The Shield

S01E01 Pilot 2002-03-12

A politically ambitious LAPD captain comes up against a streetwise detective who isn't above bending the rules in his effort to fight crime as he enriches himself and his men.

S01E02 Our Gang 2002-03-19

After the death of a member of the Strike Team on a high-risk raid, Aceveda begins to investigate the real circumstances behind the raid. Officers Lowe and Sofer find a dying man being mugged, eventually linked to a Mexican gang.

S01E03 The Spread 2002-03-26

In a routine sweep to nab every outstanding suspect, the detectives divvy up the warrants. But when they cast their nets, they bring up far bigger fish than expected. Danny and Julien uncover a gun-smuggling operation; and Mackey and his team encounter a pro-basketball star who's in town to play the Lakers, when they bust in on drug dealers. Meanwhile, Claudette and Dutch try to catch a man who has been raping women in an attempt to procreate.

S01E04 Dawg Days 2002-04-02

A dispute over an up-and-coming singer's success erupts in a gang war that threatens to bring Vic down, too; a case that could help Aceveda's political future sends Dutch and Claudette searching for a missing day laborer.

S01E05 Blowback 2002-04-09

David insists that Vic take uniformed cops in with them to bust an Armenian gang's drug delivery. After the bust, Julien sees the Team take a portion of the drugs for themselves. But in the end Shane ends up having the drugs and the vehicle they're in stolen from them. While the search for the drugs and the truck goes on, Mackey learns that his son is autistic.

S01E06 Cherrypoppers 2002-04-16

As Dutch's theory about a serial killer preying on prostitutes proves true, he convinces Aceveda to launch an all out effort to find him before he strikes again; Julien decides to bring down Vic for stealing drugs.

S01E07 Pay in Pain 2002-04-23

The murder of seven gang members has Vic be teamed with a Latino detective assigned to crack the case.

S01E08 Cupid & Psycho 2002-04-30

As the Strike Team is reassigned pending the investigation in the theft of evidence, Vic teams with Claudette in order to keep some deadly drugs off the street.

S01E09 Throwaway 2002-05-07

Lemonhead sets out to make things right following his shooting of an unarmed man.

S01E10 Dragonchasers 2002-05-14

As Dutch uncovers a lead to the serial killer, a reporter questions force Aceveda to explain problems he thought were buried far in the past.

S01E11 Carnivores 2002-05-21

A confrontation between a local drug dealer and Black Muslims places Vic in danger of being exposed.

S01E12 Two Days of Blood 2002-05-28

As a deployment policy leads to a double homicide that places Aceveda in the hot seat with potential voters, Vic is forced to help Gilroy avoid being implicated in a hit and run.

S01E13 Circles 2002-06-04

As cop killings strike Farmington, Aceveda is caught between two corrupt cops looking to save their own skins.

S02E01 The Quick Fix 2003-01-07

As Captain Aceveda tries to fend off a city council investigation, Vic looks to stop a pair of brutal drug lords from moving into Farmington.

S02E02 Dead Soldiers 2003-01-14

An arson attack on a local drug dealer threatens to expose Vic's protection racket.

S02E03 Partners 2003-01-21

An amputated arm sends Dutch in search of a sadomasochistic killer; Vic sets out to help his old mentor on the force get revenge against the thug whose complaint forced him into retirement.

S02E04 Carte Blanche 2003-01-28

A murder investigation leads Vic to a massive money-laundering scheme.

S02E05 Greenlit 2003-02-04

Elementary school drug dealing prompts Vic to redouble his efforts to bring down a ruthless new supplier.

S02E06 Homewrecker 2003-02-11

The Barn mobilizes to investigate a murderous rampage at a battered women's shelter.

S02E07 Barnstormers 2003-02-18

As a new murder investigation exposes Dutch's crisis of confidence, Vic sets out to stop the abuse of a neighbor by her violent boyfriend.

S02E08 Scar Tissue 2003-02-25

Vic and the Strike team set their sights on taking Armadillo off the streets for good.

