Animal Kingdom: The YA Cross Between Sons of Anarchy and Point Break A tough little drama about a group of surly pretty-boys who commit crimes at the command of their hard-as-manicured-nails mother, Animal Kingdom, premiering Tuesday on TNT, is a showcase for two familiar faces: Ellen Barkin as the crime boss, and Scott Speedman (Felicity) as one of the guys she orders around. This Animal Kingdom seems, early on, a YA version of Sons of Anarchy, with Barkin’s character the equivalent of Katey Sagal’s Gemma. The brothers—Craig (Ben Robson), Deran (Jake Weary), and especially Pope, played by Shawn Hatosy from that excellent TNT series Southland—are muscled, tattooed, ratty-haired.
