BoboBrazil
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The longer run time and killing of Clay really did ruin things for the show. With the longer run time we basically got like 22 episodes of this show or something like that this season and so much of it was pointless filler.
The homeless woman, who has appeared many times over the years, is explained here. Short version: she's the ghost of a woman who was also killed in the John Teller motorcycle accident.
But she isn't a ghost. She was seen by Gemma as well and others and generally there was no reason not to treat her as as an ordinary living person. Which they fail to explain how is she alive and how's nobody else knows about it and why she condemned herself to that life instead of reuniting with her family.
The finale was rather touching and as good as it could have been considering everything, except two things: the aforementioned Brook's mother thing and the mother-fucking core subject of Gemma's part in JT's death being thrown out of the window and ignored completely. I had all i have to say about that regarding last week's episode. Baffling.
Maybe you can read some meaning to the fact Jax doesn't learn the whole truth; Maybe there's an underlining message behind that choice. However my gut reaction and what i think most fans expected was for that subject to be addressed, that secret to be revealed. If you share that thought then no matter how good what they actually did, there's no getting around this unfathomable neglect.
If you can let that 'slide' then it was a serviceable finale that did manage to pull (at least mine) emotional chords.
FirmBizBws im with you bro!
Sons wasnt perfect but for me and my wife it was one of our top shows, there was a tonne of development and lots of interesting stories.
People might take the piss out of the ending (Christ pose, bad cgi) but there was still a damn emotional build up to it and seeing Jax just accept his decision and end his life was pretty heart-breaking. In fact my wife was in tears when he died, Jax always wanted to help the people he cared about but it took him too long to realise that he was too far in and he was destined to hurt those he loved while he was around.
I also loved how everyone used to comment on how Jax always had his bright white trainers on, never really thinking about it much other than being funny but when you see him kill Gemma and his trainers being covered in her blood it really hit me. Something never mentioned throughout 7 years in the show yet that small detail added a lot to the scene and to Jaxs character development and acceptance of his self and what type of man he is.
The burning of the letters was also something that I was surprised about, many would say it was a storyline wasted but for me it was the opposite. You spent 7 years wondering when he would find out that Gemma helped kill his dad but when the time came, Jax had developed so much that the information was meaningless and to burn it and his notebooks (Containing every seasons narration) was much more beneficial to his family to ensure his Sons dont get caught up in the mess he did.
I will be looking forward to getting a complete Blu Ray set down the line and going through it again.
Did she appear in Ireland? If so that does point out for her not being an actual living person. Odd Jax and Gemma would imagine her the same.If she wasn't a ghost, care to explain how a homeless woman appeared in Ireland in season 3?
She couldn't have possibly gotten plane tickets.
Also did Gemma's role in JT's death really matter after Tara died?
"Oh baby before you kill me, 20 years ago I gace concent to Clay to kill your father, k bye"
Would that revelation really have mattered?
Did she appear in Ireland? If so that does point out for her not being an actual living person. Odd Jax and Gemma would imagine her the same.
Yes. Gemma's role mattered. It was the crux of the show. The original sin. The revelation we've all been waiting for. Why even bother having Gemma tell Nero the truth in last season's finale if they weren't to bring it up again? Terrible.
Jax couldn't pull the trigger at the first chance. Gemma had to keep to talking him up to shoot the gun. That would have been the perfect opportunity for her to bring up the JT matter, and that would have given Jax the extra motivation to murder his mother. Instead, the climax of the show was hijacked by one-season old plotline that was crap by itself and brought a crappier final season. The essence of the show and of Gemma's characterization and dynamic was swept under the rug never to be uttered again.
Yes. Gemma was in it. Her hands are tainted in blood since the beginning. That's the crime that made her deserving of a bullet in the first place. That's the core of show and her character and the relationship between her and Jax and everybody else.
You couldn't wait for a 12-eps old truth to be revealed but not for information that was 7 seasons in the making? We can debate how much of importance that moment should have but throwing it out of the window completely and acting like it's a non-issue? Never. And for Nero not even stepping up to provide that closure even after Gemma was dead? Incomprehensible.
The plotline was crap because i thought S6 was rather good until that moment. It was crap because every member knew that Gemma would freak out if she heard about it and considering the violent history between the two women they were ought to have somebody watching over Gemma in case she tried to pull something. It was crap because Gemma was pushed into action by her patsy Unser, whose pathetic head-over-heels love for Gemma made him run to her and share unconfirmed and untrue information that he had every reason to think would stoke the fire and get Gemma riled up to do something.
