The Televangelist: ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Season 4, Ep. 7
This episode could have been titled “Nothing is Easy” because there were certainly no winners last night
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- Tough times
A few notes to start things off:
(1) The branch broke, right? You guys heard it, right??
(2) If I accidentally refer to this episode as “A Feast for Crows,” forgive me
(3) The branch totally broke! … right?
?”Fruit for the Crows” could have also been titled “Nothing is Easy,” because there were certainly no winners last night. No operation was carried out without consequences. Unser was able to rightfully scare Tara, but now Clay is onto him. Clay continued to sink deeper into problems with the cartel, so Bobby challenged his leadership and called for a vote. SAMCRO hunted down the shooters that attacked the Mayans, and in turn witnessed an innocent woman slain in front of them. Most distressingly, Eli followed Linc Potter’s orders to arrest Juice, then set him free. This of course lead Chibs, sensing Juice’s obvious discomfort, to ask Clay to speak with him. After Clay offered him a new patch, his love and his trust, Juice felt there was no other choice but death before dishonor (a theme from last week). He then dropped himself in chains from a tree to the overtones of none other than Katey Sagal singing “Strange Fruit,” a song about racism and the lynching of African Americans. I’d like to end my review here, please!
?I will in fact take a small break right here to mention Kurt Sutter’s attack on bloggers this week. The bottom line is this: “Sons of Anarchy” is a great show. It can be fun, but also difficult, to watch. There’s nothing else like it on TV. That having been said, not everything about the show will be perfect. To me, in today’s super competitive television climate, it’s more important to have your show talked about at all. Discussion is always good. It unites the fanbase, it keeps the show in the minds of viewers, and will probably motivate more people to watch it. We reviewers are just like any other fans - we see the show week to week and have little to no insight into where it might be going, so all we can talk about is what we’ve seen so far. Let us jabber on, Kurt, and let the work speak for itself. I have a pretty good feeling that by the end of the season, any questions we may have will be answered or used to some end. And if not, well, there’s always Season Five. As my friend Ely says, “In Sutter We Trust.”