Episode 2.7 “Gilead”
From the Scriptures, “Gilead” means hill of testimony or mound of witness, a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, situated in the present-day Kingdom of Jordan.
“You know, this club needs a healing, brother. And you’ve got to be the one to deliver it.” -Bobby to Jax
The boys are locked up in the slammer with no friends to watch their backs. Opie’s up to his elbows holding down the Teller-Morrow fort, trying to fulfill Clay’s requests & on top of it, his own kids. Gemma struggles to find solace while doing whatever she can to get her boys out of jail. Everyone is trying to make sense of it all and find some inner peace. **Spoilers ahead**
Jax in episode 7 "Gilead"
Clay in his prison duds
The good:
- the vulnerability of SAMCRO in jail
- Helloooo Agent Stahl
- the Zobelle/IRA connection: guns
- Juice’s comical “romantic” endeavors
- Gemma calling in the favor on Elliott Oswald & the really sweet interaction with his daughter, a rape survivor
- Opie stepping up to the plate for the club
- Tara calling Lyla “porn girl” (it made me snicker)
- Agent Stahl’s tactics putting a bigger rift between Clay & Jax, leading to the inevitable blow-out
- the palpable tension and parting of ways when the guys get home, leaving Gemma & Tara perplexed
The not-so good:
- Juice getting shivved for his troubles
- Plan backfired and Sheriff Trammel getting popped.
Sons of anarchy news
Ratings:
TV by the Numbers reports that last week while Sons of Anarchy didn’t make the weekly cable top 40 by viewers (it was 49th, 3.312 million) it was the number three show with adults 18-49 on cable, trailing only ESPN’s Monday Night Football, and TBS’ coverage of game one of the NLCS between the Phillies and the Dodgers.
Sons of Anarchy was the only scripted show in the 18-49 top 10 last week and was also the only scripted non-animated show with adults 18-34 last week, coming in 8th.
Charlie Hunnam on Carson Daly
Kurt Sutter posted this video interview on his site last week. Somewhere in the swirling voids of my mind I knew that Charlie was English, but hearing him speak normally threw me off a little!
And speaking of…here’s an eyeful of man candy featuring young Mr. Hunnam for you ladies! Aww…so cute!
Next week:
Episode 2.8 “Potlatch”
Zobelle’s business dealings with SAMCRO rivals exacerbate divisions in the club, which is already riven by the Jax-Clay split. And complicating matters further, Georgie Caruso’s (Tom Arnold) thugs attack Luanne’s studio. Meanwhile, Clay comes to an agreement with Elliott Oswald; and Chibs’ estranged wife shows up at his hospital bedside. Tara’s professional and personal lives begin to collide.