FX's The Shield Appreciation Thread - Good cop and bad cop left for the day. I'm a different kind of cop.

[God of Nothing]

People hated Skylar because she was a cunt, not because she was right.

Skylar was also all for the drug money until she realized the damage the drugs were causing.

 

[TVB]

Skylar was also all for the drug money until she realized the damage the drugs were causing.

Plus, this was all on Skylar herself

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

Last two seasons are really missing something. Shane going against Vic is like watching a retarded chihuaha trying to throw down with a pitbull several times its size.

That’s been a theme with Shane starting with season three: his thotwife Mara further inflated an already out of control ego to where Shane thought he was on Vic’s level. Season 4 was all about seeing the retarded chihuahua quickly lose control to where the strike team had to cut corners yet again to save Shane’s ass which led to Kavanaugh in season five, etc.

I never got that the show was trying to put Claudette on a pedestal. Her personal life is a fucking trash fire, what she did in the last couple episodes was just an extension of that. All that she really had going for her was that's she's a good detective. She wasn't expected to be a decent captain either, city hall just needed a non-white woman in the chair.

I agree. Claudette certainly saw herself as a martyr deserving of the pedestal but in reality she was highly flawed and couldn’t really handle anything more challenging than the most routine of detective cases. She represented a diversity hire really well. The show was very subtle about it.

Aceveda was just pathetic by the end. Nothing but a shadow of the man he wanted to be. Him not getting any flak doesn't strike me as escapism but a display of how different he is: a man who was willing to sacrifice everything to do what was right (him risking everything near the end of Season 2 when the chief tells him to fire people) to a dick-sucking rat who just wants to stay afloat.

I agree with this. Aceveda could take those gay moral stands in season two as a police captain with little to lose but as a city councilman who wanted to be mayor, he is now beholden to a bunch of interest groups and scumbags like Cruz Pezuela. So he has to go along to get along. He has no real choice as his wife Aurora would probably leave him if he became a political failure. We already saw how understanding she was when he told her he got sodomized at gunpoint.

Skylar was also all for the drug money until she realized the damage the drugs were causing.

She didn’t care about that either, she was fine with the drug money until there was a slight chance that there would be blowback on her, as if they could make $50-60 million in drug sales and expect no consequences whatsoever.

 

[God of Nothing]

That’s been a theme with Shane starting with season three: his thotwife Mara further inflated an already out of control ego to where Shane thought he was on Vic’s level. Season 4 was all about seeing the retarded chihuahua quickly lose control to where the strike team had to cut corners yet again to save Shane’s ass which led to Kavanaugh in season five, etc.

Mara was actually faithful, which was probably a bigger influence on his ego other than her egging him on. Far too faithful, really. Probably some daddy issues if her mother is anything to go by.

He has no real choice as his wife Aurora would probably leave him if he became a political failure. We already saw how understanding she was when he told her he got sodomized at gunpoint.

This show was brutal in its portrayal of every group of people down to women: Vic's wife, Danny, and Aurora were varying degrees of bitch and mess. Highlights for each respectively were fucking the autist therapist, thinking being a single mother was any kind of idea, and what you just posted.

She didn’t care about that either, she was fine with the drug money until there was a slight chance that there would be blowback on her, as if they could make $50-60 million in drug sales and expect no consequences whatsoever.

woman moment

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

I always thought a big point of Breaking Bad was that all of the characters "broke bad"

So it was really funny to see psuedo intellectual redditard types constantly prop up Skylar (and even Hank) as these good people that you couldn't criticize or hate.

Makes me appreciate that Shield came about before those types could really get out there and spew their dumb bullshit.

 

[TVB]

So it was really funny to see psuedo intellectual redditard types constantly prop up Skylar (and even Hank) as these good people that you couldn't criticize or hate.

It's a typical wholesome 100 keanu chungus everyone liked that reddit moment. These tards miss the point of Skylar's horrible motivation and so they defend her and act as if she "dindu nuffin"

 

[God of Nothing]

It's a typical wholesome 100 keanu chungus everyone liked that reddit moment. These tards miss the point of Skylar's horrible motivation and so they defend her and act as if she "dindu nuffin"

>Makes husband's cancer about her
>Doesn't immediately turn Walter in or explain the situation to her family because muh image
>Fucks Ted specifically to distance herself from him
>Goes along with the drug money because Walter is no longer a push over (but he totally still is)
>Openheimer "Drugs...KILLS PEOPLE?!"

 

[newuser131]

there is not a lot of the shield retrospectives out there, this one was down the middle. there is one by skip intro, but his libtardness in those videos are so high, that i can not recommend.

 

[TVB]

there is not a lot of the shield retrospectives out there, this one was down the middle. there is one by skip intro, but his libtardness in those videos are so high, that i can not recommend.

Judging from the thumbnail and title, I do not want to watch it.

 

[God of Nothing]

there is not a lot of the shield retrospectives out there, this one was down the middle. there is one by skip intro, but his libtardness in those videos are so high, that i can not recommend.

