I was anticipating a very long
wait for Season 7 of Sons of Anarchy to become available on Netflix for
free. However I did not need to wait too
long, as it became available on 29th June. And I started watching it
that day and within a week had finished the series and the season – it is
addictive.
Season 7 was a great season, very
gritty and some great story lines to boot.
It began in the wake of the death of Dr Tara Knowles (wife of Jax) and
Jax makes vengeance on her murderers a club priority. He believes it was the Chinese who murdered
Tara and Eli Roosevelt, the Sheriff of Charming.
I think this season is probably
the most violent, with a lot of murders happening individually and as machine
gun rampages on groups. Henry Lins crew
(the Chinese) are tortured or put into prison, the same goes for August Mark’s
crew (the blacks) and by the end they are all wiped out.
A new group is introduced, the AB’s
(White Supremacists) which is led by Tully (who is played by Marilyn Manson –
he kind of fits the role). He is in
prison and plays a big part with juice when he is incarcerated.
However, these groups who are
targeted by SAMCRO hit back and their businesses are targeted, leaving many
people dead. It seems to be death after death.
It is all about vengeance and violent, as Jax tried to track down the
truth. What he doesn’t realise is that
the killer is much close to them and not a member of another gang. However, his 5 year old son Abel overhears
his grandmother, Gemma, talking to his kid brother Thomas where she apologises
to him for killing his mother. So now Abel knows the truth but no one knows he
knows. In a bid to get his grandmother
into trouble, he stabs himself with a fork and says Gemma is the one to blame,
even though she’s not.
Jax finds out the identity of his
wife’s killer in the third episode from the end after Abel asks him why Granny
killed mommy. This revelation leads to hurts within the family.
In my opinion the last four
episodes are the best in the whole season, if not the best in the whole seven
seasons. Episodes 1-9 are about seeking
revenge and finding out who killed Tara as well as sorting out SAMCRO’s
alliances. Though episode 9 saw the
death of a club member, one of the originals, Bobby – at the hands of August
Marks.
Episode 10 which is entitled “Faith
and Despondency” opens with all the SAMCRO members with partners. They are trying to ease the pain of Bobby’s
death.
Chibs is partnered with the new
Sheriff of Charming – Sheriff Jarry. It’s
a relationship that will never really work as its one between a criminal and a
police officer, but there is an attraction and chemistry between the two of
them. It’s an opposites attract
relationship and one where both of them very much want to be the boss.
Another opposites attract relationship
which is a wrong forbidden love is the one between Tig and Venus Van Dam (a
transvestite). They need and want each
other but are not sure how to and Tig also wants to protect his reputation as
well as his love.
Tig is attracted to Venus but
feels uncomfortable around her at times – not knowing what to do. This hits him more when he realises that his
secret his out, that his crew know and so do other gangs. This leads him to
kill a man in rage because a) he is confused and b) angry that his secret his
out.
There is a very moving scene
between the two of them – a very emotional scene and it is hard not to feel
sorry for the two of them – they want and need each other but it is a very
untraditional relationship. Venus tells
him, he is only with her to prove a point that he lives outside the box. She tells him she has fallen in love with
him. Tig is unsure what to say so Venus
continues saying that she is a in a criss-cross and is happy with where she’s
at. Tig admits he is in a criss-cross to
in that he wants to be with her but not sure how to be with her. Breaking into tears he tells her he wants to
be his. They end up hugging. It is good
to know that not everyone is prejudiced. But it’s really not how you expect a
man who loves violence to act.
The actors who played Tig (Kim
Coates) and Venus (Walter Goggin’s) produced some really great acting in this
scene.
Also in this episode, Gemma, the
tough matriarch of the family, who has been acting very Mrs Macbeth like during
the season, finally breaks down as she knows her secret will come out and
everything will end for her soon.
And the episode ends with Jax
finding out the truth, so he know it is going to end for her pretty soon as
episode 11 shows Jax being very determined to get the full story and goes to
prison to visit Juice who confirms Abel’s story. Jax realises all the deaths, hurts and pains
caused recently where all for nothing.
Unser and Jarry also visit Juice
in prison to get the truth about Tara’s death from him. This is one of Juice’s best scenes – he won’t
tell them the story but says “Gemma knows the truth about everything. Gemma
knows every truth behind every lie inside every secret. She’s the gatekeeper”
What a great line. Juice knows Jax will
have him killed and is reconciled to this now which is why he’s not seeking
protection which Jarry could give him. If
Jax wants him dead he will find a way to have him killed.
Nero finds the truth from Jax
about Gemma and it breaks his heart and his world. He loves Gemma but her lies
are tearing everyone apart. Next Jax
tells the club members about Gemma and Juice’s involvement in Tara’s
death. They are completely stunned and
can’t believe Gemma would do that.
Episode 12 which is the
penultimate episode of the season and the series sees another original SAMCRO
member die – Juice who is killed in prison at the hands of Tully. Now there are only three remaining original
SAMCRO members from season 1 still living – Jax, Tig and Chibs.
Jax is on the trail for Gemma who
is on the way to see her Dad obviously to say goodbye to him. Jax finds out where she is as does Unser and
they both make their way up to her – Unser to arrest her but Jax says no and
ends up killing Unser in the end. So that leaves Gemma and Jax alone. Gemma moves out into the garden and after wavering
for a few moments Jax gets his revenge for Tara’s death. More original characters dying – not many
left now.
Now it’s the final episode –
episode 14. Jax has now given custody of Abel and Thomas, his two boys, to
Wendy (his ex-wife) and Nero – these are the only two people left who he can
them with. He wants his boys to grow up and not follow in his footsteps. Is this because he is going to meet Mr Mayhem
– death at the hands of his club members.
They vote for is but does it happen?
Jax gives his President’s badge
to Chibs who in turn gives the Vice President’s badge to Tig. The only two remaining members of SAMCRO and
the series from season 1.
I must admit that I had tears in
my eyes from the start of this episode – and my heart went out to Chibs and Tig
as they are mourning their friends and their club.
Jax says goodbye to his boys, Wendy
and Nero who are off to Nero’s farm. He
says goodbye to Chucky and he goes to the DA to tell he the truth of Tara’s
death but the hands of his mother. He goes
back to his club and says goodbye to them. So he doesn’t meet Mr Mayhem. He heads off on his dad’s old bike which he
has had refurbished and rides to the free way with a huge police rail after
him. He drives on and in the end drives
into a truck. So he doesn't meet Mr Mayhem but he still dies. The club voted for him to meet Mr Mayhem as
that was the right thing to do as he killed another club member, but Jax didn't
want to put his brothers through that pain so he decided to do the right thing
himself.
I thought at one point Jax wouldn’t
die and that he was going to fake his own death, but no, he knew what he had to
do. I was in tears in the end and will miss Sons of Anarchy, but I do think it
ended in the right way.
I really enjoyed his series despite
all the violence and sex, but season 7 was the best and the acting was great, especially
by Charlie Humman who played Jax, Tommy Flannigan who played Chibs and Kim Coates
who played Tig.
Kurt Sutter, the creator and
writer sure made a hit TV show.
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