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Post by bickle on Dec 4, 2008 12:42:35 GMT -5
What are your top 10 favourite episodes of The Shield?
I've watched the whole show through about 3 or 4 times now and I love making lists, so here's mine:
Dragonchasers (S1) On Tilt (S3) Possible Kill Screen (S7) Back In The Hole (S4) Cherrypoppers (S1) Cracking Ice (S3) Two Days of Blood (S1) Circles (S1) Barnstormers (S2) Cupid & Psycho (S1)
I find it interesting that there are no episodes from seasons 5 and 6 in my favourites, even though I love both those seasons. And there's only one from season 4, and that's my favourite season! These 10 are just what I think are the best crafted, all-round episodes of The Shield. They can be watched as stand-alone episodes but also work magnificantly as one chapter in an entire season.
So, what are yours??
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Post by -|E|- on Dec 4, 2008 13:03:41 GMT -5
Family Meeting (7:13) Possible Kill Screen (7:12) Blowback (1:05) Of Mice and Lem (5:09) Postpartum (5:10) Pilot (1:01) Dominoes Falling (2:13) Kavanaugh (5:08) String Theory (4:09) Scartissue (2:08)
This suits my mood today. Ask me again in a week and you'll have a different list -- although I imagine Pilot, Blowback, Possible Kill Screen, and Family Meeting will always manage to be on it.
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Post by vicmikey on Dec 4, 2008 13:08:53 GMT -5
Ok! This is off the top of my head so may need to be altered.
Pilot(S1) Blowback(S1) Dragonchasers(S1) Streaks and Tips(S3) Back in the Hole(S4) Of Mice and Lem(S5) Postpartum(S5) Parracide(S7) Possible Kill Screen(S7) Family Meeting(S7)
I didn't put any episodes from season 2 but if I did it would probably be Dead Soldiers. It was the beginning of the Mackey vs Claudette feud and one of the most tense episodes ever. I also only put Streaks and tips from season 3 but cmon! That Shane vs Tavon fight, does'nt get more amazing then that. I also loved the last two episodes of season 3, All In and On Tilt. Season 4 was great, but as a whole. The only individual episode that stands out to me is Back in the Hole. Same for season 6. Great as a whole. I really do love On the Jones. It was a great homage episode to Lem.
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Post by vicmikey on Dec 4, 2008 13:12:32 GMT -5
E, your first 6 were right on with me, kinda threw me for a loop with the last four although those are great choices! The end of Kavanaugh when Lem gets arrested right after saving his life! OMG what an a**hole! I also love the part when Vic says to Lem, "at least we found his weak spot". The look Lem gave to Vic, it was like he realized this guy is really a bad person. Just another one of those few moments in the series where they hint at who Vic really is. The money train robbery= bad ass! I remember watching the preview to Scar Tissue with my friend thinking it looked like the greatest episode ever! And it didnt dissapoint.
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Post by vicmikey on Dec 4, 2008 13:14:42 GMT -5
Bickle, all yours are great choices. Except for Cracking Ice. Not sure that would hold up against alot of other shield episodes, to me at least. Cupid and Psycho is Shawn Ryan's favorite episode. I never understood why. It's good, but not great.
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Post by bickle on Dec 4, 2008 13:25:03 GMT -5
Bickle, all yours are great choices. Except for Cracking Ice. Not sure that would hold up against alot of other shield episodes, to me at least. Cupid and Psycho is Shawn Ryan's favorite episode. I never understood why. It's good, but not great. The reason I included 'Cracking Ice' is because of the Waylon/Trish/Claudette storyline and the Tommy case. I loved the acting in this episode and it was very tense!
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Post by bickle on Dec 4, 2008 13:28:49 GMT -5
Ok! This is off the top of my head so may need to be altered. Pilot(S1) Blowback(S1) Dragonchasers(S1) Streaks and Tips(S3) Back in the Hole(S4) Of Mice and Lem(S5) Postpartum(S5) Parracide(S7) Possible Kill Screen(S7) Family Meeting(S7) I didn't put any episodes from season 2 but if I did it would probably be Dead Soldiers. It was the beginning of the Mackey vs Claudette feud and one of the most tense episodes ever. I also only put Streaks and tips from season 3 but cmon! That Shane vs Tavon fight, does'nt get more amazing then that. I also loved the last two episodes of season 3, All In and On Tilt. Season 4 was great, but as a whole. The only individual episode that stands out to me is Back in the Hole. Same for season 6. Great as a whole. I really do love On the Jones. It was a great homage episode to Lem. Great choices there. I completely agree about Season 4. Shawn Ryan has said that it's the only season that he felt lacked a clear direction but I think the season as a whole works perfectly. The show had a whole new dynamic with the dissolution of The Strike Team and the introduction of Rawlings and Antwon Mitchell.
