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James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter appears to have scooped all media with a spoiler-free first review of the first eight episodes of “The Shield’s” final season (which will boast 13 episodes in all).

You can find it here.

Since we're here, I'll offer a few of my own spoiler-free observations:

1) 7.7 and 7.8 are likely the two most gripping and involving episodes of the series I’ve seen to date.

2) We see a lot happen this season I think many viewers have been waiting to see since season one.

3) Viewers should avoid starting a drinking game tied to the phrase “blackmail box.” Or even “black mailbox.” You and your friends will die.

4) From the minute a blonde fed named Olivia is introduced in a purely professional setting, I became convinced she would find her way to Victor Mackey’s (clap-riddled?) boning mechanism. (I am prohibited from revealing whether or not she gets there in the first eight.)

5) Mackey frenemy Shane Vendrell’s IQ seems to fluctuate wildly as best benefits whatever plotline is at hand.

6) As Hibberd points out, Mackey’s fellow detective Dutch is a terrifically compelling character, but often seems like he’s starring in another show set in the “Shield” universe. Not that anyone should mind.

Much as he did last season, AICN’s own “Capone” intends to review each of the episodes individually as they hurtle toward the series’ Sept. 2 premiere. Stay tuned.

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