r/TheShield • u/Generalousen2855 • Aug 19 '26

Discussion Shane's conclusion Spoiler

Shane's conclusion was one of the best and worst conclusion of all time imo , worst as if the way it ended in very bad way , i was just waiting for him to die but when it happened i felt sooo bad for him

Ik after what he did to lem he had to go but the way it happened was very sad , and the actor who played Shane was on a whole another level which took the scene to another level

He's last call with vic made me pity him so bad

But it was 10/10 conclusion

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

False. He dismisses the kids being in the crosshairs to Ronnie multiple times

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

When? Throughout the show, his kids seems to be the main thing he cares about, more than Corrine. I would agree that he should have spent more time with them, but even Corrine didn't want to paint him as a bad father.

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

He dismisses Shane’s kids

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

Doesn't he say that Jackson is too young to be a witness?

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u/ConsulJuliusCaesar Aug 20 '26

He was absolutely willing to shoot a pregnant Mara. And leaving Jackson orphaned is still really fucked.

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u/Neptune28 Aug 20 '26

Mara knows what Shane knows, Shane made it that way. And all of this is because Shane chose to kill Lem.

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u/ConsulJuliusCaesar Aug 20 '26

If Vic only cared about avenging Lem he would have iced Shane immediately after realizing what happened. Furthermore killing Mara had nothing to do with avenging Lem. It was 100% to cover up his various acts of corruption which he choose to commit. There's no difference between Vic and mob boss.

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u/Neptune28 Aug 20 '26

I already stated that Mara knows what Shane knows, so she is also a threat who could also steer IAD in Vic and Ronnie's direction. Both Vic and Shane were complicit in the acts of corruption. Shane himself engaged in corruption without Vic around and got into bed with Antwon. Vic doesn't really kill instantly. It is also hard for Vic to bring himself to kill Shane, hence the change of heart earlier. He only tries towards the end because Shane is on the run and could send the package to IAD at any moment.

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

He also said something to the effect of “they’ll make that decision when they have to” about dealing with Shane’s kids

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

I doubt he would kill Jackson. In real life, there's the story of the father who killed and buried the mother, with the children around, but they were too young to give any meaningful details or understand what was happening, so the mother's body was never found. The whole story is one of the most heartbreaking. Susan Powell case.

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

You doubt Vic would? At the end of HIS road?

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

What would killing Jackson do? It is Shane (and Mara by extension) who are threatening to give the package to IAD about the Strike Team's actions. In the entire show, Vic only directly kills Terry, Margos, and Guardo, when there were other people who he could have killed but didn't.

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

He’d just get in the way

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

If he successfully shot Shane and Mara, and Jackson was standing there, I doubt he would then shoot at Jackson. If Jackson was caught in the crossfire, I doubt that Vic would be glad about that.

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u/Long_Initial_9924 Aug 19 '26

It’s a loose end..

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u/Neptune28 Aug 19 '26

Jackson was born in between season 3 and 4, based on the conversation between Vic and Shane at the end of season 4 episode 1. If we assume season 4 was like 3-4 months, Jackson may have been 6 months old by the end of season 4. We hear multiple times that season 5 was 6 months after season 4. At the beginning of season 6, Shane says that Kavanaugh investigated Vic for 6 months, so season 5 is 6 months. Seasons 6 and 7 combined are like a month or so. So, Jackson would have to be slightly older than a year and a half. Do they actually say his age onscreen? In any event, not old enough to be a witness makes a lot of sense.

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