Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Riding motorcycles reduces suicide risk by 85%, cop jobs raise suicide by 200%


San Diego Trauma System Report 1999 - 2000

More Americans now commit suicide than are killed in motor vehicle crashes as miserable economy takes its toll - Deaths from suicide up 15% with fears more deaths go unaccounted, 22 September 2012


Causes of Law Enforcement Deaths 2002-2011

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund

723 killed by motor vehicle crashes

470 killed by car crashes

140 deaths struck by vehicle while sueing traffic tickets

77 killed by motorcycle crashes

29 killed by aircraft crashes

7 killed by train crashes

570 killed by gunshot, 65% wearing body armor

286 killed by alcoholism or drug addiction

7 killed by terrorists

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund censors the high rate of suicide by cops disgusted with their life of armed robbery, terrorism, treason, mayhem, murder and hooliganism.


2009 Police Suicide Statistics

Officer.com

The Badge of Life Organization recently released their preliminary 2009 police suicide statistics. There were 143 police suicides in 2009, a slight increase from 2008 police suicides of 141. In 2009 there were 127 in the line of duty deaths. Officer suicide rates are at least double of the general population. Any law enforcement suicide is one too many. World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on September 10 each year to promote worldwide action to prevent suicides. Various events and activities are held during this occasion to raise awareness that suicide is a major preventable cause of premature death.

The 2009 Badge of Life police suicide study provided additional demographic information:

•Ages 40-44 are at highest risk of suicide, representing 27% of all suicides.

•Service time at highest risk was twenty years plus.

•Officers with less than ten years on the job had a suicide rate of 17%.

•64% of suicides were a surprise.

There is no easy or full proof way to identify which officers are most at risk for taking their own lives. Every officer has his or her breaking point. The stresses of daily life, coupled with stresses from tragic/critical events, can push a police officer to end his/her life. Recognizing the signs and symptoms of stress and depression before an officer reaches that breaking point is essential.

The top predictors for suicide for anyone are: a diagnostic mental disorder, alcohol or substance use, loss of social or family support, and the availability and access to a firearm. 90% of officers commit suicide using a gun. Additionally, about 90% of the time, an officer is drinking heavily when he/she kills himself/herself. Statistically, most officers that commit suicide are white males, working patrol and are entering middle-age. They have experienced a recent loss, real or perceived. Most have no record of misconduct. Most shoot themselves while off duty.

The foremost researcher in stress in the world, Hans Selye, said that police work is the most stressful occupation. Officers witness life's most horrible scenes. Nothing can possibly prepare a police officer for what he or she might encounter on the job. They are first on scene when a child dies, a woman is raped, a senseless homicide, a teenager's suicide, a car ablaze with victims trapped, drug overdoses, and domestic violence calls. These calls have an effect on even the most seasoned officers. The calls add up. The job lacks balance. Most other professions experience more of a blend of the good with the bad, not so for an officer; it is frequently one heart wrenching call after another. Additionally, an officer's life is in danger every day, they can never let their guard down; never turn off the adrenaline pump. While officers generally operate well under stress, too much stress may have disastrous outcomes.

Officers often work 10-12 hour shifts, at hours most people could not conceive of. There is often disruption in their lives due to rotating shifts. Overtime is often mandatory, and a call to court for testimony can further disrupt an officer's sleep routine and requirements. Meals are often a luxury due to the demands of the beat. Family and other personal relationships are forced to the back seat. They want to protect their families from the horrors they have to deal with routinely, refusing to discuss their work with significant others. Family members may feel left out, confused, neglected. Resentments often build.

Other sources of officer stress are related to the ever present scrutiny by the command cadre as well as criticism from the public and media. There is an overwhelming sense of disappointment when an officer is not chosen for a promotion he/she felt was due. Couple this with frustration from the criminal justice system, despite the officer's best efforts, the bad guys get off. Cliques within a department can make an officer feel ostracized. Officers have an increased risk of contracting serious diseases, also adding to their stress. Emphasis on political correctness and cultural diversity also can create additional stress for any officer.

