Tonight one of the most fantastic shows on TV returns with the third season premiere of "Sons of Anarchy" at 10 p.m. on FX."Anarchy" follows the lives of the members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original (SAMCRO) as they maintain a gunrunning business and deal with inter-club politics.
Veteran actor Ron Perlman plays the club's tough as nails president Clay Morrow and British actor Charlie Hunnam plays the young, idealistic vice president Jax Teller.
Jax thinks they should try to go legit, but Clay seems fine with the status quo. This power struggle has caused a rift in the club, but like all families SAMCRO comes together when outsiders attack.
This season picks up where the second season ended with Jax's young son being kidnapped by a rival gunrunner. The club helps him in his frantic search while trying to solve its internal issues.While the show is extremely intense in its portrayal of SAMCRO's world, the quality comes in the way the story is told and the performances of the great cast, the best of which is Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow.
As Jax's mother and Clay's wife, Gemma is caught in the middle of their feud. While she is careful not to choose sides, she knows the club's continued survival depends on the two men solving their differences.As the first lady of SAMCRO, Gemma runs a tight ship keeping the other wives and girlfriends in check. Sagal is at once graceful and tough. Her unyielding support for her family makes her the glue that holds it all together.
It is criminal that her tour de force performance from last season went unnoticed by Emmy voters. One can only hope they pay more attention this year.
In her column on tvsquad.com Maureen Ryan said that fans of shows like "The Shield" and "Battlestar Galcatica" would like "Sons of Anarchy" and I agree 100 percent.
The complex characters and the morally undefineable lives they live makes this one of the most interesting and watchable shows on TV.
"Sons of Anarchy" airs Tuesdays on FX at 10 p.m.
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