Sons of Anarchy

This article is about the television series. For the fictional motorcycle club depicted in the show, see Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club.

Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy intertitle
Genre	Crime drama Tragedy
Created by	Kurt Sutter
Starring	Charlie Hunnam Katey Sagal Mark Boone Junior Dayton Callie Kim Coates Tommy Flanagan Ryan Hurst Johnny Lewis William Lucking Theo Rossi Maggie Siff Ron Perlman Jimmy Smits
Opening theme	"This Life" by Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers
Composer	Bob Thiele Jr.
Country of origin	Template:TVUS
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	79 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Kurt Sutter John Linson Art Linson James D. Parriott Paris Barclay Dave Erickson (co-executive producer)
Producers	Jon Paré Regina Corrado Liz Sagal Craig Yahata Chris Collins (supervising producer) Grace Whitehouse (associate producer)
Production locations	Occidental Studios, North Hollywood, California
Cinematography	Paul Maibaum, A.S.C. (36 episodes)
Editors	Etienne des Lauriers, A.C.E. Marco Ramirez (story editor) Michael Fornicola IV (assistant editor)
Running time	40–60 minutes
Production companies	Linson The Company Sutter Ink Fox 21 FX Productions
Original release
Network	FX
Release	September 3, 2008 (2008-09-03) – present

Sons of Anarchy is an American television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself.

Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX. The third season of the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever, surpassing FX's other hits The Shield, Nip/Tuck, and Rescue Me. The season 4 and 5 premieres ("Out" and "Sovereign", respectively), both directed by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter (along with staff writers Brady Dahl and Roberto Patino), were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history.

The sixth season aired from September 10 through December 10, 2013. Those involved in the production of the series imply that creator Kurt Sutter plans a seventh and final season.

In November 2013, Kurt Sutter indicated that he was in talks with FX to make a Sons of Anarchy prequel set in the 1960's

Series overview

Main article: List of Sons of Anarchy episodes

Each season involves two parallel plotlines that intertwine and overlap: the first centers on the personal life of Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam) and his immediate family while the second deals with SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original). SAMCRO is involved with gun-running throughout the western United States and deals with many rival gangs and local politicians and authorities. Jax, as Vice-President and then President of the MC struggles with the dealings of SAMCRO and the legacy of his father, the founder of the MC.

Season 1 (2008)

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Jax's estranged meth-addicted wife Wendy, pregnant with his child, collapses. An emergency C-section is performed and a baby boy is delivered ten weeks prematurely. Wendy names the child Abel. Jax goes to a storage unit to collect some old baby clothes. There, he discovers a "manifesto" outlining what the now-deceased founder (Jax's father) of SAMCRO hoped the club would become. This document sends Jax into a dilemma as he struggles with the direction the club is taking. Jax's mother, Gemma Teller Morrow, visits Wendy in the hospital and tells her she will kill her if she attempts to gain custody of Abel. Since Wendy took drugs during pregnancy, Gemma would see to it that the baby never calls her "Mother". A broken-hearted Wendy overdoses on the methamphetamine supplied by Gemma.

Jax's current girlfriend, Tara Knowles, receives a threatening phone call from a former boyfriend, ATF agent, Josh Kohn. Kohn comes to Charming, pretending to investigate the Sons but apparently on vacation status. He provides Tara pictures of her boyfriend in compromising situations to try to split the two. Tara reveals to Jax that Kohn has been stalking her since she broke up with him, and that she has a restraining order against him. Jax throws Kohn through a window before beating him and telling him to stay away from Tara. Kohn is arrested for breaking his restraining order, ending his career as a federal agent. Kohn returns to Tara's house and attempts to rape her, but Tara is able to grab his gun and shoots him in the stomach. Jax comes to her aid and advises Tara to let the police handle the situation. However, when Kohn calls Tara a "biker slut", Jax shoots him in the head. He takes Kohn's body to the hills and burns it. He also throws his father's memoir into the fire, but retrieves it before it burns completely.

SAMCRO's gun-assembly warehouse is torched and their guns are stolen by a rival club, the Mayans. Joaquin County Sheriff Vic Trammel (on the SAMCRO payroll) finds two dead illegal immigrants at the scene. Charming Deputy Chief Hale (not on the payroll) finds the immigrants' bodies at the burnt-out warehouse, but SAMCRO members Tig Trager and Bobby Munson remove them before the police can examine them. To solve the arms trafficking problem under the ATF's watchful eye, the Sons head out to Indian Hills, Nevada, to patch over the Devil's Tribe Motorcycle Club. While there, Clay sleeps with a girl named Cherry, who takes a liking to Half Sack. Agent Kohn follows the Sons and witnesses their shootout with the Mayans. The Sons soon become aware of Kohn's presence in Charming. Clay is arrested on charges of aiding and abetting a triple homicide after guns sold by the Sons were used in a shootout. Cherry arrives in Charming, and Gemma realizes that Clay has slept with her. Shortly afterward, Gemma assaults Cherry with a skateboard and is subsequently arrested. Opie botches a planned assassination that was a favor for the Real IRA and Bobby steps in to complete the task. However, their crime is witnessed by the victim's 17-year-old black mistress.

ATF Agent June Stahl tries to crack the club's unity by interrogating the women associated with the club: Tara, Luann Delaney, Donna Winston, and Cherry. Stahl arrests Cherry on outstanding warrants, but Charming Police Chief Wayne Unser aids Cherry in escaping. When Otto Delaney learns that Stahl is trying to use the RICO Act to bring the club down for racketeering, he violently assaults her. The young girl who witnessed Bobby commit murder provides the ATF with sketches of Bobby and Opie, who are subsequently arrested. Stahl sets up Opie to look like an informant, even though she knows it endangers his life; Tig and Clay fall for the ploy. Believing Opie has turned rat, Clay orders Tig to kill Opie without telling anyone else in the club; however, Tig accidentally kills Opie's wife Donna. Clay sets up the murder to frame the One-Niners, protecting members of the club. Feeling guilty, Deputy Hale tells Jax that Stahl set up Opie. Jax subsequently realizes that Clay organized the shooting. Tig, Happy, and Chibs Telford find the witness; Tig is about to kill her to prevent her from testifying, but Jax stops them. Jax threatens her and gives her enough money to leave California. Jax is clearly unhappy remaining under Clay's rule, as he sees Clay as immoral and taking the club from its roots.

