# Shield Season 4 Direction So Far - Thoughts (UNBOXED SPOILERS!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873 "2005-03-04T06:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/1 "2005-03-04T06:17:11Z")
I’m a little concerned the direction the first ep of season four has taken this season, its pretty drastic to say the least. In particular killing off the traditional STRIKE team is strange but if the new anti-gangs thing comes together who knows. Also mixed feelings about the new captain (good ridence to asaveda though), not sure a women will be able to have the chemstry the old one and vic had. Anyways it was still a pleasant surprise to see the first ep so soon before the rumor’d air date, I’m about to watch ep 2 and hope its proves the new formula has what it takes. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/2 "2005-03-04T06:27:29Z")
What? The new season has started already? When? ---
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/3 "2005-03-04T06:38:32Z")
Between 8 and 36 hours ago anonymous individuals released dvd-quality versions of the first two episodes of The Shield season 4. Of course this being the CS forum we do not judge the originals of mass-media, we simply appreciate whats out there. wooopee! ---
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/4 "2005-03-04T06:40:11Z")
originals==origins. enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/5 "2005-03-04T07:11:43Z")
Finished watching the 2nd ep…much better! Shane character has gotten very interesting in his new role, Vic’s family isnt coming up too much, and the Men’s washroom has finally been fixed (there was a celebration). Hopefully the new eps will keep coming, but I bet not all of them have even been made yet. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/6 "2005-03-04T09:04:14Z")
Spoiler warnings are your friends. Especially considering the show isn’t even released yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/7 "2005-03-04T13:03:57Z")
Yeah, seconded. Can a mod change this title to include spoiler warnings, considering the first episode hasn’t aired yet? ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/8 "2005-03-04T14:39:31Z")
**THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS** So far, I’m liking it. The building problem between Shane & Vic seems really interesting, especially as Shane is just doing (or trying to do) what Vic and he did together for years. Seems to me that Vic’s the one who changed. I like the new head bad guy. I’ve seen him in a bunch of things, he’s a good actor. What I’m not sure about is why Vic suddenly got incompetent since last season. That garage sting operation… were we given any indication it was a shambles before now? I don’t remember that from last year. As for Glenn Close, so far so good. She’s definitely different than Aceveda, and she seems to have some big ideas for the barn. thwartme **HERE ENDETH MY SPOILERS (FOR THIS POST, ANYWAY)** ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/9 "2005-03-04T15:13:29Z")
Moderator speaketh: I’ve amended the title. Does that do it? ---
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/10 "2005-03-04T18:01:17Z")
Sorry if anyone felt they learnt too much, I tried to just talk about the general direction the 4th season is taking with divulging major plot points (aside from the men’s washroom getting fixed). But anyways, thanks MOD for amending the title to be on the safe side. ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/11 "2005-03-04T22:01:36Z")
So when does the new season start? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/12 "2005-03-04T23:27:42Z")
> [@sigur\_ros](#): > > Between 8 and 36 hours ago anonymous individuals released dvd-quality versions of the first two episodes of The Shield season 4. Of course this being the CS forum we do not judge the originals of mass-media, we simply appreciate whats out there. > > wooopee! Could you perhaps give a “hint” to a site where I could maybe find such a copy to peruse? Love the show and looking forward to seeing it! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/13 "2005-03-04T23:44:48Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Could you perhaps give a “hint” to a site where I could maybe find such a copy to peruse? > > Love the show and looking forward to seeing it! Yeah. I spent about 1/2 hour googling, and came up dry. ---
**Author:** ![sigur\_ros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sigur\_ros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sigur_ros)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/14 "2005-03-07T06:02:45Z")
I hope I’m allowed to give google keyworks in this forum without getting in trouble, if it bothers any MODS, feel free to delete post (i’m new here btw) type this into google: filetype:torrent shield any file (it will be obvious anyway) with s04 in it is the 4th season. enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shield-season-4-direction-so-far-thoughts-unboxed-spoilers/292873/15 "2005-03-07T14:21:16Z")
The first two eps are also available on usenet, if you have a decent news server. So, anyone else seen 'em yet? Any thoughts? thwartme