“Sons of Anarchy” delivered its take Tuesday on one of the most horrible crimes of our time, the school shooting. It seemed to come out of nowhere.
The Season 6 premiere provided occasional glimpses into the life of a boy in a private school uniform. We see his mother asleep, out cold. At one point he catches the interest of SAMCRO’s leader, Jax. And then he walks into a school building and starts shooting. We don’t see the shooting, only see flashes and hear screams.
“Sons” creator Kurt Sutter has asked critics and reporters not to spoil the surprise, which may be one reason there’s been so little of the usual handwringing about whether the shooting was portrayed responsibly.