Listen, we never started watching The Shield. We wanted to. We saw all those advertisements with Michael Chiklis’ shiny baldhead, badass attitude, and badcop rasp. Scanner Bryan told us how good it was. The New York Times is still telling us how good it is. And, don’t even get us started on our love for and dedication to Glenn Close (Cruella De Vil, anyone?).
We meant to tune in. It was on our to-do list. But we just never quite got to it. Now, The Shield has come and gone and we’re left our regrets and the finale info. So we’ve come to share the finale tidings with all of you.
Finale Spoilers after the jump:
So apparently Vic Mackey (a character we’re going to have to get acquainted with), Michael Chiklis’ take-no-prisoners rouge cop, confesses and ends up behind a desk. FX prez John Landgraf says:
“He managed to preserve his own freedom and his life by sacrificing everything else in his life that was important,” Landgraf said. “And he gave up his loyalty -- which was always considered his most important trait.” (thr.com)
Apparently, though, in the final moments before the credits roll, Vic gets his gun back from his desk, and the audience is left to wonder whether he will accept his fate or go on a Mackey rampage. We really need to catch up on this show.
We’re just gonna have to ask Santa for the DVD box set. Here’s hoping he’ll just overlook that whole naughty-nice thing this year. It’s so 2007.
