The Shield: Episode 603

Vic catches Guardo and tortures the hell out of him. I mean, he makes Jack Bauer look nice. Vic beats him with a chain and when Guardo will not give him who killed Lem, Vic shoots him in the head. He then gets the release he finally needed. While that was definitely cool, the better part of the episode focused on Ronnie.

Over the past six seasons we never really get to see Ronnie in action. We always see him as the tech guy for the strike team, but in this episode we see why he is on the strike team.

Claudette assigns him to work a case with Dutch and Steve, taking down some guys stealing ephedrine from pharmacies to make meth. Ronnie kicks down doors and busts heads, showing that not only is he smart, but also a badass. Also, we see his loyalty to Vic. He wraps the case up quickly in order to help Vic with Guardo. Everyone at the Barn thinks that Ronnie is cool because he easily solved the case and was not afraid to just go in and take a guy out. He also had no problem going undercover and then taking down some meth dealers.

Anyways, now that Guardo is dead, Vic comes back to work next week and is ready to start bustin' some heads. Unfortunately Claudette assigns him a new guy, who will at some point replace Vic on the strike team. Should be interesting.

The Shield: Episode 602

I am glad they tidied up the whole Cavanaugh problem tonight. Dutch and Claudette realized that Amolia was lying, and when questioning her, Cavanaugh came in and said he planted the evidence and coerced her.

Vic kidnaps Guardo's girlfriend and uses her for ransom to get Guardo back to LA. Shane and Ronnie want Vic to let her go and not risk going to jail, but Vic does not want to listen.

Next week it looks like Shane may tell Vic, since Vic is about to torture Guardo and Shane says not to do it. What will Vic do to Shane if he tells him?

This episode also had very little about the house we saw last week full of dead bodies. Hopefully Dutch gets put on the case and we get to watch his fun detective skills. I always enjoy watching Dutch and Claudette interrogate someone. I mean, Vic is fun because he will torture and break the law, but Dutch and Claudette do it the old fashioned way, good ol' detective work.

Here is a nice picture of Danny. She earned her Sergent stripes on the episode, and may have to come back to work before her maternity leave is up, sweet.

The Shield: Episode 601

The first episode of the new season started off with a bang. It starts off right after Lem's funeral. Vic, Ronnie, and Shane (the bastard who actually killed Lem) are discussing finding Guardo and killing him.

Dutch has been assigned the task of finding Lem's killer, which he believes is Guardo. Unfortunately Cavanaugh still wants Vic and believes that Vic either killed Lem or hired the Salvadorians to do it.

Meanwhile, the guys are investigating someone who is burning methadone clinics. They also learn that Cavanaugh made up the story about Lem cutting a second deal, which causes Shane to consider suicide. They find the guy who is burning down methadone clinics and he has hostages. One of the hostages is a baby, and Shane does a very crazy thing. He hears the baby crying and the guy is going to kill it. Shane takes off his vest and gone and tells the guy to trade his life for the babies, that the baby is crying because of the gasoline fumes (which the nutjob has poured on the hostages). Shane then dumps gas on himself and as he goes inside, Vic dives through the window and tackles him. They bring the guy down, but Vic is shot in the arm. Luckily it is just a scratch.

Cavanaugh gets the chick from last season who was both his informant and Vic's to say that Vic forced her to get Guardo to kill Lem, that she supplied Guardo with where Lem would be. Dutch is sent to question Vic and he does not handle it well. Vic visits Cavanaugh at home and tells him that he knows he got her to lie, and that now Cavanaugh is playing on his side of the fence. Vic idly threatens him by saying that "maybe I am a cop-killer, and you're a cop."

Vic goes to see Corin and his children, while he is there Cavanaugh breaks into Vic's place and starts planting evidence. He looks in the mirror and you start to think maybe he will change or realize that he is turning into Vic, but instead he says "nothing personal."

So much more happened this episode, but that is what I felt like focusing on. Let me know if you watched it, and what you thought. I cannot see how Vic can get out of this unless Shane comes forward or kills himself and leaves a letter to Cavanaugh. I guess they could kill Cavanaugh, but some other IAD Officer would pick up the case. Honestly, if you have never seen the show, you are missing out.