Sons of Anarchy - Part 1

[Christopher Nolan]

tig will murder pope...this will be the final..

 

[Dr Lee]

TBH.... i'm not sure it will be Tig... i think it'll be Jax

 

[rashad]

'Sons of Anarchy' recap: 'Laying Pipe' forces Jax to make an impossible choice
http://www.hitfix.com/monkeys-as-cr...-pipe-forces-jax-to-make-an-impossible-choice

 

[squeekness]

That was simply beautiful storytelling. I can't wait to see what move Jax makes next. I hope they have Jax at least look after the interests of Opie's kids.

I really hope Jax isn't the only one left standing at the end. But I wouldn't put it past Sutter.

Really? I thought the whole episode was a stupid waste. People doing inexplicable things -- Why did Gemma beat up that hooker when she could care less about what Clay does? Why would she even consider talking to Wendy? Hasn't she learned that scheming only blows up in her face? And the whole Opie thing, I dunno. I hated last night's episode from one end to another. Not happy that one of the best characters had to go.

 

[Dr Lee]

i think Gemma beat up the girl as an indication that, despite what she says, she's not over Clay at all....

 

[Marvolo]

Really? I thought the whole episode was a stupid waste. People doing inexplicable things -- Why did Gemma beat up that hooker when she could care less about what Clay does? Why would she even consider talking to Wendy? Hasn't she learned that scheming only blows up in her face? And the whole Opie thing, I dunno. I hated last night's episode from one end to another. Not happy that one of the best characters had to go.

Gemma may be out sleeping with Nero but she was married to Clay for many years. She isnt over clay. Love is a complicated messy thing. It was Opie's time and the best shows know when to hit hard. Opie got one of the most hard hitting and meaningful deaths ive seen in television And i wouldnt have it any other way.

 

[squeekness]

i think Gemma beat up the girl as an indication that, despite what she says, she's not over Clay at all....

I know she mumbled something about being mad that he followed her around, but still, she beat up the other lady when all she did was what she was paid for, not like she asked for Clay to take her for a tumble. I dunno. It all seemed a bit OFF to me. Maybe I just need to watch the first three episodes in a row over again or something, because it just doesn't seem like people are behaving as they should be.

 

[Marvolo]

I know she mumbled something about being mad that he followed her around, but still, she beat up the other lady when all she did was what she was paid for, not like she asked for Clay to take her for a tumble. I dunno. It all seemed a bit OFF to me. Maybe I just need to watch the first three episodes in a row over again or something, because it just doesn't seem like people are behaving as they should be.

That was all 100% Gemma behavior. She is losing her club, husband, grandbaby, and her son. She is backed into a corner and is doing dumb things to try to control her situation and prove to herself she is still in control of her life. After all that went wrong for her last night with Tara and Wendy and hearing that her own son would maybe kill her and the stuff that happened last season and the house break-in she finally saw an outlet for her fruatration. It happened to be the poor girl in Nero's business.

 

[Evelisse]

Yea I agree, Gemma was just being Gemma, there is very little good in her, it's there but very little. She has to pay the piper still for her part in the death of John Teller, so yea her true wake up call is coming I would think. Only three episodes in and look where we are at, Jax is at his The Godfather moment, soon will be time the SOA settles all family business.

 

[Maximus One]

Im just so sad that Ryan Hurst is gone man. I love that dude, he was awesome in Steven Spielberg's Taken and Remember the Titans

 

[Dr Lee]

No way will someone like him stay unemployed for long... he'll be back on TV sooner than later

 

[chamber-music]

for real

it's like "Ask me where Walt is again, I dare you."--Pope

Just like in Lost if you mess with Harold Perrineau's kid then **** gets real!

 

[ShredderX]

I want everyone dead. Pope, the warden, all the guards in on it and the 3-4 black dudes who beat/killed him. I want the biggest one chopped up into ****in' pieces and fed to the ****er who kept swinging that pipe down on Opie.

That **** was tough to watch.

Fed to the ****er who kept swinging that pipe huh ? Hmmmmm, I wonder what ****er means................

 

[X-Ray]

Fed to the ****er who kept swinging that pipe huh ? Hmmmmm, I wonder what ****er means................

No worries, it starts with f.

 

[Twitch]

Really? I thought the whole episode was a stupid waste. People doing inexplicable things -- Why did Gemma beat up that hooker when she could care less about what Clay does? Why would she even consider talking to Wendy? Hasn't she learned that scheming only blows up in her face? And the whole Opie thing, I dunno. I hated last night's episode from one end to another. Not happy that one of the best characters had to go.

Others have mentioned the things about Gemma, but what I call beautiful storytelling in this episode (Opie) is that this arc that has been built over 4 seasons. Yeah Opie was awesome and I would have loved for Opie to be V.P. to Jax but his story came to a natural and tragic end.

Also if we want to get metaphorical and ****, Jax was staring at himself through the glass two years from now (since this is tv, seasons) as a possible endgame depending on what happens.

