The Shield, season 5, official thread

[The Ill One 0]

I was hoping that Doomsday would be a reoccuring problem for the Strike Team. Then it becomes another issue because of the pressure for the Strike Team to redeem themselves with that arrest. But that's nothing big.

 

I'm wondering if Lem will use this for leverage or maybe try to screw Vic over again. But after admitting it to him I doubt he'd try to cooperate again. I agree with JasonX and hope they make sure Terry causes Lem and Ronnie to team up on him because it'd just get that much more interesting.

[BlackFlagg 0]

For a guy that's supposed to be so smart Kavanaugh really dropped the ball with Corrine, if you're gonna pretend to have a kid in the same school as hers I think it'd be smart to maybe learn some of the teachers names and such.

[JasonX 0]

For a guy that's supposed to be so smart Kavanaugh really dropped the ball with Corrine, if you're gonna pretend to have a kid in the same school as hers I think it'd be smart to maybe learn some of the teachers names and such.

 

The fuck-up makes sense since Kavanaugh obviously is so full of himself and giddy at the fact that he thinks he's got Vic by the balls with one hand and can crush them once he has his fun regarding tormenting Lem via crushing his balls with his other hand. And that is what's going to cause him to fail in catching Vic, IE he's so over-confident that he started out several steps ahead of Vic that he'll piss away what advantage he has over Vic by being too cocky....

 

Also, more foreshadowing about Ronnie as the father of Danny's baby and we get to see Mara again. Hopefully they've learned their lesson with the character and at least make her sympathetic and not such a bitch this time out.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I like the idea that Kavanaugh could be a screw up himself. Maybe it means he'll get a little grittier and take more chances going after Vic. Finally, a TV charcter that I'm enjoying not liking.

[BlackFlagg 0]

The question is does Lem know that Vic killed Terry? Last week's episode with Vic not being able to look Lem in the eyes when he asked him seemed like kind of a way for Vic to tell him the truth without telling him. But last night's little song and dance Vic gave, was that just for Kavanaugh or was he putting the show on for Lem too? Some of the looks Lem was giving kinda indicated that he was buying it....

[JasonX 0]

The question is does Lem know that Vic killed Terry? Last week's episode with Vic not being able to look Lem in the eyes when he asked him seemed like kind of a way for Vic to tell him the truth without telling him. But last night's little song and dance Vic gave, was that just for Kavanaugh or was he putting the show on for Lem too? Some of the looks Lem was giving kinda indicated that he was buying it....

 

It was both for show for Kavanaugh and the wire and to get Lem off his back. Of course, whether or not Lem believed it is still up for debate since right now, he doesn't have much choice but to at least pretend to believe Vic's lies if he wants Vic to help him save his career and life.

[ZGangsta 0]

Goddamn I love this show! I thought the main plot with the protitution ring was a bit slow, but that new chick going undercover was pretty awesome. The main plot this season is working really well for me, as it's bringing the whole series into a final arc and that's really satisfying.

Yeah, I'm definately thinking that Ronnie's the father now, unless that scene was an intentional red herring.

After 4 amazingly written and acted seasons, I'm totally emotionally invested in these characters and really hoping that the Strike Team makes it out of this ok. Oh yeah and I really hope that Mara doesn't learn too much and fuck things up.

[JasonX 0]

Got some news about "The Shield" and Spike TV, who bought the syndication rights to the show:

 

Cut and paste from http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?i...060125spiketv01

 

SPIKE TV ACQUIRED SERIES PREMIERE

 

* THE SHIELD - PREMIERE MARATHON

 

Premieres Wednesday, March 15 (9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT) as part of Spike TV's THE SHIELD MARATHON, which telecasts Wednesday, March 15 - Friday 17 (9:00 PM - Midnight) and concludes Sunday, March 19 (9:00 PM - 1:00 AM, ET/PT). Regularly scheduled episodes telecasts Fridays (10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT and 11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT), encore Sundays (Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT) and (1:00 - 2:00 AM, ET/PT).

 

The story of in inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact. Starring Michael Chiklis and Catherine Dent, THE SHIELD debuts on Spike TV with a marathon of episodes from season one. The schedule is as follows:

 

Wednesday, March 15

 

9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT

 

PILOT

 

While the Strike Team ramps up their control of the streets, Detectives Dutch Wagenbach and Claudette Wyms must turn to Vic Mackey in the pursuit of a kidnapped little girl.

 

10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT

 

OUR GANG

 

While the precinct deals with the repercussions of Detective Crowley's death, Captain David Aceveda starts an investigation into the Strike Team's involvement in the shooting and discovers a startling truth.

