Review of Family Recipe

I'm getting tired of hearing Jax and Gemma say they're "protecting their family". In an earlier episode, when Juice is in hospital, he quotes what Jax told him about joining the club, that the club comes first, family second, so why is Jax putting his family first? Why is it all about his family and their interests? How he tells Tara "I wont' let that happen" or "I won't let anything bad happen", really?You just got some heads delivered to the club. Oh, and Abel and Tara have already been kidnapped, Gemma was gang raped,etc. Why isn't Tara saying anything about that? why doesn't she bring up being kidnapped when he defends staying in the club as "protecting his family"? It's fascinating how everyone seems to have moved on from kidnappings, Jax using it as a punchline in a previous episode. It feels like the story lines and characters weren't developed ahead of time, they're just doing writing without really thinking about where things are going nor trying to tie in things from past episodes. It feels like a teen show, where things get resolved by the end of the episode or after a couple episodes and it's like it never happened.