I hate to be a dick, but I really don't want to hear even the slightest bit about the French downloaded episodes. Not that these last episodes are a good build up, not even how good someone thinks they are. If you have to say anything, please spoiler it completely.

Thats fine and I will comply, but technically nothing posted about the future episodes are spoilers.

Yeah, I know. Sorry to jump on you. Just knowing that this episode builds up to something big bugs me. Again, just me.

My brother once told me, "you won't believe the ending", and ruined Sixth Sense for me.

Great episode. Shane's break down was simply phenomenal. And I love how they remembered to put the scars on Ronnie's face after his beard was shaved.

Good to see Billings do some police work and show some range.

I'm sure the Drive-By Truckers are glad to know that Shane is a fan - that's a demographic you want to hit.

I agree if people want to talk about the French episodes they should make another thread about it.

I agree it was sweet to see Billings "on" for a change, esp. when Dutch realized he was right on and spotted what Dutch had missed.

So where does Shane go from here? The fact that he killed is partner/friend, all over a mistaken belief, really leaves him nowhere to go.

J'ai juste fini l'épisode 7. Shane est certainement un petit serpent étant en connivence. Je ne peux pas attendre les épisodes de jeudi. J'aime la France!

It's sort of odd, but despite the fact that The Shield is by far my favorite program and that it would be insanely easy to just go and download the upcoming episodes and watch them at work and have that extra hour or so per week of time at home, I don't do it. There's just something special about parking my ass in front of the TV every Tuesday night at 10 and then coming in here and talking about the ep with everyone.

Agreed. The fact that The Shield isn't in HD should make downloading the eps a pretty attractive option. Instead, I wait and start watching at 10:20 from my Tivo, so I'm all caught up by 11:00.

Don't be sorry you were right. Everyone was going off topic with the French episodes.

As for what bralph said about the show not being in HD making downloading them an attractive option, the show looks like it is VHS quality sometimes!

the reason i download the shield is because it isnt in HD. no way in hell would i download them if they were..

Yo Apollo!

If it's also a choice between a computer monitor at work or a big tv at home it's an even easier one to make.

^^Exactly. Just saw this episode...wow. What an ending. Shane is a MESS right now. Should be interesting to see how Vic finds out everything.

I assumed the young girl Shane was screwing was more around the age of 16, actually.

18 I think.

Yeah, they said something about her being 18 and looking 14.

If I'm looking at the right actress on the IMDB, the lady that plays her is 33. DAMN!

Wow, I thought she was 12.

Thought the episode was great. I forgot to tape the first episode, but I still feel like I'm caught up on the season since I have watched all the rest.

Shane I guess hooked up with that girl in the first episode, but are there any other details that happened in the premiere I should be aware of?

Also, seeing Vic's partner had me wanting to get a nice stew going.

Looks like episodes 8 and 9 have hit online (from the French airings) - so make sure all of you that want to be spoiler free, be extra vigilant about what Shield threads you read on other sites...