The Shield/Strays

Strays
Season 3, Episode 11
Airdate	May 18, 2004
Production Number	5012-03-311
Written by	Glen Mazzara
Directed by	David Mamet
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The Shield — Season Three

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Strays is the eleventh episode of the third season of The Shield, and the thirty-seventh 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: Rebecca Pidgeon (Joanna Faulks), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki), Vicellous Shannon (Trick), Natalie Zea (Lauren Riley), Delane Matthews (Stella Sewell), Dominic Hoffman (Louis Sperling), Lionel Mark Smith (Candlin)

with Michele Hicks (Mara Sewell)

and Clark Gregg (William Faulks)

Co-Starring: Sandy Mulvihill (Ms. Emerich), Joel Rosenthal (Matthew Mackey), Jim Cody Williams (Preston), Larnell Stovall (Luddy), Mark Luna (Suspect), Keith Davis (Banger)

Plot Overview

The Strike Team learn about a custom car company being used as a front for criminal activities and use Danny to go undercover.

Dutch interviews the Cuddler Rapist and learns about his motives.

Claudette helps Julien with a homeless man.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Vic tells Lem about what happened with Tavon.

• Corrine tells Vic that she believes their younger daughter, Megan, is autistic as well.

Characters

• Shane spontaneously takes Mara to go get married.

• Having adsorbed what Faulks told him, Dutch strangles a stray cat to death.

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• Dutch strangles the stray cat.