Even though it's a show about a motorcycle gang, FX's "Sons of Anarchy" (10 tonight) has always had a focus on the strong women who circle the club's orbit. None is stronger than Gemma Teller Morrow (Katey Sagal, pictured right), the fiercly protective wife of club president Clay (Ron Perlman) and mother of club vice president Jax (Charlie Hunnam), the show's moral center.
In season two, Gemma becomes an even more pivotal character after events in the season premiere that also draw her closer to Jax's girlfriend, Dr. Tara Knowles (Maggie Siff).
This season the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club goes up against white supremacists led by Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin), who sets up a cigar shop in Charming, Calif., and demands that the club stop running guns for African-American and Hispanic gangs.
This creates new challenges for the Charming police force, including Sons-favoring Chief Unser (Dayton Callie, who gives a terrific performance) and Sons-despising Deputy Chief Hale (Tayler Sheridan).
The Sons also prop up a porn business while trying to keep their gang from disintegrating over the ongoing dispute between Clay and Jax, who learned last season that Clay was resposible for the murder of a club member's wife. Jax is also trying to follow his dead father's pre-cepts for rehabilitating the club but he doesn't get far in the early episodes as the tension between him and his step-father steadily rises.
I have to admit, I was not sucked back into the "Sons of Anarchy" world after the first episode, despite some shocking plot turns, but now having seen five episodes of season two, I'm once again fully invested in the characters and the stories.
Oh, and best line of dialogue, Jax references "The Sopranos" when speaking to a woman who thinks he's out to harm her: "You think I brought you here to Adriana you?"
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Posted
Sep 08 2009, 12:11 AM
by
Rob Owen