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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Armadillo Quintero]] in general. He's first introduced 'necklacing' rival gangsters, which only hints as the brutal animal that lives within him. He kills and brutalizes dozens of people without remorse or shame, merely saying the world isn't fair when confronted about his crimes. Not even [[WouldHurtAChild children]] are immune to his wrath and sadism. What makes him even more scary is ''he's really smart'', knowing how to bend the law to his advantage so he won't have to face justice for his actions. He very nearly outsmarts Vic, himself not a stranger to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]] and [[IndyPloy thinking on his feet.]]
* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Armadillo Quintero]] in general. He's first introduced 'necklacing' rival gangsters, which only hints as the brutal animal that lives within him. He kills and brutalizes dozens of people without remorse or shame, merely saying the world isn't fair when confronted about his crimes. Not even [[WouldHurtAChild children]] are immune to his wrath and sadism. What makes him even more scary is ''he's really smart'', knowing how to bend the law to his advantage so he won't have to face justice for his actions. He very nearly outsmarts Vic, himself not a stranger to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]] and [[IndyPloy thinking on his feet.]]
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** There’s one moment involving him that particularly stands out in this regard. Armadillo Quintero gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* [[TheDreaded Margos Dezerian]]. In general. He [[TheQuietOne barely speaks a word]], yet he savagely murders and mutilates dozens of people without a shred of remorse or emotion in general. He's so terrifying that his fellow Armenian gangsters are scared into silence by his mere presence. It is dampened a little with how quickly Vic kills him...though it could also count as an awesome moment too.
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* [[TheDreaded Margos Dezerian]]. In general. He [[TheQuietOne barely speaks a word]], yet he savagely murders and mutilates dozens of people without a shred of remorse or emotion in general. He's so terrifying that his fellow Armenian gangsters are scared into silence by his mere presence. It is dampened a little with how quickly Vic kills him...though it could also count as an awesome moment too.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching [[WhatHaveIDone Olivia's reaction]] to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. But at least Olivia's superiors -- or for that matter the other Feds -- ''won't'' be turning a blind eye to him. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching [[WhatHaveIDone [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Olivia's reaction]] to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. But at least Olivia's superiors -- or for that matter the other Feds -- ''won't'' be turning a blind eye to him. Fun three years.
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* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Armadillo Quintero]] in general. He's first introduced 'necklacing' rival gangsters, which only hints as the brutal animal that lives within him. He kills and brutalizes dozens of people without remorse or shame, merely saying the world isn't fair when confronted about his crimes. Not even [[WouldHurtAChild children]] are immune to his wrath and sadism. What makes him even more scary is ''he's really smart'', knowing how to bend the law to his advantage so he won't have to face justice for his actions. He very nearly outsmarts Vic, himself not a stranger to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]] and [[IndyPloy thinking on his feet.]]
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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Due to being extremely gritty and realistic, especially in the way it depicts of violence and crime, The Shield can and will haunt viewers sensitive to such graphic material.
* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* [[TheDreaded Margos Dezerian]]. In general. He [[TheQuietOne barely speaks a word]], yet he savagely murders and mutilates dozens of people without a shred of remorse or emotion in general. He's so terrifying that his fellow Armenian gangsters are scared into silence by his mere presence. It is dampened a little with how quickly Vic kills him...though it could also count as an AwesomeMoment too.
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* [[TheDreaded Margos Dezerian]]. In general. He [[TheQuietOne barely speaks a word]], yet he savagely murders and mutilates dozens of people without a shred of remorse or emotion in general. He's so terrifying that his fellow Armenian gangsters are scared into silence by his mere presence. It is dampened a little with how quickly Vic kills him...though it could also count as an AwesomeMoment awesome moment too.
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* [[TheDreaded Margos Dezerian]]. In general. He [[TheQuietOne barely speaks a word]], yet he savagely murders and mutilates dozens of people without a shred of remorse or emotion in general. He's so terrifying that his fellow Armenian gangsters are scared into silence by his mere presence. It is dampened a little with how quickly Vic kills him...though it could also count as an AwesomeMoment too.
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* "Cherrypoppers": Undercover as a pedophile, Vic is [[ForcedToWatch forced to watch]] an underage girl have sex with an adult male in a room full of pedophiles in order to obtain probable cause for a no-knock warrant. AdultFear at its ugliest display.
