The Shield/Grave

Grave
Season 4, Episode 2
Airdate	March 22, 2005
Production Number	5012-04-402
Written by	Kurt Sutter
Directed by	Paris Barclay
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The Shield — Season Four

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Grave is the second episode of the fourth season of The Shield, and the forty-third episode overall.

Starring: Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey), Glenn Close (Monica Rowling), 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)

Also Starring: Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki)

Guest Starring: Michael Peña (Detective Armando "Army" Renta), Anna Maria Horsford (ADA Beth Encardi), Laurence Mason (Halpern White), Alex Fernandez (Bob Mamyn), David Marciano (Detective Steve Billings), Donna Cooper (Olivia "Olive" Kenshaw), Dominic Hoffman (Louis Sperling), Joe Renteria (Cal)

and Anthony Anderson (Antwon Mitchell)

Co-Starring: Linda Friedman (Nina), Autumn Chiklis (Cassidy Mackey), Jack Weber (Matthew Mackey), Robert Wu (Scooby), Kelvin Brown (Fat Benish), Elijah Kelley (Jaymon), Marcus Brown (Cromo), Marisa Lauren (Cromo's Girl), Chaney Kley (Asher), Peter Pasco (Cyril), Jane Lanier (Medical Examiner), Kevin Nichols (McReeder), Bert Rosario (Plumber), Gregory White (Fire Captain), Noah Sife (Local), Josh Phillips (John), Ben Onyango (Clerk), Erin Underwood (Hope), Roxanne Dover (Yo), Aasha Davis (Lucy), David Hawthorne (Zerkow)

Uncredited: Katey Sagal (Nancy Gilroy)

Plot Overview

Vic is asked by a friend to find a teen who's turned bad, but his role in a shooting makes the situation worse.

Claudette and Dutch try to solve the rape of a prostitute.

Notes

Music

• Laurie Burgess - "Best in Me"

• Dropkick Murphys - "Amazing Grace"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Ben Gilory dies and Mexico sends his body back to the U.S.

• Aceveda shuts down the AGC sting when he finds Sperling violated his conditions. Rowling and Vic help to renegotiate a deal with Chief Bankston to casting a net to catch a bigger criminal.

• Chief Bankston signs off on Rowling's asset forfeiture plan.

• Rowling gets the men's room fixed.

• Vic learns Antwon is getting the dealers to dump crack for heroin.

• The Chief will only agree to let Vic head the task force if Internal Affairs is given full access to the Barn.

Characters

• Aceveda is turned on by watching the tape of the prostitute being raped and assaulted.

• Lem works in conjunction with Vic and Ronnie.

• Aceveda leaves the Barn, as Rowling sets up her office on the floor with the officers and detectives.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Gilroy's wife, Nancy, is played by the wife of Supervising Producer and writer Kurt Sutter.

• A subplot was cut that involved Taylor Orrs working at a pawn shop when one of his "side deals went sideways" and got a concussion. The storyline would have advanced he and Danny's potential relationship by imply they had sex.

Quotes

• Vic: You hear about Gilroy?

Shane: What, is he back in town?

Vic: Yeah. Spilling his guts at the morgue. Drank himself to death. They're gonna bury him tomorrow. You should be there.

Shane: I wanted the guy dead.

Vic: Well, you got your wish.