Sons of Anarchy

So I checked out Sons of Anarchy tonight, because in twelve episodes there's going to be a Shield-shaped hole in my heart and I thought it might fit the bill, especially since the creator has worked on The Shield and all (and, also, I seem to be developing a thing for Ron Perlman. Blame Hellboy). I dug it -- Katey Segal in particular is awesome as the mom you'd better not fuck with -- but towards the end I did start questioning if I could really get into it (the violence is pretty fucking stomach-turning, and considering I was just expressing my love for The Shield, you know I don't say that lightly). But then I watched the "coming this season" bit (James gives me so much shit for wanting to know what's going to happen next, but I digress):

( I suppose this could be construed as a spoiler )