The Shield/Bottom Bitch

Bottom Bitch
Season 3, Episode 3
Airdate	March 23, 2004
Production Number	5012-03-303
Written by	Scott Rosenbaum & Adam E. Fierro
Directed by	Scott Brazil
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The Shield — Season Three

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Bottom Bitch is the third episode of the third season of The Shield, and the twenty-ninth 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: Brian White (Detective Tavon Garris), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki), Efrain Figueroa (Jorge Machado), Nicki Micheaux (Detective Trish George), Mageina Tovah (Farrah), Gareth Williams (Detective Walon Burke), Brent Sexton (Paul Fets), Jeanette Miller (Isabel Nelson)

and Michele Hicks (Mara Sewell)

Co-Starring: Matt Gerald (Tommy Hisk), Aisha Hinds (Annie), Rudy Moreno (Javier Sanchez), Heather McPhaul (Wanda), Melanie Myers (Paula), Faruq Tauheed (Smooth), Julanne Chidi Hill (Cocoa), Marilyn Sanabria (Layla), Autumn Chiklis (Cassidy Mackey), Teres Byrne (Rachel Carlino), Larry Cedar (Stan Carlino), Kenneth Colom (Lucas), Christine Lusita (Caliente)

Uncredited: Ted Emporellis (Eddie), Brian Reed Garvin (Hostile Waiter)

Plot Overview

Claudette's first operation with the Decoy Squad and Strike Team involves getting prostitutes off the streets of targeted red light districts and busting johns, but Aceveda is put in a position when one of the latter turns out to be an important man. One of the prostitutes tries desperately to get Vic's help in taking down her pimp.

Dutch and Claudette work on a case of the rape of an elderly woman.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The Decoy Squad joins the Barn.

• The first case dealing with the Cuddler Rapist.

Characters

• Shane learns Mara's pregnant and asks her to marry him.

Quotes

• Farrah: You didn't give a shit about Connie!

Vic: I tolerated her to the extent she could help me make cases.

Farrah: She's dead because of you.

Vic: No. You all find ways of killing yourselves. Go find yours.