Just my opinion, but I would have loved the ending more if ICE had forced Vic to undergo witness protection at the end. He would have been forced to take a new name, be constrained to some average, hum-drum job, and now have zero chance of ever running the streets or seeing his family again. As it is now, he could still end up leveraging himself back onto the streets and even extending his three-year contract.
shareI don't think you can force someone into Witness Protection.
Plus, he can't leverage himself back onto the streets. He's been given a desk job and Olivia will make sure he stays there. There's no way he'd want to extend that contract.
You are sin.
Vic's a shark. If anyone can find a way, he will....
Please stop.
They could always take creative license and pretend you could. And I don't buy that he can't get back on the streets. Olivia has bosses even above her, if Vic can convince them that he's much better useful to them on the streets, I believe he can.
shareThey have a taped confession of him killing a cop. That's not someone they're going to put on the street.
You are sin.
Maybe. It's not something I would dismiss completely, though.
shareI'm just going by what the show actually showed at the end. Vic is stuck in that job with a supervisor that will make sure he stays behind that desk. There was no indication her supervisors are interested in Vic any more after his confession.
I do agree that Vic would never kill himself. He's definitely too much of a shark, as you put it, to do that.
You are sin.
There was no indication her supervisors are interested in Vic any more after his confession.How many times did Aceveda and Claudette realize that they needed Vic after swearing him off? Don't underestimate Vic's ability to convince them that they need him.
How many times did Aceveda and Claudette realize that they needed Vic after swearing him off?
"I think as long as a shark's alive it can find some place to swim to."
Daily 10 page memos analyzing crime stats for the next three years.Such a cushy job. I could write a 10 page memo in 2 hours. Maybe need another 2-3 for the research part. I'd be working 4 hours days for three years....
But Vic's not you. While it might be easy for you, it'll be frustrating and difficult for Vic. He's not a desk guy. He's a street guy.
It'd be like putting Billings to lead the Strike Team.
You are sin.
Actually,I think Vic kills himself. that long moment of reflection before he unlocks his gun - which he was specifically told was not needed in is present position- he realizes that he has lost it all. Corine does not want him in the children's lives neither does Danni want him in Lee's. The deal requires him to testify against Ronnie. A thing I don't think he can do. he could have taken the gun home at lunch time when he changed into his suit and tie. why take the gun? his boss does not carry one
shareVic doesn't strike me as the type of cat who would ever kill himself, no matter what. He's a survivor. Then again, it may not matter. If word gets back to the Armenians that he robbed their money train, his life would be in grave danger... As would it be if some random gangbanger decided to make a name for himself by popping the (once) great Vic Mackey.
shareI think it would seem too derivative of Goodfellas. Even as it is, the ending is perhaps too similar in principle for my taste (although very well executed).
I also don't really see how his legal name has much influence on whether Vic can retain his leverage on the streets. And it's made pretty clear he has zero chance of seeing his family again anyway.