The Shield
“The law is just a suggestion.”
- 2002 –2008
- Ended
- TV-MA
★ 8.2 TMDB Rating · 910 votes
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
- Created by
- Shawn Ryan
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes
- 88
- Episode length
- ~45m
- First aired
- Mar 12, 2002
- Networks
- FX
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United States
Cast of The Shield
Michael Chiklis
Vic Mackey
Catherine Dent
Danielle 'Danny' Sofer
Paula Garcés
Tina Hanlon
Walton Goggins
Shane Vendrell
Michael Jace
Julien Lowe
Jay Karnes
Holland 'Dutch' Wagenbach
Benito Martinez
David Aceveda
David Marciano
Steve Billings
CCH Pounder
Claudette Wyms
Cathy Cahlin Ryan
Corrine Mackey
David Rees Snell
Ronnie Gardocki
Where to Stream The Shield by Country
- United States
- Streaming on Prime Video, HuluRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- United Kingdom
- Streaming on Sony Pictures Core Amazon ChannelRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- India
- Streaming on VI movies and tv
- Canada
- Rent or buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia
- Streaming on BINGE, Foxtel Now, 10Rent or buy on Apple TV Store
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Seasons
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Specials
Jan 7, 2003
34 episodes
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Season 1
Mar 12, 2002
13 episodes
Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime while operating under Vic's set of rules that sometimes cross the line between legal and illegal. The precinct's new captain doesn't like Vic's tactics, and wants to bust him off the force.
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Season 2
Jan 7, 2003
13 episodes
After a rocky start, Vic and Aceveda have formed an uneasy alliance that Claudette is determined to destroy. Vic's personal life is in shambles and a new nemesis on the street forces the Strike Team to risk everything in the pursuit of one last big score for their "retirement fund".
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Season 3
Mar 9, 2004
15 episodes
After scoring big with the money train, the Strike Team plays it cool to avoid arousing suspicion. Tensions are stretched further when Vic finds himself at odds with his team, but hostilities are quickly forgotten when Aceveda reveals that the team is the target of an Armenian mob hit.
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Season 4
Mar 15, 2005
13 episodes
The Strike Team has dissolved. Vic and Shane are assigned to regular detective duty, while Aceveda is leaving to begin his new job on the City Council. Although Vic often clashed with Aceveda, he quickly realizes that new captain Monica Rawling also has her own agenda.
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Season 5
Jan 10, 2006
11 episodes
As the Strike Team battles racial tensions in the city, friction inside the Barn escalates with the arrival of Jon Kavanaugh, a dogged Internal Affairs lieutenant obsessed with taking down Vic.
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Season 6
Apr 3, 2007
10 episodes
Vic and the Strike Team are distraught over Lem's death. After Vic learns from Claudette that the Chief plans to force him into early retirement, he vows to wreak bloody vengeance on Lem's killer before losing his badge, while Shane, overcome by guilt, becomes reckless and suicidal.
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Season 7
Sep 2, 2008
13 episodes
Pressured to take down Pezuela, Vic's skeletons finally come tumbling out of the closet as he faces threats from all directions—primarily from damaged protégé Shane.
