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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 4, 2014 13:08:36 GMT -4
I just caught the latest episode. There was Hunnam Ass. This is always MUCH appreciated!! Not sure how to feel about the rest of the episode. What a complete bummer life Unser lived! I feel like he deserved more for all his troubles. At the very least, the same chance to stop and sniff the roses Gemma got. And JUICE! My dear Juicy Juice and his sorely abused Caboose!!! I'm glad he got to go out sort of on his own terms and to finish his pie, but it still felt all wrong. I feel like he should have been the last SAMCRO standing somehow- just for how long he had survived. I can't even remember what he did to get on the Club's bad side. I mean, I know it started with Roosevelt threatening him for intel on the Club using a racist Club bylaw that should have been crossed off the books before any of the current club members were even born- But why did they STAY mad at Juice? He made some mad moves and got some innocent folks killed, yes... But they've ALL done deadly dumbass things. I mean, if folks can be ok with Tig shooting Donna in the back of the head off Clay's bad info and then running over Pope's daughter off MORE bad info- I don't get why Juicy Juice deserved to be Positively Permanently Punished. Gemma caused MUCH more harm with MUCH less reason and still got to chose the time and place of her death without having to bend over for Marilyn Manson and a gaggle of Chinese Gangstas first. Poor Juice!! As for the rest... Lordy, the final episode might have to be three hours long. It seems they've set up a LOT of material to work through in just one more epy. There's the Irish to deal with, Marks and his guys to square away, securing the Niner/ Mayan alliance which seems to hinge on how things turn out with the Irish and Marks, the Mayhem Vote and what the fallout from that might be (I'm assuming it means Jax's delectable buns are toast!), and whatever was being set up with Marilyn Manson and the Spooky AB Kids. Not to mention all started romances: Tig n Venus, Chibs n Jarry, Rat n Babysitter whose name I can never remember... Plus, what about the KIDS. If Jax is sending them off to the Farm permanently, he may just want to mention that to Nero and Wendy. And how lovely for Wendy to be granted guardianship of an elderly Alzheimer's paitent she never even met. Lots of ground to cover. Lots of buns to uncover... and I DO miss mah Juicy Juice already!!!! |
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Post by bklynred on Dec 4, 2014 19:29:35 GMT -4
I also think Juice ultimately got shafted (pardon the pun). What happened to "making it fast," and how does gang rape figure into that? He made a minor mistake over some bullshit with Roosevelt ("ooh your dad's black) and somehow that ended up with him in the slammer, murdering at Jax's request and then being the prison bitch for months' besides? If anything, his suicide attempts should've been a red flag that this guy could NOT handle MC life. Maybe it felt v. cool & dramatic for Theo Rossi to play but for me, Juice was always in over his head & that's on Jax, not him.
And wow, 'looking at the flowers' will never have the same meaning for me after the past year!
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Post by Ladybug on Dec 4, 2014 21:33:16 GMT -4
I just caught the latest episode. There was Hunnam Ass. Good lord that man has a fine ass. I think it's 100% certain Jax will die in the finale, the question is who will take him out? He seems to know he's going to die. |
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 5, 2014 10:29:37 GMT -4
I also think Juice ultimately got shafted (pardon the pun). What happened to "making it fast," and how does gang rape figure into that? I KNOW!, right? It's like a few seasons ago when the whole gang went to prison, and they used poor Juice's Caboose as bait to lure some guy they had to kill or beat up or speak to (I can't even remember now!) but Juice was rescued at the last second... it's almost like Kurt Sutter was watching the finished episode and thinking 'Hmmm... I feel like we missed an opportunity here... I know! Let's make up for it in the last season! Repeatedly!!' Heh! Yeah, I think the floral industry might take a hit after this year. ;-) |
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Post by hushhush on Dec 6, 2014 18:36:09 GMT -4
I feel like Juice is one of the most tragic figures in the entire series and the typical cautionary tale for anyone considering joining a gang! He joined the club as a young, immature guy coming from what I can only guess was a really crappy family life and all he wanted was brotherhood and belonging (which is exactly what gangs like this promise to young impressionable guys like Juice.....) And look at all he went through for that "brotherhood" in the course of 7 years/seasons! Murdering an innocent woman for the club, several suicide attempts, being extorted into ratting, facing the wrath of the club multiple times, going to prison multiple times, getting raped and beaten repeatedly, and then winding up all alone and dead on a slab with a state burial. Unser deserved better than that but I could see it coming when he just wouldn't leave. If Jax is going to get laid one last time I guess it might as well be with Wendy. Now she and Nero need to take those boys and fly to that farm!!! I really fear for them but hope the show at least gives those two sanctuary and the chance to raise those boys in some semblance of a family environment. Gemma's death scene was very well done. Even at the very end she is in control and telling her son he has to do what's best for the club, even if that's killing her. If the show is loosely based on Hamlet, well, we know how that play ended.... What do we think the bylaw is that Jax wanted changed? The racial one? Something to protect his boys? And what was up with that limp/leg hitch at the beginning of the episode? ETA: TV watchdog group protests, clutches pearls at Hunnam Ass (Article features a NSFW photo of said ass, so decide whether you want to click and make that your desktop background now or later....  ) |
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 7, 2014 19:13:45 GMT -4
I'm hoping there's a bylaw that if a President kills a President, then the killer has to die... unless that killer has an ass that is deemed to beautiful to put in the ground. In that instance, the killer be allowed to continue living but will never be allowed to wear pants again.