This act completely hijacked the final season and caused all the bullshit that people criticized this season for. FFS, Gemma couldn't even pin the death on some unknown junkie who broke to Tara's house - instead opting for the HEAD OF THE CHINESE MOB, knowing fully (or should have of) it would bring down war and death upon everyone.
Cheesey hamfisted end to a cheesey hamfisted show. I am totally ok with it.
Although I kinda wanted everyone except Gemma and the boys to die as a result of the lie to cover up Tara's death. Then she'd have to spend the rest of her days knowing she got everyone killed, while raising the boys on Nero's farm.
Yeah, you're mental.
Go ahead and convince yourself that Sutter is a genius and that the whole premise of the show was meaningless and not worth resolving.
In fact, i invite you to watch sutter's next show and the inevitable SoA spin off that's supposedly coming and continue to live in the fantasy land that you inhabit.
Sutter will continue to feed you shit and you'll keep asking for more.
The rest of us will be enjoying something that actually makes sense...
The fact that you don't realize that that arc was finished long ago is astounding. maybe you need to rewatch the show and realize that 1-4 and 5-7 are essentially different stories.
You clinging on to what you thought was the original premise of the show and what the real show was actually about are two completely different things.
I assume you're in the camp who wanted clay to live forever and be the final boss of the show still?
The fact that you don't realize that that arc was finished long ago is astounding. maybe you need to rewatch the show and realize that 1-4 and 5-7 are essentially different stories.
You clinging on to what you thought was the original premise of the show and what the real show was actually about are two completely different things.
I assume you're in the camp who wanted clay to live forever and be the final boss of the show still?
Finally got to watch the finale and Jax couldn't even die without being a selfish idiot. I'm just glad it's over and I don't have to sit through another two hour episode. I laughed when I saw that this was episode 13. It felt like episode 45.
Lmfao. Seeing it again is even worse than the first time. How did they see watch that last scene back and think "yeah, that looks good, lets use this"?
Found a nice little tidbit for fans of the series: Milo means destroyer and merciful in some languages
http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/milo
Gotta love the subtle things that Sutter does that requires rewatching episodes or just flat out putting extra time in with the show by doing research.
Really appreciate his work.
Found a nice little tidbit for fans of the series: Milo means destroyer and merciful in some languages
http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/milo
Gotta love the subtle things that Sutter does that requires rewatching episodes or just flat out putting extra time in with the show by doing research.
Really appreciate his work.
Agree to disagree, it wouldn't have added much, there was already enough fuel to the Fire for Jax to want to kill her, adding that on wouldn't have changed much IMO. Would it have been something to add to that scene where Jax killed her? Maybe. But in the grand scheme of the show, being that the entire "who killed my father" arc was finished, it was meaningless
The entire club didn't know about Gemma and Tara's relationship, that was obvious throughout the show. It wasn't like every one of their arguments took place in the club house.
There was no reason for them to be watching Gemma during that period, only Tara, who had posed an actual threat to their leader who could have taken the kids away.
Agree to disagree, it wouldn't have added much, there was already enough fuel to the Fire for Jax to want to kill her, adding that on wouldn't have changed much IMO. Would it have been something to add to that scene where Jax killed her? Maybe. But in the grand scheme of the show, being that the entire "who killed my father" arc was finished, it was meaningless
The entire club didn't know about Gemma and Tara's relationship, that was obvious throughout the show. It wasn't like every one of their arguments took place in the club house.
There was no reason for them to be watching Gemma during that period, only Tara, who had posed an actual threat to their leader who could have taken the kids away.
Gotta love the subtle things that Sutter does that requires rewatching episodes or just flat out putting extra time in with the show by doing research.
Really appreciate his work.
The show absolutely was an adaptation of Hamlet until it fell apart.You also buy into the 'Adaptation of Hamlet' bullshit.
The show absolutely was an adaptation of Hamlet until it fell apart.
The show absolutely was an adaptation of Hamlet until it fell apart.
Well yeah, that's widely known, but it was painfully obvious when it decided it wanted its cake and eat it too.
The premise of the show and how it was parallel to Hamlet was great, then Sutter started going way too far away from what you could even call a loose adaptation. Like simply calling it a Hamlet story was all it took to make it high art. I should have clarified that I meant how Sutter kept insisting it was anything like Hamlet past season 2.
Well yeah, that's widely known, but it was painfully obvious when it decided it wanted its cake and eat it too.
The premise of the show and how it was parallel to Hamlet was great, then Sutter started going way too far away from what you could even call a loose adaptation. Like simply calling it a Hamlet story was all it took to make it high art. I should have clarified that I meant how Sutter kept insisting it was anything like Hamlet past season 2.
Got it. I definitely agree. This was Hamlet as told by someone with high testosterone and mild brain damage. It was Hamlet as told by a five year old kid who was just told the outline of Hamlet while mashing his toy motorcycles and action figures together in the sandbox.
