by seeing his last remaining friend arrested. In the series finale, Vic is seen placing a picture of himself and Lem on his new desk at ICE headquarters. Though originally the picture was of all four members of the Strike Team at a celebration, Vic cropped Shane and Ronnie out of the frame, unable to reconcile himself with his own betrayal of Ronnie. Relationship with Lemansky Lem is described as "loyal to Mackey, and goes along with the [...] team's schemes even when it gives him a guilty conscience." Lem was reluctant to participate in the robbing of the Armenian mob, and his subsequent burning of the money train cash to elude capture ignites antagonism between him and Shane Vendrell, which ultimately brings the entire team's existence to an end. When the Strike Team eventually returns, Vic had Lem get collateral from a drug dealer to ensure a tip regarding the whereabouts of a body that could implicate Shane. Lemansky takes a brick of heroin from the dealer. The heroin is later seized by IAD from Lemansky's car and Lemansky then becomes a means with which Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh can take down the entire Strike Team. Lem's loyalty is tested when he found out Vic killed Terry, but he remains loyal to the team. After hearing false reports that Lemansky is considering testifying against the team for a lighter sentence, Shane kills Lem with a grenade. A running theme in the last few seasons of the series was Vic's regret towards what happened to Lem. In the aftermath, Vic undertook several actions to avenge Lem's death, including torturing and killing suspect Guardo Lima and trying to murder real killer Shane Vendrell on multiple occasions after he learns of Shane's role in Lem's death. Lem, the only one Vic still had an untainted friendship with, remained the one Strike Team member in the Strike Team photo in Vic's cubicle at ICE. Relationship with Aceveda Personality clashes play a major part in the premise of The Shield, and the clash between Mackey and David Aceveda has been described as the most prominent. The Guardian also notes the internal conflict between Mackey and Aceveda as being one of the highlights of the programme. The tension between Mackey and Aceveda evolves in different ways over the course of The Shield. Although Aceveda privately detests Mackey, he was not above breaking the law himself. He