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I have a vague feeling it might not be his last episode. But, it could be the last visual scene for the actor. I got wierd feelings, when he kept bringing up this Woman of his.
 
Lonestar said:
I have a vague feeling it might not be his last episode. But, it could be the last visual scene for the actor. I got wierd feelings, when he kept bringing up this Woman of his.
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Yeah, there was something definitely off with the way he kept bringing her up.
 
White Man said:
I'm watching the season 5 episodes backwards and I am down to 5: So far Claudette is only sick in the episode where Kleavon gets arrested. I unfortunately do not have enough time to go through the rest now, due to work. Even if she does, the point still stands: why would she throw away refills for a chronic condition?
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Uh, you don't actually get the physical bottle refilled when you refill a prescription. The "refills" thing just indicates how many more bottles full of the stuff you can get without having to go back to the doctor for a whole new prescription.

It'll always say on the bottle/jar/tube/whatever how many refills you have left, so you have an idea when you're about to run out.
 
Vlad said:
Uh, you don't actually get the physical bottle refilled when you refill a prescription. The "refills" thing just indicates how many more bottles full of the stuff you can get without having to go back to the doctor for a whole new prescription.

It'll always say on the bottle/jar/tube/whatever how many refills you have left, so you have an idea when you're about to run out.
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That's not how it works with my refills, but I guess I have to accept it's not that way for everyone.
 
The last 2 episodes have seemed to be a little more "set-up" than I am used to with this show. Maybe it will all pan out, but I am getting some freaking "Shield Blue Balls." There hasn't been a whole lot of action. I mean, what the fuck, in the pilot of this wonderful series, oh so many years ago,
a cop gets murdered, a dude gets his face burned on a stove, etc.
God DAMNIT, I want to see some GANGSTA SHIT AND SOME PEOPLE GETTING FUCKED UP.

/rant

I know it will happen eventually, it just seems to be a little too much setup.

edit: MEGALOL at Cassidy!!
 
Lonestar said:
Dutch is going to leave dead kittens at that boy's house, get him framed!!!

But really, I have a bad feeling about this situation. Dutch might get hurt or worse, either from the kid doing something...or that Mom. She's weird'ing me out...like maybe she's involved in this murder thing as well...
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I was thinking the opposite, like maybe Dutch might do something very bad.
 
Uncooked said:
I was thinking the opposite, like maybe Dutch might do something very bad.
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Yeah Dutch looks like he's beginning to develop an unhealthy obsession and that kid comes off as very smart (not necessarily smarter than Dutch but smart enough to somehow get Dutch in some shit if he keeps on poking.) Also the Mother is definitely a little off, factor is her as well and Dutch could be setting himself up for some bad shit. You just know Dutch isn't going to be able to let this go.
People have been suggesting that they think that maybe it's gonna be Ronnie that off's Shane but I think Shane will see that coming a mile off. He knows Ronnie hates him, and he also knows Ronnie is capable of murder, if/when Shane bites the bullet I hope it's somebody totally unexpected.
 
Fuckitty fuck fuck.

Obviously the best episode of the season.

I NEED to see the conclusion of this story.

This show gives me a bonafide physical reaction no other piece of entertainment does.
 
Tavon
is back. Noticed after the confrontation with Shane, he was a bit shakened up and maybe thought
Tavon
was right about who he really was when it came to strike team. Same thing happened with Vic and his wife at the barn. The look on Vic's face after his wife left the barn also shook him up.

Also, Dutch boy is losing it. I do hope him and Billings work together more because they bring an interesting chemistry to the table, but then again, remember last season when Billings was solving the big cases and caught that thug at that bust with Ronnie at the gas station? If Billings comes out top again and Dutch is left behind, then I think Dutch could potentionally be a threat to others.
 
I think this is
Tavon's only episode. I think his reappearance was to hold up some kind of "mirror" to Shane, for Shane to reflect upon the things he's done. And maybe a callback for the fans, who had always wondered "what happened to him?"
 
