Na Trioblóidí
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Episode 13
| "Na Trioblóidí" | |
|---|---|
| Sons of Anarchy episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Kurt Sutter |
| Written by | Kurt Sutter |
| Original air date | December 1, 2009 |
| Running time | 62 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Na Trioblóidí" (Irish for The Troubles), is the thirteenth and final episode of the second season of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. It was written and directed by series creator Kurt Sutter. It originally aired in the United States on December 1, 2009.[1]
This episode marks the final appearance of Johnny Lewis (Half-Sack Epps), Adam Arkin (Ethan Zobelle), Henry Rollins (A.J. Weston), and Sarah Jones (Polly Zobelle).[2]
The episodes title: "Na Trioblóidí" is Irish for The Troubles; a three decade long ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland between nationalists, loyalists and British Armed Forces that occurred between the late 1960s to the late 1990s. The IRA depicted in the series is a fictionalised version of a dissident republican paramilitary called the Real IRA; a splinter group that was created after the Provisional IRA had a ceasefire towards the end of the conflict.
Kurt Sutter, series writer and creator, said that Half-Sack was killed off because Johnny Lewis wanted to leave the show due to creative differences; "We decided we'd find some noble way for him to go. It wasn't my intent to try to be sensational and kill off a main character."[3]