Shea and I are finally getting around to binging a popular series that was released in 2008 and ran for seven seasons.
We’re enjoying it but it doesn’t quite reach the level of some of the best shows of all-time – “Breaking Bad”, “The Wire”, “Game of Thrones” – which have similar characteristics (dark, complicated storylines and characters, shocking twists, unexpected deaths, etc.)
Even within this fictional world, there are a lot of things that were unrealistic and prevented full immersion in the show. Here are a few that prevented “Sons of Anarchy” from reaching the next level for me….
- By far, the relationship between Jax and Tara is unrealistic to me. Sure, they were high school sweethearts but she leaves, becomes a highly qualified surgeon but still comes back and ends up being the in-house doctor for a bunch of petty criminals and even a participant in the violence at times?
- Jax insistence on wearing white running shoes while riding his motorbike, while cool looking, didn’t feel realistic to me as what a biker would wear. (Okay, maybe there is a move away from protective leather biker boots in the new generation of bikers. But what about the fact that they stay so white the whole show then?)
- *So* many fortunate coincidences to help move the plot along – Gemma, in particular, seems to always bump into people at just the right time to learn something that allows for the maximum amount of conflict and chaos. (Further reading indicates that “real” biker gangs would never let a woman have as much profile and power as Gemma has in the show. Even some SAMCRO members admit they’re scared and deferential to her!)
- No one ever seems overly sad when a close friend or family member dies.
- The death count in general. I know the US has more of a gun culture and therefore a culture of violence. But there are multiple murders and even massacres every episode and no one is ever arrested (or stays in jail very long if they are).
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