Post by badcop187 on Jan 13, 2006 17:04:35 GMT -5
Looks like the second half of 10 eps will not be avail until early 2007. This sucks, why not make a few more and half a season 5 and 6?
New season brings back old ghost in 'The Shield'By Virginia RohanRECORD (HACKENSACK N.J.)It's the beginning of the end for Det. Vic Mackey.
The fifth-season opener of "The Shield" (10 tonight, FX) not only kicks off what's likely to be the show's final episodes, but brings things full circle for one of TV's all-time darkest, most fascinating and complicated anti-heroes.
Like Tony Soprano, Vic's a guy you root for despite the very bad things he's done. Unlike mobster Tony, though, Vic's supposed to be a good guy.
This season harks back to what Michael Chiklis calls Vic's "original sin": the shocker from the pilot, when he shot and killed fellow detective Terry Crawley (Reed Diamond) during a drug raid, after discovering he was working to bring down Vic's freewheeling Strike Team. One of the dead bad guys was blamed. Only two men are certain of the truth: Vic and best buddy Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins).
"Part of Vic is a great guy, and then, some things he's done are unforgivable," says "Shield" creator Shawn Ryan.
In the season opener, an Internal Affairs investigator, Lt. Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker), arrives, determined to confirm his suspicions, with the help of police captain turned councilman David Aceveda (Benito Martinez).
"I didn't ever want to ignore those things that we set up in the first season," Ryan said last week, in a teleconference with Chiklis, Whitaker and FX Networks President John Landgraf. "I think that the payment of certain sins can be delayed, but they can't be completely avoided."
FX has ordered 21 episodes, which will air in two batches -- 11 now, and another 10 early next year. During a two-month hiatus, Ryan and company will write the latter, which will likely conclude the series.
Ryan and Landgraf hope this season will focus new attention on "The Shield" and its Emmy-winning star. "He won everything you could win the first season, and since then, in our opinion, has been underrated," Ryan says.
Chiklis is so strong, Ryan says, not many actors can stand up to his Vic. Last season, Glenn Close did, and now, so does Whitaker. "You (can't) help but root for this guy, even though he's trying to destroy the hero of our show," Ryan says.
Kavanaugh, who gauges people's ability to withstand pressure by how they react to his offer of chewing gum, is as cagey and conniving as he is charming.
"I don't really think of myself as a bad guy," says Whitaker about his character. "Vic Mackey is a danger to others and to what I stand for."
The two play a cat-and-mouse game, and Ryan ups the tension by holding off their first meeting until near the end of the third episode.
"It's one of the most passive-aggressive scenes that I've ever seen in my entire life. There is so much said with very little dialogue," says Chiklis.
New season brings back old ghost in 'The Shield'By Virginia RohanRECORD (HACKENSACK N.J.)It's the beginning of the end for Det. Vic Mackey.
The fifth-season opener of "The Shield" (10 tonight, FX) not only kicks off what's likely to be the show's final episodes, but brings things full circle for one of TV's all-time darkest, most fascinating and complicated anti-heroes.
Like Tony Soprano, Vic's a guy you root for despite the very bad things he's done. Unlike mobster Tony, though, Vic's supposed to be a good guy.
This season harks back to what Michael Chiklis calls Vic's "original sin": the shocker from the pilot, when he shot and killed fellow detective Terry Crawley (Reed Diamond) during a drug raid, after discovering he was working to bring down Vic's freewheeling Strike Team. One of the dead bad guys was blamed. Only two men are certain of the truth: Vic and best buddy Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins).
"Part of Vic is a great guy, and then, some things he's done are unforgivable," says "Shield" creator Shawn Ryan.
In the season opener, an Internal Affairs investigator, Lt. Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker), arrives, determined to confirm his suspicions, with the help of police captain turned councilman David Aceveda (Benito Martinez).
"I didn't ever want to ignore those things that we set up in the first season," Ryan said last week, in a teleconference with Chiklis, Whitaker and FX Networks President John Landgraf. "I think that the payment of certain sins can be delayed, but they can't be completely avoided."
FX has ordered 21 episodes, which will air in two batches -- 11 now, and another 10 early next year. During a two-month hiatus, Ryan and company will write the latter, which will likely conclude the series.
Ryan and Landgraf hope this season will focus new attention on "The Shield" and its Emmy-winning star. "He won everything you could win the first season, and since then, in our opinion, has been underrated," Ryan says.
Chiklis is so strong, Ryan says, not many actors can stand up to his Vic. Last season, Glenn Close did, and now, so does Whitaker. "You (can't) help but root for this guy, even though he's trying to destroy the hero of our show," Ryan says.
Kavanaugh, who gauges people's ability to withstand pressure by how they react to his offer of chewing gum, is as cagey and conniving as he is charming.
"I don't really think of myself as a bad guy," says Whitaker about his character. "Vic Mackey is a danger to others and to what I stand for."
The two play a cat-and-mouse game, and Ryan ups the tension by holding off their first meeting until near the end of the third episode.
"It's one of the most passive-aggressive scenes that I've ever seen in my entire life. There is so much said with very little dialogue," says Chiklis.