leacha

I was born in '69 and watched a lot of TV so far in my life. Hell I remember the early days of HBO and TMC and before MTV or cable had christian programing in its slot. Out of all the shows I've watched in my life including sentimental ones. I came to the conclusion that this was and still is The Best TV Show that has been aired so far.

Enjoy the ride!

siddd5

Corinne continues to be annoying thruout Season 3 Ep. 9 (and possibly beyond .... no spoilers!) because in real life she's married to the CREATOR of the show (Shawn Ryan), and if he would fire her, she'd divorce him (possibly).

Jimmy James

In other news of nepotism, Cassidy Mackey is played by Autumn Chiklis, daughter of the lead. I'm sure that had nothing to do with her getting and keeping the job.

Original Desmond

Alright guys upto Season 4 episode 9

I am asking for only one bit of informational spoiler

Please dont tell me anything else

My question is

After Season 7, was the show Cancelled by the network or did it end on it's own accord ?

chrisih8u

On its own accord. A satisfying, planned ending.

Jimmy James

Shawn Ryan was not there for the end, though. They were finishing up during the early days of the writer's strike.

Tarantino

I watched all seven seasons for the first time in the beginning of 2009. One of my favorites now.

There were three "HOLY SHIT" moments for me (spoiled, because one is from season 5, and one is from season 7, so if you have not seen The Shield all the way through, DO NOT OPEN THESE SPOILERS (I warned you...)!



And I absolutely loved seeing Dutch show up on Sons of Anarchy (even though it wasn't actually "Dutch", I think we all know it was Dutch).

Jimmy James

My thoughts on the holy shit moments of the series in spoiler tags...

Tom Creo

Some more "HOLY SHIT" moments

Original Desmond

I'm upto Season 5 the episode where at the end Lem gets arrested after Kavanagh finds Vic and Lem watching him and his psycho ex in the interrogation room.

Now this whole thing with Lem taking the brick of drugs. The CI who saw Lem take it also knew he gave it back so it could be returned to the dealer. So i don't really see how IAD has a case against Lem aside from not following procedure to the letter. He definitely can prove he didn't take the drugs to sell or for his own use.

That to me is a big plot hole. Other than that, the back and forth games between vic and the strike team and Kavanagh has been great. Corrine pissed me off spilling her beans about the 65K and so did Dani caving in about her relationship with Vic.

Jimmy James

I think they have a big case against him because he was clearly tampering with the drugs for some purpose. I think you're right that he can probably convince them that it was for corrupt cop reasons and not to sell drugs, but he still gets a felony, probably some prison time, and fired for what they do have him on.

rfduncan

I believe Shawn Ryan wanted to wrap the show even before season 7, but FX talked him into additional episodes. And as I recall, FX themselves really s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d their airing of the last episodes. But the ending definitely wraps the series. Fear not.

True that. Her scenes are PAINFUL to watch because her acting is so bad.

Um as I recall, BOTH of the younger kids are diagnosed with autism. And I don't think ER nurses are rolling in it.

jeffbase34

Kavanagh was just using Lem as a pawn to get to Vic. He blew up the charge out of proportion as a scare tactic.

Season 5 was brilliant because you have two men, Kavanagh and Vic who are masters at mental manipulation, going at each other. The writing is so good that you forget that Kavanagh is supposed to be the good guy. Forrest Whittaker has said that fans really hated him. lol

Glad to hear that you are enjoying the series. Season 5 finale is jaw dropping. Season 6 slows down a bit, but the final season is gut wrenching. A lot of people praise the Vic character, but I think Shane is more facinating and fun to watch.

Original Desmond

Wow just watched the Season 5 finale where Shane kills Lem with a Grenade!

I knew what was gonna happen when Shane started acting weird. Performances by Walton and Kenny were amazing.

This one really hit home. When Vic and Shane killed Terry in the pilot, we didn't have any emotional investement into the characters, i mean who gives a toss about Terry. With Lem, obviously that's hugely different. Even with all the bad stuff they have done, this is the first one where you feel the victim is a true innocent. I won't look at Shane the same way again.

Im watching the season 5 extras and they are very interesting.

Please no Season 6 or 7 spoilers, but there is only one character i want to see totally taken down and that's Assevada.

I have to admit, Forrest Whiteker;s performance has been amazing. I truly loath the guy. Man was i cheering for Vic when he tackled Kavangh at the end

Now i have purposely avoided visiting imdb because i don't want any spoilers at all, but when i finish with the show and check it out, boy will i be pissed if i see it hasn't won any awards.

This is quality television of the highest order.

Even the minor characters have many layers and the fact that none of the original actors have to date (season 5 for me) chosen not to leave the show says a lot .

Still can't believe the amount of hot women Vic has banged !

Rypro 525

your gonna be pissed, i think the only emmy it won was best show season 2 and Chicklis won season 1 actor at the globes. Outside of that nothin, also out side of i think writing or production awards, i don't think it was even nominated season 5-7 at either of the big award shows

Original Desmond

Just finished Season 6 episode 3 where vic beats and kills the Salvadorian he thinks killed Lem.

The Kavanagh wrap up was a bit too abrupt. Kavanagh seemed to lose a heap of intelligence between seasons 5 and 6.

Still this season's looking good. Dutch and the hot rookie is an interesting storyline.

DJariya

Just wait until you meet a certain Detective named Kevin Hiatt. He's going to ruffle some feathers.

Rypro 525

damn, your plowin through this show. It is one of those shows where you don't wanna stop watching, and where you can easily do 3 or 4 episodes a sitting

Original Desmond

Just finished Season 6, boy Shane loves playing out of his depth doesn't he !

Seeing Tina nekkid (even though i suspect it was a body double) was sweet

I hope Vic doesn't trust Ass invader too much. He should always have kept copies of everything as insurance

I actually liked Hyatt, sad to see him go. Ditto with Billings.

DJariya

It was a body double. But a nice scene nevertheless.

Original Desmond

Watching Season 7 ep 3

Man what is this with Vic continually trusting Ass invader !

First he gives him back the videotape which showed Ass beating the guy in the interrogation room, then he gives Ass access to the box !

NORML54601

Billings is an awesome character

Original Desmond

Yep Billings rocks !

After the Shield, next up will be the Wire

rfduncan

Oh boy. Great way to go after The Shield. While both are great, I'd say The Wire is the better show. I'd watch that over and over.

Gilgamesh1082

Agreed. And I, too, watched The Wire after The Shield. Before seeing The Wire, I had The Shield up there as the best thing to ever have graced television. The Wire trumps that. Handily.