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Old 09-23-14, 03:06 AM
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Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14





Episode 3 / Production #703 -"Playing with Monsters" (Airs September 23, 10:00 pm e/p) -Samcro exploits an opportunity to secure an important alliance. Written by Peter Elkoff & Kurt Sutter; directed by Craig Yahata.

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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Such a mess.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Skankenstein

I'm not seeing the overall plan for Samcro. I get that Tara's death has thrown Jax off the "take the club in a new direction" mantra, but it just seems like he's creating chaos and an all out war for little reason. Is it to get rid of Marks? Limit his influence? I get the revenge angle on the Chinese but why alienate everyone to do it?
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

It seems Jax is setting it up to where there is only going to be one group standing at the end.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by Axeramm
It seems Jax is setting it up to where there is only going to be one group standing at the end.
The Mayans?
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Digital blood and gun shot wounds look awful on this.

And geez... that girl Ratboy was banging is 23 in real life... She really looks 15. How old is she supposed to be on the show?
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by Axeramm
It seems Jax is setting it up to where there is only going to be one group standing at the end.
That's kinda what I'm thinking.
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Yeah this season is just going to be a violent chaotic mess and make even less sense than usual.

I do miss Clay.

I will finish this series to get to the end but will be glad when it gets there.

How long before Chibs and the sherriff hook up?

Oh and enough with Juice - kill him off or make him disappear for good.

And I sure hope that Gemma gets completely destroyed before the end of the season. This show has become nothing more than the Kurt Sutter's wife show for the last few seasons and I'm over it.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

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How long before Chibs and the sherriff hook up?
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I give 0.000001% odds that the payoff wasn't a setup. Chibs is toast.

I took the advice from last week of just fast forwarding through any Gemma scenes, and it was MUCH better.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by wirefan
Skankenstein
What was up with them calling "cut" as that scene was just getting started? And people applauding for that? It seems like there was a lot more of that scene to film, and it would have been much more exciting (and less masturbatory) than what we got.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
What was up with them calling "cut" as that scene was just getting started? And people applauding for that? It seems like there was a lot more of that scene to film, and it would have been much more exciting (and less masturbatory) than what we got.
It's called being on FX, not HBO.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by dex14
It's called being on FX, not HBO.
Yeah, but they could have just cut away. The way they did it was sloppy, even by Sutter standards.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Yawn. Did anything even happen in this episode?
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by slop101
Yawn. Did anything even happen in this episode?
No. Annabeth Gish looked pretty good, though.

There's so much double-crossing going on between all of the gangs I can't keep what's going on straight.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by My Other Self
No. Annabeth Gish looked pretty good, though.
She did when she had her hair down. In her scene with Unser, and her hair pulled back, she had almost the same hairline as he does.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Skankenstein. That was such a horrible and cheesy scene.

Not much really happened here. The Mayans made a big hit about 50-55 minutes into the episode, then the Sons smash up that massage parlor. And then Gemma gets Jax to beat the shit out of that father who smacked her. Okay.

Man, the 75-77 minutes these extended episodes take up feel longer than that. I'm sure Sutter has some 90 minute episodes up his sleeve.

Not sure what Chibbs is getting into dealing with Jarry.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Waiting for Gemma's birds to blow her cover.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Yeah, well. The only thing I can come up with to say, is, is it bad that I immediately recognized both the doctor and Skankenstein?
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by jjcool
Yeah, well. The only thing I can come up with to say, is, is it bad that I immediately recognized both the doctor and Skankenstein?
Who were they? They looked familiar.
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They looked like beat up whores to me, so I'm guessing old school porn stars.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

I think Jax' ultimate plan is to destroy every gang, including the Sons. This show... So bad... Almost over.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Who were they? They looked familiar.
Jenna Jameson and Puma Swede.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by My Other Self
Jenna Jameson and Puma Swede.
I thought that was Jenna.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by CaptainMarvel
I give 0.000001% odds that the payoff wasn't a setup. Chibs is toast.
You're probably right, though I was thinking it'd be kinda cool if the new sheriff really was corrupt. More fun that way, but unlikely I suppose.

And yeah, I too can barely tell what's going on with whom and/or what Jax is trying to do other than just murder lots of people.

Would Juice tell Jax the truth if Jax was about to kill Juice? I kinda hope so.
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Re: Sons of Anarchy (S7E03) -- "Playing with Monsters" -- 9/23/14

Originally Posted by Red Dog
I thought that was Jenna.
She's looking pretty beat recently.


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