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Season Seven
EMAILPRINTSERIES: FX, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Universal acclaim
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 22 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Drama
Created By: Shawn Ryan
First Air Date: September 2, 2008
Summary
Starring Michael Chiklis, Benito Martinez, Catherine Dent, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, David Rees Snell, Jay Karnes, Michael Jace, and Walton Goggins
The end is near for Vic Mackey as he fights for his badge and his life in the final season.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
What remains compelling about The Shield as it heads into its last hurrah are the gray areas and ethical gradations of the characters that have defined it.
Read Full Review >New York PostAdam Buckman
For better or worse, The Shield set the standard for what is now permissible on basic cable. It's one of those shows I can't imagine living without.
Read Full Review >NewsdayVerne Gay
The Shield (this season and every season) is an intoxicating head-gamer of a show that grabs you by the throat.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season openers don't get much more incendiary: There are severed feet, a ''beef'' between rival Armenian, Mexican, and Salvadoran gangs, and a murder committed by another member of Vic's Strike Team.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
All I can say, at this point, is that the first eight episodes of Season 7 are tight, unrelenting, complicated, fierce, wonderfully acted.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
The Shield, which, based on the three I've seen so far, looks to be going out the way it came in: fast and furious, bloody but unbowed.
Read Full Review >Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
You couldn't wander in at this point and not be lost. Yet here's one series worth catching up with on DVD.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
He has always been wrapped a little tight but now he's about to explode, and Chiklis plays it beautifully, making it sound as if he must measure every phrase so that just opening his mouth doesn't release all the frustration in a nuclear blast.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
Nothing about the seventh and final season of The Shield feels like a show running out of gas.
Read Full Review >VarietyStuart Levine
For the uninitiated, the show's dense plotline has become a head-scratching web of scorned relationships between Armenians, Mexicans, corrupt politicians, dirty cops, police commissioners and Mackey, of course, in the center of it all, doing whatever it takes to hang on to his badge. For the longtime fan, however, the story is complex yet riveting, making complete sense, especially after witnessing Mackey's hellacious journey to get here.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Chiklis always sells his end of it, and when he has a great actor opposite him, you don't really notice how puzzling the story arcs would get.
Read Full Review >Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Things may end badly for Vic, or not, but this I know for sure: The next time The Shield cheats its viewers will be the first.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Tonight's season premiere does a fairly good job of wrapping up the sixth season finale and setting the stage to move forward but there's still a fair amount of cleanup to be done.
Read Full Review >Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik
Mackey is right where I left him years ago: again facing a disciplinary hearing that might mean the end of his career. As The Shield starts its seventh and final season, maybe it is time to say goodbye.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 22 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
TheKillerDynam o gave it a10:
Vic Mackey is a shark in an ocean of shark-hunters, but somehow he manages to keep swimming. Chiklis is an incredible actor, and he sells every minute of this show. If you haven't seen it yet, start watching from the beginning. It hooks you right from the first episode and doesn't let go until the end of the seventh season. Brilliant television. Only negative: The music at the title card gets pretty annoying when you watch multiple episodes in a row.
Paul S. gave it a10:
Phenomenal. without a doubt, one of the most riveting and fascinating dramas in television history. A true classic.
Michael W. gave it a10:
THE SHIELD is probably the greatest television series I have ever watched. Beginning with Season 1 and continuing through the Season 7 finale, I was utterly enthralled with the show. Shawn Ryan created a show for the ages, and I have barely seen better acting than Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Walton Goggins, and Jay Karnes produced throughout the series. If you have not seen THE SHIELD yet, start at the beginning ...and enjoy the ride, it's really something.
Tely S gave it a10:
It is hard for me to imagine a better cop show than The Shield ever happening. They exposed the nitty-gritty of street-level police work with a ferocious honesty, and made you care about characters that you never thought you could care about. The overwhelming sadness that pervades the final episodes is a beautiful document of the current apocalyptic zeitgeist; tragic and poignant entanglement of too many self-made traps.
J G gave it a10:
One of the best drama shows I have ever seen. Im not sure what will fill the void once the shield is finished.
Zackary S. gave it a4:
How the heck does this show get good reviews? the camera angles suck the acting is god awful. Seriously people stop watching this show... (i really wanted to like this show, it just sucks to much though...).
Scott W. gave it a10:
I came late to this show, thinking that nothing could beat Jack Bauer & Co on 24. How very, very wrong I was! This is by far the absolutely best thing on T.V. With season 5 being the jewel in the crown.
