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Sons of Anarchy 2.10 – Balm

November 10, 2009 /

After tonight’s special 90-minute episode, I think we can all agree what direction the show is heading in. While it may have appeared like Ethan Zobelle would be the primary villain of the season, it’s beginning to look more like his appearance was a roundabout way of introducing Jimmy O. As played by Titus Welliver (Silas Adams on “Deadwood” and the Man in Black from “Lost”), Jimmy O certainly looks like the real deal, and the fact that he has a history with Chibbs only ups the ante. From what I gathered, he’s not only the face behind the IRA’s stateside gun operation, but he’s also the man who stole Chibbs’ wife and gave him that infamous Glasgow smile. Chibbs had hinted that Jimmy O was in town last week (though we didn’t actually know it was him at the time), so it’s no surprise that as soon as he was released from the hospital, he paid Cameron and Edmond a visit to question them about their recent dealings with Zobelle.

Jimmy O finally reveals himself to smooth things over, but what none of them realize is that ATF is listening in on the whole conversation. After striking out with both Clay and Jax earlier, Agent Stahl decides to go to Chibbs for help in bringing them down. It probably wouldn’t have worked any other day of the week, but considering Chibbs had just been insulted by Jimmy O in a variety of ways (calling him an errand boy, threatening to sleep with his daughter, etc.), it didn’t take much convincing to get him to strike a deal. Still, Chibbs has gotten quite a bit in return, including charges on the Sons dropped and immunity for his wife and kid. Meanwhile, Stahl gets started on her arrests, and the first person she goes after is Edmond, presumably because he’ll be the easier of the two to flip. Of course, I’m not entirely convinced that a member of the True IRA would break that easily, so we’ll have to see how this pans out.

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Meanwhile, as Clay and Tig investigate a possible new source of ammunition (and shrooms, naturally) from a nearby Indian reservation, Jax goes about putting the finishing touches on his transfer request. He still needs a unanimous vote from the club in order to officially go nomad, but that hasn’t prevented him from getting all his ducks in a row. Though he goes to a handful of people for help in making up his mind – including Piney, who tells him that the club will “die bloody” if he quits, and Gemma, who talks to him about the possible meaning behind John’s transcript (which Jax describes as a “half angry manifesto and half MC love letter”) – the final decision ultimately falls to Clay.

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Sons of Anarchy 2.9 – Fa Guan

November 3, 2009 /

As we draw closer to the end of the season, the Sons continue to be pushed farther apart. Jax and Clay have been at each other’s throats for weeks, Opie and Jax’s friendship is deteriorating, and Tig feels like he’s losing his place as Clay’s right-hand man. To make matters worse, the future of Caracara is put in danger when some of the girls get arrested for prostitution and drug possession after the Sherriff’s Department receives an anonymous tip. Not that Clay cares, because he wishes they never got involved to begin with, and he now blames Jax for Luanne’s death.

Jax, however, doesn’t seem to care about anything Clay says or does anymore, and when he threatens to shut down the porn studio after the latest incident, Jax confronts him in front of the club about Donna’s death. Not officially, mind you, but when you utter the words “You are really going to stand there and lay the guilt of a dead wife on me?” someone is bound to figure out what’s really going on. That person will probably be Bobby, because that look on his face after overhearing Jax and Tig’s discussion seems to indicate that he’s finally put two and two together.

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What he does with that information is anyone’s guess, but for the time being, he has other club business to take care. He’s sent on a mission along with Jax and Opie to convince an Oakland judge to throw out an INS case involving Henry Lin’s gun dealer, and though it doesn’t look like it’s going to pan out quite like they planned (their “emotional leverage” turns out to be a bust and Opie loses his cool), they eventually persuade the man to toss the case. Meanwhile, David brings Clay evidence that Zobelle is setting up Darby to prove Charming doesn’t need the Sons, and when SAMCRO stops by Darby’s latest meth house to pass on the tip, he runs back to Zobelle pissed that he’s been sold out. Unfortunately for Darby, he was probably always an expendable pawn, just like everyone else.

