*SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING BLOG IF YOU STILL HAVEN’T WATCHED THE SEASON FINALE OF “THE SHIELD”*
… < ding! > Kill off the most loved character on the show.
Seriously, what was Shawn Ryan thinking when he came up with that one? I know, I know, the series is on its way out (with a presupposed final ten episodes airing this fall), but did it really have to end this way? With Lem getting blown to bits by a grenade – A FUCKING GRENADE – no less by his best friend? I mean, Shane used to be my favorite character on the show, and though he was a bit of an arrogant asshole, he always made things right at the end of the day. The biggest problem with all of this, of course, is that throughout the show’s five years on the air, the writers have always made a point of emphasizing the eternal brotherhood between these four guys. What happens to all of that history now? Is it just flushed down the toilet for the sake of edgy television? And if it comes down to that, then shame on you Shawn Ryan for taking the easy way out.
On behalf of all the “Shield” fans still at home shaking their heads in absolute bewilderment, I’d like to exclaim how heartbroken I was to see this betrayal in action. I would have much rather seen Lem killed in prison by Antoine Mitchell than by his best friend, and the writers have turned what would have been the best season in the show’s history into quite possibly the most disappointing. I can only hope that this travesty will be rectified come this fall, but my doubts are abounding. What good can come of this? I see only one solution, and it’s not the one we all hoped for…