Season 2 (2009)

Main article: Sons of Anarchy (season 2)

White separatists called the League Of American Nationalists (LOAN) arrive in Charming. LOAN's leader and backer businessman Ethan Zobelle and Zobelle's enforcer, A.J. Weston, seek to drive the Sons of Anarchy from Charming. To send a message to SAMCRO, Zobelle has his daughter Polly lure Gemma into a trap where she is kidnapped and gang raped by Weston and two others. Fueled by SAMCRO’s role in Donna’s death, the rift between Clay and Jax continues to widen as Jax challenges most of Clay's decisions. When a LOAN car bomb nearly kills Chibs, Clay demands immediate retaliation resulting in Clay, Jax, Bobby, Tig, Juice Ortiz, and Happy being arrested by the San Joaquin sheriffs. While they are in jail, Agent Stahl returns in an attempt to get SAMCRO to rat out their IRA connections. Although they do not give up the IRA, Stahl succeeds in provoking Clay and Jax into a physical confrontation in jail before they are bailed out. The Sons learn that Zobelle's true intentions are not racially motivated; rather, he wants to do work the prison heroin trade with the Mayans. The MC is able to cause a split in LOAN by giving this information to Weston, a deeply committed racist who will not tolerate doing business with Hispanics.

From prison, Big Otto reaches out to SAMCRO, asking them to help his wife, Luann, and her pornography studio after a raid from law enforcement and intimidation from a rival pornographer, Georgie Caruso. Jax proposes that SAMCRO become partners in Luann’s porn business and offer protection to her and her performers, hoping the move will raise legitimate money for the club while they rebuild their other revenue streams. The tension between Jax and Clay reaches a breaking point when the porn studio burns down shortly after Clay announces he wanted SAMCRO out of the porn business. Jax initially believes that Clay had the place torched and announces that he is going "nomad". In order to convince Jax to stay, Gemma tells Jax and Clay about Weston's raping her, temporarily reuniting the two.

Weston is soon arrested in connection with the fire at Luann's porn studio. Later, Deputy Chief Hale arrives at Impeccable Smokes as the Sons are confronting Zobelle. In an attempt to save his and his daughter's lives, Zobelle informs the police that he is in possession of narcotics and is arrested. However, both Weston and Zobelle are released from custody after Unser learns that Zobelle is an FBI informant. Jax discovers Weston in a tattoo parlor and kills him. Meanwhile, the rest of the Sons ambush Zobelle and the Mayans, who are protecting him. The Mayans are forced to retreat as Zobelle flees on his own. Zobelle is last seen getting on a chartered plane back to Budapest, alone.

The club nearly falls apart when Tig, overcome with guilt, confesses to Opie that he murdered Donna because Agent Stahl and the ATF had made it look as though Opie had become a rat. At the same time, Chibs agrees to help Stahl take down the IRA and its head, James "Jimmy O" O'Phelan, who is in town to repair the IRA's relationship with SAMCRO. Based on information supplied by Chibs, the ATF is able to apprehend Edmond Hayes, whom they then want to use to apprehend his father, Cameron, and Jimmy O. Opie later witnesses Chibs leaving a meeting with the ATF and informs the club of what he saw but asks them to confront Chibs before acting. Chibs has doubts about becoming an informant and reveals to the club what he did. Agent Stahl continues to hold Edmond Hayes, in an attempt to lure and arrest his father. Out of loyalty to his father, Edmond attempts to kill Stahl, who shoots him when he tries to escape. Shortly afterward, Polly, who had been having an affair with Edmond, arrives at the safe house. She has been followed there by Gemma, who then confronts and shoots her. Stahl witnesses the shooting and lets Gemma escape but proceeds to frame her for Edmond's shooting. Chief Unser, after receiving a phone call from Gemma, is last seen driving in his police cruiser with her past Charming's city limits, apparently running off with her.

Falling for the frame and becoming emotionally distraught, Cameron breaks into Jax's home and stabs Half Sack before threatening Tara and kidnapping Abel. Tara calls Jax, who returns home to discover Half Sack's body and Tara tied up; she tells Jax that Cameron has taken Abel. Jax calls Clay, who returns to help track down Cameron. The Sons pursue Cameron, who makes his way to the docks, where he takes Abel and boards his boat. The season ends with the Sons' arriving just as Cameron is leaving the docks.

Season 3 (2010)

Main article: Sons of Anarchy (season 3)

Gemma has been hiding in Rogue River, Oregon with Tig near Gemma's father, Nate (Hal Holbrook), who suffers from dementia. Gemma struggles when she takes Nate to his new assisted living home, and returns to Charming to reunite with her grandson, unaware he has been kidnapped. Father Kellan Ashby's sister, Maureen, contacts Gemma at Ashby's request and tells her Abel is safe in Belfast. Upon learning of her grandson's abduction, Gemma suffers an arrhythmia and collapses in the Teller-Morrow lot.

The club tries to close in on Cameron's trail, but find that he has liquidated his assets and fled the country. In Belfast, Cameron confesses his sins to his cousin, Father Ashby, an intermediary between Jimmy O and the True IRA Council. Ashby subsequently has Cameron killed and gives Abel up for adoption. With the help of a bounty hunter, the Sons mistakenly track Abel and Cameron to Vancouver. About to jump bail before their weapons charges hearing, SAMCRO receives an email showing Cameron dead in Belfast. After Jax consults Jimmy O, SAMCRO believes Abel remained in Vancouver when Cameron left for Belfast. Jax makes a deal with Stahl: in exchange for his mother's freedom and the downgrade of the pending weapons charges against the club, Jax will deliver Jimmy O and his IRA contacts. Stahl helps Jax uncover information on Ashby and SAMBEL and warns Jax not to kill Jimmy O. Gemma threatens to reveal Stahl's murder of Edmond unless Stahl ends her dealings with Jax. Stahl shoots her partner Agent Amy Tyler and falsely tells Internal Affairs that Agent Tyler shot Edmond and framed Gemma, admitting that Gemma was wrongfully charged.

