The Shield - Shane's suicide note

[@AllRequired]

"You bill me for it!" "Fine, first payment's due now!"

[@cwp4eva]

Love that line

[@AllRequired]

@@cwp4eva "Next payment's due now!"

[@kdizzle901]

Also “This is what the hero left on his way out the door” Shawn Ryan is a genius

[@omegamanGXE]

@@kdizzle901I don’t get it, what did that mean

[@noahmclaughlin7921]

Vic tries to get a one liner on Claudette, trying to maintain some small semblance of power and control over her as his world falls apart, but she refuses to let him have even that. Refuses to give that bastard even an inch of control back.

[@ItisTheMiyagiWay]

Man I just finished this and what an underrated series I hear nobody talking about it Vic may have gotten away with it all legally but nobody would want to be in his position knowing that all your friends are dead and the only one left hates you ultimately knowing it’s all your fault

[@glumphyStoned]

it's not just Vic's fault, shane fucked up a LOT

[@ItisTheMiyagiWay]

@@glumphyStoned agreed I hated Shane but truthfully Vic had a lot to do with the way he turned out

[@ggoodvibes23]

​@@ItisTheMiyagiWayShane was an adult and needed to grow a pair rather than following Vic all the time. He was pathetic.

[@cathleenwarner1778]

The kids dying is truly all his fault and he knows it. Based on that last phone call with shane.

[@alswearengine4867]

At least Shane hated himself for the things he’s done. Each time I rewatch it, I feel bad for him and his family.

[@f.u.t.v.6223]

One of my favorite scenes from the show. Clautdette looks Vic in the eye and she never blinks like looking at devil saying without any words screw you and back to hell were you belong.

[@jonathanhuerta7715]

me too the way he took out the camera was brilliant

[@damianstarks3338]

You are talking straight facts here

[@Wxczut]

@@damianstarks3338best episode ever

[@Caffeine_Club]

Funny, the entire series made me root for Vic even though yiu knew he was a bad person, but by the end, it was satisfying to see him taken down and everything that he cared about was ripped away from him and he doesn't get his happy ending. Just a brilliant series.

[@jpowers55]

You rooted for Vic? 😂😂

[@gin.gefilms]

If anything I disliked Vic at the beginning and as the show progressed I got to understand and sympathize with him more and more same as Shane. On the opposite spectrum are Dutch, Corinne, and Claudett, three characters I really liked at the beginning of the series and every episode chipped away at that. By season 5 rolled around Claudette was officially my least favorite in The Barn but Dutchs personal vendetta against Billings in the final season is what did it for me. Corinne I could sympathize with the entire show until she randomly turned on Vic for seemingly no reason, Cassidy was just a girl so she always gets a pass but Corinne sucks (and this is coming from someone who says Skyler White was right and Walter sucked.) I wish Julien got more character development and not just in the first 2 seasons he was the one whose potential was wasted the most, even in the final episode when he sees the gay couple and you can see the regret in his face, so weird to touch upon that in the final episode after ignoring it for so long.

[@omegamanGXE]

@@jpowers55Yes, I definitely rooted for Vic and the entire Strike Team over the eternal annoying bores Dutch and Claudette. When Ronnie got arrested and both of them were smugly looking at Vic I was hoping he’d punch them in the face

[@raymondsims7042]

⁠@@jpowers55I rooted for Vic the entire time but I always root for the “bad guy”

[@lf67hh28]

Vic was ultimately smarter than all of them, always a step ahead...he simply never got caught. If you're in the trenches, you're calling Vic - the rest are useless. That's exactly why he ultimately served no actual punishment - instead got a great package, and rid of his horrendous wife. Win-win.

[@wkr64691]

If this and the confession scene aren’t used in acting classes to show how to convey emotion without dialogue they should be. That stare when Claudette lays down the photos could cut glass.

[@__szn__]

The facial acting here is incredible

[@SM-sb4tr]

Throughout the whole series as a viewer, you know what Vic does is wrong but you can't really hate him because he always displays a shadow of morality or you are presented with attenuating circumstances in what he does. In fact, you end up rooting for him. Claudette is always displayed in antithesis and as a viewer you are clear all the way that she despises him and tries to let everyone know Vic's true colors. In season 6, when Kevin Hiatt, oblivious tells her that maybe Vic is not that bad and it's just his reputation to blame, she quickly warns him AND the viewer: You are seeing only what Vic wants you to see. This is why this is my favorite scene in the entire show. This is where you really get to see Vic's real face. He looks at her with a mixed set of emotions. Indifference, Power, Anger, seemingly despising all her morality and everything she claims to stand for. And then. The real Vic is revealed at 4:00. His true face in an interrogation room being watched by other cops as we have seen them watch all sort of petty criminals and killers in each episode of the show.

[@lf67hh28]

Yet he remained smarter than every single adversary, including Dutch and Claudette....they have to choke on the pill that he beat them.

[@jamorant8849]

@@lf67hh28idk bro Vic in in that office is own personal hell even prison he would still be able to do Vic type sheninagens but in that office he's basically impotent

[@Ape8658]

​@@jamorant8849it's not that bad, he only has to do it for 3 years, 62k a year with health insurance and other coverage, as opposed to spending his whole life in prison? This isn't so bad.

[@fkinnuts]

@@Ape8658 still horrendous for him, he exchange his family and friends, even his reputation to be in that ice contract and be inmune, at the end he has nothing to do but see his family and strike team photos, hes crying and internally hes destroyed, even so, his greedy made him take the gun and go to the police sirens, he wont be stopped by the only thing he liked besides all he thrown away and thats what he can still do despite his new job

[@Slasha3]

@@fkinnuts I don't think he goes to the police sirens. I think he goes home. His gun, as his mentioned, is his personal one, he just takes it with him

[@retroboog8973]

When Vic looks into the camera just before he rips it off the wall is one terrifying stare from a stone fuckin killer.

