Posts with tag Franka Potente
Posted Jun 5th 2007 11:04PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews

(S06E10) "...but understand, you are nothing more than a fly on one of my many shits." - Pezuela
The beginning of the end. We've got one more season of The Shield to go and I have to say that I'm pretty excited for what's been set up. It's going to be a lot to cover with only thirteen episodes remaining in life of the series. Then again, this season only had ten installments and look how many different stories came out of it. From the aftermath of Lem's death to the biggest conspiracy the Farmington district has ever seen, we got it all in season six.
Continue reading The Shield: Spanish Practices (season finale)
Posted May 29th 2007 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews

(S06E09) "Too many shit-heads. Not enough pillows." - Vic
Despite the fact that I love Vic Mackey, I still laugh a little any time he makes some comment about people in jail. The luck this guy has had! He could just as easily be behind bars. But as this episode taught us, it more often than not just falls into his lap. You'd think karma would have come and bit him in the ass by now, but his good fortune never seems to cease.
Continue reading The Shield: Recoil
Posted May 22nd 2007 11:02PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews

(S06E08) "We're not clean in this either. And I'm not spending the rest of my life wearing state property." -Ronnie
I'm gonna make a bold statement that'll probably insult some readers: If you don't watch this show, you're dumb. Plain and simple. Nothing else on TV is as well-written, layered, and intricate as The Shield. There's another well-known cable drama with a prominent anti-hero about to end its run. Something about the Jersey mob and its high strung boss. You know that guy I'm talking about? Well, he can't hold a candle to Vic Mackey.
Continue reading The Shield: The Math of the Wrath