I'm not into biker culture, but I love this show. I'm sure bikers don't like it - maybe, maybe not. But Tommy Flanagan is in it and that is why I watch it. As a matter of fact, I don't watch prime time, but I watch this show - On Demand - so that I don't have to watch commercials. Oh, and for the rest of you, make sure you use "you're" and not "your" WHEN YOU MEAN "YOU ARE"! 2 DIFFERENT WORDS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS! 2ND PERSON CONTRACTION OF THE VERB TO BE IS NOT REPRESENTED BY THE 2ND PERSON POSSESSIVE OF "YOUR"!!!!!! You see this word MISUSED constantly. So, be careful of calling someone an idiot when YOU'RE using incorrect grammar. THE GRAMMAR QUEEN.… Expand

Great show. I've been watching this since it first released. Just watched the Season 3 finale and I'm very pleased and can't wait for the next season.

Leave it to FX to prove to us that just because it is on cable tv, doesn't means it's bad. This show was beautifully crafted from the word go. It has heart, excellent dialogue and yes it is catchy and you can dance to it. My partner and I plowed through both seasons one and two with a wrecking ball and are anxious for the third season to be released on DVD. Katy Segal is more than breathtaking in this role, she is this role. She and Ron Pearlman make the most delightful and surprisingly adorable couple. Overall this show is fantastic and I highly recommend it.… Expand

all you idiots who dont like this show have no idea what your talking about. especially the guy who said the acting was bad. come on peg bundy turned into a hardcore biker wife is so classic. she is so amazing, same with ron pearlman and hunnam. all the actors actually fit their roles, they are good actors on top of it, and the plot and story line makes you like this motorcycle crew that are criminals. just like the sopranos only more grittier and edgier. favorite show on tv and i would be very upset if it would ever get cancelled.… Expand

Decent show pretty well acted a little slow. Too much overkill in the violent scenes nobody in this country blows up things like that and suffers no investigation, and whats with this trend that criminals have the cops in their pocket? I guess thats why we have overcrowded prisons!!

If you took the strike team from the shield and gave them biker jackets, you would kinda get this. If you're a shield fan then you will want to watch this. It has the same warped ideas that we liked in the shield lol.

I thought the show was good compare to most shows that are on censored TV. Compare to what most people say about the violence in the show this is a lifestyle that some people live in the US. The show touches another side of what really goes on with some people in the country.

This show is one of the ones I look forward to watching every week. It is controversial, yet at the same time thought provoking. If the idiots that did the reviews had ever been through a rough period in there life instead of being silver spoon b!tches then I'm sure they would appreciate the show more

I am so glad I hae something to watch now, Wenesday is my favorite day of the week. Great show, great job. Looking forward to the rest of season one and more.

Awesome - different kinda show - keeps you guessing

I love this show!! I am just a mom, have kids. hubby is into bikes and came across this show. I groaned but watched a couple episodes but now I am so hooked.

This show is SOO very real in term's of the biker lifestyle. My Only Quip is the bikes, Different bikers have different tastes in terms of Styles, But They must be Harley Davidson or else it is baloney. American Biker's only ride American bikes! Great show I am in for the long haul.

Didn't got my attention mainly because of the fact that it doesn't happen in our days.

Good show, do not cancel it early, like you have so many others.

This show is very shocking it is intense so far and i can tell it will get really good.

This is an awesome show...ok it has some flaws....its entertainment, not reality people. lol. I am totally addicted. Its about time there is something to watch besides boring doctor, lawyer and cop shows.

Excellent and dark. If you find yourself wanting to root for the bad guys as in the Sopranos, then this show is for you.

This was the worst, most disappointing new show I've seen in years. Bad writing and direction, amateur acting, nothing in the plot to care about at all. There's this white gang and this black gang and this Latin gang and they all go around blowing up each others' gun stashes. Oh, and then there's this pathetic subplot about the blond kid's anguished search for the meaning of life, blablabla. This belongs in the daytime soap slot. I just hope it's not a preview of the rest of FX's new shows. I was looking forward to them.… Expand

It's good, but it needs to be more bloody.

Well written, great characters and a small glimpse into the world of outlaw bikers which is so uniquely American.

Oh so excellent. Best drama series I've seen on TV for a long time. Just make sure the kids are asleep before watching.

