The Return Of Sam Crow

Or Samcro, whichever. It matters not. What does matter is that Sons of Anarchy is back after last night's premiere and it picked up right where it left off. Last season took a lot of people by surprise as the show was gritty, tough, and explored a subject on TV that really hasn't been explored before.

Motorcycle gang life. Yeah if you watch the History Channel like I do you have seen the documentaries before about Hell's Angels, The Mongols, and the rest but this is the first series dedicated to the inner life of a fictional gang. And what a gang it is. I'd dare say that Sons rivals The Sopranos as far as intensity and surpasses it as far as storytelling goes.

I can't tell you how many times I got frustrated and angry over all of the dangling storylines that The Sopranos started and went no where. It's like the writers never talked about what they were going to do and would start a storyline and just leave it, it would be totally gone and forgotten two episodes later.

Sons doesn't do this. It is just as good as The Shield in terms of quality TV, it's as violent as OZ was when it was on HBO, and you have Ron Perlman as the lead character Clay. The good/bad guy and his step son Jax the vice president of the club and also good/bad guy. The difference between them is really paper thin and one could even argue that the only difference is their intentions.

Clay has had some things go wrong over last season and Jax is starting to question his leadership after reading through a journal written by his dead father. Drama ensues.

One of the great features about this season is the addition of Henry Rollins. The aging punk icon will hopefully be around the entire season as his white separatist character AJ Weston (the bad/bad guy) appears as the muscle behind a movement to rid Charming California of Samcro. It is really hard to tell the difference between Weston and the lead characters from a morality stand point.

They all are bad guys. It's bizarre from the standpoint of who to root for if you are looking for a good/good guy. That guy isn't in this show, no white hats here.
All in all it is a great show and I'm looking forward to this season, in all of its winding turns and twists!