[fatso]

I'm amazed anyone will defend this disaster of a season. I've been watching it out because I've invested so much time into it and at one time I thought it was an excellent show. But this whole season has been some weird ego trip for Kurt Sutter and the writing staff.

What's with all the cameos? They serve no purpose other than to give Sutter's Hollywood pals some street red on what was once an edgy show. Normally it wouldn't matter except they've all been given too much time and their acting has been terrible. Seriously... Courtney Love as the kindergarten teacher? That's some Sliver-esque trolling right there. Seemingly innocuous but we all know better.

The regulars' acting too has been uniformly terrible. Even great actors like Walter Goggins have stunk it up with hammy overacting. The worst are those kids that play Abel. Yes, I know they are kids but they suck. And don't give me the line about how they're supposed to be the children of a former addict. They're not method acting so give that a rest. Actually the worst has been Annabeth Gish as Chief Jarry. Holy dinah has she been bad. I'm almost thinking it's some kind of game she's playing with the directors - a test, if you will, as to whether she can deliver her terrible lines without emoting anything. So far, she is winning.

And the writing has been the worst of all. It has just been atrocious. How the hell are so many people gonna get murdered and law enforcement does nothing? That place would be swarming with cops of varying jurisdictions. But nah... things keep rolling in Charming.

And all these people know Jax thinks the Chinese killed Tara - including the Chinese! - and no one is jumping up and down to ask him why the heck he thinks that? Geez louise. I almost laughed when Lin just seemed to shrug off Jax's claim that he was responsible for Tara's death. Come on!

Now Jax has the yips? Oh... ok. Why not?

And what's with showing all the violence? I know it's never been a soft show, but this season has been ridiculous. Torturing Tara's alleged killer? Killing the Diosa 'workers'? Juice getting raped over and over like my ears when a Marilyn Manson song is on the radio? Ridiculous.

And finally these over long episodes are just ridiculous. Pure ego on the part of the show runners. Nothing has been added by these long episodes. It's like they think we're admiring of Hunnam's acting ability to look quizzical. I'd love to see the script directions: "Jax looks into the distance for two minutes straight, appears pensive"; "Gemma leaves Teller Morrow office strutting across the empty lot only to realize she needs to strut back to the office to get her key - whole scene shot in almost slow motion, arty look as sun sets, must take two minutes."