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* "Cherrypoppers": Undercover as a pedophile, Vic is [[ForcedToWatch forced to watch]] an underage girl have sex with an adult male in a room full of pedophiles in order to obtain probable cause for a no-knock warrant. AdultFear at its ugliest display.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into {{the scapegoat}} for the crimes of the Strike Team, especially having been LockedOutOfTheLoop. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into {{the scapegoat}} for the crimes of the Strike Team, especially having been LockedOutOfTheLoop. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}. He's going to be only too happy to spill his guts about what Vic ''didn't'' tell Olivia.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the scapegoat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the scapegoat {{the scapegoat}} for the crimes of the Strike Team.Team, especially having been LockedOutOfTheLoop. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. But at least Olivia's superiors -- or for that matter the other Feds -- ''won't'' be turning a blind eye to him. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching [[WhatHaveIDone Olivia's reaction reaction]] to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. But at least Olivia's superiors -- or for that matter the other Feds -- ''won't'' be turning a blind eye to him. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. But at least Olivia's superiors -- or for that matter the other Feds -- ''won't'' be turning a blind eye to him. Fun three years.
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* "Cherrypoppers": Undercover as a pedophile, Vic is [[ForcedToWatch forced to watch]] an underage girl have sex with an adult male in a room full of pedophiles in order to obtain probable cause for a no-knock warrant. AdultFear at its ugliest display.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, them (though her superiors had a hand in that), that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. Fun three years.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. It's going to be a long three years for all of them.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. It's going to be a long Fun three years for all of them.years.
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the Judas Goat is the goat that leads the other cattle to the slaughter, while its own life is spared. That's not Ronnie.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat scapegoat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally {{a fate worse than death}}.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a fate worse than death.
* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted.
* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a {{a fate worse than death.
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* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. It's going to be a long three years for all of them.
* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted. It's going to be a long three years for all of them.
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* Some of the squatters in the Season 1 finale. Friendly reminder that empty and abandoned buildings in urban areas can contain some... kooky characters.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenerio is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a fate worse than death.
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* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenerio scenario is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a fate worse than death.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.brutalized.
* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenerio is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a fate worse than death.
* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted.
* Ronnie Gardocki's ultimate fate, being arrested and made into the Judas Goat for the crimes of the Strike Team. In a situation where being stabbed to death during your first night in county lock-up awaiting trial is considered the LEAST awful thing that could happen to you, the scenerio is made even more horrifying when you consider that Ronnie was the least evil of all of the Strike Team members, meaning his fate is literally a fate worse than death.
* Vic Mackey's confession also counts. Watching Olivia's reaction to Vic telling her that he murdered Terry Crowley, then move onto confessing to even WORSE sins of abuse of authority and greed, you get the reaction of someone realizing that they've been conned into allowing a monster to forever escape punishment for crimes that are beyond the pale of corruption and evil. Also toss in Claudette's reaction, in which she is so utterly broken by her failures and complicity in allowing Vic to continue to get away with his crimes by turning a blind eye towards them, that she can't even bring herself to try and break his immunity for justice, just shame and humiliate him. Even the other federal agent overseeing Vic Mackey's confession is disgusted.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: Armadillo Quintero (pictured right) gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: [[CompleteMonster Armadillo Quintero]] gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but one thing that stands out: [[CompleteMonster Armadillo Quintero]] Quintero gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears...then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but the thing that stands out for this troper... A CompleteMonster, Armadillo Quintero, gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12 year old girl, against the wishes of her family, telling the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears... then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face. Something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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* This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but the one thing that stands out for this troper... A CompleteMonster, out: [[CompleteMonster Armadillo Quintero, Quintero]] gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12 year old 12-year-old girl, against the wishes of her family, telling tells the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears... then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face. Something face--something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
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This series has so much nightmare fuel to offer, but the thing that stands out for this troper... A CompleteMonster, Armadillo Quintero, gets arrested. He's a known murderer and rapist. A 12 year old girl, against the wishes of her family, telling the police that he killed some people. He's held for several hours, in which he finds one of the girl's hair clips which fell off in the interrogation room while they were interviewing her. After they're forced to release him for lack of evidence, the girl disappears... then reappears in a daze, with a dove tattooed on her face. Something established earlier in the episode as the mark Quintero left on a girl that he had raped and brutalized.
