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The Shield: Final Episode/Season
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Two TV threads in one week for me...
Not sure there are too many fans here, particularly after 7 seasons, but thought I'd check anyway. For someone who claimed he didn't like the loose ends of the Sopranos finale, I felt Shawn Ryan ended up leaving a decent amount of his own. I have to give him credit for leaving Vic somewhere no one really expected, but by the same token, it also feels unjust.
Overall, I thought the writing this season was a little forced, trying to jam in a epic plot at the cost of some odd pacing and leaving quite a few loopholes. Still, if I read things right, it'd be interesting to consider that each episode was a day, and the entire season took place in what would have been a hellish 2 weeks.
Anybody else?
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I thought The Shield ended masterfully. My fiancee' and I were discussing it prior to the final episode airing and we both made our predictions.
We both thought Vic would live and wouldn't go to jail. We both thought Shane was going to die. And we both thought Ronnie would end up holding the bag and going to jail. I also predicted that Shane would kill his family before killing himself. What neither of us saw coming was how Vic ended up chained to a desk job for the next three years wearing a suit and tie. With nothing to do but write BS reports and think about everything that he had lost. Poetic justice indeed!
The only question I had after it was done was ....
What happened to all the cash that was left over (not marked or burned by Lem) from the Armenian money train robbery?
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I haven't watched the episode yet but am looking forward to it. I've been a fan since it premiered. Generally each season has been action-packed although I think this last season has felt rushed at times. I've enjoyed the series and it'll make for a good start-to-finish weekend marathon at some point for me. I've always like Vic's strategic way of thinking. He considers the angles, motivations, strengths, and weaknesses of the players and then manipulates it all like a chess game. It's much more than just blunt police tactics. True strategy.
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I picked this show up in early May and just watched the finale tonight (I also just found out about the "promosode" bridging seasons 5 and 6, and watched that last night).
The images of Shane's family were striking.
Vic ending up where he did seemed worse than prison. The way he tucked his gun into his belt and had a smirk on his face at the end made me wonder if he moonlights as a vigilante.
Originally Posted by OAW
What happened to all the cash that was left over (not marked or burned by Lem) from the Armenian money train robbery?
Split 3 ways (excluding Lem) it was $65,000 per person. When Vic thought he was going to die, he gave it to Corrine, and she spent it on tuition. She brought it up when Vic was being investigated by Kavanaugh.
Great series, altogether. I'm still trying to figure out what to watch next.
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At first I felt a little disappointed in Vic's outcome. I'd always seen Ronnie and him as anti-heroes, and even as anti-heroes perhaps deserving of some sort of decent ending. But after the finale, I reflected more on the anti-hero label and decided that he'd drifted too far from what morals he'd shown. The good that he did stopped being enough to outweigh the evil and karma tipped against him. So he ended up the way he did and I can accept it.
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