[@yellow538]

Claudette is such a stone cold battle axe I love her she's my fave :)

[@weston407]

great character, best on the show

[@kdizzle901]

God CCH Pounder is amazing

[@nicojuncos]

What an amazing show ! One of the best series finales in a TV Show ever ! It deseverd more awards ! 🙌

[@Gweb52]

This to me is the best acted scene I have ever witnessed. These are both such amazing actors and characters

[@Justb99xbox]

I dont think I've ever seen a better series finale in my life

[@raymondsims7042]

Only show that I’ve seen that has a better finale is six feet under

[@blurryperson2685]

CCH pounder killed it

[@jonathanhuerta7715]

I love this scene brilliant acting from this cast

[@famalam943]

When she shows him Shane’s family, like she’s saying it’s his fault. She hates him.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

as if she wouldn't punish the family the same way by sending Mara to prison and the sons to an orphanage

[@Slasha3]

@@abrahamlupis9354 Mara was a criminal.

[@dmi6101]

@@abrahamlupis9354 That's kinda how the law works. Mara committed a crime. Hell, even Shane was smart enough to try to push her away, but she resisted and killed someone as a result. Don't do the crime, etc...

[@chad24202]

@@dmi6101id argue shane got her killed. He kept conditioning her to get involved with all his dumb choices and failure to think through. The whole show Shane made a bad decision and then a worse one after. She asked to leave for mexico a million times. He was so out of touch. Worried about keeping the lexus. Should have gone straight to mexico with the 100k

[@postmastersgt1670]

This scene was so brutal. What a way to go.

[@AlexS-bi7of]

For a second it bothers him, but then it occurs to him that others are watching and can see that, and that sends him to lash out. Fearing they might have seen that vulnerability

[@x210582]

I have seen this show so long ago. But i still remember and search for some scenes. Humans breacking is a timeless and haunting memory.

[@lifeisberserk9566]

First time I watched this I was holding my breath cuz I totally thought vic was gonna give off one final rageful mental breakdown

[@dreamcage1801]

Corruption had caught up with detective Al Capone (Vic Mackey)

[@KibaRanger_Kou]

CCH Pounder is superwoman.

[@albertosamaniego2476]

Best show ever!

[@raymondsims7042]

I have it as the 7th best but I absolutely respect your take. It’s a masterpiece without question

[@Thewingkongexchange]

One of the best scenes in television history and one of the few series to stick the landing in the final season.

[@lotsandlotsofcomics]

The shield was so ridiculously powerful. I can’t remember the names of the actors but they were all very very talented. It better have won some Emmy’s and no matter how many it won it wasn’t enough for the job each person did with their portrayals

[@dreamcage1801]

More talented than today’s actors

[@Onigirli]

@@dreamcage1801 Acting isn't the problem today, it's the writing

[@dreamcage1801]

@@Onigirli that and that woke shit they put in Hollywood now

[@temperedglass1130]

Vic was always the hero of thr show. Nothing changed.

[@DeadpoolNegative]

I love the way Vic never breaks his line of sight with Claudette because if she's not in the room, his eyes will wander to the sucide note and the photos, and he'll have to acknowledge they're real. So when Claudette DOES leave the room...

[@SuperMrDeadpool]

I think Shane faked his death, and started a new life as a transsexual hooker named Venus.

[@dabebe9123]

I’m not defending vic here but this is all Shane’s fault if he didn’t make decisions for the team and didn’t act before thinking their fate would be a lot more smoother and different

[@Onigirli]

Really? Lem gets none of the blame for burning the money?

[@dabebe9123]

@@Onigirli but he wasn’t the one causing most of the team’s problems not to mention 1000x worse then the last Shane always cries to vic for help

[@Zeneruu]

​@@OnigirliShane was a dumb and a selfish guy

[@weston407]

shane made a couple of fatal errors toward the end - getting involved with antoine mitchell, getting in bed with the armenians - who knows what would have happened if he would have avoided those situations. he was trying to be the big guy like vic though and prove that he could handle tough situations but both times he needed vic’s help to climb his way out.

[@greywakez]

​@@OnigirliBurning the money is nothing compared to what Shane did

[@davsaltego]

Loved Claudette. Hero

[@jayson1geek479]

What season is this??

[@RiggsBF]

The last season and this is also the last episode.

[@riripanini]

7

[@jaybrewer3990]

Season 7. This scene is in the series finale.

[@Charsi_Escobar]

Last episode

[@MichaelChiklisCares]

How much memory does that thing got ? How much cornmuffins I am gonna bake ?

[@omegamanGXE]

The Sword > The Shield

[@sakuraba86]

Claudette wasn't there to interrogate. This- and the arrest of Ronnie- was all just a middle finger to Vic.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

well, Vic got away in the end, Claudette is terminal sick and he is driving a truck if Sons of Anarchy is a canon sequel of The Shield

[@Slasha3]

@@abrahamlupis9354 and Claudette somehow stayed alive and became a new police chief in Charming

[@madgavin7568]

@@abrahamlupis9354 Vic exchanged his friends, family and reputation for his 'freedom' as an office drone where even the slightest violation of his immunity deal will get him sent under the jail, and Agent Murray will do everything in her power to make sure Vic slips up. Vic didn't really 'get away with it', he's a castrated bull now, all alone.