Sons of Anarchy

There are only two episodes remaining on this incredible season of Sons of Anarchy.

What goes down on Tuesday's installment, "The Culling?" Find out below, as E! News previews SAMCRO and its preparations for war. The following developments are set to take place...

• A dangerous secret is revealed;
• Someone gets his/her long-desired wish granted;
• Henry Rollings' A.J. Weston and his violent side are prominently featured;
• Tara's recent, heretofore unknown life choices play a role;
• There's a lot of kissing.

Tune in to FX Tuesday night and return first thing Wednesday morning for a complete rundown of this episode on TV Fanatic.

The bad news: there are only two more episodes remaining on season two of Sons of Anarchy.

The good news: is there any doubt this show will go out with the loudest bang on television?

Many critics now believe Sons of Anarchy is the best drama on TV. On Tuesday, the FX hit will look to continue its hot streak with an episode titled "The Culling."

During the hour, all of SAMCRO goes on lockdown inside the clubhouse, as Jax and Clay prepare to battle The League. Elsewhere, A.J. learns the truth about Zobelle's dealings in Charming.

Check out the official trailer for the episode below, followed by a trio of stills from it. Remember: we recap and review every installment of this incredible show soon after it concludes...

For information on the season finale and even season three, visit our Sons of Anarchy spoilers section today!

It was a touching Sons of Anarchy all around, with old friends reuniting, fathers and sons patching things up, and husbands and wives remembering their old spark.

The latest episode - which we've recapped in detail - saw SAMCRO start to patch things up. Now, they are all on the same page and focused on one goal: revenge. Ethan Zobelle's days must be numbered. Read below for a full review of "Service."

What Worked: Gemma's Guns
With an assault on Zobelle likely and their gun pipeline shut down, the crew turns to their personal stashes for weapons. When Tig tells Gemma this, she simply replies, "I'll get mine" and heads to her world famous hat boxes full of pistols.

What Didn't: Prospect's Nuts
Perhaps he was better off as One-Nut. It turns out that the Prospect's testicle implant is not going well. In fact, it's so bad that he drops his pants in front of Tara to show the good doctor his swollen, infected region. Unfortunately, Bobby, Clay and Tig all walk in at that very moment, leading Bobby to remark that Prospect's package looks like "elephant nuts". Tig, not nearly as witty, simply vomits at the sight.

What Really Worked: Piney: Husband and Father
Piney's presumed goodbye to Mary was as touching as the old man can be. He told her that with all his drinking and womanizing, he was never a good husband or father, and that Opie's mistakes are his fault. He tells her to help Opie out and then gives her a soft, gentle goodbye kiss.

What Really Didn't: Tig: Relationship Guru
Perhaps if it wasn't Tig giving the advice, and perhaps if Tig hadn't been about to seal the deal with Gemma earlier in the episode, the advice he gave to Clay would have worked. But something about slimy Tig telling Clay that Gemma needs to know that he still wants her felt wrong. Even though the advice worked and Clay and Gemma patched things up. Still, creepy.

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How will Sons of Anarchy follow up on a 90-minute episode that many consider to be the best in show history?

With an installment titled "Service," which focuses on Chibs' secret deal with Agent Stahl. Also, mired in emotional turmoil, Opie will seek both revenge and reconciliation on Tuesday night.

Check out the official FX promo for the episode below, followed by images from it:

Fans were treated to a special 90-minute installment of Sons of Anarchy this week. Read all about "Balm" right now.

We needed the extra time to deal with the repercussions of Jax's decision at the end of last week's episode and Gemma's decision at the end of this week's. As SAMCRO readies to vote on Jax's desire to turn Nomad, Gemma realizes that the only way to save the club may be to reveal the awful truth about what happened to her weeks ago at the hands of Ethan Zobelle.

Will her horrible past create a better future for the club?
 
What Worked: Long Roads
Jax may be angry enough at Clay to leave the club, but what will Piney's rage eventually lead to? He hates Clay for destroying his club, for killing his daughter-in-law, for trying to kill his son and for driving Opie down the dark path he is just now crawling back from. Piney's snarl at Jax, "I don't have a long road", shows just how adamant he is about getting vengeance. The montage at the end showed Piney sitting in front of a bottle of whiskey and a handgun; who knows how these three volatile things will combine before the season ends.

Speaking of long roads, the singer Patty Griffin has a song called "Long Ride Home" (which we assume takes place on some sort of long road) and while that was not the song playing over the end montage, was there any song better suited for that scene than Griffin's "Mary"? Well done.

What Really Worked: IRA Administrator
The IRA leader Jimmy O has been whispered about for weeks and his debut delivered. Played with the perfect combination of slime, power and menace by the terrific character actor Titus Welliver (whose Shakespearean name fits this show wonderfully), Jimmy O is truly a force to be reckoned with in Charming.

What Really Didn't: Hospital Administrator
Actually, we may have to side with the old busybody on this one. I mean, the Charming hospital isn't some biker bar, yet SAMCRO seems to spend more time there than at the club. Perhaps she was right to suspend Tara for allegedly lying to keep Chibs in the hospital. But we still can't like anyone whose actions result in Tara spending less time at the hospital and more time having boring conversations with Jax.

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The ratings are up and - needless to say to anyone that's seen a single season two episode - so is the action on Sons of Anarchy.

Earlier today, we reviewed last night's new episode. But that's already in the past. Ready for a peek into the future of the show?

E! News has seen the next few installments and offered readers a series of scoops and spoilers. We recap them below...