Most importantly, law enforcement officers are subject to repeated critical incident stress. Any critical incident can trigger a post traumatic stress disorder. PTSD can surface immediately or years after exposure to the traumatic event. PTSD frequently becomes a vicious cycle of despair that leads to the use of maladaptive coping skills including suicide. Depression, the most significant risk factor for suicide, is a hallmark symptom of PTSD. Untreated PTSD can also lead to flashbacks, phobias, anxiety and panic disorders. The effects of PTSD may be evidenced by an officer's decreased job performance, divorce and alcohol/substance abuse, and eventually by suicide. When alcohol or other chemicals are used in an attempt to relieve stress, suicide rates and other problems multiply.

Many obstacles may prevent an officer from seeking professional help for his or her depression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts. There are concerns that if they tell their chain of command their careers will be ruined, they will be determined not fit for duty, their gun will be confiscated, they will they be viewed as weak and all hopes of advancement will be destroyed. They may fear being terminated. There is always a fear of confidentiality. The officer worries about the reactions, including further alienation and retribution from peers. The stigma of mental illness remains rampant among many law enforcement officers. The idea of needing help implies cowardice and an inability to fulfill the role of an officer. Officers with a history of depression or anxiety are identified as the weak-link, the guy who folds under pressure. So the officer tries to solve his problems personally and quietly, often with disastrous results.

Law enforcement officers are much more hesitant than average citizens to seek psychiatric treatment. Often they mistrust mental health professionals. Perceptions of clinicians as bleeding hearts who get criminals out of sentences and incarceration can fuel this mistrust. There are also frequent misperceptions of psychiatric evaluations and mental health treatment. An officer may perceive the help as a humiliating and emasculating experience: they have been fine all their lives; thus they can get through this stress without getting shrunk. There may also be an underlying fear that the psychiatrist may find something more or really wrong with him.

Virtually all suicides are preventable with appropriate intervention. Departments must do more to reduce the risk of one of their own taking his or her life. Departments should include suicide awareness training for officers and command focusing on identification of at risk officers, prevention programs and training. Departments also need to implement debriefing strategies after each critical incident. They must also debrief in the event that an officer succeeds in completing suicide. Officers are frequently referred to as brothers and sisters; survivors of the suicide of a family member are up to nine times more likely to commit suicide themselves in comparison with the average person.

The department should assist the officer in finding treatment where his or her needs are best met. A department psychiatrist may have more knowledge of the officer and his or her current pressures. However, the department's clinician may also be involved in evaluating the officer's mental status in regards for fitness for duty. An outside therapist, not involved in the police departmental process, may seem more trustworthy to the officer. Foremost, the officer, psychiatrist, and department need clarification related to the officer's confidentiality and the chain of command prior to initiating psychotherapy or psychopharmacology.

If you are an officer reading this, you may know a peer at risk. As an officer you are frequently called to check the welfare of a possibly suicidal citizen, to prevent a suicide. As a peer you must do the same for another officer. Be aware of signs that someone may be suicidal such as:

•talking about suicide
•making statements related to hopelessness or helplessness
•a preoccupation with death
•a loss of interest in things the officer once cared about
•making detailed arrangements related to insurance and finances
•giving away valued or prized possessions

Notice what is going on in his/her life.

•Is he/she recently separated or divorced, did he/she lose custody of a child?
•Has he/she been involved in a critical incident or under scrutiny by an internal affairs investigation?
•Is the officer pulling away from others, is job performance suffering?
• Is he having increased medical complaints, does he leave work or miss work frequently?
•Do you suspect he/she is abusing alcohol or other substances?
•Do you see a red flag or have a gut level concern?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, do something now. Ask the officer what is going on in his or her life. Ask if they are okay and how they are handling a current stressor. Ask them if they feel depressed, and ask them about suicidal thoughts. Help them get the help they need before they take a life - their own. If they won't seek help on their own go to a trusted supervisor with your concerns. Yes, this is one situation where you may have to break the code of silence. If something is still not being done, go to someone else: the chaplain, your union representative, the department clinician. You are willing to go to any lengths for an officer who needs assistance on a call; you are willing to risk your life for him at every scene. Do something today to prevent the loss of an officer by his or her own hands.

If you are an officer who is hurting and contemplating suicide, reach out now. There are many people who really do care about you, who really do want to help you, who don't want to attend your funeral. Seeking help is a sign of strength not of weakness. It is the first step in reestablishing control in your life. Always remember when there is life there is hope.

