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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 7.04, “Poor Little Lambs”: Jax’s master plan goes south
Sons of Anarchy just broke its own record for erasing any and all good will shortly after amassing it. Episodes two and three of this season are examples of how to properly build up excitement and suspense for the story to come, and here the show ruins all of that hard work in a matter of minutes. Once again, after multiple examples across the history of the show, an entertaining episode filled with well-executed character building and excitement is undermined by the unnecessary and senseless killing of female characters. More
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Greatest TV Pilots: Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy, Season 1, Episode 1“Pilot” Directed by Allen Coulter and Michael Dinner Written by Kurt Sutter Aired September 3rd, 2008 It was about time that television tackled the inner workings of an outlaw biker gang. Honestly, it’s rather shocking that it took so long. Kurt Sutter certainly knew what he was doing when […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.13: “A Mother’s Work” is a troubling finale
…these actors were fantastic talents caught in a rut of a tragic show – tragic not just in the Greek, dramatic tragic sense, which this series certainly exemplifies, but tragic in how misused many of these superb elements have been lately. More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.12: “You Are My Sunshine” – Where no one can catch a break, ever
One of the more interesting discussions that’s been going on between TV critics this year – now that Breaking Bad has finished and Mad Men is slowly on its way out – has revolved around darkness of tone and how unrelenting it can be in a series to the point where it’s a problem. We’ve seen plenty of new, dark shows carve a niche for themselves without being too oppressive with their content. Sons of Anarchy, though, is one of those shows in which I often feel like I’m being pounded in the face with pessimism. More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.11: “Aon Rud Persanta” bids farewell to a major character
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 11 – “Aon Rud Persanta” Written by Chris Collins and Kurt Sutter Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesday nights at 10 on FX Nero calls it the Godfather dilemma: the more you try to distance yourself, the closer you get sucked in. Tara is extremely familiar with this concept […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.10: “Huang Wu” takes action against its weakest character
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 10 – “Huang Wu” Written by Kurt Sutter and Charles Murray Directed by Billy Gierhart Airs Tuesday nights at 10 on FX Oftentimes, a TV series unintentionally develops a weak link in its cast. If any of you are viewers of The Walking Dead, too, you could easily point out […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.09: “John 8:32” begins bringing the season together
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 9 – “John 8:32” Written by Kem Nunn and Kurt Sutter Directed by Guy Ferland Airs Tuesday nights at 10 on FX After finally managing to craft something kind of interesting out of Tara’s fake pregnancy plot last week, Sons of Anarchy is beginning to make the exponential climb to […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.08: “Los Fantasmas” addresses some plot issues
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 8 – “Los Fantasmas” Written by Roberto Patino and Kurt Sutter Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesday nights at 10 on FX All season long, we’ve been following a pretty lackluster B-plot in Sons of Anarchy focusing on Tara and her subversive plans to get her kids out of the crossfire […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.07: “Sweet and Vaded” takes an interesting detour
The emotional core of “Sweet and Vaded” comes from a rather unpredictable place. After seeing Walton Goggins return to the role of Venus in last week’s episode, there didn’t seem like there was going to be much a of a follow-up to his appearance. And while “Sweet and Faded” doesn’t exactly revolve around Venus’ story, it is certainly the heart of the episode. More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.06: “Salvage” is a breath of fresh, calm air
With TV series that are as relentlessly dark as Sons of Anarchy, an episode like “Salvage” should feel out of place and awkward. It’s not that it’s happy or anything (there’s still plenty of fighting and scheming going on); but this episode isn’t oppressive. And a lot of series really beat you over the head with that oppressiveness until it feels like there’s little point in sticking around if there’s no enjoyment in it. If “Salvage” is out of place, though, it’s anything else but awkward. Completely immersed in a mythology of brotherhood, “Salvage” brings Sons of Anarchy back to its foundational concerns: how does this family overcome its obstacles? Specifically, how does it overcome its obstacles as a family. More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.05: “The Mad King” stumbles out the gate, finishes strong
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 5 – “The Mad King” Written by Chris Collins, Roberto Patino & Kurt Sutter Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton Airs Tuesday nights at 10pm ET on FX So, after last week’s Sons of Anarchy, we didn’t quite get a sense of what was going to happen with Roosevelt’s investigation into Nero. […] More
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Sons of Anarchy, Ep. 6.04: “Wolfsangel”: It’s a bloodbath in Charming
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 4 – “Wolfsangel” Written by Kurt Sutter and Kem Nunn Directed by Billy Gierhart Airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on FX If there was a feeling of dread and death hovering around the Sons of Anarchy characters in last week’s episode, the reckoning of that came to fulfillment in last […] More
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