MAJOR SPOILER ALERT of
The Devil’s Ride, Season Finale, aired Tuesday, June 12, 2011
About the Devils Ride
It's a bike club.
It's a brotherhood. It's The Devils Ride, premiering Tuesday, May 8, at 10 p.m.
E/P on Discovery Channel.
For the first time Discovery goes inside the world of
motorcycle clubs with the members of San Diego's Laffing Devils.
The Devils Ride sports a diverse crew, but one bonded by a
commitment to each other and the club. Meet Laffing Devils president Gipsy, who
must balance the club's growing ranks with pressure from older members to
maintain the status quo. An ex-Marine who served in Iraq, Gipsy credits the
club for helping him deal with the emotional scars of war.
Then there's club vice-president Billy the Kid, who waits in
the wings wondering if he'll have the chance to lead the Laffing Devils.
And younger member Snubz breaks all the biker stereotypes
with his degree in finance and a full-time corporate job.
The Devils Ride finds the Laffing Devils not only in open
conflict internally, but also at risk of losing their homebase. The Laffing
Devils' unofficial headquarters is the auto body shop owned by fellow member
Hawkster, but police pressure might force the club to find a new home. Moving
is going to cost the club money, so Gipsy seeks out security work for the
Laffing Devils guarding a liquor store in a very dangerous part of town. Will
their new responsibilities pit the club against one another?
The Devils Ride also covers what would-be members must do to
prove themselves to the club before they can be "patched in." In
order to earn his spot, prospect Charles is out on an official club task of
protecting some of the club's wives and girlfriends, or Ol' Ladies, on a night
out. When a pushy photographer gets too close for comfort, blood boils and the
situation gets physical. Will Charles' actions protecting the women earn him
the respect of the young blood and, more importantly, earn him his cut?
My physical reaction
I watch every episode of The
Devils Ride on Discovery, glued to the edge of my seat. The show is
gripping, exciting and driven by humanity. It’s hard but I have to wait until
the next day so that hubby and I can watch it together. Sometimes I watch it
and then just re-watch it with him, shhhhh, hee hee very sneaky, I know.
This last Tuesday I
decided to wait and watch with my hubby because the commercial led you to
believe that someone died and that would be hard to keep quiet about or to
myself J.
I figured it was clever advertising techniques, but I waited to be safe. As we
watched this episode I kept wondering what was going to happen. Also, I kept bugging
my husband, I repeatedly said, “there is no one way someone died, this is a
reality show for crissakes”.
Usually when we watch TV shows, we try to guess who died. But
we agreed that there was no way had a human being died and it was being
announced on a television show. Just about the entire episode played and it was
fantastic, then just when we thought the episode was over, they skipped to three
weeks later and they showed the cameos of Laffing
Devil members talking about how this death affected their lives. Finally somebody
said that a club member, Juice—that
was trying so hard to turn his life around—had a heart attack and died. I feel
sick just talking about it, my heart fell and tears flooded my eyes. My husband
and I just sat there devastated. We only spoke to each other to agree that we
were done watching TV for the day. We didn’t know him of course, but it was way
more heartbreaking when you’re watching a reality show and one of your favorite
characters dies, because they are dying for real...no encore :(
Rest in Peace Juice.
My heartfelt sympathies to his club and family.
Keira Kroft, a fan for
life.
