"The Shield" Dawg Days (2002)

Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers:

Shawn Ryan (creator)
Kevin Arkadie (written by)

TV Series:

"The Shield" (2002)

Original Air Date:

2 April 2002 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Police | Death | Bar | Criminal Investigation | Shoot

Cast

Michael Chiklis	...	Detective Vic Mackey
Catherine Dent	...	Officer Danni Sofer
Walton Goggins	...	Detective Shane Vendrell (credit only)
Michael Jace	...	Officer Julien Lowe
Kenny Johnson	...	Detective Curtis Lemansky (as Kenneth Johnson)
Jay Karnes	...	Detective Holland Wagenbach
Benito Martinez	...	Captain David Aceveda
CCH Pounder	...	Detective Claudette Wyms
Sticky Fingaz	...	Kern Little
John Diehl	...	Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
Walter Jones	...	Rondell Robinson (as Walter Emanuel Jones)
Mark Kiely	...	Pete Shockley
Dex Elliot Sanders	...	T-Bonz (as Dex Elliott Sanders)
Marc McClure	...	Jamison
Efrain Figueroa	...	Jorge Machado

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

MiddKid Productions

Trivia:

The 4th Season 1 episode "Dawg Days" was actually the third to be filmed, and guest director Stephen Gyllenhaal had real trouble establishing the proper look and characterization, only having the pilot episode to go on as a reference point. Gyllenhaal and Michael Chiklis in particular disagreed over how unsympathetically Vic Mackie should be played, with Chiklis' view winning out. The decision was made after this that the writer of the episode would always be on set to assist the director and actors.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene in the Strike Team's club house were Vic Mackey tells Officer Sofer that he "took care of it" Vic can be seen cleaning his gun. When Officer Sofer enters the room Vic is just about to begin to clean the barrel, but when the shot changes he is part way through and removes the brush.

Quotes:

Corrine Mackey: Ah, Matthew thinks he's a dog now.
Detective Vic Mackey: A german sheperd, so what?