Well done, Uff. The SoA finale was better than sex with most women. I had to rewind and re-watch multiple parts just because they were so incredible. The wait between SoA seasons is starting to rival the wait between football seasons for me.
On another note, I’ve scoured the Internets and can’t find any evidence of a Jameson juice box existing in the real world. Does anyone have any evidence of the Jameson juice box being available for purchase? Can we start a campaign to get major grocers to carry it?
12.01.10 at 10:10 am
bigpartymaker
I waited a long time for that bitch to get got. That was excellent.
12.01.10 at 10:10 am
Upstate Underdog
The last 30 minutes kicked so much ass. Awesome twist at the end. Chibs breaking out the knives for Jimmy and Stahl getting multiple bullets in the head was great. Can’t wait for season 4.
/high fives Matt
//Matt, I’ll high 5 my wife for you. She also watches SoA
12.01.10 at 10:13 am
wehavehair
I, for one, am glad the season is over. SoA was really cutting into the three nights a week I try not to drink.
Also, HOLYSHITTHATEPISODEWASAWESOME
/watched it twice
12.01.10 at 10:14 am
Upstate Underdog
Also, Unser at the end remaining loyal to the Sons was a nice touch. Great character, will be sad to see him go.
12.01.10 at 10:16 am
pat
I’m sorry but you HAVE to get rid of this multiple page bullshit. As am American I am predisposed to love drinking and violence. I am also lazy. Multiple clicks are too much work.
12.01.10 at 10:22 am
Zero Charisma
I called the doctor about my erection lasting longer than 4 hours and he said, “Did you watch SoA? You did? It’s cool, man. I’ve got a chrono-boner, too. Just drink some milk.”
12.01.10 at 10:37 am
elranito
That plan was “Squints making out with Wendy Peffercorn” level genius. “Been planning it for years”
/high five
12.01.10 at 10:38 am
gilp
it was take care of “our” girls
12.01.10 at 10:38 am
Matt
@Pat: Fuck you. That shit loads crazy fast, it’s way easier to format than a regular gallery, and people who want to comment don’t have to scroll through a huge page of photos.
Everyone else, please continue with the topic at hand.
12.01.10 at 10:46 am
essequemodeia
I feel sorry for people who don’t watch SoA like I feel sorry for all those fellas Hitler hated.
12.01.10 at 10:47 am
catpuncher
As much as I dislike the slides for one video or a couple of pictures, the slideshow was made for posts like this. And porn. I’m pretty sure the slideshow was originally for porn.
12.01.10 at 10:56 am
Josh
Man, that scene with Opie and Stahl was so good. His reading of “Now I don’t” was just heartbreaking.
12.01.10 at 11:02 am
pat
Jesus dude, calm down. I don’t notice a load difference one way or another, I just notice it’s mad annoying to have to click through every photo individually. I apologize for being off topic.
12.01.10 at 11:03 am
Taco_Jones
I’m so happy I won’t have to hear Stahl breathing in quickly and loudly before every sentence.
12.01.10 at 11:06 am
Enrico Pallazzo
I prefer stoned cops as well as a school bus full of murderers and SoA delivered both. Excellent finish and the Neil Young cover for the last ten+ minutes was well done.
12.01.10 at 11:11 am
Danger Guerrero
I KNOW! I had to click, like, FOUR times! My finger must have move almost 10 cm total! Why must life be so hard?! Take me now, Lord!
12.01.10 at 11:13 am
miamidiesel
It’s going to be fun watching what Sutter does with SoA in season 4 (and hopefully beyond). Last night’s season finale did a great job of resetting the SoA universe in several ways while preserving the overarching existential conflict of Jax and the MC.
Will someone please think of the Jameson juice boxes?!?
12.01.10 at 11:17 am
Matt
Pat: don’t get your feelings hurt, you nancy. “Fuck you” is an appropriate response to someone who’s complaining about having to go through the exhausting motion of clicking their mouse additional times in a thread dedicated to SoA badassery.
12.01.10 at 11:19 am
SOAlady
Taco Jones: YES! That is so true about Stahl and her obnoxious dramatic breaths.
12.01.10 at 11:19 am
K8E
@Taco_Jones, amen brother.
