November 26, 2008

The End of "The Shield"

(SPOILER ALERT!) What a great, great series finale of one of the decade's best TV shows (I put it behind only "The Sopranos," "The Wire," and "Mad Men"). It handled the "what to do with our anti-hero?" question much better than "The Sopranos" did, not choosing "dead" or "in jail," but rather a third option that was both totally deserved and even a little bit funny. Sort of reminiscent of how things ended for Marlo on "The Wire," only if he'd been the protagonist.

A few other notes: Ending Shane's storyline the way they did, so soon after Chris Benoit, took balls of steel. Also, I loved the callback to the Julian-is-gay issue, something the show seemingly abandoned about three seasons ago. And Andre 3000 as a mayoral candidate! I'd totally vote for him.

As he did with David Chase and David Simon when their shows ended, Alan Sepinwall has a lengthy but definitive interview with creator Shawn Ryan. Read it all, and appreciate the greatness that this show gave us for the last seven years.

Posted by Stephen Silver at November 26, 2008 02:24 PM
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