The Shield

2002 • FX
4.7
80 reviews
TV-UNRATED
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 Pilot
3/12/02
Season-only
A politically ambitious LAPD captain comes up against a streetwise detective who isn't above bending the rules in his effort to fight crime as he enriches himself and his men.
2 Our Gang
3/19/02
Season-only
Following the shooting death of a police department informant, Aceveda turns up the heat in is investigation of Mackey and his Strike Team.
3 Dawg Days
4/2/02
Season-only
Vic imprisons a basketball star to influence the outcome of an upcoming game; Dutch and Claudette nab a egotistical rapist out to impregnate as many women as possible.
4 The Spread
3/26/02
Season-only
A dispute over an up-and-coming singer's success erupts in a gang war that threatens to bring Vic down, too; a case that could help Aceveda's political future sends Dutch and Claudette searching for a missing day laborer.
5 Blowback
4/9/02
Season-only
Mackey must recover the stolen evidence from a drug bust before Aceveda is able to pin the theft on him.
6 Cherrypoppers
4/16/02
Season-only
As Dutch's theory about a serial killer preying on prostitutes proves true, he convinces Aceveda to launch an all out effort to find him before he strikes again; Julien decides to bring down Vic for stealing drugs.
7 Pay In Pain
4/23/02
Season-only
The murder of seven gang members has Vic teamed with a Latino detective assigned to crack the case.
8 Cupid & Psycho
4/30/02
Season-only
As the Strike Team is reassigned pending the investigation in the theft of evidence, Vic teams with Claudette in order to keep some deadly drugs off the street.
9 Throwaway
5/7/02
Season-only
Lemonhead sets out to make things right following his shooting of an unarmed man.
10 Dragonchasers
5/14/02
Season-only
As Dutch uncovers a lead to the serial killer, a reporter questions force Aceveda to explain problems he thought were buried far in the past.
11 Carnivores
5/21/02
Season-only
A confrontation between a local drug dealer and Black Muslims places Vic in danger of being exposed.
12 Two Days Of Blood
5/28/02
Season-only
As a deployment policy leads to a double homicide that places Aceveda in the hot seat with potential voters, Vic is forced to help Gilroy avoid being implicated in a hit and run.
13 Circles
6/4/02
Season-only
As cop killings strike Farmington, Aceveda is caught between two corrupt cops looking to save their own skins.

About this show

A rogue cop walking the tightrope between right and wrong, Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) heads a team of detectives battling against gangs and drugs on L.A.'s meanest streets. It's a high-stakes war with rules that are made to be bent, and where the thirst for money and power can only be quenched by corruption and deceit.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
80 reviews
Jolyon Favreau
July 7, 2016
Cop shows are so clean-cut even when they try not to be. This on the other hand is jaw droppingly gritty! The writers are sick in every sense of the word; utterly brilliantly written, the show also created a new type of videography putting you right in the middle of the action. The vast majority of episodes leave you eager for more and the culminating season is WELL WORTH THE WAIT. It's just a shame this show couldn't go on forever.
clayton spencer
March 30, 2016
For cop shows it doesn't get any better than this.
John D Smith
January 26, 2017
Without doubt the best cop show ever , even more compelling than NYPD Blue , which was , and still is a classic