Jax is hoping that bylaw can be changed so that he can occasionally wear pants during the winter months at least.
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Post by bklynred on Dec 8, 2014 11:28:17 GMT -4
I think the bylaw should outlaw his ridiculous white sneakers. The glasses can stay, though.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 8, 2014 11:32:11 GMT -4
I think the bylaw should outlaw his ridiculous white sneakers. The glasses can stay, though. LOL! Yeah, after the last episode- I actually wondered if Kurt Sutter had added those sneakers to the wardrobe for the sole purpose that Jax would one day have his mother's blood on them. Hee. |
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Dec 11, 2014 10:44:34 GMT -4
Pardon my double post and SPOILERS if you haven't seen the Finale yet...But:
OH SONS OF ANARCHY! How I'll miss you! I'm so gonna miss your long drawn out car/motorcycle chases set to snappy, situationally appropriate music! I'll miss your constant fist fights, explosions and arterial sprays! I'll miss how surprised all the gun running criminals acted whenever someone actually got shot! I'll miss your super serious discussions around the Reaper Table! I'll miss your magically dent free bikes and instant bullet hole mended leather jackets! I'll miss that you were the cryingest, huggingest, touchingest, most personal space invading MC tough guys in the history of MC tough guys (and people think the Winchester Brothers sit too close to each other!) And Random Butt Shots, I'll miss you most of all!!
I won't miss your blatant misogyny (Does anyone think to ASK Wendy if she wants all the responsibility being dumped on her from taking care of Gemma's dad to both Jax's sons and all their properties and taxes and such? Maybe she had other plans than living on a farm she was told was just going to be a weekend trip). Or your embarrassing racism. It's 2014! The Super!Special! SAMCRO is now INTEGRATED! HOORAY!!! Episode should have taken place no later than 1979! (And ultimately Juicy Juice died for their dumbass antiquated bylaw- so all the self congratulatory fist pounding really felt hollow to me)
But other than all that, it was a pretty satisfying wrap up to a season filled with blunders and uh ohs. Jarry and CCH Pounder were SOOOOO behind on the intel I almost felt like crying for them. But Jax explained it all and made sure the 'bad guys lost' including himself on his own terms. (Though why shoot Happy? That was just mean! I don't think the other MC's really needed that much convincing of Jax's 'escape'- They ultimately just wanted him dead)
And I'm glad that Michael Chiklis's seemingly WTF? cameo from last episode actually had a pay off! But God Bless you Kurt Sutter. I'm so sorry! I know you were setting everything up so carefully and perfectly with the switch to John Teller's bike, the road Jax wound up traveling, the bread and the wine/blood and everything. But I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry! When Jax lifted his hands up off the bike, my brain didn't register ANY of the father/son/Jesus symbolism. My brain only screamed: "MEG RYAN!!! BWAH HA HA HA!!!" All apologies! It wasn't until about a half hour later that the TRUE intention of what the scene should have meant all clicked in my head.
I never really figured out what the deal was with the Homeless Woman who popped up now and again. I guess she was the ghost or angel of the mother of Rat's girlfriend who got killed in the same accident as John Teller- but she seemed to have other purposes at times. So whatever she ultimately symbolized or whoever she ultimately was, I'm glad she got a scene in the end.
I was also glad to see Venus one last time. At the beginning, I was hoping for a sort of 'Where are they Now' future sequence where Tig would take Venus out to a fine restaurant in her best dress like he promised. But in this case, the little scene they did share was more appropriate. Tig would have been too sad to wine and dine his Venus that night. And poor Jarry! When she met up with Chibs again, I half expected her to jump him right there and make a scene in front of Rat. But it seems she is destined to either be the new Tara (doomed Old Lady) or the new Roosevelt (doomed Sheriff) or even worse the new Unser (doomed SAMCRO's little helper). She should probably just leave Charming.
But see! I'm still pondering the remaining characters' futures! That's how much I'm gonna miss this darling little ultra!violent show! *sniff!*
(p.s. My cat will miss it too. He watched every single episode with me like it was appointment TV. He'd hear that theme song and jump right on my lap then stay at the screen the whole time. He's never really done that with any other show I watch. Hunnam Ass. Gotta be the Hunnam Ass!)
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Post by Ladybug on Dec 11, 2014 15:08:01 GMT -4
OMG I just got the Jesus connection. Thank you! When I watched it I thought that was bread but maybe also Jax's brains? He sacrificed himself to save his people. The only story better than Hamlet!
My FB friend is so sad that Jax died. She was hoping he'd just run away and start a new life. It was obvious for a long time that he had to die. He killed dozens of people over the course of the show. It was either jail or death. Anything else would have been a cop out.
I love the return of the ghost woman. The show tied up the loose ends (by killing all of them) and reminded us of characters we lost like Opie and Tara. But the lack of even a mention of Clay was . . . Weird. I guess Ron Perlman's exit was a sore subject. I also would have appreciated a nod to Piney. I guess Jax going through the old photos was supposed to address that.
And Abel is totally going to join SAMCRO when he's old enough. Jax burned all journals and the manuscript, but Gemma made sure he got that ring. I hated her, but she really was an amazing character.
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