I'm surprised no one has mentioned the return of Wendy, it's not like Sutter to bring something up, only to dismiss it & toss it aside so soon, & seemingly for no reason. I have a feeling she's going to start to become prominent character in the show, if Tara dies I could see Jax going back to her, & her becoming a part of the Abels life again, or if Tara cracks & turns to drugs & alcohol, well given Wendy's past & her current job as a counselor, I could see her working with Tara, & using that to get back into Abels life.
I do agree that having Wendy come back and then kinda get brushed off was strange but my guess is that she's just being put aside until next season starts and her little return here was just getting her return established, idk that's just how I saw it after Jax talked to her. As for your idea of Jax going back to her if something happened to Tara, that I could never see happening. Jax hates her so much for what she did which he showed when he told her to back off, the one with her working with Tara I could see though.
Onto the second part of the finale, holy shit. I was kind of expecting the kind of finale with a huge gun fight between the cops and the force of the Sons, Cartel and IRA but damn did they throw us a curveball right off the bat. Having Romeo and Torres working with the CIA is something I definitely never saw coming in a thousand years, but I think it's brilliant. I had no idea how the show would work if RICO went down or it was avoided and Jax & Tara left, but this covered it perfectly. I was really hoping Clay would get killed but at the same time his character is such a huge part of the show I had no idea what would happen if he were gone, having him still on but not as prez will be difficult to adjust to.
Opie is killing me but damn do I love that guy, I wanted him to reconcile with Jax and be his VP so badly and in the end when Jax looked up I was so certain it was him I started grinning and jumping up and down in my seat, no luck. Goddamn Gemma walks in and kills my buzz, so I'm very unsure of what Ope will be doing next season and where his place on the show will be. I have a feeling he may become his old man, he might be that Piney character who spends periods of time at the cabin drunk and then he'll come to chapel all grungy and pissed off, we'll see though.
I think that the second part of the finale was Charlie Hunam's(Jax) best performance yet, everything from him was so genuine and emotional that it got me feeling for him and the situation even more than I did before, he deserves a goddamn award. His best part was talking with Tara near the end, before he broke down I saw the pain building in his face and I knew it was coming but damn did he sell that shit well. Which leads me to Tara, my opinion of Tara has gone from rock bottom to the stars in the past. In tonight's episode she started low and went very high, throughout that scene with Jax I was yelling at the TV for her to quit being such a goddamn cold bitch and support her husband who is very obviously killing himself to do the best thing for everyone. Then in the end when she came to chapel, stood behind him and said she was staying she earned major points in my book.
Happy is my favorite non main character, I love what a badass he is but at the same time his little things here and there where he's hilarious just by doing subtle things. Like when he walks in the room looking like he's going to fucking kill someone and then he looks at Jax with his goofy little smile, such a cool character.
Lincoln Potter,not what I expected from him in this final episode of the season but then again I didn't expect RICO to fall through. This was his best episode and shining performance, everything he did was great and made me love him even more. I was expecting him to be throwing the boys in jail but instead he shows us what a genuine guy he is by showing his respect for the sheriff, killing Hale's chances of getting the land development in an unforgettably strange but hilarious scene and then telling Hale he did it because he doesn't like him, I thought it was another crazy twist that made the whole episode and my opinion of him as a character better. I'm hoping when they most likely go for RICO in the future they bring him back, he's so odd but so real and that's why I think he's great.
By far this was the best season of the show we've ever had, I'm more invested in this show than ever. It's a pretty good sign that a show is good when after every episode you're pissed that you have to wait a week to see what's next and you're left talking about how much you love it til the next one comes around and you can repeat the process but goddamn what an amazing show. I cannot wait for the next season, sounds like they hinted at a big feud with the niners and the father of Laroy's girlfriend who is apparently the biggest baddest SOB in Oaktown so we've got good stuff ahead.
