While staking out the Russian mob leader who was pulled over by Scooby and Carl for traffic violation, the Strike Team uncovers a C4 smuggling ring. They move in and captures the mob leader, Tretiak, then use an unconventional interrogation tactic: strapping C4 to him and threatening to blow him up unless he talks. Tretiak panics, falls over, and explodes. His fearful colleague, Osip, then identifies a young American black man who hired the Nigerians to cuddle Scooby and Carl.

The Shield Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - The Cure
• s04e02 - Grave
• s04e03 - Bang
• s04e04 - Doghouse
• s04e05 - Tar Baby
• s04e06 - Insurgents
• s04e07 - Hurts
• s04e08 - Cut Throat
• s04e09 - String Theory
• s04e10 - Back in the Hole
• s04e11 - A Thousand Deaths
• s04e12 - Judas Priest
• s04e13 - Ain't That a Shame?

The Shield Show Summary

The Shield breaks the conventional formula of the cop genre. It plays out in a tough, morally ambiguous world in which the line between good and bad is crossed ever day. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions.

The Shield stars rogue cop "Det. Vic Mackey", leader of the elite Strike Team unit, who is effective at eliminating crime but who operates under his own set of rules. "Captain David Aceveda", the young precinct head who doesn't like Mackey's tactics and wants to bust him off the force. And "Det. Claudette Wyms", a veteran detective who understands Mackey and knows how to play both sides of the fence.