12.01.10 at 11:19 am
Wesley
With the pace of the season, you had to figure it would be bad ass, it was much better. The next 9 months are going to be as fun as the wait between seasons 3 and 4 of The Wire.
12.01.10 at 11:22 am
Ochocinco Fan Club
I don’t know if anyone caught this but my favorite little detail of the entire episode was Chibs in the school bus eating a PB&J and drinking out of a juice box like he stole some kid’s lunch. Not to mention that it was during the emotional low point of the episode just for good measure.
12.01.10 at 11:23 am
Ochocinco Fan Club
yeah… should’ve checked the slideshow before commenting…
12.01.10 at 11:36 am
essequemodeia
Anybody else wanna bang the fuck out of Stahl?
12.01.10 at 11:43 am
Paul
FUCKING AMAZING EPISODE.
Tig calling Unser “Chemo-Sabe”, and Unser pausing before saying “That shit ain’t funny” had me almost pissing my pants.
12.01.10 at 11:47 am
Paul
@ esse
ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING?
That fish face she paid someone to give her between seasons 1 & 2 is just fucking awful.
12.01.10 at 12:27 pm
Stinky Pete
I read a preview that said you would have to watch the finale multiple times because it would play different once “you know” *waves fingers spookily*. I wish I hadn’t because it had me looking for hints rather than just sitting back and letting it happen.
So even though I kinda had an idea how it would play out, the episode still surprised and thrilled me several times. That and the way Sutter built up the tension for the first 70 minutes was almost unbearable.
Watching this episode was like watching someone painstakingly line up thousands of dominoes, until finally gently knocking over the last one, and when the swirl of noise and motion is done and the last domino has fallen, you realize they spell out FUCK YEAH.
12.01.10 at 12:27 pm
mort goldman
when all the sons started cracking up in the police van, holy shit, i smiled and laughed with them
12.01.10 at 12:33 pm
SpunkyMiGeniuS
I watched the last part of this episode with my mouth wide open. Partly in awe, partly in case Kurt Sutter walked by with his penis out. That dude deserves free blowies for life, no homo.
12.01.10 at 12:39 pm
Smegga
Jesus. Just finished watching. That was great, especially now that Stahl has gone.
Can’t wait for SOA4. I’m craving it already and I thought the season in the middle was poor. Around B minus but that finale alone brought it back to A.
I was thinking that Tara was a goner when Jax gave her the vest.
12.01.10 at 12:45 pm
Nonpopulist
Gary Bertier’s hair has been out of control the past episode or two. I like how they manipulated me into agreeing 14 months in jail for the club is a win. I fucking love this show.
12.01.10 at 12:59 pm
Lisa
@Paul- good ear, I didn’t catch on to Chemo-Sabe last night!
C’mon, people- isn’t anyone the least enthralled that Sonny Barger made a guest appearance? And, a bad-ass role in the twist at that.
12.01.10 at 1:57 pm
OrangeJuliusPage
Just re-watched the scene where Stahl gets shot. Unser has a subtle line right before the bus rolls in, where he offers Stahl a hit of his joint and after she declines, he says, “You should really have some.” Possibly his best line in the series.
12.01.10 at 2:14 pm
Bob Jones
I was talking to my buddy after watching that episode and if you cut the part with Jax saying goodbye to Ope/Piney/Chibs and Lem, and then ended the episode with the Reaper immediately after they got locked in the paddy wagon it would be one of the most depressing season ending shows ever.
12.01.10 at 2:32 pm
Danny
That was one of the greatest episodes in all of television history. This show definitely deserves a little more credit around the award circuits. It seems some people are starting to grow brains with the success of shows like Dexter and Breaking Bad, but I mean come on. Give Kurt Sutter his due.
I just put two and two together after seeing the picture of Jimmy O that he must have slashed Chibs face like that, thus explaining Tommy Flanagan’s scars in SOA mythology.
12.01.10 at 2:34 pm
Taco_Jones
I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what the hell the Kemo Sabe comment meant until I saw it spelled out as Chemo-sabe here in the comments. That’s just brilliant, even if I’m not.
12.01.10 at 2:35 pm
Ochocinco Fan Club
Julius, that was a pretty sweet line.
