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The Shield: Notes From The Barn: The Elite Strike Team Files

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Because of awards the show has garnered [Golden Globes], "The Shield" has become a pretty non-mainstream TV show on cable. That's great and I truly applaud the show for its daring risks and good storylines and great characters, but this book isn't what I expected.

I'm a huge Shield fan [ www.theshieldfans.com ] and I was hoping for an exclusive look at how the show is produced, how scripts are written, characters played out, behind-the-scene interviews and more from this "Fully Authorized - Fully Loaded" book. Instead it's only "Fully Authorized" and Half-Loaded...

Coming from FX, I expected something more original and atypical. While there are alot of pictures, they are all black and white and printed on newspaper/recycled-like paper, ie texture isn't great nor white. The book is basically an episode guide with summaries of what happened in each episode, what each character's profile is, and that's it.

You do NOT get any insight on the cast or crew, you do not go behind-the-scenes, you do not have anything new that you do not already know if you have seen the show on TV. If that's what a guide is, then this really does not present anything worth having unless you just like to look at some images from each episode and of the cast that you haven't seen before.

Overall, this book is not helpful unless you have missed several episodes of the show and do not have the DVDs. This is a basic fan-book that gives you "notes" that any basic fan could write up.

Skip this and instead, spend your money on something more worthwhile - the DVDs and other Shield-related merchandise. Check out: theshieldfans.com for more items.

This book would have been much better if it wasn't written to entertain more than to inform. It is written in a style that attempts to make the reader think they are reading police investigation reports about Vic Mackey and crew. This book would have been a hell of lot better if it was written matter-of-factly about the show, actors, and characters, along with the episode guide. Ultimately this book insults the intelligence of anyone who has seen, and is familiar with this exceptional television series. I hope to get at least $5 for this book on Ebay.

Can get enough Mackey? Then I suggest you pick this book up, it is a who's-who of Shawn Ryan's groundbreaking cop series. Also contains an episode guide for seasons 1 and 2.

This book is a good introduction to the series if you missed the previous seasons. It contains episode breakdowns plus indepth characters' profiles.

Little new is brought to the table regarding the Strike Team and their co-workers but I still enjoyed the book none-the-less.