 

11:00 PM - Midnight

 

THE SPREAD

 

The Strike Team busts a celebrity basketball player during a routine warrant sweep and Vic Mackey decides to change "the course of sports history."

 

Thursday, March 16

 

9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT

 

DAWG DAYS

 

After a gang-related shooting at a local club, Vic Mackey and the Strike Team must stop the violence from escalating into an all-out war.

 

10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT

 

BLOWBACK

 

After Shane loses two kilos of coke lifted from a drug bust, the Strike Team must find it before Captain Aceveda does and uses that evidence to shut them down.

 

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT

 

CHERRYPOPPERS

 

Dutch has the full resources of the Barn for 24 hours as he tracks a serial killer whose latest victim leads Vic and the Strike Team into the underground world of the underage sex industry.

 

Friday, March 17

 

9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT

 

PAY IN PAIN

 

A shooting spree at a gang-frequented gun club has the Latino community on edge and Vic and the Strike Team racing against time to prevent retaliatory violence and additional killings.

 

10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT

 

CUPID & PSYCHO

 

When the Strike Team is split apart and its members reassigned to other partners, Vic and Claudette find themselves following the destructive trail of a bad batch of "cupid" meth while Dutch and Shane just try to get along.

 

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT

 

THROWAWAY

 

The Strike Team must clean up its own mess after planting a gun on the wrong guy in a truck-jacking case while Claudette deals with the mess of her family during a visit from her daughter.

 

Sunday, March 19

 

9:00 - 10:00 PM, ET/PT

 

DRAGONCHASERS

 

Vic helps Connie through drug withdrawal in a desperate attempt to keep her kid, leaving Shane and Lemonhead to break a strip club mugging ring, while Dutch follows his instincts about a serial killer and Danny is bitten by an HIV-infected perp.

 

10:00 - 11:00 PM, ET/PT

 

CARNIVORES

 

Vic and the Strike Team mediate between Rondell Robinson and the Nation of Islam while Dutch and Claudette investigate a brutal home invasion within the tight-lipped Korean community and Captain Acceveda revisits his past.

 

11:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT

 

TWO DAYS OF BLOOD

 

While Vic answers Assistant Chief Gilroy's call for help in covering up a hit and run before Dutch intuits the facts of the case, Shane and Lemonhead follow the trail of a gunrunner with a penchant for cockfights and David turns to Claudette after a double homicide raises ire and fear within an ignored community.

 

Midnight - 1:00 AM, ET/PT

 

CIRCLES

 

Vic and David must join forces to stop the bogus 9-1-1 calls that are luring cops into deadly ambushes in the aftermath of a riot and Assistant Chief Gilroy attempts to play them against each other and destroy their careers in a desperate effort to save his own.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Hope they don't have to censor down the show

[JasonX 0]

Some major news from TVGuide.com:

 

The announcement of whether or not there will be a sixth season or if the second half of season five will be passed off as the sixth/final season won't be officially be announced until after the first half of season five finishes airing this spring.

 

Also, they are stating that episode 507 is going to be a major episode in terms of the development of the season with something very very bad happening to

Claudette

. Current rumor has it,

Claudette's health problems take a turn for the worse and she's either hospitalized and forced to take a medical leave of absence or TPTB find out that Claudette is sick and pounce on her by putting her on the same forced retirement list that Vic is on.

.

[teke184 0]

Some major news from TVGuide.com:

 

The announcement of whether or not there will be a sixth season or if the second half of season five will be passed off as the sixth/final season won't be officially be announced until after the first half of season five finishes airing this spring.

 

Also, they are stating that episode 507 is going to be a major episode in terms of the development of the season with something very very bad happening to

Claudette

. Current rumor has it,

Claudette's health problems take a turn for the worse and she's either hospitalized and forced to take a medical leave of absence or TPTB find out that Claudette is sick and pounce on her by putting her on the same forced retirement list that Vic is on.

.

 

Makes sense...

Claudette keeps disappearing during the middle of the work-day and/or showing up late, then tends to take a lot of cases that don't involve her doing a lot of fieldwork. (Following up on the alleged real shooter at the high school in the interrogation room vs. Dutch having to chase down the body that the parole violater was talking about)

 

I think she has cancer and is going in for chemo, which is something she wouldn't tell anybody because she's hardheaded and doesn't want to show signs of weakness.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

If that's the case, teke, then say goodbye to the fro.

