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Reviews for "The Shield"
 marvelfan89
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!!!!!! This review contains spoilers !!!!!!
A new captain, Monica Rawling, takes over the barn hoping to change things for the better but notices very quickly the numerous problems in the division.
This episode was intentionally funny but interesting. Glenn Close plays Monica Rawling the new Captain of Farmington. Despite, the fact that the characters in this show (especially when they become Captain) try to act different from their predecessor, they end up being the same.
Rawling at the beginning of the episode has a big speech about changing Farmington's abysmal image yet by the end of the episode and the ones that follow we see that she has almost no impact in doing that. She tries to nail a gangleader by going after his mother (who lived in a house paid for by drug money). Hoping to turn her mother against the son ends up backfiring and Rawlings ends up looking like a nasty witch.
Storywise we do see the deceit and slow separation between Vic and Shane (revisited in Season Six). In later episodes, it's hilarious to see this two pigs try to top one another for power. We also see Anthony Anderson at this acting best playing Antwon Mitchell a really tough drug and gang leader.
Anderson is best known for playing comedy roles but the Mitchell was a great way of showing that he could drama and play a real tough character.
All in all despite my feelings about this show this episode was well done and sets up a lot of things to come in the season.
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| Review posted on Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 10:54 pm |
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