The Shield and Lost are the only two shows where I literally find myself sitting up, physically on the edge of my couch, because of how intense they are. Last nights episode was no exception,
especially during the Armenian meeting where Shane gets set up. I had a feeling he was going to survive, simply because the possibility of him learning Vic set him up is too explosive for the writers to resist, but obviously no one is safe on the show at this point. I used to really like Ronnie, but I felt like reaching through my tv and strangling him when Vic was trying to get his assistance in getting over to the meeting place.
It feels like it's all downhill from here... but I mean that only in a positive way.
 
Awesome fucking last scene. The preview for next week doesn't look so hot, however. Hope the show itself is more intense than the previews were. The FBI surveillance angle could prove to be very interesting too. We'll see...

I was actually hoping for more from
Tavon's
return. I do like how he
played Shane and the whole amnesia angle too. When he referenced the iron,
I had hoped it would come to blows.
 
The transition that Ronnie and Vic are going through is interesting to see play out on screen. Vic was always the most ruthless of the Strike Team and he has largely been conflicted throughout these past few seasons as the skeletons in his closet rattled louder. The levity of his decisions is finally breaking him down but all that ill-intent and baggage is too powerful to simply put down; instead, it has simply transitioned to Ronnie.

Ronnie is all-in now. He's the only one of the four that could mirror Vic in terms of intelligence and ruthlessness. Shane is ruthless but sloppy. Lem was semi-intelligent but bound by a heart. Ronnie is becoming Vic circa-Season 2.

I wouldn't be surprised if he were the last man standing, if it comes to that. I see the conflict between Vic's emerging hesitance and Ronnie's pinnacle of ruthlessness coming to a head in a way that none of us have anticipated thus far.
 
Hard as it to believe that this show will be gone soon, it's also hard for me to believe they've got enough grade A material for 7 more episodes. I guess Pazuela will be a large portion of that. Either way, I can't wait for next week!
 
Fifty said:
Hard as it to believe that this show will be gone soon, it's also hard for me to believe they've got enough grade A material for 7 more episodes. I guess Pazuela will be a large portion of that. Either way, I can't wait for next week!
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Apparently the next two episodes.. Episode 7 titled
Bitches' Brew
and Episode 8 titled
Parricide
are two of the best in Shield history. 8 in particular.
 
Wow. Great episode. I've spent the last six months tearing through this show, and I finally caught up tonight. I've been enjoying this season - all of the callbacks to previous seasons are awesome (Cleavon, Tavon, Dina, etc...). Funny seeing Beaver from VM playing the kid that Dutch is obsessed with. I'm really looking forward to how this all finishes up - going to be a complete train wreck, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I have no clue who's left standing at the end of it all.
 
Damn...looks like everyone in the Barn--and even outside it--is having a major crisis of confidence. I guess the question is, who's gonna get it back first, giving them the fortitude to do what they have to?

Since I only started watching from Season 5, could someone fill me in on what happened with
Tavon
before, why he thinks he
hit Mara but didn't really?
 
DevelopmentArrested said:
Apparently the next two episodes.. Episode 7 titled
Bitches' Brew
and Episode 8 titled
Parricide
are two of the best in Shield history. 8 in particular.
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I saw the ep description for those two episodes. All I can say is HOLY SHIT.
 
faceless007 said:
Since I only started watching from Season 5, could someone fill me in on what happened with
Tavon
before, why he thinks he
hit Mara but didn't really?
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First, you should go back and watch it from the beginning. While S5 was excellent, you're missing out on a LOT of history for these characters.

As far as Tavon goes:

He was brought in as a fifth member for the Strike Team late in the second season. Acaveda (who was still captain at the time) forced the team to take on a minority member, and after Vic scared away the initial applicants, Tavon ended up sticking around. He turned out to be very effective in the role, and Shane started to feel worried about his position as second-in-command of the team.

Vic, seeing the rivalry brewing and not wanting to draw any attention to the team (this was right after they stole the Money Train cash), asked Tavon to "be the bigger man" and smooth things over with Shane.

During the "smoothing things over" conversation later that night at Shane's apartment, Shane ended up calling Tavon a "darkie". Tavon, who always had a bit of a temper, took a swing at Shane, which escalated into a rather nasty brawl (probably one of the better fight scenes I've seen on TV, just for how messy it all was). Mara, who was out doing laundry at the time, came back in to see Tavon pummeling Shane. She immediately ran over and hit Tavon in the head with a nearby iron, breaking up the fight.