Local real estate developer Elliott Oswald agrees to smuggle the Sons and Gemma to Belfast. On SAMCRO's arrival in Northern Ireland, Ashby tells Jax that the IRA are tired of Jimmy's profiteering ways, and suggests Jax kill him in exchange for Abel. SAMCRO plans to surprise Jimmy O on a protection run, but he is forewarned and attacks the Sons with a planted bomb that kills several SAMBEL members. SAMCRO tortures Liam until he reveals that he was privy to Jimmy O's plans, as was McGee. Jax kills Liam, and shortly afterward Clay pushes McGee from a rooftop; both are revealed to SAMBEL as traitors. Ashby tells Jax Abel's location, but suggests Jax allow him to be adopted so he will not be forced into the club life. Jax chooses to leave the child with the family, until Jimmy O kills the adoptive parents and abducts Abel, intending to exchange him for safe passage to America. Abel is returned to Jax after Ashby trades himself for the baby. With the hearing for weapons charges looming, SAMCRO returns to Charming, with the task of finding Tara.

The recently ousted and humiliated former president of the Calaveras MC, Hector Salazar abducts a pregnant Tara on her way to an abortion clinic. He informs Piney Winston that he will return Tara and her boss, Margaret Murphy, in exchange for the murder of Marcus Alvarez (leader of the Mayans) and $250,000. Tara attacks Salazar's girlfriend and negotiates Margaret's freedom. Salazar takes mayoral candidate Jacob Hale, Jr. hostage along with Tara. Hale, angry about his brother's death due to a drive-by at Half-Sack's wake, has been using Salazar for intimidation tactics against his opponent, Oswald. He also convinces the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department to soon take control of the Charming Police Department. Unser indicates to Jax the need for Salazar to be captured alive to implicate Hale and save the Charming Police Department, but during a stand-off, Jax kills Salazar.

Now in the USA, Jimmy O seeks the help of the Russian Mafia to aid his escape to South America. Jax and the Sons meet the Russians and pay $2 million for the exchange of Jimmy O. Jax tells Stahl the location of the exchange so she can intervene and arrest Jimmy, but Jimmy is moved to a different location before she can. Jax assures her that he will give her Jimmy if she reduces their prison sentence, to which she agrees. Stahl arrives at the clubhouse to arrest Jimmy and SAMCRO. Unser stops Stahl on the roadside as she transports Jimmy and warns her of an IRA threat further down the road. Her fellow agents leave to investigate, leaving her alone with Unser and Jimmy. Soon afterward, Piney, Chibs, Opie and Kozik arrive. Chibs gives Jimmy a Glasgow smile and kills him. Opie kills Stahl in a similar fashion, after reminding her that she was responsible for Donna's death. Proof of Jax's dealings with Stahl is destroyed, leaving the club with the documents provided by Stahl to reduce their sentence. The scene is set to look like the IRA is responsible. In the ATF van, Jax learns of Stahl and Jimmy's demise as the prospects following the ATF van ride past and beep a Morse code signal "A-F-F-A" ("Angels Forever, Forever Angels", a tribute to Sonny Barger, who plays Lenny the Pimp). He smiles, as do the rest of SAMCRO, revealing the club knew of Jax's plan from the beginning. Tara, meanwhile, finds and reads the letters Maureen had put in Jax's bag. In them, John Teller writes of his awareness of Gemma and Clay's closeness and his fear that they will soon murder him. The season ends with Jax rejecting his father's original vision for SAMCRO and embracing Clay's rule.

Season 4 (2011)

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The imprisoned SAMCRO members leave the penitentiary after their 14-month stay and are welcomed home by Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt of the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department, the new law enforcement presence in Charming. They also discover Hale has become the mayor. U.S. Attorney Lincoln Potter seeks Lieutenant Roosevelt's help to build a RICO case against SAMCRO.

The Sons prepare to trade guns with the Russians, using the guise of Opie's wedding as a cover to avoid the law. In retaliation for an attack on Jax in prison, SAMCRO betrays the Russians and murders several of the group – including an undercover agent working with Potter. SAMCRO then begins running guns and drugs for the Galindo cartel in exchange for protection from the Russians. As a result of getting involved with the Galindo cartel, they become embroiled in a struggle between the cartel and their rivals, the Lobos Sonora cartel. Several Sons die as a result, including Kozik.

On the eve of Opie's wedding to Lyla, Jax proposes to Tara, who accepts when Jax explains that he plans to leave the club. Gemma and Clay discover Tara's awareness of Maureen's notes and JT's manifesto. Gemma warns Piney against digging up the past with Tara. Piney confirms that Clay had Jax's father murdered to stop him from ending the gun running arrangement with the IRA. Unser and Gemma are also complicit in that they either knew and/or covered up the "accident". Jax confronts Piney about his relationship with Clay, confirming once more that he will not follow in his father's footsteps. Feeling cornered by Piney's threat to show the letters to the club, Clay kills Piney and implicates the Lobos Sonora for the killing. Clay also asks Galindo member Romeo for help to kill Tara, resulting in injuries to Tara. Horrified by what Clay has done, Gemma confronts him and threatens to tell the truth, ending in a fight with Clay injured and Gemma beaten. Gemma calls Unser and tells him that Clay is beyond salvation and as such "he will die by the hands of a Son." Seeing Gemma's beaten face, Tig resigns as Sergeant-At-Arms. Finding his father dead, Opie confronts Unser, who tells Opie the truth about Clay. Gemma tells Tara the truth about Clay and convinces her to give Gemma the letters so she can exchange them for Tara's safety. Removing the letters that implicate her and Unser in the death of John Teller, she gives the remaining letters to Jax and urges him to kill Clay. Tara urges Jax to make it look like an accident and advises him to get out of Charming after killing Clay, to which he agrees. After cremating Piney, Opie rushes to the clubhouse and shoots Clay, but Jax prevents him from killing him. Tig hears a cover story that the Niners were behind Clay getting shot and heads out for revenge; in trying to kill Laroy, he runs over Laroy's girlfriend.