S02E09 Co-Pilot 2003-03-04

In a look back at the Barn's early days, Vic struggles to secure his hold on the Strike Team command, while Dutch is faced with choosing between a veteran detective and Claudette.

S02E10 Coyotes 2003-03-11

The leak of the auditor's report jeopardizes the futures of everyone at the Farm.

S02E11 Inferno 2003-03-18

Vic mobilizes the Strike Team to help Aceveda's election campaign; Dutch and Claudette suspect a teenaged girl is lying about the rape accusation she's made against her employer.

S02E12 Breakpoint 2003-03-25

As his own life starts crumbling around him, Vic pitches in to help Dutch in the search for a deadly pedophile.

S02E13 Dominoes Falling 2003-04-01

As he struggles to keep his job, Vic pushes ahead with a new plan to hijack a mob money shipment.

S03E01 Playing Tight 2004-03-09

Vic sets out to stop stolen military weapons from fueling a gang war, unaware that it threatens to expose him as the mastermind behind the theft of the Armenian mob's laundered money.

S03E02 Blood and Water 2004-03-16

Vic promises a gang lieutenant the top job if he agrees to set up his boss; Dutch and Claudette's investigation into a gang shooting points to an unexpected triggerman.

S03E03 Bottom Bitch 2004-03-23

A hooker wants Vic to punish her former pimp, Dutch arrests a sex offender in an elderly woman's rape.

S03E04 Streaks and Tips 2004-03-30

The rivalry between the Strike Team and the Decoy Squad heats up as they compete to find a murder suspect.

S03E05 Mum 2004-04-06

As Dutch and Claudette continue to pursue a rapist who is targeting elderly women, the arrest of a local gang member threatens to expose the Strike Team's involvement in the money train heist.

S03E06 Posse Up 2004-04-13

Officer Tommy Hisk becomes a prime suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and son.

S03E07 Safe 2004-04-20

As missing persons investigation uncovers a graveyard for illegal immigrants working in an illicit drug lab.

S03E08 Cracking Ice 2004-04-27

Vic is enlisted to help save his rivals on the Decoy team from having their undercover operation exposed.

S03E09 Slipknot 2004-05-04

A lynching threatens to ignite a race war between Farmington's black and Latino gangs.

S03E10 What Power Is... 2004-05-11

Captain Aceveda turns up the heat in his search for the gangster who sexually assaulted him.

S03E11 Strays 2004-05-18

As Dutch tries to understand "The Cuddler" rapist, Vic enlists Danny for an important undercover assignment.

S03E12 Riceburner 2004-05-25

The pursuit of a gang hitman pits the tight-lipped Korean community against the police.

S03E13 Fire in the Hole 2004-06-01

As Vic tries to sidetrack the money train investigation, Claudette goes undercover to crack a child porn ring.

S03E14 All In 2004-06-08

As the Strike Team is threatened with exposure in the money train heist, Claudette goes it alone in order to find evidence of a public defender's drug addiction.

S03E15 On Tilt 2004-06-15

As Vic goes after Margos, Claudette risks her career to see that an innocent man is freed from prison.

S04E01 The Cure 2005-03-15

A new commander arrives just in time to help with the investigation into the murder of an immigrant family.

S04E02 Grave 2005-03-22

Vic agrees to quietly bring in a teenaged drug user before learning of his role in a deadly armed robbery.

S04E03 Bang 2005-03-29

When her official arrival at the Barn is greeted by the outbreak of a deadly gang war, Monica assigns Vic the task of ending it.

S04E04 Doghouse 2005-04-05

As Vic pursues an escaped rapist, A.D.A Insardi sends Dutch and Claudette after a low level drug dealer.

S04E05 Tar Baby 2005-04-12

As Monica is forced to defend her crime-fighting tactics, Vic's pursuit of a killer creates problems for Antwon, while Dutch's secret deal with the D.A.'s office gets him and Claudette assigned to a murder investigation.

