The Shield/Blood and Water

Blood and Water
Season 3, Episode 2
Airdate	March 16, 2004
Production Number	5012-03-302
Written by	Charles H. Eglee & Kim Clements
Directed by	Clark Johnson
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The Shield — Season Three

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Blood and Water is the second episode of the third season of The Shield, and the twenty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Chiklis (Detective Vic Mackey), 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 (Captain David Aceveda)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: Sticky Fingaz (Kern Little), Michele Hicks (Mara Sewell), Brian White (Detective Tavon Garris), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki), Guillermo Diaz (Garza), Jeremy Ray Valdez (Esteban)

and Ron Canada (Chief of Police Tom Bankston)

Co-Starring: Matt Gerald (Tommy Hisk), Frankie Rodriguez (Diagur), R. Ernie Silva (Lonzo), Jose Rosario (Pastor Gus Cruz), Bill Duggan (Tech), Amaris Dupree (Jaelene)

Uncredited: Daniel Lujan (Thug in line up)

Plot Overview

The team loses some of the Armenian money when Vic uses it in a sting to recover stolen guns and it's taken. They catch a break when Claudette and Dutch investigate the shooting of two gang members, leaving one survivor, which ties into the gunrunning case.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Claudette is put in charge of the Strike Team and the incoming Decoy Squad.

• Danny is reinstated.

Referbacks

• Vic alludes to the events of "Dawg Days" when he locked Kern and T-Bonz in a steel container.

Trivia

Goofs

• In the clubhouse, as he walks away from Vic, Shane has the bag over his shoulder, but not in the next shot.

Quotes

• Dutch: You're the best cop I've ever worked with.

Claudette: Well, thank you.

Dutch: Nobody else ever came close to keeping up with me. Hold that thought.

Claudette: Do I have to?