The black and white difference between Jimmy and Stahl reacting to their impending deaths was brilliant. Stahl shaking in terror before getting shot was the best Michael J. Fox impression I’ve seen on TV.
12.01.10 at 2:51 pm
Stinky Pete
@Taco: I’ve been watching with the closed captioning on ever since they went to Ireland, and they had it “Kemo Sabe.” It wasn’t until I read it here that I got the joke.
12.01.10 at 3:43 pm
Paul
@Lisa,
I forgot all about that. I thought that was him, but he has aged so much since the last time I saw him that I wasn’t sure. I was trying to explain to my girlfriend last night who he was, but I had the name wrong. I thought it was Lenny, but I guess that was just b/c of the character’s name.
12.01.10 at 4:52 pm
Tremendous Johnson
Totally missed the Kemo / Chemo reference as well until now.
And it finally hit me last night that Stahl is a female version of David Caruso on CSI: Miami – terrible overacting in every single scene.
12.01.10 at 7:13 pm
dave
is next season going to take place in prison?
12.01.10 at 8:23 pm
OrangeJuliusPage
@dave,
I’m guessing they start next season in prison and probably spend the first 3-4 episodes largely in there until their parole. At the same time, it will allow the development of the following story arcs:
-Tara’s relationship with Gemma after reading John Teller’s letter
-Developing Kozik, since he looks to be the de facto head of SAMCRO while they are away, despite the vote that they took where Tig blackballed him.
-The politics inside the jail since their truce with Alvarez may be uneasy with most SAMCRO leadership locked up.
-More jail politics involving setting up new connects for firearms, since the Russians are rightly pissed.
12.01.10 at 8:30 pm
squabbles
***SPOILER ALERT***
Kurt has a few loose ends:
1. You don’t just kill a federal agent and walk away from it.
2. You don’t just rip the Russian Mob out of $2M and walk away from it.
3. You don’t just murder Jax’s dad and walk away from it (Tara won’t let that happen).
4. Who the fuck is Thomas (in the letter Tara was reading)?
12.01.10 at 8:45 pm
Opie
I am going to miss this show so much. After the first season, I went out and bought a motorcycle to fill the emptiness.
12.01.10 at 8:49 pm
Opie
@ Squabbles:
4. Thomas is Gemma and John Teller’s son who had congenital heart defects and died when he was young. John had to travel to Belfast and secure the IRA gun ties to help pay their med bills.
12.01.10 at 10:22 pm
Otto Man
1. You don’t just kill a federal agent and walk away from it.
That’s why Chibs painted the IRA tag on the back window of the car, and why Unser said the Irish were waiting ahead to kill Jimmy — they get the blame.
2. You don’t just rip the Russian Mob out of $2M and walk away from it.
True, but that either sets up a new set of bad guys for season four or can be resolved with a late payment now that they no longer have to rush.
3. You don’t just murder Jax’s dad and walk away from it (Tara won’t let that happen).
Again, that’s not a loose end. That’s a set-up for the next season, and beyond.
Anyway, great fucking episode. My wife just started watching, so I may have to fill the void until the fourth season by rewatching the first two. Hell, it worked for “The Wire.”
12.01.10 at 11:08 pm
Forte Knox
Holy fuck. That was awesome. Had to ignore this post today so I could watch on DVR, but man did that make some of the slow moments this season ultimately worthwhile. I can’t think of a much better setup for season 4 than SOA versus a prison gang (Aryans?) to start the season, and SOA versus the Russian mob to end it.
12.01.10 at 11:27 pm
miamidiesel
@OrangeJuliusPage: the Sons don’t need a new connect for firearms, by knocking off Jimmy they just got a real strong connect with the IRA Kings. The problem is they’ve probably lost a big customer in the Russian, but I’m sure finding a market for their firearms will be easy.
