Quick Thoughts on SOA

I'll keep this week's thoughts on SOA short and sweet. It felt like the writers chose an unfortunate time for a throw-away episode. Compared to last week's thriller, this week's episode felt like a snooze. That said here are some observations:

- Early in the episode Clay makes a promise to his flock that "no one else will be hurt under (his) watch". He can't possibly keep this promise and making it will surely come back to bite him.

- Tara has really begun to embrace her status as Jax's old lady. First she gets waited on in the club house, then she goes crazy on that bitch from the hospital. While it was extremely gratifying to see her beat the shit out of that annoying woman, it was completely out of character for her. It would have been better for her to use her brain to get back at her than her fists.
-I'm pumped to see Half-Sack finally get patched in.

- Did anyone else notice the very unparental kiss that Zobelle laid on his daughter? Either she is not really his daughter or Zobelle is even sicker than anyone thought.

- I liked the fact that Lem from The Sheild made an appearance as a member of the Tacoma chapter of SAMCRO. He was one of my favorite characters, lets just hope no one chucks a grenade into his car this time.

- The Rainbow Coalition of SAMCRO, the Niners and the Chinese was pretty silly. Well, actually, that whole rumble scene was pretty silly. Anyone catch Tig's Mike Tyson/Walter Sobchak ear bite? How could Weston neglect to send someone to scope out the scene of their brawl before hand to make sure they wouldn't be out-gunned?

-It is interesting who Unser has transformed into one of the most sympathetic characters on the show. He used to be sleezy, crooked cop. Now he is a sleezy, crooked cop who is essential to SAMCRO's success against the Nazis.

- It seemed as if Zobelle picked up some sort of accent at the end of the episode. He has always had a particular manner of speech, but never an accent. Weird.

That's it for now. Expect much more next week after the 90 minute finale.