The Shield made its return to TV last night for the first episode of the fifth and presumably last season of this very dark cop show. I've written about this show before and this episode doesn't disappoint. The show effortlessly blends the chaos of the police work as well as exposing the intimate details of all the characters. You can already see the triangles of conflict being drawn up and if you are like me, you are itching to see how all this conflict and drama plays out.
New to the cast this season is Forest Whitaker who plays a Internal Affairs officer who is tasked with bringing down Vic Mackey and his Strike Team. Forest does a fabulous job with the role. Full of bravado and arrogance when he needs to be and shamelessly vulnerable and open to people he is trying to con. He also has this nervous twitch about him that makes you think he just might be off his rocker. I don't want to spoil things for people who haven't the seen the show, so I will leave it at that.
Lastly, my advice still stands to watch this show straight thru on DVD. Go rent the disks and treat yourself to a huge sweeping epic.
One last thing, I still have much hate in my heart for FX's insistance on using an almost all Flash website. Man that is irritating.
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I need a copy by Sat of Jan. 17th episode of The Shield, my father died Mon Jan 16th & I was unable to catch it all week. I's like to see it before I watch this week's show. Can anyone help?
(Sat. is me & my husband time to spend a little time together)
Thanks
# Posted by Vickie | January 26, 2006 8:13 AM
Sorry to hear about your loss Vicki, but I don't have the show recorded. You should be able to read the snyposis on the show website. The episode in question is called "Enemy of Good". They often replay the shows on FX...so check your local tv guide to see if it is going to be on soon.
# Posted by Mark Mascolino | January 26, 2006 10:15 AM
I was wondering when we can buy season 5 of the shield on dvd.
# Posted by Catherine Radel | May 15, 2006 11:58 PM