Sons of Anarchy “Old Bones”
Original Air Date: Oct 15, 2008
Tom R - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com
Ron Perlman continues to prove he was the right choice to play Clay Morrow. As the past comes calling and Clay has to change his version of the truth numerous times, Perlman conveys a perfect stoicism with each new strand of the web, saving a key part of the mystery for the closing moments.
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Original Air Date: Oct 15, 2008
Tom R - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com
Ron Perlman continues to prove he was the right choice to play Clay Morrow. As the past comes calling and Clay has to change his version of the truth numerous times, Perlman conveys a perfect stoicism with each new strand of the web, saving a key part of the mystery for the closing moments.
The episode begins where last week left off, with Kohn following Jax and Tara. As Jax drops her off, he says that he has been watching the car tailing him for the entire ride. He doubles back to Kohn, making no bones about the threats coming out of his mouth. Leaving Tara, he goes to Hale and tells him why Kohn is in Charming. The suspicions of Hale and Agent Stahl are confirmed, and Jax gives Hale the opportunity to get Kohn out of town before SAMCRO has to get involved. Hale meets with Tara, who recounts the difficulty she had getting the restraining order in the first place. Hale reveals that Kohn’s boss doesn’t even know he’s in Charming. After Kohn breaks into Gemma’s home and defaces the baby’s room, Jax finds him in a barbershop and throws him through the window. Kohn manages to plant a pair of scissors into Jax’s leg, and the two get hauled to the station. Stahl pronounces Kohn’s career dead, then tries to turn Jax against Tara. Jax is unmoved, and follows Kohn as he is escorted out of town.
Water and Power is rerouting some lines, and in the course of digging, they find three skeletons, which they turn over to the police. The discovery unnerves Clay, who says that the bodies were three Mayans that they had to kill. But it soon becomes clear that at least one body was a SAMCRO member, buried with the enemy in disrespect.
A new mechanic named Lowell is brought in by Clay. Lowell’s father was a member of SAMCRO, until his addictions became more important than either the club or his family. When Lowell’s father is identified as one of the skeletons, Clay has to tell him that he was killed during a shootout, and was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The two Mayans buried with him were the killers. But after questioning by the police, Lowell goes MIA, and Clay goes off to find him, knowing he’s off the wagon. Clay finds him, and finally admits that his dad was considered the enemy, since the drugs were more important. Clay puts him into “Sam Crow Rehab”.
Halfsack is in training for a bare-knuckle brawl. The club gets a brainstorm that if he can win a few fights, get a name for himself, and then tank the final fight, the club can bet against him and make back the eighty grand they need to keep the IRA ties active. In order to stoke Halfsack’s aggression, Clay tells Bobby to keep Terri away from him. At the last fight, he is ready to take the dive. Clay sits with Terri to talk about Halfsack’s status with SAMCRO, and gives his blessing between the two. But Halfsack sees them together and misreads her reaction. He turns and KOs the other fighter, putting SAMCRO deeper in the hole.
Jax reads an interesting entry from his father’s writings, dealing with the Art of Perjury. Watching Clay talk to Lowell about his father, the writing echoes the scene, showing how deep a lie can go. This is echoed in the closing moments, when Clay tells Gemma that he was more honest with Lowell than he was with Jax. Considering the killing happened around the same time as the death of Jax’s father, it’s a huge loose end.
So there’s my two cents…What you think? Drop them in the comments or drop me a line at: tom@thetwocents.com.