1x01 Pilot - The Shield Episode Guide

The Shield

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Pilot
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Mar. 12, 2002

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Pilot

Summary: While Dutch and Claudette investigate the murder of Nancy Reborg, they discover that her daughter is missing and has been sold by her addict father to a child molester. Meanwhile, David tries to crack corruption in the barn by recruiting Terry to help him take down Vic, which results in Terry's murder. Plus, Danny and Julien arrest a man who slashed his ex-girlfriend's tires.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Officer Danni Sofer	played by Catherine Dent
Detective Terry Crowley	played by Reed Diamond
Detective Holland Wagenbach	played by Jay Karnes
Detective Curtis Lemansky	played by Kenny Johnson
Wanda Higoshi	played by Tamlyn Tomita
Dr. Bernard Grady	played by Jim Ortlieb
Ponyboy Harris	played by Max Perlich
Miguel Esteana	played by Ricki Lopez
Monty	played by Michael Reid MacKay

Episode Quotes

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CREW: When Danny and Julien are questioning Lamont about the slashed tires at the motel. They begin talking to him in front of a room door and a crew member appears on the left of the door, in the next angle its a plant, and then again its a crew member. This may only be visible in the wide-screen DVD version.
CONT: When the Strike Team raids the home of Two-Time, they drive by Dodger Stadium with lights on and a full parking lot. This would leave one to believe a game was in progress. Most night games in Major League Baseball begin around 7pm. Later at the hospital when Capt. Aceveado announces Officer Crowley's condition he says that at 1:30am a call for help was made from the spot of the shooting. It is very unlikely that the game lasted over 6 hours. It is just as unlikely that the Team just sat around the scene for a few hours before making the call in either.
CONT: Officer Sofer has no stripes on her uniform in the "Pilot" episode but has two stripes (for her Police Officer 3 rank) in "Our Gang" - which is set just minutes after the end of "Pilot." Also in the "Co-Pilot" episode in series two, which is set before the "Pilot" episode, she has the two stripes.
CHAR: When Danny tells her date to wait a moment, she holds up one finger with her left hand. The next camera angle shows her doing it with her right.

TRIVIA

SPOILER: The decision to kill off Reed Diamond (I)'s character Detective Crowley was done specifically to shock viewers and make them hate the Vic Mackey character. To keep the surprise twist a secret, Reed Diamond's name is in the opening credits and clips of him where heavily featured in commercials for the series in order to create the illusion that Diamond would be a major character in the series.
To help preserve the intensity, the first commercial break didn't occur until 30 minutes into the show.
This episode had 4.8 million viewers in the USA.
The final musical clip features all the characters except Julien. Footage was shot for this character, involving him having oral sex performed on him by a man, but it was decided prior to transmission that this was a slow-build storyline and they didn't want to reveal it at this early stage.

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