Sums up my feelings as well, nicely put.

oh ya there is no way i'm watching it.

was saying i would take his word that IF i watched it i would understand the jesus thing.

What I couldn't understand is why did the Sons vote to have Jax killed in a mayhem vote? and then let him go after if they really wanted him dead??

isn't this what he wanted?

I can ride my bike with no handlebars

Jesus symbolism off base, but he had it right with 'the bad guys lose'.

haha

I read that sutter is shopping a sequel, if I find the link, I'll post it. Don't think I can stomach it!

I haven't heard about a sequel. I know there is a mini-series prequel in the works about the original 9, and Sutter has a new show in development called The Bastard Executioner.

above average finale for an above average show

Worst finale ever. I would've rather had Marx come back hiring the crew from Expendables to wipe out SOA.

Jax's plan included taking out everyone who could care about the mess he made so no one else in SAMCRO could be blamed. Jax was the fall guy. He chose death over prison etc.

So he finally shoots a Irish King. What took so long?!

Season 3 final was just on TV. One of the best finals I've ever seen. Those were the times...

Agreed I thought the s3 finale was one of the best ever at the time

So this I actually didn't mind at all.

But that's because they have the rule that an ACTUAL Mayhem vote requires ALL members to vote yes. And the black dude wasn't there for the vote. So I was actually thinking that this couldn't be a real mayhem vote and that due to the secrecy it had to be something else, so I was happy that this was right. But yes, crap finale nonetheless.

I've marathoned this show over the last two months or something when I've had time and just finally saw the last episode tonight. So in this way I have a different perspective on the show than those who've followed it throughout. I enjoyed Season 1, Season 2 was fine, then by Season 3 it started getting really, really repetitive - the same "plot formulas" were being used over and over again (omg, new gang relations have to be worked out and omg, secrets etc. etc.), plus I hated the Irish setting.

It took me a long time to get through Season 3 because it felt like a chore to watch, but then Season 4 revitalized me a bit. Or maybe it was Season 5, I don't even know, it's blurred together for me. After that it pretty quickly became boring again though, but I wanted to finish it just for the sake of having seen it all.

The two main problems with this show is the repetitiveness and the fact that the writers don't know how to build up to and write dramatic scenes that are emotionally effective. They had so many big characters die throughout the show and for most of them I didn't feel anything when it happened. They should've gone with the GoT model here of having the characters die towards the very end of the episode rather than in the middle of the episode only to leave us with some boring unrelated dialogue scenes after that followed by a stupid montage.

I've just finished the season, what a load of bollocks that was!

This sums it up perfectly, god knows how they managed to screw this final few seasons up so badly.

That video of the end of season 3 was when the show was brilliant.

Okay, I finally watched it.

Meh.

When Jax was hugging all the other Sons goodbye, I was really hoping he'd get to Chibs and say, "I'll miss you most of all."

But why was the last shot of some Angel Food Cake on the road??

Bread and wine..the whole Jaxus Christ theme they had going on in the episode.

Where will Vic Mackey show up next?

I think it actually worked. I found myself muttering "Jesus Christ" as I turned off the set.

Wait, was Vic Mackey driving a bread truck, or something?

won't be as The Thing. lost that gig

It was presumably the same bread and wine that the homeless woman was eating/drinking earlier in the episode... the same woman that Jax got the blanket from. They zoomed in on the bread and wine at the end of that scene and held the shot for a few seconds.

Pretty sure Jax isn't dead. It's a long long con.