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Just gets better The opening episode of Season 3 is a classic, showing the Strike Team on a stake out with the "Pina Colada Song" playing on the radio. It's a great opening to a much anticipated new season, and gives it much needed humor. Many people disagree with my opinion, but I think the third season of The Shield is the best one yet. It's much more plausible and realistic than the previous 2 seasons, and the adding of humor to the script really helps the show. It was starting to crush under the weight of it's seriousness. You can feel the clamps coming down on detective Vic Mackey, and he's not able to escape scrutiny as easily as he was in season's 1 and 2. The tension regarding the money train scam is almost unbearable to watch. This season contains some of the best episodes of the series, including one of the best fight scenes ever put on television. This episode, where the Strike Team wins the bet against the Decoy Squad, is my personal favorite. The most shocking events of the entire series involve Captain Aceveda, but you have to watch to find out... Although not as scary as Armadillo from Season 2, a new villain named Margos is lurking in the background, and you never know when he's going to surface. The money train scheme comes to a head on the last episode, with an unexpectedly shocking ending. One of the great things about this show is it's ability to avoid clichés and typical TV endings. Season 3 does not disappoint!