The Shield/Dead Soldiers

Dead Soldiers
Season 2, Episode 2
Airdate	January 14, 2003
Production Number	5012-02-202
Written by	Kurt Sutter
Directed by	John Badham
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The Shield — Season Two

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Dead Soldiers is the second episode of the second season of The Shield, and the fifteenth 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), Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach), Benito Martinez (Captain David Aceveda)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: Lucinda Jenney ( Kellis), Mark Rolston (Gordie Liman), Danny Pino (Armando "Armadillo" Quintero), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki), Cedric Pendleton (Theodore "Tio" Osmond), Dylan Haggerty (Barney Plotkin), Veena Bidasha (Yassirah Al-Thani)

Co-Starring: Navid Negahban (Zayed), Lisa Renee Pitts (Alene Carmichael), V.J. Foster (Smith), Rafael J. Noblé (Emanuel Mentoya), Michael Dunn (Izzy), Mann Alfonso (Ripley), Lee Reherman (Ludwig), Daniel Edward Mora (Older Banger), Anthony Vatsula (Berlin Ortegon)

Featuring: Matt Corboy (Carlson), Daniel Curtis Lee (Cassius), Roberto Garcia (Chapa), Anthony Rosales (Banger (Perez))

Plot Overview

After Tio's comcic book store is burned down, it leads Claudette onto Armadillo with Vic trying desperately to keep her from finding out that Tio is more than his informant. To keep the civilian auditor from looking over Vic's shoulder, Aceveda sends Lanie with Dutch to solve the murder of a meter maid.

Danny and Julien get called to a dispute between a woman and her Muslim neighbour.

Notes

Music

• Whitehouse - "Cuentan Que El"

• Kinto Sol - "No Muerdas La Mano"

• Supervision - "Baby"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Tio is killed.

Characters

• Danny shoots the Arab man.

• Vic finally finds Corrine, but finds she's got her own P.I. and maybe signing a restraining order against him.

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• Reeling from his emotional confrontation with Corrine and having found Tio has been killed, Vic shows up at Armadillo's to get him to leave. After he refuses, Vic loses it and begins hitting him a thick law book. When Armadillo still refuses, Vic shoves his face onto a stove before Shane and Lem have to pry him away.

Quotes

• Zayed Al-Thani: Am I a suspect just because I am Arab?

Danny: No, sir. You're a suspect because 19 guys who look like your twin brother killed 3,000 Americans. Look, the easiest way for us to handle this is just let us come in, take a look around.

Julien: Or we can file a report with the federal government and let them check you out.

Zayed Al-Thani: (opens door) God bless America.

• Claudette: You send me on a bogus run. You cut loose the only lead I have. And then you let this guy cut a deal that buries my case. What the hell is going on?!

Vic: Come on, Claudette, we want this bastard as much as you do.

Aceveda: We got three arsonists off the streets. I think that's a pretty good day.

Claudette: Save the statistic crowing for your civilian auditor. What happened here today was bullshit! Now, I don't know exactly what the puzzle looks like yet, but the pieces I see are pretty goddamn ugly. (to Vic) I have never interfered with how you run your team... (to Aceveda) or how you run for office. I get assigned a case. I'm gonna find the truth. And if I have to go through both of you, I'll get it.