Big Otto strikes a deal with Lincoln Potter for information; among the benefits, Original Nine Lenny the Pimp is allowed visitations in exchange for criminal information. The club kills Georgie for being involved in Luanne's death and Bobby heads out to inform Otto that Georgie has been finally killed. Arriving after Otto's deal, he is escorted to an empty receiving room to wait for Otto. As Lincoln Potter is ready to move on his RICO operation, he's called off by Romero Parada and Luis Torres, who are revealed to be CIA agents, whom the government allows to run their cartel so as long as they bring others down for political reasons. Following the halt on the RICO operation, Lincoln Potter gives Roosevelt a clean record for Juice, seemingly parting ways. Potter bursts into the meeting for Charming Heights, revealing the true colors of Jacob Hale's investors, whom Hale masked as Tokyo Fund but are actually the Natsuki Family, who are heavily involved in sex deals, including pedophilia. This puts a recess on the vote.

Deputy Chief Cane reveals that Laroy's girlfriend, whom Tig killed, is the daughter of Damon Pope, the most powerful gangster in Oakland. Jax meets with Opie and confirms his suspicions, but warns Opie they need Clay alive (not revealing all details of the CIA's threat), and asks him to be his Vice President. Opie, still distrustful, does not give a clear answer. Jax returns home to Tara and tells her the truth about the CIA-backed cartel dealings and that he must remain as club president while she leaves with the boys. Jax appears at the chapel and announces himself as President, with his first act to name Chibs as his new Sergeant-at-Arms, which Chibs gladly accepts. Happy, Tig and Juice enter the chapel, with Juice finally free of his African-American record. The meeting starts at 8:03 pm with Opie's not showing (it is unknown if he later does). Tara enters the chapel, claiming to Jax that she will also remain in Charming, just as Gemma enters. Tara stands behind Jax in his President seat, mirroring a photo of Gemma and John Teller in the same positions.

Season 5 (2012)

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In retaliation for the death of Veronica Pope, the Niners attack SAMCRO and ambush a cargo shipment. The growing conflict between the Niners and SAMCRO, along with several home invasions targeting people linked to the Club, force Jax to meet with Damon Pope. On his end, Pope orders the Niners to stop any attacks on SAMCRO, and has Laroy and his immediate successor both executed. Pope eventually captures Tig and burns his daughter alive in front of him, threatening the other daughter to keep him in line. Pope pays witnesses to have Jax, Chibs, and Tig arrested for the murder of Veronica and a Niner. Clay asks Opie to protect Jax in prison, prompting Opie to get himself arrested. In prison, Pope informs Jax that Tig is to stay in prison; Opie sacrifices himself for Jax and is murdered in prison. In exchange for getting Tig out of jail, Jax has him promise never to vote against Jax again. Jax arranges a deal with Pope to check on the home invasions, and to get Tig out of jail. Pope agrees, but demands of Jax to deliver Tig for execution after he has served his purpose. SAMCRO also goes after the prison inmate that murdered Opie. Jax sets a meeting with Pope and through a calculated plan has Tig secured in an abandoned garage. As Pope orders Tig tied up and prepares to execute him, Jax uses Clay's silenced pistol to kill Pope's henchmen. Jax then frees Tig and helps him take revenge on Pope, shooting him in the head and pinning the crime on Clay. Jax contacts Roosevelt and has Clay easily arrested after Gemma gives a false statement against him. Jax then meets with August and has Clay equally framed, so that August can place a bounty on Clay, who is seen sitting along black inmates.

Jax grows closer to Nero as he slowly begins to serve as a model for the "big picture" and "getting out" after accompanying him to check on their son that requires special equipment. Jax marries Tara that day, before being arrested. A wider rift develops in Gemma's relationship with Tara, as Tara refuses to allow her any more control over her family, reinforced by Jax after Opie's murder. Nero tries to help Gemma and Jax reconcile, resulting in Jax giving her the chance to take care of Abel and Thomas. However, because she had gotten high with Unser earlier in the day, Gemma falls asleep behind the wheel with the boys on board, causing an accident that almost kills the two boys. Clay lies and tells Jax that a party attacked Gemma that night. After Jax learns the truth of Gemma's accident from Nero, Tara forbids her having any contact with the boys. However, Jax sees an opportunity and makes a deal with Gemma; if she can be with Clay and find proof of his involvement with the home invasions, she will have access to the boys again. Gemma agrees to the deal. The invaders are later revealed to be the new Nomad club members, hired by Clay to put pressure on Jax and make him step down as president. Knowing now that the Nomads can be linked to him, Clay double-crosses them and has two of them executed in Unser's garage. The sole survivor, Frankie Diamonds, hires black men to attack Jax the night Gemma has her car crash. Jax finds Frankie taking Nero and Lyla hostage, and confesses about Clay's involvement but flees with Chibs and Nero's money. Clay locates and manages to kill Frankie before the Nomad can tell the rest of the club about his role in the break-ins.

Tara attempts to visit Otto several times, in order to convince him to reverse his statement and shut down the RICO case Romeo has over the club. Although he recants, Otto murders a nurse with a cross which belonged to Luann that Tara brought to him, making Tara an accessory to murder. When Otto is about to give his statement, he severs his own tongue, destroying the RICO case and any link to Tara with the murder case. After the murder of the nurse by Otto, Tara is visited by Lee Toric, the nurse's brother and a former US Marshal, who questions her about her involvement in the nurse's death. As Tara's right hand begins to heal, she makes preparations to make Wendy the legal guardian of Abel and Thomas in case something happened to her and Jax, as she can't trust Gemma. That night, Jax has a conversation with Tara about Wendy becoming a guardian for their sons. Gemma threatens to link Tara to the cross and the murder of the nurse if Tara leaves with the boys for Oregon. Wendy, furious once she hears about Abel's kidnapping, threatens to report everything that happened to Abel. Jax assaults Wendy and injects her with drugs, and says he'll demand a drug test on her, if she "hurts his family again." Although Jax initially refuses, Tara tries to convince Jax to leave to Oregon with her, out of fear that if they remain in Charming, they will become like Gemma and Clay. Before they can finish, Roosevelt appears at their home and has Tara arrested for her involvement in the nurse's murder.

