The Shield

TV Shows We'll Miss the Most

source: TV Guide

The Shield Instead of a pat ending in which the dastardly Vic Mackey finally gets his comeuppance, the series finale saddles the action junky with a mundane desk job.

Published Sun, May 31

On the 2nd day of Festivus, TV gave to me...

source: TV Squad

So it's always a breath of fresh air when a truly quality program ends not only at its peak, but it ends with a series finale that does the entire run of the show justice. It doesn't happen often, and this year we were fortunate to say good-bye on a high note to two of the greatest cop dramas ever ma...

Published Mon, Dec 22

EW TV Review: "The Shield" Finale

source: NY1

One of the hardest things in television is to nail a series finale, but "The Shield" really nails it. TV history is littered with great shows that ... www.ny1.com

Published Thu, Dec 11

Why do series finales have to be so final?

source: TV Squad

Last week another terrific cable drama, The Shield, took its final bow in a series finale that still has fans talking. The talk is mostly about the last three minutes, which featured Vic Mackey's silent contemplation of the life he now leads after losing his friends, family and, some say, h...

Published Mon, Dec 1

'The Shield' Series Finale: A Perfect Ending for Vic Mackey

source: BuddyTV

The Shield series finale delivered everything fans could've hoped for. It didn't end with a sudden, unsatisfying blackout like The Sopranos, but it also didn't finish everyone's story like Six Feet Under. Instead, the series that catapulted FX to the major leagues of cable networks when...

Published Wed, Nov 26

the shield series finale

source: begonias.typepad.com

So much great acting throughout this series, but everyone was at the top of their game in the finale. Michael Chiklis has gotten the lion's share of the credit over the years, understandably so ... but  the supporting cast never faltered, and Walton Goggins and CCH Pounder in particular had wr...

Published Wed, Nov 26

What's Alan Watching?: The Shield, "Family Meeting": Goodbye, Vic ...

source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

And, at the end of the amazing series finale of "The Shield," this is what Vic Mackey has left on his way out the door: one cop murdered by his own hands; another cop murdered by his protege; the protege having killed himself, ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

What's Alan Watching?: The Shield: Shawn Ryan post-finale Q&A

source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

The following transcript comes from two different conversations with "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan: a two-hour-plus chat he had with FX president John Landgraf and a half-dozen TV critics immediately after we watched the series finale ...

Published Tue, Nov 25