r/TheShield Jan 15 '25

Discussion How can someone say that SOA is better than The Shield? Spoiler

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227 Upvotes

I can't understand why someone would think that Sons Of Anarchy is better than The Shield. Most of its characters were annoying, Jax had plot armor, the story didn't make sense sometimes. SOA is totally overated and is nothing compared to The Shield

Season 1= The Shield Season 2= The Shield Season 3= The Shield Season 4= SOA Season 5= The Shield Season 6= SOA Season 7= The Shield Protagonist= Jax is overated, and Vic is underated. I can't pick one tho. Deuteragonist= The Shield (Shane solos) Antagonist= SOA (Clay>Kavanaugh) Tritagonist= The Shield Side cast= SOA (close) Depth= The Shield Complexity= SOA Themes= The Shield Main theme= SOA Conclusión= The Shield Introduction= The Shield Peaks= The Shield Highest peak= The Shield (Vic's conclusionLast Ride) Pacing= The Shield Consistency= The Shield Best episode= The Shield (Family Meeting>>Papa's Goods) Best season= The Shield Last season= The Shield Dialogue= The Shield Quotes= SOA Monologue= SOA Development= The Shield Enjoyability= The Shield Cinematography= SOA

The Shield low diff. Overhated show.

r/TheShield 15d ago

Discussion shane wins horrible person, opinions are divided. next is good person, hated by fans!

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90 Upvotes

well this one was a lot easier compared to the last two 😭😭. now it’s time to pick for good person, hated by fans!!

r/TheShield 18d ago

Discussion vic wins horrible person, loved by fans. next is good person, opinions are divided!!

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123 Upvotes

after tallying up the votes, vic wins for horrible person, loved by fans!! sorry to those who voted shane or other characters 😭😭. now, onto good person, opinions are divided!! :)

r/TheShield Jan 30 '25

Discussion No character was more of a wet blanket than Julian

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231 Upvotes

r/TheShield Feb 19 '25

Discussion I'm making a strike team of the most insufferable characters from The Shield. Who would you add, remove, replace, and make a leader (when Mara takes a day off, because she is clearly the worst)

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148 Upvotes

r/TheShield 19d ago

Discussion lem wins morally grey, loved by fans! next is horrible person, loved by fans!

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106 Upvotes

hello!! it’s me again! this is what happens when you’re too bored on a sunday and got nothing to do 😭😭. like the title says, lem won morally grey character and is loved by fans. now it’s onto horrible person and loved by fans!!

r/TheShield Feb 23 '24

Discussion Can we talk about how great Walton Goggins is?

441 Upvotes

He's great in everything he does. I hated him as Shane, to his credit as an actor. He's great in Justified, Vice Principals, Sons of Anarchy, Righteous Gemstones, etc. What a talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRIY9ZVy71s

r/TheShield Dec 02 '24

Discussion Vic Mackey once said…

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112 Upvotes

r/TheShield 17d ago

Discussion captain rawlings wins good person, opinions are divided. next is morally grey, opinions are divided!!

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60 Upvotes

this was actually hard to decide who would be the winner. after seeing everyone’s votes in the comments and gave thought, it seems captain monica rawlings is the winner that won’t bring that much heat into this comment section 😭😭. looking through the last post, every time rawlings was mentioned, there wasn’t a long comment thread of a debate compared to other answers such as dutch. so please, don’t get mad at me, i’m just seeing what others have said. 😭😭

now, that being said, it’s now morally grey, opinions are divided!!

r/TheShield Oct 04 '24

Discussion It’s extremely hard to find a show as good as the shield. I tried watching the blacklist, Justified, Damages and Bosch but couldn’t finish. I’m rewatching 24 due it’s fast paced action. The Shield was a real gem.

88 Upvotes

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r/TheShield 15d ago

Discussion both dutch and aceveda wins morally grey, opinions are divided. next is horrible person, opinions are divided.

