Yeah, an interesting ending.
Despite all the good things Vic did, I would say the show was right to end with everyone seeing that Vic is indeed NOT a good person. He can’t be trusted, period. His selling out Ronnie was the most major case in point. He knew he was going to take the immunity deal, he should’ve warned Ronnie, but he just cared about himself in the end. Sure, he did it to save his wife, but, let’s face it, Ronnie stuck with Vic through far more than his wife ever did or would have.
Dutch is a serial killer. After his practical fawning over the “cuddler rapist” in the interrogation room, I had a feeling that Dutch had finally crossed over into admiring what he hunted. While it was fairly ambiguous in the final episode, I think Dutch has gone whacko on us.
Shane needed to eat a bullet three seasons ago. It was long overdue. Killing his family was definitely a ridiculous move, but it definitely followed with Shane’s overall problem-solving abilities. Still, a sad ending for them.
Aceveda’s pure corruption in a suit, if you ask me. There was little else the show could’ve done to demonstrate that. The only reason he went against Pezuela, I think, is pride. Pezuela tried to blackmail him over an incident that Aceveda had already murdered two people over, and he fought back. Anything softer on Aceveda, and he might’ve just gone along with it.
Overall a sad ending for a great show, but, with people like that, what other ending can there be?
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Yeah, Shane pretty much screwed everything up he got involved in. It's like he tried to emulate Mackey but just didn't have the grey matter to carry it off.
Shane was pretty funny though - like his undercover persona where he went by then name of "Cletus Van Damme".
However, after talking to others, it seems that when Vic sees the cop cars go by, and sees their numbers, and has his gun, perhaps . . . he's going to go spring Ronnie out. You get the sense that Vic Mackey is never defeated.
And for me, the question was never was Vic a "good" person: it was the Jack Nicholson line, "You want him on that wall, you NEED him on that wall." And, in fact, we do.
Nah, Dutch ain’t a serial killer. It’s obvious the boy did it...he killed his friend, and another boy earlier. He then killed his mom and tried to frame Dutch for it.
Ed