I watched an episode last week; I see Reed Diamond (from Homicide), and I'm thinking, cool, I like that guy.
Then the 'hero' goes and pops him at the end of the episode.
Yowch!
Shield is way too cool to actually be on free tv (feels like an HBO thing). I hope they can keep up the intensity. When Mackey off and popped that newboy at the end of the first episode, I knew it was the best TV drama I've seen in years.