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Sons of Anarchy - Season 6 - Tuesdays on FX
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chris121580
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Man, the acting by Jimmy Smits. What the hell is Nero going to do now? I honestly had completely forgotten about Juice killing the mother until last night. My jaw hit the floor when Juice said that
The club/life drags everyone around it to hell. It corrupts everyone who comes in contact with it. You look at Juice and Tara and you see people that should have never been in this life turned into walking husks struggling to get through the day. Juice should have been an IT guy somewhere. Tara should have been off at a far away hospital. But instead they're trapped and desperately looking for a way out.
It's similar to The Shield, but in that show, you still had characters like Danny, Dutch and Claudette struggling to do the right thing and give the show hope. Here, it's nothing but never-ending torment.
It's similar to The Shield, but in that show, you still had characters like Danny, Dutch and Claudette struggling to do the right thing and give the show hope. Here, it's nothing but never-ending torment.
I think The Shield was better in the sense that the writers never seemed in love with Mackey and the Strike Team like they do in this. They kind of took the opposite approach by making them evil in the first episode and then slowly fleshing out their characters to make it more ambiguous.
Yeah, there's an internal contradiction between their fanboy attitude towards "this is so cool" and "Tara is justified in getting out of here."
OverHeat
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The rack more then make up for it.
Who the hell's Lyla? The blonde? Is she the chick who was Tara's rival in the earlier seasons?
What? How were the Sons evil in the first ep?
What? How were the Sons evil in the first ep?
RoninChaos
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Villain may not be the best choice of words, but they've certainly painted her in an unsympathetic light, and that's mainly because they continue to make the sons so likable. Look at the comic book shit she tried to do, when she could have been straight up and been like "THEY BLEW THE FUCKING CLUB HOUSE UP, JAXX. I'M FUCKIN' GONE" and what could be said?
Gemma and Jax would never let Tara leave Charming, even after the clubhouse blowing up.
I don't find her unsympathetic. She went to great and even stupid lengths to get the kids out of Charming, but that's what being around Gemma and the club has done to her.
WyndhamPrice
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He's talking about The Shield. What Vic Mackey does at the end of episode 1 almost put me off the entire show (mostly out of shock)
WarrenMax007
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Lol. I can't feel this season. It's awful. There were like 6 unfunny dick and cum jokes in this episode. There were bad writing and acting from all club members except main ones.
I loved first 4 seasons, liked 5th and absolutely hate 6th.
I loved first 4 seasons, liked 5th and absolutely hate 6th.
RoninChaos
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That's part of the problem though. Tera isn't Wendy. She's a lot smarter than this, which the reviewer also touched on.
Obviously we don't see things the same way, but I feel the whole Tera thing is completely half baked.
I can see where you're coming from. The thing is Tara might have been smarter and better at one point, but eventually she graduated from the school of Gemma. Tara's changed quite a bit. She resorts to violence without much of a second thought, for example. The jail scene in the premiere showed how dark she's become.
I don't view it as half baked, though. I view it as, "Wow, this is how far Tara's association with the club has dragged her down." That's the point - she's not making smart decisions because of all the grief, trauma, and general mayhem surrounding her the past year or so (in the show's timeline) has done to her.
-Pyromaniac-
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Has any show benefited as much as Sons has from a late introduction of a character like Nero. Jimmy Smits is just killing it and he's easily one of the more interesting characters on the show.
would explain why it fit so well
Nero is probably the only character I'll be sad to see go when he gets killed.
Well, maybe Unser.
Ohhhhh. Yes, I remember now, and yes she looked smokin' hot in the most recent ep. Way hotter than usual, in fact.
Ohhhhh. Yeah I agree with that.
Having the same problem with this week's episode as I did last week; the events feel like they have little impact because I don't know what's going on. They clarified Jax' plan from last episode in the weakest way possible, with just a throwaway line in that scene with him meeting with the DA, and now we have no idea what Tara is doing. Not telling the viewer what the characters plans are is Sutter's MO for sure, but I feel like he did it better in previous seasons.
