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Summary The Shield breaks the conventional formula of the cop genre. It plays out in a tough, morally ambiguous world in which the line between good and bad is crossed every day. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions....

Created By: Shawn Ryan

  • FX
  • 2006
  • FX
  • 2006
The Shield
Season 6
7 Seasons
Season Premiere: 2006
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Summary The Shield breaks the conventional formula of the cop genre. It plays out in a tough, morally ambiguous world in which the line between good and bad is crossed every day. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions....

Created By: Shawn Ryan

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Season Episodes

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Episode 0 • 2006 • 14 m
Wins and Losses
This 15-minute season six prequel shows the immediate aftermath of season 5. It is the day of Lem's memorial service, and an emotional time for Vic, Shane and Ronnie.
Episode 1 • Apr 3, 2007 • 51 m
On the Jones
Shane's guilt for killing Lem intensifies after the Strike Team learns that he didn't make a deal with the authorities, and Kavanaugh resorts to threatening informants and planting evidence to pin Lem's murder on Vic.
Episode 2 • Apr 10, 2007 • 48 m
Baptism by Fire
Detectives discover the evidence Kavanaugh planted to make Vic look guilty for Lem's death, but Dutch begins to suspect that everything is too convenient. Meanwhile, Vic tries to find the Salvadoran leader Guardo, who escaped to Mexico.
Episode 3 • Apr 17, 2007 • 45 m
Back to One
Vic captures Guardo and tries to coerce a confession to Lem's murder out of him. However, Shane, the real killer, begs Vic for leniency on Guardo's behalf. Meanwhile, Dutch and Gardocki bring down a gang of meth dealers.
Episode 4 • Apr 24, 2007 • 45 m
The New Guy
Claudette begins making radical changes to the Strike Team in anticipation of Vic's imminent forced retirement. Meanwhile, Vic's helplessness for not saving Lem boils over after he fails to play peacemaker in a gang war.
Episode 5 • May 1, 2007 • 45 m
Haunts
Shane is hospitalized after a beating, and his wife leaves him for having an affair. An unlikely suspect emerges in the serial rapist case, and an undercover agent in the Salvadoran gang tells Vic that Guardo didn't kill Lem.
Episode 6 • May 8, 2007 • 49 m
Chasing Ghosts
After Vic learns that Guardo wasn't Lem's killer, he begins to suspect that Shane could have been responsible. Meanwhile, Vic does a favor for a city official, hoping it will give him an ally in his quest to avoid early retirement.
Episode 7 • May 15, 2007 • 45 m
Exiled
Episode 8 • May 22, 2007 • 1 h
The Math of the Wrath
Shane offers his services to Kesakhian's daughter, who is running the Armenian mob for her sick father. Meanwhile, Hiatt tells Vic that Claudette has made sure that Vic's "retirement" from the Strike Team is a done deal.
Episode 9 • May 29, 2007 • 1 h
Recoil
Vic's city official can't help him out with his forced retirement, but he finds a new ally when he solves the San Marcos murders. Shane and Vic fight over Kesakhian's daughter's loyalties, and Billings gets revenge on Dutch.
Episode 10 • Jun 5, 2007 • 1 h 4 m
Spanish Practices
Vic and Aceveda form an unlikely alliance to expose a mutual enemy.
7 Seasons

Top Cast

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Michael Chiklis

Detective Vic Mackey

Catherine Dent

Officer Danny Sofer

Walton Goggins

Detective Shane Vendrell

Michael Jace

Officer Julien Lowe

Jay Karnes

Detective Holland 'Dutch' Wagenbach

Benito Martinez

Captain David Aceveda, Councilman David Aceveda, David Aceveda

CCH Pounder

Detective Claudette Wyms, Captain Claudette Wyms

Cathy Cahlin Ryan

Corrine Mackey

David Rees Snell

Detective Ronnie Gardocki

Kenny Johnson

Detective Curtis 'Lemonhead' Lemansky

David Marciano

Steve Billings, Captain Steve Billings

Autumn Chiklis

Cassidy Mackey

Paula Garcés

Tina Hanlon, Officer Tina Hanlon

Michele Hicks

Mara Sewell Vendrell, Mara Sewell

Melanie Myers

Officer Paula Myers

Joel Rosenthal

Matthew Mackey

Matt Corboy

Officer Ray Carlson, Ray Carlson

Chaney Kley

Officer Asher

Anthony Anderson

Antwon Mitchell

F.J. Rio

Cruz Pezuela

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Universal Acclaim Based on 62 User Ratings
8.8
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59 Ratings
0% Mixed
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5% Negative
3 Ratings

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5% Negative
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