The order was for 21 episodes, but they've split them up into two "seasons." There's two more left his year, and the remaining 10 or 11 (I forget how many) will be shown starting in January of 2007. No one's said the show will be done after that, but the general feeling is that it will be.

Aceveda killing Kavanaugh? WOW! I have to admit that is a wild one. I bet he would do it in a "Vic style" way and not get caught.

Aceveda is a cop first but he is a polotician and being mayor is his biggest wet dream. Vic has a lot of power to stop this. Remember the cell phone? Where is it? Who knows if anyone downloaded those pictures and is still holding them? Plus this is TV and you know how they suddenly bring stuff into the story.

Why does everyone seem like they want to see Vic get killed in prison for what he did? OK, he did kill a cop... someone working for IAD... the most hated bunch out there. I must be the only one wanting Vic and the team to survive all this.

As much as Aceveda hates Vic, Kavanaugh is his worst enemy. Does anyone not think Kavanaugh would gun for bringing down Aceveda after he took down Vic? Kavanaugh thinks he is the law. He's a Robespierre-esque character. Even worse, Aceveda can't trust that Mitchell won't keep his mouth shut about the prison job he pulled for Aceveda, when Kavanaugh keeps talking with him.

I can easily see Aceveda killing Kavanaugh. Now that would be an awesome plot twist.

it's been stated for quite some time that this was the final season. i wouldn't mind seeing it return however.

there are only 2 more episodes this season.do you rally think this is it? the show seems so sucessful to me. i do wonder how long fox can keep this cast together. like vic. michael c seems to be incharge of the crew.

there are only 2 more episodes this season.do you rally think this is it? the show seems so sucessful to me. i do wonder how long fox can keep this cast together. like vic. michael c seems to be incharge of the crew.

The remaining ten episodes of S5 will air either later this year or in early 2007. The hiatus (and FX not calling it that, like Sci Fi does, is a misnomer) is at least partially due to Michael Chiklis going off and filming _Fantastic Four 2_...

And no, nobody's said one way or another if this is the final season.

Aceveda is a cop first, councilamn second. He doesnt like Kavanaugh any more than any other cop. Once a cop always a cop. And they all hate IAD.

That's a great point about Dutch setting up Vic - that hadn't occurred to me but it would make for a great twist. It's a tribute to the show's writing that everyone seems to be screwing everyone else, yet no one has a clear-cut advantage that we're clued into. These episodes keep getting better every week, although I thought Vic's assertions to Aceveda that he could either "scorch the earth" or secure a mayoral appointment didn't have much to back them up. How exactly would Vic get him elected - mobilize the critically under-represented one-niner vote?

If this is truly the last season and if they REALLY want to bang that "conscience is a killer" drum hard, I hope they go for a true shock, one that would seal Vic's fate and guilt forever: kill off Lem.

Has there been any more news about the lenght of this season? I thought 21 episodes were ordered and it was going to be a spilt season with more eps running later this year... but I haven't read anything new on that since December I think.