Vic Mackey

"Sopranos:" Raking Leaves

The extraordinary ending on last week's "The Shield" has led some (ok, by some I mean "me") to ponder the ending of great TV shows, and why we - the dedicated if occasionally unbalanced fan - invest so much energy, thought and...

EU cybercrime strategy backs law enforcement Trojan

Remote searches? Nein danke Remote searches of suspects' computers could become a mainstay of cybercrime investigations under a new EU strategy announced last week.… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms

Cassel? He's the definition of a winner

Matt Cassel doesn't want to hear about a junket to Washington yet. In New England, bailout is a euphemism for cassel, which is loosely defined as "a rescue from quarterback distress." Right now there's a meeting of high-level...

Watcher: 'The Shield' finale

The following post discusses the series finale of "The Shield." Lastly, here's an interview I did with Ryan at the start of the final season, and a set of links to interviews with several members of the "Shield" cast, including...

Michael Chiklis talks about 'The Shield' ending

Michael Chiklis always knew the end of FX's "The Shield," which revolves around his portrayal of a corrupt renegade cop, would come. With Tuesday's airing of the series finale of "The Shield," in which Mackey, his ruptured...

The Shield Turns In Its Badge (E! Online)

Gina Serpe Gina Serpe – 14 mins ago E! Online – The Shield Turns In Its Badge(E! Online) Los Angeles (E! Online) – Vic Mackey is officially off the beat...or at the very least, off our TV screens. After seven seasons as one of...

"The Shield": Crime and Punishment

It is fiendishly appropriate that the television police drama, The Shield , ended its series in 2008, exactly 700 years since Dante began writing the Inferno . The Shield, possibly more than any other series, demonstrates the...

Making the connection: The legacy of The French Connection

Published Date: 26 November 2008 LOS ANGELES 1970. William Friedkin is eating dinner with his then girlfriend Kitty Hawks and her estranged father, the legendary film director Howard Hawks. His film is The French Connection, a...

Raw-edged 'Shield' ends

After seven seasons, The Shield comes to an end tonight on FX. And I am surprised at how little emotion I feel about the finale. Once upon a time, I was crazy about this cop drama and its lead character, rogue LAPD detective...

TV TODAY: House handles a hostage-taker

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "House," 8 p.m., WJBK-TV, Channel 2, Fox. Dr. House is in Cutter's office, searching for secrets. Then a weary man arrives. He has a gun and hostages; he has everyone frightened, except the acerbic House.

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