A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.
- Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
- 11 wins & 56 nominations total
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- TriviaDavid Labrava, who plays Happy Lowman, is a real life member of Hells Angel MC. He was hired as a technical advisor but asked Kurt Sutter for a chance to be on the show. He won't talk about his association with Hells Angels (though photos of him wearing his kutte can be found online and he has the death head tatted on him). It is said he's currently an inactive member since doing the show, but is still in good standing with the club.
- GoofsIn Season 3, Tara became pregnant with Thomas when Abel was 8 or 9 months old, which means Abel must have been about 18 months old when Thomas was born. Thomas barely ages throughout the rest of the show, while Abel keeps growing. At the end of Season 7 Abel is 5, and Thomas is still just a baby of maybe a year old. By that time, Thomas had to be 3 at the very least.
- Quotes
Jackson 'Jax' Teller: [voiceover, reading his fathers memoirs] A true outlaw finds the balance between the passion in his heart and the reason in his mind. The outcome is the balance of might and right.
- Crazy creditsSeason 3 episodes Lochan Mor (2010), Turas (2010), Fírinne (2010), and Bainne (2010) used an Irish rendition of the main theme song.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #15.15 (2011)
Featured review
If only on HBO...
Probably the only show to really compete with Sopranos for best of the genre.
Some things it did better.
Some things it did worse.
The things it did better:
The things it did worse:
Seasons ranked:
1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Season 3
4. Season 2.
5. Season 5
6. Season 7 -
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10. Season 6. (The 2nd to last season flounders, much like the Sopranos. School shootings. Trannies. Like they were drawing subjects out of a hat. The last few episodes are decent, but can't redeem the season.)
Some things it did better.
Some things it did worse.
The things it did better:
- Kept the story focused around the 'gangsterness' that people tuned in for; even when incorporating family drama. Sopranos not only had more family drama, but 90% of the family drama didn't have anything to do with the mafia premise; downright boring at times.
- In shows such as these, you have to have your per episode arcs, as well as your season long arcs. SOA had better in depth and entertaining arcs; both episode and season wise.
- Better final episode.
The things it did worse:
- While an achievement to be as entertaining as it was, when it was a 'PG-13 biker show' - one still has to wonder how awesome and more authentic it would have been, with cursing and nudity (being it's about bikers). All of the other qualities, plus an R rating - would have put this show over the top of the Sopranos. We never have to wonder about that with Sopranos, because it was on HBO.
- While Sopranos had some annoying characters, it didn't have any glowingly bad miscasting. SOA had a horrible miscast in one of its main roles - Maggie Siff as Tara Knowles. Seriously, it's like watching wood.
- Sopranos didn't have corny antagonists. SOA had some so corny you'd think they had a time machine to the 80s; most notably 'The League'.
- No one on the Sopranos was married to the creator, with their horrible music being played constantly from season 2 on.
Seasons ranked:
1. Season 1
2. Season 4
3. Season 3
4. Season 2.
5. Season 5
6. Season 7 -
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10. Season 6. (The 2nd to last season flounders, much like the Sopranos. School shootings. Trannies. Like they were drawing subjects out of a hat. The last few episodes are decent, but can't redeem the season.)
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- Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA(on location)
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- Runtime45 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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