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The Shield
TV Series2005 · Crime · 42 min
A gang of corrupt Los Angeles Police Department cops uses illegal methods to maintain law and order, whilst engaging in a series of undercover dealings secretly in order to get rich.
Episodes with Steve Appearances
S4E1
David Marciano as Steve Billings
The Cure
The Shield (2002) enters its fourth season with Vic Mackey adrift after his past actions have caught up with him. He's no longer the cop he used to be - the Strike Team has dissolved and he's stuck babysitting a menial surveillance sting that keeps him off the street. With Captain Aceveda moving on to his new City Council position, Captain Monica Rawling prepares to take over the Barn and implement her controversial anti-gang policies.
S4E2David Marciano as Steve Billings
Grave
Vic agrees to quietly bring in a teenaged drug user before learning of his role in a deadly armed robbery.
S4E3David Marciano as Steve Billings
Bang
When her official arrival at the Barn is greeted by the outbreak of a deadly gang war, Monica assigns Vic the task of ending it.
S4E5David Marciano as Steve Billings
Tar Baby
As Monica is forced to defend her crime-fighting tactics, Vic's pursuit of a killer creates problems for Antwon, while Dutch's secret deal with the D.A.'s office gets him and Claudette assigned to a murder investigation.
S4E8David Marciano as Steve Billings
Cut Throat
With Shane under orders to deliver Vic's body to Antwon, Monica looks for the leak that has led to the murder of some neighborhood informants.
S4E9David Marciano as Steve Billings
String Theory
As Shane enlists Vic and his men in the search for the body of a teenaged informant, the disappearance of two cops on patrol begins to look like payback for Monica's tough new policies.
S4E11David Marciano as Steve Billings
A Thousand Deaths
Vic pits Antwon's henchmen against each other in an effort to find the cop killers; Dutch and Claudette suspect Detective Billings of failing to stop a deadly carjacking.
S4E12David Marciano as Steve Billings
Judas Priest
Vic and Monica work to link Antwon to the cop killings, only to have Aceveda sell them out in an effort to keep the truth about his sexual assault from being made public.
S5E1David Marciano as Steve Billings
Extraction
As the Strike Team tries to end a race war between Blacks and Mexicans, Dutch and Claudette investigate a riot at a high school that also stem from racial tensions.
S5E2David Marciano as Steve Billings
Enemy of Good
Lem's loyalty to Vic is tested when he's interrogated by Lt. Kavanaugh and Aceveda about the Strike Team's corrupt past.
S5E3David Marciano as Steve Billings
Jailbait
While the Strike Team figures out their next step concerning IAD's investigation into Lem, they put Tina undercover to help bust a sex trafficking operation.
S5E4David Marciano as Steve Billings
Tapa Boca
As Becca contemplates whether or not to represent the Strike Team, Vic discovers the truth about Emolia.
S5E5David Marciano as Steve Billings
Trophy
Kavanaugh bugs the Strike Team's clubhouse to get his stalled investigation back on track as Vic and the guys try to end a deadly prescription drug ring.
S5E6David Marciano as Steve Billings
Rap Payback
The walls close in on Vic when Kavanaugh invades the Barn and sets up office.
S5E7David Marciano as Steve Billings
Man Inside
The Strike Team's solidarity begins to crack under Kavanaugh's constant scrutiny.
S5E8David Marciano as Steve Billings
Kavanaugh
As Kavanaugh deals with the emotional circumstances surrounding the return of his ex-wife, his obsession to take down the Strike Team comes to a head.
S5E9David Marciano as Steve Billings
Smoked
With their finances frozen, Vic and his guys are forced to find other means to bail Lem out of jail.
S5E10David Marciano as Steve Billings
Of Mice and Lem
While Lem prepares to plead guilty to the heroin charges, Vic strikes a deal with Antwon Mitchell that will guarantee Lem's safety in prison.
S5E11David Marciano as Steve Billings
Postpartum
Vic arranges to get Lem safely out of the country and set up a new life for him in Mexico.
S6E1David Marciano as Steve Billings
On the Jones
Shane's guilt for killing Lem intensifies after the Strike Team learns that he didn't make a deal with the authorities, and Kavanaugh resorts to threatening informants and planting evidence to pin Lem's murder on Vic.
S6E2David Marciano as Steve Billings
Baptism by Fire
Detectives discover the evidence Kavanaugh planted to make Vic look guilty for Lem's death, but Dutch begins to suspect that everything is too convenient. Meanwhile, Vic tries to find the Salvadoran leader Guardo, who escaped to Mexico.
S6E3David Marciano as Steve Billings
Back to One
Vic captures Guardo and tries to coerce a confession to Lem's murder out of him. However, Shane, the real killer, begs Vic for leniency on Guardo's behalf. Meanwhile, Dutch and Gardocki bring down a gang of meth dealers.
