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The Shield breaks the conventional formula of the cop genre. It plays out in a tough, morally ambiguous world in which the line between good and bad is crossed every day. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions.

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07x13 Family Meeting Aired: Nov. 25, 2008

The series finale finds the team searching for a missing woman and awaiting a huge drug shipment. [continue reading]

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The show had 7 seasons and 88 episodes air between 2002 and 2008.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Mar. 12, 2002
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
2002 - 2008
To-Date:
7 Seasons
88 Episodes
Network
FX TV Network
AKA:
The Barn (Previous Working Title)
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  • Farmington is a fictional district in Los Angeles.
  • Actress Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine) and Creator Shawn Ryan's infant son was cast as Connie's son, Brian, in season two and beyond.
  • FX originally balked at the hiring of Walton Goggins as a regular cast member. In order to convince the network executives to hire him, the episodes "Our Gang" and "The Spread" were…
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    FX originally balked at the hiring of Walton Goggins as a regular cast member. In order to convince the network executives to hire him, the episodes "Our Gang" and "The Spread" were specifically rewritten in order to showcase Walt's acting abilities in hopes of him being hired as a full-time cast member. These episodes convinced FX to give the go-ahead to hire him as a full-time cast member though because of the delays in finalizing his contract, the Shane character was written out of three episodes with the Vic Mackey character partnered up with fellow cast member Kenny Johnson ("Dawg Days" and "Throwaway") or assisting Detectives Wyms and Wagenbach on case ("Cherrypoppers").
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