Mayans M. C. is not nearly as good as Sons of Anarchy (not much is) but it's still a really good show in its own right. Most of the negative reviews are people trying to compare it to Sons of Anarchy because it's a spin-off...don't, just take it for what it is and that's a pretty good show that's absolutely worth watching! It starts off a little slow so you may have to give it a few episodes to get into it but once you do you won't be disappointed. It's a gripping thriller with plenty of action. It's a classic Kurt Sutter show! While this last season was the weakest of the five it was still pretty good. I'm definitely going to miss this show now that's done.
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Supermanfan-1326 July 2023
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Rob133129 September 2022I have to say I enjoyed Mayans M. C. even more than I thought I would. First of all, Sons of Anarchy is one of my favorite shows of all-time so I was really looking forward to this spinoff. Like SoA this was created by Kurt Sutter so it has that same gritty feel to it. It balances several plots at once all the while keeping the Reyes brothers (JD Pardo and Clayton Cardenas) at the front. Much like SoA, each season continues to impress and is just as good as the other seasons. Now, while I enjoyed this show a lot it's still no where close to as good as Sons of Anarchy. I still recommend this show to everyone, especially fans of SoA, just don't compare the two.
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I like Mayans and it builds up nicely. It's not as good as Sons of Anarchy in my opinion but it still stand on it's own and if you like that genre it's definitely worth the watch . I prefer the earlier seasons though I do enjoy the whole thing. Season 5 was a bit predictable to me and I understood parts of what was gonna happen before it did. The series finale did surprise me though and I'm okay with how it ended. There were a few puzzle pieces I would've liked to have seen but all in all I'm happy with the ending. It feels like the show went full circle somehow in a lot of places. Looking back at the show it's interesting to see how my view of characters changed as the seasons passed. It really was a rollercoaster at times.
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Wikkid_Gamez20 May 2019Not sure why there are so many harsh reviews. For the ones trying to compare it and it's characters to SOA ... Just don't... Just because its set in the same universe with certain tie ins doesn't mean it should be compared to it. I personally love the universe Sutter created and am thrilled that he is adding to it. I do still hope that he does something with the original nine of SOA, but that is a different story. Mayans is hitting that same place for me that SOA did. Its been hard to find another show like that as SOA is my all time favorite. To the ones saying that it isn't original the way SOA was, well ... That particular concept will never be completely original again because its already been started. That said, this show does still have its own sense of originality within the same universe and is standing on its own just fine. As for all the complaining about the subtitles... I'm not exactly sure what they were expecting.... I mean, it is a Mexican biker club .... Of course they are going to be speaking Spanish at least half of the time. It would come off fake if the whole thing were done in English. Js. Same thing with the music, if it were all the same type of music used in SOA it would be out of place as well. The culture is a huge part of any show wanting to come off with as much authenticity as possible. Giving mixed types of music ties in to all of that. As to the arm being cut off during interrogation of the Samoan leader, well that guy is the Cartel. Not the Mayans, and yes... Even in real life getting caught stealing from the real Cartel is a death sentence. Period. The Mayans were just the hired muscle to escort the Cartel shipment on this side of the border. I am starting to think mostly that the people leaving bad reviews must not have been paying much attention if they couldn't even figure out the basics of what was actually taking place.
I like how they have tackled this show.
Give it a chance. Looking forward to season 2! -
johannesl-1328616 October 2018I loved SOA !
Lets give the show some time to sink in...
It is not eazy to make a new storyline to match the best show ever... but i think so far the show is Very good and different in a good way.
We hard core fans need to understand that Jax is not going to come back and we need to accept to get to know the new characters. If you don't have a open mind you always going to hate on everything Kurt is producing and thats not good for the projects in the future.
So far so good!
Lets give Kurt some cred so he make a story about "the first 9" after this.
Everything is not going to be as before !
Think before you judge. -
kayjay-8435619 October 2018Pleasantly surprised with this new show. Loved SOA and expected this to be a lesser substitute, but it is not. Mayans has heart and a great plot. Egaging actors easy to identify/believe. Have to agree the only character who seems out of place is Emily. Hard to understand how the pure little drama queen became accepted by people grounded in the reality of their world. Good strong characters with great acting all around other than that. Every scene she appears in my brain asks "WHY?" She does not fit, personality, speech, appearance, everything is wrong for her in this show. Similar to having a stone in your shoe, Emily is an irritant to otherwise entertaining experience.
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fardeen-shahriar7775 September 2018Mayans M.C is a spinoff of the great Sons of Anarchy. Like SOA and most shows, Mayans starts off at an average pace where we get introduced to the characters and it escalates to a much more intense and amazing number of episodes. It doesn't rely too much towards to its brethren Sons of Anarchy. It does have references to SOA but it is mostly focused on its own storylines. Mayans M.C has the possibility of being on the same level as Sons of Anarchy.
