I’ve worked on plenty of shows and movies and watched hundreds more. I’ve never seen cinematography so well done and matched to a show as the shield. I wish I had ever shot something that so perfectly fit the mood and story as they did.

Handheld, shoulder rig run and gun, steadicam plus zooms and hand focusing on closeups has never looked as good as it does on The Shield.

The grittiness of the documentary style camera work of the show absolutely elevates a great story. (Not to mention the naturalistic audio tricks you into thinking you’re watching reality since you’re rarely taken out by soundtrack.)

I could gush all day about it. The zooms and focusing especially work for me since they feel like how you would look at someone’s face just as a terrible thing was revealed about them.

What evidences do they have against him ? Vic's confession, that's all ? That's not enough to put someone in prison for the rest of his life.

Any lawyer could keep him out of prison

I'm going to assume no, but I have a feeling that they probably used to have them.

I desperately wanna see what are the people's reactions to the last episode of The Shield. I don't have anyone here in my country to talk about it. Even The Sopranos, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul is not really that popular here. And I don't see people at my age watches shows like these (I'm 13 years old) I personally think that Family Meeting is the best episode and one of the most traumatizing episode to watch for the first time. It's my #2 best episode my #1 Everyone's Waiting (Six Feet Under)

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Shane would have had a better shot running alone. If he convinced mara to turn herself in and come meet him in a couple months or something after he got everything they needed together things could have played out differently.

I wish vic had tried to get Ronnie immunity. Ice wouldnt go for a job and immunity for him and ronnie but just immunity they might have taken that deal not knowing what they were signing off on.

“Can we make a sushi run first? Protein helps with the memory loss…”

im about to cry and i have no one to talk to none of my friends will watch it. flawless finale i got some of it spoiled like mara dying and jackson but when shane shot himself i just watched and that just fucked me up. flawless finale. i know you guys probably get that a lot but i think its better than brba by a decent bit.

Rewatching for the first time inyears. Just starting season 2.

Maybe it changes as the series goes on, I can’t remember. But suspects NEVER have lawyers when being questioned. Legal counsel can be the difference between walking out the station scot free or being charged and chucked in prison until the trial (in the UK it’s called remand).

I have noticed this in other US shows, is it normal? We get free legal aid, if that’s not case across the pond then maybe that explains it. But here people know - even if you’re innocent - ALWAYS get a lawyer (solicitor we call em).

The Rezian-Pezuela arc is really boring and drags on too long... Rezian and Pezuela are boring antagonist. Kavanaugh and Antwon Michell were way more interesting.

When does season 7 become great ? A lot of people says that it's the best season so I don't understand...

Yeah I know I can get spoiled here but I accept the risk.

Who is more evil ? Who would lose a blinking match first?

... it took me out of the movie for a while!

I watched the movie for the first time a while back, before watching The Shield, and today during my second watch I was delighted to discover Michele Hicks had been there all along. small part but she's great in it.

I don't remember what episode she talks about it, but Claudette reveals she used to have a career as a professional dancer. Why did she give it up to become a detective? Was it her lupus or something else?

I just finished watching the show for the second time. I forgot how heartbreaking "Family Meeting" is. But what I only noticed on this 2nd watch is the lack of soundtracks. The only time I noticed music accompanying the scenes was when the music was coming from a radio or something. The lack of soundtrack really makes you pay attention and feel the character's emotions without music guiding it (like when Two-Man exposed Shane for the plan to kill Vic and Ronnie, the look on Shane's face made me feel as if I was the one getting caught lol). It's such a raw experience and I think, genius directing.

Edit: I clearly don't know the difference between mood music, soundtrack, score etc. There is some in the show, like in the end of season 2. But for the most part, most scenes don't have background tracks. And also I'm not talking about the "Just Another Day"

It only took my twentieth rewatch to figure out where I knew him from! Also, he’s a recovering alcoholic who has relationship problems. Go figure.

the way i felt all disgusted as i was watching the whole thing went down with >!aceveda getting sexually assaulted!<. legit wanted the whole thing to end QUICKLY. no joke my stomach was actually churning, and couldn’t stop pausing in between scenes. kept saying oh god as it was going.

and to think i was reacting like this to the censored version of the scene (i believe it is since i heard hulu does censor quite a bit)? i can’t imagine how others felt when the actual uncensored scene aired 🤮🤮🤢🤢.

truly felt bad for >!aceveda!<.

I'm watching the show with my dad and I'm quite conflicted on the asset seizure policy. It sounded so good at the start when the captain was introducing it. I like the idea of taking assets bought with drug money and putting the proceeds from them into impoverished community in theory. But in practice the way it's presented in the show feels constantly like its punching down on poor people in bad situations.

I can sympathize with the first seizure to an extent, as the house WAS bought with drug money. However they also seized the poor guy with 3 weed plant's house even though there's zero proof (and also literally no shot) that he bought it with drug money. Which is TERRIBLE. They also seized a shit load of assets without much proof to my comprehension. Which is also really bad.

This should be such a black and white policy but our seemingly righteous captain really screwed it up.

I was surprised just as Vic and Shane, how did Aceveda win the primary, despite all these scandals and slanders about the barn and his command, add to that his preoccupation with his job as a captain so we rarely saw him campaigning or giving speeches, and even the Chief said that he’s gonna lose the primary as if it’s a stated fact about the future.

So how do you think he pulled this off? Or will I know in S3?

I swear Vic says Black Mail box. Anyone notice this?

I’ve watched a lot of the notable great Tv Shows. I’ve never heard about The Shield until after I finished watching Sons of Anarchy. Personally my favorites are The Wire, The Sopranos, and Better Call Saul. This show had me really invested into the characters. I felt like I was apart of The Strike team 🤣. Anyways I have to say it’s one of the most underrated shows I’ve ever watched. The ending is one of the best. There wasn’t any plots that were left off on a bad note, at least that I know of first watch. Vic is a piece of shit 🤣 and I can’t believe he did Ronnie like that. Ronnie was my favorite character he was a stand up guy and did what needed to be done. Shane’s arch is great; I didn’t see that coming. RIP Lem he wasn’t gonna snitch. Dutch was also great; I thought they’d have him turn out to be some killer. I’m glad that wasn’t the case; him and Wymes meshed together really well.

I’m sure I left out a lot but this is was stuck with me after finishing and I had to come here. Overall I loved the show and I look forward to rewatching it again.

Season 5 was the best season so far. I legit have loved this ride from episode 1 and never stopped. I'm just so shocked by how this is all playing out. I'm a big fan of Vic, I know he's a bad dude but he is so incredibly layered. He has finally really lost himself to the darkness and honestly, it's almost all Shane's fault. Vic has pulled Shane out of the darkness before back when he saved him from Antwon's clutches and Shane just continued to fuck everything up. It's like Vic's own love for his family is just what costs him at the end. His intense sense of protecting everyone leads him down the worst paths.

I love this show, man.

Fuck Kavanaugh.