The Shield

[lifetime fan]

20 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I think The Shield is a level below the very top shows. I watched it when it was first airing and again a couple of times since, so it's not like I hate it. But I think when you judge all the seasons together, it's not quite top level. 

 

Hang on a minute...you didn’t like The Wire! 

 

Your views on telly don't exist mate. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

7 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

 

Hang on a minute...you didn’t like The Wire! 

 

Your views on totally don't exist mate. 

I never said I didn’t like The Wire. I said it’s overrated. Which I think it is. 

[lifetime fan]

Thought you gave up on it without watching it to the end? 

[johnsusername]

The Shield got better as the seasons went on and accelerated manically to the end, whereas The Wire got worse after season 2. IMO.

 

The Sopranos towers over all TV drama like a colossus. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

19 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Thought you gave up on it without watching it to the end? 

First time I watched it I did. Caught up and rewatched since then. Quite overrated in my view. That’s not to say there weren’t bits in there I liked or didn’t appreciate. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

2 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The Shield got better as the seasons went on and accelerated manically to the end, whereas The Wire got worse after season 2. IMO.

 

The Sopranos towers over all TV drama like a colossus. 

The Sopranos is excellent. I’ve watched it a few times through. I don’t think it’s quite as clear at the top as you see it, but it’s certainly top tier for me. 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

7 hours ago, johnsusername said:

The Wire got worse after season 2. IMO.

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[Karl_b]

The Wire is still top of the list for me but, having watched it through twice, I absolutely love The Shield and it's only just behind in second place. Amongst all of the other shows I've watched, it's the one I most recommend to people and just edges out GoT, Sopranos and Breaking Bad.

[johnsusername]

[Elite]

The Shield is definitely the most intense show I've ever seen, the stuff with Walton Goggins and his family was gut-wrenching.

[lifetime fan]

35 minutes ago, Elite said:

The Shield is definitely the most intense show I've ever seen, the stuff with Walton Goggins and his family was gut-wrenching.

 

It’s amazing I can rate it so highly but it’s still only No2, that’s no criticism of it. 

[Kevin D]

Heads up for new viewers, as well:

 

The Shield frequently has episodes where a gang, the Strike team and legitimate police officers are all looking for the same guy and if one party finds him, the other two are fucked. Those are my favourite episodes and when you want to invest in insurance, because your telly will crack through tension.

[lifetime fan]

Binge watched all 13 episodes of the first series yesterday. 

 

Finally went to sleep 6 o’clock this morning. 

[lifetime fan]

Going undercover as dirty cops, you think you can pull that off? 

 

We can try. 

[lifetime fan]

Bang start of season 3 and you can see why it all goes wrong. 

 

Shane puts his cock first and gets the nasty bitch a car. 

[lifetime fan]

Should have given her Tavon instead. 

[Kevin D]

2 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

Bang start of season 3 and you can see why it all goes wrong. 

 

Shane puts his cock first and gets the nasty bitch a car. 

 

Mara is perfect.

 

She is 100% right about Vic, and Vic is 100% right about her. 

 

That's how you write TV. You put Walton Googins in the middle of that and let it play out.

[Kevin D]

 

 

On 07/05/2019 at 16:03, lifetime fan said:

Binge watched all 13 episodes of the first series yesterday. 

 

Finally went to sleep 6 o’clock this morning. 

 

 

In Dragoncchasers, when Dutch is being embarrassed in front of everybody, but finally breaks down his man and catches a serial killer.

 

Then you see him in his car in absolute pieces balling his eyes out. Perfect.

[johnsusername]

On 07/05/2019 at 16:03, lifetime fan said:

Binge watched all 13 episodes of the first series yesterday. 

 

Finally went to sleep 6 o’clock this morning. 

For the first time, or have you seen it before? 

[lifetime fan]

31 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

For the first time, or have you seen it before? 

 

Watched it a few times before. 

[lifetime fan]

10 hours ago, Kevin D said:

 

 

 

 

In Dragoncchasers, when Dutch is being embarrassed in front of everybody, but finally breaks down his man and catches a serial killer.

 

Then you see him in his car in absolute pieces balling his eyes out. Perfect.

 

Love that scene. 

 

There are so many great scenes, especially when Forest Whitaker comes in but the phone call beats any scene I’ve ever watched. 

[lifetime fan]

Mara is a cunt. 

 

And Aurora Aceveda is just as bad. 

[lifetime fan]

Lem: How come every piece of ass you hit is more trouble than the last? 

 

Shane: Hey I’m marrying this girl. 

 

Lem: Well I’m not right, so unless she has a pussy that cures cancer! 

[Pidge]

Just started it again.  Damn it's still so great.

[lifetime fan]

It’s brilliant!