Im sorry that the family I was given has created so much chaos in the family Ive chosen. In a few weeks, when the book is closed for the final time on Sons Of Anarchy, Suits Of Woe will go down as the definitive episode in the history of the show, and one of the finest pieces of television to ever air. Kurt Sutter spent an entire season building to a payoff that viewers were practically salivating for, teasing us by keeping it dangling just out of reach for weeks, and then when its finally delivered, the wreckage that is left in the wake of the revelation was so brutal that everyone almost almost... wishes we could take it all back and keep the secret buried forever. Thats the genius that was Suits Of Woe. For a series so chaotically enframed within noise and violence, a few quiet moments of conversation did far more damage than any of the infinite bullets fired by the characters ever have. For a show often lambasted by its detractors as too savagely vulgar and over the top, and conversely loved by its supporters for those same reasons, the real strength is in the cast and the human element of the characters. The fact that the writing has always managed to make a crew of murderers and thugs seem like relatable humans who audiences empathize with is a testament to the actors and their abilities. The cast has always been one of the strongest points of the show and theres never been a more effective display of their talents that this episode. The best works of art leave some sort of impression upon you, manipulating emotions to desired effect, and Suits Of Woe was a masterwork of that approach, leaving every viewer emotionally drained after it ended. It was literally an exhausting experience watching, only able to comfortably exhale once the reaper logo faded onto the screen. Incredible.
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