tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118314859274167504.post2474619985144046865..comments2023-10-11T04:52:30.429-04:00Comments on Running With My Eyes Closed: The ShieldJill Golickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111172765795253809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118314859274167504.post-64309196039346618882007-09-12T10:39:00.000-04:002007-09-12T10:39:00.000-04:00While I certainly agree with most of what you said...While I certainly agree with most of what you said, I think you left out one of the more brilliant things about The Shield's pilot. Overall, the show has increasingly been almost booklike; it's the story of an experimental unit that is slowly brought down by Vic Mackey. Now approaching its final season, we are seeing this unit creak and slowly collapse as Vic's actions cause everyone in the station to lose their jobs.<BR/>In that way, though the pilot is a typisode, it is also a sort of significantly premise pilot. It starts out with Aceveda introducing the Farmington station to us, the viewers, and we also get introduced to Vic Mackey, the man who will bring it down.<BR/>Terry's murder, though insignificant for the first season, eventually picks up speed and by the fifth and sixth seasons essentially causes Lem's death and further contributes to what will almost certainly destroy the unit.<BR/>As such, it is in subtle ways that the pilot establishes the actions that will determine the rest of the show's direction.Muffin MacGuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568348086669726847noreply@blogger.com