In Sons, bikers are in a kind of cold war with the FBI. Just as le Carré's spy masters set up their own agents to deliver lies, the FBI frames a biker to falsely appear as an informant. Sons baits their dirty lie with detailed artistry to trap their man behind enemy lines.
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The Prince, the spy and the biker all both contemplate and wreck horrific collateral damage. Hamlet sacrifices a dozen innocents to bring down Claudius. British Control sacrifices dozens of their own agents. The Bikers sacrifice their own to protect “The Brotherhood.”
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Hamlet a real secret agent? True, he doesn't have a James Bond car, lasers, or a decoder ring. But Hamlet claims to act for King and country, and has the code of a double 0- he has a license to kill, or be killed. He kills Polonius by mistake, then expects some lackey like Felix Lieghter to clean up.
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Thinking too much only causes more carnage. Hamlet hesitates to kill his evil step-father while at prayer, contrasting the ruthless Laertes who would cut a throat in the church to end a blood feud. The Spy and the Biker also hesitate, with disastrous results, while more ruthless Laertes-figures execute without remorse.
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All for the greater good. Hamlet, British control, the FBI (and the Bikers) all see the deaths of innocents as the cost of doing business. It's all part of the game, as Omar Little might say on The Wire.
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