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I've seen lots of people talk about The Shield in random threads, so here is a dedicated thread.

The Shield is about an experimental division of the Los Angeles Police Department set up in the fictional Farmington district ("the Farm") of Los Angeles, using a converted church ("the Barn") as their police station, and featuring a group of detectives called the Strike Team who will stop at nothing to bring justice to the streets.
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** Can we keep any spoilers as DarkSlateBlue text please? **
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Having 6 seasons gone, season 7 will premiere on September 2, 2008, and will consist of 13 one-hour episodes.
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I don't watch much TV or even movies these days, but for me no other show comes close to make me see the error of my ways. Classic entertainment.
It's like a suicidal rollercoaster ride with so many twists and turns. It's not perfect though, some may be annoyed by the camera styles used but if you can come through that then it'll lead you down a blind alley and mug you of your senses, show after show.

Brilliant performances by Glenn Close, they had to get her out of there though as she was in danger of stealing a very large chink of Chiklis's limelight which may have been a risk to the show.

Forest Whitaker however I thought was average and rather dull in points, more due to script than his acting ability, although there were points when he had material but didn't rise to it. The episode with his wife stands out a mile though.
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I expect S7 to be pretty much the same, S6 ended abruptly I thought but lots of leverage for Vic once again.

Will Shane finally get what is coming to him, or will it be Ronnie first? More-so, will Vic? Or will they all make excessive use of the get out of jail card once again?
 
Carzy said:
I got half way through season 4 and found it really dull and formulaic (season 4 that is, I loved seasons 1 - 3) so I've kinda stopped watching until I finish The Sopranos.
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4 was brilliant due to Glenn Close and the splitting up they did to the cast, kind of saved it from being average like you say.
At least see all of 5 though if you can, It's just like the good times.

I had similar thoughts later on, don't read it if you ain't seen them yet:
5 and 6 suffered a little by blurring the day to day stories together to let the main stories run. Dragging up the history when you least expect it has been done enough now, I hope the new series moves from that pattern.
 
I noticed the quality change especially in some of the inside scenes but a reshoot never occured to me.
The use of 2 family members for the cast (Vic's wife is RL wife of the creator, and Vic's daughter is his RL daughter) always smacked of budget being an issue.
The entire series seems to be an underdog when compared to some other shows, I hope that is not the case with the new series.
 
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