The Shield/Pay in Pain

Pay in Pain
Season 1, Episode 7
Airdate	April 23, 2002
Production Number	5012-01-106
Written by	Shawn Ryan
Directed by	D.J. Caruso
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The Shield — Season One

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Pay in Pain is the seventh episode of the first season of The Shield.

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) (credit only), Jay Karnes (Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach), Benito Martinez (Captain David Aceveda)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: John Diehl (Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy), Carlos Sanz (Detective Carlos Zamora), Kimberly McCullough (Deena), Miguel Perez (Raoul Jiminez), Davenia McFadden (Frida), April Grace (Frances Housely), Brent Roam (Tomas Motyashik), Dee Freeman (Glenda), Rick Gonzalez (Lucas), Lance E. Nichols (Gene)

Co-Starring: Vivian Smallwood (Phyllis), Muriel Whitaker (Lenore), Fredrick Lopez (Nacho), Ernesto Bautista (Train Guttierez), Cleandré Norman (Wet Willie), Ernie Lee Banks (Old Black Man), MBA Shakoor (Trevor), Anne Johnson (Old Black Woman), Tony Genaro (Leon), Stacy Barnhisel (Myra)

Featuring: Miguel Castro (Jaime), Robert Huerta (Shop Owner #4), Wanya Green (Girlfriend), Wayne Dalglish (Brady), Jose Garza (Gang Member #1), Enrique Almeida (Gang Member #2), Tawny Rene Hamilton (Suzie Klassen), Manuel Jimenez (Gang Member #3), Benny Bray (Gang Member #5), Sonny Sison (Gang Member #6), Robert Alonzo (Gang Member #7)

Uncredited: Omar McClinton (Officer Roman)

Plot Overview

While Aceveda begins tightening the case on the Strike Team, Vic and Shane work with a detective in another district after several Latino gang members are shot and killed in a gun club and hope to defuse a possible gang war.

To help boost Dutch's desperation to finding the serial killer, Wyms has them work on a simple case of a man who claims a psychic is taking advantage of his mother.

Notes

Music

• Los Pinguos - "Fumaza"

• Danny Wood - "Get Away (Alternative Remix)"

• Gerard McMahon - "Sugar Fine"

• Bernie Marsden - "Heartbreaker"

• Arte Mixto - "La Maraca"

• Ducomet & Ascencio - "No Queda Nada"

• Sam Spade - "Reflections of Isis"

• Dislocated Styles - "Reckoning"

• Stephen Edwards - "Montfort"

• Mogwai - "Take Me Somewhere Nice"

Quotes

• Shane: The guy was being a pain in the ass.

Vic: You're being a huge pain in the ass lately! Should I take a piss on you?