November 25, 2008 was an end of an era. The show that put FX on the map had its series finale. I can easily say that show was my favorite drama of all time and one of the best shows I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The Shield started on fx network when the network had basically nothing. Thanks to the popularity of the show, fx now has quite the number of shows including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia! Plus, The Shield basically paved the way for shows like 24. Anyway, if you have never seen this show, shame on you. Shawn Ryan created it and many thought it was too extreme for cable. They were clearly wrong. I digress. Last night was the last episode and it was not a let down. In honor of the show, I am going to do five of my favorite people I loved to hate that were ever on the show.
1. Maura Vendrell - Shane's wife. She is a conniving woman. She forced a divide in the strike team and she was dumb enough to spend some of the Armenian money. I hate her. Hated.
2. Armadillo Quintero - This guy was smart and the most ruthless bad guy the show ever saw. His plot line was just amazing. He is known for burning his enemies to death. He is also responsible for the rape of a 12 year old girl who had offered to testify against him. He would mark his rape victims with a tattoo of a dove on their face. Vic gave him quite the beating with a law book after this happened.
3. Ben Gilroy - Gilroy was assistant chief and the true creator of the strike team with Vic at the helm. He was corrupt too though and was using his political influence to facilitate an illegal real estate scam. In the end, Vic forced Gilroy to run to Mexico where he ended up dying. He was always a pain in the side of the strike team.
4. Jon Kavanaugh - This character is IAD that came in to bring down the Strike team and more specifically Vic. Forrest Whitaker played the role perfectly. The character keep pushing and pushing and pushing until finally Lem broke down. He went on the run. Kavanaugh went too far and ended up in prison but the strike was never the same. Damn him!
5. Margos Dezerian- After the Armenians lost $2m, they sent their number one hit man after the robbers. Margos was known for chopping off people's feet after killing them. He was a strange and scary individual.
I am truly going to miss that show. Luckily, I have the first four seasons on DVD!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
6 comments:
According to IMDB, The Shield first aired on 3/12/02 while 24 debuted on 11/6/01.
The Shield did not clear the way for 24.
whatever!
Snarkiness aside, this is a good post. You remember stuff from this show like I do with Beavis and Butthead and Married...With Children.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Vic Mackey.
Those that I do not love so much include:
1. Maura - she really caused half of the Strike Team's problems in the later years.
2. Kavanaugh - he just didn't know when to stop!
3. The Armenian guy that cut off the feet - talk about psycho
4. That one hooker girl that tried to F over Vic after he helped her out
5. Shane - he really took a nose dive.....
I do not consier myself shamed for not watching this show. I did see a handful of episodes. It was OK. Thankfully, the show is over so I don't have to read about it anymore. Don't you mean Bryan has seasons 1-4?
I never watched the show, but I do know that you have to watch out for Armenians.
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