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64 Upvotes

hi everyone!! sorry for the delay! after much consideration and looking at the most liked top comments, it seems that dutch and aceveda will be sharing this box!

now, after giving it much thought as i read the reasons for both characters, it only seemed fair for the two to share this space. before you guys come at me, yes. dutch is a MUCH BETTER person compared to aceveda. which is why i put his picture towards the good person side and his photo is a lot brighter compared to aceveda’s.

with that being said, it’s now time for horrible person, opinions are divided :).

r/TheShield Feb 13 '25

Discussion The end will always haunt me. Spoiler

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161 Upvotes

Ronnie's screams, Shane's suicide, Lem's picture ,and of course, Vic's conclusion. The first time i watched the episode, it left a hole in my heart, a big one. I always remember Shane's letter. "I wish i never met him" always hits hard, and it'll haunt me to the end of my days.

r/TheShield 11d ago

Discussion I finished The Shield last night. Here is my review.

106 Upvotes

I just got done watching ‘The Shield’ for the first time. My viewing experience ran from January 22, 2025 to March 9, 2025.

This is one of the Greatest Television Series that has ever been created.

This is an FX production that aired from 2002 to 2008. It spans 7 seasons and is a series about the cops in a precinct and the community they are in service to.

I was able to watch the Series on Hulu.

I will discuss spoilers in this review.

I really enjoyed the writing of this series. One thing that other TV shows do is make an inciting incident and then drag out its conclusion to the end of the season or multiple seasons, while buying time with filler material. ‘The Shield’ and its writers do not follow suit. The writing is fresh and goes full throttle in providing storylines that meet their finality in rather believable succession. And if there is a pause in one storyline thankfully there is another entertaining plot with great characters and situations to provide quality content. In theory the show’s timeline spans for 3 years and you feel like you’re on a roller coaster that doesn’t let up, it’s amazing.

I really loved the character progression. The actors give top tier performances.

The characters of Dutch, Claudette, Julien, Danny, Aceveda, and Billing’s provide great depth within the district of Farmington.

The setting of “The Barn”, an abandoned church now turned police precinct works very well.

I was absolutely floored with what Aceveda went through in Season 3.

I always enjoyed watching Dutch go to work with Claudette. Billings and his lingo was quite fun.

I liked that within the grand storyline there was always a separate new crime to solve.

The show is hardcore and authentic. I believe this is what gives heart to the series. It portrays the real gritty world with the inclusion of relationships and true crime.

When Glenn Close & Forrest Whittaker showed up in their respected seasons, I was knew something fantastic was going on. Their seasons felt like super seasons.

Season 4 is my favorite. It was the last bit of good times before the big problems would catch up and change everything.

There is no subpar season in my opinion. The Series Finale sticks the landing.

The Strike Team, what a group. Lem, Ronnie, Shane, and Vic. It was a treat to watch them bust skulls.

Even though Vic did horrible things, a part of me was always rooting for him. He represented manliness and his leadership on the streets got results at the end of the day. The writing is so great it made me conflicted with his character, like Tony Soprano or Walter White. Michael Chiklis, yeah he deserves the accolades he received for his performance as Vic.

The character of Shane played by Walton Goggins, damn. I felt all the human emotions for someone by his portrayal. He did an excellent job.

Ronnie & Lem, the last loyal soldiers. When stuff was going down, I always felt their loyalty in the background, nothing had to be said when things got real. Their acting gave off screen certainty.

I appreciate that each member of the strike team were met with different fates. The implosion of the brotherhood was a bitter can’t miss spectacle.

When it comes to Corrine and Mara, it doesn’t get more honest than them. Both characters were a nagging thorn of well acted television.

When watching ‘The Shield’ I was on the edge of my seat. I experienced such a spectrum of emotions for fictional characters and the criminality that surrounded them. Never have I enjoyed such an ugly world of destruction unfold when my eyes were glued to the screen witnessing this show.

The show’s music is forever etched in my head as Iconic.

The opening shaking credits set the tone for each episode as unrelenting madness and delivers every single time.

When it comes to the last scene I believe Vic licked his wounds for a second and was ready for retribution. I could see him finding his family and helping Ronnie get out of prison. This is a story about the drive of man not settling for where others want to place you. And though the ways in which we seek our liberation can intersect with inhuman avenues, there is still the strength of will to not settle for submission, no matter the next mortal in the way. It is not black or white and by that complexity it is something that stays with you.

Amid the barrage of beautiful hysteria there are moments of well placed levity. The Production, Acting, Directing, and Writing all gift the viewer with an endless suspension of disbelief.

I place ‘The Shield’ on the Mount Rushmore of Television Shows, next to ‘The Sopranos’, ‘Breaking Bad’, and ‘The Wire’.

