# The Shield: Vic Mackey is back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832 "2006-01-07T01:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/21 "2006-01-11T16:52:09Z")
tighten the _noose_, even. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/22 "2006-01-11T18:49:22Z")
I just hope Aceveda eventually gets what’s coming to him, and I don’t mean the office of mayor. So who do you think the father of Dani’s baby is? Mackey? He doesn’t have enough drama in his life, after all. I loved the board with the “Who’s the daddy?” pool. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/23 "2006-01-11T19:23:18Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > So who do you think the father of Dani’s baby is? Mackey? He doesn’t have enough drama in his life, after all. I loved the board with the “Who’s the daddy?” pool. You mean you don’t think it’s the CI gangbanger that kept asking her out? I figured that the way the writers on the Shield keep bringing up these types of issues, that it would be fitting to see the Barn’s reaction to a multi-racial baby by one of their officers. - Peter Wiggen ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/24 "2006-01-11T19:31:27Z")
Yeesh. I swore I typed out the rest of my post before I hit ‘Submit.’ Anyways, re: Forest. Give him time people. I remember being somewhat dubious on Glenn Close’s first episode as well. I thought she was playing it a little campy (Glenn Close campy? Surely you jest! 🙂 “GET ME THOSE PUPPIES!!!”) At the end, though, I was bummed to see her go. I think ol’ Forest will turn out to be pretty interesting. He’s already proving up to be fairly manipulative in his pursuit of Vic. This was evident in the scene with Vic’s wife where he pretended to have an autistic kid. Also slightly off-topic - F@#$&#(@#&\*%( Tivo!!! Why? Oh Why FX? Why do you insist on ending the Shield several minutes after the Tivo scheduler? Yes, I know that I can adjust to record for several more minutes, but I always freaking forget to! Please - cut out all the “FX is great! Look at our great programming!” commercials and make the damn thing end on time. - Peter Wiggen ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/25 "2006-01-11T19:46:15Z")
> [@PeterWiggen](#): > > Also slightly off-topic - F@#$&#(@#&\*%( Tivo!!! Why? Oh Why FX? Why do you insist on ending the Shield several minutes after the Tivo scheduler? My Cablevision DVR box knew to record until 11:08, but I was watching realtime anyway. The best stuff always happens in those last few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/26 "2006-01-11T19:48:11Z")
We have TiVo, and it automatically picked up the whole hour and ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/27 "2006-01-11T20:16:04Z")
> [@PeterWiggen](#): > > I think ol’ Forest will turn out to be pretty interesting. He’s already proving up to be fairly manipulative in his pursuit of Vic. This was evident in the scene with Vic’s wife where he pretended to have an autistic kid. The way the writers are I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually has an autistic kid. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/28 "2006-01-11T21:15:03Z")
> [@c\_goat](#): > > My Cablevision DVR box knew to record until 11:08, but I was watching realtime anyway. The best stuff always happens in those last few minutes. Yeah, my TiVo recorded it until 11:08 (EST), too, but this was the first time it _didn’t_ cut off the last two minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832/29 "2006-01-11T22:51:46Z")
I have cable internet and I get local channels for free. Right now my cable company has decided I should get basic extended cable… it has happened before and they usually fix it within a day or two… So far it’s been holding on for 4 days… I was praying it would hold out until atleast the Shield ended last night… my prayers were answered. What an amazing season premiere. I love Forest Whitaker, he is creepy and unsettling just like I would want an IAD guy to be. Making the spineless guy the Captain was a really strong move for the season. We don’t need to see Vic butting heads with a captain. That’s not what the season is going to be about. Capt Spineless contrasts wonderfully with Vic. Vic would make an excellent Captain but for obvious reasons would never take or be offered the job. You can really feel Glen Close’s character effect on him eventhough he is still brutal and crooked. No one has said anything about Julian’s new partner… Sweet lord that’s the most gorgeous cop I have ever seen. I predict the baby is Vic’s and the Danni dies this season before or just after she give birth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shield-vic-mackey-is-back/338832.md?page=1)