Previews for this week's SOA were filled with trickery, because nothing went the way I thought it would in tonight's episode.
Juice did get his cut back in exchange for getting himself thrown in jail so he could fulfil some sort of club task; anything to get back into their good graces. Instead of just handing himself over to the sheriff's department, he shot at a few officers and incited a high speed chase. His sunglasses were crooked. It was upsetting.
Nero asked Jax to buy him out of the business. Jax promised that things would get better soon and Nero was unmoved. He'd heard one failed promise too many. He needed money so he could buy his uncle's farm, where he would move Gemma and her two children, and they'd live happily ever after. I suppose that since there are rarely any scenes where Jax is in the same room with his children, it's completely kosher to make plans to take his kids away. THEY'RE NOT HER KIDS.
Speaking of kosher, there were tons of Jewish overtones this evening. Red Woody's porn du jour was called "Cocks and Bagels" and included Hebrew and yamakas. SAMCRO was also on the hunt for a pimp named Greensleeves (Christopher Backus) who wore a Star of David, but probably wasn't really Jewish. One of his prostitutes, Winsome (Inbar Lavi), used the term "anti-semantic" and I nearly died.
This possibly Jewish pimp was blackmailing the preacher's wife (remember her?); threatening to expose the truth behind her pervy husband's hobbies (amateur porn, stockings, seedy motels, etcetera). She was all out of money, but had just enough to support her drug habit. In order to properly frame August Marks for the preacher's murder, Jax needed her help, so he offered to take care of Greensleeves and get her clean. He was taking a page straight out of his mother's handbook; The Art of Being Helpful to Others When in Actuality Only Helping Yourself. The title is a work in progress.
Jax and Chibs tracked down Greensleeves but were thwarted by a few of his prostitutes and he got away. Winsome helped them find him in exchange for a new job at Diosa; one of the perks being that no one would cut off her lips if she made a mistake. Was there dental, too?
On the official SOA Facebook page, there's a viewer comment that reads, "I want Gemma dead." See, it's not just me. In Gemma they created a multifaceted monster who manages to destroy any sense of sympathy with her deceit and faux family concern. She spent most of the episode terrified that Juice had exposed all of her secrets, and that Jax was going to come after her. Why this didn't prompt her to jump at Nero's invitation to move away, I'll never know. Or maybe I'll know by next week.
Jax wanted Gemma to meet the preacher's wife and her son up at the cabin, so she could help get him clean. He sent two of his SAMCRO boys to pick her up, but told them not to tell her why she was going to the cabin. It seemed pretty stupid not to just explain the situation to her, but as Kurt Sutter is a SADIST and wants to continue dragging the tension out, they didn't. So Gemma assumed Jax was going to bump her off or something, and she brought a gun for protection. I bet she felt pretty silly when she saw the strung out woman in need. She had even gotten Nero to rush up there to save her, but by the time he got there, she pretended she just needed him to be with her. But what if it had been the big show down with Jax? Would she have basically just sentenced Nero to his death, because Jax would certainly have ended up killing him, too.
August Marks sent his men after Bobby and they took his eye. His EYE. Then they sent it back to SAMCRO. Chibs was visibly emotional. Jax had to walk away. It could've been his entire head though, so let's cheer for silver linings.
What did you think of the twists and turns of tonight's episode? Were you moved by Katey Sagal's haunting cover of "Greensleeves"? Are you ready for the Final Ride?
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