S04E06 Insurgents 2005-04-19

A raid on a church being used as a drug drop places Monica in hot water with the community and her own cops.

S04E07 Hurt 2005-04-26

As Aceveda uses a cleverly-edited videotape to force her to sideline Vic, Monica goes toe-to-toe with a social worker whose negligence led to the hospitalization of a seven-year-old foster child.

S04E08 Cut Throat 2005-05-03

With Shane under orders to deliver Vic's body to Antwon, Monica looks for the leak that has led to the murder of some neighborhood informants.

S04E09 String Theory 2005-05-17

As Shane enlists Vic and his men in the search for the body of a teenaged informant, the disappearance of two cops on patrol begins to look like payback for Monica's tough new policies.

S04E10 Back in the Hole 2005-05-24

As Vic decides to tell Monica the truth about Shane, Dutch and Claudette suspect an alleged serial killer of murder.

S04E11 A Thousand Deaths 2005-05-31

Vic pits Antwon's henchmen against each other in an effort to find the cop killers; Dutch and Claudette suspect Detective Billings of failing to stop a deadly carjacking.

S04E12 Judas Priest 2005-06-07

Vic and Monica work to link Antwon to the cop killings, only to have Aceveda sell them out in an effort to keep the truth about his sexual assault from being made public.

S04E13 Ain't That a Shame 2005-06-14

Monica asks Vic to find a way to hold Antwon Mitchell responsible for the murder of two Farmington cops.

S05E01 Extraction 2006-01-10

As the department launches a secret investigation aimed at putting him behind bars, Vic learns that a Latino gang in prison has ordered the retaliatory murders of two black victims on the outside.

S05E02 Enemy of Good 2006-01-17

As Lem is asked to wear a wire in the IAD investigation, Vic and the Strike Team go head-to-head with a brutal Salvadoran extortionist.

S05E03 Jailbait 2006-01-24

As Vic looks to head off an IAD investigation, a brutal rape uncovers a child sex slave ring.

S05E04 Tapa Boca 2006-01-31

As the Barn mobilizes to find the baby that was cut out of a pregnant murder victim's body, Vic enlists a lawyer to help him fight the IAD investigation.

S05E05 Trophy 2006-02-07

As Kavanaugh uses an investigation into the sale of stolen pharmaceuticals to ambush Vic and his team, an illegal immigrant helps lead Dutch to the body of a murder victim.

S05E06 Rap Payback 2006-02-14

As Kavanaugh pressures Corrine, and the Strike Team suspects a white drug dealer of being involved in a gang turf war, Claudette and Dutch get a break in their pursuit of a serial killer.

S05E07 Man Inside 2006-02-21

As Kavanaugh traces a trail of stolen Armenian mob cash back to Vic, Claudette fights her illness in order to break the case against serial killer Kleavon Gardner.

S05E08 Kavanaugh 2006-02-28

As he and Vic cooperate to head off a gang turf war, Kavanaugh investigates the rape of his estranged wife.

S05E09 Smoked 2006-03-07

Vic offers to help a drug dealer recover some stolen cash as a way to raise the money to post Lemonhead's bail.

S05E10 Of Mice & Lem 2006-03-14

As his efforts to protect Lem behind bars draw Vic into a trap set by gang kingpin Antwon Mitchell, the search for the assailant who is targeting gay men is undercut by Claudette and Dutch's growing mistrust in each other.

S05E11 Post Partum 2006-03-21

As Vic looks to get Lemonhead to safety, Kavanaugh goes all out to make his case against the Strike Team.

S06E01 On the Jones 2007-04-03

Vic's searches to find his friend's killer. Claudette has trouble adjusting to her new role as Captain. Ronnie and Vic worry about Shane's unusual behavior.

S06E02 Baptism by Fire 2007-04-10

Vic uses extreme measures to find his best friend's killer. Claudette is under the political microscope, while Danny gets some good news.

