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TV Tome has posted spoilers for season three of The Shield

 

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When we last saw “The Shield,” the Strike Team led by Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) had finally hit the Armenian money train and had acquired a large sum of cash. According to FilmJerk.com sources, the good news is that filming for the third season begins on September 12, less than a scant week away, for the first two episodes; the bad news is that fans have to wait until 2004 for the new season to debut on the FX network.

 

According to our sources, the first two episodes will both be directed by Clark Johnson (who directed the pilot and has since gone on to direct this summer’s “S.W.A.T.”). In the first episode, which bears the title “Playing Tight” (#301), viewers will find that new restrictions force Vic to let the streets go wild, jeopardizing the money train stash. Also, several of the lead cast members get love interests.

 

Among the new recurring characters we’ll be seeing are:

 

Mara Sewell: The attractive new girlfriend of Shane (Walton Goggins), she's in her late 20s. Described as very charming and ambitious in a “wanting -to-make-up-for-a-bad-child hood way,” Sewell is very affectionate towards Shane. About to get her real estate license, she has secured Shane's promise to give her the down payment for a pre-owned Lexus, which she believes is a necessary status symbol for her job. She's angry when he goes back on his word for reasons of his own, but is all smiles and kisses when he winds up buying her the car. Listed as a Caucasian or mixed ethnicity character, there is the possibility that there may be some nudity necessary for the part.

 

Tommy Hisk: An old school cop who's partnered with Julien (Michael Jace), he has been hearing some of the bad gossip that has been circulating on his new partner. Disgusted with Julien's performance with him on a routine domestic disturbance, Hisk makes no secret of his contempt for Shane and is outwardly dismissive of him. Producers are looking for someone who has some comedic ability and “authentically feel like a cop.”

 

Owen Thigpen: Artsy and serious, he's a behavioral therapist who's working (very successfully) with Vic's son Matthew (Joel Rosenthal). He seems very dedicated to his job, chatting with both Vic and his estranged wife Corrine (Cathy Cahlin Ryan).after each session. They’re casting this mid-30s Caucasian character as the polar opposite of Vic Mackey and have eyed this character as a potential love interest for Corrine.

 

Willem Quigley: In his 30s, Quigley is a Young Turk on the rise. He's with the Treasury Department, and been following the Armenian money laundering scam. Made aware that Dutch and Claudette are working on the same case, he’s what comes when the pair request Federal help. Bright, articulate and “very willing to be helpful” (obviously, since it will benefit him as well to solve this case), Quigley eventually finds that his hands are tied when none of the principals in the case – including the Greek government – will cooperate. This character is described as “offbeat for a Fed guy,” finding creativity in his job, and should be a credible threat to the Strike Team. The character is also supposed to be “fun at the same time.”

 

Jesse: This Latino character has been knocked unconscious when a truck he's driving full of ammunition is sideswiped in a chase and the bullets start firing after his lit cigarette ignites them. Later, under questioning, it's revealed that Jesse, an out of work concrete mixer in his 40s, is the father of a notorious gang leader, though he denies his son had anything to do with a van full of stolen ammunition. The producers are looking for someone who can speak fluent Spanish.

 

Diagur: In his late teens, Jesse's son is a street punk and one of the leaders of a local gang called the Byz Lats. Full of attitude, he refuses to cooperate with Vic when questioned about arming his crew. He’s thrust into a leadership position early on and should be a major part of the third season.

 

In the second episode of the season, “Blood & Water” (#302), a new character named Garza has hustled himself a shipment of 36 MP5 army rifles, ready to sell them to the highest bidder -- or so he claims. Willing to cut a deal with Vic, who's posing as an Aryan skinhead, Garza pulls a fast double-cross and waltzes off with both the guns and $100,000 of Vic's buy money. Having gven a kick in the balls to both Vic and Shane, Garza is the target of Vic's highly focused sense of revenge, and he has no idea that Vic has coaxed Diagur, his second in command, into setting him up. In the end, he winds up getting his balls kicked up into his throat, courtesy of Vic Mackey's rough justice.

[Guest Boomer Sprinklespax]

Man, this sounds great. Sucks we have to wait until 2004 though.

[Ted the Poster 0]

"Someone who can speak fluent Spanish"? That shouldn't be too hard to find in Los Angeles.

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Just a joke! Don't go all PC on me! ALso, this season is starting to look like it could own the first two.

[BlackFlagg 0]

Sweet, can't wait for Mackey to kick some more ass Wonder if Shane's gonna make his heel turn this season, they've been teasing a Mackey-Shane confrontaton for awhile...