The women on SOA RAN that club from the sidelines. Gemma was the one calling 99% of the shots from beginning to almost the end. She let Clay and Jax think that it was their idea, but she was pulling the strings all the way back to when JT and Clay started the club. Then you think of Tara, Wendy, Lyla, Luann, Donna- the women behind the men. Even the "bad guy" women like Imma, Stahl, and Margaret were just badass. One of the funniest things happened to me. I was at the hospital to get an X-RAY early in the AM. I was in my SOA Detroit Charter hoodie, and a little old lady in her late 70's early 80's was waiting too, and she asked me if there was a branch of the club in Detroit. I said no, it was just a fan shirt for a TV show and she replied "Oh I have seen that show, isn't that Jax Teller a handsome man". You could have knocked me over with a feather because she was 100% a grandma but still enjoyed the show. That shows what a great screen writing team you had, it makes grandma's be willing to enter the lives of a 1% Bike Club and stay there for 7 seasons!

The one thematic aspect that you guys missed about this episode that I've HOPED that you would mention; the events that happened to Gemma that was meant to *BREAK* the club, ended up healing them. Zobelle had his crew assault Gemma in order to hurt and break the structure in SOA, but instead Gemma had hidden the assault until there was no other option than to turn this completely shitty negative into a positive. THAT was the most powerful part of this episode that got to me. All of the drama and tension had built up to this crescendo of a shitstorm, and instead of things collapsing upon itself, had unraveled and had been focused on the centerpoint of all of that tension. Such an amazing show and I can watch it again and again.

Juice has the best line in the entire series when he tell under and the sheriff that Gemma knows every truth behind every lie in every secret

Thanks so much for doing this episode! Still loving all your insights. The friendship between you and Kim shines through and it’s special to be able to see/hear it

When you guys are talking about the John Teller voice overs, I think season 6 it started to be Jax doing a voice over for his journal to his sons, rather than John's journal to Jax.

Awesome again! These talks between the brilliant minds of Kim Coates & Theo Rossi are as good as watching an SOA episode to me! So many truths, so much emotion. Bravo!!! 👏👏👏

I can only agree about Tommy he is such a good actor. I think it's a shame that not many people know him because he does exactly what real actors do. he brings all his thoughts and emotions into the scenes. Only through the movement of his eyes can the spectator know what he is feeling and thinking about the scene when he told the police where the guns are. He couldn't look at her, you know that because his eyes move right and left BUT never at her!!! This episode says a lot not only about the character of Chibs but also a lot about Tommy Flanagan who played Chibs. After watching SOA he became my favorite actor. I could not only listen to him for hours but also watch him acting for hours ❤️

Sending love from India!! Thank you for #REAPERREVIEWS !!! And thank you for Sons of Anarchy! I just re-watched it for like the 9th time, and I still can't help but be amazed by how much the show surprises with its Shakespearean nuances. Please keep these podcasts coming in hot! These are providing joy during the gloom that 2020 has been so far! More power, brother!

You guys have near perfect conversational chemistry because it must be so hard doing this remotely (there are shows that are falling apart having to be remote) and not step on each other, reading each other, etc.

Love these! Keep them coming! I think the first time Chibs says Jackie Boy is in episode 6 of season 1 after Jax got the guns out of the clubhouse in the septic tank.

The way all the actors talk to each other in the show it was like they really knew each other for many years and made the show more realistic!

I'm glad Kim noticed how Stahl took a breath just before speaking every single time.

