幸好，参加“特长班”的培训，Ray找到了自己的“特长”。和Tanya经营的“牛郎生意”说不上顺风顺水，但也慢慢走上轨道，虽然出手阔绰的妇人并不多，Tanya的"Happy Consultant"宣传手段也不尽如人意，可毕竟，生活出现了转机。 在此期间，Ray还友情“慰劳”了下邻居太太，完全是出于对其丈夫无休止的控诉展开的报复。 不仅如此，Ray还陷入了一场恋爱中，可惜，事不遂人愿，郎有情，妾无意，最后以Ray伤心的撕碎告白信结束。 2个孩子也不给Ray省心，儿子玩哥特，又疑似有GAY倾向，女儿痴迷于一无脑男，在学校的表现差强人意。而2人同母亲的关系又极度白热化，非常迫切地想要搬回老爸的住处。 最后Ray在生意惨淡，又面临下岗，加上对孩子的责任等一系列的压力下，接受了Lenore的介绍，瞒着Tanya开始接手出手阔绰的富太太们。而第一个客户正是自己的前妻Jessica。
盾牌是一部近年少见的极具争议性的连续剧，它打破了传统警匪片套路，把一群警官与各种罪案做斗争的同时，也面临各种自身问题的困扰，一个个有着复杂性格的警察跃然于屏幕之上，彻底打破了“警察就是好人”这种简单而幼稚的界定...
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis). The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
