The Shield..same level as Breaking Bad/The Wire etc?

[SAWYER]

I saw a thread on another site and people were really hyping up the Shield and saying it is up there with the best shows and the ending was supposedly amazing. I am thinking about starting it after I finish Rome. For those who have seen it, is it really that good?

 

[MarkXIX]

It was a good series. I put it up there with Breaking Bad for sure.

 

[Platypus]

It was until the last season imo, they really botched the ending. It should have stopped at the end of season 4.

Forrest Whittaker was an incredible addition to the show. It's not even that I didn't like the ending, just the way they handled certain characters was really rushed.

 

[Fritzo]

That was my wife's favorite show. I think it was one of the first "gritty dramas" before HBO, AMC, and Showtime started going crazy.

 

[ThinClient]

1) Breaking Bad
2) The Shield
3) The Wire

 

[lupi]

Whitlock gonna be coming after your ass.

 

[zinfamous]

The few episodes that I watched, I really liked.

I keep meaning to check it out for real. I keep forgetting to do this.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I need to circle back to it. I watched the first disc of the first season and was not impressed at all - it felt cartoonish and over-the-top - but many people say it's amazing. That being said, I find it very hard to believe that what I saw could, over the run of the show, turn into something of the caliber of the Sopranos or Mad Men, much less Breaking Bad or The Wire. To me it felt more like an Oz - a decent but slightly primitive prototype for the better, more nuanced serialized dramas that would come later.

 

[ThinClient]

That's a pretty good description of it, Don Vito.

The later seasons get darker and darker. It's a downward spiral of evil like Breaking Bad.

 

[velillen]

I definitely enjoyed it. Been awhile since I've watched it though. I liked it better than the wire and breaking bad personally. Then again I didn't care for the wire much at all. Breaking bad was good though

 

[Jeeebus]

Haven't watched a series I've enjoyed more or been more frustrated with than The Shield.

I'm willing to bet any fan of the show still has a certain haunting image involving Captain Aceveda, a camera phone, and... ughhh burned into their mind.

 

[JEDIYoda]

you guys should see the x-rated version of the Shield...rofl..hahahaha....

 

[purbeast0]

i think even after seeing breaking bad, that the shield is still my favorite tv show of all time. i want to go back and watch it again for sure. it's such a great show and is very nitty gritty.

SAWYER DONT READ xj0hnx AND DaTT POSTS DOWN BELOW THE SPOIL SOME MAJOR SHIT!!!

OR ThinClient TOO!!!!

 

[Printer Bandit]

that latina cop was SMOKING HOOOOTTTTTTTTTT

 

[purbeast0]

Haven't watched a series I've enjoyed more or been more frustrated with than The Shield.

I'm willing to bet any fan of the show still has a certain haunting image involving Captain Aceveda, a camera phone, and... ughhh burned into their mind.

lol nope won't forget that part.

i know what you mean about being frustrated as well. at least i was frustrated in the sense that they took the story in directions i personally did not want them to go, simply because of things that happen to some of the characters that i became very attached to. i wanted it to be all rainbows and smiles for all of the characters that i grew attached to, but it was far from that.

 

[silverpig]

It was good. There were a few annoying things about it. It's a notch below The Wire and Breaking Bad, but it's still good nonetheless.

 

[Theb]

I need to circle back to it. I watched the first disc of the first season and was not impressed at all - it felt cartoonish and over-the-top - but many people say it's amazing. That being said, I find it very hard to believe that what I saw could, over the run of the show, turn into something of the caliber of the Sopranos or Mad Men, much less Breaking Bad or The Wire. To me it felt more like an Oz - a decent but slightly primitive prototype for the better, more nuanced serialized dramas that would come later.

It's definitely closer to Oz than any of the other shoes. Particularly the first 3 seasons.

 

[iRONic]

1) Breaking Bad
2) The Shield
3) The Wire

Agree

 

[Druidx]

The Shield was ground breaking at the time the same way Breaking Bad was years later.
Michael Chiklis was fantastic in that show, did an amazing job playing a badass.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Andrea was in season 7:

 

[GagHalfrunt]

1) Breaking Bad
2) The Shield
3) The Wire

That.

 

[xj0hnx]

1) The Shield/Breaking Bad
2) The Wire
3) ...

The Shield had some moments that Breaking Bad just never quite touched.

Spoiler

When Shane drops the grenade in Lem's car, that was just ...WOW!

. I can't recall any scene in Breaking Bad that was that intense.

 

[DaTT]

The Shield had some moments that Breaking Bad just never quite touched.

Spoiler

When Shane drops the grenade in Lem's car, that was just ...WOWl.

I can't recall any scene in Breaking Bad that was that intense.

Agreed.

 

[DaTT]

It was until the last season imo, they really botched the ending. It should have stopped at the end of season 4.

Forrest Whittaker was an incredible addition to the show. It's not even that I didn't like the ending, just the way they handled certain characters was really rushed.

I think the ending was perfect. Vic still got screwed.

 

[purbeast0]

wow the guy is asking about if the shield is a good show to watch, and some assholes come and spoil MAJOR parts of the story. nice job assholes.