Episode 2.5 “Smite”
“These guys…they’re monied and connected: both sides of the law.”
SAMCRO finally realizes how big of a threat the League is to them, not that they were being subtle about it. I don’t know how you guys felt while watching, but there were a lot of “holy shit” moments for me for sure. **Spoilers ahead!**
more headbutting between Clay & Jax
The MC is clearly divided between the two men.
The good:
- The League’s tenacious ferocity towards SAMCRO
- Poor Otto…
- Tara’s ride: SWEET
- Learning that the blond girl who lured Gemma is Zobelle’s daughter
- Gemma reading an excerpt of John Teller’s book
- Unser divulging to Hale what happened to Gemma
- Jax letting Tara read The Life and Death of SAMCRO
- The explosive end
The no-so good:
- OPIE! I miss the Opie we knew last season. I know the evolution of his character is serving a purpose, but…
Sons of anarchy news
Ratings for last week’s episode “Eureka”
In last week’s update I mentioned that this episode was the second highest in ratings after the season premier. TV by the Numbers reports that SoA averaged 3.76 million viewers (up in viewers from the previous week’s 3.49 million for “Fix”). The show is beating FX’s other shows Damages and Rescue Me by a fairly wide margin. So, keep watching everyone!!
Full episode list for season 2:
Episode 1: “Albification”
Episode 2: “Small Tears”
Episode 3: “Fix”
Episode 4: “Eureka”
Episode 5: “Smite”
Episode 6: “Falx Cerebri”
Episode 7: “Gilead”
Episode 8: “Potlatch”
Episode 9: “Fa Guan”
Episode 10: “Balm”
Episode 11: “Service”
Episode 12: “The Culling”
Episode 13: “Na Trioblóidí”
Kurt Sutter attends Sonny’s 71st
Over the weekend Kurt Sutter attended Sonny Barger’s 71st birthday party and received permission to write a blog entry about it. Really interesting peek into a world I will never know.
A while back, I got wind that Sonny was a fan of Sons. My initial response was relief. Perhaps the same relief David Chase [creator of the Sopranos] felt when he got a gift basket instead of a dead fish from his Italian brethren.
My husband had met Sonny Barger a few years ago when he photographed a portrait of him at a bike rally. Knowing how things typically work around Mr. Barger, I feel comfortable in saying that Kurt Sutter is blessed to be welcomed into that circle with open arms.
Read the entire post over at SutterInk
IESB.com visited the SOA set and has not one, not two, but THREE great interviews to read:
Ryan Hurst (Opie), Theo Rossi (Juice), Kim Coates (Tig) and Mark Boone Junior (Bobby)
William Lucking (Piney)
Tommy Flanagan (Chibs)
Special Effects
From last week’s episode, the crew smashed thru a ratty motel to liberate Tig from the bounty hunters. Here’s a little tidbit of that event from behind the scenes. From the FX SOA production blog: “they got to build AND destroy one of the many sets you see in the show. It is oddly satisfying – so I’m told – to build something only to crash a flatbed truck right into it.”
I was sure satisfied while I was watching it…
And something to ponder: why are SO MANY people offended by the fact that Jax wears WHITE sneakers?
The amount of comments that fly around about the stupid sneakers is stunning to me. In fact, it has resulted as one of my highest commented posts on this site, and I have also seen it happen on other sites as well. I don’t get it!
Next week:
Episode 2.6 “Falx Cerebri”
After the explosion, retaliation is a go as the tension between Jax and Clay begins to boil over. Despite best efforts, the rift between Jax and Opie widens as Clay further embraces him. Jax works with an unlikely partner in a last ditch effort to protect the club.