The 17 year old finale of "The Shield" hits different now. (i.redd.it)

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Reminder of the details for those of you who have a hazy memory of the finale. ICE looked at Vic Mackey's resume including many charges, complaints and allegations of excessive force, and that he was a prime suspect in multiple murder investigations, and said "Yes please! Have full immunity!"

Good thing nothing like that would ever happen in real life.

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[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it was exactly this. He wanted to be the big action hero, so to him, rotting behind a desk on a short leash would be the worst possible ending. Even in prison he could play out his power fantasy, even on a small scale. Here, he's finished.

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