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First, we see Chibs(Tommy Flanagan) as the new Vice President. He was actually my first pick after Opie(Ryan Hurst)'s death, but i understood why Kurt Sutter decided to go with Bobby(Mark Boone Junior) last season. With the tension that was going to build within the club with Jax(Charlie Hunnam) as new President and an endgame of his own, it's clear they made the right decision for last season, as well as this season. We'll get into Chibs' and Jax's possible tension a little bit later.
A peek into Otto's life shows us his everyday torment. Being raped has become an everyday part of his life. I wonder if he'll end up taking his own life, as death would be a sweet release from his dismal life. His life is a perfect shadow of the clubs'; as the club slowly suffers, Otto(Kurt Sutter) does, as well.
Fan favorite, Happy(David LaBrava), is the clubs newly appointed Sergeant at Arms. I don't think anyone has any complaints for that decision.
Who here watches hardcore S&M porn? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Apparently, Lyla(Winter Ave Zoli) is working the hardcore scene, now. No more good, old fashioned, girl-on-girl action with that bullet wound near the money shot on her body. Her character is lovable, but we'll see in the future just strong it is. How will she handle raising three kids? Is her character going down a dark path? If so, will she return to her bubbly, happy self? In any regards, I'm with her, we need Ope.
As a result, Jax and Nero(Jimmy Smits), with some back up from each end, head over to the docks to confront the men behind Lyla's brutality. What they find is a blessing in disguise. A short scuffle and a few shots fired later, police bust in and it looks like it's going to be a bad day for Teller and inc. It turns out, the cops were sent by ex-cop Barosky, played by Robocop himself, Peter Weller, who runs the entire Stockton Ports. It looks like Barosky and Jax are going to be doing a lot of business together in the future, which we'll get into later, so we'll see how that turns out. My guess is, at some point down the line, Barosky and Teller are going to clash, with one possibly taking a dirt nap. A possible subplot might include Nero resisting, at some point, growing his business into Stockton. The look he gave Jax and tone of voice suggests possible tension between the two in the future. Only time will tell.
Retired US Marshal, Lee Toric, played by Donal Logue, finally meets together with Tara(Maggie Siff). As he explains the seriousness of her arrest and pending charges, she politely informs him that she's no rat. He looked impressed. Her character is set up to go through, quite possible, the darkest road she's ever come across.
Juice is back in town, and Chibs is not happy about it. When he brings it up with Jax, he advises Jax that it should be a club decision. However, from Jax's deal with Juice from last season, Chibs is on the outside looking in, and would rather have it be a club decision. Jax doesn't want it going to the club, as he feels it would further hurt the club. We won't know if his statement is genuine, or if he's just trying to protect his own ass. Jax might be taking a stroll down Clay Road. That scenario sets up tension between the new VP and President, yet again.
We finally have some action from Tig(Kim Coates)! Iranian (Persian?) producer extraordinaire is Tig's latest victim of blind rage after he mentions Tig watching his daughter in one of his hardcore movies. Although, i can't say I blame him. After seeing his daughter burned alive by the now dead Damon Pope(Harold Perrineau), I expect Tig to go crazy, at one point or another, and bite the head off of a bat, or something.
Ex-whore and new business woman Colette, played by the believable Kim Dickens, is the new business partner to Nero and Jax, as mentioned above. Her...employees...want to go legit, and she feels that a new partnership with the likes of Nero and Jax has an extremely high profitability margin. She might have different motivations to get in bed with Jax and Nero. See what I did there?
When is Gemma(Katey Segal) not going to threaten someone? It seems every episode she has to rustle up some feathers and, in this one, she had her eyes set on club lawyer, Ally Lowen, played by Robin Weigert. She didn't take too kindly to Lowen informing Jax about Gemma's threat against Tara. Of course she denied it all. Why wouldn't she? She's completely credible, right?
So, now it's Clay's turn to turn rat. Signaling to the guard, before they place him with general population, he's playing ball with the retired US Marshal. I guess Clay(Ron Pearlman) doesn't like black meat.
Colette still hitting on Jax? Okay, just checking.
Chibs finally meets up with Juice back at TM. We had a preview of Chibs beating the hell out of Juice(Theo Rossi), and that's exaclty what we got. No fight put up by Juice, and with good reason. As Chibs says to Juice, "I need to get right with it."
Did you know retired US Marshal Toric is a heroin user? Neither did I. Let's see if the club could find out about his struggles with the drug and exploit it somehow.
So, the little boy that we've seen in specific scene transitions arrives at, what appears to be, his school. Nothing to feel too suspicious over; but when he rolls up his sleeves, we see he's a cutter. What follows might be one of the most controversial scenes in recent memory on TV. I, personally, thought he was going to kill himself. Although I couldn't figure why he would do it, or what kind of ramifications it would have on the season.
Then, he pulls it out one of the very SMG's Jax and his crew sold to Nero's boys last season, when they explained they were losing ground to a rival gang and needed some extra fire power. I couldn't believe my eyes. "No. Are they really going this route?" I thought to myself. Sure enough, they do the unthinkable. Some people might not agree with Sutter's scene, especially in light of what's been happening at schools across the country. But, in the grand scheme of things, it's going to play an extremely vital role in the upcoming season. I agree with him, as long as it's not for shock value, which it doesn't look like it is.
The closing montage was interesting. We get glimpses of Tara rolling up her sleeves, in lock up, and beating the corn rows off an inmate that took her blanky; I guess she's really about that life, now. After that, Jax is back to his old ways, having sex with whores, or, in this case, ex-whores. Ladies, drink it up, his bare ass and all. Chibs is back to taking care of Juice. We'll have to wait to see if he's got all of his issues out with Juice. At this point, it's a coin flip; HEADS! And Fat Elvis is circling possible landing spots for his transfer back to being a Nomad. He has one in mind; all he would need is two more. Is this the end of Bobby's run in Charming?
What did I think, you ask? Well, I thought it was an amazing opening to the season. The teaser was clocked in at 17 minutes long, by far the longest in show history. Kurt Sutter is swinging for the fences once again, and it looks like it's going to be a grand slam, if the show can keep up this kind of pace for the entire season.
I can't wait for next Tuesday. I'm going to wear my cut, which my cousin and I wore for last year’s Halloween, and I'm going to sit my ass in front of the TV and watch, enjoy, and absorb Sutter's genius. Yes, I truly feel that way. What other man will write his role as someone that gets rapped? A genius, that's who!
UPDATE: Deadline reports SOA had a record-breaking 5.8 million viewers Tuesday night.
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