The Shield/Hurt

Hurt
Season 4, Episode 7
Airdate	April 26, 2005
Production Number	5012-04-407
Written by	Scott Rosenbaum & Lia L. Langworthy
Directed by	Nick Gomez
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The Shield — Season Four

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Hurt is the seventh episode of the fourth season of The Shield, and the forty-eighth 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), Garrett M. Brown (Frank), Lombardo Boyar (Hernesto), Nigel Gibbs (Assistant Chief Roy Phillips), Mark Ivanir (Ohelo "Halo" Gutierez), Cyd Strittmatter (Kathy), Tara Buck (Susan Gary), Greg Davis, Jr. (Vasco), Melody Garrett (DCFS Supervisor)

and Anthony Anderson (Antwon Mitchell)

Co-Starring: Kirk Zipfel (Arthur), Bob Rumnock (Paul Sanderson), Michael J. Gonzalez (Garcia), Sean Blakemore (John Sullivan), Jordyn Barber (Bibi), Giovanni Lopes (Hielo), Matt Spangler (Darnell), Tico Wamai (Cop)

Plot Overview

As they close in on a Russian mob boss, a doctored video of the church raid surfaces, forcing Rowling to put Vic on the sidelines. Already distrustful of Shane, Vic learns Antwon Mitchell has requested Shane kill Vic.

Rowling works with Claudette and Dutch to investigate a foster home when a girl winds up in the hospital after being raped and poisoned.

Notes

• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - "Will You Smile Again"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Antwon offers to return Angie's body on the condition Shane kills Vic. Vic, Lem, and Ronnie learn this through their surveillance on his vehicle.

Characters

• Dutch has dinner with Corrine and has moved to something near romantic. He even reads to Vic's younger daughter.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• One of the bootleg DVDs Julien finds is of the film 28 Days Later....