The Shield: Why you Should Rewatch the Series

The Shield was one of the original antihero programmes, so this is the ideal time to rewatch it.

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The Shield was a television programme about dishonest Los Angeles police officers that aired on FX from 2002 to 2008.

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The corrupt anti-gang squad of the LAPD Rampart Division served as inspiration for the concept.

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Vic McKay and his strike squad were featured on the programme,

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along with detectives Weims (CCH Pounder), Wegenbach (Jay Carnes), and Aceveda, the show's boss (Benito Zambrano).

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Here are some justifications for why this is the ideal moment to revisit the action-packed series:

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