The Shield

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Quick show of hands....


Who has watched the FX network's program "The Shield" ??

It is a extreme cop show with a twist... Michael Chicklis (formerly of 'The Commish'), plays a cop in a bi-polar struggle between good 'coppery' and 'werkin the system'. Kind of some sort of Dudly DoRight fightin' succeeding at pimpin' da' system. (The character exposes dat Pimpin da system as "ain't easy"...shizzle I'm typin in dogg...{wait .. Dogg dont know how to use quotes and shizzle..}) He is a veritable good-cop-bad-cop rolled into one person.

First season was "over the top" addictive (and I do not watch much TV)

Second season played "catch up" with a bold storyline and behavior that was totally predictable and freakin' dissapointin'

I usually found better things to do than tune in to the second season. (For instance, takin a leak...clean the toilets...)


The current (third) season has re-sparked my interest (until the previous episode)

It's a show that has used "shock value" to take it "over the top"

I found the limit of decency when one of the characters was orally raped.


Who else has viewed the episode? Do you think is warps past obscenity or is simple profaine entertainment....?