I could go on and on with the things I have loved about this particular episode. It was the first one that I watched with the hubbs when it aired, then again the next day with him at work and the kiddos in school, then again with the hubbs that night, because we both felt all the raw emotion just like we were in it, too. These were our family members; that was our mother, sister, our rock. From the fluidity of other aspects of the episode coming full-circle, (as Gemma is finally letting go of her truth) just as the two of you spoke on here, to the masterfully elegant way it flows from Katie. Each new word she says, forming the next piece in the story of that night, in depths with which we found ourselves pulled in and cradling this family in our arms, holding them to our hearts; this goddess of a character is also lovingly holding us!❤ The burden of this heinous happening had been hers! And even still she has us captivated by her strength as a woman, but ultimately has captured our love and reverence for her by way of courage through sheer vulnerability. She is a formidable, self-made wall before this, one nothing could ever break in our eyes. She reveals this trauma to her son and her husband by initially coming clean about the wreck being a lie, and continues calmly with only the key details that follow. Yes, the audience, as do Jax and Clay, need to hear it at this time; now. It will halt Jax's nomad decision and what's just transpired at church; it's the only skeleton left to unveil - the last remaining, but necessary, nugget of truth capable of quashing this Pres/VP shit right now.. etc.. it was obvious to us all. But what has always kept me coming back to this episode, and this scene, was how she kept her tone consistent, and then she gives the info in such a way that Clay and Jax quietly know they can trust it. That without a doubt, this crime committed against her had been intended to hurt them all. That it 100% was Zobel and Weston's doing. And our enemy Zobel's been trying to seem clean and legit in Charming, but by utilizing his own daughter in the violence, he's hit a point of no return in this place. The actual reveal of it at this precise moment quickly transformed from Gemma protecting her family and keeping Jax and the club intact, into a most poetic breaking down of her walls; a kind of 'balm' that's instantly covering and healing them from all that's injured us of Season 2. She wouldn't even verbalize that she's been gang raped until the very end of it. Three reasons: Hers - it's not something she'll ever be ok with happening to her; it spotlights her vulnerability, to herself, even if only to herself. We saw how she'd been jumped, outnumbered, chained up.. yet to her it will always reflect an unfavored internal weakness. Second: now that the secret's to be told, she will air it, BUT remain steadfast in the significance of the happening and NOT as it pertains HER! Rather, how it explains our current adversary, Zobel/the League, and more importantly, how it affects the club - her FAMILY. Lastly: she knows her son and her husband better than they know themselves and she always will. Leaving the rape info until the end, for me personally, was her most profound and true act of selflessness in the entire series. It gave Jax the chance for a reverent gesture of respect for his mother that is Christ-like; we witness then a brief yet unspoken apology toward Clay, an unabashed snatching back of his patch, and the space enough left for a solid exit point, supported by Tara. Which finds us in the best possible moment in sequention, allowing a protective layer of Clay to come before her much the same, and in close to begin the unrequested but long-overdue comfort we ALL have been aching to see fulfilled for our loyal and beloved matriarch. This scene was perfection. ❤ It never seems self-serving or self-righteous at all for Gemma. It develops like only the magic of real divine intervention could possibly ever birth. Kurt nailed the writing. Katie nails the delivery. Director flexes genius during and in post-production. I'm sorry to have gotten 'winded' here but honestly, I'm still in awe of it to this day. THIS, Theo & Kim... Tig & Juice, THIS is why, that even after Gemma returns to her unpredictable, pushy, reactionary shit, even after she brutally murders our hero's first and only true love.. THIS is why we all still deeply love, respect, root for, and continue to idolize the beautifully brazen creature that was Gemma Teller-Morrow. 🌹🖤🥀🖤💔

The voice of John Teller was Nicholas Guest he was last used in Season 3 in Blaine, when the barn blew up, and you saw JT walking towards Jax after the explosion. Onscreen the photo was Victor Newmark (he is in the First. 9 photo) but when he was used in background scenes fans thought JT faked his death. When fans saw Lincoln Potter for the first time lots of fans thought he was JT.

Yall should do the episode when opie was killed. I would love to know how that idea was thought up by kirt and the rest of the producers

Just about to finish watching SOA for the second time, incredible show and you guys doing this helps ease the pain of no new episodes, thanks guys.

I really can’t tell you how many times I have watched this series. I have watched it frm beginning to end so many times & never ever get tired of it & see something new every time . Love, love this show.

You guys are the best. Wish you could bring someone else as a cameo maybe Bobby or clay for an episode

Theo, you should do one with sutter as well 😀 i bet he’s got so many things to tell us we also have so many questions! Recently he’s been posting those q&a on twitter and Instagram that people send him . I thought... Maybe you, kim and kurt could collaborate for a zoom chat ?

