The Briar Patch

 Well Mayans is over, this will be a quick post but it was too long to post on Twitter and social media. A lot of this is just a rehash of an earlier post but updated with the show now being wrapped up, some final thoughts and a review of the finale. So it should go without saying. Spoilers ahead!! Kurt Sutter created Sons of Anarchy and it was a massive hit. Yes it took a couple seasons but so did Yellowstone to be a hit. Mayans never hit that. Allegedly Sutter had a plan for 4 shows in order SOA, Mayans, First 9 and Sons. 4 shows set in the same universe and all tied together. For those who remember it, the Shield is in the same universe (I am rewatching, its so good) This was proven when Bishop mentioned Vic Makey.... This isn't just me wanting it to be true. After Mayans failure to take off I doubt we see First 9 which I would love or Sons (Thomas and Abel and SOA) which I dunno if they become SOA it would take away from Jaxs story. Mayans failed because it was poorly written, ...

 Damn you James Gunn! Damn you to hell! I wanted to sit and bitch about how you were killing the "hard" work DC had put into creating a shared universe. I wanted to say your Guardians series had gone downhill. Then I watched Guardians 3. If you take out the massive Avengers crossovers, it is a top 3 project probably. Top 5 for sure. I don't even know how many movies and shows they have churned out but this is among the best. So MAYBE you will make DC much better.... Anyways Guardians 3 watch it! IMO it is WAY better than the second and hell maybe better than the first that I still think was over rated. It has it all. A great plot, comedy, action and man does it hit the feels FFS. I am not a huge fan of some of the end, the new "team" meh but not sure if they will move forward with that or if it is more just giving characters a way to move on. Warlock should have had a much bigger role & I really thought the High Evolutionary would be a much bigger threat. I ...

 Mayans MC is wrapping up, it was an okay ride. It was no SOA and while we wouldn't want an exact copy at least some of the likability would have been good. Mayans had no characters I really got behind except Coco and he was written out, allegedly due to off screen drama. Honestly I think it was the writing and the loss of Kurt Sutter that killed the show. At the end of the day this is his baby and he was fired from it. When he is on a roll at something like Sons or the Shield, he is good but when you give someone control over something someone else dreamt up the product won't end up as good. The acting has been great but overall it has been unbelievable writing that has killed the show. Honestly I do hope these last 8 episodes are great, the two they started with were decent.... Anyways lets just have a look at a show I had so much hope for but kinda fell short. There were a lot of stories that seem to go nowhere. We have EZs photographic memory. For the first season or so EZ ...

So this entry is pop culture! It is the television I have been watching recently. I hate the fact that certain times of the year there is so much on I can't watch it all and others nothing to watch but re-runs...  Mayans sadly has been garbage this season. I think it is because they are just throwing a bunch of stories out hoping something will stick and trying to make us care about some of the background characters. Creeper did nothing until this season and now of course he brings in an undercover fed. Gilly was just a big who looked tough until we found out more about his ranger past. These are cool to know but it feels like we should have known this before. On the flip side did Hank to Taza have a story at all? Hank meets Alvarez one night and you think that would have been something, nah. Does any body even really care about Galindo or Emily. Emily has just been bouncing city to city on the greyhound and Galindo has been hiding, both brought nothing to the show. These PIs find ...

 I am going to save the Mayans! Not the awesome Mexicans that I really wish I could go see, I mean I hope they are doing well and I want to see them someday. I would give anything to go back to the resort we got married at or even more the one our honeymoon was at..... But I am referring to the Sons Of Anarchy spin off. There are two episodes left this season and they have yet to be renewed. Viewership has decreased a lot this season or so I have read even though IMO its maybe the best season they have made..... Let's start from the start, I guess maybe I am not saving them I dunno how to bring viewers back. I am fixing what should have been....... Anyways the reason we loved SOA (And yes people did love SOA. For awhile you couldn't even go out without seeing someone wearing clothes with SOA on it) we were invested in the MC. Of course we were all interested in the Teller family dysfunctions BUT we also cared about Opie, Piney, Bobby, Tiggy, Half Sack, Happy, Chibbs. You get th...