Wow this episode was packed with more action than any episode we’ve seen. Our favorite Son’s make it across the pond to the Emerald Isle. Jimmy O has prepared a rousing welcome intended to send them packing. Paying off the local cops the club is rousted on some back road. This only increases Clay and Jax suspicions that there is a snake in the hen house. When all hope is seemingly lost and the cops are about to foil the search for baby Abel; Gemma in true mother hen fashion slams her foot down on the accelerator crashing her vehicle into the cop’s getaway truck. She runs it off the road ultimately saving the day. Jimmy’s Intel had not mentioned Gemma Teller-Morrow. Surprise, surprise!
Back home Tara bails Tig out of the local jail where his charges range from speeding to evading police and everything in-between. Unser informs him that his license has been suspended for two years. Without his license and his ability to ride his bike it looks like he will lose his right to vote in meetings. That could lead to his arch foe Kosic becoming a member of the Charming chapter after all. Interestingly we learn that the animosity between Tig and his rival is because of a woman. What you thought it was going to be something else? The only thing that makes a man hold that kind of a grudge is because of the fairer sex, plain and simple. Now we just need a few more details and the mystery will be solved.
We also lean that the Son’s are a prolific lot since both Tara and Lila are pregnant yet they plan to keep their men in the dark. Faced with uncertainty about their futures with the men they love they are both facing a tough situation. Lila seems to have cleared the path deciding to end the pregnancy. With Jax in the dark and far away and the memories of him constantly pushing her away may have finally driven Tara to the tipping point. It looks like there might not be another Teller baby after all.
With Clay’s promise to take care of the old boxing gym owner fresh in everyone’s mind; the remaining Son’s are forced to pony up. After a warning from Darby who for a minute seems like he’s crawled in bed with Hail. Just to recap Hail and his upstanding and important friends want all the property in that area for some special project regardless of who gets hurt. Don’t you just love the upstanding citizens of Charming? It makes one wonder if Sheriff Unser realizes who the bad guys really are but I digress. Wow! I didn’t see this coming. From the writer’s keyboard to Darby’s heart we all watched as it grew three sizes that day. Not only did his walk down memory lane at the old gym trigger memories of better days. It seems he grew a conscience while he was there which included returning Hails money flatly turning him down. A building like that defiantly should not be torn down it has magical powers if it could crack a nut as tough as Darby.
With the threat of Darby’s return Tig orders prospect Peewee to stay the night in the gym to protect the owner who sleeps in the back. Now I hate to say I told you so but I did. When Tig hands over his pistol the kid nearly wet his pants. Later Hail bails Salazar out of the clink picking him second for the enforcer roll. Hail uses their mutual hatred for the Son’s along with the promise of some cash as bait. Late that night Salazar breaks in hefting an AK-47. He tares up the place while prospect Peewee watches from the safety of his hiding place. The old man is waylaid when Salazar swings the AK like a baseball bat knocking the old man out. Salazar shouts something about the Mayan’s hoping the blame will break the peace with the Son’s before running away. Peewee doesn’t stop to help the old man or to call for backup. Oh no. He returns his cutoff and Tigs gun leaving them in plain sight on the hood of the tow truck before riding like a bat out of hell back home to his mommy. His big adventure as an outlaw biker is over. No shit!
Meanwhile Chibs and his family are reunited making for a touching moment that won’t last for long. Gemma has now met the woman her first husband cheated with some twenty plus years ago. She also comes face to face with Jax pretty half sister Trinity. The two women agree to keep their dirty little secret buried not wanting to burden their children. Careful ladies they are people not mushrooms. They should not be fed shit and kept in the dark. From the heat pouring off Jax and Trinity it appears this quite possibly could be one very dangerous decision. If these two loving mothers are not careful this could end in an incestuous encounter. Truth or incest? Hm? Ladies you better let the cat out of the bag before you catch these two making one giant mistake.
On the journey to take Fiona and her daughter back to the safety of the church the group is fired upon. The car is sprayed with automatic weapon fire. Take note of how Jax protected his half sister covering her with his body. Fortunately there are no causalities. Unlike Opies ugly ass Rasta hat that seems to have finally and permanently departed. Hallelujah to that! The Son’s suspect Jimmy O. but their Irish brothers tell them differently. They learn a faction of the fighting men, fighting for the cause hate Jimmy O. It appears that they were more than likely dogging Fiona hence sending Jimmy O a warning message. The son’s have had a hell of a twenty-four hour period in the land of the leprechaun. In all of this Jimmy O is not having a good day either. He failed to have the Redwood Originals deported and Fiona and her daughter are finally out of his reach. He can longer use them as leverage with the club. I still want to know what the deal is with Chibs and Jimmy boy. It is clear our Irish gangster understand that the Son’s now know he lied about baby Abel. We watch as he angrily flings furniture all over the barroom as he feels the weight of his mistake.
King and Queen of all things Son’s rekindle their romance while Jax kicks the crap out of the suspected rat O’Neil, in a bare knuckles brawl. We didn’t get enough of Jax in action however I believe there is an upcoming rerun of Jax doing more to O’Neil than just bloodying his nose! I see another problem in the clubs future since it is obvious they don’t suspect McGee. Just like leaving Salazar alive in that dirty restroom this could prove to be a costly mistake. I can’t quite figure this McGee character out so far. All we know is that he’s weak and greedy. That doesn’t sound like anyone that would be elected to be a club president.
I was recently asked if the priest was a bad guy. Dah! He’s had his cousin killed in the name of the cause. He is the virtual consulary to the Irish resistance. That collar wields a lot of power in those parts. His agenda is simple really. Jimmy O’s grown too greedy and too powerful and in the priests eyes he’s got to go. I don't mean on vacation either unless heaven is a vacation destination. He appeals to Jax as they sit quietly talking inside the church. In his smooth soft spoken demeanor befitting a godly man he tells Jax he must kill Jimmy O. because then and only then can Jax have his son back. It was a not a shocking ending until you realize it was not the end. The next scene shows a young happy couple at the orphanage holding who else but baby Abel! Has the priest sanctioned the adoption of this baby? You tell me is he a bad priest? If the family finds out he might end up a very dead priest.
This was a really great episode which required watching a few times because there was so much going on. I give this one six shots out of six and only hope the remaining episodes are equally as good.
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