Recap: #204 “Eureka”

Sons of Anarchy
Season 2, Episode 204
Recap: “Eureka”

The Club gears up for their first run under the new deal with the Irish, transporting handguns through Northern Cali.  They will make the delivery under the guise of a charity run for a Children’s Blood Drive in Eureka.  As the Club prepares we find Gemma injecting cortisone shots into Clay’s ailing hands.  Meanwhile, Tara realizes, happily, that she’s Jax’s ‘Old Lady’.

Sam Crow kicks off the run, Harley’s thunder through Charming.

As the fleet exits Charming, the pack grows from twenty to forty plus as other Sons of Anarchy charters join the ride.  SAMCRO branches off to pick up the delivery from the Irish.  Each brother takes a bedroll from IRA soldiers Cameron and Edmond Hayes – each bedroll filled with guns.  The MC Pony Express is in motion.

Back at Teller-Morrow Gemma receives a disturbing package, a bag from “Sherman’s” containing the mask her assailants wore when they raped her.  Gemma, determined to take her life back heads out to Sherman’s to find something, anything.  She finds Sherman’s out of business – replaced by Ethan Zobelle’s Impeccable Smokes.   He greets her, asks if there is anything he can help her with.  Shocked, Gemma retreats – and bumps into AJ Weston.  His “Pardon me, Ma’am” confirms what she already suspects – Weston was one of her rapists.  Gemma is shaken but follows Weston when he leaves the smoke shop, driven by vengeance.

The Sons make their way further north with the shipment in hand – smooth sailing until Bobby’s bike malfunctions causing Tig to lay down his Dyna.  Awaiting ER treatment for a leg gash, Tig is snatched up by bounty hunters, tipped off by hospital staff.  Tension between Jax and Clay boils over when Jax insists they go get Tig now, before making the gun drop.  Clay insists they make the drop first.  A quick thinking Piney takes Jax and a small crew to get Tig before the argument escalates.  Piney reverses the T-M truck through the wall of the hotel where the bounty hunters are holed up.  Tig is rescued.

Gemma follows Weston, gun in purse.  An opportunity presents itself, a chance to kill her rapist, but Weston takes a call from his son… and Gemma loses the will to kill.  She falls defeated, more lost now then ever.

The gun drop is made and the MC catches up to the post run party.  Clay confronts Jax about undermining him, leaves Jax with an unsettling threat – if Jax brings up Donna’s murder again, Clay will kill him.

A look behind the scenes: THE WRITERS

From the room, to the page, to the screen, it all starts with writers and their words. They are the framework of the show which every other aspect builds off of.

This season we have compiled a great team of writers spearheaded by show creator Kurt Sutter. They’ve worked tirelessly to bring you an action packed second season that will exceed your expectations.

The process can be long and sometimes daunting, sitting in a room looking at blank white boards trying come up with ideas to build an episode around. Who are our characters? Why do they do what they do? What comes next??? With seven writers in a room, seven different personalities and points of view, that can become a very loaded question.

The most complex thing about the process is finding people with the right sentiment for the show, the talent to deliver, and who can be locked in a room together for 10 hours a day and not kill each other. Lets be honest, sometimes they argue, how could you not, but other times they work brilliantly together coming up with unbelievable twists, turns, and scenarios for our characters to navigate through. It is by far one of the most interesting work environments I have ever witnessed. The love, respect, and camaraderie is much like that of the club - minus the leather and bikes.

Meet the people behind the words:

Kurt Sutter (creator, executive producer): The man behind the mayhem. Without his vision and dedication there would be no Samcro. Kurt came through the ranks, spending seven seasons as a writer on FX’s hit drama The Shield. Starting as a staff writer, Kurt moved up quickly, spending the last two season of the show as an Executive Producer. When the series came to a close Kurt realized it was time to forge out on his own resulting in the creation of Sons of Anarchy.

Jack LoGuidice (co-executive producer): Back with us for a second season, Jack keeps things running smoothly. He is a seasoned writer who has worked on groundbreaking shows such as Showtime’s Resurrection Blvd. and Street Time. Although he has made quite a career for himself in television, his heart will always belong to the theater. A working playwright Jack has had four of plays produced in New York and Los Angeles.

Dave Erickson (consulting producer): A first season alum, Dave is no stranger to the small screen. Creator and Executive Producer of Canterbury’s Law, his knowledge of television and the trials and tribulations that come with it, has made him invaluable to the writer’s on Sons. He has become the driving force in the writer’s room, constantly work to get the story right.

Chris Collins (co-producer): He maybe new to the room this year, but he’s armed with some heavy artillery. Coming off of critically acclaimed shows such as HBO’s The Wire and Starz’s Crash, Chris wasted no time jumping head first into the mix, becoming well versed in the world and characters of SOA.

Regina Corrado (executive story editor): A playwright from New York, Regina ventures once again into the world of television. After working on shows such as HBO’s Deadwood and John in Cincinnati she comes well equipped to handle the likes of a few bikers.

