The Shield

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Season 3
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2002
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 66
  3. Negative: 2 out of 66
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  1. Viskhy
    Mar 1, 2015
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One hell of a ride, keeps getting better and better the scene of money burning was especially a class act from the part of lem , love them all , defined a new limit for tv series… Expand
  2. hillg
    Jul 16, 2012
    10
    i disagree with inthenoob...i thought this was a very good season....i liked it better than the second season....i didnt like it quite as much as the first season but it most certainly wasnt a challenge to sit through in my opinion.
  3. imthenoob
    Feb 16, 2012
    7
    It was a pretty disapointing season. It lacked any interesting story lines and it was very boring through out the season. So boring that it was a challenge just to sit through it. I did like how the other main characters (outside of the strike team) got a more expanded role in this season but the weak and generic storylines dont really do them justice. Also the main villian of the seasonIt was a pretty disapointing season. It lacked any interesting story lines and it was very boring through out the season. So boring that it was a challenge just to sit through it. I did like how the other main characters (outside of the strike team) got a more expanded role in this season but the weak and generic storylines dont really do them justice. Also the main villian of the season (Margos) had an incredibly anti-climactic death, Which was pretty disapointing considering there was a good amount of build up and hype up to that point. Overall, This season was the worst I have seen so far into the series but its still a decent enough show to watch.… Expand
  4. drlowdon
    Aug 5, 2020
    9
    The strike team have to deal with the fallout from the money train robbery when Mackey learns that a portion of the money was marked by the Treasury Department, but tensions amongst the team soon began to boil over...

    The Shield's third season is every bit as well written and well acted as it's first two and cementing Vic Mackey's place alongside Tony Soprano and Walter White as one of    The strike team have to deal with the fallout from the money train robbery when Mackey learns that a portion of the money was marked by the Treasury Department, but tensions amongst the team soon began to boil over...

    The Shield's third season is every bit as well written and well acted as it's first two and cementing Vic Mackey's place alongside Tony Soprano and Walter White as one of the TV's greatest anti-heroes.    … Expand
  5. ForReals13
    Dec 14, 2021
    9
    Playing Tight B+. Blood And Water B. Bottom **** B.
    Streaks And Tips B+. Mum A-. Posse Up B. Safe B+.
    Cracking Ice B. Slipknot B+. What Power Is B+.
    Strays A-. Riceburner B+. Fire In The Hole A-. All In A.
    On Tilt A.

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  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Terry Kelleher
    Jun 28, 2013
    88
    Once The Shield grabs you, it's awfully hard to turn away.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    Jun 17, 2013
    91
    Ultimately, the reason 'The Shield' is one of the best police dramas going isn't just its spiderweb plots, the claustrophobic you're-stuck-with-us camera work, or its antihero, although Chiklis -- who won a well-deserved Emmy two years back -- is just as spooky and weirdly amiable as ever. It's the fact that the program regularly yields even its main characters to baleful Fate.
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