The Shield is one of the grimmest, grittiest, and most profound cop shows ever made, but it remains an unheralded masterpiece almost two decades later. It deserves to be in the same conversation as other classic crime dramas like The Wire and Breaking Bad , but it’s rarely included in their ranks.

After The Sopranos kicked off the Golden Age of Television, we saw a wave of TV shows about the morally dubious exploits of captivating antiheroes. But, while Walter White and Omar Little and Don Draper are all widely praised as iconic characters, The Shield ’s Vic Mackey doesn’t get his due recognition.

What Is The Shield About?

Vic Mackey with backup in The Shield

The Shield is set up like a typical police procedural , with a ragtag group of detectives going about their wo

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