Brett Conrad (story editor): Also returning from season one, Brett is the pragmatic one of the group, making sure the story always stays on track. After spending his hiatus working on Defying Gravity he came down from space and returned to the open road.

Misha Green (staff writer): New to the arena of television, Misha learned quickly and held her own as the newbie writer. She proved herself early on with her fresh point of view and desire to do the best work she could.

Recap: #203 “Fix”

Sons of Anarchy
Season 2, Episode 203
Recap: “Fix”

We open on a rousing rendition of ‘Hava Nagila’ – Bobby Elvis-style.  The porn business is back up and running.  Jax and Tara sneak away, growing closer, as Gemma and Clay struggle with the growing gap between them.

At the clubhouse Clay finds a “sad” Bobby Elvis sitting at the bar. Bobby vents about his financial position. Clay tells him to take over the books at Caracara.  Back in the TM office Unser checks in on Gemma, suggests she attend a victims of sexual assault support group. Gemma appreciates the gesture but says it’s not her thing.

Jax shows up to Caracara, finds Luann freaking out about Bobby’s new involvement.  Jax covers, calls it a club decision – but secretly fumes over Clay’s unilateral action.  Ima, Luann’s number one girl, plays up a story about being followed to get Jax’s attention.   Luann pleads with Jax to play along – Ima is her biggest draw.  Jax plays into Ima’s hand, promises to be her personal escort – a situation Tara will have to remedy.  Meanwhile, Gemma arrives at Caracara to talk Luann through the “Bobby situation.” Clay tells Gemma to stay out of club business.  They fight – violently.  The commotion brings Jax and everyone outside.  When Clay grabs Gemma she screams and breaks down at his touch, stunning all present.

While on repo duty Opie and Half-Sack discover that meth is being sold at the mill IN Charming.  Darby is flexing his muscle with AB protection –  courtesy of Ethan Zobelle.  The Sons beat down the dealer for intel on Darby’s meth lab.  Jax suggests they feed the intel to Hale – if he’s clean he’ll shut the cookhouse down, if he’s in Zobelle’s pocket he will ignore the helpful tip.   Sam Crow will know where they stand with the law.

Hale finds the MC intel good but ignores the crime – he has to play out his hand with Zobelle.  The Sons have their answer.  They take care of the lab themselves, giving us our first amazing explosion of the year.

Clay apologizes to Gemma, tries to reconnect with his queen. Unable to let him in Gemma pushes Clay further away.

The episode wraps up with the porn wrap party where Tara finally learns how to lay claim to her man.

Sons Of Anarchy’s Henry Rollins: Live Chat

Join us for a live chat with Sons of Anarchy star Henry Rollins Tuesday, September 15th at 3 PM ET/Noon PT.

Tuesday night’s second season premiere of Sons of Anarchy’s attracted a whopping 4.29 million viewers, setting a record ratings high for the dark FX drama.

Rollins, who joined ‘Sons’ this season, plays AJ Weston, a neo-Nazi hell-bent on destroying SAMCRO.

Read an interview with Rollins on his new role

Bookmark this page and come back on Tuesday to find out what’s in store for him and Charming’s other charming residents.

And don’t forget to keep tuning in to all new episodes of Sons of Anarchy every Tuesday night at 10 PM on FX!

Recap: #202 “Small Tears”

Son of Anarchy

Season Two, Episode 202

Recap: “Small Tears”

We open on the aftermath of Gemma’s brutal attack.  On an anonymous tip, Unser finds her and gets her out of there. Not wanting to go to the hospital, too many questions, Gemma reaches out to Tara.  She is adamant with Unser and Tara that NO ONE can find out about this, especially Clay or Jax. They both agree to keep her secret and begin building the lie of a car accident to account for her injuries. 

Post-welcome home party, Clay gets an early call from Alverez and finds out about Jax’s play, putting the Mayan body on the Niners. Clay reaches out to Laroy telling him that the Mayans are looking to get bloody and ensure Laroy that their business arrangement is once again exclusive.  

Meanwhile, Jax finds out that Luann’s porno studio has been raided, her assets seized and she needs help from the club.  Luann explains to Jax that Georgie Caruso, (Tom Arnold) a sleaze bag porn producer, is making a play for her girls and she needs the 50k she lent SOA to hang on to her talent.  Jax tells her that there’s no money, but he will back Caruso off.  The crew heads to Caruso Films to warn Georgie to leave Luann alone.  Georgie doesn’t take kindly to Jax’s threats and takes his frustrations out on one of Luann’s stars, Lyla (Winter Ave Zoli).   When Jax and the crew find out what Georgie did to Lyla, they come at him hard and fast with a little baseball bat fun.  After trashing Georgie’s studio, Jax comes up with a brilliant idea. 

At the table, Jax presents the club with his solution to their money and ATF problems: Porn.  Luann needs a space and some muscle; they need an honest, above board means of income. The club votes, porn is in. Jax heads off to tell Luann the news while the rest of the club makes a gun delivery to Laroy. 

