The Shield/Back in the Hole

Back in the Hole
Season 4, Episode 10
Airdate	May 24, 2005
Production Number	5012-04-410
Teleplay by	Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft
Story by	Shawn Ryan
Directed by	Scott Brazil
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The Shield — Season Four

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Back in the Hole is the tenth episode of the fourth season of The Shield, and the fifty-first episode overall.

Starring: Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey), Glenn Close (Captain Monica Rowling), Catherine Dent (Officer Danielle "Danny" Sofer), Walton Goggins (Detective Shane Vendrell), Michael Jace (Officer Julien Lowe), Kenneth Johnson (Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky), Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach), Benito Martinez (Councilman David Aceveda)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Also Starring: Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki)

Guest Starring: Michael Peña (Detective Armando "Army" Renta), Camillia Sanes (Aurora Aceveda), Abby Brammell (Sara Frazier), Jose Zuniga (IAD Agent), Ray Campbell (Kleavon Gardner), Onahoua Rodriguez (Amoulio Melendez), Lennie Loftin (Tom), Melissa Paull (Trina), Richard Augustine (Morgan)

and Anthony Anderson (Antwon Mitchell)

Co-Starring: Melanie Myers (Paula), J.J. Boone (Fatima), Danny Martinez (Pitarrio), Isabel Mares (Sophia)

Plot Overview

Rowling interrogates Antwon with Vic while the others desperately try to find Angie's body.

Claudette and Dutch are put on the murder of a woman with their suspect the man they brought in from Texas.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Emolia sees Lem take Pitarrio's stash when asking about Angie's body.

• Unable to get to Angie's body before Antwon sics the cops on the site, Vic gets Shane to come clean. She arranges for them Shane and Army to take a polygraph test.

• The tape of Antwon soliciting Shane to kill Vic is used for him to make a deal to take the death penalty off the table and goes to prison with his son. He denies knowing anything about the murder of Carl and Scooby, but suggests later to Vic that he does know something.

• Unable to prove his guilt, Kleavon Gardner is released despite attempts to convince his sister.

Characters

• Aceveda attempts to reenact his rape on Frazier before he calls off their relationship. He then goes home to reconnect with his family.

Trivia

The Show

• This episode has a 20 minute extended runtime and originally ran as a 90 minute episode.