Tuesday night’s “Sons of Anarchy” season finale drew a series-record 4.33 million viewers, a strong finish to what has become the highest-rated basic cable drama of the year. And while beating the turds crapped out by USA and TNT isn’t anything to write home about, I can’t help but be impressed that SAMCRO pulls more viewers than Don Draper & Co. in “Mad Men.”
Also, FX has made the third season renewal official:
As expected, FX has ordered 13 new episodes of the series, which ranked as the highest-rated basic cable drama this year. In addition, creator Kurt Sutter has signed a two-year deal to continue as showrunner. All the series regulars (those who survived the finale, at least) will be back too.
The bad news: Season 3 won’t air until next September. Guhhhhhhh. That’s a long wait until we get to see the fallout from the season finale. Like the white supremacist execution in the bathroom. Or the prison shiv in the neck. Or the murder of the IRA guy. Or the murder of his girlfriend. Or the high-speed automatic weapons assault highway on the highway. Or the stabbing of one of the Sons. Or the kidnapping. That was all in ONE EPISODE, people. I’m gonna have to go knock over a bank just to match the adrenaline rush I get from that show.
UPDATE: Check out Alan Sepinwall’s great interview with Sutter about the finale and next season here. Sutter: “The plan is to take the charter to Ireland.” **air guitar**
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That muggy cunt Agent Stahl will get it for sure—and did anyone catch that kiss between Ethan Zobelle and his daughter a few episode ago (maybe last one)? WTF? Was I imagining it was a bit close?
KURT SUTTER: Please give Jax a pair of black boots–I giggle every time I see those white sneakers. And your wife needs an Emmy. NOW.
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Agent Stahl in all her glory:
http://www.hogrockcafe.com/ally_walker.htm (NSFW)
@buddy
It’s the botched Botox that bothers me.
I was kinda hopping Polly Zobelle was going to cap Stahl. Have you ever noticed how before, like, every line she delivers Ally Walker gasps like she’s never breathed before? Well, I have and it bugs the shit out of me.
With SOA and Mad Men being over and Dexter only having 2 episodes left, I wont have any good dramas left to watch. Maybe I’ll pick up the Shield DVDs or something.
I’m not surprised it gets higher ratings than Mad Men. Can you picture yokels in Kentucky watching Mad Men? Everyone can understand a badass on a motorcycle, though.
So, this show, any good then?
Didn’t really care for the ending, or the whole gemma situation. And the whole baby thing, hello hallmark movie.
I love the show and thought it was a great episode, but I really think the writers are assholes for what they did. You dont see other good dramas like Mad Men or The Wire ever ending a season on such a fucking cliffhanger. That’s some shit Lost would do. I still can’t wait for next season.
Oh Leela/Peg. I will always want you.
I loved Hale taunting Zobelle about the death of his daughter. Such a great FU to that Nazi asshole.
Oooh, I forgot about the cunt punch! That part was great.
And to think, the Sons don’t even know what happened to Gemma yet, and she has no idea about Abel’s kidnapping. That bitch Stahl has got to die next season. Can’t wait to see how Zobelle ‘adjusts and adapts’. My God, once football season ends, the wait for new episodes of Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy is going to feel worse than death.
/dear God for a second there I actually believed Sutter was going to go the distance and have the mick kill the baby
//still needs to be held after Sons season finale
So, I assume this some History Channel reimagining of the descendents of Sacco and Vanzetti, right?
Stahl getting cunt punched gave me an adrenaline rush.
When the door opened on the back of Unser’s truck and everyone went all shooty mcgee, I really thought that Piney was going to fall onto the road at 65 mph.
I love this damn show so much.
My birthday is in September. Cool
It was one of the most badass episodes of any show I have ever watched. September is a long time to wait.