This is great television. Living in Denmark, we watch season 1 on blu-ray and this is the best serie since Mad Men ... since Deadwood. Acting is topnotch. Story arc same. I believe the criticism of this serie is due to the series explicit use of violence and language. Some people obviously believes that praising for acting and a dark, gritty show is like condoning what one sees. Sad for them, not being able to keep things apart, having to criticise elements wrongfully. Don't believe them. You don't go to hell or become a criminal of watching TV like this.… Expand

This is probably the best new show this season! Katey Segal and Ron Perelman are doing an unbelievable job!! The show is so full of drama. Can't wait for the 1st season to come on dvd! They better not cancel this one!

Wide rang of story lines that can keep this real interesting for a long time. I love it.

With it's strong cast, solid writing and realistic portrayal, SOA strikes a great chord within everyone, and begs the question "What is just, and what is right, and are they always the same thing?" Always shifting between hating and loving a character for what they do, you never quite know who, other than Jax, to root for in their struggles. And with so many stories to tell in the small town of Charming, not to mention the surrounding areas, this seems to be the best thing to hit Television since Law and Order. As for me, I will ride with the reaper until the throttle won't turn. Count me in.… Expand

Katey Segal can play anything from Mom Peg Bundy to this great character Mom Jemma. What a contrast! Ron Perelman has never been a favorite actor of mine but he is now. This show is great! I can't wait for the next season.

We enjoy the show very much. I was looking on the computer to see if there were a Real Sons of Anarchy, in CA?

Great show, like the sopranos, but biker gang style.

Best cable tv show I have seen in a long time.

Truly ugly- a new low even for Fox.

Great show, has an awesome variety of violence and background story, each episode keeps getting better!

This has got to be one of the coolest shows ever.

What a flop, what a waste of resources, I turned it off after the first 20 minutes felt like 2 hrs, cancel this and not the Shield.

It just sucks, not worth watching.

This program asks for patience to let the characters and plot develop.These would seem to be prerequisites of the concept for a "series". Love the development pace and story lines. Bravo.

Solid, Entertaining, Explores complexity of life"s choices with ever present hidden variables. Casting is superb

This series came out slow but by episode 4 I was hooked. The finale was fantastic with a cliffhanger and I'm psyched for what will happen in episode 2!

Great show, reminds me of early Sopranos, but with "real" characters and the best soundtrack I heard in ages. Highly recommended.

This show is one of the best shows I have ever watched. Not only does it have amazing actors and actresses, a fascinating premise and Harleys, it is also overburdened by amazing writers. It has consistently kept me unbalanced and interested, as well as more then a little stunned. That said, any show that can make me tear up over the death of a side character gets my admiration.

Being a ex Marine & biker, I can relate to this show like no other of it's kind. Someone did there home work before casting this show & the story lines. Hope it stay's around for a long time.

I love the show, and can't wait for the 1st Season to come out on DVD! I really enjoy the whole story/plot line of Jax an Tara, I think they make a great couple. Keep it up! Can't wait also for the 2nd Season to come out on TV.

A worthy successor to The Shield. I had my doubts for the first 3 or 4 episodes and almost gave up on it but I'm glad I stuck around. It explores the same moral questions that The Shield did from a slightly different perspective. I'm so glad it's been picked up for a second season but after the season finale I can't wait all the way until September to find out what happens next.… Expand

Not great. Son's is obviously modeled on the Soprano's, which would be great if the show were better. There is nothing in these characters to love, its just a nasty bunch, making it hard to root for them. Its ok, but not great, I removed the Season Pass from my Tivo after episode 2.

While 'Sons' misses the bar on being 100% accurate in its portrayal of an Outlaw 1%er biker club it still grips you and pulls you into its enigmatic storyline and menagerie of characters.

By far the most interesting thing since Deadwood, which makes me worry that it'll be cancelled. The USA Today critic said the show lacks "a moral compass." Great, a 1% M/C with "a moral compass"? And anyway, there's the document that Jax finds about his father's vision for SAMCRO, a ready-made statement of anti-establishment anarchist morality.

Shockingly good. I was so glad to see the critics liked it as well--so much classier than being simply a guilty pleasure. I'm addicted to it. The casting is genius--Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman. As good as it gets.

Best series since The Sorpranos.

Those who score this show low knows nothing about the biker world. My husband and I are in a real 1% biker club (you low raters probably don't even know what that means), this is as close to that world as anyone can get! I hope it never ends!!!!

by far my number 1 show on tv love all the people involved with the show can not wait till next season

This is my favorite show! I love Jax (charlie hunnam) The storyline is one of the best but wouldn't be without the right cast! I hope the show and cast sticks around for a long time!!!!!!