S06E03 Back to One 2007-04-17

Vic gets bad news about his career as he comes close to catching Lem's killer. Shane's secret eats away at him. Ronnie works with Dutch and Billings on a case.

S06E04 The New Guy 2007-04-24

Claudette gives Vic a chance to save his job. An unsolved rape case resurfaces. Aceveda meets someone that can help him with his political career.

S06E05 Haunts 2007-05-01

Vic learns he may have killed the wrong person in trying to avenge Lem's murder. Shane tells Mara about what he did in an attempt to save his marriage. Dutch makes progress in the serial rapist case.

S06E06 Chasing Ghosts 2007-05-08

As Vic tries to save his career, he finally learns who really killed Lem. Cassidy confronts her father.

S06E07 Exiled 2007-05-15

A boy is shot at a festival, and Mexican government official is missing, and the newest informant for the Strike Team is a minx.

S06E08 The Math of Wrath 2007-05-22

A woman is stabbed in the ghetto and Aceveda considers advancing his political career.

S06E09 Recoil 2007-05-29

Members of the San Marcos murder crew are picked up due to snitches intel, and Homeland security gets involved with Armenian shipments.

S06E10 Spanish Practices 2007-06-05

The Armenians are looking for hit men to kill some cops, and the Strike Team looks to be a target. Plus, a young kid is busted right before he was to kill a Latino man as an initiation ritual into a gang.

S07E01 Coefficient of Drag 2008-09-02

Vic challenges Shane and deals with threats to his family. A federal agent arrives in Farmington to investigate a recent wave of violence.

S07E02 Snitch 2008-09-09

As a local gang war heats up, Vic positions himself as a valuable commodity to the warring parties. Corrine and Cassidy confront Vic.

S07E03 Money Shot 2008-09-16

Vic works an angle to make himself valuable to the Armenian mob. Corrine finds herself in a surprising legal jam. Tina targets a producer of adult entertainment.

S07E04 Genocide 2008-09-23

The assassination of a city official undermines Vic's plan to fuel a war that will bring down both the Mexican and Armenian gangs.

S07E05 Game Face 2008-09-30

As Vic and Aceveda work to conceal their complicity in the murder of the City Controller, a serial killer's trial threatens to expose the truth about Claudette's failing health.

S07E06 Animal Control 2008-10-07

After buying some time to continue his pursuit of Pezuela, Vic hatches a deadly plan to eliminate the Armenian mob and finally avenge Lem's murder.

S07E07 Bitches Brew 2008-10-14

As Shane looks to end the threat after realizing that he was marked for death by Vic, Dutch questions a greedy ex-cop about a series of burglaries in Claudette's neighborhood.

S07E08 Parricide 2008-10-21

As Shane and his family are forced to run following his failed attempt to kill his former partners, Vic looks to parlay his connection to Pezuela into a job with a federal task force that is investigating the drug cartels.

S07E09 Moving Day 2008-10-28

As Shane and Mara stay one step ahead of Vic and the police, Aceveda cooperates with Pezuela to help the feds, while Dutch manipulates Rita Denton in his investigation of her teenage son, Lloyd.

S07E10 Party Line 2008-11-04

As he puts a price on Shane's head, Vic is asked to prove his loyalty to Beltran by killing Pezuela.

S07E11 Petty Cash 2008-11-11

As Claudette and Dutch work to get Mara and Corrine's cooperation, and Vic offers to negotiate a drug deal between Beltran and city's gangs, Shane threatens to expose the Strike Team's criminal past.

S07E12 Possible Kill Screen 2008-11-18

As Mara kills in order to keep her and Shane on the run, the confession Vic makes in exchange for immunity and to salvage his career stuns his federal handlers.

S07E13 Family Meeting 2008-11-25

As Vic hopes his immunity deal will help keep his family together, and Shane takes extreme measures to keep his pregnant wife from being charged with murder, Dutch finds he's a suspect in the disappearance of a teenage serial killer's mother.