S6E4David Marciano as Steve Billings
The New Guy
Claudette begins making radical changes to the Strike Team in anticipation of Vic's imminent forced retirement. Meanwhile, Vic's helplessness for not saving Lem boils over after he fails to play peacemaker in a gang war.
S6E5David Marciano as Steve Billings
Haunts
Shane is hospitalized after a beating, and his wife leaves him for having an affair. An unlikely suspect emerges in the serial rapist case, and an undercover agent in the Salvadoran gang tells Vic that Guardo didn't kill Lem.
S6E6David Marciano as Steve Billings
Chasing Ghosts
After Vic learns that Guardo wasn't Lem's killer, he begins to suspect that Shane could have been responsible. Meanwhile, Vic does a favor for a city official, hoping it will give him an ally in his quest to avoid early retirement.
S6E7David Marciano as Steve Billings
Exiled
Shane contacts the Armenian mob and collects information against the Strike Team, in order to protect himself from Vic. Meanwhile, Vic learns that Hernan lied about the San Marcos massacre when the Byz Lats retaliate against the Salvadorans.
S6E8David Marciano as Steve Billings
The Math of the Wrath
Shane offers his services to Kesakhian's daughter, who is running the Armenian mob for her sick father. Meanwhile, Hiatt tells Vic that Claudette has made sure that Vic's "retirement" from the Strike Team is a done deal.
S6E9David Marciano as Steve Billings
Recoil
Vic's city official can't help him out with his forced retirement, but he finds a new ally when he solves the San Marcos murders. Shane and Vic fight over Kesakhian's daughter's loyalties, and Billings gets revenge on Dutch.
S6E10David Marciano as Steve Billings
Spanish Practices
Vic and Aceveda form an unlikely alliance to expose a mutual enemy.
S7E1David Marciano as Steve Billings
Coefficient of Drag
Vic and Shane's relationship continues to deteriorate as they work against each other to track down the Armenian hit man. The war between the Mexicans and Salvadorans continues, and Vic gets a temporary reprieve from early retirement.
S7E2David Marciano as Steve Billings
Snitch
Vic's plan to play the Armenians against the Mexicans could backfire when the wrong man is targeted. Dutch plays hardball to get a witness to a homicide to step forward, and the mayor's new initiative to stop gang violence backfires.
S7E3David Marciano as Steve Billings
Money Shot
Vic sets up a plan behind Shane's back to get the Armenians on their side. Meanwhile, Gardocki starts getting fed up about Vic continuing to work with Shane, and Dutch tries to get Danni a desk job to protect her.
S7E4David Marciano as Steve Billings
Genocide
Now that Aceveda has taken the "blackmail box" from Vic, Vic tries to convince Cruz Pezuela that the Armenians stole it. However, his ruse has more unintended consequences.
S7E5David Marciano as Steve Billings
Game Face
Vic learns that the federal agent helping them out is in the "blackmail box" and has ties to Cruz Pezuela. Dutch tries to find out if he has a future serial killer on his hands, and Claudette's health is brought into question.
S7E6David Marciano as Steve Billings
Animal Control
Vic launches his latest plan to get rid of the Armenian threat. However, the main difference in this plan is that, if successful, it will get rid of Shane too. Meanwhile for Shane, a ghost from his past reemerges.
S7E7David Marciano as Steve Billings
Bitches Brew
Vic loses his hearing, which is brought up ahead of schedule, and faces early retirement. He also loses favor with Cruz Pezuela and begins playing hardball with Dani, who wants him to give up all rights to their child.
S7E8David Marciano as Steve Billings
Parricide
Shane's plan to get rid of Vic and Ronnie falls apart and threatens to be exposed. Cruz Pezuela asks Vic to strong-arm a priest, while David Aceveda joins Vic in working with the feds to bring Pezuela down.
S7E9David Marciano as Steve Billings
Moving Day
Vic turns in his badge a week early and sets out to find and kill Shane and his wife. However, Ronnie is benched after Claudette shuts down the Strike Team. Meanwhile, Aceveda finds out more disturbing information about Cruz Pezuela.
S7E10David Marciano as Steve Billings
Party Line
As he puts a price on Shane's head, Vic is asked to prove his loyalty to Beltran by killing Pezuela.
S7E11David Marciano as Steve Billings
Petty Cash
As everything falls into place for the sting operation to bring Vic down, Shane is desperate for money. Back at the Barn, Ronnie tries to intercept a blackmail package, and Aceveda begins to question Pezuela's "suicide."
S7E12David Marciano as Steve Billings
Possible Kill Screen
Mara breaks her collarbone and accidentally shoots and kills an innocent person when Shane's plan to get more money goes sideways. Meanwhile, Vic contemplates leaving Ronnie out to dry and taking a deal with the Feds without him.
S7E13David Marciano as Steve Billings
Family Meeting
As Vic hopes his immunity deal will help keep his family together, and Shane takes extreme measures to keep his pregnant wife from being charged with murder, Dutch finds he's a suspect in the disappearance of a teenage serial killer's mother.