List of The Shield episodes
Season 1 (2002)
Captain David Aceveda, seeking to usurp the current black City Council representative of Farmington by swaying the Latino vote, looks to rid his precinct, The Barn, of corruption starting with Detective Vic Mackey and the controversial yet effective Strike Team.

List of The Shield episodes

Section Title: Season 1 (2002)
Table Section Text: Captain David Aceveda, seeking to usurp the current black City Council representative of Farmington by swaying the Latino vote, looks to rid his precinct, The Barn, of corruption starting with Detective Vic Mackey and the controversial yet effective Strike Team.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)

1	1	"Pilot"	Clark Johnson	Shawn Ryan	March 12, 2002	5012-01-179	4.83

Eighteen months into the "Farmington Project", Detective Vic Mackey and his Strike Team prepare to take down a major drug dealer who has never before been caught with product.

2	2	"Our Gang"	Gary Fleder	Shawn Ryan	March 19, 2002	5012-01-101	4.01

After the death of a member of the Strike Team on a high-risk raid, Aceveda begins to investigate the real circumstances behind the raid.

3	3	"The Spread"	Clark Johnson	Glen Mazzara	March 26, 2002	5012-01-103	N/A

It's Sweep-day on the Farm, with all outstanding warrants to be served. Mackey and the Strike Team move to take down an old foe, arresting a basketball star in the process, seeing a chance to affect sports history and make some money in the process.

4	4	"Dawg Days"	Stephen Gyllenhaal	Kevin Arkadie	April 2, 2002	5012-01-102	N/A

A gunfight breaks out in a crowded club between two local rappers which could potentially start a gang war. To further complicate matters, one of Mackey's contacts was involved in the shootout.

5	5	"Blowback"	Clark Johnson	Kurt Sutter	April 9, 2002	5012-01-104	N/A

Aceveda insists that Mackey take uniformed cops in with them to bust an Armenian gang's drug delivery. After the bust, Margos Dezerian is caught among the Armenian gang and Lowe sees the Team take a portion of the drugs for themselves.

6	6	"Cherrypoppers"	D. J. Caruso	Scott Rosenbaum	April 16, 2002	5012-01-105	N/A

When the body of a young hooker is found in the district, Wagenbach and Wyms get the full resources of the Barn for 24 hours and the help of the FBI to search for Wagenbach's serial killer.

7	7	"Pay in Pain"	D. J. Caruso	Shawn Ryan	April 23, 2002	5012-01-106	N/A

When Mackey and Vendrell hook up with a cop from another precinct to investigate the shooting, Vendrell sets off an explosive confrontation with a suspect by making a racial slur; fortunately, Mackey defuses the situation.

8	8	"Cupid & Psycho"	Guy Ferland	Glen Mazzara	April 30, 2002	5012-01-107	N/A

Allegations against the Strike Team are front-page news, and the team is broken up pending the investigation. Mackey threatens to reveal that Officer Lowe is gay if he won't recant his statement about the Strike Team.

9	9	"Throwaway"	Leslie Libman	Kevin Arkadie	May 7, 2002	5012-01-108	N/A

A planted gun in a truck-jacking case causes complications for the Strike Team, and now they're left to clean up their own mess.

10	10	"Dragonchasers"	Nick Gomez	Scott Rosenbaum & Kurt Sutter	May 14, 2002	5012-01-109	N/A

Mackey helps Connie quit her crack addiction by going cold-turkey in her desperate attempt to keep her son, leaving Vendrell and Lemansky to investigate a strip-club mugging ring.

11	11	"Carnivores"	Scott Brazil	Story by : James Manos, Jr. Teleplay by : Kevin Arkadie & Glen Mazzara	May 21, 2002	5012-01-110	N/A

The Strike Team mediates a dispute between Rondell Robinson and the Nation of Islam while Wagenbach and Wyms investigate a brutal home invasion in the tight lipped Korean community.

12	12	"Two Days of Blood"	Guy Ferland	Kurt Sutter & Scott Rosenbaum	May 28, 2002	5012-01-111	N/A

While Mackey answers Assistant Chief Gilroy's call for help in covering up a hit and run before Wagenbach intuits the facts of the case, Vendrell and Lemansky follow the trail of a gunrunner with a penchant for cockfights.

13	13	"Circles"	Scott Brazil	Shawn Ryan	June 4, 2002	5012-01-112	4.14

In the aftermath of a riot, cops are being lured into ambush shootings by a rash of bogus 911 calls. Mackey and Captain Aceveda must work together to stop these attacks and solve the problems in The Grove, while Assistant Chief Gilroy tries to pit the two against each other to save his own job.

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Kurt Sutter wrote the episodes "Dragonchasers" and "Two Days of Blood" with Scott Rosenbaum.

final_sentence: Kurt Sutter wrote the episodes "Dragonchasers" and "Two Days of Blood" with Scott Rosenbaum.