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Sons of Anarchy sees the polarization intensify, some thoughts

By April MacIntyre Oct 19, 2011, 17:06 GMT

If you have been a fan of "Sons of Anarchy" and paying attention the last four years, you know the series has taken an irretrievable turn to pitting Clay versus Jax, as the SAMCRO brothers all have to decide what is best for them, and the club.

If you have been a fan of "Sons of Anarchy" and paying attention the last four years, you know the series has taken an irretrievable turn to pitting Clay versus Jax, as the SAMCRO brothers all have to decide what is best for them, and the club.

Who they align with and how it will go down is the core of season four, which sees the fruit of a lifetime of dirty deeds and illegal activity ripen and rot.

We follow the money, and over the years see that Clay always had his best interests ahead of the charter's.

Gemma made her bed with Clay. Bobby is on to him, so is Piney. Jax too.

The wild cards are Tig, Chibs, Opie and of course, Juice (Theo Rossi), whose guilt from overreacting to Roosevelt's racial reveal threats spiralled into a nightmare of epic proportions. His performance last night with Clay in the SAMCRO headquarters was Emmy award nomination worthy.

FX publicity chieftain John Solberg tweeted: #SonsofAnarchy numbers climbing. Last night's episode second highest 18-49 of the season (2.5 million).

Great news, but Juice, is he alive? Dead? Next week it all shakes out. Violently.

"Fruit for the Crows" also sees the normally low key consigliere to Clay, Bobby, rise up and challenge the old lion. Bobby (Mark Boone Junior) is pragmatic and listens more than speaks, unlike Chibs. Opie (Ryan Hurst) at some point is going to have to wake up and smell the coffee Clay has been brewing; first his wife Donna is taken out at Clay's behest, and now Opie's father Piney (William Lucking) is facing off against Clay with threats to reveal the Irish letters.

Cartel drama is guaranteed to ratchet up, and how the club sidesteps or immerses themselves is what we have to look forward too.

Tara (Maggie Siff) has to be tired of patching up outlaws. Any woman with two small kids and a career knows how exhausting that is by itself. She is as strong in will as Gemma, and she will most certainly be the architect of her immediate future, regardless of Gemma's 'buck up you don't have a normal life' coffee klatch speeches.

Another person who should rightly fear Clay is Unser (Dayton Callie). His Jiminy Cricket do-gooding - if discovered by Clay - will not bode well for the retired Sheriff.

A delicious snake in the grass I am enjoying is Ray McKinnon's lithe psycho Federal attorney, Lincoln Potter, who is well matched in scene with Roosevelt (Rockmond Dunbar), an actor so steely in his gaze and intuitive in nature, he believably could have been a law officer of some sort.

Next week you will shed real tears.