Is anyone else still watching? Last night's 90 min episode was awesome. Asshole-veda cracked, the Strike Team comes back together, Dutch is freaky in the interview room. WOW. Only 3 more episodes left.
Recorded it and will be watching tonight. I'll be back with my (long-winded [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) opinion on the episode tomorrow. But I already know that The Shield has never disappointed me so I am looking forward to it big time! [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]
Dutch being freaky/freaking out.... gonna LOVE that! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
Yeah I figured you hadn't seen it yet, so I tried to be as vague as possible, lol. The best part for me last night is that the 90 min episode didn't speed buy. The pacing was excellent and it seemed like it was on for 2+ hrs. There are some great lines by Vic when he's in the interview room. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
This season has been soooo good!
It hasn't even ended yet and I'm already sad Glenn Close won't be back. [img]frown.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ May 25, 2005 10:28 AM: Message edited by: ?SNAPE? ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Damn. That's the first I've heard of her not returning. What's the deal?Originally posted by ?SNAPE?:
This season has been soooo good!
It hasn't even ended yet and I'm already sad Glenn Close won't be back. [img]frown.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600"><font size="1">[ May 25, 2005 10:28 AM: Message edited by: ?SNAPE? ]</font></font>
Well, I read in both Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide (this week's TV Guide actually) that her contract was only for 1 season and she doesn't want to do another. She said she did like the show, but her home base is on the East Coast and apparently being out in LA away from home for so long to film a season really beat her down some. Maybe she'll get some rest and change her mind.... well, it could happen. Right? [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]redface.gif[/img]
meh. My favorite show is less than impressive this season.
Excellent episode!!
I was wondering if they were going to completely ignore Dutch's kitty strangling, guess not!
It's funny, the "Previously on the Shield" on last night's episode had almost every single scene that came so very close to crossing the line! My wife (who doesn't watch the show) watched just that and said "This show looks horrible, how could you watch it" and left the room in disgust!!
Here's an article I found with a quick online search:
Glenn Close won't return to 'The Shield' next season
Glenn Close is turning in her badge on The Shield. (We may weep openly.) The five-time Oscar nominee, who joined FX's hit cop drama this season as LAPD Capt. Monica Rawling, has decided not to return for season five.
No surprise to Shield creator and executive producer Shawn Ryan. Close, a New Yorker, had signed on for just one season's 13 episodes of the L.A.-based Shield, her first series. Moreover, her only child, Annie, will be a senior in high school.
"We were hoping, early on, that Glenn might return because she digs the show and is enjoying it so much," says Ryan. "But we knew all along she had only agreed to do one complete season."
Note the word complete. Ryan's convinced Close will do a few guest shots. "She might be in L.A. and want to do two or three days' work. Life works in funny ways. I'm not pounding nails in her coffin just yet."
Will Rawling's reviled predecessor, David Aceveda (Benito Martinez), now a crooked city councilman, arrange to have her transferred? Will she leave town? Get a horrible illness?
"A lot of people in the final episode will end up differently than they began," Ryan says cryptically. "Situations change. Glenn's character is a huge part of it."
At times, it's been difficult to come up with "appropriate" story lines for a police captain, he adds, "because in real life, they stay in their offices and push papers around."
Despite her stature, Close has displayed not a single diva move all season, according to Ryan. "She's a real team player. You'd expect someone of her accomplishments to have developed a bit of an entitled atmosphere. She threw herself into the ensemble here from the very beginning. She's melded into the family."
With Close on the marquee, Shield is up almost 25 percent in ratings at 10 p.m. Tuesdays this season. If her departure causes a dip, it's no big whup, says Ryan. "I never worry about ratings. I'm sadder to lose a wonderful actress. If we so crassly desired, we could have brought on Paris Hilton and tried to get ratings.
"I've always thought there were two kinds of ratings - the kind that keep you on the air and the kind that get you kicked off. Our show will be back for a fifth season."
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So shit canning the show is considered a "Team Move"??? I read the TV guide article this morning and was shocked. Losing her is going to suck, wonder who will fill her captainly shoes....Originally posted by ?SNAPE?:
Here's an article I found with a quick online search:
Glenn Close won't return to 'The Shield' next season
Despite her stature, Close has displayed not a single diva move all season, according to Ryan. "She's a real team player. You'd expect someone of her accomplishments to have developed a bit of an entitled atmosphere. She threw herself into the ensemble here from the very beginning. She's melded into the family."
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