I thought Nero's behavior in this episode was amazing, though. He's such a good dude at heart. Like he originally dropped Juice to the ground and almost got mad enough to swing at him, it felt like, but then later on we see that Nero couldn't do it and had tucked Juice back in bed. Nero is a good man that deserves better and Smits is owning the role so hard. It's so easy to root for the guy, so it's going to suck when he's inevitably killed. I hope it's not next episode...
I thought Nero's behavior in this episode was amazing, though. He's such a good dude at heart. Like he originally dropped Juice to the ground and almost got mad enough to swing at him, it felt like, but then later on we see that Nero couldn't do it and had tucked Juice back in bed. Nero is a good man that deserves better and Smits is owning the role so hard. It's so easy to root for the guy, so it's going to suck when he's inevitably killed. I hope it's not next episode...
Did the actress get implants? I don't remember her being able to poke eyes out when she was with Opie...
Speaking of Unser, what happened with that Aryan Brotherhood shit a while back? They attack him as a sign of shit to come and then...they never come back.
I wouldn't be surprised. Dem callbacks, after all.
I wouldn't be surprised. Dem callbacks, after all.
soundscream
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Dude they killed them all.
Cornballer
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The finale will run for 1 hour and 52 minutes followed by 8 minutes of Afterward before the rerun starts.FX said:
TheBrain76
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Cornballer
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It's supposed to be. We'll see what happens in the off season and what decision they make.
Cornballer
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He killed the mother of the kid from the school shooting. She was also Nero's cousin's girl. Jax lied to Nero about it.
Vert boil
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They tried to contain her but she tried to get away from the cabin by grabbing a shotgun so she had to go for the sake of the club. They told Nero that she OD'ed.
Saw an interesting idea at the IMDb board...when Nero confronts Jax, Gemma will ultimately have to choose between them. She'll likely side with Jax and the club, and at that point Nero will reveal the truth about her role in JT's death to Jax.
Either way the finale is going to be intense!
Either way the finale is going to be intense!
-Pyromaniac-
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I always figured Tara would be the one to tell him because why not? She doesn't give a shit about what Gemma thinks and if Jax sides with Gemma over her she'll likely just blurt it out.
RepairmanJack
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As much as I love Nero, that last scene seemed so cheesy. Why the fuck does Jax just HAVE to have a father figure. Gemma's his mother she should get her own ass in there and console him.
That scene just seemed so dumb to me. Overall great episode though.
That scene just seemed so dumb to me. Overall great episode though.
I think it could make more sense coming from Nero since Jax might think Tara is trying to manipulate him in her neverending struggle for his soul with Gemma.
Tara had her chances to tell Jax about JT's death, but she chose not to because she knew it would basically throw him into a tailspin.
If Nero drops the truth bomb, despite the standoff over Juice killing the shooter's mom, Jax will know that Nero wouldn't lie about something like that.
Cornballer
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Oh yeah, I forgot that the Gemma-Clay-JT stuff has been simmering this season, as well. Good bet that it shows up in the finale in some form.
RepairmanJack
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I feel like Jax would be really damn stupid at this point to not at least suspect. With how much that's gone down in the past 2-3 seasons I feel like he would at least know she knew about it, and if she stuck with him that's basically her consent anyways.
-Pyromaniac-
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I could see that. I know Nero is torn between his affiliation with the club and Gemma and all that and his old crew but man, but I feel like he likes Gemma wayyyyyy too much to sick Jax on her. Especially knowing what Jax is capable of. Nero would basically be placing a death sentence on her. He loves her!
Whereas for Tara saying it, it could be a last ditch effort. Maybe she thinks she will be killed and says something craycray like at least I didn't conspire to kill your father blahblah.
-Pyromaniac-
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I feel like he didn't trash the room enough. At least one of those white dressers had to fly across the room.
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