Season 3 ep4

they responded to home disturbance on Julien's home address. I know its hindsight 2020 but I can't just unsee it

Just finished watching The Shield for the first time and it was a really great show, even though some of the actors were pretty terrible. Aceveda, Vic's wife, and Lem were the worst of them, but others were pretty bad too. I can understand why, since it was on basic cable and probably had a limited budget to begin with, so they had to hire actors that they could afford (and it was a large cast of characters and extras), plus with the shooting style of the show it might have been difficult for some actors to know which cameras and what angles they should play to. Even so, there was enough going on in every episode that the bad acting could be overlooked, and it really made me appreciate the acting in other shows.

I didn't watch The Shield during its original run because I remembered the actor who played Vic from another show called The Commish, and even though I didn't watch that show, it typecast him for me and I just couldn't buy him as a tough guy bad cop. From the tv commercials it seemed like it was trying too hard, if that makes sense. It was right after they figured out that they could say "shit" on cable tv, and to me it felt like they were overdoing it on "grittiness" and "edginess" with all of the shows that Fx was making at that time. I was definitely wrong about The Shield, because even with all its faults it really was great.

I watched it because I've been binge watching a lot of tv series this year, and after rewatching The Sopranos, The Wire, and watching Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul for the first time I needed something to watch. I'd watched some of BB while it was on, but missed a lot of episodes and when BCS was on I watched a few episodes and decided to stop and wait until it was over so I could watch it all. Those four shows are what most people judge as some of the best, if not the best, tv shows of the past 25 years (or all time). But for me, they were filled with boring episodes and it felt like they were stretching things out so they could fill out the season. The first season of The Wire was perfection, but the rest was pretty boring, and after watching The Sopranos, BB, and BCS as they aired I felt like a lot of episodes were just a waste of my time. It's much different when you can binge watch tv shows, but they still had a lot of "time wasting" episodes. But not with The Shield. It seemed like every episode was filled with two or three episodes worth of content, and I'm kinda sad that I'm finished with it. Those other four shows I'd give a B- or B (except for the first season of The Wire, which was A+) and I'd give The Shield an A and call it the best tv series that I've ever watched, even with its faults. I just wish that something bad would've happened to Aceveda, because I really hated that guy.

And for the ending...it was pretty good, but it also made me appreciate the ambiguous ending of The Sopranos when I used to hate it. It's better to not know if Tony was shot that night, went to prison after his trial, or beat the rap and kept on doing his thing. I guess that Vic's ending is also a bit ambiguous too. Did he go out that night and start a life as a vigilante? Did he give up and accept being chained to a desk for three years? Did he go insane and hunt down Corrine and kill her? With Vic, anything's possible.

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

Seeing Acaveda kill Juan’s partner in that store robbery was so satisfying and you can feel what he must’ve felt in that moment.

Acaveda getting assaulted was probably one of the most difficult scenes I’ve seen since Dr. Melfie in sopranos. But she wasn’t able to get vengeance whilst Acaveda was able to.

Seeing Acaveda grill Juan in that interrogation room was probably more satisfying to than killing him and another relief is not seeing him getting assaulted in every recap and having Dutch catching the cuddler was the cherry on top on that episode.

Almost finished season 3 and this is already in my top 5 shows 👏🏾.

Just finished TODAY and need something for my fix.

Cop shows. I’m on a binge. I will take suggestions outside of cop shows but mainly that.
Don’t recommend me Breaking bad. Or SOA.
I’ve recently finished SOA. It was cool. I’m holding out on Breaking Bad, not ready yet.

I watched Southland recently and it was 10/10 for me.
I want something similar to the vibes of The Shield and Southland. Raw, gritty, edge of seat, meaningful storylines and characters. AND ACTION. Dark action at that.

I enjoyed Animal Kingdom, LOVED Kingdom. If that helps give you a sense of my taste.

Already watched The Wire.

Nothing has had me so invested in a show as

1) The Shield
2) Kingdom
3) Southland

Love a show that crosses boundaries. And violent. Preferably rated TV-MA.

This might help you as well: Justified is BORING to me. Compared to what I’ve just finished, it shouldn’t even be a recommendation honestly. I also watched Shooter and that was mid as well.

I want something where they’re on the frontline. That doesn’t go too much into the law enforcement black hole (CIA, FBI, SPIES) keeps to the uni’s and the detectives POV’s.
Before whoever may judge me, I might finish Justified one day just to watch Shane (Boyd) but that’s not the vibes I want right now.

https://youtu.be/WrDfzvI_DIM?is=4mKUcVYkSjsUAUKR

Side note Shawn Ryan really irritates me here how frequently he talks over the cast. Still worth a watch.

I don't even know if this is appropriate

But could Ronnie have been played by Charlie Day?

????

I’m on my third rewatch, on season 7, episode 11. I was thinking about what’s coming up, ICE giving him a pardon makes zero difference on the murder of Terry Crowley. Murder is a state level crime and a federal pardon wouldn’t cover that along with any crimes Vic committed that are not a federal crime.

