Sons of Anarchy Coverage: A House Divided?

November 2, 2013 Patrick Hickey Jr. TV 0

Episode Commentary: Los Fantasmas

The battle between Gemma, Tara and Jax is on and with multiple plotlines beginning to rear their heads, the drama in “Sons of Anarchy” is at the tip of its iceberg.

Although “Los Fantasmas” was more a lukewarm episode, the intrigue and story possibilities are all there. Something huge will happen this season and soon. The fact that the Irish were barely mentioned and Clay was a no show this episode makes it clear they will play a role in the not too distant future.

The highlight of this episode was Nero’s release from prison, just hours after he was willing to sacrifice himself for the club. Jimmy Smits has been amazing on the show from his first appearance and this episode proved again how vital a role he plays on the show. To see him put his son’s welfare first and the club second and himself, finally third, proves Nero is a part of the MC, even if he doesn’t have a cut.

The same thing can be said for Katy Segal and Dayton Callie, who share one of the best-written moments of the show this season. After Gemma is released from jail, Unser (Callie) tells Gemma (Segal) that her current path will lead to her own self-destruction, but it’s not too late. Eager to save her relationship with her son, it’ll be interesting moving forward what lengths her character will go to. Always the firecracker, Gemma will absolutely provide the show with some memorable spots before the season is over.

But what about Tara and Wendy? Are they having second-thoughts about their wicked plan to tear Jax and the MC away from his children? Does Tara want to try and work things out with Jax? Her talk with Bobby and later on with Jax makes you think she’s not quite ready to leave Charming. This could have huge repercussions for the club and having Tara and Jax’s team, at this pivotal time is something the MC desperately needs.

That despair, fear of loss and ability to own up to your decisions looks to be a huge theme for the show the rest of the season. At this point, there’s no doubt it’ll be a satisfying ride, even if the adventure proves to hit speed bumps and traffic along the way.

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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.

Sons of Anarchy Coverage: A House Divided?

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