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post #301 of 1191
10/13/08 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by Subotai View Post
Is that the extent of Tavon's payback? A stern talking-to?
Tavon is a total class act. The guy is a complete gentleman and wasn't up to the mountain of shit that the Strike Team was doing. This was why he didn't fit in and why he and Lem got along so well.

I think Tavon was brought back not to kick Shane's ass for what happened but to open his eyes and essentially let him know he was alone and Vic and Ronny have basically turned their backs on him because Shane can't be trusted.
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post #302 of 1191
10/14/08 at 5:57pm
Not exactly new news, though.
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post #303 of 1191
10/14/08 at 7:55pm
Well I think up until Shane realized that Vic and Ronny set him up to get killed by the Mexicans he was under the impression that things were cool between them.
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post #304 of 1191
10/15/08 at 12:10am
Well, next week looks exciting.
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post #305 of 1191
10/15/08 at 12:21am
So much great stuff this week. Vic's weakness for women (prostitutes) returns. We finally get a view of Claudette's house, Ronnie calling Shane the "Wildcard," the ICE/FBI plot line coming into play and expanding the world a little, and the show finally putting a time line on Vic's forced retirement to add to the tension.

This is a episode I need to watch again, a lot of information in it.
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post #306 of 1191
10/15/08 at 12:29am
Loved the stuff with Dutch and Claudette and the initial argument between Vick and Ronnie. The rest was spinning wheels.
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post #307 of 1191
10/15/08 at 1:17am
Shane v. Ronny, it is on BIG TIME!!
Agree that the Dutch/Claudette relationship is great to see one can only wonder how it will end.
Notice how Ronny took out his frustration on the pimp when he really wanted to be beating the shit out of Shane.
Vic def. has something up his sleeve with the Feds and Pezeula. It seems that Mackey has one card yet to play.
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post #308 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:39pm
I don't understand why Shane is going after Ronnie. He's finally free of the Armaniens, he survived an (obvious) assassination attempt. All he has to do now is put in a transfer and he's free and clear of the whole thing.

Tonights episode really gave me the feeling of what the final days are going to be like. How many episodes are left? Are they playing this out one episode per day?
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post #309 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by Snaieke View Post
I don't understand why Shane is going after Ronnie. He's finally free of the Armaniens, he survived an (obvious) assassination attempt. All he has to do now is put in a transfer and he's free and clear of the whole thing.
How so?
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post #310 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
How so?
Maybe I'm wrong but he has no ties to Pezula. All the Armaniens that had him under the thumb were killed in that hit. I don't think there is anyone left who can peg him to the Armanien money train. Right?
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post #311 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:54pm
Wow.
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post #312 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:55pm
Was the scenes from next week stuff intentionally misleading, or did it give away the whole store? If you didn't see what I did, don't watch it again.
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post #313 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:58pm
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Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd View Post
Was the scenes from next week stuff intentionally misleading, or did it give away the whole store? If you didn't see what I did, don't watch it again.
I never watch the previews for next weeks episode for this very reason. The usually re-air the preview again during SOA on Wed. night so I have to walk out of the room to avoid spoilers.
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post #314 of 1191
10/15/08 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd View Post
Was the scenes from next week stuff intentionally misleading, or did it give away the whole store? If you didn't see what I did, don't watch it again.
I'm hoping it was misleading, otherwise all that they showed better only take up like the first 20 minutes or something.
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post #315 of 1191
10/15/08 at 4:51pm
That last scene was intense. But also a really, really, really, good example of why you shouldn't watch the previews for the next week. The final scene had my mind reeling with where the story might possibly go. But then I see a preview that seemingly gives away how most of it goes down.

Six more episodes left, is that right?
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post #316 of 1191
10/15/08 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by Snaieke View Post
I don't understand why Shane is going after Ronnie. He's finally free of the Armaniens, he survived an (obvious) assassination attempt. All he has to do now is put in a transfer and he's free and clear of the whole thing.
Yeah, but the assasination attempt proved to him that they have no intention of letting him just leave, especially driving this home with the scene where he said outright he'd leave and that will be the end of it. The assasination attempt showed that Vic and Ronnie are not going to accept those terms. From his point of view he has to kill them because they're actively trying to kill him.
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post #317 of 1191
10/15/08 at 5:11pm
Well, Vic making a promise to avenge Lem's death is a big deal. They even had a scene in episode five where Vic literally said it.
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post #318 of 1191
10/15/08 at 5:42pm
I did not expect them take Ronnie in the direction they have this season.

