Episode guide
The Shield: Season 3
15 episodes · premiered Mar 9, 2004
After scoring big with the money train, the Strike Team plays it cool to avoid arousing suspicion. Tensions are stretched further when Vic finds himself at odds with his team, but hostilities are quickly forgotten when Aceveda reveals that the team is the target of an Armenian mob hit.
- Episode 1: Playing Tight Mar 9, 2004 · 50m The Strike Team's attempt to play by the book comes to an abrupt end when they discover that the Byz Latz and the One-Niners are attempting to alter the balance of power by acquiring MP5s…
- Episode 2: Blood and Water Mar 16, 2004 · 46m Vic decides to use some of the money train robbery cash during a gun-running sting operation, but after it goes awry, tension within the Strike Team begins to mount as its members attempt…
- Episode 3: Bottom Bitch Mar 23, 2004 · 46m A prostitute and friend to the late Connie named Farrah seeks the help of Vic in an effort to bring down her pimp. After failing to convince Vic to help her, Farrah goes to Claudette, who…
- Episode 4: Streaks and Tips Mar 30, 2004 · 46m The newly arrived Decoy Squad and the Strike Team go head to head in the investigation to solve a car-jacking case. Dutch gets in over his head on an attempted murder case.
- Episode 5: Mum Apr 6, 2004 · 45m Vic struggles with Claudette's new supervision of the Strike Team. Marked bills lead Aceveda and a federal agent closer to the truth about the Armenian money-train heist in an episode with…
- Episode 6: Posse Up Apr 13, 2004 · 46m When the ex-wife and child of Julien's former partner, Tommy, are murdered, Tommy becomes a suspect, prompting Julien to team up with Mackey to conduct their own investigation. Elsewhere…
- Episode 7: Safe Apr 20, 2004 · 46m Vic and the Strike Team decide to take risky measures to protect themselves from being linked to the Money Train heist. Unfortunately, their plan is interrupted when one of Vic's open…
- Episode 8: Cracking Ice Apr 27, 2004 · 46m An oversight puts Waylon and Trish in serious danger during an undercover job and Claudette is to blame. Meanwhile, Tommy makes a drastic decision when he realizes nobody in the Barn can…
- Episode 9: Slipknot May 4, 2004 · 46m When two high profile murders are linked to each other, Aceveda orders Wyms to get the entire Barn involved before gang and racial violence breaks out. Mackey uses the case to leverage…
- Episode 10: What Power Is... May 11, 2004 · 46m Aceveda finds himself in a near fatal confrontation, and enlists Vic to help him take down the suspects in order to help service his own personal agenda. Meanwhile after losing her…
- Episode 11: Strays May 18, 2004 · 46m During a routine bust on bangers, Vic and the Team discover a money laundering ring that reaches far and wide in the crime community. Meanwhile, Dutch takes the chilling confession of the…
- Episode 12: Riceburner May 25, 2004 · 46m When Aceveda assigns The Strike Team to serve a high risk warrant against a mob killer to service his political agenda, they find themselves embroiled in a hostile struggle with the Korean…
- Episode 13: Fire in the Hole Jun 1, 2004 · 46m When a mole in the treasury department is discovered and the framed suspect in the Armenian money train robbery turns up missing, the Strike team race to find the suspect before their…
- Episode 14: All In Jun 8, 2004 · 46m With an Armenian hit-man hot on their trail, the Strike team sweeps the streets of the Armenian community to find him before he finds them. After catching a break, Aceveda's suspicions…
- Episode 15: On Tilt Jun 15, 2004 · 50m When Aceveda confirms that the Strike Team is the target of an Armenian mob hit, Mackey must take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Whym's career is on the line when she disobeys…