Another fantastic episode of Reaper Reviews! Balm was such a powerful episode, on so many levels and is one of my all time faves. Listening to your takes about the episode and the BTS tidbits, added so much to my perspective of the episode. You guys are awesome! I would love for you guys to review Na Triobloidi, the season two finale. That ending gutted me. See you next week!

Love this! The two of u brighten my week. Would love to see season 3 episode 6.... fight between Kozik and Tiggy....

I've just started watching soa again for the 10th time I've never been addicted to a show before as I am of soa after last weeks podcast I went back to season 2 u really do feel everything u guys z.. kim coates your eyes are enough to look at 😍😍😍

Listening to you two discuss the episodes has made me want to re-watch the show, which I will. This Podcast is great, keep it going please!

Automatic subscribe before even watching. I met Theo at an event in Arizona when Season 7 was premiering on TV, cool guy for sure

Gemma telling clay and Jax about what they did to her and opie’s funeral was the hardest I’ve ever fucking cried in my whole life

Another banger of a vid this is the best thing to hit you tube this is a legendary show sending shoutout from Canada 🇨🇦

Love this episode & love you guys! ❤️

I have to agree that Ally Walker is also a great actor. She did such a great job that I believed she was this villain that you just hate.. So much so that I struggled to separate her from her character in SOA. I just finished watching Longmire and I kept waiting for her "TRUE" evil self to come out in that show. Just shows how great she is and how great the creators, writers, and directors are in these shows. Also wanted to say that I'm loving these #ReaperReviews....

I got so emotional listening to you two talk about the ending of this episode. I cried during that scene but listening to you made me tear up and I got goosebumps. So good!

I've watched every episode 5 times this is awesome! Thanks for these!

Loving these!

im currently rewatching sons for the 6th time.. LOVE this show! I am on S4 E6 and its getting into the parts with Juice taking the brick. It's so hard to watch this character ark of Juice.. its taken me a few days to even continue. The acting in this show is just amazing! Everything really just reaches out and grabs you. Long time fan!!

I really enjoy listening and watching your videos guys, you two are my favs (; I play your podcasts on my youtube TV screen that’s so nice to see your faces and not just hearing your voices. Anyway- sending you lots of love from Israel! 💓🥰

Love you guys!!

Just found this! Omg this will keep me going!

I love the reaper reviews Kim and theo are so much fun.

This pod cast is the best thing on KZfaq. Thanks homies.

Keep up the great work both of you, just binged all the "Talking Sopranos" podcast in nearly a week. Glad to see this style of podcast catch on.

i love that you guys are doing this podcast. My dad has been through a lot health wise but through all of it we binged sons of anarchy until we finished it and enjoyed it so much.. So sad when it was over. but also when anyone we were attached to died it just felt like a punch to the gut... such good writing and acting... Juice you were a character I loved from the beginning and I always hoped there'd be a redemption for you but i guess that wouldn't have made any sense.. Also itd be so great to talk about the episode "toil and till". I loved the arc that was given to chibs. he was an amazing character

I’m almost finished the whole series for the 4th time. I love these reviews, Theo! Also, Kim, your hair is looking fabulous 😘

This is dope as hell. Just when I couldn’t find anything to watch on KZfaq. Subscribed.👍🏽

Way late to these podcasts. So glad I heard about them on INSIDE OF YOU podcast. Its awesome re experiencing this show. HUGE FAN!

I could listen to you all day💜

Man I love you guys so damn much and hope this channel will continue to grow

What a gem of a podcast to find. Kim, Theo..... you gentlemen are incredible and entertaining. (Kim, where did you get that painting behind you? I need one for my home!)

Am I about to watch the entire show again for the fifth time? Yes I am

Another Banger Boyz! thanks -Michigan love

Guys, am enjoying these so much. Now I know why everyone had such great chemistry on screen. Also brilliant to get such great insights into acting. Having a fairly rare surname, I always got an extra thrill to see William Lucking on the show, so lovely to hear you talk about Piney with such respect. A vastly under rated character. 👌

You two are absolutely hilarious. This is the highlight of my day 😂

Watching sons for my 3rd time, I’m on season 2 episode 10, love the fact I can come here for reviews from the actual cast. Wish this show was still goin on.

