re: Sons of Anarchy - Season 4 Thread

That exchange was weird,

I thought Potter said "I wish that wasnt true"


I took it to confirm that Potter has always been a loner without friends. Kind of evident in how he treats people such as blackmailing the sherrif to get his cooperation.

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I thought Potter said "I wish that wasnt true"

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he did

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ashy larry

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every situation seems complex and twisted but is usually fixed with an overly simple event or explanation.

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This is the main flaw with the show, this and dragging out the whole Ireland trip to a season when it could have been handled in abouot 3 episodes. Plus they need more of the Irish babes, I like blondes...

I wouldn't rate this show the same way I would rate The Sopranos, Mad Men, etc.

Even though it is a drama, I think Kurt Sutter wants it to be more along the lines of action/entertainment, which is why you see these bizarre moments from time to time.

I look at it like an action series.

I don't look at it on par with shows like that, but I watched this as soon as boardwalk was over and the disparity was staggering


I look at it as an action/adventure but it still has to have credibility and it needs to be realistic to a degree

motorcylce gangs fighting alongside the head of a major cartel against another cartel with rocket launchers, mine fields, and .50 cals in the middle of a bumfrick town in california is not realistic even with the suspension of reality nor are any of the character's decisions the last 3 seasons credible. Event B does not logically flow from Event A and so on

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I don't look at it on par with shows like that, but I watched this as soon as boardwalk was over and the disparity was staggering

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I've liked this season of both BE and SoA.

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it needs to be realistic to a degree

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It is realistic, to a degree. To say, as you do there and later, that there's been nothing realistic in the show and no credible character decisions in the last three seasons is hyperbole at best and really stupid at worst.

They've laid the foundation for the things they've done. They haven't been inconsistent on the relationships with the IRA or the cartel. Romeo hasn't been ever-present and his showing up from time to time isn't any more ridiculous or unbelievable than some of things Tony, Gus, Don Eladio, [insert other head of a criminal organization from a top show here] did in their time as far as getting their hands dirty or operating below their pay grade goes.

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middle of a bumfrick town in california

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They weren't in the middle of a town.

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When did he get blown up before? I can't remember

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It was in another series.

Oh ok. Thought I was losing it. Thanks

damn if they just now watching season 1 of the shield, where were they at about 10 yrs ago.