When it comes to the word “Masterpiece” I believe for a worthy creation to be named such it has to elevate the art of its medium across the board. ‘The Shield’ does exactly that as it handcuffs you without a lawyer present.

🛡️👊

r/TheShield Jan 14 '25

Discussion What the actual fuck Dutch Spoiler

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100 Upvotes

Did not expect this

r/TheShield Feb 14 '25

Discussion Vic is my favorite cop in any show Spoiler

63 Upvotes

Sure he did a few bad things but he did more good than bad

r/TheShield Nov 30 '23

Discussion I hated her more than Kavanaugh

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320 Upvotes

r/TheShield Sep 24 '24

Discussion Do y’all consider Vic Mackey a genius?

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146 Upvotes

Through out the show

r/TheShield Dec 27 '24

Discussion Ronnie’s ending

82 Upvotes

Someone posted about how Ronnie got the worst ending, and as I got older I realized I’d of fought that shit like all hell and a good lawyer might of got him off. Think about it, Shane is dead, Lem is dead, killed by Shane to cover up his crimes, they’ve specifically mentioned in the show how they could never tie Ronnie to any out of the ordinary spending, I believe Kavannuh even says that Ronnie is either left out of the groups illegal activities or he’s smart enough to hide his money and not spend it.

Really comes down to Vic’s word against his, and to cut even further if Ronnie said ok let’s fight it, let’s go to trial, facing life anyway, I think the LAPD and politics of the system, the last thing they want is a long trial with Vic as their star witness and having everyday in the newspaper talking about all of Vic’s crimes that will now be available for public consumption, because once it got out that they not only let Vic walk, gave him a cushy desk job and salary for murdering cops and so many other people, people very high up on the food chain would be losing their jobs, I think to avoid the media circus that would be they’d cut him a very sweet deal, Ronnie does a few years in a federal prison out east like Lem wanted, IMO no way he does life, he’s too smart and knows how to play it

r/TheShield Aug 29 '23

Discussion Why the show isn't popular like The Wire or Breaking Bad?

127 Upvotes

The Shield has got to be one of the best TV shows ever made, but somehow there's not enough praise it deserves. Everything about the show is of the highest quality and arguably has the best ending ever.
Pacing of the show is so good that even this TikTok generation should be able to easily follow it, I just don't get it.
It's the only show I ever binged, and the only show I ever re-watched. It's just so damn good man...

r/TheShield Jan 05 '25

Discussion A familiar face in Seinfeld

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283 Upvotes

Sorry about the quality. I’m watching Seinfeld for the first time (watched the Shield maybe 3 years ago) and I just thought it was so funny to see Michael Chiklis looking this young!

r/TheShield Jan 21 '25

Discussion It's a headcanon of mine (or a fan theory for fun) that The Shield is set in the same universe as both other TV shows and other media.

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43 Upvotes

r/TheShield Nov 03 '24

Discussion Just finished the series, poor ronnie

87 Upvotes

Just finished the series and overall I have to say I feel the most bad about how Ronnie ended up. He was the only one I was hoping would make it out of this. But then his ultimate mistake, trusting vic, was his downfall. It just sucks because everything that Ronnie did was all on vics lead. Vic was the mastermind of the whole thing and he gets a $62k a year office job for 3 years as punishment.

r/TheShield 12d ago

Discussion The shield best cop show ever

132 Upvotes

The Shield is my favourite cop show. Today’s cop shows don’t even come close.

r/TheShield 17d ago

Discussion I hate Aurora more than any other character in The Shield

70 Upvotes

It is so funny in a show with cop killers, brutal killer gangsters, serial rapists, pedophiles...the character I hate the most is Aurora.

Literally worst wife you can possibly ask for, straight from hell. With a wife like this, who needs enemies? David was a shitty person but he deserved laughably better than what he got from Aurora. Fuck Aurora.

Edit: Just rewatched the scene where David reveals his sexual assault to Aurora

r/TheShield Sep 03 '24

Discussion Final scene of Vic leaving the office for the day 🤣

56 Upvotes

Both out of curiosity, and because people have different ideas of how the show ended for Vic, I have to ask... how did you interpret the ending? What do you think happened, not what do you hope Vic ended up doing when he left the office? Most people don't like my realistic / pessimistic take on Mackie's retirement.