The Shield

This was my favorite show on television. Sad as I am to see it come to an end, the producers and directors did the right thing. The great products in entertainmsnet always leave the audience wanting more, and The Shield has done that, rather than dragging it out and heaven forbid it ever got to that point where the series jumped the shark and had to be forcibly put out of its misery, having lost the grit and edge that made it so special in the first place.

As to Vic Mackey, I guess he found out that there are fates that are as bad, if not worse than getting caught. Over seven years, in spite of the laundry list of sins commited by Mackey, its been hard not to forgive Mackey, even cheer for him. The crimminals who he's taken off the streets have been far worse than him and the individuals who have pursued him equally flawed. His end reminds me of the end of the movie Goodfellas and the voice over done by Henry Hill as he fetches the daily aper in his bathrobe in some nameless suburb.

And that's the hardest part. Today everything is different; there's no action... have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food - right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody... get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.

So long to Vic and to the rest of the cast of The Shield. Given the overpowering amount of lame crap that bombards us on televison these days, we owe you a seven year long thank you.