Episode 2.4 “Eureka”
“If you come across something that don’t make you miserable, enjoy it.”
Dayton Callie as Wane Unser
Last night we were drawn deeper in the turmoil swirling around the members of (and those touched by) SAMCRO. Clay’s arthritis is getting worse, he & Jax are butting heads more and more, Tara’s life is almost becoming divided by her relationship with Jax (doctor vs. “old lady”), Gemma’s torment, Unser’s struggle with doing the right thing, Opie’s drifting allegiance and then there’s Tig (“Assault and indecent exposure inside a livestock transport”)…
The good (and a LOT of it):
- Tara’s epiphany
- Gemma pulling the gun
- Clay vs. Jax
- seeing Unser’s strengths for a change while trying to take care of Gemma
- the rescue (gotta love Piney!)
- seeing the Oregon chapter of SoA
- the humanization of AJ Weston
- the chilling exchange between Clay & Jax
The bad (not a whole lot!):
- Gemma’s weakness once again exposed: her compassion for the parent/child bond (and this is bad mainly for the sheer frustration of it all). I really wanted to see her put one in the back of Weston’s head!
Sons of Anarchy: Eureka
Did anyone out there watch the HBO show “Deadwood”? Is it me or do you also have a hard time distinguishing Dayton Callie’s Wayne Unser from his character Charlie Utter? I think I have a brain wire crossed somewhere…
Sons of Anarchy news
It’s a been a pretty slow news week around here.
Ratings
Eureka was the 2nd highest in ratings after the season premier. Beat networks in 18-49 men. Nice job!
Kurt Sutter’s request to The Boss falls through.
There was a particular Bruce Springsteen song that he wanted to use for the season finale of the show but the Boss’ legal team kept swatting him down.
Kurt Sutter
From Sutter’s blog:
So some of you have been aware of my tweets about the Springsteen song I wanted for the finale. I won’t mention the song, suffice to say it’s one of Bruce’s more obscure rockers.
Because of the accelerated pace of our production schedule we were initially declined. Bruce is on tour and they needed a bigger window to get his approval. Someone at FX has a direct line to his manager so we were able to cut through to someone who can make a decision. I made that call yesterday. Here’s the problem, Bruce does not allow commercial covers of his songs. Part of our musical signature on Sons is to use obscure songs from little known bands and to do covers of classic 60’s and 70’s tunes. Partly because the costs for masters of iconic music is astronomical. To get the master cover from Sony for the Bruce song I wanted would have been upwards of $75,000 for one use. That’s my music budget for three shows.
So alas, we won’t be using the Bruce song in the finale. But what’s been true for the tenure of SOA holds firm in this situation as well. We didn’t get the song because there is a better choice out there.
Special Effects
Here’s a behind the scene look at how they crafted last week’s explosion of the house meth lab.
Next week:
Episode 2.5 “Smite”
While Jax and Clay lock horns (and line up support) over how to deal with Zobelle, Tara finds herself ensnared in Gemma’s emotional struggle in the aftermath of her attack. Meanwhile, SAMCRO gets help from an unlikely source.