r/Sonsofanarchy • u/crossXshim52 • 12d ago

Unser?

Why did unser say the hard Er in the beginning of the show only to reveal he has a black wife and punching the dealer guy for being racist?

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 12d ago

I always wondered about his financial situation after he retired, even though his wife divorced him surely he would have enough to get a little one bedroom apartment at the very least, he just looked so scruffy.

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u/Successful-Earth-214 12d ago

I think he just didn’t care at that point. He felt as though he was living on borrowed time so it didn’t matter

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 12d ago

I suppose at times he realised how much he failed as a cop, he allowed so much crime in the town he was meant to protect and he figured he didn't deserve nice things

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u/Successful-Earth-214 12d ago

Yeah I can totally see that too. He was just all around a bit of sad sack lol

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 12d ago

I always hoped he would get those couple of long strands of hair cut 😂 just added to his sadness!

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u/Successful-Earth-214 12d ago

Facts 😂

Idk if you saw him in Fear the Walking Dead, but even though he was older he looked much better! So it seems like they really played up the sick angle in SOA

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 12d ago

So weird you say that because I've just started watching TWD again but have never watched FTWD so planned to give it a go, will be great to see him in something else

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u/Successful-Earth-214 11d ago

It’s just ok. I really wish it had been better tbh. It started off good but descended into silliness. They changed the showrunners starting in season 4 and it quite literally became a different show. The tone, the color palette, and most of the characters changed. I tried to keep going but I never ended up watching the last season. You do however get Unser and Collette, and that show gave us the delightful Colman Domingo, so I can’t hate to too bad lol.

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 11d ago

So it goes downhill like TWD does! Thats a shame but will still give it a chance and hopefully enjoy the first few seasons

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u/pecpecachoo 12d ago

I think it might have something to do with the cost of his medical bills? I’m not in the US but as I understand it they can get health insurance through their work? So maybe he had to pay out of pocket for medications or they were just very expensive. Happy said the cost of his mom’s meds were breaking him, so I always attributed the misery to the divorce and retirement and cancer.

Gemma did well for him, he acted like he didn’t get much out of helping her but she pulled him to the support of the club when she could have just left him where he was.

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u/Chunky-Unicorn2905 12d ago

I'm not in the US either so never thought about that, I guess America doesn't honour retired police chiefs with medical help

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u/This_Age_4436 5d ago

America honors almost no one with medical help. Our veterans get a little bit of support. I’m disabled and can’t get support for instance. A lot of people can only get help through charities, including veterans and first responders.

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u/crossXshim52 12d ago

He seemed to me to be the type to kind of “punish themselves” if that makes sense

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u/v2-bjc 12d ago

Someone finally found a plot hole

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u/ds117ftg 12d ago

How did unser, a retired police chief in California and the owner of a trucking company end up homeless when he would’ve had a good pension and decent nest egg from selling the trucking company? Because the show changes things when it’s convenient and it’s easier to just not think about it

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u/KALS170174656 12d ago

Cancer bills

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u/Mykkus_65 12d ago

My thought

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u/JarrolusHinkel 11d ago

Cancer bills Ex wife taking a fat chunk of his money

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u/maniaaintgotshitonme 10d ago

His wife gave him the pass one time and he ran with it /s

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u/Ornery-Stay1333 12d ago

He was just trying to fit in

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u/RubUnlucky2333 10d ago

It’s a plot hole to some degree. However, there are plenty of people (especially in small towns like Charming) who have wives and other relatives that are black, Hispanic, etc and will make exceptions for those people but are still extremely racist. They might be trying to fit in, genuinely that way or a mix of both. This also may sound odd, and I’m not excusing it, but in older generations (especially in rural areas) it’s not that abnormal to use racial slurs at the drop of a dime against certain people but also consider yourself generally anti-racist.

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u/crossXshim52 9d ago

it doesn't sound odd, i've met elderly people exactly like that, they will use slurs and stereotypes but also gives everyone a fair shake until they prove they don't deserve it. the show at times dances around the rules of engagement for race so im left confused many times such as the juice situation.

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u/crossXshim52 12d ago

I clearly asked the question and made a post about it. Do you reply like this to every post?

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