The Shield continues in season 5, and things don't get any easier for Vic Mackey and The Strike Team. In fact, things are going to get quite a bit worse. If you missed season 5 of The Shield or need to catch up on the entire series, you can pick up a discount copy of the season right here.
There's somebody new that's gunning for Vic and the guys, this time it's Lt. Jon Kavanaugh, played by Forest Whitaker. But his passion for the job soon grows into obsession for catching his man, and Vic and Kavanaugh play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with one another. Things look like they are finally going to collapse on The Strike Team, and they are going to turn on one another in order to survive.
The season finale of season 5 is an absolute shocker! It's one of the episodes of a television series that you're always going to look back on and talk about. By the time you see what's coming... it's too late, not just for you watching, but for the characters acting it. At the end of The Shield season 5 DVDs there is no turning back, and the last two seasons of the show are set up and waiting to play out.
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Since this has been out for a while, and if you're researching season 5, hopefully you've already seen the 4 before it, I'll make it short.
I've seen every episode of The Shield, and the finale of this season is one of the best episodes of TV - of ANY show - that I've ever seen.
I think it's the second best season (second only to season 1) that this show has ever had.
If you're a fan of the show, what are you waiting for?
Great season, great last episode, BUT....
Review Date: July 1, 2009
Reviewer: John S. Harris, Memphis, TN
As much as I like actor Forest Whitaker, the man mumbles too much. His enunciation is often poor and unclear. You absolutely HAVE to watch his scenes in this season with the subtitles on. What good is it to be a fine actor if no one can understand you when you speak?
So as for this Season 5 DVD -- great season, good story arcs. But you will need to use the subtitle track to understand Lt. Jon Kavanaugh's lines.
Amazing
Review Date: August 5, 2009
Reviewer: Strega, New Zealand
Simply the best police series on TV and this season is certainly the best so far. The writers and the actors are pure talent here. Just amazing.
Great season
Review Date: September 8, 2009
Reviewer: Two Happy Labs, Yarmouth, ME United States
The Shield is a great series where you'll soon find yourself supporting the bad guys
Great season; character is destiny; great setup for Season 7
Review Date: March 18, 2008
Reviewer: RPM, California USA
Season 6 was great, though frustratingly short. But it was clear from the start that it was the set-up for whatever the final season is going to bring. I will also say that Season 6 is MUCH better on the 2nd and 3rd viewings-- there are some great details, subtleties, and setups that I didn't catch the first time through. And there are the usual numbers of great 'Shield' moments.
Wow.