The Russians have contacts in prison (that is, after all, how the Sons set up the exchange for Jimmy), so it follows that the Russians will make life hell for the Sons while they’re locked up. There’s probably also some of Zobelle’s cronies kicking around there, and I suspect Zobelle will resurface and is probably involved in Hale’s shady real estate dealings. You’ve got to figure Hale and the sheriffs taking over Charming PD is also going to present some new obstacles. I’m really curious to see what Jax wrote to Tara in the 2nd letter, and how she reacts now that she’s found Maureen’s old letters. My prediction for the longer, multi-season narrative arc is that Sutter had the whole storyline with Gemma’s father this season (which showed how important family and her father were to Gemma) to heighten the tension when Jax finds out that Gemma and Clay killed his father (and he’ll obviously find out — Gemma’s whole “built on lies” speech in the jail cell foreshadowed that). I won’t complain if Maureen and Trinity (especially Trinity) make more appearances next season…
12.02.10 at 12:18 am
flabnasty
@dave @orange
My money is on the first episode being the day they get out of jail. The show needs to move forward in time, after having spend episodes on single days this season. I think they’ll probably have an cold open montage showing what happened while they were locked up, and then hit the ground running. The biggest complaint of this last season has been the pacing, and I’m sure Sutter will react to that and launch next season with a bang.
12.02.10 at 12:41 am
TFBuckFutter
“This is what she felt.”
12.02.10 at 12:43 am
TFBuckFutter
4. Who the fuck is Thomas (in the letter Tara was reading)?
I could be wrong, but I believe Thomas is Gemma’s oldest son who died from the heart problem that runs in the family.
But it’s cool not to actually watch the show and then critique it’s “failures”. It’s actually easier that way.
12.02.10 at 1:03 am
stopher
FIRST OFF, SOA SUCKED SO MUCH BALLS THIS SEASON IT WAS LIKE BEING AT OTTA MANS SISTERS HOUSE. CHARACTERS WERE TERRIBLE, IRELAND WAS RIDICULOUS, OPIE WAS RETARDED, IT’S LIKE IT WAS SCRIPTED BY A HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB. SO PREDICTABLE AND VOLATILE, I COULD BARELY WATCH.
12.02.10 at 1:17 am
Homo Erectus
Best season finale I’ve seen in years. Gonna be hard to follow that. Gave myself a high five. Five on one. A high six!
12.02.10 at 2:23 am
RWB
Did anyone notice that on the deal that Jax signed with Stahl he signed his real name, Charlie Hunnam? So technically the deal wasn’t valid to begin with– BRAAAAAAAAAAAAHM.
12.02.10 at 8:59 am
Kev
I loved this episode…the last 20 min was better than anything on tv now
anyway sutter talked a little about what might go down in season 4 [www.eonline.com]
12.02.10 at 10:41 am
Skins
People who type in all caps kind kindly excuse themselves the fuck away from the conversation. EPIC. FINALE.
12.02.10 at 11:13 am
skeletor
EPIC finale… I didn’t see the twist coming, I was all ready for S4 to be Jax vs the rest of the Sons.. and then there was the line “Did you get the deal”.. my girlfriend turned to me and said, “wait, did the club KNOW about Jax’s deal?”
and a second before the laughter in the police van started, i realized what Sutter had done. Brilliant, diabolical bastard!
and Stopher must be pretty hungry.. god bless these commenters for recognizing the troll and refusing to feed it
12.02.10 at 12:16 pm
Midwest Girthquake
What keyed it for me that the club knew about the deal is when they were coming down the mountain and the ATF guys waved everybody through except the van.
Also, in hindsight when I knew he was helping them wack Stahl when Clay gave Unser a heartfelt “Thanks for doing this for the club, we won’t forget it.”
I wouldn’t mind seeing Unser go out with a bang and have the Sons patch him up just before he bites it. It would get dusty in the house watching that scene.
12.03.10 at 3:12 am
LoCo MoFo
Now i didn’t read all of the above comments, but what i got from most of it, a lot of you guys cant wait for the forth season. Personally i don’t think there will be a 4th, if you think about it, Jimmy, and Stahl have both been the through out enemies of the club, and they both just got owned epically. Honestly i would love to see a 4th season, but the way this season ended i would be happy with the result being the final.
Unless i haven’t done very good research and 4th season’s been announced already, if so please tell me, because that would be awesome.
12.03.10 at 3:17 am
LoCo MoFo
nvm my last post, just found out 4th season in 2012, freakin suuuweeeeeeeet!!!
12.03.10 at 2:34 pm
Eeeee
Season 4 will be 14 months from now feb 2012. Also didnt they rip up the deal in the school bus killing Jimmy & stahl scene?
