‘Sons of Anarchy’ review: Is [spoiler] really dead?
“Sons of Anarchy” has brought us many a memorable moment over the past five seasons, but even we do not think we have seen anything as devastating as what happened during Tuesday night’s new episode.
Want to avoid spoilers? Then you should probably stop reading now; and yes, you have been warned.
In a ruthless beatdown inside of a prison (with a crowbar, no less), we ended up seeing he end of one Opie Winston near the end of the episode. In between what happened with Tig’s daughter last season and then this episode, Damon Pope is turning out to quite possibly be the biggest “big bad” of them all. He has now taken two lives important to this show, and has done so without having any of the blood technically on his hands.
In dealing with this (which is not easy, given that Opie was one of our favorite characters), it was hard to really even concentrate on anything else, whether it be Gemma starting to mess with Nero’s business (or even being arrested) and Clay continuing to look like hardly the villain that Damon is all of a sudden. At the end of the episode, Jax promised revenge over watching his best friend die and not being able to do anything about it … but the path to revenge is not going to be an easy one here. He is going to have the passion, sure, but he also needs the focus. Right now, his head is all over the place just as our tears are all over the floor.
Are you just as stunned as we are by what transpired here? If you want to see what is going to be coming up later in the season, you can check out some more scoop via executive producer Kurt Sutter over at the link here.
Photo: FX
ricky-bobby
September 30, 2012 @ 9:04 pm
Not one for long rants so bear with me
– cia ask Opie to go to jail
– porn star wife asked to look after kids for unknown time
– Opies killing a fake “guard gives him the pipe and say to him make it look good”
Its a long shot but i really wanted Opie to stick around
AnnMarie
September 30, 2012 @ 1:20 pm
Completely traumatized by Opie’s death. I had a whole different storyline planned. Wanted Jax to follow JT’s plan, get the Sons out of weapons, find a way out of drugs, hand over the Club to Opie who meets/married Jax’s1/2 sister Trinity, Jax & Tara take the boys and leave Charming. Series finale season 7.
LP
September 28, 2012 @ 6:04 pm
Opie was my favorite character – loyal to the bone. When he told Leila that he didn’t know if he loved anything – he turned right around and got himself arrested so that he could be close to his beloved Jax and the Sons which is what led to his demise. I’ll miss you Opie!
lee
September 26, 2012 @ 3:59 pm
Yeah but because he had lost everything that made him more interesting. His struggle to come to terms with it all. And I don’t remember him and Piney being all that close. Donna I got it. Just feeling that this strong character and amazing actor have been wasted. Following the nothing left to live for logic then Tig will die this season too.
Gina
September 26, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
I loved the character of Opie but he just had to die. It was inevitable and long overdue actually. Since losing his wife he really had an I don’t give a crap if I live or die attitude. Then, he lost his dad. Opie had already lost everything at this point. All he had was Jax’s friendship and he was a true friend to the end. RIP Ops!
Karen
September 26, 2012 @ 1:00 pm
How can people NOT want to continue watching?? Sure the story has some serious twists & turns, but kuddos to Kurt Sutter for keeping the viewers on the edge of the seat. Well played!
Harry Winston
September 25, 2012 @ 11:22 pm
Sorry, but my head was just not into this anymore.