“The edge is where we live, all of us, all the time. People trying to convince themselves otherwise is just an exercise in self-deception.” This Vic Mackey quote aptly describes the type of world The Shield presented in its seven season journey. Starring Michael Chiklis as badass Detective Vic Mackey, the show covers the nefarious exploits of the four-man strike team in the Farmington police Department and the effects of their corruption on the department as a whole and the men themselves. The show plays out like an 88-part novel, as the story has a logical, consistent structure throughout and concludes with one of the great endings in television history.
