TV: Sons of Anarchy SE5 EP5

Sons of Anarchy
Crime, Drama, Thriller

I cannot help but think about this show for days after every episode, that's a good thing right?

I've figured out who are doing the home invasions! If you don't know and don't want to know, you should probably stop reading this post now but I will tell you that I'm not giving anything away, the clues are all there I just missed them until I had a conversation with a friend about it. Ready.... it's the newly initiated members of the MC who were from another charter... remember when they were first approved and one of them put his leg up on the table? That leg was the same as the one we saw when they broke into Gemma's (Katey Sagal) place and beat up Unser (Dayton Callie). Go back and take another look eh? Sheriff Eli (Rockmond Dunbar) is going to go on a freakin' rampage now that his wife has been injured and very likely lost their baby... bring it I say!

I need to give a very special mention to Walton Goggins (The Shield) who guest starred in this episode as Venus, and boy did he have the best set of boobs I've ever seen or what? I would have loved to have been in the room when they attached those knockers to him! And Tig's (Kim Coates) reaction to her? Brilliant! I did a double take when the kid walked in on Venus and the boys taking photos... it's Marshall Allman who you might recognise as Tommy Mickens from True Blood! Wonder if he's going to stick around for a bit? New prospect maybe? Speaking of guest roles who might stick around, is that the last we've seen of Emma Jean (Ashley Tisdale)? That was quick!

Also good to see Mayor Hale (Jeff Kober) again, seems like him and the MC will have a better working relationship in this season, especially now Jax (Charlie Hunnam) has something to hold over him...

So now they have their new place of business with Nero and even though both Gemma and Nero (Jimmy Smits) are struggling with the no contact rule that Jax has set, it looks like this might work. The MC could get out of the guns and coke and into something more straight laced like Jax has been trying to do since the very beginning, what his father was trying to do before him. Wonder what Clay (Ron Perlman) will do this time? He is being eerily quiet at the moment... makes me wonder whether the guys pulling the home invasions are on his pay role? What do you think?

Tara (Maggie Siff) be careful of that hand will you? You use it too much before the docs say you can and you'll damage it! Trust me, I've got wrist problems, I know what I'm talking 'bout! The Irish discussion between Jax and Galen (Timothy V. Murphy) was a definite highlight.

This show is the highlight of my TV week! Thanks Kurt Sutter!

4 out of 5 ball gags...

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Romeo (Danny Trejo): "I didn't know you were going to have entertainment." 

Clay: "Just a little Irish discussion."

Romeo: "Should I be worried?"

Clay: "Nah. It will all end in Guinness and manhood."

TV: Sons of Anarchy SE5 EP3

Sons of Anarchy
Crime, Drama

I suppose I have to talk about this episode, don't I?

I knew one of the Sons was going to die this week because I follow the brilliant Kurt Sutter on Twitter and he does a weekly (or so...) video blog called WTF Sutter? which talks about his processes and things that are happening with the show, etc. Last week he told us about the death of a major character in yesterday's episode and so I've spent all week trying to think who it could be.

Unfortunately for me, one of my American Tweeps accidentally spoiled it for me and told me who it was.... it made me not want to watch this episode.

So I guess I better warn you that if you haven't seen it yet, you might not want to read this post.

Let's get this out of the way then so I can talk about other things. RIP Opie (Ryan Hurst)! One of my favourite characters from the very beginning. I was one of the billion or so people who shed a tear for Opie last night... and for Jax (Charlie Hunnam) too, having to watch his best friend being beaten to death. Damn, that destroyed me. Why'd it have to be Opie? is the question on everyone's lips at the moment. I didn't even consider that it would be him and I'm pretty sure I wasn't alone in thinking it would be Tig (Kim Coates) to go, after the whole killing Pope's (Harold Perrineau) daughter thing... But Sutter would never do something that obvious, would he?

Jax is going to get scary now! His threat to the guard; I have no doubt he will do it and I can't freakin' wait to see it! I was right there with him, teeth gritted and fuming! I thought he was being a bit of a soft cock when Pope was rattling off his demands but the second meeting... yep, shit is gonna hit the fan real soon!

Clay (Ron Perlman) is such a smart ass! What a prick! Did you see that big grin on his face when Gemma (Katey Sagal) started beating the crap out of Emma Jean? Oh, by the way, a big welcome to Ashley Tisdale! As a bonus, on your first day you will get your ass handed to you by Gemma! Haha! I was wondering how the Disney queen was going to fit in with the bad ass bikies and I did have a bit of a laugh that when I realized she's an escort.... Classic Sutter!

