The Shield/Spanish Practices

Spanish Practices
Season 6, Episode 10
Airdate	June 5, 2007
Production Number	5012-05-521
Written by	Shawn Ryan & Scott Rosenbaum
Directed by	Paris Barclay
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The Shield — Season Six

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Spanish Practices is the tenth episode of the sixth season of The Shield, and the seventy-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey), Catherine Dent (Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer), Walton Goggins (Detective Shane Vendrell), Michael Jace (Officer Julien Lowe), Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach), Benito Martinez (Councilman David Aceveda), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki)

and CCH Pounder (Captain Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: Alex O'Loughlin (Detective Kevin Hiatt), David Marciano (Detective Steve Billings), Paula Garces (Officer Tina Hanlon), F.J. Rio (Cruz Pezuela), Christopher Cousins (Benjamin Webb), Kwame Patterson (Streetz), Hector Luis Bustamante (Luis Aramboles)

and Franka Potente (Diro Kesakhian)

Co-Starring: Autumn Chiklis (Cassidy), Patrick O'Connor (Romero's Lawyer), Ludwig Manukian (Rezian), Ada Luz Pla (Desda), Casey Washington (Jimmy Barnes), Chaney Kley (Asher), John McLaughlin (Ray), Liz Montgomery (Mary), Baxter Humby (Romero), J. David Shanks (Officer Stamos), Jack Weber (Matthew), Mike "Skripture" Foy (Bones), Raff Anoushian (Zadofian), Kareem Grimes (Burnout), Dabier Snell (Rebound), Melanie Myers (Paula), Omari Hughes (Older Kid), Angela Sargeant (Clerk), Cathleen Johnson (Gina), Brian Abraham (Sarkis)

Plot Overview

When Diro targets Vic's family in retribution, Shane takes drastic measures.

Instead of backing off, Vic keeps his eye on Penzuela and Aceveda's help.

Hiatt takes more of a charge with the Strike Team and takes it in a different direction.

Dutch and Danny investigate the death of a beloved homeless man.

Notes

Music

• Skripture - "Interview (Respek)"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Claudette finds Hiatt has too soft tactics and lets him go.

• Shane stops the hit from being carried out by one of Diro's men by locking Corrine and Cassidy in the back of a truck, releasing them once he shoots him and lets him leave if he backs Rezian.

• Rezian takes control and goes after Diro. She leaves, but not before turning off her father's life support.

• Releasing the money to Romero, they find it dropped off to an office building run by a man named Aramboles, a former Mexican intelligence officer assigned to investigate cartels. They are presumably in business so Penzuela can use influence so the Mexican mob can buy up land in Farmington to do illegal businesses.

• Vic stops Aramboles's car and contacts Aceveda where they find the trunk is filled with files and pictures that are to be used as blackmail. Vic then drives off with the car, leaving Aramboles behind.

Characters

• Billings files for disability after hitting his head trying to break up the fight between Vic and Kavanaugh.

• Shane aligns himself with Rezian in order to save Vic's family, on the condition that he gives up Kesakhian and provide protection.

• Despite Corrine and his kids showing up, Vic abruptly leaves his review hearing before it can begin.

• After experiencing an emotional moment, Dutch and Danny kiss.

Trivia

The Show

• This was an extended episode, running nearly 20 minutes longer at an hour and four minutes without commercials.

Quotes

• Dutch: Guy's survived about every indignity and injury a man can suffer lived his life alone. In the end, his heart just quit.

Claudette: Maybe he figured this place wasn't worth sticking around for any longer.