Time for Mama’s New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Stop watching “Sons of Anarchy.”
Any interesting plot development is offset by the gratuitous burning of a young woman alive or the drowning of a man in a vat of excrement, so I wonder: Is any of this really necessary? Now, with the only slightly redeeming character Tara (Maggie Siff) killed at the hands of mother-in-law-from-hell, Gemma (Katey Sagal), in a miscommunication worthy of “Three’s Company,” the story is long past interesting. There comes a point where you have to consider just torching the whole town and letting the final credits roll as the remaining cast burns to death.
2. Wean myself off AMC’s shows.
Just as HBO did after its initial string of successes back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, AMC rests on its laurels a bit too much. Yes, they gave us “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead” — and even railroad drama “Hell on Wheels” ain’t half bad — but let us not forget the drab “Low Winter Sun,” and the unending rainy days of “The Killing.” So despite my history-nerd instincts, I’m adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards the upcoming American Revolution spy-ring drama “Turn.” Who needs another show with plodding stories that go nowhere?3. Learn French.
Not having to follow the subtitles could make watching the zombie town of “The Returned” that much scarier, I suspect. Although if that little Swann Nambotin gets any creepier, I’m going to have to start sleeping with the lights on for fear that the little Damien-esque kid will show up on my front stoop in the middle of the night.