Ooh Daddy, this was a good one! Tonight's episode had all the cliff-hanging, stomach-turning, envelope-pushing qualities that made me love this series! Let's recap, shall we?
They found Shane in the gutter, beaten bloody. Can’t say I’m sorry. Oh God, and we have to watch the whiny wife, Mona, again; haven’t had to endure her in at least a season or more. Seems his teenage “girlfriend” Tilley’s step-dad is responsible for his “smackdown.” I was betting on her ex-boyfriend who is the head of the One-Niners. And ooh! When Mona gets his personal effects at the hospital she finds condoms and confronts him since she’s three months pregnant and he won’t be needing them with her. At least he admitted it when confronted. She throws him out of the house, and who can blame her?
Danny is guarding Shane's door and overhears. Still not much for her to do. What's up with that?
This was Julian’s first episode on the Strike Team, and the big question on my lips is: does he have the stomach for it? When Vic agrees to arrange for a “dick sucking” for Guardo’s second in command in exchange for information on the San Marcos murders, devout Christian Julian looked pretty damn squirmy. He takes notes about the cases and he gets a quick lesson on the discreet workings of the Team, and how paperwork is discouraged.
Acevedo brought his civilian business constituent into the Barn looking for information on the murders. The man has NO boundaries and there is no end to his ambition. Turns out one of the Mexicans found dead was a government official. Things are getting interesting there.
Vic is calling Hiatt Jefe (boss) now, but Hiatt then deferred to Vic. The contest for Alpha male has yet to be decided. The Team is forced to question a fed agent working undercover in order to get information. They don’t get much enlightening information on the murders, but they find out that Guardo didn’t kill Lem.
Dutch and Steve were still searching for the rapist torturer of teen runaways. A guy shows up who is a little too eager to help. Steve uses Dutch’s profile to deduce that the man fits it to the letter, and then one of his victims identifies him from the tape. Turns out the man’s daughter disappeared, so he was teaching other runaways a lesson by punishing them (by sodomizing) and then torturing them (carving “go home” on their stomachs). Dutch pushes him to admit that he sexually abused his daughter after the death of his wife. This case really gets to devoted father Steve.
Article comments
1 - Mark
Huh. I thought that Shane had ground up some Oxycontin and was snorting that. Didn't even think of it being cocaine.
2 - Ann Cardinal
No, you're probably right. I assumed the bottle was what he was considering offing himself with, so I thought of it as a separate thing, but now that you mention it, that is probably what it was.
3 - Mat Brewster
I just got to watch this (mother-in-law came over, and she's definitely not the type to enjoy the Shield.) Love this episode. Lots of good stuff going on. It's definitely feeling the burden of having too many characters though. Too little screen time for lots of good actors.
I kept thinking Shane wanted the wife to forgive him so he could kill himself. I kind of wonder if wifey doesn't think the same and is giving him the love just to get rid of him.
We'll see, I guess.