The Shield: Final Act (Season 7) Discussion

[CaptainZombie]

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Vic has to die, he just has to, but then again, I don't want him to.

Only thing I can see, his cockiness comes back to bite him, and the drug bust goes south, so they then have his confession on tape, and he goes down for it.

However it ends, it should be awesome. I definitely see Shane catching a bullet by someone though, I also see Billings dying for some reason.

I hope he doesn't die and ends up in jail. He has to pay for those crimes and what better way to just see him get locked up at the end. With the viewer knowing that he is going to get his *** handed to him in jail by many guys that he used as a pawn in many of his schemes.

I like the actor that plays Shane, but he is one for all he has done ends up getting the bullet.

Gardocki I feel bad for as he was for the most part, along for the ride. Vic and Shane were the dirtiest of the group.

Agreed 100%.

And what's crazy, we as the viewer knew everyone of those sins. Yet, for some reason, they shocked me as he said them. And it turned me from loving his character to hoping he burns for the crimes.

Such a powerful 10-15 minutes of TV. I'm going to miss this show so much, glad it's going out on such an awesome high note.

Check out Sons of Anarchy. To me its The Sopranos meets The Shield. It is a very well done show.

[poster]

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The fed reactions were legendary, along with Claudette going nuts. That was very powerful. After watching the show all of these years, I had chills when he was confessing. He was a little cocky saying "he was too good", but he wasn't good enough to know that Kerin (sp?) had fooled him.

As tainted as he is, he still loves his family very much and it blinded him to the fact that they might not like him. He gave up Ronnie for his family, we'll see what happens as a result. Feel bad for Ronnie

It still seems that they are going to go after Vic in the finale. I wonder what they will try to do? I have no clue what will happen and will not read spoilers. Part of me wonders if Vic will be the only one standing at the end, only to realize that he has nothing left after all he has done. Maybe he won't be able to handle it.

90 minutes is too short. This will be sad as one of the best shows ever is ending. It even felt a little odd at times watching it, knowing it the back of my mind that it would soon be over. No more wondering what will happen next, unless the ending leaves us wondering.....

[JayBee74]

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Don't share the "Hate Vic Now" sentiment. I've always known what he was about and always rooted for him to get away with it and still want him to. He will try to help Ronny, that's for sure. Am I wrong or does Ronny NOT KNOW about the killing of officer Terry Crowley?

[ZM Punk]

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Best episode in the history of the Series imo. Leaves so many ways for this thing to end. Its sad to see pretty much the whole strike team going down and Vic standing. Seeing as though Vic had probably influenced them all to become the Cops and people that they were.

That last scene where Shane was sitting there crying on the run from the law. While at the same time Vic was pretty much walking away from all of this scotch free. Was I think the most powerful scene of this series imo. It just goes to show you that in the end Vic was by far the worst person of them all.

[aholbert32]

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Agreed 100%.

And what's crazy, we as the viewer knew everyone of those sins. Yet, for some reason, they shocked me as he said them. And it turned me from loving his character to hoping he burns for the crimes.

Such a powerful 10-15 minutes of TV. I'm going to miss this show so much, glad it's going out on such an awesome high note.

I found the entire scene hilarious. Claudette's reaction, the two Ice agents, Dutch's reaction. They were so pissed that he was now practically untouchable. I would love if Vic neither went to jail or died. We dont need the typical "evil never triumphs" ending. I would love if he makes the dug bust, nobody kills him and he's basically benched for 3 yrs by the Feds because they cant fire him but they would be nuts to use him as an investigator.

[fpac]

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Don't share the "Hate Vic Now" sentiment. I've always known what he was about and always rooted for him to get away with it and still want him to. He will try to help Ronny, that's for sure. Am I wrong or does Ronny NOT KNOW about the killing of officer Terry Crowley?

Ronnie told Vic in one of the eps early last season that he knew (or suspected) all along about Vic killing Terry and that he understood he did it for the team or something to that effect. ** Just remembered it was when Vic was telling Ronnie about Shane's book of Strike Team sins that he'd given him.

I agree on the always wanting Vic to get away with it and am still hoping that he doesn't end up in jail or dead in next week. My comment about "hating Vic" was more along that of all the things he's done, leaving Ronnie to deal with everything was the first time I've felt hate toward the character but I still want him to be standing when it's over.

[JayBee74]

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I found the entire scene hilarious. Claudette's reaction, the two Ice agents, Dutch's reaction. They were so pissed that he was now practically untouchable. I would love if Vic neither went to jail or died. We dont need the typical "evil never triumphs" ending. I would love if he makes the dug bust, nobody kills him and he's basically benched for 3 yrs by the Feds because they cant fire him but they would be nuts to use him as an investigator.

I strongly concur. I would hope that Ronny skates too, but either scenario (VIC skates, Vic & Ronny skate) is unlikely. Still fuzzy on whether Ronny found out about the Terry Crowley murder down the road.

[ZM Punk]

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I agree on the always wanting Vic to get away with it and am still hoping that he doesn't end up in jail or dead in next week. My comment about "hating Vic" was more along that of all the things he's done, leaving Ronnie to deal with everything was the first time I've felt hate toward the character but I still want him to be standing when it's over.

That my friends is why this writing team is one of the best ever. People don't want Vic to die. But want Shane who was basically Vic's protege to be taken out. Last episode basically laid out just how bad of a person Vic really is. Yet people still want him to get away with it.

Just awesome writing in this series.

[aholbert32]

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That my friends is why this writing team is one of the best ever. People don't want Vic to die. But want Shane who was basically Vic's protege to be taken out. Last episode basically laid out just how bad of a person Vic really is. Yet people still want him to get away with it.

Just awesome writing in this series.

People want Shane to die because of Lem not because of the **** the Strike Team pulled.

[ZM Punk]

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People want Shane to die because of Lem not because of the **** the Strike Team pulled.

You don't think he done that because he thought thats what Vic would have done? When it comes down to it Vic was the one the influenced Shane to be the Cop and person that he is.

[areobee401]

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I don't think things will end well for Vic or Shane. I see shane turning himself to help his family. As for Vic well things won't end so easy. In the end I think we are going to see Vic take his own life. Someone like Vic won't allow anyone to take him down other then himself.

[RubenDouglas]

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thats funny. I was yelling at my TV to have Vic sign those damn papers before dutch and claudette stormed in there to take him away. I just had a feeling they would get in there before it was officially signed.

what a Ride this has been. 4+ days away

[Eton Rifles]

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Like somebody here else said, Who tipped off Claudette and Dutch about Mackey at the fed. building? Thats the thing that has my brain wondering.

[JayBee74]

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Like somebody here else said, Who tipped off Claudette and Dutch about Mackey at the fed. building? Thats the thing that has my brain wondering.

A tracking device of some sort?

[Wazzup36]

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Awesome season. I don't want it to end. BTW, does the show start, this week, at 9:30 now or does it still start at 10 ?

Also, anyone who hasn't picked up Season 6 on DVD yet, its only 15.99 at Amazon......

http://www.amazon.com/Shield-Complet...7554641&sr=8-1