The Shield/Carte Blanche

Carte Blanche
Season 2, Episode 4
Airdate	January 28, 2003
Production Number	5012-02-204
Written by	Reed Steiner
Directed by	Peter Horton
← 2x03 Partners	2x05 → Greenlit
The Shield — Season Two

This article about an episode needs to be expanded with more information. Please help out by editing it.

Carte Blanche is the fourth episode of the second season of The Shield, and the seventeenth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey), Catherine Dent (Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer), Walton Goggins (Detective Shane Vendrell), Michael Jace (Officer Julien Lowe), Kenneth Johnson (Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky) (credit only), Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach), Benito Martinez (Captain David Aceveda)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: Lucinda Jenney (Lanie Kellis), Shaun Duke (Alex Eznik), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), Cheryl White (Marissa), RonReaco Lee (Taylor Orrs), Veena Bidasha (Yassirah Al-Thani), Chris Payne Gilbert (Charlie Foster), Don Maloney (Lance Hinkle)

Co-Starring: Jonathan Neil Schneider (Manny Sandoval), David Caprita (Hagop), Terrence Flack (Tike), Woon Young Park (Korean Community Leader), Esther K. Chae (Donna), Mario Prado (Aaron Hamad), Mahryah Shain (Doug), Nansi Aluka (Yassirah's Friend), Kasha Kropinski (Patty Ann Hinkle)

Featuring: Autumn Chiklis (Cassidy Mackey), Joel Rosenthal (Matthew Mackey), Aron Kader (Hrach), Vaz Andreas (Kolb), Tariq Jalil (Abu Ibish), Robert Isaac Lee (Program Guy), Greg Joung Paik (Korean Aide), Cati Jean (Dancer)

Uncredited: Erik Betts (The Shooter), Ryun Yu (Pastor Sung), Jennifer Zivolich (Armenian Dancer)

Plot Overview

Vic and Shane go undercover as dirty cops to catch a shooter, but it soon widens to take down a powerful leader in the Armenian mob.

A Toy for Guns drive leads to finding a gun linked to a shooting in one of Claudette's older cases.

The Arab man's widow pursues legal action Danny.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Aceveda follows Lanie's suggestion of putting a minority on the Strike Team.

• Vic and Shane learn about the Armenian money train. Vic decides that they're going to rip it off.

Characters

• Vic abides by his promise of Corrine bringing the kids back by moving out and gets a hotel room.

Referbacks

• Shane's badge resurfaces after it was stolen in Tijuana in "The Quick Fix".

Quotes

• Vic: You want us to catch this killer or not?

Aceveda: Going undercover as dirty cops. You think you can pull that off?

Vic: We can try.