I am absolutely loving these vids! Thanks for doing them. Have you given any more thought to having special guests on to discuss specific scenes?

Love your show you guys are the best

I just love you guys. I miss the show! Xoxo

I LOVE THIS PODCASTS!

It was really interesting listening to you talking about Juice's lack of intimate scenes... Because, and I definitely don't think this is intentional BUT I kinda always thought there was a chance Juice might be unsure of his sexuality and doesn't want to face it - hence another reason why the character became unhinged 🤷🏻‍♂️ just a thought...!

You two are the best definition of BROMANCE... I can feel the heat coming thru my screen .. haha

Love these, I’m didn’t think to do this before hand but I’m going to watch the same episode as you guys again before I watch the next reaper reviews :D any excuse to watch them again lol

I have been waiting for this one. It ripped at my heart strings. Kate was simply amazing the way she acted this out. Ron, Charlie and Maggie were all equally as great. This was one of the hardest screen outside the rape screen I have watched. Bravo actors.

I absolutely love you guys, i'm a hugeee fan!!!!! SOA best tv show i've ever seen ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Theo and Kim, thank you SO MUCH for this ❤ such fun! How about first episode of season 4? It's got two of the best song montages ever (when you get out of jail and at opie's wedding when the russians get done, what a contrast!), it introduces two incredibile characters (ray mckinnon, rockmond dunbar) AND juice's first kill with the russians, and tiggy finally accepting kozik in the gang... so much happening! Also maybe you can tell us how did all the bikes get there for you getting out of prison?? Love you both, you beautiful souls xx be safe out there

Two of my favorite characters on the show, and stand up dudes.

I looove this friendship

Thank you so much for doing this episode. I truely love yoi guys. You guys are the shit, sorry im running so late on this, but its the way u'-tube is running it. Theoi still get teared up when i think about all the shit you go thru im the show that i watch and watch and watch, witch points to what an incredible and skilled actor you are! And kim that go

So glad they addressed the accents, even though Kim is still being kind 😂

Theo...you are a great actor!! Loved you in Luke Cage!!

How no one won an Emmy for this episode, especially Perlman, is absolutely beyond me.

Even though y’all are doing the “guidelines” of the 3 sections but I think you guys should do S4 E14 “To Be, Act2” I just want to know how the scene were Jax finally sits at the throne and Tig gets stopped from sitting at the Srg. Of Arms seat and he puts Chibs there and he asks Juice is he all “straightened out” , i just want to know the feeling of that scene cuz its one of my favorite episodes ever

Chibs seemed to me, to always prefer Jax to Clay, and he was always on Jax's side.

The way you guys talk about it is the exact way I talk about it 🤣 it would be dope to chop it up about sons with you guys. Love!

I absolutely love soa and both you theo and Kim juice and tig you are both amazing the entire cast are amazing as a die hard fan I didn't watch when it was on TV but later on Netflix so I didn't have to wait a week for the next episode to come on lol but I have seen it all 4 times and now because of this podcast I am watching it a 5th time and every moment you are talking about still has the same amzing deep painful sad happy angry confusing feeling that it was the first time this show really has that WOW!!!! factor EVERY SINGLE TIME great show great podcast and great guys We want first 9 to get made lol yall are great keep doing your thing

It was at that moment they stopped being President and VP, it became a son comforting and being there for his stepfather at a moment of turmoil.

Watching again. I'm really enjoying watching this. Can't wait until next week. I believe Chibs called him Jax Jackie Boy in the beginning of the series. I also think Tommy Flangen created Jackie Boy. Can't wait to watch more next week.

Juice might not have had a love interest, but, he had his own business "Clear Passages".

Amazing commentary on the last great show on tv. This is literally Shakespeare’s Hamlet but for the 21st century and nothing could’ve been better than what we got. Might watch it a 4th time now

Bros, my new favorite...

