Perro/Oc

For me, it's not too good because I can see a predictable season after this pilot. But anyway, my expectations are not to high and I'll enjoy good action scenes and good music, Kurt Sutter being very good at this

Its funny how people say it's boring.. imo it was WAYYYY better than SOAs first pilot episode, so I'd say we're off to a great start lol

Picking up some years after the events of Sons Of Anarchy, Mayans M.C. begins a new story. Unlike SOA, the main character here is a prospect, rather than a VP and I think it'll work. There were some twists and turns, and it uses flashback moments which SOA didn't. A good start and it'll only get better. Loved the cameos.

Mayans M.C.'s pilot episode has exceeded my expectation of this spin-off series of that other FX biker outlaw series that will go unnamed. A sufficient amount of artillery action, drugs and crime were delivered without having to overdo it simply for the gratification of a few who enjoy that kind of violence.

Oh sure, the Mayans have their own way of interrogating their enemies which may be a little unrealistic but there is a reason why the term "an arm and a leg" is used when a costly decision or error is made. Watch the pilot episode to get my drift.

The main character is a young Mayan M.C. prospect named Ezekiel 'EZ' Reyes played by JD Pardo. EZ recently got out of prison after serving an 8 year term and while he was in the slammer he found out his girlfriend was expecting his baby. EZ seems to have a head on his shoulder so we are to assume he eventually will do well within the M.C..

EZ also has an older brother named Angel (played by Clayton Cardenas) who is a full patch rider in the Mayans M.C.. The two brother's father whose name is Felipe Reyes is the local butcher who appears to be carrying the world on his shoulders. Felipe is played by the very cool and always in control actor Edwards James Olmos who is a well known star both in film (1988- Stand and Deliver) and in older TV series such as 1984 - Miami Vice, and 2002 - American Family.

I like where the series is taking its viewer audience and how the young prospect named EZ's wit will be pitted against the chapter's President, as well as the drug cartel head named Miguel Galindo played by Danny Pino who previously starred in TV's 2003 - Cold Case series, as well as 2011 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

EZ's past love life is evident throughout the pilot episode and the series also outlines where EZ's love life may be headed in future episodes. There is a lot going on in this pilot episode and EZ's introduction to us the audience in the pilot episode is starting from the ground up...literally.

I like very much what I have seen so far and it is worthy of a 9 out of 10 rating.

A strong first episode lays out its stall. It even includes a guest biker appearance from the Sons of Anarchy.

Set in a Southern Californian border town. The Mayans are a close knit gang working with the Galindo cartel to run drugs for them. They have to contend with a young head of the cartel who treats them like lackeys. This lack of respect irks them.

Ezekiel 'EZ' Reyes is the new recruit, helped to be admitted to the Mayans Motorcycle Club by his brother. EZ is clever, he has a photographic memory. He looks like someone who should not belong in this kind of life but he wound up in prison. He lost his promising college prospects and his beautiful girlfriend in the process.

In the first episode the Mayans need to discover the people who stole from the gang in a carefully rehearsed heist. If they do not get the perpetrators, the cartel will go after one of them instead. The clock is ticking.

By the end of the first episode, we learn that everything is more opaque. Characters have hidden motives, nothing happens by random chance.

The only moral centre seems to be Ez's father, the local butcher played by Edward James Olmos.

There is grimy feel to this series and of course there is no cowboy wearing a white hat, it is all shades of greys.