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Critics Consensus: Sons takes a chance on subtlety over slaughter and it pays off in one of the show's most Shakespearean episodes, "Toil and Till."
Critic Consensus: Sons takes a chance on subtlety over slaughter and it pays off in one of the show's most Shakespearean episodes, "Toil and Till."
The second episode of the last Sons of Anarchy season didn't max out the potential body count. There's plenty of ammo left in the season and a name of every bullet.
At best, "Toil and Till" continually places Unser in a more central role than his usual sagely blundering.
Katey Sagal's performances are almost always wonderfully understated, and she gave one of my favorite line readings ever [in Toil and Till].
[It] was one of the most Shakespearean episodes yet, by showing how Gemma's lies... have instead created layers upon layers of mistakes and traps that Jax is walking right in to, and... he has reset the cycle of violence against another man's loved one.
"Toil and Till" was a very good episode of Sons of Anarchy, and I like where things are headed.
"Toil and Till" is largely a table setting episode. Things happen that will have an impact down the road, but for now, the show is content to have them linger in the mind of the viewer.
Sons of Anarchy's final season continued with an episode that revealed more of Jax's plans for revenge, which included a violent attack that in the end only served to drag him and the club further down a misguided path.
"Toil And Till" represents a step up from "Black Widower:" there's a solid action set-piece, some nicely subtle character work, and, maybe most importantly, a clear sense of purpose.
"Toil and Till" amplifies the theme of brutal retaliation to another level, piggybacking on the sporadic splashes of violence in last week's premiere to expand the battlefield across multiple California zip codes.
I'm wondering if Hell has frozen over because Wendy has become the most stable, reasonable person in all of Charming. Well, maybe second to Nero.