The final ride turned out to be some ratings digital thunder for Sons Of Anarchy. Not only did the final episode of the Kurt Sutter created series jumped up 44% from its Live + Same Day results to 9.26 million total viewers in Live + 3 ratings to hit an all time episode high. While the December 9 broadcast inched ahead of the previous SOA record holder of 9.25 million of the Season 7 debut on September 9 in total viewership, it fell just a little short of making it a double record. Among adults 18-49, the Live + 3 data for the end of the FX show drew 6.07 million just a tad behind the 6.1 million the S7 premiere got.
Still there was a clear and total victory for the last season of SOA when compared to previous seasons and anything else on FX. In the Live + 3 results that FX likes sop much, the seventh season of the biker drama had an average total viewership of 7.54 million and 5.0 million among adults 18-49. Not only does that top Season 6 of SOA, which was the previous record holder with 6.98 million total viewers and 4.77 million among the demo, but it is the most watched season ever of any series on FX in the cablers 20-year history.
Its a rare and remarkable accomplishment for a television show to generate its and our channels highest ratings in its final season, said FX CEO John Landgraf today. We thank Kurt Sutter and his team for an epic ride. To put that ride in clear context SOA has grown almost 200% in viewership and the key demo since its first hit the ratings road back in Season 1 in 2008.
Pretty much.Jax was such a fuck up that he couldn't even commit suicide without ruining an innocent person's life. Shit ending.
Seems like he would have lost most viewers well before Unser in any number of incidents. His treatment of Abel's first mommy comes to mind when he shoots her up with heroin or whatever against her will. Also, wait a second... wasn't she a lesbian that season? Ahhh whatever. It's best to not try to make sense of what Sutter comes up with.Sutter doesn't realize that the moment Jax killed Unser, essentially he became the "villain" of the story. Sutter still thought the viewers would feel sympathy for Jax and he made this ridiculous drawn out ending that was completely sabotaged by the actions of the main character in the prior episode.
Yeah that's when he went from flawed to irredeemable for me. It was all downhill from there though, to the point I was actually pissed off that he got to go out on his own terms after fucking everyone else over. There's not a single person alive at the end that he didn't fuck over. That's some last minute achievement right there.Sutter doesn't realize that the moment Jax killed Unser, essentially he became the "villain" of the story.
Jax was such a fuck up that he couldn't even commit suicide without ruining an innocent person's life. Shit ending.
Sutter doesn't realize that the moment Jax killed Unser, essentially he became the "villain" of the story. Sutter still thought the viewers would feel sympathy for Jax and he made this ridiculous drawn out ending that was completely sabotaged by the actions of the main character in the prior episode.
The show had some fun moments, but what a boring final episode.
Yeah that's when he went from flawed to irredeemable for me. It was all downhill from there though, to the point I was actually pissed off that he got to go out on his own terms after fucking everyone else over. There's not a single person alive at the end that he didn't fuck over. That's some last minute achievement right there.
Jax was such a fuck up that he couldn't even commit suicide without ruining an innocent person's life. Shit ending.
LOL at 'Jax ruining an innocent's life in his suicide'. You're talking about Milo?! What life ruined? Some nutcase crashed into his truck. Shame. But Milo isn't going to keep in a room from now on or see professionals. Lets not get overboard. You can find stuff to criticize w\o trying to hilariously pull Milo into it or paint Unser as a saint.
Nope. He hasn't done much press aside from the after show.Cornballer, have there been no post-finale interviews with Sutter that confront him about dropping altogether Gemma's part in JT's death?
lol at calling Unser 'innocent'. The sheriff that played along with SOA throughout the entirety of his career using a flimsy excuse of 'keeping Charming safe' or some shit about not rocking the boat. The guy that knew Gemma's secret but kept it even though it could have changed Jax's entire life's trajectory. The guy that practically has Tara's blood on his hands for running to Gemma telling her stuff he knew would enrage her.
Give me a break.
LOL at 'Jax ruining an innocent's life in his suicide'. You're talking about Milo?! What life ruined? Some nutcase crashed into his truck. Shame. But Milo isn't going to keep in a room from now on or see professionals. Lets not get overboard. You can find stuff to criticize w\o trying to hilariously pull Milo into it or paint Unser as a saint.
Cornballer, have there been no post-finale interviews with Sutter that confront him about dropping altogether Gemma's part in JT's death?
Well it was possibly Vic Mackey but yeah Jax wouldn't have known that. Jax was an awful person.
What? Read this article from a train driver who had someone jump in front of this train. It's unsurprisingly traumatizing,