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Bang, bang, bye-bye
'The Shield,' a one-of-a-kind show, and antihero Vic Mackey go out the same way they came in -- with high-octane violence
TV critics know the drill. You watch the preview screener of a new show, and it's usually good or mediocre. Sometimes, it's horrible. (Fun to write about.) Or more occasionally, superb. (Even more fun to write about.)
Only once in two decades has a series pilot climaxed with a twist so game-changing, it actually rocked me to blurt a what-a-shock expletive.
That was "The Shield." And...
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