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Sons of Anarchy 2.8 – Potlatch

October 27, 2009 /

Putting aside the fact that I find it pretty hard to believe that the Sons would be granted bail so easily, it’s nice to see SAMCRO out of prison and back to doing what they do best – namely, getting into trouble. The mood in the clubhouse is pretty low following the brawl between Clay and Jax, but Bobby urges that if they’re going to get through it, the rest of the guys will have to help hold things together.

They’ve only been away for a day, but the first thing on Clay’s to-do list is to personally thank Elliot for the bail money. Of course, Elliot plans to make the most of his investment by asking for Clay’s help in running against Jacob Hale for mayor. He’d probably make a good mayor too were it not for the fact that he’s only going to get in deeper with the Sons. It doesn’t sound like a very big favor considering the money he put up for their release, so it seems strange that Clay would make a request of his own. Still, you have to admire his willingness to return the one piece of leverage he had – the knife he used to kill the rapist – as a sign of good faith.

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After dealing with Elliot, Clay teams up with Tig to see Henry Lin about selling some guns, but with their IRA contact now in business with LOAN, they decide to hijack the shipment meant for Zobelle and turn around and sell it to the Chinese. They show up in time to snatch the guns from AJ Weston, but when backup arrives and a shootout ensues, they’re forced to leave them behind. That doesn’t stop Clay from trying to snatch a few, though, and if it weren’t for Half-Sack stepping in to save him, he’d probably be dead. Curiously, Tig didn’t do a damn thing, despite confirming to Clay that he could count on him just minutes before. Clay is obviously starting to doubt Tig after he prevented Henry Lin from killing Chucky the Masturbating Accountant (who’s already been mutilated so that he can’t play with himself anymore), but I’m not quite sure why Tig is starting to act this way. Whatever the cause, they lost to guns to Zobelle, who in turn gave them to the Mayans for free. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that a bit hypocritical of him? I mean, I’m sure he plans on using the Mayans to take out the Sons, and then turn on them when it’s beneficial to him, but even a false relationship is still a relationship.

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Sons of Anarchy 2.7 – Gilead

October 20, 2009 /

Kurt Sutter announced on his Twitter page a few days ago that tonight’s episode was his favorite to date, and I’m not really sure why. (He claims he’s a big fan of the HBO drama, “Oz.”) It wasn’t a bad episode, but when compared to the rest of the season, it just felt a little flat. Part of that had to do with the fact that not a whole lot really happened, especially when you consider that all three storylines were dealing with the same thing: getting SAMCRO out of prison. Forced to hang out in the San Joaquin County Correctional Facility while they await their hearing (which has been conveniently delayed), the Sons are quick to proposition their fellow black prison mates for protection when they discover that the LOAN-affiliated skinheads have orders to kill them.

Getting protection is easier said than done, however, as the leader of the black gang requests two favors from Clay before he’ll even think about putting the lives of his guys on the line. The first is handled quite easily (and humorously) when Juice lures one of their enemies into a private area with the promise of a little Latino loving, only for the black gang to jump him and beat the dude to a pulp. The second favor requires Clay to reach outside the prison gates to Opie for help in framing a Chinese tranny snitch (say that five times fast) that screwed over one of their soon-to-be prison pals. But after he pays off the club’s police friend and plants a shitload of drugs in the target’s car, the tranny shoots the cop and gets away. With Juice already in the medical ward after getting a shiv to the back and the others only hours away from getting stabbed themselves, things are starting to look dim when ATF Agent Stahl makes a surprise visit.

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She’s come to see Clay in prison with a proposition of her own: give up SAMCRO’s IRA connection in exchange for their release. Clay flat-out refuses, but when she suggests that she speak to Jax instead (dropping a hint that she knows all about their heated feud), it severely pisses him off. Within seconds of returning to his cell, Clay and Jax are engaged in an all-out brawl, and though Clay is certainly bigger and stronger, I have to admit that Jax certainly held his own. At least, he came out of the fight the least for wear. Still, although Jax and Clay remain at each other’s throats, Jax gives Agent Stahl the same answer, but only after he deconstructs her entire interrogation technique and then indirectly threatens her by asking about Agent Kohn’s whereabouts. Sly bastard, that Jax.

