This show is just like Vic: it makes you doubt yourself. I left open the possibility that the trade wasn't staged like I left open the possibility that

Totally uninformed prediction (and therefor not a spoiler):
Dutch will rape and/or kill the rookie.

Shield/The Commish...'cause that would be funny.

Even though I knew it was all being set-up for the purposes of putting egg on Kavanaugh's face, it was still a great reveal. The look on his face was priceless.

That was what I told my wife. Here Kitty Kitty.

That's insane. There's more of a chance that Danni impregnated herself ala Mrs. Cartman.

When is the second half of the season supposed to air? Please don't say 2007.

I think you aren’t remembering all of the hints they’ve given about how crazy Dutch really is. Over the last four seasons Dutch has shown several glimpses of his hidden psychopath. Do you remember when Dutch killed the cat? Or how about his interview with the suspected black serial killer from Texas? I think what was going on in Dutch’s head actually creeped out the serial killer.

Dutch will snap this season. It’s my prediction it will be on the rookie (or at least because of her).

I can’t wait. Believe it or not, Dutch is my favorite character.

I don't know if that's been completely pegged down yet, but it might very well be closer to 2007 than not: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/sh....cgi?id=shield

Totally agree with the Dutch prediction.. As DeputyDave just said.. There have been plenty of momments where they show Dutch changing into a psycho. Him interviewing the serial killer rapist is the perfect example.

This episode really had me.. I was freaking when they started talking in the clubhouse (me thinking they didn't know it was bugged).. Then at the end I really thought Vic shot that dude and was like "How is he going to get out of that!?"

Awesome freaking episode and BEST SHOW EVER!

It's not like he did that just randomly or anything, he was trying to figure out more about how psychopaths work, due to the fact that the cuddler rapist had shown him that not all of them follow the same profiles that he's already learned. As soon as he had killed the cat, you could tell that he definitely didn't enjoy it, and couldn't relate to what the cuddler told him.

Been a while since I've seen that episode, but wasn't he just rattling off what the cuddler told him, or something similar? We've seen Dutch (and other detectives) put on a show for a suspect to try and get them to confess, so it's not out of the ordinary for Dutch to act a little crazy to try and buddy up with the other guy.

Honestly, I think that if they do have Dutch end up randomly killing somebody, it'll be pretty unbelievable since they established that he's not like that.

Actually I coudln't disagree more with you. I watched seasons 1-4 all in a row in a span of about 1-2 months. It's all really fresh with me.. I think he DID enjoy killing the cat and he didn't act like a pycho when interogating the cuddler rapist. He almost seemed to enjoy it when the rapist started letting him inside his mind..

The interview I'm talking about was last season with the suspected serial killer who had moved from Texas. He was the one who lived with his sister. Dutch was trying to get him to talk, started to get inside his head and suddenly stopped. Claudette asked him what was wrong and encouraged him to continue the interview alone. Once alone with the suspect Dutch began to relate to him on a whole new level. Claudette, watching on the TV seemed concerned with what Dutch was saying. A look of knowing (like recognizing a kindred spirit) came into the suspect's eyes. Dutch suddenly stopped, as if realizing he had gone too far, and left the interview.
They never did bust him but they planted a seed of doubt in the sister's mind.

Argh.. It's driving me nuts trying to picture what the suspect looked like!

He was the black guy. Very friendly looking, always smiling and calm. They pulled him in twice. In one episode it turned out he had nothing to do with the murder but they were sure he was guilty of something. The second time the never solve the case because they had problems with the witnesses. I think the witnesses were a married couple that were fighting about the description.

EDIT: Season 4, episode 10 - "Back in the Hole" The 2nd time they interview him.

I've been saying that Dutch would "turn heel" ever since I first saw the guy, day one, long before the cat scene, or anything else like that. There is just something about him that screams psycho/sleaze to me, and I love it. If he does finally snap, it'll be one of my favorite moments in television history.

I thought for a while that he would be working a case that spans a whole bunch of episodes, and when it was finally said and done we'd all find out that he was the killer, of his own case.

I just realized that the woman playing Vic's lawyer is the hot brunette from Mulholland Drive (yeah, I'm slow).

She's still pretty, but she doesn't look anywhere near as beautiful as she did in that movie.

How about The Shield/Family Matters?

Great episode. Gonna suck to have to wait until January 2007 to finish this season.

OH YEAH.

I was also thinking the father might be that "hustle man" her and Vic worked with to get back that antique furniture. I thought it was pretty funny they way he was hitting her up for date.

I guess Robo does not watch the Shield.

Great episode... loved Kavanaugh going all King Kong in the room...

Taylor is also my pick... check out the DELETED SCENES in Season 4 DVD set.

Darn this show just gets darker and darker. Kid runs her head through a car window and then bites the driver.