Sons of Anarchy Recap: Confession is Good for the Soul

Sons of Anarchy

By ApplePie | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | 1:00 pm | 6 Comments
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Back in Oakland, Tyler leads Happy, Chibs and Jax to Turner’s brother-in-law, who’s selling stolen goods out of the van he was driving when he and Turner attacked Jax and Chibs.  The chase on foot down an alley and up onto the roof of a building isn’t very exciting, especially since the bro-in-law is a mite chubby and we know he ain’t gettin’ away. 

Should’ve had a V-8!

When Jax confronts Turner’s brother-in-law, “Ray”, on the roof, Ray tells the guys Frankie hired them — he knew them from Chino — to kill Jax.  In return, he gave them his custom chopper we saw last episode.  When Jax asks why they attacked Gemma, too, Ray says they didn’t do that, had no reason to, and he doesn’t even know what Jax’s family looks like.  Chibs marvels out loud that Frankie is pretty smart to hire a couple of black guys to make it look like Pope was attacking club members.  Happy asks what Jax is going to do with Ray, and in answer, Jax calls Ray close to him, gut shoots him three times, and watches him fall over the side of the roof to the ground below, dead.  Tyler and the other Niners seem impressed.  I guess honesty isn’t enough to get you leniency in Jax’s court.

Baddest white guy to ever roam the streets of Oakland.

Chibs and Happy don’t know what to think, but if I was either of them, I’d stay on Jax’s good side.

Guess it’s clean up duty … again.

Clay walks into the clubhouse office to find Juicy looking through paperwork.  Juice tells Clay he’ll give Roosevelt the only records he can find on the Nomads, a receipt for their dues payments.  Clay asks Juice what Roosevelt has on him, and although he initially plays dumb, the pressure is too much and the dam spills.  Not only does he tell Clay that his dad is black, Juice also tells Clay about the RICO sting, Otto’s betrayal, and how he stole the brick of cocaine — which led him to kill Miles and then blame Miles as the thief — to give to Roosevelt as evidence so the feds could bust the Irish and the cartel.

Will a few “Hail Mary”s and one “Our Father” cover my penance, Clay?

Now this confession does not surprise me — the extent of it does, but I knew Juice was eventually going to break down and tell the wrong person, so I should have expected this.  What does surprise the hell out of me is that Clay tells Juice about sending the Nomads to Unser’s, and that he was the one who killed Greg.  Juicy is dumbfounded, and Clay tells him that every SAMCRO member has at least one secret that would get him kicked out of the club, that Juice should just keep on keepin’ on, and that dual confessions like these are how true bonds are forged.

Don’t worry, this will stay between us, Juice … at least until I need to throw you under the bus to save my own ass.

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  1. 1
    Andyourlittledogtoo
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    “Get used to living in a brothel.” I loved that Jax told Gemma what she could look forward to if she didn’t do as he asked and worked Clay (so to speak). And I don’t for a minute believe he means for her to get back in their good graces, I think the new dark Jax has had it with his mother and Clay and will leave her to her fate if she does follow through and get him the info on Clay. She does deserve it.

    Chibs isn’t dead, he just got conked on the head. I have no idea why Frankie didn’t shoot him other than as a plot device to keep us guessing without actually killing Chibs. I also think that although Frankie could have more easily taken Lyla hostage he also probably assumed that the club wouldn’t have balked at following him in order to save a whore but would be much more careful of one of their brother’s lives. Frankie doesn’t really know Lyla or see her as the old lady of a member, just as a whore/porn actress working for Nero. I still wish they’d killed Chibs in jail instead of Opie because although I like the guy I still can’t understand a thing that handsome Irishman says any more.

    Sutter: either tone Chibs accent down some or give us subtitles. I’m missing a lot of dialogue here. Thanks ever so.

    All in all a good episode. Feel a little cheated that Abel had a ‘slight cut on his head’ and the big problem was his ‘heart rate’ or whatever that is easily not a problem quite quickly. He was in a surgical bay and Tara said something about ‘a line from his leg to his heart’ I think so it’ a little unclear to me what they were doing to that baby in there and why after all of that it wasn’t really any big deal after all. Very confused by Abel’s injury and treatment.

  2. 2
    missV
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    @ApplePie I’m so with you on the love for Happy! He and Chibbs are my favorites

    I think the heart issue with Abel may have some significance that isn’t being revealed yet. Probably will allude to the “family flaw” e.g. the heart condition that killed Thomas (Jax brother) and maybe Abel has it.

    Best line of the night was when Jax was watching the procedure on Abel and said “Hasn’t this kid been through enough?”

    I don’t think they are going to kill Chibbs. I think that Juice just sealed his fate though. Probably will be killed off in the season finale.

  3. 3
    KeKe
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    I think Abel was born with a hole in his heart from the meth bender Wendy went on, but it was repaired. I think that was why they were concerned with his heart rate being irregular.
    Clay is totally setting Juice up so it can seem like he discovered the rat, so he can get back in good with the club once his plans with the nomads is made public to everyone.

  4. 4
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 7:05 am

    Great recap, AP! I love how detailed you are.

    Ughhhhh, I want Clay to just die already. I hope that Jax has some other intentions w/ Gemma and Clay getting back together. Maybe they will take each other out and Jax won’t have to get his hands dirty??

    Totally on the Chibs train. My other fav is Filthy Phil – they big, curly haired guy who has like, 2 lines every episode. He’s like a big teddy bear w/ a gun and a motorcycle.

    My fav scene was Jax taking Thomas from Gemma so Tara could punch her. I knew that was coming and I loved it!!!

    I thought the Sons weren’t SUPER racist. Juice is half Puerto Rican and half black, what’s the big deal about his dad being black??? Latinos are okay, but not so much black people????

    I don’t Chibs is dead, but I did NOT like the fact K. Sutter made us hold our breath. That scene scared me!!!

  5. 5
    missV
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 10:04 am

    the club doesn’t allow black members that is why it was a big deal when Juice found out his father was black

  6. 6
    LeaveJuicyAlone
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 10:51 am

    In one of the last WTF Sutter video blogs (sutterink.com S5 Ep 34 blog to be exact) they are talking about they just finished wrapping the season. Juice is in the video and said he hasn’t worked for 11 ish days but said that would be a spoiler if they said which episode (see around 5 minute mark). Think Juicy bites it soon……

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