I liked his "brown rice and chicken" video and him, even through his own leftist views, going over how much society has looked over men endeared me somewhat, but I can't watch him go over something as hard as The Shield. You just know what he'll say about some parts.

 

[Absolutego]

I always thought a big point of Breaking Bad was that all of the characters "broke bad"

So it was really funny to see psuedo intellectual redditard types constantly prop up Skylar (and even Hank) as these good people that you couldn't criticize or hate.

Makes me appreciate that Shield came about before those types could really get out there and spew their dumb bullshit.

In hindsight Skylar is basically Corrine on a show that had the internet. Not a fun character, kind of a bitch, but also overly hated by retards who actually think her husband's a good guy instead of a mess nobody should have to put up with.

 

[Internet War Criminal]

I feel like you guys are a bit too hard on Corrine, sure her biggest flaw might be that she didn't ask where her husband was coming up with the money, but it's not like he was coming up with astronomical sums, and most of it came after they divorced when she was drowning financially and needed that money to make sure her kids got therapy. She was portrayed putting every cent in their education and therapy and still be struggling. The first time in the show something actually popped off, she took her kids and left everything behind, and then separated from Vic. She didn't stay with him, and she didn't really cover for him more than 'This seems like a small thing and you're the father of my children, I guess I can do that for you' and as soon at it seemed like too much of an ask she asked Dutch and she was 100% willing to turn on Vic on do whatever she needed to do to save her family. Her priorities were always her children, and even when she fucked the Matthew's therapist it's clear she got moist because of how good of a father figure he was to her child. On top of knowing that her ex was going around and fucking tons of broads, so why shouldn't she be with a man she finds attractive and is good with her kids? She's also never portrayed having any idea of the shit Vic does on the job and thinks he's more or less a regular cop.

She was a mess for sure, but with two autistic young children and getting divorced, who wouldn't be?

I think a better example than Corrine would be Carmela, who was an absolute cunt who knew everything and was there for the money and didn't even really care about the goomahs because 'I knew I was better than them' but at the same time tells Tony 'You're going to Hell-a while I am-a going to Heaven!!' all the fucking time.

 

[God of Nothing]

She was a mess for sure, but with two autistic young children and getting divorced, who wouldn't be?

She is easily the most forgivable, but she's still a fuck up.

I think a better example than Corrine would be Carmela, who was an absolute cunt who knew everything and was there for the money and didn't even really care about the goomahs because 'I knew I was better than them' but at the same time tells Tony 'You're going to Hell-a while I am-a going to Heaven!!' all the fucking time.

She is definitely the worst anti-hero wife of them all.

 

[TVB]

Corrine >>> Skylar

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Yeah, I think Skylar is closer to Carmella than Corrine for sure.

Maybe it's been too long since I watched, but I just recall Corrine just being a typical annoying wife who happened to have Vic as a husband. Annoying but not like really bad or anything. But like I said I might not be remembering right it's been a long time since I watched.

 

[Super Hans v2]

Yeah, I think Skylar is closer to Carmella than Corrine for sure.

Maybe it's been too long since I watched, but I just recall Corrine just being a typical annoying wife who happened to have Vic as a husband. Annoying but not like really bad or anything. But like I said I might not be remembering right it's been a long time since I watched.

Corrine's attitude is pretty understandable when Vic's idea of being a good husband and father is only about getting the bills paid. He took the maximum amount of overtime possible, which would also be a decent alibi for her when asked where all the money came from.

 

[Odd Opossum]

Skylar was also all for the drug money until she realized the damage the drugs were causing.

I can't remember any moment of the show where any character, let alone Skylar, went a rant about the harm meth causes. She goes along with Walter because she sees no way getting rid of Walter without ruining Hank's career and their children's lives. I think the most she enjoys Walter's money is when they drink that champagne.

Judging from the thumbnail and title, I do not want to watch it.

I've watched it, it's fine.

You just know what he'll say about some parts.

I think he makes a comment about cops seizing property but that's about it.

Corrine's attitude is pretty understandable when Vic's idea of being a good husband and father is only about getting the bills paid. He took the maximum amount of overtime possible, which would also be a decent alibi for her when asked where all the money came from.

Most of the scenes with Vic's family came of like he was only really with them anymore was because he could come home to them and use them to justify all his corrupt antics. He even has his own "I did it for me" scene with that ICE lady.

 

[TVB]

I've watched it, it's fine.

I dunno, I'm sorta sketchy when it comes to most videos like this. I guess I'll give it a shot

 

[Kari Kamiya]

He has no real choice as his wife Aurora would probably leave him if he became a political failure. We already saw how understanding she was when he told her he got sodomized at gunpoint.

I couldn't remember the wife's name, thought she's like Korean or other Asian blend, hence why she'd be materialistic and would totally dump her husband over a failed campaign. She was the worst spouse in the show not counting Vic and his unrepentant infidelity.

 

[God of Nothing]

I can't remember any moment of the show where any character, let alone Skylar, went a rant about the harm meth causes.

It's more about the scenes like when she realizes Walter killed Gus