Vic Mackey has made a career of staying one step ahead of anyone who wants to take him down, whatever side of the law they happen to be on. But now the walls are really closing in. One of his team is dead, and Lieutenant Kavanaugh is willing to go to any lengths to prove that it was Vic that did it. Though ironically, for once it wasn't Vic, who is on his own crusade to find the culprit.
The hits keep on coming, though: the department is looking to force Vic out when he hits his 15 year's service, and his captain's already brought in his replacement to learn the ropes. Oh, and there seems to be a massive mob war brewing between the Mexican and El Salvadoran gangs, which kicks off with 11 corpses. Unless they can break that case, the whole Farmington PD might get shut down. It's going to take a real Houdini act to get out of all this.
Six seasons in and only one to go, and at this point The Shield is one of those few shows to get stronger over time. Characters develop and evolve over time in plausible ways, and plot points carry over episodes and seasons and bubble up to trouble those involved at multiple different times. I still don't think it's quite as good as The Wire at its best, but name me something in this genre that is?
Good stuff.
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