The Shield/Trophy

Trophy
Season 5, Episode 5
Airdate	February 7, 2006
Production Number	5012-05-505
Written by	Kurt Sutter and Renee Palyo & Tony Soltis
Directed by	Philip G. Atwell
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The Shield — Season Five

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Trophy is the fifth episode of the fifth season of The Shield, and the fifty-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 (Councilman David Aceveda), Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corrine Mackey), David Rees Snell (Detective Ronnie Gardocki)

and CCH Pounder (Detective Claudette Wyms)

Guest Starring: Forest Whitaker (Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh), David Marciano (Captain Steve Billings), Paula Garces (Officer Tina Hanlon), Onahoua Rodriguez (Emolia Melendez), Pasha D. Lychnikoff (Mikula Popovich) Said Faraj (Detective Baham), Cullen Douglas (Dr. Lesser)

and Laura Harring (Rebecca Doyle)

Co-Starring: Jennifer Echols (Peaches), Earnestine Phillips (Shonda), Abel Soto (Dustano), Hemky Madera (Glen), Katia Bokor (Irina), Autumn Chiklis (Cassidy), Eloy Mendez (Hidalgo), Alan Desatti (Zal), Luis Villalta (Officer Avila), Leonard Kelly-Young (Buzz), Matthew C. Drake (Paramedic), Matthew Solomon (Delivery Guy)

Plot Overview

The Strike Team take on some dangerous prescription pills being circulated. This leads them to make a deal, all while the clubhouse has now also been bugged.

Claudette and Dutch investigate an illegal who claims someone paid him to bury a body.

Notes

Music

• 22-20s - "Devil In Me"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Kavenaugh gets wind of the Strike Team engaged in an illegal action, including murder, only to find it was part of a sting. Kavanaugh's attempted thwarting blows up as a humiliation. It was deliberate on the part of the Strike Team, as they knew the clubhouse was bugged, but soon get rid of it.

Characters

• Claudette tells Dutch that she's had lupus for fifteen years and that her medication is because it's recently flared up.

• Claudette is still in a relationship with James Freeman.

Referbacks

• At the strip club, Vic runs into Irina, the Russian woman being abused by Tretiak and who they used as a translator in "Judas Priest".

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• After his humiliation ruining the Strike Team's bust, Kavanaugh is left alone and after sitting for a few silent and calm moments before he suddenly flips over his table, followed by other outbursts, including throwing a chair at a window.