WARNING: Spoilers Ahead!
“Henry Lin sends his regards.”
After weeks of assaults on the Lin Triad, August Marks, and basically anyone else careless enough to cross his path, Jax Teller finally suffered blowback right at home in Charming. Friends, colleagues, cops — you name it — were caught up in the crossfire between the Sons of Anarchy and their misguided revenge quest against the wrong enemy. Nothing, and no one, is safe anymore.
Here’s what went down:
A Charming War
Henry Lin promised that he would turn Charming into “a god damn killing field,” and he certainly delivered. Someone informed Lin that the Sons were responsible for the attack on their buyers back in “Toil and Till.” That someone remains a mystery, but come on — it’s totally Jury.
Whoever ratted, the results are clear: Lin’s men toss a grenade into Scoops and nearly wipe out every single key member of SAMCRO, as well as Charming’s new sheriff Althea Jarry, who already had one hell of a blood-soaked day on her hands. (More on that in a second.) They survive, but barely.
The women at Diosa are not so lucky. Lin sends a hit squad to SAMCRO and Nero’s joint venture and shoots the whole place up, killing escorts and patrons alike, including Jax’s former fling Colette. And at the docks in Stockton, all the weapons the Sons were guarding are gone, with recent recruit Orlin West killed in the process.
The massive retaliation against the Sons feels straight out of “Game of Thrones” season three; no spoilers beyond the words “Red” and “Wedding,” but fans of both shows get the picture. It was a merciless, remorseless takedown of everything the Sons stand for. It was, in a single word, devastating.
Your move, Jax.
Total Cop Out
As if Lin’s blowback wasn’t bad enough on its own, things were already going poorly for the Sons of Anarchy earlier in the day. Jax needed to meet up with the Aryan Brotherhood and deliver some “dog food” (aka “totally not dog food,” aka “heroin”), an attempt to keep their alliance strong in anticipation of the coming war.
Yeah… about that.
Charming police officers Marcus Cane and Candy Eglee are looking to find Jax and Chibs on an unrelated matter, and when they spot them on the road, they follow them to their meet with the Aryan Brotherhood. The AB are spooked when they see cops, and they open fire, killing Cane instantly, and filling Eglee with bullets as well.
The truce between SAMCRO and the AB is shaky at best at the moment; equally bad, Eglee’s still alive, but very badly injured. If she regains consciousness, she can place the Sons at the scene of the crime.
Not. Good.
Tig Goes to Venus
It says a lot that the happiest moment of the episode belonged to a gunshot victim. Remember those pastors the Sons killed back in the season premiere? One of them was August Marks’ partner in a housing development, but his recent disappearance (see: murder) has threatened the deal. The only other person that can push the deal through is the pastor’s wife, but she’s missing as well.
So, at the Niners’ request, the Sons track down the wife. But the mission goes wrong when the pastor’s stepson shoots Tig in the stomach, in an attempt to defend his mother from the Sons. It’s water under the bridge (and under a car) when everyone puts their guns down and starts talking, but still, there’s the not insignificant matter of Tig’s gut shot.
The Sons take Tig back to Scoops, and they call up Venus Van Damme, who helped the Sons find the pastor (he was a former client of hers), and has maintained an ongoing “friendship” with Tig since we saw her last. As she’s caring for Tig’s injuries, she soothes the smitten Son with her origin story.
“I was born a man,” she says, “but I believe my true genesis happened a bit later, when I was stirred by the gods of love and beauty, and transformed into an angel, whose sole purpose is to bring light to the shadows, and limber joy to all those lost souls who can no longer find it.”
Them’s kissing words. Tig and Venus finally seal the deal, locking lips in a loving embrace. Of course, seconds later, the Triad toss a grenade through Scoops’ window, interrupting the moment — but it was nice while it lasted!
Granny’s Got a Gun
Finally, let’s talk about the woman at the heart of all this horror: Gemma Morrow Teller. In lying to Jax about her role in Tara’s murder, she’s directly responsible for the war between SAMCRO and the Lin Triad, and the subsequent blood on the streets in Charming.
Gemma also aided in Jax’s beatdown of Mr. Hoss, the Diosa dirtbag from “Playing with Monsters,” which is why the Charming Police Department wanted to sit down with Jax and Chibs, leading to Cane’s death and Eglee’s severe injury. So, at least some of that blood is on her hands.
And it looks like Gemma’s far from finished with all the killing. On orders from District Attorney Tyne Patterson, an APB has been placed throughout Northern California for Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz. Cops and outlaws alike are now looking for Juice — and if they find him, they might find out what Gemma did to Tara.
So, Gemma’s looking to take matters into her own hands. She promises to personally drive Juice to her father’s house, but when she goes home to pack supplies, she packs a curious item: a handgun, equipped with a silencer. Looks like Gemma is finally ready to silence the one man who can definitively out her as Tara’s killer.
But there’s one thing Gemma hasn’t taken into account: Juice also has a silenced handgun in his possession. Will these guns go off as soon as next week? Looks likely.
What did you think of all the bloody mayhem on this week’s “Sons of Anarchy”?
‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Just Achieved ‘Game Of Thrones’ Levels Of Mayhem
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