Thoughts on Kurt Sutter?

I can’t decide whether he sucks or not.

I really enjoy the show but always thought it was a tier or two below the greatest of all time. I always thought the show jumped the shark towards the later seasons and never got back to it.

But upon my first rewatch since it aired, the show is way better than I anticipated. A bit cheesy, but the world building is enough to carry it alone. I love the characters and the lore, so much so that I hope we get spin-offs one day.

But upon rewatch, some of the plotholes really stuck out to me. So many characters who seem to have big roles are killed off unceremoniously to the point where it really hurts the quality. Then I did more digging on this sub and the general consensus I got is that Sutter wouldn’t pay actors what they were worth and really alienated a-lot of people. Now so many of the out of place character deaths (Luanne, Hale, Kozik, Laroy) make a ton of sense. And I always thought Otto was so over the top.

But I still can’t decide whether he sucks or not. The world building is great but his writing sucks to the point where i know im not even gonna watch season 7. Didn’t like it when I first watched and don’t think I’ll like it now. What are your thoughts?