"The Shield" Carte Blanche (TV Episode 2003)

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Michael Chiklis

Detective Vic Mackey

Catherine Dent

Officer Danny Sofer

Walton Goggins

Detective Shane Vendrell

Michael Jace

Officer Julien Lowe

Jay Karnes

Detective Holland 'Dutch' Wagenbach

Benito Martinez

David Aceveda

CCH Pounder

Detective Claudette Wyms

Lucinda Jenney

Lanie Kellis

Shaun Duke

Alex Eznik

Cathy Cahlin Ryan

Corrine Mackey

Cheryl White

Marissa

RonReaco Lee

Taylor Orrs

Veena Bidasha

Yassirah Al-Thani

Chris Payne Gilbert

Charlie Foster

Don Maloney

Lance Hinkle

Jonathan Neil Schneider

Manny Sandoval

David Caprita

Hagop

Terrence Flack

Tike

Director
- Peter Horton
Writers
- Shawn Ryan
- Reed Steiner
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Trivia
Kenny Johnson's character Curtis Lemansky has a day off with David Snell's character Ronnie Gardocki while Vic Mackey and Shane Vendrell get to know about the Money Train.

Goofs
Before Lance Hinkle breaks down crying, later confessing off-screen to his involvement with Manny Sandoval to Claudette Wyms character, part of the camera equipment is seen briefly to the extreme right of the screen at Wyms' head level. Before and after this, the recording crew's movements can be seen casting shadows on the wall behind Wyms.

Quotes
Tike: I'd like to see a warrant.
Vic Mackey: I'd like to see Anna Kournikova naked on a water bed.

Connections
References Dragnet (1951)

Soundtracks
The Shield Theme
Written and Performed by Vivian Romero, Ness Bautista, and Rodney Alejandro

Don't know about you, but this reviewer had to keep reminding himself that this was not a comedy. Such is the genius of Shawn Ryan that Vic playing a "corrupt cop" had a number of punch lines which had me rolling on the floor. You can literally teach this stuff in film class, but writers who master such a level of craft will always be few and far between. This show punches far above its weight. Just gets better. Wow. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))