Sons of Anarchy

[GirlyGhoul]

Oh the BUNS Brigade was in full force tonight!!! We got Jax's Bax(side), Nero's Heroes... and... NO NO NO!!! Marilyn Manson does NOT get to ride the Juicy Juice Caboose!! Bad Show!! Bad BAD!!! Although at least we had Jax and Nero to rewind back to! Yikes! And then Rat with the random hooker... what gives? Hope his Old Lady in Waiting goes off her meds on his Ratty Buns for that!

But what happened to Juicy Juice's shiny shiv? He had it with him when they shoved him in solitary. Why didn't he shish-kabob Ol' Tully right in the Swastika? Ehh... maybe he really really was waiting for a pasty prison Nazi to read him poetry... But I hope eventually he breaks Tully's heart... AND his heart-shaped glasses!

Was glad to see Moses go down (Heh!). But wasn't there a plot hole big enough to re-bury a pastor in? I get that Tyler must have at some point given Jax and the gang a heads up about Moses leading his people (hee hee!!) to the faux cabin... But when and how would T.O. know to give the faux address to Mo? He didn't know he and Rat would happen to get kidnapped at that moment in time and that the only way out of it would be to send Moses to Egypt... err the prearranged faux cabin with handy rigged camper and plenty of hiding places for an MC and their guns.

I mean, I could sort of buy that they had enough time to call Unser and let him both get Eeglee a new room and then hide himself in the shower (That would have to be a VERY close call, though) But T.O. knowing a conveniently vacant location to fake out Moses AND Tyler having a chance to learn the location given AND get away from Moses's earshot long enough to warn the boys AND for them to have time set up an explosive camper... That was a bit much to chew. Think I'll just rewatch Jax's love scene and ponder on it no more...

Tig and Venus... yes! The Emmy Fairy needs to pay a visit to both actors immediately (Can you tie in a best actor category if it's in the same scene?) That was beautiful!

Although it was around this scene that I started feeling panicky. Things got VERY calm for a good half hour... and I'm not used to going for an extended time without something blowing up on SoA... So I was very very worried for all the young(ish) lovers involved: Tig n Venus, Chibs n Jarry, Rat and whatherface, even Nero and Gemma that something somewhere was going to LITERALLY explode in their face right as they said their sweet nothings. Thank goodness the only bomb dropped was Abel spilling the beans on Grandma!! BWAH HA HA HA!!! FINALLY!!!

Too bad the kid had to take to cutting himself before people started noticing something was very F*'ed up in the Family Teller. And what kind of social worker lets a child make an abuse accusation within three inches of the accused abuser?!?! That's SUPER messed up even for plot purposes. Well, this IS a Day Care center that picked Courtney Love as a teacher... so I suppose bad decisions aren't too out of character here.

But so far, things are wrapping up nicely. Moses got the Eye for an Eye (and fingers for fingers) treatment. Grandma's goose is getting cooked, MC's are finding love, Wendy's got her Mommy Badge back, Jax's buns are where they belong... Uncovered and on our screens. Now just the unpleasant August, Lin and Tully business to attend to... And hopefully the saving of Juice's Caboose!

P.S. What the heck happened to Malcolm Jamal-Warner? Did he get killed off in one of the multiple explosions I'm so numb to I barely notice unless there's long stretches without one? Why are we now stuck with Brian Not!Jamal-Warner and his pasty Nazi Juice Abusing ways??? Bring back Theo! Bring back Theo! (Unless he did get killed off... and if so, I apologize for losing count of all the bodies.)

[Sukie]

Was glad to see Moses go down (Heh!). But wasn't there a plot hole big enough to re-bury a pastor in? I get that Tyler must have at some point given Jax and the gang a heads up about Moses leading his people (hee hee!!) to the faux cabin... But when and how would T.O. know to give the faux address to Mo? He didn't know he and Rat would happen to get kidnapped at that moment in time and that the only way out of it would be to send Moses to Egypt... err the prearranged faux cabin with handy rigged camper and plenty of hiding places for an MC and their guns.

I believe that we were supposed to think it was all a set up with T.O. in the first place. At the end, when they meet up with T.O. and Rat, there is some talk about how/why Rat got caught up in it. Rat was not supposed to be part of the plan, but he didn't leave in time and they grabbed him, along with T.O. So I believe the original set up with with Tyler, T.O. and Jax & Team. Now, don't get me wrong, there are about 1000 things that could have gone wrong with that plan. First off, for being some ex-Blackwater, master militarized thug, Moses left 1 guy behind with Tyler when he went to go check out the "cabin" !! Really? Plus, there was no guarantee that Moses would not do some messed up thing to T.O. just out of revenge for Marks being arrested.

I am struggling watching this season, but I have come this far. This week's episode was really brutal to watch (the eye gouging, finger cutting & poor Juice). I think Sutter is pushing to see just how far he can go at this point. I am hoping the last 3 episodes are good. The build up this season has been so slow and frustrating to watch.

[Ladybug]

Anyone watch last night?

The two best scenes for me were the confessions, Juice telling Jax about the night of Tara's murder and Nero's reaction on the phone and Gemma's confirmation. All four actors killed it in those scenes. My eyes were glued to the screen, and I'm usually pretty distracted.

Votes on Gemma dying? I think she will live, but be cut off from her family and the club forever, which will be like death to her anyway. Maybe Chuckie and Unser will still be there for her.

Jax? I think the other MC members will vote to kill him for killing Jury. Nero and Wendy will take the boys and go live on the farm.

