‘Sons of Anarchy’ season 6, episode 8 preview: Katey Sagal’s revelation in ‘Los Fantasmas’
On Tuesday’s “Sons of Anarchy” episode, the major shocker was pretty clear in that we saw a massive (but justified) betrayal by the hands of Tara. (Spoilers ahead!) She orchestrated the plan perfectly to have Gemma take the fall for an attack on her using a blood bag and a faked baby, and then in turn used this to get Jax to sign on the dotted line. It was difficult and emotional, but she got what may be considered a victory.
But the problem for Tara now is that her plan was far from foolproof. On next week’s “Los Fantasmas” (i.e. “The Ghosts”), Katey Sagal’s character is going to start to form her suspicions that the pregnancy here was just the claim of a desperate woman, and she is going to immediately start to fight for her family in a way that only Gemma can. Meanwhile, Jax will take Tara’s side and start to push Gemma away to the best of his ability.
Want to read more? Take a look at the short synopsis below (though it does not reveal much):
“Pressure mounts on Jax as the sins of his club and family pull him in different directions. Written by Roberto Patino & Kurt Sutter; directed by Peter Weller.”
Away from the Gemma storyline, the promo does also tease something important when it comes to Nero: He is ready to name names, or so he says. The tough spot for Jimmy Smits’ character now is that he may be realizing that there is only so many sacrifices that he can make for other people, especially when his own life and future is on the line here. Sooner or later, he has to start thinking for himself. When you add the promise of betrayal to what looks to be more violence, there may be some actual ghosts that rise out of dead bodies by the end of this episode. We are now past the halfway point of this season, and that’s when things start to get bloody.
The good news here? The show is finding its momentum, and really proving that you don’t need a typical Big Bad like Lee Toric or Damon Pope to push forward the story. These characters are all bad enough in their own right at times.
Is there anything that you want to see on “Sons of Anarchy” next week? Sound off in our comment box below, and click here if you want to see our full review of tonight’s “Sweet and Vaded.”
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Isa Kocher
November 19, 2013 @ 2:59 am
cis male sons are unforgiving – not always everywhere – not if raised in gay family. but in a straight universe a cis male finding out in adult life that their father is not one of them is too heavy a burden on the bounds of male friendship. male bonds are quite different from any other and very fragile. it’s a threat to very self. a betrayal that could not heal. IMHO.
Isa Kocher
November 19, 2013 @ 2:55 am
maybe the director of brokeback mt was at fault. but those two actors somehow just never quite resolved the suspension of nonbelief. i always felt they were acting. except two scenes, the throwing up scene. and the scene with the shirt. and the throwing up scene was not part of any experience i ever had. the best portrait ever i saw of a gay person was joseph gordon levitt. he was that person. it was heart breaking. heath ledger in the final scenes with jack’s work shirt too. i’ve never seen a transgender father with her son. i could never act that. i’ve been and have know gay fathers with their sons all my life. but never met a transgender father with a cis male son. i don’t feel sons of anarchy left the page and made that more alive than just a poignancy.
Isa Kocher
November 19, 2013 @ 2:34 am
i don’t really quite understand why a straight guy is putting on tits to do a transgender. his acting is quite OK. the character is clever really amusing but a bit of a cliche. and only a real transgender could possibly give it what it really needs. as great a film as brokeback mountain is, i was always tugged by the obviousness of two straight guys acting gay. it’s not their straightness. the movies Milk and Mysterious Skin and Prisicilla queen of the dessert all show straight guys doing gay. perfectly well. but this was a good place for a real transgender person not camp. and this actor’s whole justified schtick is camp made hillbilly. the same character was a transgender. good. but not courageous. courageous enough for a white male macho dude. but not real. go watch the new black is orange. you’ll see the difference. his makeup must have been something tho…
BubbaisTarandfeathered
October 24, 2013 @ 12:15 pm
I’m betting Nero is pretty clear that if he drops a dime on Jax or SAMCRO, he’ll be a meat popsicle in no time short. So he’ll roll on the Byz Lats. But since the Byz Lats’ are pretty much punks, and Nero has a few corpses laying around, some petty “stuff” will get flung around. This might be just enough for D.A. Patterson to put her whig back on and buy some leeway for SAMCRO.