SHOOT ME IF I EVER HAVE TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT . ISN ' T THAT MORE CIVIL ENGINEERING ' S WHEELHOUSE ? AND REMIND ME AGAIN WHERE THEY TEACH HOW TO BUILD SHITTY ROADS AND LEAD POISONED PLUMBING SYSTEMS ? AND LEAVE EMORY OUT OF THIS , WE HAVE JOINT CUSTODY OF MAKING FUN OF THEM <| sep |> I ' m gonna go out on a limb here and say she was probably lying about her intentions . Chemotherapy is crazy expensive and she probably wanted to get rid of her most expensive kid . <| sep |> Did it work ? I didn ' t receive mine for PC yet . <| sep |> The Shield meandered much more than the Wire . The Shield pilot opens with Mackey at an 11 on the evil meter and then wavers on the point they made . The Soprano ' s would be a better analogy . Tony was an evil bastard , but at least loved his children and family which is essentially Vic Mackey . Just less well written . The Soprano ' s and the Wire have multiple , fleshed out , well acted supporting characters . Did we ever meet Ron ' s girlfriend or what makes him tick ? Who is Lem really ? We ' re given the scene of Dutch murdering a cat for no apparent reason , he ' s got demons folks , but then we aren ' t shown what makes him tick and why we should give a fuck about what happens to Dutch . I remember watching that final season of the The Soprano ' s and saying to myself , goddammit , just don ' t let Bobby die .