Alright, so after thinking about it a minute, Aceveda must not know his boy has that picture, because Pezuela was quick to tell Mackey, 'Use it however you want. Just make sure it doesn't come back to me.'

And, real quick: some props to the writing team. This is just another example of how great the writing on this show is. When Shane and Ronnie were waiting on Rehzian, Shane mentioned that it cost him $60 to fill up his truck, a clear reference to the current gas situation. Additionally, he's just trying to make some small talk with Ronnie while they're sitting there. But rather than take the obvious path and sermonize a little/get political re: the world oil situation, they veer right back into current events, and we get a clear picture of where Ronnie stands on Shane: 'You want to chat up a buddy? Go find one.'

But back to Pezuela. I think this Romero/Pezuela/Aceveda lovefest runs a lot deeper down the rabbithole than we realize. I have a feeling that Pezuela might be getting set up to be the Big Baddie to cap the series next season. It would mean 'The Shield' is taking what I would refer to as a 'Wire'-like detour into serious political machination. Up to now, we've only seen Councilman Aceveda in an ancillary role, first when he was slinging shit all over Cpt. Rawlings' seizure policy (S4), then last year when he was kind of roped into helping out Kavannaugh. But if he's tangled up with, in his words, a guy (Pezuela) 'representing a group of Mexican backers' with ties to the community or whatever, who's got some sort of arrangement going with an off-the-grid Mexican official and his suit case of cash, NOT TO MENTION that he also appears to be plugged in to the local ByzLats' inner circle...?

All I'm sayin' is, that's the kind of case that Mackey AND Wyms could sink their teeth into...

More to come...