Since you mentioned Goggins, I thought I’d ‘name drop’ the fact that I actually spoke with Kenny Johnson once — the guy who played Lem on “The Shield”. I asked him [paraphrasing]: “What did you think about being killed off on The Shield?” and he went on about how upset he was and that, according to him, it was “the beginning of the end of [creator] Shawn Ryan”.
He’s on “Bates Motel” now — Norman Bates’ uncle.
Thanx. I saw the episode a few weeks ago when he arrived in town.
The Shield was a landmark for the non-premium cable networks for my money.
PS. I think The Shield was winding down anyway. So, his character may had died, but it seemed to fit the plot lines to me and was near the end of the line for the “team.”