Shield Season 7 (2009)

Editor's Note Transgressing the seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black-and-white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favor of an ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, THE COMMISH) leads the elite Strike Team in the fictional L.A. district of Farmington, employing dubious but effective crime-fighting methods as a tough, successful, but corrupt cop. The other detectives and cops on the force disapprove of the team's methods, while the precinct head, Captain David Aceveda (Benito Martinez), is just as corrupt as Mackey. The stoic, upright Detective Claudette Wyms (CCH Pounder, ER), who understands both sides of the game, provides a much-needed balance and rationality to the mix. The charismatic Mackey strikes just the right pitch so as to be the least sympathetic antihero television has yet seen, while the controversial themes and violent nature of the content manage the effect of making audiences really think about what they're watching. In the explosive seventh and final season of this gripping police drama, the Strike Team?s morally ambiguous tendencies just may lead to some unexpected closure. This set features all 13 episodes, including the extended series finale.

	Michael Chiklis
	CCH Pounder
	Benito Martinez
	Walton Goggins
	Jay Karnes
	Catherine Dent
	Michael Jace
	David Marciano
	Cathy Cahlin Ryan

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4 stars out of 4 -- "This is clearly a labor of love because the creator, actors, and writers managed to keep a show that has defied all odds immaculate til the end..." 06/08/2009