[cyclonevkc]

The two best scenes for me were the confessions, Juice telling Jax about the night of Tara's murder and Nero's reaction on the phone and Gemma's confirmation. All four actors killed it in those scenes. My eyes were glued to the screen, and I'm usually pretty distracted.

Completely agreed, ladybug!

I loved that there wasn't much music in this episode - the complete silence (in the first three-quarters, anyway) was refreshing and really let the superb acting during the Big! reveals hit home that much more.

Also, "She's the gatekeeper." TRUTH.

[hushhush]

Nov 19, 2014 13:45:32 GMT -4 Ladybug said:

Votes on Gemma dying? I think she will live, but be cut off from her family and the club forever, which will be like death to her anyway. Maybe Chuckie and Unser will still be there for her.

Jax? I think the other MC members will vote to kill him for killing Jury. Nero and Wendy will take the boys and go live on the farm.

If Gemma dies I think it will be at her own hand. I actually thought that was where they were going with it when I watched the episode last night! She was totally behaving like a suicidal person. When she was driving I thought she was going to pull in front of a transfer truck or go off a cliff at any minute. Like you said, this life cut off from everything will be horrible for her. I could see depression leading to suicide.

I have two guesses on Jax. The club members seem so emotionally invested in their brotherhood with Jax that I don't think they'll be able to bring themselves to vote for his death. He's done as president for sure. I think Chibs will be taking over. Jax might be voted out or he might just toss in his cut and walk away like Tara always wanted him to do. (I don't know if he has it in him to do that...)
If he dies, I think August Marks might be the one to take him out. In fact, as tragic as this show is, I could see him deciding to leave the club behind and still getting tracked down and killed by Marks right as he's about to try to start over.

[GirlyGhoul]

My guess is that the Club will vote to kill Jax but that Gemma will offer to take his place, and everyone will accept that (except Chucky for once) because it was her actions and lies that set it all off. Poetic Justice wise- I could see it going down like that. But TV Character wise... well I think Gemma's too damn selfish to even consider sacrificing herself for anything or anyone, not even for a microsecond. She's just about the most perfectly awful fictional character ever created. She's not only selfish and murderous... she's delusional enough to think that means she's a good mother. OY! She even left her youngest grandson sitting in a pile of his own poop longer than necessary so she could have her goodbyes. If she'd come out dragging the kid shoved into her getaway bag- I wouldn't have been even a little surprised. (Yeah, I shoved a baby in a sack and dragged him across the floor... I'm a GREAT grandma!!)

I reckon Jax does have to die... but I really don't want him to. Mainly because I think it would just be too sad for those kids to lose both their mother and father... and also, well he's awful purty to look at! But really, mainly it's about the kids. Abel's already got major problems... I just... I just couldn't if they were all 'Where's Daddy?' while the club or a rival gang has Daddy's pretty corpse thumping around in the trunk of their car somewhere. Even on a show like this, that's just too harsh. (So of course it'll probably go down just like that! Damn you Sutter!!)

I was SOOOOOO worried Nero would keel over from a heart attack right there on the pavement. But luckily the writers seem to have forgotten his membership in the 'zipper club' That said, half of why I worried was because Jimmy Smits was nailing that scene to the FLOOR! He didn't hardly say a word, but you could see his heart breaking (and thankfully not literally) and his whole world crumbling right where he stood. You didn't even need to hear the words Jax was speaking to him- he just turned into a puddle of agonized goo right on camera. The Emmy Fairy definitely needs to leave something under his pillow next year.

Juicy Juice is a Doomier Doomed I'm afraid- although I'd really like for him to survive if for no other reason than he's survived this long- why not make it to the end. Plus, there should be some compensation for having to be Marilyn Manson's snuggle bunny. Yeah, you deserve a 'get out of jail free' card for that!

I was glad he just out and out spilled the beans on Gemma. I was afraid he would either bite off his own tongue right there or else tell Jax that HE killed Tara just to save Gemma (for some dumbass reason) and to end his days as a prison snuggle bunny. But luckily, he told the truth. I'm not sure what he meant that it was all over for ALL of them. I mean, is he just being extra gloomy over his own demise... or does he know something that will affect Jarry and Unser too? Like, did Marilyn Manson share some pillow talk that the AB has secretly planted a bomb in the center of Charming and there's no defusing mechanism, so its too late for ALL of them and nite, dear! Or was Juice just suddenly going British in his despair and speaking in the Royal 'We' as he faced his own impending doom?

An episode or so will tell, I reckon.

I don't know how it will all wrap up. I know who I hope will live (and who I hope will croak it and croak it hard) But overall, I'm feeling kinda melancholy that the show is ending. Not that it hasn't gone downhill in the past few seasons... but just sad that there won't be a bunch of guys riding through this life on their own with their little smiling reapers on their backs week after week. Know what I mean?

[Ladybug]

I'm sad it's ending too. I'll probably do a rewatch on Netflix after it's over.

Every time I see Manson being romantic towards Juice, I throw up in my mouth a little. Then I remember that Evan Rachel Wood and Rose McGowan willingly chose to be his "snuggle bunnies" in real life. *insert 'she don't love herself' gif* I can't imagine bedding down with that guy. He invented unattractive.

[cyclonevkc]

Crap, you guys - all week I've been bummed that there wouldn't be a new episode tonight - except today. ALL DAY today. I was all, "YEAH!! Sons of Anarchy, bitches!!" Until two minutes ago when mr. cyclone asked why I had said, "Thirty minutes, whoo!" and looked at me with both pity and amusement.
Damn. See you next week.

[bklynred]

Yeah, I missed my Tuesday fix too.

[hamhock]

I just caught the latest episode. There was Hunnam Ass.