The Shield
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.
- Metascore89
- 2002-2008
- 7 seasons
- FX Network
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
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.
Season 4 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2005
Episode 1
The Cure
Tue, Mar 15, 2005 48 mins
The Shield (2002) enters its fourth season with Vic Mackey adrift after his past actions have caught up with him. He's no longer the cop he used to be - the Strike Team has dissolved and he's stuck babysitting a menial surveillance sting that keeps him off the street. With Captain Aceveda moving on to his new City Council position, Captain Monica Rawling prepares to take over the Barn and implement her controversial anti-gang policies.
Episode 2
Grave
Tue, Mar 22, 2005 44 mins
Vic agrees to quietly bring in a teenaged drug user before learning of his role in a deadly armed robbery.
Episode 3
Bang
Tue, Mar 29, 2005 45 mins
When her official arrival at the Barn is greeted by the outbreak of a deadly gang war, Monica assigns Vic the task of ending it.
Episode 4
Doghouse
Tue, Apr 5, 2005 45 mins
As Vic pursues an escaped rapist, A.D.A Insardi sends Dutch and Claudette after a low level drug dealer.
Episode 5
Tar Baby
Tue, Apr 12, 2005 45 mins
As Monica is forced to defend her crime-fighting tactics, Vic's pursuit of a killer creates problems for Antwon, while Dutch's secret deal with the D.A.'s office gets him and Claudette assigned to a murder investigation.
Episode 6
Insurgents
Tue, Apr 19, 2005 45 mins
A raid on a church being used as a drug drop places Monica in hot water with the community and her own cops.
Episode 7
Hurt
Tue, Apr 26, 2005 45 mins
As Aceveda uses a cleverly-edited videotape to force her to sideline Vic, Monica goes toe-to-toe with a social worker whose negligence led to the hospitalization of a seven-year-old foster child.
Episode 8
Cut Throat
Tue, May 3, 2005 45 mins
With Shane under orders to deliver Vic's body to Antwon, Monica looks for the leak that has led to the murder of some neighborhood informants.
Episode 9
String Theory
Tue, May 17, 2005 45 mins
As Shane enlists Vic and his men in the search for the body of a teenaged informant, the disappearance of two cops on patrol begins to look like payback for Monica's tough new policies.
Episode 10
Back in the Hole
Tue, May 24, 2005 60 mins
As Vic decides to tell Monica the truth about Shane, Dutch and Claudette suspect an alleged serial killer of murder.
Episode 11
A Thousand Deaths
Tue, May 31, 2005 45 mins
Vic pits Antwon's henchmen against each other in an effort to find the cop killers; Dutch and Claudette suspect Detective Billings of failing to stop a deadly carjacking.
Episode 12
Judas Priest
Tue, Jun 7, 2005 45 mins
Vic and Monica work to link Antwon to the cop killings, only to have Aceveda sell them out in an effort to keep the truth about his sexual assault from being made public.
Episode 13
Ain't That a Shame
Tue, Jun 14, 2005 48 mins
Monica asks Vic to find a way to hold Antwon Mitchell responsible for the murder of two Farmington cops.