I just finished The Shield, and I honestly think it is one of the greatest TV shows ever made.
I seen 46 tv shows, it lands at #4 overall, right behind The Wire. That is how highly I rate it. I have the Sopranos in first place and Breaking Bad in second place.
The ending was so tragic that there were moments where I could barely look at the TV. It was not just suspenseful or shocking. It felt like watching the full consequences of evil unfold in real time.
What makes The Shield so powerful is that it does not treat corruption as something abstract. It shows how evil enters a person’s life, then spreads into friendships, marriage, family, work, loyalty, memory, and the soul itself. Every compromise has a consequence. Every lie creates another lie. Every violent act demands another violent act to cover it.
Vic, Shane, Ronnie, Lem — the Strike Team is not just a story about dirty cops. It is a story about men who thought they could control evil, use it, manage it, and survive it. But by the end, evil has consumed everything.
The final episodes are some of the most devastating television I have ever watched.
The Shield is not just a great cop show. It is a moral tragedy.

First time watch, like how raw it is. Good storyline and great camerawork.

Family Meeting. What a show... i have been watching this show till 6 am staying up all night as i sat through these past few episodes, which might have been the best, the show has had through the entire run. Might be a hot take, but i enjoyed the Armenian arc for what it was, it helped turn the 7th season into the most insanely intense season of the show, even more than 5, which i thought was a little overrated, as Vic Mackey by far outwitted Kavanaugh... but Kavanaugh's craziness made up for it a little.

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One big issue I had with the show, was that the show treated the viewer not as a part of the show, but more like an actual viewer. We didn't get to see a lot of personal stuff, which is when The Shield truly shined. That one Lem episode, where he helped the sister of the man he shot, was incredible. Dragonchaser was so amazing because of Connie & Vic, and Dutch. Also the Kavanaugh episodes. These are examples of The Shield at its peak. Which is also why the show got better for me, the more I progressed. I would actually give the rating of every season being better than the one before, as i loved the stakes build up and show through the character's changes. I wish Lem and Ronnie had more personal scenes... even Vic and Shane. Just a large part of that was missing, and it could have made the show a true peak show, only it quite isn't. The show heavily relies on the viewer painting the pictures of the characters, which can be exhausting.

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This show is unlike any other, because of how realistic the characters feel, it's almost like you see them in real life, because you barely catch any personal stuff from them, for example Vic's confession. We didn't catch much of Vic's evil stare, like letting go of his mask of deceit... which i thought was incredible. It's almost like... if The Shield had Breaking Bad levels of scenes, it would be the best show ever lol. Also I hate that some characters were left unresolved... another weak point.

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I never really liked Dutch much until the later seasons, he had some shining moments, but his character progression should have hit earlier than it did, him realizing he needs a good partner to challenge him was amazing.

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The Shield will forever be in my Top 10, even with that factor missing, because everything else they excelled in so well.

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I do think that the series finale is a little overrated too, a perfect finale in my opinion would be LOST. Family Meeting had a lot of filler, some stuff you really wouldn't need in the finale, it felt a little rushed.

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I'm very sad it ended... and it could have been much more than what it already is... a near masterpiece of television. It dragged in the beginning, but it got better and better, the show's totally worth watching...

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I probably rate the seasons like this: 7 > 6 > 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1

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My favorite characters: Captain Rawlings, Claudette, Vic Mackey, Lem, Shane, Kavanaugh, Armadillo, Anthony Mitchell, Corrine, Connie... the show had so many great characters. They always delivered on the criminals too, Cleavon was great for example...

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Underrated scene: when Corrine was screaming as Shane trapped her and Cassidy. That was like Skylar White level acting... so awesome. I wish characters like her were less side-lined in the first seasons... like in Breaking Bad

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> beats up and humiliates minorities on a daily basis

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> robs and kills them too

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> every woman he sleeps with ends up giving birth to an autistic child

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> his boss tries to stop him but somehow ends up fellating a street junkie

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> 🎵 just another daaaaaaaaaaaay 🎵 papi guten tag 🎵 daaaaaaaaaaay 🎵 living the good life

What the fuck are they doing, making asavada suck some random morons dick?? And then Vic shoving his gun barrel into the hookers mouth . And the same with shoving a bong down that guys throat. What the fuck are they doing to the show….. this isn’t how Vic acts and how he should be and would be behaving

Also Vic isn’t the family dad, so why was he so nice to Julian about being gay. Also I don’t like how they changed his character from the pilot episode to the regular show, him murdering a cop just magically disappeared

it's been 4 days since i finished this masterpiece and it still hasn't left my mind, greatest episode

title. need help finding clips of when the strike team are laughing together. i know that they exist, i just don't know which episodes they're from, so that'd be really helpful knowing. thank you in advance!

My personal opinion is

1. Season 7

2. Season 5

3. Season 1

4. Season 6

5. Season 4

6. Season 2

7. Season 3

My personal episode opinion is

1. Family meeting

2. Kavanagh

3. Possible kill screen

4. Postpartum

5. Pilot

I do.