Sons of Anarchy Coverage: Nothing a Shiv Can’t Fix

Episode Commentary: “Straw”

Whoa.

Even the Grim Reaper himself must have thought the last episode of “Sons of Anarchy” was a bit heavy on the death toll.

With four dead and the possibility of even more on the way, the show is in a serious transition. Just when you thought Lee Toric (Donal Loge) had the MC’s number, Otto (Kurt Sutter) goes and pulls a rabbit out of a hat, well, a shiv (thanks, Clay) out of his ass and kills him.

Make no mistake- this changes everything.

With Toric dead, there’s no one for the sheriff to pin the escort’s death on, meaning Nero (Jimmy Smits) is screwed. Without Toric’s evilness, it looks like the club will now begin a bloody war with the Irish. How Bobby and his new nomad charter play a role in this has yet to be seen, but it should be interesting to see how this all comes together.

Tig’s (Kim Coates) current role in the club is up in the air as well. He’s got to have a gut feeling he needs to earn his place in the club again. After several close calls with death, you have to wonder how much time his character really has. The same thing goes for Juice (Theo Rossi). After his deception last season in the reco case and his well-documented emotional frality, what else is he willing to do in order to get the trust of the group back?

Lets not forget about Tara and Wendy either. What plans do they have and how will it affect the club?

The unanswered questions continue to fuel the show, but between Tig’s reappearance and the absence of Bobby and Peter Weller’s character this week, you get the feeling that the show is running out of creativity. Answers need to come soon and present even larger and deadlier questions. Otherwise, the guys and gals in SAMCRO will be done for.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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