When all was said and done, however, the Sons were able to post bail with the help of Elliot, who finally agreed to let Gemma borrow the $300,000 after she practically begged him for it. He certainly owes the club that much after they castrated the carnie who raped his daughter and then stopped Jacob Hale from forcing him to sell his land. Still, I can’t help but wonder what the point of this episode was if they’re just going to walk away from it without anyone ever mentioning it again. I mean, it’s not like any judge is just going to give them a slap on the wrist and set them free, so how exactly will the Sons get out of this mess once and for all? My guess? Jax will eventually succumb to Agent Stahl’s pressure and give up the IRA in trade for their freedom. After all, it’s not like they’re going to want to do business with those Irish bastards any more after they practically stabbed them in the back. Let’s hope not, anyway.

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Sons of Anarchy 2.6 – Falx Cerebri

October 14, 2009 /

After last week’s cliffhanger left the survival of Chibbs up for question, I honestly believed that Jax would amend his decision against immediate retaliation and mount a full-scale war against LOAN himself. Luckily, Chibbs is going to be just fine, and as it turns out, Jax is a lot cooler in the head than I thought. While he’s just as bloodthirsty as the others for revenge, he’s still playing it smart by doing whatever he can to delay the inevitable. So when Clay approaches Wayne about tracking down Ethan and AJ (who have since gone off the grid), Jax does the same with David, only he promises that they’ll actually play things by the book.

While they wait around for that intel, Wayne and Juice set out to clean up the crime scene before the Feds arrive. Unfortunately, they come earlier than expected, and catch Juice standing in front of the car with a hose and a jug of bleach. He plays it off as having a serious case of OCD and is let off the hook, but when they try another plan involving spilling urine on the tech’s lab kit (and thus ruining the results of the test), Wayne accidentally spills it all over the actual tech instead. That means the Feds are going to know the real truth behind the explosion, and though the car bomb won’t incriminate the Sons, it does bring a lot of unwanted attention to some of their other unsavory hobbies. In fact, it’s even scared the Irish gun suppliers into meeting with LOAN. We don’t know what that meeting was about just yet, but seeing as how Ethan originally wanted the Sons to stop selling guns to the minority gangs, I think I have a pretty good idea.

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Meanwhile, Tara’s freaking out about everyone’s safety following the attack on the club (namely hers), so Gemma gives her a gun from her surprisingly extensive collection and takes her shooting behind Luanne’s studio using porn posters as targets. What started out as yet another bonding moment between Gemma and Tara, however, quickly turned into a refreshing bit of comedy when the pair started shooting up the car of that porn star who was hitting on Jax a few weeks back. It wasn’t entirely necessary to the episode – especially since it was already a pretty slow-burning hour of television – but it was a nice addition nonetheless.

Speaking of slow burns, last night’s main storyline took quite a while to get going. However, once Jax and David followed up on a tip about the location of AJ Weston – only to get shot at by his brainwashed son – it practically sprinted to its unlikely finish line. Jax has been warning the club for some time now that Ethan is smarter than the average thug, so when David took a grinning Polly into the station after learning that her father would be attending a membership rally later that night, you just knew that the Sons were being played once again. When the rest of the club finds out about the rally, Clay leads a welcoming committee to go pick him up, despite Jax’s warning that local cops are already on the way. Unfortunately, no one listens, and when they bust into the building armed with guns, they discover that the rally in question is actually just a charity dinner.

Seconds later, the cops arrive, and everyone but Opie (who manages to get the hell out of dodge, though not before crashing his bike) is taken away. I’m not exactly sure how SAMCRO is going to get themselves out of this mess (they were caught both red-handed and on-camera), but there’s no way the series could survive with most of the team locked up in jail. On a side note, though, next week’s prison episode looks positively awesome.

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