12.03.10 at 3:51 pm
ohemgee
Wait, February 2012? The fuck?
12.06.10 at 11:29 am
Forte Knox
@ Eeeee, you’re probably not reading this anymore, but anyways: there were two “deal” files that mattered. Stahl walked away with Jax’s statement identifying IRA leaders; she handed the club’s lawyer the (ostensibly unconnected) statement from her exonerating Gemma and reducing the club’s charges before she left the garage. What you saw getting recovered from Stahl and ripped up after she and Jimmy were killed was the file implicating the IRA; they still have the file getting their people off, which apparently was the plan all along.
12.31.10 at 2:33 pm
Saul Goode
essequemodeia
Anybody else wanna bang the fuck out of Stahl?
^^^^^
Co-sign.
01.31.11 at 5:04 am
Corpsegrinder
SOA is definetly one of the best shows ever made! I really love all three seasons, all of them were just great! Now Im looking forward to Season 4! I guess a war between SOA and the Russian Mafia will start. I dont think Victor Putlova is going to let them walk away, after betraying him so bad. And the Russian Mafia is a dangerous enemy! If they make it right, the fourth season can end in a epic battle between them. A MC vs a Mafia, thats something I never saw on TV!
04.26.11 at 11:43 am
jffhdyfrk
I wish we could ‘LIKE’ some of these comments. haha
06.20.11 at 11:56 pm
Franklin
So, I’m wayyyyyyy behind, but the season finale may have been the greatest episode of television I’ve ever watched.
And I have to say this… Unser has always been my favorite character. If (and when) he dies, he doesn’t get buried fully patched into SoA, I will abandon this show. I almost lost it in the scene with him and Stahl… the real Sons will always be Baddasses, but that scene unbelievably got to me.
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Well done, Uff. The SoA finale was better than sex with most women. I had to rewind and re-watch multiple parts just because they were so incredible. The wait between SoA seasons is starting to rival the wait between football seasons for me.
On another note, I’ve scoured the Internets and can’t find any evidence of a Jameson juice box existing in the real world. Does anyone have any evidence of the Jameson juice box being available for purchase? Can we start a campaign to get major grocers to carry it?
I waited a long time for that bitch to get got. That was excellent.
The last 30 minutes kicked so much ass. Awesome twist at the end. Chibs breaking out the knives for Jimmy and Stahl getting multiple bullets in the head was great. Can’t wait for season 4.
/high fives Matt
//Matt, I’ll high 5 my wife for you. She also watches SoA
I, for one, am glad the season is over. SoA was really cutting into the three nights a week I try not to drink.
Also, HOLYSHITTHATEPISODEWASAWESOME
/watched it twice
Also, Unser at the end remaining loyal to the Sons was a nice touch. Great character, will be sad to see him go.
I’m sorry but you HAVE to get rid of this multiple page bullshit. As am American I am predisposed to love drinking and violence. I am also lazy. Multiple clicks are too much work.
I called the doctor about my erection lasting longer than 4 hours and he said, “Did you watch SoA? You did? It’s cool, man. I’ve got a chrono-boner, too. Just drink some milk.”
That plan was “Squints making out with Wendy Peffercorn” level genius. “Been planning it for years”
/high five
it was take care of “our” girls
@Pat: Fuck you. That shit loads crazy fast, it’s way easier to format than a regular gallery, and people who want to comment don’t have to scroll through a huge page of photos.
Everyone else, please continue with the topic at hand.
I feel sorry for people who don’t watch SoA like I feel sorry for all those fellas Hitler hated.
As much as I dislike the slides for one video or a couple of pictures, the slideshow was made for posts like this. And porn. I’m pretty sure the slideshow was originally for porn.
Man, that scene with Opie and Stahl was so good. His reading of “Now I don’t” was just heartbreaking.
Jesus dude, calm down. I don’t notice a load difference one way or another, I just notice it’s mad annoying to have to click through every photo individually. I apologize for being off topic.
I’m so happy I won’t have to hear Stahl breathing in quickly and loudly before every sentence.
I prefer stoned cops as well as a school bus full of murderers and SoA delivered both. Excellent finish and the Neil Young cover for the last ten+ minutes was well done.