Tavon ended up stumbling out of the apartment, head wound and all, and tried driving home. Unfortunately, he was in no condition to drive and ended up slamming into a parked car and flying through the windshield.

After being unconscious for quite some time, he eventually awoke and started remembering the fight. While he did technically throw the first punch, the Strike Team was still frantically trying to avoid being caught for the Money Train heist (either by law enforcement or the Armenians) and knew that if Tavon came out about the fight, IAD would also be sniffing around. Knowing that Tavon and Lem were fairly close, Vic convinced Lem to tell Tavon that he hit Mara in the fight so that he wouldn't make what happened public knowledge.

Until this week's episode, the last we saw of Tavon was Vic and Lem walking away from a guilt-stricken Tavon in his hospital bed, crying and apologizing for hitting a pregnant woman.
 
I think my favorite part of this episode was the shot while
Shane was telling that rapist/murderer father what he had to do to have a tiny chance at smoothing things over with his daughter.
I love moments like that where they use dramatic irony and frame the shot so perfectly.
 
Oh shit awesome ending. Rest of the season should be fucking explosive. I'm glad the Armenian thing looks like it's out of the way, it was just beginning to get too played out so I'm glad they nipped it in the bud. Can't wait to see what Shane cooks up now :D
 
firex said:
I think my favorite part of this episode was the shot while
Shane was telling that rapist/murderer father what he had to do to have a tiny chance at smoothing things over with his daughter.
I love moments like that where they use dramatic irony and frame the shot so perfectly.
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That was brilliant. Vic watching in the background some what blurred out. Perfect example of how much the hand camera adds to the tension of being there in scenes. Loved that.

Shane's definitely a fucknut bigot, but I don't think he get's enough credit for just how smart he is sometimes. He's done more dumb shit than everyone else on the show combined, but I contribute that to him always wanting to one up or even emulate Vic.

Shane has to die at some point this season and Vic has to go to jail. The only real question is how, when and why. I just pray they can match the same shocking level of Lem's death.
 
This is already linked in the first post, but I wanted to draw some more attention to some absolutely fascinating interviews and roundtables with the cast and crew of the show on Hulu. Everything from favorite moments to camera instructions to use of L.A. as a character is discussed, moderated by NY Times film critic Elvis Mitchell.

Page 2 has a bunch of clips of the actors interviewing each other about their characters, and it's really fascinating to watch them discuss the way they came to understand their characters.

This interview between Dutch and Billings' actors, for example, shows some really interesting back and forth about the blurry line between an actor and his character. I'm going through all these one by one, and it just goes to show how fleshed-out all these characters--not just the stars, but the entire cast--are.
 
At this point I'd like to give Hulu a healthy FUCK YOU for not letting me watch those videos as a non-US resident. FUCK YOU!
 
I know I'm not the first to suggest it, but I really think that creepy kid (that actor is forever typecast as a serial killer thanks to Veronica Mars) is going to kill Dutch and it'll be up to Billings to catch the kid. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in this next episode.
 
I don't think they'd kill Dutch with like 8 episodes to go.

The only plot I'm not feeling this season is the Vic-Dani thing. It's kinda out of character for Vic to pull that sort of shit. I guess it's supposed to be some sort of parallel to his situation with his daughter, but I don't quite buy it. I hope it stays about as prominent as it is, i.e. not very.

Also the last scene of the series should just be Julian getting bukkaked in a glory hole.
 
Spire said:
I know I'm not the first to suggest it, but I really think that creepy kid (that actor is forever typecast as a serial killer thanks to Veronica Mars) is going to kill Dutch and it'll be up to Billings to catch the kid. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in this next episode.
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Actually I thought it might be the other way around. Dutch gets so frustrated over not being able to catch the kid he just shoots him. Or maybe Dutch tells the kids mother what he suspects and she ends up finding some evidence of it and killing her son. But now that you say it it would be interesting if Billings ended up being the kids next victim or something.
 
Jesus shit is really going down from now on. Can't wait for next week to come.

Also quick question about Danny and Vic.
Why does she not want Vic involved with her baby? Is it as simple as he is just a terrible influence?
 
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