View Full Version : The Shield final season on Five USA
snowball
22-03-2009, 00:01
Didn't want to go in to the proper thread as I want to steer clear of spoilers ... seen up to episode 4 (i think), and to be honest i think this is one of the weakest seasons so far. I was expecting much better. Does it get any better than this?
Didn't want to go in to the proper thread as I want to steer clear of spoilers ... seen up to episode 4 (i think), and to be honest i think this is one of the weakest seasons so far. I was expecting much better. Does it get any better than this?
I think I'm not alone in saying that from about episode 6 it becomes much better and finally you might well feel it is probably even better than season 5.
snowball
22-03-2009, 00:12
thanks bosque . I have to say after seeing ep 4 i almost lost faith and deleted my series link on Sky+. I think I'll stick with it, seeing as I have seen all the past seasons and its not many episodes to go now.
Is season 5 the one with Forrest Whitaker? That indeed is my favourite season. But so far S7 has been crap with no sense of direction. As I said I'll stick with it though.
fugazied
22-03-2009, 07:13
This is one show I meant to watch after I watched The Wire. Didn't get around to it, but apparently one of the best police shows around.
Is season 1 on blu-ray yet?
Seriously it gets back to it's best...
Buck Rogers
22-03-2009, 12:22
Also watching on 5USA here. Felt it has been a bit slow but building towards the end, I read an interview with Chiklis who said the season explodes after episode 6 or so.
The dialogue is soooo clunky this season, it just seems to be Vic alternating between saying Mexis, Salvadoreans, Armenians and 19ers as quickly as possible.
Spook Street!...ooee ooee
It's been kinda rubbish so far. It doesn't really help that Five took such a looooooonnnnng break between seasons & didn't re-run season 6 in the run up to showing season 7. I honestly have no clue what's going on with the strike team, the Mexicans, Armenians & whichever other random gang they seem to bring in each week. :shrug:
So far this season the only enjoyment I've got out of it has been the stuff with Dutch & Billings. I still think Dutch deserves his own show. :thumbs:
Absolutely loved the first 6 season though! :D
It's been kinda rubbish so far. It doesn't really help that Five took such a looooooonnnnng break between seasons & didn't re-run season 6 in the run up to showing season 7. I honestly have no clue what's going on with the strike team, the Mexicans, Armenians & whichever other random gang they seem to bring in each week. :shrug:
So far this season the only enjoyment I've got out of it has been the stuff with Dutch & Billings. I still think Dutch deserves his own show. :thumbs:
Absolutely loved the first 6 season though! :D
If you were to look in the other thread you would find other people (including me) expressing similar concerns when they first aired.
Fear not, it gets better and the last few eps are some of the best telly ever made IMO.
The dialogue is soooo clunky this season, it just seems to be Vic alternating between saying Mexis, Salvadoreans, Armenians and 19ers as quickly as possible.
lol so true :D
snowball
21-04-2009, 15:08
As stated above by others it does get a LOT better after about ep 6 or 7. I am about two weeks behind Five USA pace and can't wait to see the rest now !
What episode are we at on Five USA and how many more to go?
Episode 10 was on Five US last nite, 3 more to go.
Buck Rogers
21-04-2009, 17:01
It's brilliant at the moment. I can't tell which way it's gonna go.
I'd agree with others that the earlier episodes of this season were poor but since the episode where Shane went on the run it has really picked up.
Bad enough that this has been given the grave-yard showing on Five USA but - from what the voice-over said last night - it sounds as though they are spreading the the final episode over two Mondays :mad:.
Mr Blobby
18-05-2009, 16:16
Last ever episode tonight.
I did not expect Shane to do what he did last week. That was totally unexpected.:eek:
Marwhite
19-05-2009, 06:29
Last ever episode tonight.
I did not expect Shane to do what he did last week. That was totally unexpected.:eek:
Have to admit i was expecting more from the Shane storyline. Couldn't help but feel it was a bit of a cop-out.
Walrus Man
19-05-2009, 16:34
Have to admit i was expecting more from the Shane storyline. Couldn't help but feel it was a bit of a cop-out.
I guess we were all expecting a Shane vs. Vic showdown, but what Shane did was pretty dramatic, brought a tear to my eye too. :cry:
Bring on the last ever episode. :clap:
threadkiller
19-05-2009, 20:20
I guess we were all expecting a Shane vs. Vic showdown, but what Shane did was pretty dramatic, brought a tear to my eye too. :cry:
Bring on the last ever episode. :clap:that was monday:suspect: cant say it was that good.
that was monday:suspect: cant say it was that good.
What does he want from a TV show :brickwall
Good ending as far as Vic goes - he's got his immunity, but has lost everything else and has been left in what for him is a living hell. He seems to come to a decision after the lights go out and we see him 'tool up' and head out.... what's he going to do now?
But I really expected to see some sort of conclusion with Dutch's serial killer...
Good ending as far as Vic goes - he's got his immunity, but has lost everything else and has been left in what for him is a living hell. He seems to come to a decision after the lights go out and we see him 'tool up' and head out.... what's he going to do now?
But I really expected to see some sort of conclusion with Dutch's serial killer...
I thought that the ending was pretty much perfect - everything from Shane's world collapsing to the point where he was left with no option to Vic becoming trapped in his worst nightmare - friends all dead or in jail, working in a dead-end job with people who despise him, everyone knowing what he's done, and wife and kids out of his life. I think that the fact that the ending was left as ambiguous was exactly right - trying to wrap everything up into a nice simple conclusion would have been totally out of kilter with the rest of the show.
Michael Chiklis gets most of the plaudits for this show, but every one of the main characters was brilliantly realised, and the standard of acting rarely dipped below excellent.
Watched this last night and I'm undecided tbh
I loved the fact Vic was totally put on a leash with nothing to look forward to, I was sure he would top himself, his behaviour towards Ronnie showed him for the POS he was. But I couldn't help thinking the show had lost it's way by the end and I couldn't really have cared less about any of the characters.
I was expecting something better from the final episode, it wasn't even as good as a regular episode of The Wire, let alone one of their season finales.
But I couldn't help thinking the show had lost it's way by the end and I couldn't really have cared less about any of the characters.
I quite liked that about it - despite rooting for them for most of the lifetime of the show, it was a timely reminder that ultimately, they were a bunch of nasty bent cops (kinda comes full circle from Vic killing Terry in ep 1).
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