I KNOW! I had to click, like, FOUR times! My finger must have move almost 10 cm total! Why must life be so hard?! Take me now, Lord!
It’s going to be fun watching what Sutter does with SoA in season 4 (and hopefully beyond). Last night’s season finale did a great job of resetting the SoA universe in several ways while preserving the overarching existential conflict of Jax and the MC.
Will someone please think of the Jameson juice boxes?!?
Pat: don’t get your feelings hurt, you nancy. “Fuck you” is an appropriate response to someone who’s complaining about having to go through the exhausting motion of clicking their mouse additional times in a thread dedicated to SoA badassery.
Taco Jones: YES! That is so true about Stahl and her obnoxious dramatic breaths.
@Taco_Jones, amen brother.
With the pace of the season, you had to figure it would be bad ass, it was much better. The next 9 months are going to be as fun as the wait between seasons 3 and 4 of The Wire.
I don’t know if anyone caught this but my favorite little detail of the entire episode was Chibs in the school bus eating a PB&J and drinking out of a juice box like he stole some kid’s lunch. Not to mention that it was during the emotional low point of the episode just for good measure.
yeah… should’ve checked the slideshow before commenting…
Anybody else wanna bang the fuck out of Stahl?
FUCKING AMAZING EPISODE.
Tig calling Unser “Chemo-Sabe”, and Unser pausing before saying “That shit ain’t funny” had me almost pissing my pants.
@ esse
ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING?
That fish face she paid someone to give her between seasons 1 & 2 is just fucking awful.
I read a preview that said you would have to watch the finale multiple times because it would play different once “you know” *waves fingers spookily*. I wish I hadn’t because it had me looking for hints rather than just sitting back and letting it happen.
So even though I kinda had an idea how it would play out, the episode still surprised and thrilled me several times. That and the way Sutter built up the tension for the first 70 minutes was almost unbearable.
Watching this episode was like watching someone painstakingly line up thousands of dominoes, until finally gently knocking over the last one, and when the swirl of noise and motion is done and the last domino has fallen, you realize they spell out FUCK YEAH.
when all the sons started cracking up in the police van, holy shit, i smiled and laughed with them
I watched the last part of this episode with my mouth wide open. Partly in awe, partly in case Kurt Sutter walked by with his penis out. That dude deserves free blowies for life, no homo.
Jesus. Just finished watching. That was great, especially now that Stahl has gone.
Can’t wait for SOA4. I’m craving it already and I thought the season in the middle was poor. Around B minus but that finale alone brought it back to A.
I was thinking that Tara was a goner when Jax gave her the vest.
Gary Bertier’s hair has been out of control the past episode or two. I like how they manipulated me into agreeing 14 months in jail for the club is a win. I fucking love this show.
@Paul- good ear, I didn’t catch on to Chemo-Sabe last night!
C’mon, people- isn’t anyone the least enthralled that Sonny Barger made a guest appearance? And, a bad-ass role in the twist at that.
Just re-watched the scene where Stahl gets shot. Unser has a subtle line right before the bus rolls in, where he offers Stahl a hit of his joint and after she declines, he says, “You should really have some.” Possibly his best line in the series.
I was talking to my buddy after watching that episode and if you cut the part with Jax saying goodbye to Ope/Piney/Chibs and Lem, and then ended the episode with the Reaper immediately after they got locked in the paddy wagon it would be one of the most depressing season ending shows ever.
That was one of the greatest episodes in all of television history. This show definitely deserves a little more credit around the award circuits. It seems some people are starting to grow brains with the success of shows like Dexter and Breaking Bad, but I mean come on. Give Kurt Sutter his due.
I just put two and two together after seeing the picture of Jimmy O that he must have slashed Chibs face like that, thus explaining Tommy Flanagan’s scars in SOA mythology.
I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what the hell the Kemo Sabe comment meant until I saw it spelled out as Chemo-sabe here in the comments. That’s just brilliant, even if I’m not.
Julius, that was a pretty sweet line.
The black and white difference between Jimmy and Stahl reacting to their impending deaths was brilliant. Stahl shaking in terror before getting shot was the best Michael J. Fox impression I’ve seen on TV.
