rfduncan

Guest star: Paula Garcés (Officer Tina Hanlon), Alex O'Loughlin (Detective Kevin Hiatt), David Marciano (Detective Steve Billings) , Franka Potente (Diro Kesakhian)



Oh boy! At least I know this will be a good episode this week after a frustrating set of Monday night finales!

I guess Franka Potente is joining the show which is way cool.

Spanky BananaPants

It's been one helluva season so far. Looking forward to tonight's ep!

MovieExchange

IIRC, the season 5 commentary tracks had much praise for Franka's work with the show.

MovieExchange

Man... Shane is just burying himself with the Armenians. Typical Cletus - he thinks he's in control, but he'll soon find out the hard way that the Armenian mob now owns his hick ass.

Ronnie... can anything rattle him? Does he ever get upset?

Daryl

"...I will throw down with you right now". Ronnie is the f-ckin' man!

stingermck

Man all this extra screen time with Ronnie is great. Shit only 2 eps left!

Awesome promos for Rescue Me and Nip/Tuck also!

Jimmy James

Ronnie hasn't always been my favorite, but I think he became my favorite when he took a face full of stove and came back strong with the beard. They can kill Vic (as long as they take down Cletus and Aceveda as well), but Ronnie better make it out clean.

Patman

Ronnie is unflappable.

chaz k

Kinda of a ho-hum episode IMO. Is it me or does this season seem like it has more "filler" episode's than previous season's?

Tommy Ceez

WOW..totally disagree

2 questions

Has a show ever been on this long while still getting better?

And has any show introduced a new character (not supporting) who fit in as seemlessly as Hyatt?

And whats great is that in other shows, you would be saying that the ronnie character has changed, but here its just that he is SOOOO emotionally removed that he was previously overpowered by the more dynamic personalitys like Shane and Lem....it just fits perfectly

MovieExchange

A "filler" episode is something that is completely unrelated to the long-term plot, and is just a toss-off episode. If you want a good example, look at the various TV episodes written by Jane Espenson (Buffy, Battlestar Galactica)

So while we haven't had as much action as previous seasons, none of the episodes constitute "filler."

Red Dog

Aceveda is really showing his true colors now.

Jimmy James

I think the reason for less action is the obvious focus on the internal to a much greater extent than in past seasons.

MrX

I liked Lem but his death leading to the incresed screentime for Ronnie has been great.

Ronnie's turning out to be everything Vic hoped Shane would be.

Gunde

I've been thinking about that for a while now, and no I don't think so. Certainly not any shows I've watched.
The Shield hasn't even had a truly bad episode yet!

movieking

I agree. This is the only series that I can remember that consistently is great, and I honestly can't remember any "filler" episodes.

Charlie Goose

Damn, Shane showed no remorse for fingering a couple of stick-up guys for the Armenians to castrate. That's cold.

Loved the scene where Ronnie calls Vic out on killing Terry.

This isn't the final season, is it?

Fetzore

Nope, one more season after this one.

Good episode - Cletus is going to screw himself yet again. 20 bucks says he bangs (or tries to) the Armenian mob boss in the next episode.

starseed1981

Yeah, I'm think Shane tries to bone Lola too. But great episode nonetheless.

I was pissed about the Nip/Tuck teaser though because I haven't seen season 4 yet (got into that series over last Xmas). Not to go off topic but is there a release date for that dvd?

stingermck

Pretty much, hes not heartless, but he's cold, in terms of doing whats best for the greater good. Shane is too emotional, and of course Ronnie isnt

And as much as I love Vic, who thinks he should die in the final ep? I dont think I could handle him riding off in the sunset, having a good day.

Or better yet maybe him having to live with a circle of violence that will never end. But better than how 24 did it the other night

orderandlaw

At least she's be of age this time....and of course, the only reason he'd do her is because of his guilt about Lem.

starseed1981

Vic won't die in the final episode. He will be let go and recruited by CTU to hunt down Jack Bauer leading an ultimate Dragon Ball Z fight for the fate of the world.

Seriously though, I bet he goes down in the end for the Terry Crowley murder...that way the show ends and begins with the same storyline.

rfduncan

9/04/07

Yeah, I always thought Ronnie was just too quiet. Like he never had lines, but now we can see why. His character is based on being the calm, cool observer in the group. But he was always the "go to" guy when anyone needed something done reliably and cooly - unlike Shane or Lem who had their own various character-driven reactions... Shane beating the shit out of fellow strike team member Tavon (whatever happened to him?!) or Lem burning the money train money.

johnglass

And I think Hyatt (new Striketeam guy, is that his name?) is going to be the one to bring him down. He's doing a little too much to get in Vic's good graces while going against Claudette, I'm pretty certain he's working with the Feds.

MovieExchange

Good point... he has to know of Vic's history, so he could be working with the feds. Remember, the only reason Vic knew Terry was working for IAD was because Gilroy gave him the heads-up.

I'm also expecting something happening to Vic's ex and / or his kids. In some way, the violence and corruption he breeds comes back and kills or severely injures a member of his family.