interesting series. minor points: cc pounder excellent actress. participation of glenn close and forest wittaker major actors in a t.v. series. the forest wittaker role in fact was a major role in the plot development of the series. the character of dutch similar to the character of bayliss on homicide- college boy in the precinct, except dutch played more for laughs, but both of them "need" to discover their dark sides. (also one cop cuts off his beard to make room for another cop with a beard.)
vic mackey a bad cop- his badness is defined in the first season- he kills another cop who has been sent to spy on him. the fact that he is in bed with the druggies is half and half, but killing another cop crosses the line. the second outstanding evil act is the robbing of the armenian money train. the second in command is dixie boy, shane. they are a one two act. forest whittaker arrests lem is the key act. and shane killing lem because they don't trust him is the next act and finding out that shane killed lem is the completion of that plot development.
the final act portrays vic even worse than he is and shane even crazier than he is. once shane flees he should leave town, but doesn't so that the l.a. cops can be in on the capture, otherwise it makes no sense. the tableau of shane suicide and his wife and son poisoned is incurably sad. for vic to turn on his last partner really makes no sense. that his judgment would be so bad as to think that his wife was really in danger of being arrested made no sense. they just wanted to paint him as "crime doesn't pay" deserving whatever shit he gets.
after (simultaneous) we learn to empathize with tony soprano i suppose empathizing with vic mackey who is definitely a more sympathetic character is no stretch.
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