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SEASON 5
Retail Price (not our price): $59.98
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-03-12
Studio: SHIELD
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Story of a Los Angeles police precinct where the actions of the elite strike team's leader, Detective Vic Mackey and his officers, teeter on the brink of legal and illegal.No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: DVDArtist: SHIELDTitle: SEASON 5Street Release Date: 03/27/2007

2) Amazon.com
Shane... oh, Shane... what have you done? "Conscience is a killer" is the catchphrase that made season 5 of The Shield the most intense season of the series to date. These 11 tightly scripted episodes comprise the first half of a 21-episode arc, with series creator Shawn Ryan referring to the sixth season (broadcast in 2007) as "Season 5.1." This is The Shield at its finest, culminating in a climactic 11th episode ("Postpartum") that ricochets the series toward a complex range of dramatic complications. Jumping the shark? Not a chance, pal--not when you've got soon-to-be Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker in his outstanding guest-star role as Det. John Kavanaugh, the upright, tormented Internal Affairs cop determined to destroy Det. Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) and his corrupt LAPD Strike Team. As Kavanaugh mounts an obsessive campaign to reveal Mackey's shameful secrets, conscience is a killer in the Strike Team's midst: Ronnie (David Rees Snell) maintains a stoical voice of reason, but as Mackey recruits (and seduces) a savvy lawyer (Laura Harring) to defend against Kavanaugh's harassment, Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky (Kenneth Johnson, never better) desperately protects the Strike Team with a sacrificial gambit that provokes Shane (Walton Goggins) to commit a crime that's both shockingly tragic and dramatically ingenious, since it forcefully propels The Shield toward a bold and unpredictable future. Supporting-character arcs are equally fresh and involving: Officer Danny Sofer (Catherine Dent) is eight months pregnant with Mackey's child; Wyms (CCH Pounder) struggles with a disabling case of lupus before assuming Captaincy of "The Barn"; Dutch (Jay Karnes) is reluctantly teamed with the ethically challenged ex-Captain Billings (David Marciano), leading to a perfect blend of comic relief; and while Aceveda (Benito Martinez) is frantically wedged between Mackey and Kavanaugh, beat-cop Julien (Michael Jace) copes with an eager but incompetent rookie (Paula Garces) who benefits from Dutch's self-serving mentorship. And while season 5 dishes up plenty of crime-fighting action, it's Kavanaugh's presence (and Whitaker's offbeat, intimidating performance) that keeps these 11 episodes focused with laser-like intensity. (Kudos also to Cathy Cahlin Ryan for her superb work as Mackey's anguished but cool-headed wife.) As usual with The Shield, the DVD bonus features are outstanding, emphasizing the series' cast and crew as a close-knit family, deeply affected by the departure of a major cast member and the death (on April 17, 2006, from complications of Lyme Disease and Lou Gehrig's Disease) of veteran director/producer Scott Brazil, whose contributions to The Shield were nothing less than essential. Beloved by all, Brazil is honored with a memorial featurette, and the powerful 88-minute documentary "Delivering the Baby: The Making of Episode 511" intimately chronicles the production of "Postpartum" and its emotional impact on everyone involved. Audio commentaries for all 11 episodes add to the series' rich familial history (these rank among the best TV-related DVD commentaries ever), and the "TV Academy Panel" is a well-moderated Q&A (by Entertainment Weekly reporter Lynnette Rice) with Chiklis, Ryan, and Whitaker. In the "I.A.D." featurette, The Shield's police consultants analyze Whitaker's character and the essential role of the Internal Affairs Division, and a wealth of deleted scenes prove, yet again, that The Shield maintains its excellence even on the cutting-room floor. No doubt about it, season 5 will leave you begging for season 6. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) If I could quit my life and watch the Shield I would. Another unbelievable season   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
If I could quit my life and watch The Shield I would, and for a week I kind of did watching every season available consecutively having my own marathon.I own every single season of The Shield on DVD that is available for purchase and I have been following the show since the beginning and every season is great. Granted some are weaker than others in comparison, but they are still all great. This show is fantastic, get all the seasons immediately - you will not be sorry. Season 5 is particularly crucial and full of surprises. Forest Whittaker is always amazing and his performance in this season is no different. He plays an Internal Affairs officer trying to shut down the strike team and put Vick behind bars. This season has tons of action, violence, suspense, drama, and some sex all when combined equal awesome and fun. This season will leave you in absolute shock, in some cases, tears, and will leave you wanting more and more.

2) Best Show. Period.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love The Shield and I still debating whether I prefer this season or The Shield - Season 4. If you are interested in this season then you have seen the first 4 already, so don't waste anymore time... Hurry up and buy it!

3) Farmington's Finest   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
In more ways than one, as Vic and the members of the former strike team are back in what turns out the most tense and dramatic of all seasons. The addition of Forest Whitaker as a regular cast member, giving a scarily intense performance as Internal Affairs officer Kavanaugh, proves even more successful than the previous year's guest spot by Glenn Close. The season is the shortest to date at only 11 episodes, but tension and intrigue are running high and after a couple of more slow episode that set the storyline in motion the last 8 episodes are the most addictive in the series' history, climaxing in one of the most shocking series finale of all times. The box set is en par with the usual bonus features (lots of commentaries and deleted scenes) and also includes the 15-minute season 6 prequel episode. The 90 minute making of of the season finale is very good and shows how dedicated the actors are in approaching the show, particularly Walton Goggins who turns out to be somewhat of a brooding method actor, something not obvious from his joyous redneck portrayal of Shane Vendrell. Brooding and gloomy also captures the feeling of this feature, courtesy of the shock ending of that episode and the leaving off a cast member. The producers milk this for what it's worth, and while the moping does get a bit much, it just shows what a tight knit group the makers of this show really are.Overall a must for "Shield"-fans and anyone interested in outstanding tv shows.

4) Shield Season 5   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Wow! I found myself rooting for the "bad" guys and hoping IAD died a painful death!! Really gripping show!

5) Good with DVD - upset with shipping   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I bought season 5 on March 1st and here it is March 15th and I still haven't gotten it yet. Having to wait this long has really cut into my viewing time. I have seasons 1 - 4 and have been waiting for season 5 to come in. If I had known that it was going to take this long for it to come in I would have gotten elsewhere. In tracking the order it said that it would be sent out the 4th or 5th. WHERE IS MY ORDER??!!