I watched Sons of Anarchy and I decided to drop it. Nothing to do with anything that shocked me, but because of the bad writing, acting,cartoonish plot, and production values. In comparison with Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, and even Justified, Sons of Anarchy is purely minor league. The casting is ludicrous. Clay is supposed to have lived in N. California his entire life, but how come he sounds like he just arrived from the Bronx. Charlie Hunnam proves he is no Christian Bale. They have to keep his dialogue stilted and simple so his British accent will not pour out. It must be I do not synch with Kurt Sutter. Watched first season of The Shield, it also did not measure up with the other series I have watched through the years. Compared to the Sopranos and The Wire it was also minor league for the same reasons stated above.
Low Winter Sun stinks to high heaven also. It was a cure for insomnia. I had higher hopes for Mark Strong. He was great in Tinker, Tailor and also in Body of Lies.
I agree with most of your post...but The Shield was in the same league as The Sopranos, The Wire and Breaking Bad. In humble opinion....gosh I’ll miss those shows. The golden age of television may have passed.
I gave up on it too.
Silliest show (not just one female doctor that became a biker chick, but her female doctor boss was one too!) that ever tried to be "lofty".
I started on it because Sutter helped on The Shield.
We found out that The Shield was good despite Sutter....not because of him.
Always interesting to hear other opinions. Justified is great. I really enjoyed the Shield, just different strokes I guess. I have some hearing issues so the accents don’t bother me. I love Sons though. I have a puppy named Tig after Kim Coates character, and I am such a sap that some of the episodes of Sons made me cry. Opie’s death in particular. I loved the relationship between Ron Perlman and Katey Sagal. Theo Rossi cracks me up, and well, Charlie Hunnam is super yummy. Also, I think the acting in the season 2 episode where Gemma tells Jax and Clay about being gang raped broke my heart. Sagal deserves an Emmy for that or Season 3.
The whole Tara/Wendy/Lowen thing they are doing now could be fun.
And I give Sutter props in that he doesn’t ask his actors to do anything he isn’t willing to do himself.