The Shield: Season 4

2005 · 13 episodes · ★ 8.3

What Season 4 of The Shield

The season opens with the Strike Team disbanded. The investigation into the Money Train robbery has ended after the death of mobster Margos Dezerian, and Vic Mackey is sidelined from street work. Alongside Gardocki, he works on Operation Garage, which places micro-cameras in vehicles used by criminals. Lem moves to Juvenile and Vendrell to Vice, with a new partner. With Aceveda now on the city council, Captain Mónica Rawling takes command of Farmington and enforces controversial policies against gangs. Mónica and Vic clash over their approaches to law enforcement, while the area edges toward a gang war.

13episodes

Mar 15, 2005released

Jun 14, 2005latest episode

10.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 The Cure
Mar 15, 2005 · 49 min · ★ 7.6
Vic is no longer the cop he used to be, acting adrift after his past actions have caught up to him. The strike team has been dissolved, leaving Mackey to menial busts that keep him off the streets. When Aceveda moves on to his new City Council position, Captain Monica Rawling takes over the Barn and empowers Vic to implement her controversial anti-gang policies.
Directed by: Scott Brazil · Writer: Glen Mazzara · Starring: David Marciano, Michael Papajohn, Camillia Monet, Marcuis Harris
4x02 Grave
Mar 22, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 7.8
Mackey tries to help an old acquaintance find a wayward teenager, but the search quickly turns ugly when the missing teen appears to have been involved in a shoot-out. Meanwhile, Shane heads out into the field with his new partner Army, teaching him shady police tactics and seeing how far he'll go to be partnered up. Plus, Aceveda spends his last day trying to bury Vic for good, which makes things difficult for Rawling trying to take his place.
Directed by: Paris Barclay · Writer: Kurt Sutter · Starring: David Marciano, Aasha Davis, Alex Fernandez, Joe Renteria
4x03 Bang
Mar 29, 2005 · 47 min · ★ 8.1
With Farmington on the brink of a gang war, Monica and Vic race to find the catalyst and stop the bloodshed, enlisting Antwon's help along the way. Still in the doghouse, Dutch decides to take action in thawing the relationship between Claudette and the D.A. Danny and Julien get up close and personal with the Farmington 1-Niners, while Monica looks to Vic for support when the implementation of her property seizure policy challenges her morality.
Directed by: Guy Ferland · Writer: Scott Rosenbaum · Starring: David Marciano, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Alex Fernandez, Tequan Richmond
4x04 Doghouse
Apr 5, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.4
When Monica puts Vic on the trail of an escaped fugitive in Farmington, he must continue to prove his worth while playing it straight. Claudette gets suspicious of the D.A's motives when she and Dutch are assigned to investigate a major drug dealer who ends up being a minor offender. David seeks an illicit outlet for the troubling feelings caused by his rape. Vic decides to bring Shane closer as his fears about Shane's connection to Antwon Mitchell rise.
Directed by: Dean White · Writers: Adam Fierro · Starring: Marshall Bell, Noel Gugliemi, Mel Winkler, Jarvis W. George
4x05 Tar Baby
Apr 12, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.6
A tip from Lemonhead's juvie would leads Vic and Monica to take down a major heroin operation with connections to Antwon Mitchell. Monica continues to battle Aceveda as she tries to sell her new policies to the community, and Julien begins to doubt her methods. Claudette loses trust in Dutch when she suspects he made a backroom deal with the D.A. And Shane and Army find themselves over their heads with Antwon when he blames them for Vic's heroin bust.
Directed by: Guy Ferland · Writer: Charles H. Eglee · Starring: David Marciano, Lily Knight, Gary Bullock, Sergio Enrique
4x06 Insurgents
Apr 19, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.3
Vic and Monica stake a deal with the DEA to shut down Mitchell's tar heroin operation. When the bust comes up empty, Vic's suspicions of Shane grow, until Shane proves himself by coming up with a key piece of evidence that reveals a large stash of tar being stored at a local church. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette's friendship continues to feel strain as they try to tie a young woman's murder to a suspected serial killer. Plus, Julien takes a stand against Monica's policy, then goes to David for support when she suggests he consider transferring out of Farmington.
Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall · Writers: Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft · Starring: Kevin Cooney, Greg Eagles, Melanie Myers, Michael McCafferty
4x07 Hurt
Apr 26, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.2
Just as Monica and Vic get close to a big break in the Garage Sting, Chief Phillips unexpectedly hands over the bust to the Organized Crime Unit. He blames the decision on an emerging PR scandal involving a videotape of Vic at the church bust that was leaked to the Assistant Chief through Aceveda's office. Vic uses his leverage with the Byz Lats to find a Russian mob leader before the mobster flees the country. Monica threatens two foster care social workers with jail after a young girl is found close to death in her foster home, then tells Julien if he doesn't put in for a transfer, she'll request one for him herself.
Directed by: Nick Gomez · Writer: Scott Rosenbaum · Starring: Lombardo Boyar, Garrett M. Brown, Mark Ivanir, Cyd Strittmatter
4x08 Cut Throat
May 3, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.5
Monica and Vic rush to get their informants off the street after two C.I's are found brutally murdered. Meanwhile, as Dutch and Claudette investigate a brutal beating and robbery, a case from the past forces Dutch to take one in the line of duty. Plus, Vic suspects he's being set up when Shane comes to him after his situation with Antwon and Halpern spins out of control.
Directed by: Dean White · Writer: Glen Mazzara · Starring: David Marciano, Derek Basco, Melanie Myers, Kevin Jackson
4x09 String Theory
May 17, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.4
Monica orders her units to turn the streets of Farmington inside-out when two officers mysteriously disappear after answering a 911 call. Shane tries to make amends with his old crew after Vic agrees to help him get out from under Antwon, but things don't work out as planned. Dutch and Claudette convince Monica to let them take active roles in the case of the missing officers, but soon find themselves at a dead end with the only witness being clinically insane.
Directed by: Philip G. Atwell · Writers: Charles H. Eglee, Shawn Ryan · Starring: David Marciano, Krayzie Bone, Joel Stoffer, Robert Wu
4x10 Back in the Hole
May 24, 2005 · 65 min · ★ 8.7
Vic and Monica go head to head with Antwon, and do everything in their power to get him to admit to being involved with the cop killings. Monica is shocked when Vic and Shane confront her with the information they've been hiding regarding Antwon and Angie's body. Shane and Army wonder if they'll be able to pass the lie detector test Monica is forcing them to take. Meanwhile, after another young black woman is murdered, Dutch and Claudette hope to prove their suspicions correct with their recently relocated Texan.
Directed by: Scott Brazil · Writer: Sarah Fain · Starring: Melissa Paull, Camillia Monet, Melanie Myers, Abby Brammell
4x11 A Thousand Deaths
May 31, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
Vic and the Strike Team use their leverage on the One-Niners to track down anyone involved with the cop killings. Their hunt leads them down an unexpected path with the Russian mob. Monica puts pressure on the team to come clean about any of their dealings with Antwon. Dutch and Claudette investigate a gang shooting and soon realize their key witness is close to the Barn, and has something to hide.
Directed by: Stephen Kay · Writer: Adam Fierro · Starring: David Marciano, Michael Peña, Lennie Loftin, Petey Pablo
4x12 Judas Priest
Jun 7, 2005 · 46 min · ★ 8.7
Vic and his crew track down the Russian who was involved with the cop murders, but they lose control during his interrogation and the hit man dies in an explosion before they can get any answers. Meanwhile, Aceveda is blackmailed by the man who assaulted him. Plus, Rawling's seizure is on the verge of being shelved.
Directed by: David Von Ancken · Writers: Kurt Sutter, Scott Rosenbaum · Starring: David Marciano, Ron Bottitta, Kurt Caceres, Camillia Monet
4x13 Ain't That A Shame Season Finale
Jun 14, 2005 · 47 min · ★ 8.6
Monica, Vic and the strike team work together to put Antwon Mitchell back behind bars after his deal with the DEA released him from prison. When Vic reveals his suspicions of David's connection to both Antwon and an inmate's murder, David must protect his political future at any cost. When the murder of an over-protective father leads Claudette and Dutch back to a foster home they had previously investigated, Monica makes an unpopular decision that helps seal her fate.
Directed by: Stephen Kay · Writers: Glen Mazzara, Shawn Ryan · Starring: Kevin Cooney, Melanie Myers, Kenneth Colom, José Zúñiga