Outlaws; slaves to the open road but some how blessed with a special freedom.
The biker; the smell of leather, exhaust, cheap booze and cigarettes, struggles with an internal conflict to do right by his club while trying to change his moral boundaries at the same time.
The outlaws are the Sons of Anarchy, and they run things in their neck of the woods, a small and cleverly named town Charming, California. They are a one percent motorcycle club (MC) named Samcro and they are hell bent on their town staying the way it is without anyone coming in to tell them what or how to do things.
Jax Teller is the biker (Charlie Hunnam). Jax, vice president of the MC, is trying to defend his legacy, the club, by changing its direction. Jax is haunted by a manuscript written by his late father (founder of the club) and is constantly at a power struggle with his step father and club president Clarence 'Clay' Morrow (Ron Perlman). Clays wife and Jax's mother, Gemma Teller Morrow (Katey Segal), is truly the matriarch of the MC and will go through great lengths to protect her territory and her men.
Currently in the saga of the Sons of Anarchy the sweet town of Charming is in turmoil. The MC's primary source of income is running guns and their livelihood is being threatened. They are trying to defend their club and their town while enemy's are coming at them from all sides. White separatists have moved into Charming and are trying to take over Samcro's gun running business by stealing their connection with the Irish pipeline while at the same time causing all sorts of problems.
Sons of Anarchy is well into its second season on the continuously 'on the edge' network, FX. Kurt Sutter is the creator and executive producer of the show who also created the dramatic police series called The Shield. Kurt Sutter is also actress Katey Segal's real life husband, but don't be fooled by Katey's relationship with the creator. There is no better person on this earth who could play this roll better than her. Lets just say, after you see her in this saga you will forget who Peggy Bunndy even was. The talent doesn't stop with her, the whole cast is lined with actors from all different levels of experience but they all have this writer convinced of their rolls in this powerful television show.
Sons of Anarchy is brutal, violent, sexy, and explicit all wrapped up into one loving and faithful dysfunctional family. Every episode carries a character deeper and deeper into a twisted web of surfacing history within the club. It is addicting and will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat, screaming at the television, smiling and crying all at the same time.
Ana this is AMAZING, you hit the series on the nose, I am an avid SOA fan and everything you put in your view is perfect. Keep up the good work and i look forward to reading more.
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The columnist seems to have hit this show on the head. In a good way.
ReplyDeleteBut... (there is always a but), I was a long way into this review before I realized that it was, in fact, a review of a television show.
Oops.
If the writer put that up front, it would make it a lot easier to understand.
One other piece could have been expanded on: the section about the mysterious manuscript. I am curious what it was all about that it is so important.
I might have to watch this just to see Katey Sagal. Yup, it's Sagal, not Segal.
I like this show a lot too. Great entertainment
ReplyDeleteDarn it, I keep making silly mistakes like that! Thanks for catching it.
ReplyDeleteI live to catch errors - and fix them! How about going ahead and fixing the 'mistake?' The beauty of blogs and the Internet, readers from now on (once it's fixed) will never know the first draft had a boo-boo.
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