@Taco: I’ve been watching with the closed captioning on ever since they went to Ireland, and they had it “Kemo Sabe.” It wasn’t until I read it here that I got the joke.
@Lisa,
I forgot all about that. I thought that was him, but he has aged so much since the last time I saw him that I wasn’t sure. I was trying to explain to my girlfriend last night who he was, but I had the name wrong. I thought it was Lenny, but I guess that was just b/c of the character’s name.
Totally missed the Kemo / Chemo reference as well until now.
And it finally hit me last night that Stahl is a female version of David Caruso on CSI: Miami – terrible overacting in every single scene.
is next season going to take place in prison?
@dave,
I’m guessing they start next season in prison and probably spend the first 3-4 episodes largely in there until their parole. At the same time, it will allow the development of the following story arcs:
-Tara’s relationship with Gemma after reading John Teller’s letter
-Developing Kozik, since he looks to be the de facto head of SAMCRO while they are away, despite the vote that they took where Tig blackballed him.
-The politics inside the jail since their truce with Alvarez may be uneasy with most SAMCRO leadership locked up.
-More jail politics involving setting up new connects for firearms, since the Russians are rightly pissed.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Kurt has a few loose ends:
1. You don’t just kill a federal agent and walk away from it.
2. You don’t just rip the Russian Mob out of $2M and walk away from it.
3. You don’t just murder Jax’s dad and walk away from it (Tara won’t let that happen).
4. Who the fuck is Thomas (in the letter Tara was reading)?
I am going to miss this show so much. After the first season, I went out and bought a motorcycle to fill the emptiness.
@ Squabbles:
4. Thomas is Gemma and John Teller’s son who had congenital heart defects and died when he was young. John had to travel to Belfast and secure the IRA gun ties to help pay their med bills.
1. You don’t just kill a federal agent and walk away from it.
That’s why Chibs painted the IRA tag on the back window of the car, and why Unser said the Irish were waiting ahead to kill Jimmy — they get the blame.
2. You don’t just rip the Russian Mob out of $2M and walk away from it.
True, but that either sets up a new set of bad guys for season four or can be resolved with a late payment now that they no longer have to rush.
3. You don’t just murder Jax’s dad and walk away from it (Tara won’t let that happen).
Again, that’s not a loose end. That’s a set-up for the next season, and beyond.
Anyway, great fucking episode. My wife just started watching, so I may have to fill the void until the fourth season by rewatching the first two. Hell, it worked for “The Wire.”
Holy fuck. That was awesome. Had to ignore this post today so I could watch on DVR, but man did that make some of the slow moments this season ultimately worthwhile. I can’t think of a much better setup for season 4 than SOA versus a prison gang (Aryans?) to start the season, and SOA versus the Russian mob to end it.
@OrangeJuliusPage: the Sons don’t need a new connect for firearms, by knocking off Jimmy they just got a real strong connect with the IRA Kings. The problem is they’ve probably lost a big customer in the Russian, but I’m sure finding a market for their firearms will be easy.
The Russians have contacts in prison (that is, after all, how the Sons set up the exchange for Jimmy), so it follows that the Russians will make life hell for the Sons while they’re locked up. There’s probably also some of Zobelle’s cronies kicking around there, and I suspect Zobelle will resurface and is probably involved in Hale’s shady real estate dealings. You’ve got to figure Hale and the sheriffs taking over Charming PD is also going to present some new obstacles. I’m really curious to see what Jax wrote to Tara in the 2nd letter, and how she reacts now that she’s found Maureen’s old letters. My prediction for the longer, multi-season narrative arc is that Sutter had the whole storyline with Gemma’s father this season (which showed how important family and her father were to Gemma) to heighten the tension when Jax finds out that Gemma and Clay killed his father (and he’ll obviously find out — Gemma’s whole “built on lies” speech in the jail cell foreshadowed that). I won’t complain if Maureen and Trinity (especially Trinity) make more appearances next season…
@dave @orange
My money is on the first episode being the day they get out of jail. The show needs to move forward in time, after having spend episodes on single days this season. I think they’ll probably have an cold open montage showing what happened while they were locked up, and then hit the ground running. The biggest complaint of this last season has been the pacing, and I’m sure Sutter will react to that and launch next season with a bang.