Juice reveals to Clay the truth of his betrayal and the RICO case. Jax learns from Roosevelt that Juice had betrayed them, and eventually the two of them talk with Juice, who confesses everything he did, as well as how Frankie revealed to Juice that Clay that was behind the home invasions. Jax makes a deal with Juice that, if he can find the documents that prove Clay's involvement, Jax will not reveal Juice's betrayal to the club, and he'll remain a member. Reluctantly, he agrees.Clay finds out the truth about RICO and tries to secure himself protection with Romeo, warning him that Jax will try to destroy their leverage. Romeo suggests Clay returns as President by removing Jax, but he refuses and instead tries to convince Jax. However Jax does not yield and attempts to secure a relationship between Romeo and Henry Lin in order for the Chinese to secure weapons to the cartel. When Juice finds the documents and is about to show to the club the proof at Clay's home, Jax is kidnapped by the cartel, which buys Clay enough time to secure the documents. Jax has Romeo agree to his plan. Bobby secures a deal with Clay to confess everything, in return for which Bobby will vote to let him live. Clay does so, and is excommunicated from the Club, but not executed (because of Bobby's vote). Jax sets a meeting with Lin and Romeo to secure gun deliveries every two weeks, although the change will take three months. As a result, Jax sets a meeting with Gaelan and agree to sell to Romeo one last time. However, Romeo and the cartel decide to take the weapons by force, leaving SAMCRO on the hook to pay for them. Gaelan, displeased, retaliates by kidnapping Wendy. Clay arranges a meeting with Gaelan, where Clay agrees to act as an intermediary for new weapons customers. Gaelan agrees, as he trusts Clay, and also arranges safe passage for him and Gemma into Belfast. Jax forgives Juice and grows closer to Tig, but his actions are too much for Bobby to stand, who removes his Vice President patch and walks out.

Season 6 (2013)

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Following the arrest of Tara and Clay, Jax struggles to hold SAMCRO together while Tara is imprisoned. Toric approaches both Tara and Clay and offers them deals in exchange for giving up SAMCRO; both initially refuse, but Clay later relents when confronted with being thrown into the prison's general population and assuredly being killed by inmates paid off by Damon Pope's men as a retaliation for Pope's murder. Juice returns to Charming after helping Bobby relocate after stepping down as VP, which angers Chibs, who doesn't believe Juice has been punished enough for talking to cops and later beats him. The Club also deals with a group of Iranian torture-porn filmmakers who abused Lyla; as the conflict heats up cops show up and arrest everyone; the SAMCRO members are handed off to a crooked cop who cuts deals with the locals, agrees with SAMCRO that the torture porn has to go, and has the Iranians evicted. As Tig releases the director, the man makes a crass comment about Tig's daughter. Tig then snaps and drowns the man in a bathtub filled with urine. The premiere ends with a young child, seen periodically throughout the episode, who approaches a school and pulls a machine pistol out of his backpack. He loads the weapon and enters the school; shortly thereafter screams and gunfire are heard. SAMCRO is targeted for this shooting as the supplier. gemma kills tara

Cast and characters

Main articles: List of Sons of Anarchy characters and List of gangs from Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Seasons
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Charlie Hunnam	Jackson "Jax" Teller	Main
Katey Sagal	Gemma Teller Morrow	Main
Ron Perlman	Clarence "Clay" Morrow	Main
Mark Boone Junior	Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson	Main
Dayton Callie	Wayne Unser	Recurring		Main
Kim Coates	Alexander "Tig" Trager	Main
Tommy Flanagan	Filip "Chibs" Telford	Main
Ryan Hurst	Harry "Opie" Winston	Recurring	Main
William Lucking	Piermont "Piney" Winston	Recurring	Main
Theo Rossi	Juan-Carlos "Juice" Ortiz	Recurring	Main
Maggie Siff	Dr. Tara Knowles-Teller	Main
Johnny Lewis	Kip "Half Sack" Epps	Main
Jimmy Smits	Nero Padilla					Recurring	Main

Recurring guest stars

• David LaBrava as Happy (Seasons 1–)
• Emilio Rivera as Marcus Alvarez (Seasons 1–)
• Kurt Sutter as "Big" Otto Delaney (Seasons 1–6)
• Michael Marisi Ornstein as Chuck Marstein (Seasons 1–)
• Nicholas Guest as the voice of John Teller (Seasons 1–)
• Olivia Burnette as Homeless Woman (Seasons 1–6)
• Tory Kittles as Laroy Wayne (Seasons 1–4)
• Patrick St. Esprit as Elliott Oswald (Seasons 1–4, 6–)
• James Carraway as Floyd (Seasons 1–4)
• Kenneth Choi as Henry Lin (Seasons 1–3, 5–)
• Drea de Matteo as Wendy Case (Seasons 1, 4–)
• Tayler Sheridan as Deputy Chief David Hale (Seasons 1–3)
• Jamie McShane as Cameron Hayes (Seasons 1–3)
• Mitch Pileggi as Ernest Darby (Seasons 1–3, 6–)
• Marya Delver as Officer Candy Eglee (Seasons 1–3)
• Jake Barbee as Jake Spiller (Seasons 1–3)
• Tom Everett Scott as Rosen (Seasons 1–2)
• Ally Walker as Agent June Stahl (Seasons 1–3)
• Julie Ariola as Mary Winston (Seasons 1–2)
• Lela Jane Cortines as Ellie Winston (Seasons 1–2)
• John Abendroth as Kenny Winston (Seasons 1–2)
• Dendrie Taylor as Luann Delaney (Seasons 1–2)
• Glenn Plummer as Sheriff Vic Trammel (Seasons 1–2)
• Taryn Manning as Cherry/Rita (Seasons 1 and 3)
• Sprague Grayden as Donna Winston (Season 1)
• Jay Karnes as Agent Joshua Kohn (Season 1)
• Keir O'Donnell as Lowell Harland, Jr. (Season 1)
• Jeff Kober as Jacob Hale, Jr. (Seasons 2–)
• Winter Ave Zoli as Lyla Winston (Seasons 2–)
• McNally Sagal as Margaret Murphy (Season 2–)
• Kristen Renton as Ima (Seasons 2–6)
• Kenny Johnson as Herman Kozik (Seasons 2–4)
• Tom Arnold as Georgie Caruso (Seasons 2–4)
• Titus Welliver as Jimmy O'Phelan (Seasons 2–3)
• Bellina Logan as Fiona Larkin (Seasons 2–3)
• Adam Arkin as Ethan Zobelle (Season 2)
• Henry Rollins as AJ Weston (Season 2)
• Callard Harris as Edmond Hayes (Season 2)
• Sarah Jones as Polly Zobelle (Season 2)
• Christopher Douglas Reed as Philip "Filthy Phil" Russell (Seasons 3–6)
• Frank Potter as Eric Miles (Seasons 3–4)
• Leo Fitzpatrick as Shepard (Season 3)
• Robin Weigert as Ally Lowen (Seasons 3 and 5–)
• Pamela J. Gray as Agent Amy Tyler (Season 3)
• Andy McPhee as Keith McGee (Season 3)
• Dan Hildebrand as Sean Casey (Season 3)
• Q'orianka Kilcher as Kerrianne Larkin-Telford (Season 3)
• James Cosmo as Father Kellen Ashby (Season 3)
• Jose Pablo Cantillo as Hector Salazar (Season 3)
• Arie Verveen as Liam O'Neill (Season 3)
• Paula Malcomson as Maureen Ashby (Season 3)
• Zoe Boyle as Trinity Ashby (Season 3)
• Sonny Barger as Lenny "The Pimp" Janowitz (Season 3–5)
• Timothy V. Murphy as Gaelan O'Shay (Season 4–6)
• Niko Nicotera as George "Rat Boy" Skogstorm (Seasons 4–)
• Rockmond Dunbar as Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt (Seasons 4–6)
• Benito Martinez as Luis Torres (Seasons 4–5)
• Danny Trejo as Romero "Romeo" Parada (Seasons 4–5)
• Walter Wong as Chris "V-Lin" Von Lin (Seasons 4–6)
• Christopher Reed as Phillip "Filthy Phil" Russell (Seasons 4–6)
• Rachel Miner as Dawn Trager (Seasons 4–5)
• Merle Dandridge as Rita Roosevelt (Seasons 4–5)
• Ray McKinnon as Assistant U.S. Attorney Lincoln Potter (Season 4)
• David Rees Snell as Agent Grad Nicholas (Season 4)
• Donal Logue as Lee Toric (Seasons 5–6)
• Harold Perrineau as Damon Pope (Season 5)
• Chuck Zito as Frankie Diamonds (Season 5)
• Billy Brown as August Marks (Season 5–)
• Walton Goggins as Venus Van Damme/Vincent Noone (Season 5–)
• Jeff Wincott as Jimmy Cacuzza (Seasons 1,5 and 6)
• Chuck Zito as Frankie Diamonds (Season 5)
• Chris Browning as GoGo (Season 5)
• Kurt Yaeger as Greg "The Peg" (Season 5)
• Peter Weller as Charles Barosky (Season 6)
• Kim Dickens as Colette Jane (Season 6)
• Steve Howey as Hopper (Season 6)
• CCH Pounder as Tyne Patterson (Season 6)

