Both SAMCRO and Sons of Anarchy feel in limbo right now, and the finale is going to have to do a lot to make it feel like this season, which was set up so beautifully by last year's finale, wasn't just about biding time. The rest of it fills time, but it doesn't give that same gut reaction. There were moments in "Darthy" that felt great - Jax and Bobby hashing out their stuff, Clay breaking down alone in the office - because they recalled the true crux of the show, the brotherly love of the MC. But would Sons of Anarchy really go there? I seriously cannot imagine there is a single person out there who says "yes! I would love to learn more about RICO and see Otto suffer more!" Likely this will all have some kind of direct impact on Tara and her (possible) jail time.
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Meanwhile, with almost no time left in the season, a new person (villain? Yet he's the one with the slain sister) Lee Torrent ( Donal Logue, who apparently briefly and confusingly last week) has been introduced in a story line that I guarantee almost no one cares about. In some ways they have, but it's clear now that Clay is not going to be killed, at least not for awhile, nor is the club going to get away from the guns or drugs. Lest we forget, we're right at the end now of Season Five when things should be wrapping up. Bringing back some of those Irish elements, with Clay wanting to take off there with Gemma for awhile, Wendy learning about Abel's kidnapping and threats that it could happen again surfacing doesn't portend well for upcoming seasons. Look, I love Ireland, but this is a story about a California MC, and bringing international interests in complicates things beyond a scope that is necessary.
Most SOA fans agree that one of the weakest seasons of the show was Season Three, with the Belfast story line. How could he alone orchestrate an operation of that size without the MC and even other MCs to back him up? Clay is just going to drive up and down the highway with exceptionally large weapons in his trunk? Clay's side deal with Galen also seems fishy. The bottom line is, SAMCRO can never seem to extricate themselves fully from the business, try as Jax might. This business with the IRA and Galindo and the Chinese and Hamas and. Here's where things start to get a little wacky. Getting his ink blacked in was an extremely difficult moment as well, and even though there's no going back and Clay's lifeblood has been taken from him, it's still not enough for Jax. His tears after getting his cut taken from him were sincere, and seeing him there without that vest on made him look old and much slighter than normal. it's just not something one can get over easily.īut damn Ron Perlman and his ability to draw you back in. Not to mention his violence against Gemma. After all, it was Clay whose lies lead to the death of Veronica Pope and then Dawn Trager. He also hasn't been easy for Clay to convince and manipulate back to Clay's side, and that's a good thing. I think Jax has a plan, and that plan could really fuck things up for the MC for good by starting another war for next season). Yet Jax seems ready to sell him out to Pope (which I can't exactly believe would happen. Tig is a particularly interesting case, because he's always supported Jax and stood by him, having his own personal beef with Clay. I was surprised Bobby's was the only no vote, even though Tig and Juice were justifiably torn, though ultimately agreed with Jax from fear or because of Jax's leverage, if nothing else. But then to vote to say that you would kill him? A friend, mentor and de facto brother?
You have a table of men who are being asked to cut a member out of the club, his life's love and work, because he did too much against the membership.
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Sons of Anarchy doesn't always give enough time to pausing and really deeply considering emotions, but I thought it did an ok job of grounding the severity of both the patch strip and the Mayhem vote with emotion. But it does make some sense for Bobby to have exercised his diplomatic status with both Jax and Clay, both of whom he loves despite all that's happened (particularly on Clay's part). It's difficult to not allow Jax, Bobby and friggin' Clay's tears cloud the fact that there was a lot of weirdness in "Darthy." Bobby's "betrayal" of Jax to save Clay's life felt like the last few episode of a competition reality show when, despite all reason, the "producer's pick" is allowed to stay to keep causing drama.