TV series / 2002-2008

The Shield

The Shield is a TV series from 2002-2008. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 7 seasons and 88 rated episodes.

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7 seasons 88 rated episodes 8.2 average 191,376 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567
1 8.6 8.1 8.2 7.6 8.4 8.5 8.5
2 7.8 8.7 7.8 7.4 8.1 8.6 7.8
3 7.6 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.9 8.4 8.0
4 7.7 8.0 8.4 7.6 8.3 8.0 8.0
5 8.3 8.1 8.5 8.2 8.8 8.2 7.9
6 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.8 8.0 8.9 8.7
7 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.4 7.9 7.9
8 8.0 8.3 8.0 8.1 9.0 7.7 9.2
9 7.7 7.3 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.1 8.4
10 8.7 8.0 8.4 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.7
11 7.9 8.0 8.4 7.8 9.4 8.4
12 8.3 8.2 7.8 8.2 9.5
13 9.0 8.8 8.4 8.3 9.7
14 8.8
15 9.0

Series summary

About The Shield

The rated episodes of The Shield have an average IMDb rating of 8.2 based on 191,376 episode votes. Season 7 has the highest average rating at 8.5 across 13 rated episodes. Season 4 has the lowest average rating at 7.9.

Genre
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Runtime
45 minute episodes
Principal cast
Michael Chiklis, Michael Jace, Jay Karnes, CCH Pounder, Benito Martinez, and Walton Goggins
Writers
Shawn Ryan, Kurt Sutter, and Scott Rosenbaum
Directors
Guy Ferland, Scott Brazil, and Clark Johnson
Also known as
El escudo, Cớm Bẩn, and Lege si faradelege

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S7E13: Family Meeting The best episode of The Shield is S7E13: Family Meeting with a 9.7 rating / 5,034 votes
  2. S7E12: Possible Kill Screen 9.5 rating / 2,996 votes
  3. S5E11: Postpartum 9.4 rating / 3,395 votes
  4. S7E8: Parricide 9.2 rating / 2,534 votes
  5. S1E13: Circles 9.0 rating / 2,715 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S2E9: Co-Pilot The worse episode of The Shield is S2E9: Co-Pilot with a 7.3 rating / 2,120 votes
  2. S4E2: Grave 7.4 rating / 1,913 votes
  3. S4E3: Bang 7.5 rating / 1,925 votes
  4. S1E3: The Spread 7.6 rating / 2,656 votes
  5. S4E1: The Cure 7.6 rating / 1,980 votes