[packwingfn 0]

Next week looks better

[The Ill One 0]

Next week's episode looks packed. Things are beginning to pick up and the end of this episode must've been awkward moment for Vic and Kavanaugh.

[packwingfn 0]

Yes the end of the episode was good but defnitely a filler episode until the action picks up next week. Not every episode can be great so it's ok.

[Special K 0]

Dutch helping Vic's ex is interesting. It could be interesting seeing him go against Kavenaugh.

 

But yeah, filler ep. God, Julian's partner is such a bitch.

 

I did like Vic's speech to the lawyer. Ironic foreshadowing much?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Yeah. She's the type who relied on her looks to get what she wants. (Lord knows I've met enough of those bitches in my lifetime.) Now it's not going to work when your training officer is a closet homo and the other chick of note is preggers and tougher than most guys in that station.

[haws bah gawd 0]

I can kind of sympathize with the Julian's partner. Sure shes a fuck up, but I agreed with what she said last night in that the other officers give her WAY too much shit for her mistakes. Afterall she is just a rookie, and a rookie will make dumb mistakes. Julian is being an utter asshole to her, and the pregnant officer is a fucking bitch to her as well.

 

It was fun to see Vic's ex call Kavanaugh out on his bullshit. Forrest does such a good job of making this guy come off as a manipulative prick, that I cant wait to see him get whats coming to him.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I think there are times when Gay Julian could have been more understanding, considering all the times he fucked up as a rookie, but Danny, with all the crap she had to endure since season 1 has every right to bitch her out, especially when the n00b resorted to personal attacks.

 

I wasn't sure whose side to take with Gay Julian and the n00b, but after she began bitching about how Gay Julian has a problem with women partners has me over on Gay Julian's side for now. I'm curious to see what happens to Miss America.

 

Out of curiousity, Haws, have you seen previous seasons of the Shield?

[haws bah gawd 0]

I think there are times when Gay Julian could have been more understanding, considering all the times he fucked up as a rookie, but Danny, with all the crap she had to endure since season 1 has every right to bitch her out, especially when the n00b resorted to personal attacks.

 

I wasn't sure whose side to take with Gay Julian and the n00b, but after she began bitching about how Gay Julian has a problem with women partners has me over on Gay Julian's side for now. I'm curious to see what happens to Miss America.

 

Out of curiousity, Haws, have you seen previous seasons of the Shield?

 

I watched Season 1, skipped out on 2, and have been back since the beginning of Season 3.

[LaParkaYourCar 0]

I personally loved this episode. It seemed to be packed full of foreshadowing and I'm sure a lot of things revealed and brought up in this episode will come to play later on.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I also thought it was a very good episode. I like when Kavanaugh gets that desperation about him that makes him a little scary

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

The implication that Kavanaugh offed Patorio is also pretty creepy. Like, he's not just IAD. He'll cut your fuckin' throat.

 

The baby/pregnant mother storyline was actually kind of terrifying and disturbing. Like, really hard to watch.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

I really like Kavanaugh, and I really hope he brings Vic down!

 

Vic is a piece of shit who only helps himself out. Vic lied to Lem about killing that cop, and he helped Shane and his wife out when she put Tavon in a coma by striking him with an iron. And he got Lem to lie to Tavon about striking Shane's wife.

[Zetterberg is God 0]

Walt Goggins and Kenny Johnson were doing an interview on the NFL Network today and they basically said that the season 5 finale is the best episode they've ever done, so here's hoping that it lives up to the hype.

 

Anyway I'm enjoying this season quite a bit. The final scene of the last ep was scary in its intensity.

[Sideburnious 0]

Ok, can someone explain all the David Snell love? is it coming from another show he was on or just this one. He's a good actor, but people definatly seem to get over hyped about him.

[Mole 0]

When is the season finale?

[JasonX 0]

When is the season finale?

 

Middle of March, though we still won't know until after the current block of episodes ends if the Shield will come back for a sixth season and the time in which the remaining ten season five episodes will air, let alone if FX will retroactively declare them season six instead of season five part two if an official season six isn't signed off on and won't see the light of day until 2007.

[ZGangsta 0]

When is the season finale?

 

Middle of March, though we still won't know until after the current block of episodes ends if the Shield will come back for a sixth season and the time in which the remaining ten season five episodes will air, let alone if FX will retroactively declare them season six instead of season five part two if an official season six isn't signed off on and won't see the light of day until 2007.

Betcha that they get declared 'season 6' so that FX can sell an extra full priced DVD set. It would be pretty weak to go out on a 10 episode season though.

[BlackFlagg 0]

That was BEA-U-TI-FUL