Episode guide
The Shield: Season 4
13 episodes · premiered Mar 15, 2005
The Strike Team has dissolved. Vic and Shane are assigned to regular detective duty, while Aceveda is leaving to begin his new job on the City Council. Although Vic often clashed with Aceveda, he quickly realizes that new captain Monica Rawling also has her own agenda.
- Episode 1: The Cure Mar 15, 2005 · 49m 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…
- Episode 2: Grave Mar 22, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 3: Bang Mar 29, 2005 · 47m 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…
- Episode 4: Doghouse Apr 5, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 5: Tar Baby Apr 12, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 6: Insurgents Apr 19, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 7: Hurt Apr 26, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 8: Cut Throat May 3, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 9: String Theory May 17, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 10: Back in the Hole May 24, 2005 · 1h 5m 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…
- Episode 11: A Thousand Deaths May 31, 2005 · 45m 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…
- Episode 12: Judas Priest Jun 7, 2005 · 46m 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…
- Episode 13: Ain't That A Shame Jun 14, 2005 · 47m 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…