Also, that look he gave Shane after he fucked the pimp up.
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post #319 of 1191
10/15/08 at 6:34pm
Vic's reunion with that hooker felt like a rerun of an old episode.
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post #320 of 1191
10/15/08 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by Jack Dnim View Post
Yeah, but the assasination attempt proved to him that they have no intention of letting him just leave, especially driving this home with the scene where he said outright he'd leave and that will be the end of it. The assasination attempt showed that Vic and Ronnie are not going to accept those terms. From his point of view he has to kill them because they're actively trying to kill him.
This.

I'd also like to second the direction the writer's chose to take Ronny. He was always the brains of op. and sorta low key, but it look likes to wants to make a statement and is hell bent on getting rid of Shane. Not what I was expecting from Ronny.
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post #321 of 1191
10/15/08 at 9:24pm
Does FX ever rerun the episodes during the week? Not that I don't appreciate my 16th chance to see Sons of Anarchy, or my fifth at Testees, but I was on the phone during the pimp beatdown, and everyone says it was the highlight of the episode.
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post #322 of 1191
10/15/08 at 9:26pm
Saturday night, I think, is the only night for re-runs.
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post #323 of 1191
10/15/08 at 10:04pm
They do rerun it Saturday. It's also run Sunday night (Monday morning) at midnight
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post #324 of 1191
10/17/08 at 8:21am
I think Ronnies character change has been driven by his promotion to the supposed leader of the strike team, and the realization Vic is still running the show along with his own agenda. I think he finally realizes Vics and his own interests are not aligned anymore, and that he is going to drag him down.

I also think Shanes knowledge of Ronnie murdering the Armenian hitman is going to be Ronnies downfall, they foreshadowed this too with Shane letting Vic in on the fact he knows this.

Loved the last episode, is there anything better on TV than this? Man I know I shouldn't think like this, but I wish some critics would leak their advanced episodes online, dying to know how down and dirty this gets.
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post #325 of 1191
10/17/08 at 11:09pm
I loved the episode. Dutch and Claudette continue to be the shinning hearts of the bleak universe.

That quite little scene at the end was fantastic.
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post #326 of 1191
10/18/08 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by Tati View Post
I loved the episode. Dutch and Claudette continue to be the shinning hearts of the bleak universe.

That quite little scene at the end was fantastic.
How will Dutch and Claudette'e relationship end. That is one question I'm dying to know. I'd hate to see the show end and not having a resolution to where Dutch and Claudette's paths end.
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post #327 of 1191
10/18/08 at 12:14am
I have an idea on what they might do with Dutch, burgeoning serial killer kid gets him. It would just be a horrible thing to happen, and I know I'm probably way off on that, but it's just something I've had in the back of head for a while now.
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post #328 of 1191
10/19/08 at 1:09am
Just re-watched episode and it looks like Danny is going to split with Vic's kid. Guess she could just walk off into the sunset without the any incurring sense of drama.
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post #329 of 1191
10/20/08 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by History Buff View Post
Just re-watched episode and it looks like Danny is going to split with Vic's kid. Guess she could just walk off into the sunset without the any incurring sense of drama.
Or at least the kid is going. How about she stashes the kid somewhere, but she stays around? That should ramp up the tension a little bit.
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post #330 of 1191
10/20/08 at 3:24pm
I think (or hope) the Danni storyline has ended. As crass as it sounds, I really don't care about the baby and Vic's relationship with it. At this point, I am more concerned with who on the Strike Team will make it out alive as opposed to the soap-operish Baby Daddy-fest that storyline could turn into (or has already).
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post #331 of 1191
10/20/08 at 3:48pm
The Dani thing at least drives home that Vic is a terrible parent, which is something that always nagged me. He likes to talk about his family and how important they are, but it seems like he spends no time at all with them and has only genuinely connected with the kids once or twice in 7 seasons. Thing is, I was never quite sure if this was intentional or if the show actually believed that he was a loving father, but never found the time to leave the fireworks at the Barn in order to show it.

And man, Shane needs to go to a team-building workshop or something. On a team that usually has 4-5 members, he's murdered 2 and put one in a coma, not to mention driving off Michael Pena and about to off #3 (as much as I'd like to see Ronnie put a bullet in those pearly whites, his character is expendable and the real conflict is between Vic and Shane). The department could probably half their yearly training budget if they just got rid of him.
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post #332 of 1191
10/20/08 at 3:51pm
Great point about Vic and his irony.

