True. If he wanted to shock, Jax would be living with the constant memory of Tara, and leaving his mother behind to provide safety and sanity for the boys. That would be a real shock!

Except for Gemma who never has consequences. Sutter violates his own premise to write this part for her that "shows what she can do in a finely nuanced part."

Me too! It doesn't matter what she does with those kids. She says, "I'm protecting my family." And they all say, "She's protecting her family." Who's writing this show where none of the characters has any individual perception?

That was widely panned by reviewers for the same reason. That was Kurt Sutter getting her out of the way w/o much caring how it happened.

White trash calls to white trash. These same people vented their spleen on Tara. She was too smart, too moral, too clean. They thought becoming a doctor was just her trying to be uppity. They were jealous she was with Tara instead of someone they could identify with. Come to think of it, those are Gemma's real…

The reviewer finds Gemma vulnerable. When was that? He thinks she cares about some people. When was that? She has tried so hard to keep her family together? None of that has ever happened. She's a sociopath who cares only for herself. All her efforts are to get what she wants. She's the big poisonous spider at…

Exactly! High drama, right?

Even though I screamed, Shoot her, Juice! I'm over that now. Obviously there are a great many more episodes for Gemma to star in. One of the most tiresome things (among many others) is how stupid everyone is. That may be because the smart ones get killed off. In spite of a history of rampant stupidity, they all…

True about the freedom aspect. I've noticed Jax actually is smiling more than he has in any season.

I believe it's a carved tombstone, and the name is wrong.

Down the road there will a confrontation between Jax and Jury, one of the few people Jax loves.

I heard K Sutter say that Jax would not be bothered by thoughts of Tara because that wouldn't make sense because he's never done that kind of stuff on the show. I think it didn't make sense because it would have taken time away from Gemma. This way it shows how sensitive and complex she is.

That was Sutter setting it up to get Gemma and Jax in bed together. That's what she has always wanted and figures she can manipulate Jax into doing anything, and then explain to him how to think about it later. Jax never knows what she's doing or never allows himself to know. That's why he doesn't protect his…

Tig killed her.

She and Stahl I've always thought were sisters under the skin. Both overtly sexual in their behavior (not justified by great looks), both bisexual, both manipulative and lying to extreme degrees. Both actresses are annoying to watch: Stahl gasps before every phrase and Gemma hisses and clicks her dry mouth (the…

They were accidental deaths because they hid when the Mayans torched the warehouse. The guys gave them a funeral.

You're absolutely right about what sutter is doing with Gemma. She's the star of this show and every other scene must showcase her being cutely irrepresible. Isn't she darling, everyone?

In Hamlet Gertrude the mother jumped in front of Hamlet and drank the poison intended for him.

The property owners must be related to Wendy's neighbors when Unser and Nero broke down the door in broad daylight and hauled her out of an apt on fire.

Sutter never said it was a re-telling of Hamlet, and it certainly isn''t. It was supposedly his inspiration. Jax is the closest to the play because he is indecisive, enigmatic. But the biggest likeness to Shakespeare is that the plot runs on misinformation and miscommunication, and coincidence.