djbrown

to make a long story short, my Tivo has been grabbing The Shield marathon on FX the past few days, and I was going to sit down and watch them Saturday. Stupid me didn't realize until just now that I had set it up to keep just 5 episodes, so I lost "The Pilot" and "Our Gang". Is there anything presented in those two episodes that will prevent me from enjoying the rest of season one?

Dave Scarpa

Oh boy Absolutely and especially the end of the first show. Pick up the box set this tuesday.

Groucho

The pilot is must-see and you don't want it spoiled here.

djbrown

well, I've gone ahead and watched episodes 3-7 so far. I can only assume, from flashbacks during these episodes, that the big surprise in the Pilot is