• SAMCRO's porn operationq will come under major heat.
• Chibs and his wife will get caught in significant crossfire between the SOA, the IRA and the ATF.
• Titus Welliver will appear on multiple episodes as Irish gun kingpin Jimmy O.
• Opie will be featured more prominently toward the end of the season.
• There will an assassination attempt on a major character.
• Someone else applies to join the "nomad charter" of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club.

Any thoughts, feelings or reactions based on this information? Share them now!

If the rift between Jax and Clay reached a boiling point last week, it became a full-fledged inferno this week.

Or, at least that's the way Jax sees is as the Club's main source of revenue goes up in flames. Will the crew rise from the ashes, and if it does, will Jax still be there with them? Check out a full recap of "Fa Guan" and then our review below...
 
What Worked: Bobby's Banana Bread
Is there anything this guy can't do? He's suave with the ladies, he's kept a cool head during the tension between Clay and Jax, he found leverage to use against the judge and now he not only makes banana bread, but serves it while it's still warm!

What Didn't: Jax's Pudding
If the proof is in the pudding, then Jax's pudding must be lacking consistency. Normally the most thoughtful SAMCRO member, Jax spent the entire episode seeing Clay's hand in everything, from the porn star bust to the fire at Kara Kara.

What Really Worked: New Couple Alert: Opie and Lyla
This budding romance was christened with the sweetest kisses in the history of porn (even if their kids were none too thrilled). The romance has been built up nicely and hopefully it will help bring Opie back from the dark place he's inhabited since Donna's murder.

What Really Didn't: New Couple Alert: Gemma and Unser
Look, perhaps Gemma can't tell anyone except Unser about the inner turmoil she's gone through since her rape at the hands of AJ Weston, but c'mon. Get a support group or something, Gemma. Gemma needs to get back to being the strong, independent Head Old Lady of SAMCRO and Unser isn't going to get her there.

What Really, Really Worked: Lines
Two dynamite lines in tonight's episode. The first, from Jax, came as a retort to Clay's attempts to lay the blame of Luanne's death at his feet: "You are really gonna stand there and lay the guilt of a dead wife on me?" It marked the second time in as many episodes that Jax has come thisclose to publicly outing Clay for his role in Donna's murder. Only this time, Bobby picked up on it. He can't be too far off from putting the pieces together.

Deputy Hale also got in a good one, telling Clay "I know the greater devil when I see it." Hale is smart - he knows exactly who he's dealing with when it comes to both Zobelle and Clay. He's not going to let Zobelle use him to run Clay out of town, but he is smart enough to help SAMCRO against Zobelle.

What Really, Really Didn't: Cracks
This episode set the land speed record for most gratuitous male ass shots. Look, Sons of Anarchy - I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of your viewers are men. We have male asses. We can see them anytime we want. So if you are going to note that there will be nudity in the episode, let's make it of the fairer sex, okay? Jeez - two prostitution stings and the last hurrah of Kara Kara and the final score was Full Male Ass 3, G-String Females 2. That's a loss in my book.

Katey Sagal has come a long way since Married... with Children.

The actress has become a dramatic stalwart, appearing in various episodes of Lost (as Locke's troubled ex, Helen) and as the matriarch of SAMCRO on Sons of Anarchy.

While the star doesn't reveal any major spoilers in a new interview, she does open up about her character's loyalty, singing voice, and of course, this season's traumatic rape scene.

A few excerpts from the interview:

On allegiances to Jax and Clay: Her allegiance is to everybody.  I mean, what she’s desperately fighting for, in my opinion, is to protect the whole system.  This is her life, the whole thing... I would imagine if she really had to choose... I would say her son.

On personal repercussions from the rape scene: It hung around for most of the season with Gemma, but the really super dark, emotional visits I had to take, I would say, it was a good month.  Not that I was walking around with it every moment of the day. 

On singing for the show: I’ve sang two songs in the soundtrack of the show.  The first season, I sang Son of a Preacher Man.  And in this season, I’m the one singing Ruby Tuesday over the second episode. Hopefully I’ll get to sing one for the third season, too.

Following the prison brawl between Jax and Clay, Gemma wants to organize a dinner for the whole club. The meal, a potluck, seems like it's exactly what everyone needs to get back on the same page.

However, the get-together may wind up tearing the club apart for good, as we explain in our review below. We've also posted a detailed recap of events for anyone that missed the episode...

What Worked
The Ball-Off
Or maybe it should be the Ball-On. The Prospect is welcomed back into the club fresh off of his successful testicle replacement surgery. The club's inspection of his new hardware, Tig's comparison to his own, and Opie's expression when he walks in on the whole thing brought some levity to the beginning of a very heavy episode.

What Didn't Work
The Bawl-Off
Tara has finished Jax's father's journal on his vision of the club. She wants Jax to change, but he keeps making the same mistakes. Nag, nag, nag. Jax tells her he loves the club more than anything else, which includes Tara and his newborn son. Awkward, slow start to the episode for these two.

What Worked
The return of Chuck and his newfound mutilation fetish
The Chinese cut eight of Chuck's fingers off so that he could not pleasure himself, his nervous tick from last season. Somehow, Chuck made this work, whether using his finger to poke Georgie's massive bodyguard in the eye or gaining access to his porn studio with a "mutilation fetish" DVD. Two thumbs, or whatever's left, up for Chuck's return.

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As avid Sons of Anarchy fans know, the adrenaline on this show has not stopped pumping for one second this season.

It's truly one of the more underrated, overlooked shows on television.

Next week, on the episode titled "Potlstch," SAMCRO must take extreme measures to procure weapons for a customer. Meanwhile, revenge is sought following a theft at Caracara Studios; and Tara's professional and personal lives collide.

Watch the official FX promo for the episode below, following by a few stills from the hour. Remember: we'll review/recap it in full after it airs...