The Shield

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) Michael Chiklis managed to make an extraordinarily long pause before his confession scene in the penultimate episode of The Shield into something of a bravura high wire act. You held your breath with him, wondering how he would start, what would he say? What would be enough? 5) Citytv

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) As I said, you may quibble over some of her individual program choices. (For my part, I find Sons of Anarchy kind of bracing, with characters at least as compelling as early Sopranos, and I also think that LOST successfully righted a two-season long slide at the end of Season 3. I can't complai...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) They are writers. They write the Canadian shows you watch. They are Susin Nielsen (Heartland, Robson Arms, Alice, I Think), Jennifer Daley (Robson Arms and High Drama High, a show in development), Elizabeth Stewart (Falcon Beach and the TV movie Luna), Ken Craw (Robson Arms and a document...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) First of all, I'm a guy who likes to keep my screens separate. Watching TV on the computer for me has always been an extremely meh experience, and never something I'm eager to repeat. If it means watching The Shield finale a week earlier than in Canada (Thank you, legal Itunes download!) then i...

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) AVC: When you're dealing with a tightly serialized drama like The Shield, is it appropriate to think of it as being like a long feature film, or a novel? Or is it still ultimately TV? AVC: If you had to boil down what The Shield is ultimately about, what would you say?

By heywriterboy@hotmail.com (DMc) Let's also not forget The Shield for what it was for the industry: the show that kicked in the door for the basic cable drama. Weeds, Rescue Me, The Closer, Burn Notice, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Damages, Nip/Tuck -- all followed. Vic, you bastard, thanks for keeping the streets of Farmington sa...