I'm about halfway through season 3, maybe a bit more (yeah I know I said started, but Netflix makes starting and finishing a show happen very close together), and I really like it. The plot is good, the characters are good, things are bloody and exciting, and you can't ever be entirely sure what will happen next.

But there are two issues. One issue, which I consider the lesser of the two, is that there aren't really any characters on the show which I love. There is no Tyrion, no Dexter, or any other character that you can just cheer for episode after episode. Everyone is either just okay, or pretty good at best, or someone absolutely loathsome that you just can't wait to see die. Which might actually be the crowning jewel of SOA, its ability to create characters that are absolutely despicable, and that you'll keep watching the show just for the chance to see them suffering or dead.

Which brings me to the second issue. Most of those characters don't actually die. Everything is too complex and realistic, no one can kill anyone of any actual importance because of fear of reprisals, and so on. Nearly everyone gets away and survives to cause trouble another day, which is very frustrating because of the brilliant ways the show goes about making viewers hate those characters. Maybe I'm just a vengeful person, but for me the desire to see Jax and the other Sons kill those people is the primary reason for watching. Without it, the entire show becomes a letdown. The tension isn't relieved, the frustration builds up, and watching the show becomes a downright painful experience. Because you know the same mistakes will continue being made, people being left alive only to betray the Sons again and again, or cause some other type of problem further down the line. If Season 3 doesn't end with a bloodbath, I will be sorely disappointed.

There, just needed to vent and share my frustrations about the show. And I'm curious if anyone else felt the same way about it.