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First Aired: Nov. 18, 2008 on FX

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Season 7 » Episode #12 - Possible Kill Screen

Summary: Olivia and the Strike Team join together in an attempt to bring down a Mexican kingpin and his shipment. Meanwhile, Billing's mess is cleaned up by Dutch, and Claudette investigates when a woman is found dead who was associated with the Strike Team.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Officer Danni Sofer	played by Catherine Dent
Detective Julien Lowe	played by Michael Jace
Detective Holland Wagenbach	played by Jay Karnes
David Aceveda	played by Benito Martinez
Captain Claudette Wyms	played by CCH Pounder
Agent Olivia Murray	played by Laurie Holden
Mara Sewell Vendrell	played by Michele Hicks
Beltran	played by Francesco Quinn

Episode Quotes

Agent Olivia Murray: [after Vic has confessed to every crime he's ever committed in his immunity deal] Do you have any idea what you've done to me?
Detective Vic Mackey: I've done worse.

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Trivia

The title of the episode refers to the concept of a 'kill screen' in video gaming. A kill screen is when a video game breaks due to a programming or design error not accounting for a player's skill. One of the best-known examples is the 256th level of 'Pac-Man', which cannot be completed under normal circumstances. The title has two meanings within the episode, the first being the memory limit on Agent Murray's recorder, which is strained by the amount of Mackey's crimes. The second is that Mackey has become so adept at 'playing the system' that he has broken the game of life, by attaining immunity for his crimes.
Vic's full name is Victor Samuel Mackey.