The Shield
American television series, in the police drama genre, aired by the FX Network.
The show is notable (and controversial) for its portrayal of some of the police officers as both corrupt and brutal. The story follows the character Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) as the leader of a group of rogue members of the Los Angeles Police Department called The Strike Team. The group uses a variety of violent and extortive methods to maintain peace on the streets. Although effective, many of the other police officers are critical of the group's methods and maintain the dictum "the end does not justify the means".
Main cast:
- Detective Vic Mackey - Michael Chiklis
- Detective Shane Vendrell - Walton Goggins
- Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky - Kenny Johnson
- Captain David Aceveda - Benito Martinez
- Detective Claudette Wyms - CCH Pounder
- Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach - Jay Karnes
- Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer - Catherine Dent
- Officer Julien Lowe - Michael Jace
- Detective Tavon Garris - Brian White (as of Season 2)
