Season premiere review: Sons of Anarchy ‘Straw’ – The Signs Don’t Make Sense

Although it's not a particularly good episode of television, 'Straw' is an interesting - if heavy-handed - opening to what Sutter considers the final act (consisting of this season, and next's) of his 'morality play'. Showing us its characters in the aftermath of season's 5 conclusion, the episode builds toward the predictable closing montage, where …

Season finale review: Sons of Anarchy ‘J’ai Obtenu Cette’ – Maybe I’m Not So Different

In the end, Gemma wins. After all the violence, Opie killing, Pope dealings, Clay and the nomad nonsense, the big winner of season 5 turned out to be the boozy, smoking weed and crashing cars Gemma who wins out in the end, with Clay sentenced (in more ways than one), her in Nero's bed, and …

Review: Sons of Anarchy ‘Darthy’ – As Far As Mayhem Goes

During tonight's episode of Sons of Anarchy, Jax talks to Bobby about the inescapable corruption surrounding the gavel, and how it affects people. He says "you can't sit in this chair without being a savage." Well, if Jax was out to prove his theory in 'Darthy', he certainly accomplished it, continuing down the dark path …

Review: Sons of Anarchy ‘To Thine Own Self’ – Giving My Cancer Cancer

Man, the truth really does set you free, doesn't it? For the last season and a half, we've watched Jax try to navigate a number of growing situations in his professional and personal life, and they're beginning to come to head as the fifth season heads around the final curve. 'To Thine Own Self' was …

Review: Sons of Anarchy ‘Crucifixed’ – Out With The New, In With The Old

With much of last season's hanging plot threads continuing through this year's run of story-heavy episodes, there are a lot of shit going on in the world of Sons of Anarchy right now, much of it swirling around the increasingly unstable Jax Teller. And while 'Crucifixed' has a lot more strong moments than earlier episodes in …

Review: Sons of Anarchy ‘Toad’s Wild Ride’ – Who Are You?

I don't think it was intentional, but the closing sequence of 'Toad's Wild Ride' really summed up the season for me to this point. Moments of forced emotion and unbelievable reconciliations, followed by the most meta scene the show's ever had: substitute Gemma's Escalade for the show's plot (and sanity), and the closing moments of …