Starved as the industry might be for viable intellectual property to revive, not every franchise can come back to life as easily as another. Take FX’s Sons of Anarchy, a modern-day retelling of Hamlet that turned the prince’s kingdom into an infamous outlaw motorcycle club. The series was one of the channel’s biggest hits, attracting millions of viewers across its seven (!) seasons and a loyal, vocal fanbase. But when Sons of Anarchy came to an end, it really closed the door on its characters. Many of them bit the dust even before the show reached its final season. Again, this was basically Hamlet — and that meant its leading man got a definitive, if tragic, ending. While this story did technically continue with a spin-off, the tale of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) began and ended with Sons.
Still, when its stars are creative enough, a show finds a way to come back to life. Hunnam himself has been working on a pitch for a Sons of Anarchy revival — but the only way to resurrect this series is to tackle it from a meta perspective.