Elements

Concept

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focuses on the original and founding chapter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, referred to by the acronym SAMCRO or Sam Crow. This nickname is also reflected in the original title of the show, Forever Sam Crow. The Redwood chapter is headquartered in the fictional town of Charming, California, in a clubhouse adjacent to the Teller-Morrow auto mechanic shop. Led by President Clay Morrow, and later Jax Teller, the club protects and controls Charming through close community relationships, bribery, and violent intimidation. In early seasons they are particularly vehement about keeping "hard" drugs, and drug dealers, out of Charming.

SAMCRO founders

John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston co-founded SAMCRO in 1967 following their return from the Vietnam War. The first chapter was called "Redwood" because before Gemma, John's wife, became pregnant with their first son, Jackson (Jax), and settled in Charming, Gemma's hometown, they cruised the Northern California coast from Eureka to Big Sur, which is redwood country, so he called the chapter the Redwood Originals, hence the SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) handle. Six of the "Redwood Original 9" members were Vietnam vets.

SAMCRO attire

Club members wear vests known as kuttes (jackets with the sleeves cut off). The SOA patch on the back is a Grim Reaper holding a crystal ball with the Anarchist circle-A symbol, and wielding the Reaper's traditional scythe, the handle of which has been replaced by the M16 rifle that the club's founders wielded in Vietnam. Only full members can wear the "patch." Other, smaller patches on the vest have specific meanings, such as "Men of Mayhem," which is worn by club members who have spilled blood on the club's behalf, "First 9", worn by all the original nine SOA members, and President/Vice President/SGT at Arms patches.

Vehicles

The Sons ride customized Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Each rider customizes his own bike to his individual style; however, they all paint their bikes black and most sport T-bar style handlebars. A patchholder's bike usually sports the Sons of Anarchy letters on it somewhere, the club's Grim Reaper logo, or the circled "A" club logo. Prospects are not permitted to paint their bikes black until they get patched in.

Activities

Club members have "day jobs" in local industries; most work at the Teller-Morrow garage as mechanics, but they primarily make money by illegally importing weapons, modifying and selling them to various gangs, and making protection runs for local businesses by defending valuable truck shipments against hijacking. During Season 4 they start to mule cocaine for the Galindo cartel in exchange for cash and protection.

SAMCRO properties

The clubhouse, described above, includes a living area with multiple rooms (where members sometimes crash for the night), a fully operational bar, a pool table, a kitchen, a workout room, and the "chapel," a room with an elaborate redwood conference table that has a reaper logo carved into the top, where the patched members meet to discuss club business and vote on major decisions. The club owns a secluded cabin in the woods and a warehouse outside of town (which was bought from but is still maintained by club associate Elliot Oswald), where they've stored weapons and cocaine for the Galindo Cartel. The club also rents an old candy shop that is used as the clubhouse in season 6 after the Teller/Morrow clubhouse was destroyed in an explosion.

Rival and allied gangs

See also: List of gangs from Sons of Anarchy

SAMCRO keeps meth traffickers and drug dealers out of Charming, which puts them at odds with the meth-distributing white supremacist Nordics (aka Nords), headed by Ernest Darby. This earns them respect and admiration from the townspeople, who believe the Sons do more to protect their town than its own police. SAMCRO also has to deal with a rival, Oakland-based motorcycle club (MC), the Mayans led by Marcus Alvarez (played by Emilio Rivera, who also appeared in The Shield as Mexican drug dealer Navarro Quintero). Other groups in SAMCRO's orbit include the San Francisco–based Chinese mafia Lin Triad, led by Henry Lin; the Italian American Cacuzza crime family; the Real IRA (aka RIRA) of Ireland, which supplies them with illegal Russian-made guns; the "One-Niners", an African American street gang (who also appeared on The Shield, thus possibly putting the two in the same fictional universe) to whom SAMCRO sell weapons; and various affiliates in the state prison system, where many members of the club have been incarcerated at one time or another. These gangs serve important roles in either being enemies of the clubs or soon to be partners with the MC to bring in more money.