I love the show, it's original, darkly funny, and it's believeable to a certain extent. And, it deals with issues that aren't solved in 30 mins with a happy lil ending that the credits all like so well.

I love this stuff, I love this show, action and great story line . These characters act and interact like real people and not cartoon characters, being a series you can get excellent character development over time, cliffhanger endings also were excellent.

One of the best shows of 2008-2009. It is character driven, by the same guy who did The Shield, but a much more compact and better scripted show.

This "is" the best show since the Sopranos. The acting is topnotch!!!

I have no idea how the writers of this show are able to keep the show from straying into full-on machismo territory or get themselves out of all the corners that they write themselves into-- but they do and they do it all very well.

it took me a while to finally check out sons of anarchy, and man was i shocked. fantastic show! acting is great, and the story keeps my interest... this show pushing "the shield" as fx's best drama series to date! i can not wait for season 3.

i'll cut to the chase with this review. best series of sons of anarchy yet. the story is written so well i felt as desperate as jax did in his journey to find abel. great ending to the series as well

Not bad, but it lacks the complexity and nuance of season 2, and the dialogue and writing get a bit predictable and soap opera-y in spots. Overall, an entertaining, but not quite stellar first season for a show that would soon join the ranks of modern TV's best.

i did not expect to like this show as much as i do -- i originally checked it out merely based on its high score here. i have no affiliation with biker clubs (i prefer japanese crotch rockets to harleys any day). but i am solidly hooked -- way to take a subculture that's distasteful to most and instead of vilifying a caricature of it, making it believable, understandable, and nuanced enough to display the many shades of grey colouring the human conscience. if anything, in order to show us the moral ambiguity of the bikers, the show portrays nearly all law enforcement as venal, overly ambitious, justifying the means for the sake of the end, which ends up romanticizing the bikers; i'd like more realism there.… Expand

Watched first 3 episodes, but not the pilot. High point is Katey Sagal. Predictable soap opera with laughably unbelievable story situations. Not enough budget for the production values their stories require.

I used to think all bikers were people who hung on to a America that does not exsist anymore but that does not matter as I now think that they are ball cutting, ruthless bad asses, damn I want one of those jackets and Katey Segal is hot.

Best of the Best. Strong story, not overly done, characters are very strong and even though theya re abd, you feel for them. This is my favorite show I have ever watched. End of story.

this is by far one of the BEST shows ever . that's all I'm going to say if I go on it would be all spoilers . .

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OMG a total 10!!!!! It totally delivered can not wait to see how Season 4 plays out. I hope they get rid of the mayor like they did with Stal he needs to go!!!!!!

The worst show I've seen of late. Ranks together with "The Borgias". Terrible acting, no purpose or rationale to the plot. Bad direction. Trying too hard to be cool with characters that the audience are not really compelled to care about. Couldnt finish the 1st episode. Trash.

Absolutely the BEST TV show to come out of the states since The Sopranos I got Season 1 out of curiosity cause it was cheap and my love for the “hells angelsâ€� type of story really appealed to me being a previous cruiser rider. This is every guy’s bad boy wonder up on screen living life to the full with the drugs, sex, bikes and gang war. You follow a gang of bikers who are at war with rival gangs mainly over who is shifting drugs, electrical etc but also family is family and they all work together to keep the life they have. They have lots of times when they will either end up working with the Law or against it, but its which one that happens that you don’t see coming. On top of that I found this Series Characters very easy to warm up to and when one of those characters is in danger you think to yourself OMG how are they going to get out of this one. Season one was a success and Season 2 was EVEN better. The cliff-hanger at the end of season 2 had me in goose bumps till the closing credits and made me want to run out and grab season 3 (which has been out for a while) but alas I have no money to finish the current series in the UK at the moment. I loved the Sopranos cause it was a good story line and was fun to watch. The Sons Of Anarchy is even BETTER though with better characters and a fantastic story line. I would highly recommend this to anyone… Expand

The main downfall that the first season of Sons of Anarchy has is in the writing. The dialogue can often be rather pedestrian, and the dramatic moments are generally pretty contrived and histrionic. However, the acting is brilliant (Perlman and Sagal are stand-outs), and the impressive depth of the characters helps ease you through the hammier moments of the script. The action that naturally comes with the biker premise is well done; although there could probably be a little more of it. Overall, a good start to the series. Recommended to fans of The Sopranos that perhaps want something similar, albeit not as heavy.… Expand