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eric-limbacher13 September 2018Going to keep this simple. Love the show, doesn't pull punches, really a great show. But I cannot stand Sarah Bolger, who plays Emily. She's over-dramatic, her over-exaggerating facial expressions are just terrible. Basically, I have a hard time watching every scene she's in.
I'm hoping she gets better, otherwise I'd just as soon watch Kristen Stewart in Twilight ...
I know, this is just my opinion and you don't have to agree. You can even convince me I'm wrong. Or again, maybe she will get better as the show goes on ... I hope so. Lol -
biselli13 June 2022I Iove this show! But since Sutter left theres something wrong with the storytelling...Theres too much going on right now and they make weird character desicions...I cant help but there has to happen something with this writing team because this isnt working as good as planned or hoped... I just hope they will change the way of the storytelling and cut some of the lines, because they are getting boring and feel dragged out.
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jdelor-7074530 April 2022As someone else mentioned, seasons 1 & 2 were must watch TV, great storyline and very well acted.
Season 3 the slide began, writing went to hell and now the Season 4 premier was just horrible!
Who wrote that mess? How do they even have a job?!? It's so poorly written, terrible acting by everyone involved, and just a waste of 40 minutes.
I'll watch another episode or two, but if it continues like this it'll be yet another once great show ruined by idiot writers in Hollywood with no talent. -
patrickharding-6301316 May 2021Patience is required. Season one sets the table but is somewhat plodding. Season 2 starts to evolve the characters much more. Season 3 is simply off the charts riveting and emotional. It is season 3 that rivals SOA. The show is more realistic and less campy then SOA although SOA characters seem to have more chemistry. I think this show is on the cusp on brilliance. Stick with it.
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dclarke-289792 January 2023The first three seasons were quite entertaining. They were full of individual character development and interesting subplots. We particularly enjoyed the relationships within the cartel, story around the wife and cartel leader, and resulting related developments. The stories within the clubhouse scenes were flat, childish, cliche, and predictable. Sons of Anarchy series is as different as day and night. By the time series 4 starts, the Mayan series heads downhill very quickly. I'd suggest stopping viewing at the end of series 3 to end on a positive note and avoid the embarrassment of one-dimensional and dreadful acting and an even worse script.
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utsmithcor5 September 2023SPOILER ALERT
Great first two seasons but after Kurt Sutter left it was all downhill. The final season is so rushed there's countless unanswered questions left to the viewers. Here's everything wrong with the final season of the top of my head.
1. The big bad who they've built up for a few seasons gets a very quick death after a 10 second beat down. Wack.
2. There is no mention of the veterans that the Mayans missed the drop for after the fentanyl lab blew up.
3. Luisa not only dies in the most random way with zero build up, but in horrifying fashion as well.
4. The club (after going to war with EZ) takes a feds word that EZ is a snitch with zero proof provided to the viewers. The same fed who got Creeper locked up in the first place no less.
5. The three brothers never find out they're related after alluding to it for countless episodes.
6. EZ's completely innocent baby momma gets shot by Bottles of all people.
7. Club kills EZ and then the rest of the members (presumably) die just moments later in a Federal Raid.
8. Potter lives after being built as a conniving piece of work for multiple seasons.
9. The whole series led up to the Mayans being taken down by a drunk, crackheaded, sex addicted ex fed. Wild.
I highly recommend nobody waste their time with this series. -
psonti7 September 2018It isn't fair or helpful to have watched all of SoA and judge the Mayans MC's pilot episode.
It wasn't bad. It wasn't great. As far as pilots go, it was FAR better than SoA's pilot.
That said, let us give the show time to grow and mature. Pardo pulled off EZ well and is easy on the eyes. Michael Irby. Danny Piño. Sarah Bolger. Emilio Rivera. What's not to like?
So far, so good. After 9 more episodes, I'll look again at it from the beginning.
For now, I'm sticking with it.
Thank you, Kurt Sutter, for bringing another slice of MC outlaw biker culture back. -
alfreeman11209 November 2019This show was slow the first couple of episodes but now I am hooked. Now in season 2 and I'm waiting for the next episode to come on, keeps getting better and better.
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heamye3 October 2019Did not think it was good at first. Just okay. As time went on things seemed to gel. Getting to know the characters helped. It's funny at times, and I honestly hope it's not as outrightly violent as SONS could be, because it just isn't necessary. The dudes don't hurt, of course.
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sevenlilxenos5 September 2018Fear is to The Walking Dead.
Slimmed down, gritty, Mexicanized and full of references to make it similar but different to SOA. Sub-plots, alliances, family, betrayal, secrets, intrique, enemies and the ever looming multi-level law enforcement will feel familiar. Not much black and white, just a lot of gray.