In Loving Memory to the fine men and women, who dedicated themselves to helping others and saving lives, yet tragically took their own. It's not how you died, but how you lived.

Monday, September 24, 2012

UT students shove beer pipe up their ass to protest underage Prohibition


So who's ready for sloppy seconds with your gay buds? No law against underage enemas. Johnny Knoxville got rich off this shit. GO VOLS!

beer enema - An act in which one lubricates the neck of a beer bottle then fully sits on it so it completely enters that person anally. They then lean forward, lifting the bottle upwards so the contents flow into their anal cavity. The bottle is then removed and the contents are sprayed from the anus. This also produces a quick alcohol buzz compared to drinking the beer. Also related to the term, "beer enema cocktail" in which someone drinks the beer after it has been used as an enema.
-Urban Dictionary

"Tyler Bray is no longer the biggest douchbag on campus woohoo!!!"
-Tyler Bray

"Does this beer bottle shoved up my ass make me look gay?"
-PKA pledge during Rush Hell Week

"We're not going to sit here and listen to you bad mouth the United States of America!"
-Johnny Quest, Animal House on trial for drunken debauchery at University of Tennessee Student Court


UT chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity suspended over alcohol incident

Sep 24, 2012

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) chapter is administratively suspended, officials said Monday.

The UT Police Department is leading an investigation connected to alcohol incidents on Saturday that involved the fraternity's Zeta chapter.

Police say a 20-year-old, unresponsive man in critical condition was dropped off at UT Medical Center. Hospital staff said his blood alcohol content was well over .40.

At the Pike House, officers found several people passed out, including three men.

Investigators believe fraternity members were putting alcohol through rubber tubing into their rectums. This practice greatly heightens the level and speed of alcohol entering the blood stream because it bypasses filtering by the liver.

The suspension was put into effect by UT and the International Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. It will last for 30 days, or until a decision is made about the chapter's permanent status.

The fraternity cannot operate during this time, according to a letter released Monday from the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity office.

A press release from fraternity headquarters says in part: "The fraternity has been in contact with the chapter leaders, local alumni, and the university and has requested all members cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation. The international fraternity in no way condones this behavior and while this is disappointing and saddening to have learned of the inexcusable actions of these students, our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families during this difficult time."

The Knoxville Police Department is assisting UTPD as needed with this investigation.


UT student had blood-alcohol level over 0.40; fraternity chapter suspended

By Hayes Hickman
Knoxville News Sentinel
September 24, 2012

KNOXVILLE — A University of Tennessee fraternity has been suspended for 30 days while campus police investigate an incident in which a student was found to have a blood-alcohol level "well over 0.40" that left him in critical condition, according to reports and a police spokesman.

Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the University of Tennessee Medical Center emergency room after an unresponsive 20-year-old man was brought in by four young men, according to a University of Tennessee Police Department incident report.

The victim appeared to be "extremely intoxicated and showed signs of physical and possible sexual assault," the report states.

Investigators later determined that the student had received an alcohol enema at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 1820 Fraternity Park Drive, on campus. Police determined other students at the Pike house had engaged in that form of alcohol consumption.

One of the men who brought the victim to the emergency room described the incident to police investigators as "butt-chugging," or "inserting a tube into the anus and then funneling an alcoholic beverage rectally," according to the report.

Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk identified the victim as Alexander P. Broughton of Memphis.

Broughton was transferred to the hospital's critical care unit. He was no longer listed as a patient at the hospital this evening, according to a nursing supervisor.

When officers later arrived at the fraternity house, they found several people inside, including three males who were passed out, DeBusk said this afternoon.

"Upon extensive questioning it is believed that members of the fraternity were using rubber tubing inserted into their rectums as a conduit for alcohol as the abundance of capillaries and blood vessels present greatly heightens the level and speed of the alcohol entering the blood stream as it bypasses the filtering by the liver," DeBusk states in a news release.

The fraternity's UT chapter has since been administratively suspended by Pi Kappa Alpha International, pending a decision regarding its permanent status, according to a statement release by UT spokeswoman Karen Ann Simsen.

