Late to this blanket party, but just want to throw a couple of things in:

Re: Vic the Negotiator (which I totally agree with), here's a fun What If?

A friend & I once spitballed a hypothetical minseries sequel to The Shield, with Dutch in Internal Affairs, Vic trying to get in the good books at ICE by trying to turn over Aceveda, and Ronnie as Antwon's right hand man in prison (though Ronnie as an AB leader making an alliance with Antwon to get the one guy they…