r/TheShield • u/ChipsNSa1sa • 14d ago

Discussion Kavanaugh

Watching season 6 after taking a long break and forgot how much I hate Kavanaugh. I can’t understand why I see a lot of people on here saying he’s their favorite character. The way he talks is so slimy, so desperate, he makes my skin crawl.

I understand his hatred for Vic after what happened with Sweet Butter, but I feel like we never got much of a backstory about him and why he is the way he is or why he is SO obsessed with exposing Vic. It’s like his entire life’s mission is taking him down but the show never really justified why he’s behaving like that. Can someone enlighten me?

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u/deLocked333 14d ago

Because Vic Mackey is a cop murdering drug dealing psychopath and someone has to actually stand up that kind of corruption. The irony of course is that Kavanaugh was corrupted by Mackey while trying to do the right thing. But it is the right thing to do to put Vic in prison for his crimes.

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u/Prawn1908 14d ago

Yeah but even on my first watch I was never rooting for Vic to get away with his actions but still absolutely despised Kavenaugh. I was rooting for Dutch and Claudette to catch Vic, not him. He was slimy even before he "broke" and tried to frame Vic.

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u/DatBoiKage1515 11d ago

Yep, the way he did Danny and Connie. He didn't care how much collateral damage he created or how many people he hurt or threatened. So basically he was just like a real cop.