Hartford Courant , CT
June 15 2004

`Shield’ Cashes Out
Evidence Is Gone, But Threats Remain

– Roger Catlin

The millions of dollars that Det. Vic Mackey and his L.A.P.D. Strike
Team seized from the Armenian mob and decided to keep (for police
work as well as pension enhancement) has been more of a curse than
a blessing on “The Shield.”

Now they’re on the Armenians’ hit list even as their own department
is closing in. To free the team from the pressure, Curtis “Lemonhead”
Lemansky (played by onetime Central Connecticut State University
football star Kenneth Johnson) took it upon himself to burn nearly
all of the cash last week.

But that just leaves the Strike Team members at each other’s throats
as their problems continue to surround them in tonight’s gripping
third season finale on FX at 10.