THE SHIELD, season 2, ep. 13: “Dominoes Falling”
“I’m not getting you two killed!” The pilot got me curious, “Dragonchasers” hooked me, the…
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THE SHIELD, season 2, eps. 11-12: “Inferno”/”Breakpoint”
“Lied to me?” When it’s on its full game, there is no television as intense…
THE SHIELD, season 2, ep. 10: “Coyotes”
“I’ve heard about this kind of slick shit of yours. It doesn’t work on me.”…
THE SHIELD, season 2, ep. 9: “Co-pilot”
“It’s like he had to show me a negative so that I could see the…
THE SHIELD, season 2, eps. 7-8: “Barnstormers”/”Scar Tissue”
“I did this.” At the time of broadcast, I had never seen a run of…
THE SHIELD, season 2, eps. 5-6: “Greenlit”/”Homewrecker”
“You see a better way?” “No.” The first season of The Shield moved in fits…
THE SHIELD, season 2, eps. 3-4: “Partners”/”Carte Blanche”
The Shield’s focus on plot (I mean, holy shit, the first three episodes take place…
THE SHIELD, season 1, eps. 12-13: “Two Days of Blood”/”Circles”
WELL. For those who are just starting out, we have just concluded the least exciting,…
THE SHIELD, season 1, eps. 8-9: “Cupid & Psycho”/”Throwaway”
One of the pleasures of The Shield is how deftly it conveys, through incident and…
THE SHIELD, season 1, eps. 6-7: “Cherrypoppers”/”Pay in Pain”
Damn, but the elements of the show are rolling now with “Cherrypoppers.” Visually (watch for…