Sons of Anarchy Coverage: The Tara Show

Episode Commentary: Sweet and Vaded

This episode was certainly drama-filled. Between Tara’s “injury” and Jax’s decision to help Nero’s friend, this past episode of “Sons of Anarchy” hit all the right spots and finally appears to have its creative juices firing on all cylinders.

With the seeds of her plan beginning to grow, Tara now has Gemma and Jax at odds. How will thins affect the club moving forward? Now that Nero has been forced to make a choice and save himself or keep the club free from harm, can Gemma’s new predicament make his choice an easier one? Just a week after the club looked stronger than ever, things have quickly gone back into complete disarray.

Damn has this been fun the past two weeks.

They’ve also been kind of weird. With the club helping Nero’s transsexual friend, we’ve seen a much softer side of Jax, one that would have been put to perfect use in “50 Shades of Grey.” Regardless, what erotica literature fans have lost by Charlie Hunnam’s decision to not participate in the film has been Sons of Anarchy fans’ reward. Over the last two weeks, Hunnam’s versatility has been front and center. Trying to play multiple sides and prevent another war with the Irish, Hunnam’s character has been a wonderful politician, but has also found the time to be ruthless and compassionate.

The moment he fired his gun in this episode may go down as one of the most memorable spots in the history of the show.

For fans of the show, Hunnam has always been the reason to tune in. To see his character continue his growth process and come into his own again is one thing, but to see Tara playing puppet master behind the scenes is another thing altogether. Much like the relationship between Walter White and Skylar, it’s easy to see why fans of the show are beginning to hate Tara.

She’s devious, controlling and knows what she wants and is not scared to get what she wants. But don’t let your hate for her character misguide you. Maggie Siff’s performance this season has been stellar and one of the main reasons why the show hasn’t jumped the shark. With plenty of skeletons left in the closet and situations that yet to develop, the motorcycle club isn’t out of the woods yet.

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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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