Opie's death had so many layers to it, and that is why I called it great storytelling.

 

[Marvolo]

Others have mentioned the things about Gemma, but what I call beautiful storytelling in this episode (Opie) is that this arc that has been built over 4 seasons. Yeah Opie was awesome and I would have loved for Opie to be V.P. to Jax but his story came to a natural and tragic end.

Also if we want to get metaphorical and ****, Jax was staring at himself through the glass two years (since this is tv, seasons) as a possible endgame depending on what happens.

Opie's death has so many layers to it, and that is why I called it great storytelling.

Yep. Opie said it himself when he asked Jax if he was getting tired of the life. I think Jax finally realized what the club has cost him and Opie's life was just too much. I see Jax going crazy on some people and pulling the club down to its foundations and either building it up stronger or just leveling it altogether and getting out for good.

 

[killface]

opie's death was just heart-wrenching stuff. i haven't felt that cold after a character's death since [BLACKOUT]bodie in the wire.[/BLACKOUT]

the shot of jax infront of the glass window while the niner crew were still hitting opie's lifeless body in the background was brutal.

 

[EML420]

Opie why he was awesome but man did not expect it to be him,
(Im sure its been pointed out but he looks he could be a grittier Thor)

 

[El Bastardo]

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.c...utter-talks-about-last-nights-character-death

For anyone who's interested.

 

[Calavera]

didnt they say opie would stay in jail for years had he lived? because of what he did to get inside

 

[Maximus One]

opie's death was just heart-wrenching stuff. i haven't felt that cold after a character's death since [BLACKOUT]bodie in the wire.[/BLACKOUT]

the shot of jax infront of the glass window while the niner crew were still hitting opie's lifeless body in the background was brutal.

Man oh man that one hurt like hell too. Really came to love him over through seasons 1-4

 

[Asgard]

Damn Opie. Dude gave everything for the club. Goddamn. I was just as pissed at Tig as I was at Pope, the guards and the dudes who killed him.

Am I wrong, or was Jax about to volunteer himself to go in the box? I think Opie knew he was going to and took his place instead. Still hurts even now thinking how loyal he was to Jax.

The last shot with Opie on his knees and looking at Jax was freaking hard to watch knowing that that was going to be the end of him.

 

[rashad]

Damn Opie. Dude gave everything for the club. Goddamn. I was just as pissed at Tig as I was at Pope, the guards and the dudes who killed him.

Am I wrong, or was Jax about to volunteer himself to go in the box? I think Opie knew he was going to and took his place instead. Still hurts even now thinking how loyal he was to Jax.

The last shot with Opie on his knees and looking at Jax was freaking hard to watch knowing that that was going to be the end of him.

From Kurt Sutter's interview in the link below:

“The death of Opie will color the rest of the episodes for the rest of the series,” he said. “It’s not a death that will happen in vain, and I would hope that people still stay plugged in. Of course there will be a sense of vengeance and there will be something that drives our guys to retaliate, it’s not so much that as it is the emotional impact his death will have on the rest of the series and the rest of the characters.”

Sutter emphasized he wanted Opie’s death to happen now so it will be “organic,” versus building hyping it for the premiere or finale of a season. By losing Opie now in such a tragic way — the character actively sacrificed himself to prevent Jax, Chibs or Tig from having to be killed off to satisfy Damon Pope’s (Harold Perrineau) need for vengeance — Sutter wanted to show there’s going to be a whole new Jax Teller on Sons of Anarchy.

“Jax I think needed this emotional upheaval,” Sutter said. “This is the season where Jax — my sense of it is — Jax really figures out what kind of man he’s going to become and what kind of leader he’s going to be, and I feel like wanting to lay these circumstances out early in the season really allows this death to color all the decisions Jax is going to make [for the rest of the series].”

If Jax had his way, he would have been the man who died in the fight. Sutter confirmed that Opie knew that, which was why he sacrificed himself instead.

“I think he put it together when they were in that prison cell together when Jax told him the truth about what Pope wanted,” Sutter said of the moment Opie knew he would be the one to die. “Opie knows Jax well enough to know that he would rather take the bullet himself to say, ‘Here, take this guy.’ … Rather than put Jax through that agony, he [sacrificed himself].”

Full Interview: http://spinoff.comicbookresources.c...utter-talks-about-last-nights-character-death

 

[El Bastardo]

It's... it's almost like someone else posted that link.

Hmm...

 

[Marvolo]

Damn Opie. Dude gave everything for the club. Goddamn. I was just as pissed at Tig as I was at Pope, the guards and the dudes who killed him.

Am I wrong, or was Jax about to volunteer himself to go in the box? I think Opie knew he was going to and took his place instead. Still hurts even now thinking how loyal he was to Jax.

The last shot with Opie on his knees and looking at Jax was freaking hard to watch knowing that that was going to be the end of him.

Yeah, it looked like Jax was raring up to swing at the guard and Opie knew so he stepped in and hit the guard. Opie was the ****ing man and gave it all for that ****ing club.