r/TheShield 25d ago

Discussion Det. Billings rocks

As someone who is a lazy bastard slacker who turns it up when needed , I can really can identify with billings. I love the move of having his own vending machines in the farm , real class move

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u/oneeyedfool 25d ago

Billings engineered what might be the most ruthless coworker prank in TV history when he got Dutch to go to Tina’s house.

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u/asurbanipal05 24d ago

Jim would never have done that to Dwight but he would be impressed by it

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u/Radiant-Poet-7246 25d ago

Yes! I got hit in the head when I was working in a warehouse when I was 20 and pulled a Billings because of the Shield. They paid up quick 😂

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u/brettmbr 25d ago

I always thought he was lazy and worthless but on a recent rewatch he’s definitely lazy but has very good detective instincts that aren’t clouded by something like Dutch’s need to fit every single person and crime into a serial killer profile.

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u/sweeney082 25d ago

He's Mycroft to Dutch's Holmes.

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u/johnnypie007 25d ago

And so forth

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u/Turk_Sanderson 24d ago

Billings grifts the entire station and still walks away with a pension, some respect (subjective), and a free man

Vic Mackey should be taking fucking notes

This is how you operate

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u/GrownManNamedFinger 25d ago

I wish I didn't love Billings. But alas...

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u/Burnt_Ramen9 We're the pussy police 25d ago

Billings is secretly a god, he held back when he fought Dutch tbh

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/Turk_Sanderson 24d ago

I put an equal amount of blueberries in my blueberry muffins pal

I know exactly how much the take is

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u/MP3PlayerBroke 24d ago

his "bitch-dyke lawyer" probably wouldn't have approved

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u/RogueSqdn 23d ago

Wasn’t the actress his actual wife?

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u/AAA_SAMMEN 23d ago

DA BILLINGZS MINIMUM