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Don't get me wrong, it's still good and one of the few shows I go out of my way to watch the night it airs (especially as late as it airs). But, before this season it was slightly ahead of Breaking Bad; Breaking Bad is now way ahead.

It went from very entertaining and well written should have received and Emmy nomination to just entertaining.

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We are pretty close to the same page then, Dennis. :tu

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Season Finale tonight... Makes me a sad kitty.

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Yeah I hope it's good, this season has been MEH.

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I've heard the finale is very good, even by critics that have criticized this season.

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I can't wait for it to come on. Ohmanohmanohmanohmanohmanohman.

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Wow, what an ending! :banger I will wait until tomorrow to talk about it in case those of you who haven't seen it yet wont get the spoilers.

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I agree, great way to end the season!

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I thought the ending was very satisfying... and sets plenty in motion for Season 4! :ss

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Great way to cap off the season. I don't think anyone saw it coming, either. Now for next September to roll around....

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Now THAT was an ending! FINALLY!

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Great ending! Way better than last season. It's was the ending for two seasons.

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I am guessing everyone has seen it by now. I can't believe they killed off Clay. Well, I guess Jax is in charge next season.

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:hy :hy :hy :hy :hy

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Wrapped up alot of loose ends with that finish! Very nice!

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Great finish, made up for what I thought was a mediocre season (by SoA standards). Like rennD said, good wrap up, I was worried we didn't get that.

Very glad to see Stahl dead, character was great, but they took her too far and used her too often just for plot.

I assume that Opie and Chibs would still serve the time for the gun charges like everyone else, just get arrested later? It's not like they'll just forget their names were on the original arrests.

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Remember... Opie never got arrested for the original gun charge. He had left before the Police arrived... he was following Zobel.

And it may be that Chibs was not there either... wasn't he still in the hospital? :ss

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Should have dumped the mag into her skull.

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I am kinda torn about Stahl. She is just the type of bat $hit crazy character that makes you love to hate her.

I kept thinking that the club had something up their sleeve, but didn't think the story would play out that way, without Jemma knowing about it.

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This season has been an excercise in going with the script for me. There were a few points where I would have written it differently, but Kurt Sutter I am not... and Thank, God!! :) I feel like having seen the finale, I can go back through the season with new eyes. Some of the things that left me scratching my head, might now make perfect sense. I can't wait to have an SOA marathon with my DVR.

Ok, one last time, for old time's sake... F*#@ Stahl!! I've hated her since day 1 and to see her finally dealt with makes me all warm and fuzzy. I'm glad Opie got to the be the one to pull the trigger. I feel like there was closure in that for him and it clears the way for an Opie-Layla story. Maybe, she'll make better friends.

Season 3 felt like a chess game to me. Opening moves pretty standard and unexciting. Middle game of jockeying for position and setting traps. And then.... Snap! Boom! Crash!!... wtf was that?!! Checkmate?! YES!!! I know a lot of people hated the whole baby-chasing storyline, but it introduced us to a lot of new faces, dug up some old history, and prepared the way for next season. There's a whole new array of characters to play with.

YMMV, but I think this season was absolutely brilliant. It takes a great writer to set up a picture that big and make all the pieces fit together right. Where last season's finale left me pissed off and anxious to know what happened next, this season's left me satisfied and looking forward to the next chapter. I can't wait to see what Sutter has in store up ahead. I heart Charlie Hunnam as an actor (not just because he's hot) and I wanna be Gemma when I grow up.

How many days until September? :)

I'm pretty certain Chibs wasn't there.

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You're right, totally forgot.

Can they vote on membership with only the few not in jail?

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They opened a whole new story line with the Russians.


ETA: Just saw this: S4 teaser. jax gets out of jail, realizes the russians took his wallet, we go to moscow for 7 eps to find it, he falls in love with borscht.

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They can. Remember Kozik and Tig had a conversation about that on the "playground".

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I remember the conversation about Tig not being able to vote because he can't ride (license suspended), but not on them going to jail.

Wondering if we'll see more Kozik.

