THE SHIELD, season 5, eps. 9-10: “Smoked”/”Of Mice and Lem”
Leave you like they left me here, to wither in denial. . . Dean White…
THE SHIELD, season 1, eps. 10-11: “Dragonchasers”/”Carnivores”
The public has no idea what justice costs the men who perform it. (James Ellroy)…
THE SHIELD, season 5, eps. 7-8: “Man Inside”/”Kavanaugh”
“No.” Ask to see a hero and I’ll show you Claudette Wyms. For everything else…
THE SHIELD, season 5, eps. 5-6: “Trophy”/”Rap Payback”
“Sorry for the inconvenience.” Shawn Ryan and Forest Whitaker made this the key to Kavanaugh’s…
THE SHIELD, season 4, eps. 9-10: “String Theory”/”Back in the Hole”
“Hey. We still got time.” Drama, as we’ve seen in these episodes, isn’t about portrayal,…
THE SHIELD, season 4, eps. 5-6: “Tar Baby”/”Insurgents”
“Do you even have a clue how we’re getting out of this?” Perhaps the most…
THE SHIELD, season 4, eps. 3-4: “Bang”/”Doghouse”
“I’ve learned there’s always a compromise.” David moves into position in the City Council, Monica…
THE SHIELD, season 3, ep. 15: “On Tilt”
“Everything that came after started with me. I’ll set it straight.” The Shield did something…
THE SHIELD, season 3, eps. 13-14: “Fire in the Hole”/”All In”
“He can hit and miss. You can’t miss once.”–Nate (Jon Voight) in Heat Tom Doolie…
THE SHIELD, season 3, eps. 7-8: “Safe”/”Cracking Ice”
“I really don’t like this.” “Well, you’ll pretend.” The major throughline of this season is…