Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #605 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-05-28
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 572 minutes

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Dramatically speaking, the third season of The Shield is dysfunctional in the best sense of the word. Relationships fester in a quagmire of personal and professional conflict and clashing agendas inspire some of the finest episodes of this volatile series. Detective Mackey (Michael Chiklis) struggles to save his crumbling family (including two autistic children) while his strike team endures internal tensions over their secret stash of stolen drug money. Shane (Walton Goggins) clashes with teammate Tavon (Brian J. White) with near-fatal consequences, and his demanding fiancée tests his loyalty to Mackey. Captain Aceveda (Benito Martinez) suffers unspeakable humiliation en route to city council promotion, engaging Wyms (CCH Pounder) in a battle of wills over proper command of "The Barn." Dutch (Jay Karnes) pursues the "cuddler rapist" case and confronts the dark side of his soul, while Danny (Catherine Dent) revives her career and is re-partnered with Julien (Michael Jace), who suppresses his homosexuality in a desperate quest for conventional marriage and family. After Lemon (Kenneth Johnson) attempts a drastic solution to their "money train" worries, the shaken strike team faces a deeply uncertain future.

As always, The Shield juggles multiple plotlines with relentless pacing and narrative economy, packing substantial character developments into all 15 action-packed episodes. This season's inclusion of a competitive decoy squad offers humour and professional sacrifice, and the pivotal David Mamet-directed episode "Strays" arrives at a shocking conclusion, with Mamet regulars Clark Gregg and Rebecca Pidgeon (Mamet's wife) giving outstanding guest star performances. Series star Chiklis (whose pugnacious mug dominates the DVD packaging) makes his directorial debut on "Slipknot," and eight episodes include informative, entertaining commentaries by the principal cast and crew. A generous archive of deleted scenes illustrates the agonising decisions required by the time constraints of episodic TV, and the making-of documentary offers an intimate look at the series' collaborative writing process. With major developments (including a new role for Glenn Close) in store for Season 4, these episodes maintain the high standard of provocative drama that loyal Shield fans have come to expect. --Jeff Shannon

Synopsis
Transgressing the seemingly rock-solid boundaries of regular television programming, THE SHIELD refuses the strictures of black and white depictions of clear-cut moral dilemmas in favour of an ambiguity that will challenge even the most jaded viewers. Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis, FANTASTIC FOUR) leads the elite Strike Team in the fictional LA district of Farmington. He employs dubious but effective crime fighting methods as a tough, effective, but corrupt cop. The other detectives and cops on the force disapprove of the Team's methods, to say the least, while the precinct head, Captain David Aceveda (Benito Martinez) is just as corrupt as Mackey, but his political aspirations lead him into a campaign to end the detective's career. The stoic, upright Detective Claudette Wyms (CCH Pounder, ER), who understands both sides of the game, provides a much needed balance and rationality to the mix. The charismatic Mackey strikes just the right pitch so as to be the least sympathetic antihero television has yet seen, while retaining his audience, who refuses to write him off quite yet. Meanwhile, the controversial themes and violent nature of the content manages the effect--inconsistent at best in TV programming--of making audiences really think about what they're watching.

Customer Reviews

AMAZING!
What is there to say? The Shield is simply THE BEST TV SERIES EVER. BRILLIANT IN EVERY ASPECT, AND BETTER THAN ANY MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN.

BEST SEASON FOR ME
having read the reviews for season 3,it just shows everybody`s different.i put season 3 way better than the previous 2...they are top class viewing...but 3 is awesome.

Not the best of the six but when placed on its own merits, absolutely briliant!
I am so pleased i was able to find The Shield, my brother was always into his box set series such as X Files so i decided to find something to keep me entertained.

Firstly i love The Shield, all the series are exceptional models of what good tv should be and series three is no different. All the characters are well explored over the course of the six series, and though 'Vic' is the main character no one is ever overlooked or in the same way over exposed. The script is sharp and the acting first rate and i am often left with a smile at the end of each episode.

You know that a programme is good when you always have to have 'one more episode' before you go to sleep, and with that in mind i would recommend buying several series in one go as the stories are quick flowing, action packed and when left for too long between series can become harder to follow.

Series Three is not my personal favourite, that goes to 1 and 5 as they are truly fantastic pieces of drama, however when based on its own away from the other series' it stands head and shoulders above programmes such as The Unit which is far too middle of the road, The Shield has moments of unflinching violence coupled with swearing, corruption and hidden turns which makes for great viewing.

All in all a fantastic achievement and one which deserves YOUR attention.

BUY IT!! BUY IT NOW!!