Anyone else watching? Finale was great.
The finale was awesome, as has every finale been so far. I was more excited about the scene with Jimmy O/Jibbs than any other part of the season - It's been a long time coming and I think they handled it perfectly. The same goes for Agent Stahl/Opie. Whenever that kind of redemption goes on, it really gets my engine going.
Yeah, Jimmy was responsible for Chibs' face. (I was IMDBing it, apparently that's what his nickname actually is) It's kinda funny, in most of the films/shows Tommy Flanagan is in, they don't bother to address his face. I'm glad they gave it a reason since he's such an important character in the show.Oh man... I totally agree. When they were pulling up with Jimmy to the exchange and he realized what was happening, my heart was racing and I was nearly trembling I was so nervous for what was going to happen. It didn't end up being a big shoot out like I thought, it was 100x better.
I LOVED how they made Stahl go out like the huge coward that she was but Jimmy just understood, this is what happens when you cross people and he knew he had it coming. His last dig about 'our girls' just sealed it though. Since I never saw earlier episodes, I'm only guessing that Jibbs' facial scars were given to him by Jimmy? That's why he slashed Jimmy's face before he killed him?
And I was completely duped that the club was in on what Jax was doing. When they started smiling after the heard the honk... wow. Great finale... perfection.
Yeah, Jimmy was responsible for Chibs' face.
It's telling to the characterization of the "good guys" and "bad guys" that Stahl went out like a sobbing pansy while Jimmy knew from the moment the Russians pulled off the highway that there was no way he was getting out alive.
As for the twist at the end of the season finale, I can't help but feel a little played - although I suppose that was the intent - but to resolve the whole issue of where Jax's loyalties lie with a Dallas-style "it didn't really happen" move seemed kind of lazy. I've come to expect a little better from the series, so it was a bit of a disappointment, but the rest of the episode more than made up for it.
Again they've delivered - morality aside, the simplest solution to a problematic character is to just kill them, and when your protagonists are criminals, it makes it pretty easy to take whatever morality would stop them right out of the equation.
Yeah, that was my point - Jimmy is supposed to be a bad guy, a criminal, but ends up being the person who dies with class. Stahl, the person on the side of the law (well, supposedly, anyway) is the one who dies dishonorably.:lol Jimmy wasn't a 'good' guy, but I know what you meant. He was sincere in that he knew he was a dirty, lying, double-crossing murderous torturer and faced up to it. Where as Stahl was JUST as twisted and evil but was using 'the law' to hide behind as if she had noble causes for all her lying and murdering.
Do you think the cop who helped the Sons is really turning in his badge? They really could use someone on the inside, it'll be tough without him.
Superb finale. Seriously one of the best season finales of any show. I was soooo glad Stahl got what she deserved.