“We had a deal,” says Vic Mackey to the comptroller at the start of “Recoil.” “Your daughter’s reputation for my job.”…

“Exiled” is a freight train. Responding to San Marcos, the Byz Lats take their revenge, launching pretty much…

You can tell from the titles that “Haunts” and “Chasing Ghosts” are after very similar things. In “Haunts,” Dutch and…

One of Ronnie’s first scenes in “Back To One” is a Strike Team pow-wow at the safehouse with Guardo’s girlfriend. He…

The moment I saw Lem’s smiling face in “Wins And Losses,” everything came bubbling up again. TV deaths have that kind…

The first time I ever turned on The Shield, it was the final act of “Postpartum.” Great timing. It must have been a…

“Of Mice And Lem” would make any episode look like a snoozer—well, almost any, says the finale—but “Smoked” is so…

The police are cowboying up in Ferguson, Missouri, and the command is a joke at every level. Amnesty International has…

“Trophy” and “Rap Payback” (season five, episodes five and six; originally aired 2/7/2006 and 2/14/2006)

“Jailbait” and “Tapa Boca” (season five, episodes three and four; originally aired 1/24/2006 and 1/31/2006)

“Extraction” and “Enemy Of Good” (season five, episodes one and two; originally aired 1/10/2006 and 1/17/2006)

“Ain’t That A Shame” (season four, episode 13; originally aired 6/14/2005)

“A Thousand Deaths” and “Judas Priest” (season four, episodes 11 and 12; originally aired 5/31/2005 and 6/7/2005)

“String Theory” and “Back In The Hole” (season four, episodes nine and 10; originally aired 5/17/2005 and 5/24/2005)

“Hurt” and “Cut Throat” (season four, episodes seven and eight; originally aired 4/26/2005 and 5/3/2005)

“Tar Baby” and “Insurgents” (season four, episodes three and four; originally aired 4/12/2005 and 4/19/2005)

“Bang” and “Doghouse” (season four, episodes three and four; originally aired 3/29/2005 and 4/5/2005)

“The Cure” and “Grave” (season four, episodes one and two; originally aired 3/15/2005 and 3/22/2005)

“On Tilt” (season three, episodes 15; originally aired 6/15/2004)

“Fire In The Hole” and “All In” (season three, episodes 13 and 14; originally aired 6/1/2004 and 6/8/2004)