Sons of Anarchy's second season certainly built upon the strength of its first, and the show has now been consistently entertaining for 26 episodes. Things have started to calm down after the events of the first season finale, when a new threat suddenly shows up- a gang of white supremacists (with Henry Rollins!) who've got a problem with how the Sons deal guns to minorities. This conflict and the continuing power struggle between Jax and Clay makes up a majority of the story, but once again I was very impressed by one of the subplots. Gemma, played by Katey Sagal acts as a sort of maternal figure in the club and I had heard rave reviews of her acting in this series. After the first season I was a little underwhelmed, as she just seemed to be a typical bad-ass woman who shows all other girls the ropes. Early on in season two however Gemma has a horrifying run-in with the white supremacists, leading to a season long arc that really made this new rival gang feel like a serious threat. Katey Sagal nailed it, and took the show to new heights of drama. The season ended with a bit of a lackluster cliffhanger- not bad, just one we've seen before, but I'm still very excited to jump into season three soon enough.
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