Even better points in paragraph two. Funny stuff.
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post #333 of 1191
10/20/08 at 8:25pm
Well technically, Shane didn't kill Terry Crowley that was Vic. But Shane did stand next to Vic while it happened so I guess in a way he is guilty.
That brings to mind how Shane has changed over the past 6-7 years. After he and Vic put down Terry he was guilt ridden, crying, and on the verge of confessing. Now, he's ready to pay some puck pimp to take out Ronny.
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post #334 of 1191
10/20/08 at 8:50pm
Shane was in on the plan, helped set and cover it up. If it got out, he'd be charged with murder same as Vic.
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post #335 of 1191
10/21/08 at 9:59am
Ohh boy, there are some spoilers for tonights episode over at AICN. I couldn't help but read them. All I can say is: holy shit.
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post #336 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:02am
Why the hell would you read those?

All you needed to know was that the episode is supposed to be fantastic and watch it for yourself.

I'll come back to the thread after i've seen it.
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post #337 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:07am
Yup, no need to spoil myself at this point. I'll wait 12 hours, thanks.

Oh, and...

FUCK aicn.
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post #338 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by Tati View Post
Why the hell would you read those?

All you needed to know was that the episode is supposed to be fantastic and watch it for yourself.

I'll come back to the thread after i've seen it.
Because I have no self control? I can't wait to see the episode now. St
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post #339 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:09am
So spoiling yourself actually made it more exciting even though you know what will happen?

Hey, whatever works I guess.
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post #340 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by InTheShadows View Post
So spoiling yourself actually made it more exciting even though you know what will happen?

Hey, whatever works I guess.
To be fair I only swiped over the first part of the inviso-text before stopping myself. Oh and for the record, reading spoilers doesn't really bother me that much.

Have you heard that there may OR may not be a squid at the end of Watchmen? It's what all the kids are talking about nowadays.
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post #341 of 1191
10/21/08 at 10:50am
Yea, but I've read the graphic novel so I'm already "spoiled" when it comes to that movie. The Shield isn't based on any material that's been out there for 20 years.
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post #342 of 1191
10/21/08 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by matalo View Post
I think (or hope) the Danni storyline has ended. As crass as it sounds, I really don't care about the baby and Vic's relationship with it. At this point, I am more concerned with who on the Strike Team will make it out alive as opposed to the soap-operish Baby Daddy-fest that storyline could turn into (or has already).
I don't think it's soap opera stuff. This final season is about Vic going down on both the professional and personal levels, and the Dani/Lee story is part of this whole life that Vic has tried to set up for himself now unraveling. This hypocritical, doomed fantasy life where on the one hand he's this brutal, corrupt, ends-justifies-the-means cop out on the street dealing with the scum of the earth, but on the other he's this loving father who wants the best for his offspring and wants to shield them from this other horrible world. See how he reacts when he learns about Cassidy's party- that world is ok for other people (hell, you know he'd have some nasty joke to make about it if it was happening to someone else) but not for his own blood. As is so often the case, Vic wants his kids to be "better" than he is.

Dani's son Lee would be his only non-autistic male heir, which I imagine would be important to someone like Vic. But now she's doing the only thing she feels she can do in her situation- getting as far away from Vic's toxic influence as possible. Combine that with Cassidy wanting nothing to do with her father, and Vic is going to be in a bad place. His kids were supposed to be his redemption.
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post #343 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:01am
Ho. Lee. Shit.

That was a great fucking episode.
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post #344 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by BubWilliams View Post
Ho. Lee. Shit.
My reaction exactly.
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post #345 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:02am
Well, that was certainly a game changer.
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post #346 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:30am
Uh oh, the jig is up!
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post #347 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:44am
Yeah so that happened. I really can't believe that went down that way that it did. I kept thinking Shane would weasel out of it again but not this time. Cannot wait to see how this is going to end.
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post #348 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:47am
Yeah, the end of that episode is holy shit.
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post #349 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:51am
All summer, I've been wondering if Vic, Ronnie or Shane will be left standing at the end. Now it isn't just about the Strike Team. It's the collateral damage. Who else is going to go down with them?
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post #350 of 1191
10/22/08 at 12:58am
I swear I really thought Shane was gonna freak and clip Officer Softball on his way out of the barn.
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