Let me quickly get this out of my system, I LOVED SOA and Kurt Sutter is a great writer, but when it comes to his wife, he just cant help himself. Why must he put her in everything he does nepotism be damned? The most unrealistic character in SOA was Gemma. No woman would ever wield that much juice (no pun intended) in the inner workings of a major MC.
We start off appropriately enough seeing a crow, you know as in Sam Cro, dead in the road with a scavenger picking its carcass. We see things mainly thru the eyes of E-Z (The Mayan's Jax) who is a prospect with a blood brother in the club and an old girlfriend he still pines for (sound familiar) . Apparently he just did only 8 years in prison for killing a "dirty" cop which one would think is a major red flag. Hopefully prospect E-Z will live long enough to see his patch unlike SOA's Half Sack and V-Lin.
E-Z's father, who apparently knew a really good criminal appeal attorney or something like that is the venerable Edward Olmos who is once again type cast as the wise, sage, Yoda like character just as he was in Miami Vice and Battle Star Gallatica.
Instead of the Mayans running guns their interest is in dope. Their H-D's don't have flat t-style handle bars but ape hangers. No exclusive dull gray or black paint but some of their bikes have other colors. Call backs to SOA abound: the church table, instead of Jax reading his father's journal E-Z reads books suggested by his father. There is a sex change joke that will immediately remind any serious SOA fan of Tig and information extraction ala Happy.
We actually see SOA's San Bern chapter and occasional SOA ally Marcus Alverez. It doesn't take long for the action to start and things to get dicey. You can just see the wheels turning inside of E-Z's head as if he were saying WWJD (thats Jax not Jesus).
Once again a Mexican Cartel chiefdom is a major player with the inner workings of moving dope from Mexico to the US fleshed out: tunnels, legit business fronts and protection runs from wholesaler to retailers. Things have a wide open feel as the Mexican government is portrayed as powerless or inept at best and corrupt at worst.
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rockingjerry6 May 2022Started off well, so if you can find the first two seasons it's worth a look.
Third season was alright.. I've quit watching after the first few episodes of season four... didn't even finish ep. Four. The show is decreasing at an increasing rate.
Maybe what's missing is Kurt Sutter. Whatever it is, it's no longer holding my attention. -
junland2 October 2019I was excited when this came out and almost didn't continue with the series after the first two shows. The only negative I would have to say is Emily is definitely not a good fit for this show. Definitely doesn't belong and she's a complete disappointment to watch that's my only complaint!
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jer28323 July 2023Even though it's in the same "universe" as SOA, this is definitely its own show - try not to base your opinion of this show on that show.
I've noticed a trend with Sutter's work: his shows always start out good and then the characters all just basically come apart at the seams. His shows are definitely not known for happy endings. The same is true here. Season one was outstanding but, as time went on, the characters and club in general all start to unravel. You might think by watching the beginning of the series that this club will accomplish what they set out to, but those happy feelings are soon replaced with melancholy and sadness.
The last 3-4 seasons became rather dark and depressing. I wanted to root for the characters - at least some of them - but I knew this was going down a dark road. In that respect, if you enjoy that kind of thing, you definitely won't be disappointed. However, I kind of enjoy happy endings once in a while, especially with the world being how it is. If you need something uplifting, don't watch this show. But if you like gritty, dark action/drama, this might be just your thing. -
marieantoinette-257835 September 2018I enjoyed this. I look forward to next week. It didn't remind me of Sons of Anarchy...It was a different setting...Not the Charming little town..Kurt Sutter is smart... His lead characters are attractive. EZ, plays his part well too...Also liked the fact, that he's a boy scout:-). All characters play well. Well done Kurt Sutter.. Hooked all ready!
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bmw-990807 September 2018We all know how first episodes of Sons went. This is all set up for the remaining 9 episodes. There was good material in the show and simple nods to Sons that were enjoyable. From the patches on the collar of Packers cut that are the same ones from Jax's to a Gemma cameo. Give the show time, we have to remember that Sons was a one in a generation kind of show.
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justin-978476 August 2020It's watchable and that's it. They should rename the show to "The Galindos" the story is all about the Galindos it's getting boring. It should be more about the Mayans as there would be a number of stories and more substance.
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Just finished watching Season 3 finale and I thought to myself I think I like Mayans more than I did SOA. I can't wait to get to know Hank more and see how the darkness plays out in Season 4. I think that's what I like more about Mayans, there's no happy ending for them. Though please don't make Coco go to jail and get banged by Marilyn Manson like you did to my boy Juice. My only gripe is less Galindo and more of the Mayan Brothers, get to know them better. 3 whole seasons and were barely know anything about Hank.
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aprilbullock6 September 2018As soon as it started I knew it was going to be good, love the similarity to SOA but with its own style. Looking forward to the season!