I can’t wait until you guys review season 5 episode 13 and season 6 episode 2. They were such great episodes that tell a lot of emotion on both of your scenes.

Theo and Kim, I wasn’t born when sons of anarchy was first aired but this series has brought me so much joy over the years. I remember I watched the season 1 finale a few hours before I left my apartment to meet my fiancé for the first time 2 years ago and I would absolutely LOVE if you guys would review this episode. Keep doing what you are doing, hope you’re keeping safe from all the terrible shit going on in the world and big love to you both

This makes me want to watch SOA again!! For the 9th time..

An interesting note you guys made about the JT voiceovers, one thing I am thinking of now is that, In later seasons, there is some Jax voiceovers in the same vein of what he is writing in the notes to his boys.

Another Fabulous show with you both. I was hoping you could get DL or Ryan to come to your show. This will be Wonderful to add to your party 🎉🏍💋🥰

Great chat! But you’re missing the tiny tidbit that Clay lied to Gemma about trying to work things out with Jax.

One thing I remember from dvd commentary of this episode is that originally the filming of Gemma's confession was only supposed to be the guys reaction. But the dirctor decided to turn the camera around and also get Katy's expressions as she tells her story. I can't imagine not seeing Gemma's expressions. It really makes it that much more heartbreaking to see her saying it, even though Ron, Charlie and Maggie did an amazing time reacting to what Katy's is saying as Gemma.

The scene later in series where you were almost waked and Jax’s came back was crazy nuts

Yes, I bet it's great for celebrities to get around wearing masks etc , brilliant 😷🕶

My first time seeing the scene with tig on mushrooms crying had me laughing because I was a teenager then and didn't really get what was actually going on there. Now that I've done a lot of nshrooms in my life I understand it so much better. He was in the middle of a trip and his emotions and deep thoughts were hitting him like a ton of bricks. He is drowning in guilt from killing Donna and I can't imagine being on mushrooms after doing something like that. Now when I see that part it makes me cry.

Chibs calls Jax jackie boy for the first time 16 min and 18 sec into season 1 episode #2.as you all are at the table discussing how to stop the Lodi CSI team from going to the burned out warehouse.

Siete meravigliosi...kiss from italy

That was Gemma way of also manipulating Jax though. She kept that info for a while and until she saw it would work to her advantage that’s when she told them what happen.

Would love you guys to review Season 2-Episode 4 “Eureka.” One of the first great Tig moments after he got hurt and then taken by the bounty hunters. Also, I’m curious to hear what you guys think about Mayans M.C. Have you watched it? Thoughts?

Holy crap, just when im reviewing SoA again in 2020 i found your channel Juice.. i mean Theo :D Is there any way to reach to you? i have a super importand question to ask! thank you!

Chibs is the only one who called jax Jackie boy.he called him Jackie boy In season 7 too. All the way to the end. I loved it.

You guys make me feel important 😅💙😅💙😅💙😅

Ok, that's enough. I'll have to watch the whole thing again.

I want you guys to do 02x11 and hear from you guys about the church scene when Clay and Jax tell the club about Gemma’s confession! It’s such a powerful scene!!

Are the mini 3 min episodes released as “Apisodes” (spelling?), on KZfaq? I saw I few of them recently, and it shows Jax getting shived in line waiting for the phone. 💕 love to you two!!

So cool

Tig was my favorite character and Happy was shit nuts

Titus Welliver is amazing. If you havent ever dove into Deadwood on HBO you HAVE TO.

Jax started doing the voiceovers from his own journals in the later seasons, like 5 and up. Which I thought was just such a good choice and the natural progression for the show.

I didn't start watching till season 4. My first episode I stumbled on was the one when Juice stole the brick of blow and shot Miles in the face. Looked interesting but had no clue what was happening. So I downloaded the whole series to that point and was totally hooked. As far as the good ol boys turning wrenches in the garage was one of the things that made the show more believable to me. With everything else so over the top; Jax and Chibs murdering a random guy in a store after staging a murder and its never talked about again. There needed to be that connection, as much as you as the actors may not have liked it.