Shakespearean influence

Sutter has said of the Shakespeare element, "I don't want to overplay that but it's there. It was Jax's father who started the club, so he's the ghost in the action. You wonder what he would have made of the way it turned out. It's not a version of Hamlet but it's definitely influenced by it." Ron Perlman believes "they’re going to stick to the structure of Hamlet all the way to the end (of the series)."

The two final episodes of Season 4 are titled "To Be" (Parts I and II), harkening to the famous To be, or not to be soliloquy, and episode 11 of Season 5 is titled "To Thine Own Self", which references Polonius' advice to his son Laertes.

Production

Crew

Main article: Crew of Sons of Anarchy

The series was created by Kurt Sutter. Sutter is the showrunner, the series' most prolific writer, and a regular director. He has directed each season finale to date. Sutter had previously worked as an executive producer for the FX series The Shield. The series' other executive producers are father and son team Art Linson and John Linson. Jim Parriott served as an executive producer and writer for the first season only. Paris Barclay joined Sons of Anarchy as an executive producer in the fourth season, after directing episodes in the first and second season. In addition to serving as Executive Producer in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons, Barclay directed three episodes each season, including the season 4 and 5 premieres, the top two highest-rated telecasts in the history of FX.

Jack LoGiudice served as a consulting producer and regular writer for the first season. He became co-executive producer for the second season. He left the series to work on The Walking Dead. Dave Erickson also worked as a consulting producer for the first and second season and then took over as co-executive producer for the third season. The series other regular writers are supervising producer Chris Collins and co-producer Regina Corrado. Shawn Rutherford has joined as consulting producer for season 6 and 7.

Sutter drew regular directors from The Shield including Stephen Kay, Gwyneth Horder-Payton, Guy Ferland, and Billy Gierhart.

Filming

Although Sons of Anarchy is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood. Main sets located there include the clubhouse, St. Thomas Hospital and Jax's house. The production rooms at the studio used by the writing staff also double as the Charming police station. External scenes are often filmed nearby in Sun Valley and Tujunga. Interior and exterior scenes set in Northern Ireland during season 3 were also filmed at Occidental Studios and surrounding areas. A second unit shot footage in Northern Ireland used in the third season.

Reception

Members of the cast during a USO visit to Kuwait

Critical reception

Sons of Anarchy has received very favorable reviews over the course of its run, with many singling out Katey Sagal's performance. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 68/100, the second season scored 86/100, the third season scored 84/100, the fourth season scored 81/100 and the fifth season scored 72/100.

Season one

The first season received mixed reviews from industry critics. Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said the first season had “real potential”. The New York Times’ Gina Bellafante spoke highly of the cast's acting ability, particularly Sagal’s portrayal of Gemma. Brian Lowry of Variety gave a mixed review, admiring Sutter’s creation of the club and the town of Charming but observing the early episodes lacked direction.

Season two

The second season saw a substantial increase in positive reviews. Writing for Chicago Tribune, Maureen Ryan called the second season “engrossing”. She elaborated that “the pacing is better [and] the plotting is tighter” and commends Sagal and Perlman for their performances. Variety’s Stuart Levine stated that the new season was “compelling”; he also complimented the acting skill of Perlman, Sagal, Hunnam and Siff. James Poniewozik of TIME called Sagal's performance "devastatingly powerful" and named the series on his list of Top 10 Shows of 2009.

Season three

Some critics felt the third season was dragged down by the previous season's cliffhanger. James Poniewozik of TIME called the season three premiere “breathtaking” and praised Sagal’s performance with Holbrook. He later stated that Abel's disappearance helped return the show to its central problem: Jax's allegiance to the club. Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker agreed that Holbrook and Sagal’s scenes were "beautiful". He also commented that the series handled themes of loyalty and family especially well. Maureen Ryan commented that the third season divided critics and fans alike, suggesting the expanded Belfast cast made it harder for the audience to invest in the characters' journeys. Ryan later questioned the credibility of Hector Salazar's story, noting that he was inferior to other villainous characters such as Stahl, Zobelle and Weston. However, she praised Ally Walker's performance, comparing her character to The Shield's Vic Mackey. Critic Alan Sepinwall said the season was "interesting but uneven", noting that the plot gained traction in later episodes. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter said "Sutter should be applauded for shaking things up", calling the slower pace a "creative necessity".

Season four

Alan Sepinwall stated that the fourth season risked predictability by returning to a successful formula of storytelling, but he nonetheless preferred those episodes to those of season three. Maureen Ryan reviewed the fourth season positively. She praised the addition of Lincoln Potter (played by Ray McKinnon), comparing the character's quality to that of Breaking Bad's antagonist, Gustavo Fring. The AV Club called the fourth season more "focused" and "operatic". AV Club reviewer Zack Handlen was fond of the season but felt disappointed with the finale, saying it featured a "lousy case of dictated convenience, of an arbitrary and unbelievable reveal used to shift characters around to where the writers want them to be for next season, as opposed to where they might land organically." However, the review did praise Charlie Hunnam's performance in the finale. TIME said the fourth season was the strongest since season two, but the show needed to end sooner rather than later. TIME also agreed that the finale's contrivances were sometimes too visible, stating "it’s the principle: you can only turn up alive at your own funeral so many times before it starts to lose its impact."

Season five

Season five received favourable reviews and has a rating of 72 on the review aggregator site Metacritic. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly praised the series by calling it a "richly detailed portrait of self-righteous villainy". The series had a rating of 8.6/10 on the review site IMDB.

Ratings

The sixth season's premiere on September 10, 2013 received the highest ratings in the series' history. The episode was watched by 5.87 million viewers.

Season	Timeslot (ET)	Episodes	Premiered		Ended		Average viewers (in millions)
			Date	Premiere viewers (in millions)	Date	Finale viewers (in millions)
Season 1	Wednesday 10:00 pm	13	September 3, 2008		November 26, 2008	2.21	2.2
Season 2	Tuesday 10:00 pm	13	September 8, 2009	4.29	December 1, 2009	4.33
Season 3	Tuesday 10:00 pm	13	September 7, 2010	4.13	November 30, 2010	3.6	3.23
Season 4	Tuesday 10:00 pm	14	September 6, 2011	4.94	December 6, 2011	4.24
Season 5	Tuesday 10:00 pm	13	September 11, 2012	5.37	December 4, 2012	4.66	4.40
Season 6	Tuesday 10:00 pm	13	September 10, 2013	5.87	December 10, 2013	5.17	4.60

Awards and nominations

Sons of Anarchy was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama at the 2010 TCA Awards. Katey Sagal received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series (Drama) at the 68th Golden Globe Awards for her role in the third season. She also received a nomination for a 2010 Satellite Award in the category of Best Actress – Television Series (Drama), as well as a TCA nomination for the Individual Achievement in Drama. Sons of Anarchy (Season 5) received a Screen Crush Award for having the best TV series in 2012. Also in 2012, Paris Barclay was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Direction in a Drama Series for his direction of the Season 4 Premiere "Out". In 2013, Rockmond Dunbar won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Sherriff Eli Roosevelt.

Music

Soundtracks

Further information: Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4

Three EP soundtracks have been released by 20th Century Fox Records, on iTunes, featuring songs from each series. The first five-song EP, entitled Sons of Anarchy: North Country – EP, was released on September 8, 2009 and featured the full version of the Emmy Award nominated theme song "This Life". A second five-song EP, entitled Sons of Anarchy: Shelter – EP, was released on November 24, 2009 while a third six-song EP, entitled Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone - EP, was released on November 23, 2010.

In November 2011, selected highlights from the EPs and new tracks were released in Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4, followed up a year later by Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 2.

Sons of Anarchy: North Country – EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"This Life"	Curtis Stigers, Dave Kushner, Bob Thiele Jr., Kurt Sutter	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	2:22
2.	"Slip Kid"	Pete Townshend	Anvil and Franky Perez	3:49
3.	"John the Revelator"	Traditional	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	5:34
4.	"Forever Young"	Bob Dylan	Audra Mae & The Forest Rangers	3:13
5.	"Girl from the North Country"	Dylan	Lions	4:11

Sons of Anarchy: Shelter – EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Ruby Tuesday"	Jagger/Richards	Katey Sagal	3:23
2.	"Fortunate Son"	John Fogerty	Lyle Workman & The Forest Rangers	3:26
3.	"Someday Never Comes"	Fogerty	Billy Valentine & The Forest Rangers	4:06
4.	"Burn This Town"	Matt Drenik	Battleme	3:13
5.	"Gimme Shelter"	Jagger/Richards	Paul Brady & The Forest Rangers	4:53

Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone - EP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"No Milk Today"	Graham Gouldman	Joshua James & The Forest Rangers	4:01
2.	"Bird on the Wire"	Leonard Cohen	Katey Sagal & The Forest Rangers	5:05
3.	"Travelin' Band"	Fogerty	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	2:18
4.	"Miles Away"	Paul Taylor	The Forest Rangers feat. Battleme & Slash	4:49
5.	"Hey Hey, My My"	Neil Young, Jeff Blackburn	Battleme	2:52
6.	"This Life" (Celtic Remix)	Stigers, Kushner, Thiele Jr., Sutter	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	0:39

Other music

Other notable songs featured in the series include: David by Noah Gundersen, Writings on The Wall by The Album Leaf (In Series Premiere), "Ålesund" by Sun Kil Moon, Bobby's Elvis covers, a cover version of "Son of a Preacher Man" by Katey Sagal, "Hard Row" by the Black Keys which is featured in the Pilot episode (the music of the Black Keys often features in the series), along with "Plenty Strong and Plenty Wrong" by Maylene and the Sons of Disaster on the radio in the pilot episode, "Can't Get Used to Losing You" by Andy Williams, a cover of "Forever Young" by Audra Mae, "Burn This Town" by Battleme, "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya" by Dropkick Murphys, "Comin Home" by Murder by Death, "Hell" by The Upsidedown, "Power Player" by Clutch, "Railroad Cancellation" by Don Caballero, "Dolphin Center" by The Donkeys, "Stop" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Hands in the Sky" by Straylight Run, "People, Turn Around" by Delta Spirit, "Ashes to Ashes" by Tarbox Ramblers, and the blues song "John the Revelator" by Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers. The trailer for the 2009 season featured "Son's Gonna Rise" by Citizen Cope. Several Monster Magnet songs are used: "Monolithic" (from Monolithic Baby!) are used in season one, while "Radiation Day" and "Slut Machine" (both also from Monolithic Baby!) and "Freeze and Pixelate" (from 4-Way Diablo) are used in season two, and "100 Million Miles" (from Mastermind) appears late into season three. In the final episode of season three, "Get It On" by Turbonegro was used during the Russian chase scene. "Lot Lizard" by the band The Glasspack is used in season 2. Another notable song is a cover of Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" by a teenage band at the end of the episode "Giving Back". In 2011, "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers was used as a promo song for season 4. In episodes 5 and 8, there was music from the Belgian band The Black Box Revelation, and episode 7 featured the song "Machine Gun Blues" by Social Distortion. The 11/22/11 episode had two more notable pieces in the soundtrack. First was Boo Boo Davis "I'm So Tired", then in the confrontation between Opie and Clay, Noah Gundersens "David" [from his Family cd] is heard – with the line "I want to kill me a giant man". To Be, Act 1 contained "Burn It Down" by Awolnation during the interstate chase from Oakland back to Charming. Season 6's promos feature "The Mark Has Been Made" by Nine Inch Nails. "Mind Your Manners" by Pearl Jam was featured in the sixth season episode "Salvage".

Broadcast

Sons of Anarchy premiered in Australia on the Showcase in 2009 while in New Zealand it appeared on TV3 on October 20, 2010 and it has been announced it is moving to the Box. The show premiered in the UK on 5USA in 2009 and in the Republic of Ireland RTÉ Two the same year. It premiered in Canada on Super Channel October 20, 2008.In India season 6 is airing from 26th September 2013 only on Star World Premiere.

External links

• Sons of Anarchy at FXNetworks.com
• Sons of Anarchy at IMDb
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