Kind of an odd episode - there were lots of little pieces floating around, and not all of them seemed to be related. There have certainly been times where The Shield has shown Vic juggling multiple balls at once, but they still all came together into a cohesive whole, and I didn't get that vibe here. In particular, Vic's little sidetrip to roust some Jamaican drug-dealers with some ex-cops seemed like an odd diversion wedged into a larger story. Which makes me wonder if there will be repercussions from that later on - it's not like The Shield to introduce those kind of guys without at least touching on them again later.
That being said, this was still mostly a solid episode. Between Vic's breakdown last week and Shane's self-destructive bent, I'm still amazed Ronnie is hanging in there - I'm expecting Ronnie to reveal his own eject button at some point here. Mara is now fully in the know here; if she's smart, she'll start getting her own escape plan going, too. Billings continues to amaze - the job the writers are doing over the last few episodes, giving him some humanity while still keeping him basically an asshole, is good stuff. And he was actually competent this week!
I've got to believe that everyone with brains (Ronnie, Mara, maybe Corrine, Claudette - though she's pretty much been kept in the dark so far) is going to start inching away from Vic and Shane by the end of this season. And based on the preview, now that they see their first target was a wrong one, Vic's spotlight may start swinging over to Shane sooner rather than later.
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