As much as I love The Shield, it’s getting so tense and ugly and awful that I can hardly bear to watch these final episodes. I’m completely spoiler-free (and intend to remain so, so no spoilers in the comments, please, or I’ll find you and do things to you. Bad things. Vic Mackey bad kinds of things), but it’s clear that almost everyone except maybe Dutch, Claudette, Julian and Billings (of all people) is heading toward a bad end.
Everyone else is compromised: Ronnie is a murderer. Vic is now a drug dealer (sort of). Acevedo is an over-reaching little bitch who’s ambition for political power is nakedly self-serving. Shane is a thug. Mara is an armed robbery accomplice (pregnant and with young child in toe — oh how awful). Even Corrine may not get out of this unscathed, not to mention the long-range damage likely to result from being Mrs. Cop Killer (even ex-Mrs. Cop Killer).