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No, Tig can vote, which is why Kozik isn't in now. He blocked him the two times they tried to vote him in. I wonder if we'll ever get the rest of the story about Tig's girl Missy.

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I know he could, but he's also riding. They kind of dropped the whole his license is suspended thing after Kozik mentioned it.

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She was his dog, don't you remember the picture he pulled out of his wallet on the porch swing, Crystal? :)

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The one thing I don't get in the episode last night, maybe it was tipping their hand a bit. During the chase scene with the club/Russians, the Feds pull out and block the road. The club stops, guy driving the van gets on the bike with Tig(?) and they ride through the road block, as the Feds waive them through. Made me scratch my head at first, but then made sense at the end. Anyone else think that?

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Yea that is right. If the club didnt know about the deal, how'd they know to drive through as quickly as they did? Great point Chainsaw.

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I didn't get that. Jax told Stahl to do it this way so the club doesn't think he ratted, that it looks like they're going after the Russians. But, would they really leave a van with Jimmy O. that easily and just take off if that was the case? Does Stahl not see how planned it was for Juice to jump out of the van and on a bike and take off?

Also, there was a huge box of guns in that van, what happened to that, or does the ATF just ignore it for them here?

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yea, forgot about that also, cause they made a point during the exchange with the Russians to show Bobby look at the bag of guns.

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Yeah, they knew. I actually think they knew before they went to Belfast, but that is up for interpretation. I'd like to rewatch the season with that in mind and see if anything leads me to believe they know or don't.

One big tipping point for me was how Jax was always meeting with Stahl alone. He just shows up to get $250k by himself? Jax never travels on club business alone. Then he just shows up after they kidnap Jimmy O. to meet with Stahl. Those had me thinking something was up before it happened.

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Same for when Unser shows up as they're leaving to get Jimmy O. Clay thanks him for all he's done for the club, implying the $250k. You'd have thought Jax would've interveined to deflect at that point, since he told Stahl he would say he got it from Unser.

Either way, it sets up for a good 4th season. You can see the groundwork is laid for a Gemma/Kara battle.

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They clearly knew what was up at that point.

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Who is Kara? You talking about Jax's old lady Tara?

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I know that they were aware of the deal. What I was expanding on was what Chainsaw said. So if they were playing along that they didn't know about the deal, why'd they pass the roadblock so quickly? I think this was one of the major flaws on how they shot that scene.

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Doh!. Yes, Tara. I was rereading it after I posted and didn't think it was right.

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I agree, although they did wait for Stahl to wave them by. If they don't know what's going on and see the ATF waive them through, they probably go with it. But, definitely some holes there.

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Yup. Even if they give a short pause in their actions, that wouldve been fine. Instead the guy driving the van just jumped out and jumped on the back of the bike so quickly.

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It's fiction...and entertainment. Take it for what it's worth, over-analyzing takes away from the enjoyment for me, anyway.

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Exactly!

Besides... I'm still stunned by Clay's death and the fact that dead prospect Kip and Tara have a test-tube love child. Looks like Cherry will be the new President of SAMBEL, too. ;) :r

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:l

Thank you.

That is all.

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Love Bobby's new crew cut, though. :tu

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Not to mention his matching bikini wax... might even get back in the good graces of his ex-old lady - "Precious." :D

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Precious....nummy! :r

I can't believe Tig and Chibs are forming a civil union.

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Opie's perm looks very stylish though.

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[quote=Chainsaw13;1079495]Same for when Unser shows up as they're leaving to get Jimmy O. Clay thanks him for all he's done for the club, implying the $250k. You'd have thought Jax would've interveined to deflect at that point, since he told Stahl he would say he got it from Unser.

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Admittingly I got nervous at that point, but when nothing came of it, my suspicions started to grow.

I would like to know what happened to the bag of guns however.

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The guns were probably transferred to the car from the van along with the body.

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I agree, ofcourse, that it is fiction. But entertainment for me has a lot to do with the plot. All I am saying is that scene with the roadblock had a hole in it. Luckily that scene didnt fuss too much with the rest of the show. :tu

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This. That was probably the best conceivable ending. I've been criticizing this season heavily but in the end I'm definitely satisfied.