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Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy Season 4 Interview

We spoke to Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter about Season 4 and what we can look forward to for SOA Season 5. It's been a hell of a season, with intense drama, deaths and big decisions for the MC. Check our Kurt's thoughts on this season and what we might expect in future seasons!

by Chris Radtke December 6, 2011

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Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter took time before the Season 4 finale to discuss the latest in the lives of Charming, California's best-known citizens and the major events that will lead into Season 5 of the show. Kurt goes into great detail about the characters, actors and events that made Sons of Anarchy Season 4 must watch TV and he reveals a bit about Jax's new role as President of the MC and some characters involvement in the next season of the show.

Read on as Kurt breaks down this season with UGO Director Chris Radtke, much like they did following Sons of Anarchy Season 3. You can't really call yourself a Sons of Anarchy fan unless you read this hour-long interview that breaks down everything you need to know about Sons of Anarchy Season 4, straight from the mouth of Kurt Sutter himself.

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Kurt Sutter Talks About Opie

Chris: Poor Opie. I was talking to a buddy today and I said "Opie's had a rough season." And he said "Opie's had a rough show." No one gets their ass kicked by life more than him.

Kurt: Yeah, he's had it rough, man.

Chris: And Ryan Hurst does tortured really, really well. Can you give us some insight into what's going on in Opie's head at the end of the season and is that hand injury going to take away the one thing that guy has left, which is riding a motorcycle.

Kurt: I don't think so. I think it's mostly shot in the wrist and it went through. My sense is it'll be fucked up for a while. I think it has been a rough ride for Opie. I love the idea of what happened to his marriage with Lyla and he's just starting to fucking grieve the death of Donna. These guys aren't that emotionally hooked up and it takes a minute I think. At the end of the season here, my intention was never to suggest that Opie or Bobby aren't coming back next season. I think the reality of what happened with Otto had to be played out so it didn't make sense for Bobby to be out of jail. I was just looking for a way to put him in the last episode (laughs). I just wanted to remind people that he's still around. We had Romeo mention about how if the deal falls or keeps going, he'll be able to find a way to get... you know I've set that up to be able to get him out. Maybe not episode one, but shortly thereafter. In my mind, Opie's not gone, but it was a little too neat and convenient to have him show up and sit-down next to Jax. You know there's too much that has gone down. It's not that he's gone, it's just he needs to process this shit. My sense is that he's off on a fucking walkabout for a couple of episodes and just trying to put it all in place. Then we have some story to play out with him coming back and what does it look like? Where is their relationship at? We definitely have some fertile ground to play out with him and again, I don't know what that looks like yet in terms of story. But I just knew at the end of the season I didn't want him coming back to that table.