The exchange with the Niners, guns for money, is hijacked by the Mayans.  Bobby takes a bullet in the shoulder as the Mayan’s take off with the Niners’ guns.  Tara is called in to attend to Bobby as Jax returns and is confronted by Clay – your decision to place the blame on the Niners almost killed one of your brothers.  The reality of it all hits Jax as he escapes to the rooftop for some air.  The episode comes to a close as Jax and Gemma, who’s dealing with her own tragedy, sit on the roof silently looking over their kingdom.

Recap: “Alibification”

Sons of Anarchy
Season 2, episode 201
Recap:  “Alibification”

Sam Crow blows back into town with the premiere episode of its second season, “Alibification”, and we are off to a roaring start. We catch up with the club three weeks after Donna’s death. Opie on the open road, Bobby in jail, Piney on grandpa duty, Tara in surgery, and Gemma surveying her kingdom, as life goes on. Jax, Clay and the boys are busy making a new deal with the Irish, it’s not perfect, but it will have to do until the AFT heat dies down.  Jax, focused on the need for change, steps up and begins to challenge Clay’s authority.

ATF agent June Stahl hands Bobby his release papers. Witness went missing — charges have been dropped.  Bobby tries to rile her, but this is a different Stahl, she’s calm, controlled, focused. Stahl explains to Agent Estevez that Bobby was right.  She was trying to crush Sons rather than going after the guns, lost focus, that won’t happen this time.

We meet some new faces, Jacob Hale Jr. (Jeff Kober) Hale’s brother, and Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin) and AJ Weston (Henry Rollins) members of the League of American Nationalists, a white separatist organization.  They share a common goal, the desire to improve and expand Charming while putting an end to the Sons of Anarchy.  Jacob introduces them to Deputy Chief Hale in hopes that he will get on board and take control of Charming.  Hale, Boy Scout that he is, has no interest in trading one criminal for another and walks.   Zobelle and Weston, convinced Hale will come around, continue with their plan.  Weston goes to Ernest Darby, gives him cash and instructs him to set up a cook shop IN Charming.  Darby expresses his concern about the Sons. Weston tells him he has the support of the Aryan Brotherhood. Darby, although skeptical, agrees.

With Opie back in town, it’s time for retaliation.  Jax meets with Hale convincing him to keep their suspicions of Clay’s involvement in Donna’s death to themselves for the sake of Opie. With Hale on board, he fills in Piney who agrees to trust Jax.  At chapel, Clay expresses his sympathy to Opie for his loss. He tells Opie they know the Mayans were responsible - Elian Perez killed Donna. Opie, Tig, Jax, and Chibs are tasked with the retaliation.

Jax, Opie, Tig, and Chibs watch Elian Perez in his Mayan cut dealing H in front of a church.   They follow Perez and take him down. Opie presses Perez for details about Donna’s murder.  Jax pulls Opie aside.  Tig acts fast, unties Perez, and then with a slight hesitation, shoots him in the face.  Chibs, Jax, and Opie rush back at the sound of gunfire.  Tig says he tried to escape.  Jax reassures Opie that this was the guy who killed Donna. Opie, showing a darker side, carves an ‘A’ into Perez’s chest, marking his kill. Jax tells the boys to get back to the clubhouse he will dump the body.  Once they’re gone he blasts Perez in the belly until the carved ‘A’ is unrecognizable.  He leans Perez’s body against a fence and adjusts his hands so that he is holding up 9 fingers, putting the murder on the Niners.

Gemma interviews nannies for Abel.  We meet Neeta (Cleo King), she is lovable but tough, willing to stand up to Gemma — she’s hired.  Gemma and Tara have an honest conversation about the realities of the club. Gemma tells her “total disclosure — it’s the only way it will work.” If you love the man you must learn to love the club.  Gemma heads out leaving Tara to think — her education begins.

Back at the clubhouse, Bobby’s welcome home party is getting started when some uninvited guests pull in.  Zobelle, along with Weston, introduces himself to Clay, giving him some friendly words of advice – stop selling guns to the gangs. Clay makes it very clear that you do not threaten SOA.  Zobelle and Weston leave as Clay tasks Juice to find out everything about “the League”.  With the interruption gone and Bobby home, the party begins to rage.

Jax goes home exhausted, only to be confronted by Tara’s need for full disclosure.  He gives it to her “I helped Op kill a man tonight. Retaliation for Donna’s death.” Truthed, Tara is left to figure out if she can really handle this.

Meanwhile on her way home, Gemma pulls to a stop on a deserted country road.  A young woman frantically comes up to Gemma’s car window; her baby is choking – Gemma jumps into maternal mode and rushes to the baby’s aid.  She gets into the back of a minivan but there’s no baby, just a doll. Before Gemma can react a blackjack hits her knocking her out. Gemma slowly comes to in a utility warehouse, tied up.  Her captors approach her. She spits verbal fire at them and fends them off as long as she can.  The men overpower her, rip off her clothes and begin to rape her.  The last rapist approaches Gemma –“sorry ma’am we’re almost done” the voice and words resonate with Gemma.  He gives her the reasoning for the attack – she is to pass a message on to her ‘old man’. We hold on Gemma’s eyes as she endures the brutal attack.

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