THE SHIELD, season 6, eps. 3-4: “Back to One”/”The New Guy”
“Send these to me wherever I land.” Lem’s gone, but his presence and the consequence…
THE SHIELD, season 6, eps. 1-2: “On the Jones”/”Baptism by Fire”
And then it came to me just what I had done. . . These first…
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 5, eps. 3-4: “Jailbait”/”Tapa Boca”
“We’re not the typical lowlifes you represent.” After the game-changing moment of truth-revealing that ends…
THE SHIELD, season 5, eps. 1-2: “Extraction”/”Enemy of Good”
The wheels just keep on turning. . . In its use of music, in its…
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. 7-8: “Hurt”/”Cut Throat”
“No. Now.” Events on The Shield move from action to consequence to consequent action fast,…
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…