Post by DKS on Sept 24, 2008 4:53:52 GMT -5
New show premiered this season on FX. It's by Kurt Sutter(one of the creators of The Shield) and details an outlaw biker gang called the Sons of Anarchy(called SAMCRO/Sam Crow in the show, as an abbreviation of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) in the fictional California town of Charming. The show deals with the club's illegal dealings(such as gun running), and also their relationships and lives, and how the club members interact with each other and other people. The show's lead is Jax Teller(Charlie Hunnam), second in command of the club and a lot of it centers around his interactions with his family(his drug addicted ex-wife who just had his kid, his ex-gf, and his mom, who's married to the club's current leader) and the rest of the club. His father was the club's founder, and after he died, the club passed to Clay Morrow(Ron Perlman), and it's looking like there may be issues down the road as Jax thinks Clay's vision of the club might not match what his father had in mind for it. So far it's well done, though much like The Shield, most of the characters are of questionable morals and integrity, despite having their own "code" of honor, and people looking for clear cut "good guys" may wanna look elsewhere. Jay Carnes(who plays Dutch on The Shield) has a role here as an ATF agent investigating SAMCRO, although it already seems like his motives for it aren't entirely job related either. Mitch Pileggi(from X-Files) is also a semi-regular, as the leader of a white supremacist gang that SAMCRO has issues with.
As a trivia note, one of the groups SAMCRO sells guns to is a gang called the "One-Niners". Shield fans will recognize that as one of the major gangs Vic and the Strike Team have gone after and dealt with. Apparently, the Shield creators like the gangs they've created, as another regular gang from The Shield(the Byz-Lats) was mentioned in The Unit, another show by a Shield creator.
As a trivia note, one of the groups SAMCRO sells guns to is a gang called the "One-Niners". Shield fans will recognize that as one of the major gangs Vic and the Strike Team have gone after and dealt with. Apparently, the Shield creators like the gangs they've created, as another regular gang from The Shield(the Byz-Lats) was mentioned in The Unit, another show by a Shield creator.