I was late to the party on Sons of Anarchy, FX’s hit series that ran from 2008-2014. I watched the pilot and wasn’t super impressed by it, and I was also wrongly under the impression that a show about a biker gang wasn’t for me. Thankfully, enough buzz built up after the first season, and…
Creating an unlikeable but compelling character is perhaps one of the most difficult components of crafting fiction. How do you hit that sweet spot of unlikability without turning the audience off them? Read an excerpt from Marianne Delacourt's Too Sharp! As with any well-developed character, revealing their motivation is usually the key. We all know…
Oh the joy of binge-watching! Everyone has been talking about a show that you’ve promised yourself you’d “get to,” but somehow you never have the time when the episodes are actually aired. But the appeal of the shows and your friends’ enthusiastic reviews are making you anxious to see what it’s all about. It’s time…
Certain shows’ protagonists are not always the most honest, upstanding “heroes” that the good-guy-always-wins Hollywood has trained us to expect them to be. Some shows feature down right criminals and monsters and somehow build a story around them that causes the viewer to sympathize with, and even root for, the antihero. Not all of these…
Sons of Anarchy: Bratva by Christopher Golden is an original novel set in the television world created by Kurt Sutter about a California motorcycle gang. Hold on to your seats, as you are in for a rollercoaster ride not for the faint-hearted. If you like your books gentle, thoughtful, and covering esoteric topics like how…
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“If you do the job right, Walt, by the time you put down your sheriff’s badge, you’re a wanted man.” —Lucian Connally. “Wanted Man” started strong and remained strong through the very end. A terrific episode written by Tony Tost and directed by Lucian himself (Peter Weller) followed the ongoing plotlines with some interesting twists…
There’s been movement the past few days on a number of projects we’re keeping our eyes on here at Crime HQ, so in the interest of keeping you up to date, here are a few bits and bytes of big and small screen crime news! First, Justified has been renewed for a fourth season. Until…
Latest word has it that David Hasselhoff is set for a guest apperance on the upcoming season of “Hamlet on Harleys,” FX’s crime drama, Sons of Anarchy. Word is that Hoff will be playing a porn-king that was close friends with Luann and an associate of the nefarious porn director Georgie, played by Tom Arnold. What…
