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The Shield/Tapa Boca
| Tapa Boca | |
| Season 5, Episode 4 | |
| Airdate | January 31, 2006 |
| Production Number | 5012-05-504 |
| Written by | Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain |
| Directed by | Guy Ferland |
| ← 5x03 Jailbait |
5x05 → Trophy |
| The Shield — Season Five | |
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Tapa Boca is the fourth episode of the fifth season of The Shield, and the fifty-eighth 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 (Councilman David Aceveda), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki)
and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)
Guest Starring: Forest Whitaker (Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh), David Marciano (Captain Steve Billings), Paula Garces (Officer Tina Hanlon), Onahoua Rodriguez (Emolia Melendez), Joe Stevens (Leon Frankel) Sahara Garey (Marla), Nashawn Kearse (Rubin), David Grammer (Irate Prisoner), Steven Kozlowski (Justin Lamott)
and Laura Harring (Rebecca Doyle)
Co-Starring: Terrance Ellis (Manfred), Marilyn A. Harris (Florence), JR Smith (Mr. Gordon), Rubin Rubio (Gualberto), John J. Acosta (Old Latino Man), Benita Marti (Rahdika)
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Plot Overview
While the Strike Team investigate a shooting with the help of the intended target, Vic gets a lawyer and tries to find who IAD may have as the witness to Lem taking the heroin.
Dutch and Claudette try to find the baby cut out of a dead pregnant woman.
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
- Vic hires Rebecca Doyle.
- Vic discovers Emolia ratted Lem out to IDA and they've been using her for the past six months.
Characters
- The episode takes place on Lem's birthday. While Kavanaugh gets him a gift, none of the others on the Strike Team know.
- Corrine confronts Kavanaugh about his deception. He then comes clean about his investigation and warns her not to mention anything or she could be charged with obstruction of justice.
- Dutch learns about Claudette taking medication.
