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The Shield

(2002)

Seasons

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Specials (2003)

with 36 episodes premiered on January 7, 2003

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Season 1 (2002)

with 13 episodes premiered on March 12, 2002

Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime while operating under Vic's set of rules that sometimes cross the line between legal and illegal.…

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Season 2 (2003)

with 13 episodes premiered on January 7, 2003

After a rocky start, Vic and Aceveda have formed an uneasy alliance that Claudette is determined to destroy. Vic's personal life is in shambles and a new nemesis on the street forces the Strike Team …

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Season 3 (2004)

with 15 episodes premiered on March 9, 2004

After scoring big with the money train, the Strike Team plays it cool to avoid arousing suspicion. Tensions are stretched further when Vic finds himself at odds with his team, but hostilities are qui…

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Season 4 (2005)

with 13 episodes premiered on March 15, 2005

The Strike Team has dissolved. Vic and Shane are assigned to regular detective duty, while Aceveda is leaving to begin his new job on the City Council. Although Vic often clashed with Aceveda, he qui…

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Season 5 (2006)

with 11 episodes premiered on January 10, 2006

As the Strike Team battles racial tensions in the city, friction inside the Barn escalates with the arrival of Jon Kavanaugh, a dogged Internal Affairs lieutenant obsessed with taking down Vic.

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Season 6 (2007)

with 10 episodes premiered on April 3, 2007

Vic and the Strike Team are distraught over Lem's death. After Vic learns from Claudette that the Chief plans to force him into early retirement, he vows to wreak bloody vengeance on Lem's killer bef…

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Season 7 (2008)

with 13 episodes premiered on September 2, 2008

Pressured to take down Pezuela, Vic's skeletons finally come tumbling out of the closet as he faces threats from all directions—primarily from damaged protégé Shane.