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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | The series opens with Vic and Shane carrying out the murder of Terry Crowley, a new member of the Strike Team that Aceveda convinced to gather evidence on Vic's corrupt antics in order to rid himself of Mackey and the Strike Team. Though he gets away with the murder, Vic's life starts falling apart: Shane has a nervous breakdown due to the guilt over what they did (a breakdown largely brought about by Vic's refusal to let Shane vent his feelings over what they did with him), his son has been diagnosed with autism and requires expert treatment, and he frames an innocent man of trying to kill Lem after Lem accidentally fires on the man (leading to Vic, Lem, and Ronnie having to rob a police vehicle to steal back the gun Vic planted on the man). These things pale in comparison to the revelation that Vic's mentor/patron within the LAPD, Assistant Chief Gilroy, is even more corrupt than he previously imagined. Gilroy triggers a full-scale riot as a result of his manipulation of department resources in areas of the city, leading to multiple deaths in the name of lowering property values within the city as part of a real estate scheme that Gilroy has cooked up. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette investigate a serial killer who (upon being caught) tries his best to destroy Dutch emotionally during a lengthy interrogation, while rookie patrol officer Julian Lowe struggles with his homosexuality, which is used against him by Vic as leverage to silence him after he sees Vic pocketing evidence from a crime scene. In the end, Vic brings down his mentor and talks Shane down from the proverbial edge when he finally snaps over the guilt of Terry's death -- but the damage is already done. Vic's wife leaves in the middle of the night with the couple's kids after an encounter with Gilroy makes her realize that her husband is involved in something not on the up and up. |