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Post by bachatan on Dec 4, 2008 16:14:06 GMT -5
damn is hard to choose in such a great series,
1.pilot,(the beginning of it all
2.possible kill screen(vic's confession alone did it for me)
3.dead soldiers(vic looking for his family, getting pissed, blowing up and beating the shit out of armadillo)
4.parracide(set the stage for the end, and it was just crazy shit)
5.trophy(this is not near one of the best, but the first time i saw it i cheered when i saw the guy get up from the floor)
6.family meeting(perfect finale)
7.blowback(i loved it)
8.our gang("come near my men again,im gona lose patience" it was a slow episode, but i loved the writing in it, and the way vic's character supposedly took responsibility for terry
9.postpartum(one of the best season finale's in my opinion)
10.extraction("i'll walk out the front door on my own, before i let anyone push me out the back" one of my favorite vic lines, and i loved the intro to kavanaugh, the end montage, great season opener)
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Post by -|E|- on Dec 4, 2008 16:22:38 GMT -5
E, your first 6 were right on with me, kinda threw me for a loop with the last four although those are great choices! Dominoes Falling (2:13) - I have a thing for season finales, and this one was just killer sweet with the whole money train thing going down. Kavanaugh (5:08) - I thought this episode was just brilliantly done. I chose it not so much for the story, but for giving us an episode purely from a single character's perspective... although the story was pretty awesome. String Theory (4:09) - Carl and Scooby go missing, and Dutch gets info from the crazy dude. I just loved it. "When I get my badge, all will become known." Scartissue (2:08) - Hm. I think I meant Partners. Or whatever ep it is when Vic burns Armadillo's face. But Scartissue was pretty cool, too! edit: prospective, perspective... whatever. lol
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Post by vicmikey on Dec 4, 2008 19:54:43 GMT -5
lol, the episode where vic burns armadillo's face is dead soldiers, but same season, close enough! hah
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Post by tigerlily on Dec 4, 2008 20:45:10 GMT -5
In no paricular order:
Family Meeting 7x13 Possible Kill Screen 7x12... the confession scene alone makes that episode an instant classic Chasing Ghosts 6x06 Haunts 6x05 Postpartum 5x11 Of Mice and Lem 5x10 Pilot Streaks and Tips 3x04 Circles 1x13 Dominoes Falling 2x13
There are so many amazing episodes.This list is subject to change according to my mood. So ask me again tomorrow, next week,or next month and I will probably have different answers for you. I will say this though that family meeting, pks,pilot, and postpartum will more than likely always be on it.
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Post by WatchTheQuietOne on Dec 4, 2008 21:24:18 GMT -5
My in-no-particular-order favorites and a reason why:
Mum (s3) - Aceveda's assault
Trophy (s5) - Vic turns the tables on Kavanaugh and IAD
A Thousand Deaths (s4) - Monica interrogates Antwon Mitchell
Dragonchasers (s1) - Dutch gets his serial killer but gets torn apart in the process.
Pilot (s1) - duh!
Possible Kill Screen (s7) - Murray realizes she's been played
Parracide (s7) - it's 'kiss my a$$' time
Coyotes (s2) - Gilroy gets put on the train to taco town and pays to hire his own hit man. "Don't worry Shane, Ben does some of his best work sauced"
Extraction (s5) - the stick of gum, and the beginning of Lem's end
Chasing Ghosts (s6) - Shane comes clean
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Post by -|E|- on Dec 4, 2008 22:08:50 GMT -5
OoOoOoooo... Dragonchasers. Yum! And Cherrypoppes! And Co-Pilot!! Yeah, hey... why does CoPilot get no love? Vic and Shane in suits, a naked chick climbs out a window, Connie plants drugs on whatzizass, Dutch is late, Lem moving the crucifix and bumping it on the ceiling, "Jesus Christ. Goddamnit. I didn't mean that." BAHAHHAHHAhahahaaaa. I miss Lem. And Shane. And Ronnie. Damn, they're all GONE!!! Vic, you bastard! YOU TOTAL AND COMPLETE BASTARD!!!! Sigh.
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Post by bickle on Dec 5, 2008 2:16:43 GMT -5
A Thousand Deaths (s4) - Monica interrogates Antwon Mitchell I think you mean 'Back In The Hole'!
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Post by bachatan on Dec 5, 2008 12:33:29 GMT -5
OoOoOoooo... Dragonchasers. Yum! And Cherrypoppes! And Co-Pilot!! Yeah, hey... why does CoPilot get no love? Vic and Shane in suits, a naked chick climbs out a window, Connie plants drugs on whatzizass, Dutch is late, Lem moving the crucifix and bumping it on the ceiling, "Jesus Christ. Goddamnit. I didn't mean that." BAHAHHAHHAhahahaaaa. I miss Lem. And Shane. And Ronnie. Damn, they're all GONE!!! Vic, you bastard! YOU TOTAL AND COMPLETE BASTARD!!!! Sigh. i wanted to put copilot, i loved that part with lem jajaja its hard to pick just 10, damn
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Post by -|E|- on Dec 5, 2008 13:26:13 GMT -5
We need a thread called, "Your Top 88 Favorite Eps" hahahhaa
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Post by Inside Man on Dec 5, 2008 15:52:18 GMT -5
We need a thread called, "Your Top 88 Favorite Eps" hahahhaa That's exactly what we need!
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Post by WatchTheQuietOne on Dec 6, 2008 13:45:38 GMT -5
A Thousand Deaths (s4) - Monica interrogates Antwon Mitchell I think you mean 'Back In The Hole'! Yeah, my bad. I was going off the top of my head. It's the only ep of s4 that was shown in widescreen when it aired.
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Post by poorlem on Dec 8, 2008 16:51:24 GMT -5
Pilot (101) Dead Soldiers (202) Coyotes (210) Dominoes Falling (213) Playing Tight (301) All In (314) Back in the Hole (410) Of Mice and Lem (510) possible Kill Screen (712) Family Meeting (713)
now if i can only rate these in order. i dont think i have the kind of time that would take.
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Post by tigerlily on Dec 8, 2008 23:57:11 GMT -5
Yeah, hey... why does CoPilot get no love? Vic and Shane in suits, a naked chick climbs out a window, Connie plants drugs on whatzizass, Dutch is late, Lem moving the crucifix and bumping it on the ceiling, "Jesus Christ. Goddamnit. I didn't mean that." BAHAHHAHHAhahahaaaa. You know I have always wondered why fans hated co-pilot so much. Personally, I have always liked co-pilot. The whole Lem moving the crucifix scene had me peeing. And I just looked at my favorite episode list and there are a few on there I would change. See I told you guys this would happen..lol.
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