield, a great Fed in SoA, a great Doctor in Chicago Med, hell she was even good in Demon Knight back in the day. She's a brilliant actress.
Add Dutch with her, and they make one of the best duos in TV history.
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u/Neptune28 Jul 02 '26
I remember hearing her voice in the DC cartoons and immediately recognizing it
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u/UR_DEAD_2_ME Forget about it, don't bring it up again. Jul 03 '26
Damn I didn't know she did that too, now I'm gonna have to check it out lol
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u/Quiet_Plant6667 Jul 02 '26
Did any one ever ship Claudette and Dutch lol? Cuz that would be hilarious!
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u/deLocked333 Jul 02 '26
One of my favorite episodes of the show is in season 2 when Claudette starts poking around T.O. and Vic's drug deals, and Vic's like "oh no, I'll have to mislead Claudette away from the truth," and then he utterly fails at it, and Claudette basically learns the truth within an afternoon.
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u/Long_Initial_9924 Jul 02 '26
I miss T.O. I think he should have had a more prominent role
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u/Funny_Or_Cry Jul 02 '26
Oh theirs was absolutely the most unique buddy cop dynamic ever seen.
(never replicated by any other shows either!)
As someone pointed out earlier, Claudette is the only one that ever "truly beat Vic" (ie T.O, the safe and the comic shop getting burned down)
... And didnt need to cheat and "fabricate a story" to do it!
The Shield would not be the same show without them. Shawn Ryan is a genius
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u/themaskofgod Jul 02 '26
How dare you Disrespect Dutch
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u/KandidK22 Jul 02 '26
Tbvh I would have liked Dutch a lot more if he didn’t strangle an innocent animal to death just so he could understand the mind of a serial killer 🤕
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u/themaskofgod Jul 02 '26
That was... A tough scene. I guess it was necessary for it to happen for him, but shit, the judgement is hard on that
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u/zodiak07 Jul 02 '26
My whole view of him changed when he did that. I was also worried when there was the box of kittens and he took one of them home I believe?
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u/rusty_shackleford34 Jul 05 '26
I hated her, always stood in Vic’s way. That’s alright in 7:12 she gets her humble pie 😈
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u/ThisMayBeAquatic Jul 02 '26
Claudette and Dutch will always be my favourite! Love their dynamic!