The Shield
Dawg Days
TV Flash files “Dawg Days” as hour 4 of 88 in the TV Flash guide — The Shield (2002–2008) on FX, season 1, episode 4, aired 2002-04-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 88 in the The Shield guide, hour 4 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2002-04-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Spread” (S01E03). Next is “Blowback” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dawg Days sit in the The Shield guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 88 — hour 4 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Shield S01E04 air?
Dawg Days aired 2002-04-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start The Shield?
The pilot. Its climax is the show's thesis: the Strike Team's corruption is the engine, not a late reveal.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Shawn Ryan's dirty-cop antihero still hits like a brick through a precinct window: Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey, a Strike Team whose corruption is the operating system, FX growing fangs in 2002. Meaner, leaner, less interested in your forgiveness than the cable decade that followed.
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