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.

7 seasons 88 rated episodes 8.2 average 232,742 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1234567
1 8.6 8.1 8.2 7.6 8.3 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 8.2 8.0 8.0
5 8.3 8.1 8.4 8.2 8.8 8.1 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 8.9 7.7 9.1
9 7.7 7.4 8.1 7.9 8.2 8.1 8.4
10 8.7 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.7 8.6
11 7.9 8.0 8.4 7.8 9.4 8.4
12 8.2 8.2 7.8 8.2 9.5
13 8.9 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 232,742 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, and 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 / 5,282 votes
  2. S7E12: Possible Kill Screen 9.5 rating / 3,394 votes
  3. S5E11: Postpartum 9.4 rating / 3,765 votes
  4. S7E8: Parricide 9.1 rating / 2,957 votes
  5. S3E15: On Tilt 9.0 rating / 2,858 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S2E9: Co-Pilot The worse episode of The Shield is S2E9: Co-Pilot with a 7.4 rating / 2,605 votes
  2. S4E2: Grave 7.4 rating / 2,399 votes
  3. S4E3: Bang 7.5 rating / 2,415 votes
  4. S1E3: The Spread 7.6 rating / 3,116 votes
  5. S4E1: The Cure 7.6 rating / 2,463 votes