I am addicted to The Shield

[Section_31]

Honourable mention for nepotism in The Shield, Cassidy (Chicklis's real life daughter) Corrine (Ryan's real life wife) and Ronnie (Ryan's mate) all comfortably the worst actors I've ever seen on telly, although Ronnie is shit in a good way. 

 

I do wonder how much they could have ramped the drama up though if there'd been a Carmella Soprano (as in quality of actor) for Vic. Especially in the scenes with Kavanaugh. 

 

 

[johnsusername]

5 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Honourable mention for nepotism in The Shield, Cassidy (Chicklis's real life daughter) Corrine (Ryan's real life wife) and Ronnie (Ryan's mate) all comfortably the worst actors I've ever seen on telly, although Ronnie is shit in a good way. 

 

I do wonder how much they could have ramped the drama up though if there'd been a Carmella Soprano (as in quality of actor) for Vic. Especially in the scenes with Kavanaugh. 

 

 

[johnsusername]

Corrine and Cassidy are really annoying. Ronnie's great though! 

[johnsusername]

Finished. Brilliant. What a show. Going to miss it (again).

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/23/box-set-club-the-shield

 

 

[Section_31]

Still think it's mad that Michael Jace is doing 40 years in clink for killing his Mrs.

 

"Am not gay."

 

You are now boyo.

[Shitty Arse]

Let me remind you of a few things you seem to have forgotten. I didn’t kill Terry. You’ve lost your leverage with Lem...and your ex wife’s pussy......tastes like sweet butter.

[johnsusername]

4 hours ago, Soft Joe said:

Let me remind you of a few things you seem to have forgotten. I didn’t kill Terry. You’ve lost your leverage with Lem...and your ex wife’s pussy......tastes like sweet butter.

[Kevin D]

Starting another run, tonight. We go again.

[Section_31]

It's magnificent, there's very few shows, if any, that can match its intensity.

 

"I don't know what the puzzle looks like yet, but the pieces are pretty damn ugly."

[Kevin D]

Vic hosting a barbecue in the pilot stands out as incongruous. The show's ridiculously streamlined, no restaurant scenes, no bars, no sitting around watching TV. Just forward, only forward.

 

Is there a single character on this show that has any hobbies?

[Kevin D]

[Kevin D]

Only realised that the final scenes in season 1 and season 7 are identical. Vic alone in a dark room, his family having run away from him, thinking and then cocking his gun before going out into the night.

[Kevin D]

 

[Kevin D]

Shame we didn't get more of Armadillo, cracking villain.

[Kevin D]

 

[Kevin D]

[Section_31]

I've spent most of my working life feeling like Vic in that final scene.

[Kevin D]

Lem: What do you think happened?

Dutch: Maybe the family sold the kid for sex.

Lem: Why?

Claudette: Because that's how Dutch thinks.

[Section_31]

It's just filled with gems that you don't even notice, even more so than the sopranos.

 

"I gotta get streetside, girl's gotta be about her paper."

 

"Help us out and we'll sponsor you for the rotary club."

 

"Man I don't do anal."

[Kevin D]

 

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[Kevin D]

Claudette: [about Tina] She's way too young for you.

Dutch: I am mature and distinguished. A lot of young women appreciate that.

Claudette: You really oughta cut back on the porn.

[Section_31]

Just noticed that one of the coppers who gets shot in the last episode of the first season is Paula, who from then on is always on cage/desk duty. Boss that, it's never mentioned in dialogue that she's too shook up to go back on the street. 

 

Tell you something else, I don't reckon there's ever been a greater concentration of amazing actors in one show. Chiklis, Goggins, CCH Pounder and Whittaker especially, seeing them all going at it in one episode is unreal. 

[Kevin D]

Unfortunately, it's not on youtube, so 12:00 - 13:50 on this:

 

https://mixdrop.co/f/zpoj6jggb3x3g8

 

 

 

 

Because The Shield is only forward, always pushing on, the only time we get any real backstory on Antwon is this interrogation. Our hero gunslinger is revealing his terrifying backstory, but only for the purpose of breaking him and getting him to reveal his part in murdering two police officers.

 

There's loads of extreme shit in the show, but as you watch it more and more, you see that is not for shock value. It's to expose and reveal who and what people are at their core.

[Kevin D]

Love watching exclamation marks go over Vic's head as he figures a way out in real time. He's a hell of problem solver: