Sons of Anarchy

Adult film actresses Alektra Blue and Jessica Drake are the ladies with Georgie Caruso.

At the start of the episode when Juice is kneeling next to the tree and praying,he is saying the Act of Contrition

Although credited Dayton Callie (Unser) does not appear in this episode.

Although credited Ryan Hurst (Opie) does not appear in this episode.

We learn that Juice's father is African-American and that this could cause tension for him with SAMCRO.

The character of Juice states that he is from Queens, NY in this episode. Actor Theo Rossi was actually born in Staten Island, NY.

This episode marks the return of the original theme music.

"Bainne" means Milk in Irish/Gaelic.

"Firinne" means Truth in Irish/Gaelic.

"Turas" means Journey in Irish/Gaelic.

"Lochan Mor" means Great Pond in Irish/Gaelic.

A new version of the theme song "This Life" appears in the opening credits. The new version has Irish folk music added.

The title of this episode along with the title of episode 7 is the first line of the poem The Second Coming by Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The poem uses Christian imagery regarding the Apocalypse and second coming as an allegory.

Stephen King's character name is Bachman. King's sometimes pen name is Richard Bachman.

Tig says he'll call Bachman, the cleaner. Richard Bachman was Stephen King's pseudonym

This episode confirms that Gemma is 53 years old.

In the beginning of the episode, Jax wears two rings in the shower. Half way in the episode when Jax visits his fathers grave he only wears one. Late in the episode when Jax places his hand on the coffin he also only wears one ring. --If you notice, when he is sitting in front of John Teller's grave, his one ring is sitting on top of the stone, possibly explaining why he is seen wearing only one from that point on

The episode title taken from one half of Jax's ring set, which was seen on his father's headstone. One half of the set displayed "SO", the other half "NS".

The book on tape that Otto is listening to before he attacks the skinhead is an essay by William Barry called "The Progress of Nihilism" from an 1886 edition of Dublin Review.

The episode opens with a shot of a dead crow in the middle of the road, being eaten by a couple of rats, while the camera pans up to show oncoming police cars. This possibly is a reference to the opening scene of the pilot episode in which two crows are eating something of the road while the camera pans up to show Jax riding towards us.