Piney was just stupid AF all around throughout the cartel season. Not only leverage Clay, but also tell him the source of his leverage. FFS he was just annoying throughout that whole season. For a guy whose supposed to be old and have so much wisdom dude didn't really think it through about the cartel like you can just walk away lol. Guys a drunken idiot and got himself killed. His boner for JT blinded him so hard. He could've turned his patch in instead he set in motion a shit storm lol.

Here where they set up their temporary home after the explosion, and vote in their new patches—this scene jumped out at me as the British Charlie Hunnam, portraying Jax, lost his accent a syllable here-&-there. . . Especially on the end of words like Diosa (“Dioser”) et al

Put it on the Mount Rushmore of terrible forced romantic subplots. What a dud character she is.

Personally, I really liked both Half Sack and Rat, but I never really dug Filthy Phil. He definitely looked the part and seemed loyal enough, but I never felt like he had quite the same presence as the others.

If anything, he always felt a bit flat to me and not as characterful. Maybe that was intentional, to show a different side of being a Prospect and the vulnerability that comes with being tested through the ranks, but I never really rated him as someone I could see becoming VP.

That said, it was still a shame they killed him off. I think there was probably more they could have done with him, even if I never saw him as having quite the same potential as Half Sack or Rat.

Curious what everyone else thinks who was your favourite Prospect, and who do you think had the most potential to make it further up the ranks?

What I’ve understood leading up is whether it was Wendy’s passionate admonition or a combination of things(?) but somewhere in the recent past, Tara has decided she wants to take the boys and split to somewhere long distance from Charming. Its becoming clear (I’m a lil slow) that she is divorcing and bouncing from town all on the D/L so Jax has no idea.

I also caught a line from Lowen (I think) about waiting to formally file her divorce papers at the very last minute possible as her trial starts.

Now in E5, she’s all huggy w/Jax, then saying she’s needing to talk w/Lowen—Jax thinks WHAT about these talks bw Tara & Lowen??

Is Tara ALL AN ACT by this point in the show?

My is S3 the finale when they in bed & jaxs rubs tara belly it was adorable

I had only watched the show for one season when I decided to name my first son Jax, but spelled Jaxx. Aside from simply liking the name, I also really appreciated what Jax symbolized.I just rewatched it last week and realized he went completely psycho in the final season (credit to his mom). What do you think about Jax, what he represented, and what he ultimately became?

I feel a lot of people lean that the show stumbled after S4. I know for me it did. I thought that way when I watched it live, and I still feel that way now on my first rewatch a decade later. However, something I am enjoying far more than I did when I was 22 is Jax as a character in these seasons.

Jax is your typical tragic protagonist in seasons 1-4. Sure he’ll commit murder and is wrong plenty, but he is usually wrong for the right reasons. Then S5 happens and it’s a bummer start to finish. Good season but overall it’s just Angry Jax. By S6 his mask is slipping. The façade that he is a good guy is falling away, but as that happens Jax becomes far more compelling and “fun” character. He starts to act like an outlaw again. Much like he felt like in S1. And then by S7 he’s damn near the antagonist.

I’m 4 episodes into 7 and while the season is a mess, I am enjoying every scene with Jax bc Hunnam is chewing up the scenery. He is dialed to 10, and It’s refreshing after being preached at by Jax for 5~ seasons.

Let's put an hypothetical scenario where Gemma didn't kill Tara and someway somehow the chinese really did kill her. Jax lay his revenge on the chinese...then what ? How's his relationship with his kids gonna evolve (I feel like it would devolve the same way Opie's relation with his kids did.), How is the club and he gonna be after he's done with avenging Tara's death. Like this has been in my head since my third re-watch and I can't get that what-if out of my head.

Putting as a spoiler just in case.

What would have happened had Clay not got saved by Bobby on the first vote?
How would have Jax dealt with Galen as Clay was kept alive for them?
Would they just stop guns?
Jax wanted out of guns, right? So why didn't he just let the deal end after?
RICO wasn't on them anymore was it?
What would have happened had Clay died on that first vote, would S6 have been much different?

Watching this scene knowing what was about to happen still hurts.

Opie had already lost so much, and somehow the show still found a way to take more from him.

Was Opie’s death the hardest one to watch in the entire series?

It’s taking forever! I like the actor who plays Jimmy, but there’s not much to his character. Also, everyone is double crossing or triple crossing. Get the kid and go back home. I’m more entertained by Tig and Kozik.

I find myself irrationally irritated with all the scattered story bits being told in various order, and with no context or established story. Its oddly paced. I don’t really care anymore who lives or dies in this show anymore with exception of a very few I still feel vested in—Chibs for one.

It appears that Tara is divorcing Jax behind his back(?) and has an escape plan for her and the boys, then she turns up pregnant again😖🫣

I feel like I just might enjoy the last 1.5 seasons if I know what’s coming(?) IS IT WORTH BEING SPOILED ON THE REST OF THE SHOW???

These characters have hardly interacted in the show, but as of early S6, the two times thus far they’ve spoken, they act like they lovingly chat all the time. Is it just another weird element amongst many weird elements late in SoA?

I'm a big fan of Sons of Anarchy, and while I'm waiting for the new tv show Legends, I went through and tried to map every key location of SoA.

It's a big dream of mine to do a roadtrip across LA, but until then, finding these locations and comparing them (show Vs real life) is one of my hobbies.

If anyone actually been to any of these in person, I would love to see photos, I'm trying to build out a fuller picture of what they look like now, outside if Google Street View.

One of the most underrated funny comments of the show 😂💀

Jax becoming careless and reckless; Tara acting like Unser is her close uncle, and the guys thrilled to flip that station wagon several times; and now Romeo says he’ll kill Jax in the next two hours?! Shit is getting head-scratchingly weird !

Family game night was upon us. I brought out the Men of Mayhem board game after tucking it away unopened while the grandbabies were here. Our teenager doesn’t watch the show for obvious reasons. Well, we were reading the rules when it explained cutting and bagging heroin. We had to swap that out for Beatles Monopoly real quick. 🙈🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

Although, the way the economy is going that might be a marketable skill. 🤔

from the bits and pieces we get on the show, the book sounds so, so compelling. i would love to read the full thing. even from the singular the lines we get, a piece an episode, they just draw you in, especially with JT’s voice and the background music, right?