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. …
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 …
A couple of seasons ago, Sons of Anarchy closed an episode with Juice jumping from a tree with a chain noose around his neck. As the SoA logo entered the screen, the sound of the tree branch snapping could be heard, removing the cliffhanger of Juice’s fate. When the curtain shuts on “Poenitentia,” we don’t actually see Tig get killed by Pope’s men. “Poenitentia” feels like a major death episode as it plays, echoing Opie’s prison death through Clay’s scenes (Opie’s death was in the third episode from last season).
Sons of Anarchy, Season 6: Episode 2 – “One One Six” Written by Chris Collins & Adria Lang Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on FX FX has pretty much let Kurt Sutter have his way with Sons of Anarchy. Even when disregarding how combative the series is with non-premium cable content (Sons is …
While Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter tends to favor the music montage sequence for beginnings and/or ends of episodes, this season six premiere – “Straw,” which may also be the penultimate season premiere for this series, since it is only planned to run through seven seasons – opens with a montage set to Jax’s narration as he reads from a journal entry he is writing for his sons.
If Calvin and Hobbes, those most delightful and beloved comic-strip characters, made a monster movie out of one of their fever-dream playtime japes, it would probably look a great deal like Pacific Rim. The sweaty, breathless determination with which the film’s main concept plays out, as well as how frequently it aims to top itself, is both charming and a mild hindrance. (Cartoonist Bill Watterson was able to get away with such boyhood tomfoolery because he was working with a much shorter amount of space and time.) Co-writer and director Guillermo del Toro has broken free of his almost quaint, homemade style in Pacific Rim, delivering, in many ways, the ultimate summer movie, for good and ill.
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 13: “J’ai Obtenu Cette” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Kurt Sutter Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX Much like this season presented strong episodes next to the ones that fell short, SoA’s season five finale goes out with a little bit of mixed feelings. We’re left with …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 12: “Darthy” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX So Clay gets to take off for a nice little trip of recovery to Ireland and for some reason it seems highly likely that Tiggy might just join in on that trip, …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 11: “To Thine Own Self” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Paris Barclay Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX It was clear from the get-go that Nero couldn‘t remain the gold-hearted biker he’s been during this season but mano does this compadre handle his guns fast! He already …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 10: “Crucifixed” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Guy Ferland Airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on FX It was clear from the beginning that absolutely nothing in the world of SoA is holy, but just to reassure us of that, Kurt Sutter (aka Otto) brutally stabs Nurse Pam with …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 9: “Andare Pescare” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Bill Gierhart Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX So after weeks that shocked mainly with gruesome violence, this week Sutter and his team deliver an episode that builds on less obvious shock moments and rather chooses to embrace a …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 8: “Ablation” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Karen Gaviola Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX It seems as if SoA‘s writers felt like taking a week off of the body count that ruled past week‘s episodes, much to the advantage of tying up some loose ends and …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 6: “Small World” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Adam Arkin Airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on FX Sons of Anarchy has always been known for its violence and brutality but it seems as if season five is trying to reach a new record in accumulating dead bodies. After …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 4: “Stolen Huffy“ Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Paris Barclay Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 5: “Orca Shrugged“ Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX Episode four sees itself greatly challenged with the emotional aftermath of what might have …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 3: “Laying Pipe” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Adam Arkin Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX Guess last week truly was the calm before the storm. Right when Sutter has you thinking that he doesn‘t have it in him to send one of his leads down the …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 2: “Authority Vested“ Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX If last week‘s episode kicked right into high gear, with shoot-outs, gruesome murders, and threats posed from all sides, this week’s episode plays out in neutral, with the storyline idling to …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 1: “Sovereign“ Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Paris Barclay Airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on FX Jax (Charlie Hunnam) is at the gavel, vendettas are all around SAMCRO, the Niners are under the cold, hard reign of promising new villain Damon Pope (Harold Perrineau), and there’s a new …
Sons of Anarchy, Season 4 Recap Created by Kurt Sutter Airs on FX If getting out was that easy, this would simply be a different show; so while highly predictable, this season‘s ending brought the Shakespearean step-father-son relationship finally to the peak season one had already laid out: Jax stepping up to the gavel. Hopefully …
Sons of Anarchy Season 5, Episode 7: “Toad’s Wild Ride” Written by Kurt Sutter Directed by Peter Weller Airs Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on FX “Get the truth, take it to the table – let SAMCRO decide who lives and dies” – Wishful thinking on Jax‘s end, considering that it seems the killing spree of …
If a single recent event can help to sum up what’s happened to television in 2010, at least on a symbolic level, it’s this one: Charles Eglee, one of the writer-producers who had worked on AMC’s wildly popular The Walking Dead before either leaving or getting sacked by showrunner Frank Darabont (depending on who you …