Vic

That was indeed an incredible scene on The Shield where Vic confesses most of his previous crimes in exchange for immunity. It was like a serious, harrowing, gut-wrenching version of a type of scene that’s usually played for laughs: the scene where a character dredges up all the horrible things he’s done or gone through in the course of the series. Remember George on Seinfeld reciting his tragic history in order to beat out a shipwreck survivor for an apartment, or Cartman on South Park:

Nothing much to add to this item, but it’s good that we’re finally going to see the last season of The Shield, starting in September.