Dear Mr. Sutter, why must you play with our emotions? **WARNING: SPOILERS**

Yesterday, Kurt Sutter tweeted a link to an Entertainment Weekly article (thank you Amanda for pointing it out to me) that had me OH NO-ing out loud.  Since the posting, Sutter again tweeted the link to the article and this morning tweeted “this is happening…I suggest you show up or twitter will spoil.” 

Speaking of spoilers—if you don’t want to know any more

STOP READING HERE!!!

**SPOILER ALERT**

Season 5 is off to a killer start….literally.  To give you all the cliff notes version, the EW article states that “in Tuesday’s [September 25] episode, a very important person within the SAMCRO family will die.”  The article did not say which character will be leaving us, but did give a list of six possibilities.  Unser, Tig, Clay, Juice, Opie, and Tara. 

Several SOA fan sites have been buzzing with this news and have created polls to see who fans think will meet their end.  So of course this got me thinking….will it be the obvious choice or will it be something that is going to totally blow the minds of viewers?

Here is my thought and the “logic” behind it (from the way I would write it if I were Sutter)

It won’t be:

Unser: He is just starting his personal investigation into the Charming break-ins. It is too soon to have him killed. However, I can see him not making it through the season.

Clay: There would be little controversy on the show without Clay Morrow.  By now, most of you know that it is the newest members of SAMCRO who have actually broken into the homes and that they stole a safe from the Morrow residence containing birth certificates and other documents.  What is Clay hiding?

Juice: Various characters keep mentioning RICO.  Romero mentioned to Jax that someone on the inside must have been feeding info to the Feds.  Roosevelt has made mention of it to Juice.  I don’t think this storyline has played out enough for Juice to be the one to go.

Tara:  The brand new Mrs. Teller has too much going on.  The chemistry between her and Gemma is just getting good!  And let’s not forget Jax’s junkie ex, Wendy who made an appearance late in last season.  Wendy is a feisty b***h and won’t give up her fight to see able so easily.  Then there is the upcoming couple episode stint of Ashley Tisdale. Photos that I have seen from the filming of her episodes have her riding on the back of Jax’s bike.  Jax may be a “tough” biker, but I think if Tara died he would be wrecked and would not be out gallivanting with Tisdale’s character.

Tig: He is actually my second choice of who it might be.  After everything he has gone through in the first two episodes.  But I still don’t think it is him.

That leaves us with:

Opie: Sadly, I think it is going to be Opie.  I think something is going to go horribly wrong in that jail and he is going to die defending his best friend.

Whether I am right or wrong, I truly don’t want to see any of the characters go. And who knows, maybe it will be someone not on the list.  Maybe the list given to EW was just a ploy to throw everyone off.  But, as Sutter said…this is happening. Guess we’re just going to have to wait and see.

I don’t think there is one character on this show (good or bad) that I don’t love in one way or another...it's really rare to find that on TV these days...all I know is I just added Kleenex (the BIG box) to my grocery list!

You can read the Entertainment Weekly article here:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/09/20/sons-of-anarchy-clay-jax-tig-death/

Cool as a cucumber? My SOA adventure...

Uh huh….suuuuurre…

Normally, when faced with the situation of meeting a celebrity, I am a pretty calm person.  While living in Florida, I dealt with meeting/seeing them on a regular basis.  Even the few times I have come across them here in SoCal, I was able to remain fairly calm; that is, until I met the cast of Sons of Anarchy.

On August 26^th, my lovely friend Amanda and I took the 2 mile trip from my home to a local diner, Route 66.  This was the starting point for the 2012 Boot Ride organized by The Boot Campaign was set to start.  Hundreds of riders would ride from Canyon Country to Hollywood to support the Wounded Warrior Project, and the ride would be led by the cast of Sons of Anarchy.  So Amanda and I ventured off to Route 66 with the hopes of catching a glimpse of one or two members of the cast.  We never expected the day to go as it did.

We plopped our butt’s on a bench for a bit, since there seemed to be little going on when we first arrived.  Then it happened…

Our first glimpse of the SOA riders arriving was Mark Boone Junior (Bobby).

Then Ron Perlman (Clay) pulled up in his car.  In his car?  What?  Eh, who cares, it’s RON F***ING PERLMAN!!! I had, just had, to get a close up picture of him.  He is a favorite of one of my bestest friends, so failing at this task was not an option.

As I was taking pictures, I looked beyond Ron and saw Kim Coates (Tig), Theo Rossi (Juice), and various other cast members…..But no Jax, no Opie…oh well, no biggie.

The cast was hustled into a fenced off area where only the people riding that day (the ones who donated to do so) were allowed in.  Totally understandable. I have a pretty good camera, so I was content to just stand at the fence and watch.  Amanda and I moved to a better position along the fence and just watched and snapped pictures.  After the cast did their meet and greet with the other riders, they ventured under the tent to escape the hot, SoCal sun for a bit.  Then I looked over and saw there were some new arrivals being greeted by their friends and fellow cast mates.  I tapped Amanda on the shoulder and muttered something that may have sounded like “OMG, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK” as I pointed out to her that her favorite, Ryan Hurst (Opie) was standing among the rest of the cast.  It was at that moment that the behemoth Hurst moved to the side, and I turned into this...

I pulled myself together and was able to snap off a few pics...

I had almost gotten over the initial shock that most of the cast was now standing about 50 feet away from me....and then it s**t got real...

Kim and Theo started walking towards *GASP* the fence.  Holy crap!  Were they actually coming over to talk to the fans????  This is when I totally lost my s**t!!! 

The pic with Kim was totally worth the double chin.  And Theo is one of the sweetest celebrities I have ever met.  I do remember thanking them over and over and over again...yes, I was a blabbering idiot.  And I remember Theo saying to me, it was his honor to spend time with the fans because the fans are what make the show (if only all TV personalities felt this way).  Sadly, their time with us little people had to end.  It was almost time for the ride to start.

Amanda and I wandered to the area where all the SOA bikes were parked and waited and waited.....and waited for the cast to emerge from the restaurant.  Then it was time....