UTPD is leading an investigation into the incident.

No criminal charges have been filed.

The fraternity's UT chapter previously was suspended for two weeks after three pledges were hospitalized following a January 2008 hazing incident. A family member told the News Sentinel that the students had developed staph infections after being made to do exercises on a bathroom floor.

An undisclosed number of chapter members later were expelled by PKA International.


2007 Darwin Award Winner

The 2007 winners have just been announced at the Darwin Awards web site. The Darwin Awards are "named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, [and] commemorate those who improve our gene pool by accidentally removing themselves from it."

Yesterday you read about the runners-up. Here is this year's big winner:

The Enema Within

Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor... well, rectally.

His wife said he was "addicted to enemas" and often used alcohol in this manner. The result was the same: inebriation. The machine shop owner couldn't drink alcohol due to a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favorite beverage via enema.

One May evening, Michael was in for one hell of a party. He convinced his wife to administer two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid ounces, right up the old address! When the rest of us have had enough, we either stop drinking or pass out. When Michael had had enough (and subsequently passed out) the alcohol remaining in his rectal cavity continued to be absorbed.

The next morning, Michael was dead. The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself. According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%, but his wife was arrested for administering the fatal enema.

In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself from the gene pool via an "astounding misapplication of judgment." Three litres of sherry up the butt can only be described as astounding. (5/21/04, Texas; charges against wife were finally dropped in 2007)


London Daily Mail
25 September 2012

A student has almost died after being given an 'alcohol enema' at a college fraternity house.

Alexander Broughton, 20, was rushed to hospital unconscious after a rubber tube was inserted into his rectum and alcohol poured in.

The practice, known among students as 'butt chugging', took place during a party at the Pi Kappa Alpha House on the grounds of the University of Tennessee.

Using the enema speeds up the process of alcohol entering the blood stream because it bypasses the liver's filters.

The 20-year-old was found to have a dangerously-high blood alcohol level of 'well over' 0.4.

Hospital staff treating the unconscious student at first thought he was the victim of a sexual assault when they examined his body.

They later discovered from his friends that he had been given the crude alcohol enema at the frat house in Knoxville.

Doctors at the UT Medical Center said the student had ingested so much alcohol he could have died from alcohol poisoning.

Investigators who later went to the frat house found three other students passed out in their rooms from drinking. They also found boxes of empty boxes of wine strewn around the Pi Kappa Alpha House.

University officials have now suspended the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity while police investigate the drinking party.

Broughton, who is from Memphis, was taken to hospital by a friend in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to a police report.

The student appeared to be 'extremely intoxicated and showed signs of physical and possible sexual assault'.

He was transferred to the hospital's critical care unit after his blood alcohol reading was put at 'well over' 0.4.

Broughton was discharged from the hospital on Monday. Police discovered that the 20-year-old and others at the frat house had been taking part in 'butt chugging'.

Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said: 'Upon extensive questioning it is believed that members of the fraternity were using rubber tubing inserted into their rectums as a conduit for alcohol as the abundance of capillaries and blood vessels present greatly heightens the level and speed of the alcohol entering the blood stream as it bypasses the filtering by the liver.'

A spokesman for the University of Tennessee said: 'University officials are currently conducting an investigation into allegations involving the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter and incidents that occurred over the weekend.

'Due to the gravity of the allegations, interim sanctions have already been imposed upon the chapter and will remain in effect until the investigation is concluded and final reports are available.'

It is not the first time the PIKE chapter has been involved in trouble at the university.

In 2008, the chapter was placed on administrative suspension after a hazing incident where pledges were allegedly asked to do push-ups on broken glass.

Three students were later hospitalized with staph infections. A member of the fraternity said pledges were asked perform a 'lateral ab movement' known as 'bows and toes' on the bathroom floor.

The university's Office of Student Judicial Affairs charged the chapter with hazing and it pleaded guilty.

After completing its suspension, the chapter served several months of probation. The international PIKE organization investigated and kicked out 25 of the chapter's active members.


