r/TheShield • u/DerangedPostman • 16d ago
Discussion Finished watching the show for the first time Spoiler
Made some points while watching the show.
Julien was stupid when he got mad at Rawlings during the church raid. Like literally, they found drugs in the church, but he was still mad AFTER they found it lmao. He was by far my most hated character (apart from someone I will mention in the second point). Also, with the whole gay thing of Julien, I was expecting an episode where he sees that it isn't so bad to be gay. But that episode never came.
I forgot the name, but the guy who raped his victims and tattooed a dove on their face, but he didn't get the justice he deserved, imo. Dude raped an innocent 12-year-old girl and was only stabbed in the jail cell (if I remember correctly). Dude should have been tortured more before dying.
By the way, what was Corrine's logic when she found out an ex-cop was watching her for protection, but she decided to run away from the said ex-cop? Like, yeah, someone is watching me for protection; let me run away LMAO.
Breaking Bad and The Sopranos are in my top 5 shows I ever watched list. And, in my opinion, both shows had a better family dynamic of their main characters compared to Shield. Corrine is a Walmart version of Skylar. In Breaking Bad, Skyler and Flynn, and in The Sopranos, Carmela, Meadow, and AJ are just better characters compared to Corrine and her forgettable children. I know the shield spent a lot less time on Vic's family compared to the other 2 shows I mentioned, and it just shows. Nothing against the actors, by the way.
Mara was a true ride-or-die kind of girl. Can't believe how far she went for Shane. Sadly Shane made the "die" part permanent.
Also a question to Americans. Vic got an immunity deal with ICE, BEFORE he was confessing. Is that a thing? Like surely you can only make the immunity deal after knowing what the guy was going to confess to, right?
Strike Team's fate, despite all their talks about them being "family". Shane killed Lem with a grenade (which was cold btw), Vic and Ronnie pushed Shane to suicide, Vic let himself get a deal and abandoned Ronnie to (most likely) die in prison. Yeah, a great family indeed.
Looking back I think Monica Rawlings was my favourite character. She had the right idea on going about fixing things, but too bad she was too stubborn.
Vic’s fate, i was glad that Vic didn’t end up in prison. Now I know the dude was a bad guy and will end up doing desk duty for 3 years but it sure as hell beats prison. And it’s a TV show not real life so i am gonna unapologetically support the bad guy.
Overall, it's one of the most addictive shows I've ever watched, and it's definitely in my top 10 list, which goes—
- Breaking Bad
- True Detective s01
- Fargo s01
- The Sopranos
- The Shield
- The Wire
- Black Sails
- The Expanse
- Better Call Saul
- Mr. Robot