The Shield

2002

police procedural, drama television series

Creator

Shawn Ryan

Network

FX

Seasons

7

Episodes

88

Premiered

2002-03-12

Rating

8.6 / 10

Detective Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime but also operating under Vic's own set of rules. But his rules sometimes cross the fine line between legal and illegal. Now the precinct has a new captain who doesn't like Vic's tactics and wants to bust him off the force - even as the captain finds himself going to Vic for help whenever the going gets rough.