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By Joy Doonan
TV Media
Fans of the wildly popular FX pro- duction “Sons of Anarchy,” which premiered in 2008, have deeply felt the show’s absence since it ended
in 2015. It was one of the network’s most successful series to date, pull- ing fans in with its gritty premise
— it followed the internal politics
of an arms-dealing biker gang in the fictional town of Charming, Califor- nia — and making them stay with its surprisingly enduring human stories. Now, the show’s much-anticipated spinoff, “Mayans M.C.,” will revive this rich fictional world when it pre- mieres Tuesday, Sept. 4, on FX.
The new series, featuring a fresh batch of characters, exists within
the same universe as its predeces- sor but tells a completely new and independent story, creator Kurt Sut- ter revealed at a Television Critics Association press tour. Fans who
are hungry for a crossover won’t be disappointed, however, as Sutter also revealed there will be cameos from familiar faces and flashbacks that clearly establish the two mythologies as part of the same world.
Notably, Emilio Rivera, who plays Marcus Alvarez, leader of a rival gang to the titular Sons of Anar-
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with more complex and hard-hitting undertones.
While “Sons of Anarchy” is a thing of the past, show creators have expanded the fictional universe, giving fans a fresh perspective to explore. The cast of the new “Sons” spinoff, “Mayans M.C.” is pumped to delve into the action and intrigue of the new story. Watch the premiere episode when it airs Tuesday, Sept. 4, on FX.
Sarah Bolger stars in “Mayans M.C.”
chy, will be a recurring presence in “Mayans M.C.” In an interview with Entertainment Tonight at Comic
Con 2018, “Mayans” cast members agreed that Rivera’s character “is the glue that cements the Sons of Anar- chy with the Mayans.” Adding to the fanfare, Sutter also teased that the premiere of “Mayans M.C.” would feature an appearance from “Sons of Anarchy” character Gemma Teller Morrow (Katey Sagal, “Married... with Children”), whose reputation as a ruthless gang matriarch made her both a loved and hated fan favorite.
Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”) is
a new face, infusing the plot with some scintillating drama as the high-profile wife of a cartel boss, as well as a love interest to protagonist Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” 2012). As the series opens, EZ, a young Chicano man, is a new prospect looking to join the Mayans Motorcycle Club. Flashbacks reveal that he was once a successful stu- dent looking forward to a promising future, but his vision for the road ahead was torn away from him by cartel violence on the California- Mexico border.
Having lost his former potential, he now seeks revenge, redemption and the respect of his childhood
sweetheart, Emily (Bolger), by way of becoming a full-fledged Mayan, smuggling heroin for the Galdino cartel from the cover of his family’s butcher shop business. EZ faces the pressure of family legacy to boot, as his older brother is already a prized member of the Mayans at the show’s outset.
The “Sons of Anarchy” storyline ended with the death of Jax Teller, the Sons’ leader whose character arch was defined by his gradual de- scent into ruthless violence and loss of a moral compass. While this plot has been laid to rest, EZ’s beginnings as a naive young man on the brink of darkness gives fans a fresh context to invest in the same themes of re- demption and loss of humanity that they loved in the original series.
In the season 1 trailer recently re- leased by FX, EZ’s father, Felipe Reyes (Edward James Olmos, “Battlestar Gallactica”), is seen in the butcher shop, bathed in shadow and remov- ing a gun from its case. “You’re in this now, son,” he then says to EZ, “there’s no getting out.” Viewers
can expect Pardo to take on this challenge with the same fervor as
his eager-to-please character. On
a Comic Con panel, he regaled the audience with how he convinced Sutter to cast him for the lead role by pitching his passion. “How about you give me 45 minutes, I’ll go outside,
I’ll memorize these lines and just kick some [butt],” he recalled telling Sut- ter, according to CinemaBlend.
In an interview with Deadline, Sutter also explained that the new mythology and characters provide an important opportunity for “Mayans M.C.” to exist in a context of political relevance. “Trump’s been elected and all this stuff with the border is going on,” he said. “There are these [...] vigi- lante groups on this side that have felt empowered to go hunting immigrants jumping the wall. So we have a whole episode about this group of [...] ya- hoos that are going out and pick-
ing people off hopping the
fence.” He also noted that,
as a tongue-in-cheek
nod to the current
racial crises at the
border, the message
that characters
are seen stamping
on packages of
smuggled heroin
translates to “tiny
hands.” With this
in mind, view-
ers can be sure
to expect that
“Mayans M.C.”
will step up to
the challenge
of not just re-
producing the
testosterone-
fueled action of
its predeces-
sor, but also
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