[stacytec]

That was sick! You knew Lem was getting erased... but by Shane for Pete's sake!? This makes a harsh new plot line. Dutch - the best Detective in the barn who already knows the strike team is dirty , isn't going to follow the weapons dealer angle for very long. Almost everyone around Lem's body knew that the strike team had something to do with it except Ron and Vic. Totally f-ing twisted!

[ssaftler]

I can't help but wonder if the rest of the Strike Team also had a similar device. My thinking is that, in the event that Lem was NOT going to go to Mexico, he had to be eliminated. No Lem, no case. Especially since that female P.I. is scared enough of Vic to get lost and forget what she told Kavanaugh.

To me, Shane hasn't got the brains to have come up with something that clever.

[Pro-Bush]

Dutch is a complex character. Did you see him kill that cat last season? His obsession and corruptness with engaging the rookie, Tina (who should be fired - did you hear her crying when she say Lem dead and bloated?)is a doorway for blackmail for Vic to utilize when necessary. Shane has kids and wifey to care for - everyone is fair game. Great finale!!

[LS]

Well, just think of this: whose tire tracks and shoe prints are all over the dirt in the area where Shane killed Lem? In the first place, good CSI people wouldn't have allowed half the police force to walk in and out of that crime scene. Shane may have been temporarily saved by that.

But unfortunately, I think this means the season only has one more run, because clearly, either Vic or Antoine Mitchell will kill Shane, then there is no more strike team. And Vic needs to arrange a double "suicide" featuring Kavanaugh and Dutch, maybe exposed in a gay love affair:)