Last thing I wanted to discuss is Tara (Maggie Siff). She is turning into Gemma isn't she? But I love how much of a hard ass she is now. That one look she gave Gemma; phwor. *backs away slowly* She's definitely taken over the role of Old Lady to the club and Gemma is right, she's smart. She also knows everything that's going on with Romeo (Danny Trejo) and the CIA. I think she will surprise us yet this season and I'm really looking forward to it!

4 out of 5 Mickey Mouse Club badges...

TV: Sons Of Anarchy SE5 EP1

Sons Of Anarchy
Crime, Drama

I cannot stop thinking about this episode! Wow! What an introduction to the season! Kurt Sutter, you continue to blow my mind! I think I actually screamed aloud at one point...

Recap; last season we left off with Opie (Ryan Hurst) shooting Clay (Ron Perlman) twice in the chest after he found out that Clay killed his dad Piney (William Lucking), Jax (Charlie Hunnam) almost killing Clay in hospital with a syringe full of air after Gemma (Katey Sagal) told him that Clay killed his dad, JT. Clay is a big fat daddy killer and everyone wants to take him out now but he told the club that the Niners tried to kill him, so then Tig (Kim Coates) tried to run them down in a rampage and ended up killing the boss' daughter. Big mistake!

Clay bashed Gemma to a pulp so now Gemma has kicked him out and is spiralling into some kind of breakdown. Tara (Maggie Siff) smashed her hand in the door of a van when someone who Clay paid tried to kidnap her. Jax took the gavel with Tara standing behind him, what a scene to leave that season on! Is that it? Probably not, what a season and what an episode to start a new one!

Onto this ep; Clay is out of the hospital but still sitting at the table. Opie has stepped away so Clay tells the crew that Opie was the one who shot him, trying to make himself look better and stop the reprisals to the Niners. Tig realises that he killed an innocent girl and that her daddy is not going to be pleased.

And how about Jimmy Smits (Dexter) joining the cast as Gemma's new squeeze Nero? I forgot he wasn't a part of the original cast for some reason, like he should have been there the whole time, he just fits so well! What do we think Nero is up to? He obviously has some kind of connection to some club or another, what with all those tatts... Think he picked Gemma up at random? Hmm, I'm a bit sceptical, he's a bit too nice if ya know what I mean. Good to see him here though!

Is this the first time we've met Pope (Harold Perrineau - It took me a while to figure out where I rem3ebered this guy from but when I checked his IMDB I realized he was Mercutio in Romeo + Juliet!), leader of the Niners? He's a bit of an imposing crazy guy isn't he? I did not see that scene with Tig coming! I thought for sure he was going to kill Tig... What a horrific scene! and brilliantly portrayed by Kim Coates. I have to admit, it brought tears to my eyes, poor Tig. I wonder if he will tell the club anyway. If there's one thing I know about Motorcycle Clubs, it's that they do not stand for any harm coming to kids, theirs or not. (See BACA - Aust / US) They would back him up and rain hell down on those Niners.

Bringing Bobby (Mark Boone Junior) into the fold with the FBI and making him the VP was the right move to make, but the FBI are only in it for themselves. Still, Danny Trejo (Machete - One of my favourite films!) is one of my favourite actors.

A HUGE review for a HUGE first episode.

5 out of 5 explosions!

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Jax: You ready?

Tig: Nah Happy's still getting his dick sucked.

Jax: In this skank-hole?

Tig: Oh, come on, there's nothing wrong with the occasional skank.

Jax: Time to pull out...

Movie: Black Hawk Down (2001)

Black Hawk Down (2001)
Action, Drama, History

Now I'm assuming you have all seen this movie before, unlike me. *gasp* Yes, I know, I should have seen this years ago. I mean its only won two Oscars and however many other awards. The cast is fantastic; Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana (Troy, Hulk), Ewan McGregor (Train Spotting), Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy), William Fichtner (Armageddon).

How can I not have seen this? *shrugs* No idea...

It's a Ridley Scott (Gladiator) film, based on a book by Mark Bowden, based on the very real events of the Battle of Mogadishu.

Seems to me that someone fucked something up really badly... lots of people got dropped into the middle of a hostile mob with lots of heavy artillery, not only that but they crashed not one but two black hawk helicopters, and then the convoy that was supposed to rescue them all is taking heavy fire and gets freaking lost?!?

Jesus Christ, what a mess!

This movie frustrated me to no end! I was pulling my hair out. My street directions are better than Base camps and I am hopeless at directions. I'm so angry, I feel like going to play Call of Duty just to even out the score a little.

Eric Bana was my favorite part of the whole thing. Not only is he Australian and awesome but the combination of Bana and the character is so kick-ass! If only they had more than one of him...or the team of SEALs from Act of Valor...

2 out of 5 Eric Bana's, cos I wish there was....

Bonus; The soundtrack! Alice in Chains, House of Pain, Faith No More!