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Post by ultra2005 on Nov 26, 2008 13:53:20 GMT -5
I thought it added to the issue when Shane cashed those cashier checks and the guy rips him off and Mara says something like this guy is your frend. I think at that moment-it was clear that Shane had no one but Mara.
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Post by tigerlily on Nov 26, 2008 17:24:02 GMT -5
If the finale didn't break your heart into a million pieces than I don't know if you are human. Whether or not you agree with what he did, I would hope that you could see that this is a tormented guy who was quite aware of what he had become. He loved his family and just the mere thought of his wife rotting away in prison because of him and his children ending up in foster care was to much for him to bear. When Shane told the cashier to not let some "bad guy" get his hooks into her, broke my heart.
Walton deserves an Emmy for this episode alone. I was a hot mess. When I rewatched it I cried a horrible cry. The Franny Abby scene broke my heart. The phone call with Vic broke my heart. All of the scenes with Mara and Jackson broke my heart. The suicide crushed my heart in a million pieces and just when I couldn't take it anymore the suicide note destroyed what was left of my heart. I bet you those crime scene pics and the note will haunt Vic for the rest of his miserable life.
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Post by acc on Nov 26, 2008 17:28:56 GMT -5
Shane truly was a sad, pathetic and wretched person. It's crushing to think of the redneck who had fun with Lem and Frank the Rooster in 1x12 Two Days of Blood for instance, in the context of, seven seasons later he's murdering his whole family.
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Post by rkd1234 on Dec 14, 2008 20:57:38 GMT -5
I shed a tear after Vic and Ronnie tried to kill him and he went home and told his wife that they thought he was too stupid to even realize it. That moment was like the kid who gets picked on asking, "why does nobody like me?" I found it interesting how Shane clings on to everyone he meets. He was hurt when that hooker used him way back in season one, he invited Dutch to the monster trucks to try after working with him for a little while, his friendship with Vic was so strong and he needed it so much. I think he's a lonely guy who needs people in his life and when he realized who mattered and what he had become, he couldn't take it anymore. It seems to me that Shane was the Strike Team member who, in the end, had more conscious than anyone, even Lem.
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Post by gilroysliver on Dec 14, 2008 21:58:43 GMT -5
There are so many ways to look at the different characters on The Shield. Vic is a monster in many ways, was loyal to the team almost 100 percent, loyal to his family 100 percent, and that helped Ronnie get brought down in the finale. Shane was never as good at the "out of bounds" things as Vic was. Ronnie and Lem were loyal to the team, but we never got to know much about them outside of work. Watching the episode , I believe it was "Of Mice And Lem", at the end when Lem is saying goodbye to the team, a song is playing, and when the songs says "The killer in you is the killer in me" the camera is always on Shane. Of course, at the time, no viewers could know what was ahead for Lem and Shane. Anyway, Mara brought more grief to Shane and the Strike Team, and Vic, Lem and Ronnie all tried to warn him. Yes, I felt bad, as far as watching a TV show goes, when it was revealed that Shane killed his family and then killed himself.
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Post by F*ckernando on Dec 15, 2008 13:05:24 GMT -5
SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE!!!
where are you.....
and even worse...
WHERE IS SMITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by gilroysliver on Dec 16, 2008 8:51:15 GMT -5
Yes, WHERE IS SMITTY!!!
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Post by F*ckernando on Dec 16, 2008 18:25:34 GMT -5
f*ck if I know....
smitty....
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