Fraternity demands right to beer enemas in UT Student Court

Will PKA appeal to the UT Student Court, to demand a Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy for beer enemas?

links

UT students use beer enemas to protest underage drinking laws

University of Tennessee students commit suicide by beer enemas to protest underage drinking laws

Friday, September 21, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Larry the Cable Guy does Deals Gap


Ron Johnson and Daniel Lawrence Whitney visit the Overlook
"This reminds me of the time in Vegas we held that midget stripper over the penthouse balcony and she puked right on Wayne Newton's toupe!"
Our day with Larry the Cable Guy by Killboy.com and TailOfTheDragon.com

DEALS GAP DRAGON --History Channel was on the Dragon filming for Only in America. This episode should air sometime in early 2013.

The Dragonater was apparently banned from Killboy's Facebook this week for posting link to TDOT report confessing THP illegally banned photogs on the Dragon, which includes Larry the Cable Guy and Discovery Channel! Fear the pigs?

Several nameless photogs offered to pay the Dragonator to investigate the Nazi cops during their Britzkreig on the Dragon, and suggested The Dragonater investigate bikers being sent to state prison for bogus "felony evading" (riding a normal speed) during routine traffic stops in Blount County.

"What a coincidence, I grew up on a pig farm, too!"



Sucking up to flying pigs soliciting blowjobs at Deals Gap, just ask Barbie Cummings!

Hey Larry, how about some uncut humor with THP on the Barbie? Git-R-Done!



Pigs arrest TN traffic judge for stealing pig's stolen money


Not the same James Taylor who raced cars in a movie at Deals Gap Former Hawkins judge James F. Taylor faces prison term NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Former Hawkins County Sessions Judge James F. Taylor will be disbarred and spend at least three years in prison for forging documents and claiming expenses for legal work he never performed. Taylor, 41, of Rogersville, pleaded guilty Thursday in Davidson County Criminal Court to six counts of felony theft. He was initially indicted on 41 counts. Under a plea agreement, he will be sentenced to 13 years, can apply for parole after three years, and will be disbarred at least through 2025. At the request of 3rd Judicial District Attorney General Berkeley Bell, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Attorney General's Office investigated allegations against Taylor. The case was prosecuted by the Davidson County District Attorney General's Office. Prosecutors said that when Taylor was an attorney and part-time judge, he falsified documents to make it appear that he represented clients that he had not been hired or appointed to represent, then submitted false bills to the Administrative Office the Courts, which reimburses lawyers for services to indigent clients. Taylor also has a separate pending case in Hawkins County. The resolution in that case will be a plea agreement that includes additional jail time and restitution, according to Davidson County District Attorney General Torry Johnson. Taylor was elected Juvenile Court judge in 2006. In 2011, he was appointed to a Sessions Court judgeship when incumbent Judge David Brand died. Taylor invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during a probe by the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary into allegations he had taken more than $9,000 from a client for personal benefit and kept money that had been raised to pay for a planned "heritage display" for the courthouse, authorities said.

Pigs fly at Deals Gap

"What's with the 2 SUV's the Blount County officers were driving? White, unmarked, with TN tags, not government. Didn't see them making any stops with them but might be something to keep an eye out for. I've heard there's an off-white Ford SUV-type vehicle with some sports stickers cruising around up there. It's an undercover posing as a soccer mom. Be aware. There was also a black Ford Explorer undercover up there Saturday." -ETR

Extra motorcycle patrols will be on the roads in four counties this week WBIR Web Staff September 12th, 2012 Look out for a lot of extra law enforcement this week, particularly officers on motorcycles. Law enforcement agencies from four counties, including Knox, Blount, Loudon, and Sevier, are teaming up with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Governor's Highway Safety Offices for a saturation patrol. The extra enforcement starts Wednesday and runs through the weekend. The goal is to reduce wrecks, target unsafe drivers and enforce seat belt laws. Officials say the majority of traffic fatalities involve people not wearing seat belt. "Two seconds you could buckle your seat belt before you pull out and it may save your life or save you from some grave injury that you could receive in a vehicle crash," said Lt. Johnny McDonald with the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The motorcycle cop crackdown will continue through the UT/Florida game this weekend.