“This is what she felt.”
4. Who the fuck is Thomas (in the letter Tara was reading)?
I could be wrong, but I believe Thomas is Gemma’s oldest son who died from the heart problem that runs in the family.
But it’s cool not to actually watch the show and then critique it’s “failures”. It’s actually easier that way.
FIRST OFF, SOA SUCKED SO MUCH BALLS THIS SEASON IT WAS LIKE BEING AT OTTA MANS SISTERS HOUSE. CHARACTERS WERE TERRIBLE, IRELAND WAS RIDICULOUS, OPIE WAS RETARDED, IT’S LIKE IT WAS SCRIPTED BY A HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB. SO PREDICTABLE AND VOLATILE, I COULD BARELY WATCH.
Best season finale I’ve seen in years. Gonna be hard to follow that. Gave myself a high five. Five on one. A high six!
Did anyone notice that on the deal that Jax signed with Stahl he signed his real name, Charlie Hunnam? So technically the deal wasn’t valid to begin with– BRAAAAAAAAAAAAHM.
I loved this episode…the last 20 min was better than anything on tv now
anyway sutter talked a little about what might go down in season 4 [www.eonline.com]
People who type in all caps kind kindly excuse themselves the fuck away from the conversation. EPIC. FINALE.
EPIC finale… I didn’t see the twist coming, I was all ready for S4 to be Jax vs the rest of the Sons.. and then there was the line “Did you get the deal”.. my girlfriend turned to me and said, “wait, did the club KNOW about Jax’s deal?”
and a second before the laughter in the police van started, i realized what Sutter had done. Brilliant, diabolical bastard!
and Stopher must be pretty hungry.. god bless these commenters for recognizing the troll and refusing to feed it
What keyed it for me that the club knew about the deal is when they were coming down the mountain and the ATF guys waved everybody through except the van.
Also, in hindsight when I knew he was helping them wack Stahl when Clay gave Unser a heartfelt “Thanks for doing this for the club, we won’t forget it.”
I wouldn’t mind seeing Unser go out with a bang and have the Sons patch him up just before he bites it. It would get dusty in the house watching that scene.
Now i didn’t read all of the above comments, but what i got from most of it, a lot of you guys cant wait for the forth season. Personally i don’t think there will be a 4th, if you think about it, Jimmy, and Stahl have both been the through out enemies of the club, and they both just got owned epically. Honestly i would love to see a 4th season, but the way this season ended i would be happy with the result being the final.
Unless i haven’t done very good research and 4th season’s been announced already, if so please tell me, because that would be awesome.
nvm my last post, just found out 4th season in 2012, freakin suuuweeeeeeeet!!!
Season 4 will be 14 months from now feb 2012. Also didnt they rip up the deal in the school bus killing Jimmy & stahl scene?
Wait, February 2012? The fuck?
@ Eeeee, you’re probably not reading this anymore, but anyways: there were two “deal” files that mattered. Stahl walked away with Jax’s statement identifying IRA leaders; she handed the club’s lawyer the (ostensibly unconnected) statement from her exonerating Gemma and reducing the club’s charges before she left the garage. What you saw getting recovered from Stahl and ripped up after she and Jimmy were killed was the file implicating the IRA; they still have the file getting their people off, which apparently was the plan all along.
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Anybody else wanna bang the fuck out of Stahl?
^^^^^
Co-sign.
SOA is definetly one of the best shows ever made! I really love all three seasons, all of them were just great! Now Im looking forward to Season 4! I guess a war between SOA and the Russian Mafia will start. I dont think Victor Putlova is going to let them walk away, after betraying him so bad. And the Russian Mafia is a dangerous enemy! If they make it right, the fourth season can end in a epic battle between them. A MC vs a Mafia, thats something I never saw on TV!
I wish we could ‘LIKE’ some of these comments. haha
So, I’m wayyyyyyy behind, but the season finale may have been the greatest episode of television I’ve ever watched.
And I have to say this… Unser has always been my favorite character. If (and when) he dies, he doesn’t get buried fully patched into SoA, I will abandon this show. I almost lost it in the scene with him and Stahl… the real Sons will always be Baddasses, but that scene unbelievably got to me.