Samcro Rides Off

Last night I finished up Season 3 of Sons of Anarchy. What I really thought would be the weakest of the series turned into the strongest with any of the weaker episodes completely covered up by the fact that the finale was the best of the entire series!

As we left off in Season 2 Jax's son Abel was kidnapped and the Sons were left on a boat dock, and Gemma had been framed by an ATF agent. Ho hum. The main storyline just wasn't appealing to me in the least.

We get to S3 and It's slow going through the entire debut...until the last few seconds when a drive by shooting attacks the club at a funeral. Wow! Now this show is going somewhere! Someone attacking the Sons in their own town? Really?! From then on the show kicks into high gear as the Sons take care of the shooters, hop a plane to Ireland, get involved with the IRA, dodge Agent Stahl, keep their territory, and stay out of prison.

All in all this is not only a great show but one with depth. Yes you do cheer on the bad guys. Guys who run guns, kill people, fight, drink, cheat, and bribe law officers.

In a western they would be the group that the Lone Ranger would be going after, in 2010 they are the amoral gang who has it's own brand of justice and scratch out a living selling guns for the IRA. Fiercely loyal to each other and will go to any steps necessary to protect one of their own.

So what is it that makes you set on the edge of your seat, hoping the traditional good guys get their comeuppance while the traditional bad guys get away with a slap on the wrist? I don't know but for a natural contrarian such as myself it works perfectly.