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The Shield
Season Seven
SERIES: FX, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)


9.5

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Starring Michael Chiklis, Benito Martinez, Catherine Dent, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, David Rees Snell, Jay Karnes, Michael Jace, and Walton Goggins

The end is near for Vic Mackey as he fights for his badge and his life in the final season.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Shawn Ryan
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 2, 2008

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

What remains compelling about The Shield as it heads into its last hurrah are the gray areas and ethical gradations of the characters that have defined it.

100

New York Post Adam Buckman

For better or worse, The Shield set the standard for what is now permissible on basic cable. It's one of those shows I can't imagine living without.

100

Newsday Verne Gay

The Shield (this season and every season) is an intoxicating head-gamer of a show that grabs you by the throat.

Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker

Season openers don't get much more incendiary: There are severed feet, a ''beef'' between rival Armenian, Mexican, and Salvadoran gangs, and a murder committed by another member of Vic's Strike Team.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

All I can say, at this point, is that the first eight episodes of Season 7 are tight, unrelenting, complicated, fierce, wonderfully acted.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

The Shield, which, based on the three I've seen so far, looks to be going out the way it came in: fast and furious, bloody but unbowed.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

You couldn't wander in at this point and not be lost. Yet here's one series worth catching up with on DVD.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

He has always been wrapped a little tight but now he's about to explode, and Chiklis plays it beautifully, making it sound as if he must measure every phrase so that just opening his mouth doesn't release all the frustration in a nuclear blast.

TV Guide Matt Roush

Nothing about the seventh and final season of The Shield feels like a show running out of gas.

Variety Stuart Levine

For the uninitiated, the show's dense plotline has become a head-scratching web of scorned relationships between Armenians, Mexicans, corrupt politicians, dirty cops, police commissioners and Mackey, of course, in the center of it all, doing whatever it takes to hang on to his badge. For the longtime fan, however, the story is complex yet riveting, making complete sense, especially after witnessing Mackey's hellacious journey to get here.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

Chiklis always sells his end of it, and when he has a great actor opposite him, you don't really notice how puzzling the story arcs would get.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

Things may end badly for Vic, or not, but this I know for sure: The next time The Shield cheats its viewers will be the first.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Tonight's season premiere does a fairly good job of wrapping up the sixth season finale and setting the stage to move forward but there's still a fair amount of cleanup to be done.

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

Mackey is right where I left him years ago: again facing a disciplinary hearing that might mean the end of his career. As The Shield starts its seventh and final season, maybe it is time to say goodbye.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Paul S. gave it a10:
Phenomenal. without a doubt, one of the most riveting and fascinating dramas in television history. A true classic.

Michael W. gave it a10:
THE SHIELD is probably the greatest television series I have ever watched. Beginning with Season 1 and continuing through the Season 7 finale, I was utterly enthralled with the show. Shawn Ryan created a show for the ages, and I have barely seen better acting than Michael Chiklis, Forest Whitaker, Walton Goggins, and Jay Karnes produced throughout the series. If you have not seen THE SHIELD yet, start at the beginning ...and enjoy the ride, it's really something.

Tely S gave it a10:
It is hard for me to imagine a better cop show than The Shield ever happening. They exposed the nitty-gritty of street-level police work with a ferocious honesty, and made you care about characters that you never thought you could care about. The overwhelming sadness that pervades the final episodes is a beautiful document of the current apocalyptic zeitgeist; tragic and poignant entanglement of too many self-made traps.

J G gave it a10:
One of the best drama shows I have ever seen. Im not sure what will fill the void once the shield is finished.

Zackary S. gave it a4:
How the heck does this show get good reviews? the camera angles suck the acting is god awful. Seriously people stop watching this show... (i really wanted to like this show, it just sucks to much though...).

Scott W. gave it a10:
I came late to this show, thinking that nothing could beat Jack Bauer & Co on 24. How very, very wrong I was! This is by far the absolutely best thing on T.V. With season 5 being the jewel in the crown.

Jesse B. gave it a10:
Shows can learn alot from the show,one of the greatest shows on network Tv.

The Shield Season Seven SERIES: FX, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)

The Shield
Season Seven
SERIES: FX, Tuesday 10:00p (60 minutes)