Pigs ticket Winona Judd hubby for chopping off leg in bike crash

Update Wynonna Judd's husband, Michael Scott "Cactus" Moser, who severed his left leg in a motorcycle accident in South Dakota over the weekend, had to have his leg amputated above the knee, according to a statement from one of Judd's representatives. Moser, a drummer in Judd's band, also had to undergo surgery on his hand, according to Jennifer Witherell. The Associated Press reports that Moser and Judd were riding separate motorcycles on U.S. Highway 16 in the Black Hills of South Dakota on Saturday when Moser's motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a car. Judd was riding in front of Moser and was not injured in the crash. Moser was cited for crossing the center line and for not having a motorcycle license. The outpouring of prayer and support from friends, family and fans has been a blessing to both Cactus and I," Judd said Sunday in a statement. "Cactus is a champion. I love him deeply and I will not leave his side." On Monday, a separate statement read: "Judd and Moser appreciate all of the quick medical responders as well as the hospital staff and well-wishes from family, friends and fans, but goddamn those fucking pigs wrote me a ticket!" The couple was married at Judd's farm in Leiper's Fork in June. Now Moser can walk like a pirate. Aye!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

SOA Premier tonight on False Flag Terror Anniversary



Sons of Anarchy Roars Back For Season 5

TV Guide
Sep 11, 2012

"Heavy is the head that wears the crown," goes the old saying. And as Jax Teller, antihero of FX's Sons of Anarchy and new president of the titular motorcycle club, will discover this season, it's heavier still with two new influences whispering in his ears.

Fresh off its most watched season, the oft-described Hamlet-on-Harleys will likely get another boost from Dexter/NYPD Blue vet Jimmy Smits and Lost/Oz alum Harold Perrineau, who both join for lengthy stints in Season 5 as a dubious ally and a formidable enemy, respectively.

Smits plays Nero Padilla, a self-described "companionator" (read: pimp), former gang-banger and counselor for the newly crowned Jax (Charlie Hunnam). Creator Kurt Sutter says Nero is a new breed of character for the series, the mentor who might not have his protégé's best interests at heart: "We try to live in the gray on the show — you're not quite sure who to root for or who to hate."

Unlike most characters in the Sons universe, Nero's connection to the club begins solely through Gemma (Katey Sagal), whose marriage to ex-club president Clay (Ron Perlman) imploded at the end of last season. "Nero is a repercussion of some of Gemma's denial behavior," explains Sagal.

Despite the potentially fatal fallout from Clay — Perlman warns that, whatever Clay's endgame is, "he cannot live without Gemma" — she and Nero find themselves in a budding relationship. "All of the characters are trying to find footholds," Smits says. "Nero in his way facilitates that for both Gemma and Jax."

Perrineau's character, ex-drug lord Damon Pope, "falls into a more archetypal pattern on the show," Sutter says. Pope begins the season as one of the more terrifying antagonists the club has seen, and with good reason: The club was responsible for his daughter's death last season. "You don't cross Damon Pope," says Perrineau. "At the end of the day, it's really just a problem."

One Son learns that the hard way in the premiere, when he winds up on the receiving end of Pope's wrath. Perrineau says Pope's vengeance is one of the most jaw-droppingly awful moments he's ever played — and that's saying something. "I've been on an island trapped, I've been in jail with guys who [perform sex acts] to get smack. I thought, 'Nothing's going to surprise me.'" He laughs. "The very first episode, I was like, 'Ohhh...augh.'"

And yet, for a show whose bread and butter is blood and mayhem, the word most often associated with its making is surprising: fun. Smits, Perrineau, Sagal, Perlman and Sutter himself all use it, which may be why so many other big (and unexpected) names will pop up this season, including Community cutup Joel McHale and High School Musical grad Ashley Tisdale. "It's one of those things where the more popular the show gets, these fans pop out of the woodwork," explains Sutter. And now that the show is entering its final phase, wannabe guest stars had better get while the getting is good.

Sutter's current plan is to ride off into the sunset after seven seasons, but if he has a definitive ending in mind, he's not telling. Even Sagal, his real-life wife, doesn't know what's to come. "I keep asking, 'What's going on?' But he won't give it up," she says.

Perlman, similarly in the dark, jokes, "All I can tell you is, if we are following the structure of Hamlet, no one ends up alive." Ah, well. Such is the life of a Son.

Sons of Anarchy premieres Tuesday at 10/9c on FX.

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