The Shield

Mar 12, 2002 (en) Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure [45] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 12, 2002
  • Production
    Fox Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television Studios, Columbia TriStar Television, MiddKid Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    81%
  • Original title
    The Shield
  • Release
    Mar 12, 2002
  • en
    -

The law is just a suggestion.

Overview

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Kurt Sutter, Scott Brazil, Michael Chiklis, Sarah Fain, Scott Rosenbaum, Adam Fierro

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Michael Chiklis

    Vic Mackey

  2. Catherine Dent

    Danielle Sofer

  3. Paula Garcés

    Tina Hanlon

  4. Walton Goggins

    Shane Vendrell

  5. Michael Jace

    Julien Lowe

  6. Jay Karnes

    Dutch Wagenbach

  7. David Marciano

    Steve Billings

  8. Benito Martinez

    David Aceveda

  9. CCH Pounder

    Claudette Wyms

  10. Cathy Cahlin Ryan

    Corrine Mackey

  11. David Rees Snell

    Ronnie Gardocki

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 11 / Crews : 6

Specials ( 2007-02-15)

Wins and Losses - Promosode

Episode: 1

Breaking Episode 315

Episode: 2

Under The Skin

Episode: 3

Delivering the Baby: The Making of Episode 511

Episode: 5

IAD

Episode: 6

Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making A Scene

Episode: 7

Scott Brazil Tribute

Episode: 8

Two Directors

Episode: 9

Full Circle: Franka Potente

Episode: 10

Last Call: The Final Episode

Episode: 11

Nobody Expects to Lose, Nobody Expects to Die: The Shield's Final Season

Episode: 12

The Shield: Wrap Day

Episode: 13

Directors' Roundtable

Episode: 14

Raising the Barn

Episode: 15

Backstage - Looking back on The Shield

Episode: 16

The Shield Panel

Episode: 17

Exclusive Season 6 Prequel

Episode: 18

The Barn

Episode: 19

Rampart

Episode: 20

2018 Cast Reunion with Shawn Ryan

Episode: 21

Season 1 ( 2002-03-12)

Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime while operating under Vic's set of rules that sometimes cross the line between legal and illegal. The precinct's new captain doesn't like Vic's tactics, and wants to bust him off the force.

Pilot

Episode: 1

Our Gang

Episode: 2

The Spread

Episode: 3

Dawg Days

Episode: 4

Blowback

Episode: 5

Cherrypoppers

Episode: 6

Pay in Pain

Episode: 7

Cupid & Psycho

Episode: 8

Throwaway

Episode: 9

Dragonchasers

Episode: 10

Carnivores

Episode: 11

Two Days of Blood (1)

Episode: 12

Circles (2)

Episode: 13

Season 2 ( 2003-01-07)

After a rocky start, Vic and Aceveda have formed an uneasy alliance that Claudette is determined to destroy. Vic's personal life is in shambles and a new nemesis on the street forces the Strike Team to risk everything in the pursuit of one last big score for their "retirement fund".

The Quick Fix

Episode: 1

Dead Soldiers

Episode: 2

Partners

Episode: 3

Carte Blanche

Episode: 4

Greenlit

Episode: 5

Homewrecker

Episode: 6

Barnstormers

Episode: 7

Scar Tissue

Episode: 8

Co-Pilot

Episode: 9

Coyotes

Episode: 10

Inferno

Episode: 11

Breakpoint

Episode: 12

Dominoes Falling

Episode: 13

Season 3 ( 2004-03-09)

After scoring big with the money train, the Strike Team plays it cool to avoid arousing suspicion. Tensions are stretched further when Vic finds himself at odds with his team, but hostilities are quickly forgotten when Aceveda reveals that the team is the target of an Armenian mob hit.

Playing Tight

Episode: 1

Blood and Water

Episode: 2

Bottom Bitch

Episode: 3

Streaks and Tips

Episode: 4

Mum

Episode: 5

Posse Up

Episode: 6

Safe

Episode: 7

Cracking Ice

Episode: 8

Slipknot

Episode: 9

What Power Is...

Episode: 10

Strays

Episode: 11

Riceburner

Episode: 12

Fire in the Hole

Episode: 13

All In

Episode: 14

On Tilt

Episode: 15

Season 4 ( 2005-03-15)

The Strike Team has dissolved. Vic and Shane are assigned to regular detective duty, while Aceveda is leaving to begin his new job on the City Council. Although Vic often clashed with Aceveda, he quickly realizes that new captain Monica Rawling also has her own agenda.

The Cure

Episode: 1

Grave

Episode: 2

Bang

Episode: 3

Doghouse

Episode: 4

Tar Baby

Episode: 5

Insurgents

Episode: 6

Hurt

Episode: 7

Cut Throat

Episode: 8

String Theory

Episode: 9

Back in the Hole

Episode: 10

A Thousand Deaths

Episode: 11

Judas Priest

Episode: 12

Ain't That A Shame

Episode: 13

Season 5 ( 2006-01-10)

As the Strike Team battles racial tensions in the city, friction inside the Barn escalates with the arrival of Jon Kavanaugh, a dogged Internal Affairs lieutenant obsessed with taking down Vic.

Extraction

Episode: 1

Enemy of Good

Episode: 2

Jailbait

Episode: 3

Tapa Boca

Episode: 4

Trophy

Episode: 5

Rap Payback

Episode: 6

Man Inside

Episode: 7

Kavanaugh

Episode: 8

Smoked

Episode: 9

Of Mice and Lem

Episode: 10

Post Partum

Episode: 11

Season 6 ( 2007-04-03)

Vic and the Strike Team are distraught over Lem's death. After Vic learns from Claudette that the Chief plans to force him into early retirement, he vows to wreak bloody vengeance on Lem's killer before losing his badge, while Shane, overcome by guilt, becomes reckless and suicidal.

On the Jones

Episode: 1

Baptism by Fire

Episode: 2

Back to One

Episode: 3

The New Guy

Episode: 4

Haunts

Episode: 5

Chasing Ghosts

Episode: 6

Exiled

Episode: 7

The Math of the Wrath

Episode: 8

Recoil

Episode: 9

Spanish Practices

Episode: 10

Season 7 ( 2008-09-02)

Pressured to take down Pezuela, Vic's skeletons finally come tumbling out of the closet as he faces threats from all directions—primarily from damaged protégé Shane.

Coefficient of Drag

Episode: 1

Snitch

Episode: 2

Money Shot

Episode: 3

Genocide

Episode: 4

Game Face

Episode: 5

Animal Control

Episode: 6

Bitches Brew

Episode: 7

Parricide

Episode: 8

Moving Day

Episode: 9

Party Line

Episode: 10

Petty Cash

Episode: 11

Possible Kill Screen

Episode: 12

Family Meeting

Episode: 13
Mar 12, 2002 (en)
Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
[45] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 12, 2002
  • Production
    Fox Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television Studios, Columbia TriStar Television, MiddKid Productions
  • Rotten tomato 81%
Original Title The Shield
en

The law is just a suggestion.

Overview

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Kurt Sutter, Scott Brazil, Michael Chiklis, Sarah Fain, Scott Rosenbaum, Adam Fierro

    Producer