Saw on twitter from sutter that SOA got picked up for a 14th episode this season due to its highest ratings ever. The finale will be Dec 6th.
Also apperently tonights episode will be epic. Here is a slightly edited twitter post from kurt sutter. All i did was add a few key asterisks.
http://t.co/JoaV2Ud1
"episode 410, HANDS, directed by peter weller, is a gamechanger for SOA. and a preemptive "go **** yourselves" to the ****bloggers who review it otherwise. do not miss it because tomorrow the spoilers will ruin it for you. and there will be spoilers. tune in at 10 and if you dvr, watch it before tomorrow. and remember... everything i do, i do for you."