There are many tragedies throughout the seven seasons ofSons of Anarchy, but the show ended up glossing over its two biggest ones, which even mirror each other. Kurt Sutter’s crime drama TV showSons of Anarchytook the audience to the fictional town of Charming, California, to meet the title motorcycle club. LeadingSons of Anarchyis Jackson “Jax” Teller (Charlie Hunnam), VP of the club and the stepson of the club’s President, Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman).Sons of Anarchybegins with Jax finding his father’s manifesto and wanting to fulfill his vision for the club.
However, Jax soon learns that his father’s vision and Clay’s plans clash, and he has to make some hard and questionable decisions for the benefit and safety of the club and his family. Unfortunately, many of these decisions have horrible consequences for Jax and his loved ones, and more than once, Jax and his SAMCRO brothers had to deal with some truly tragic events. However,Sons of Anarchyglossed over the two biggest tragedies in the show, linked to Jax and his best friend Opie (Ryan Hurst).
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Also part of SAMCRO was Jax’s best friend, Opie Winston. Jax and Opie were best friends since they were children, and their fathers, John “JT” Teller and Piney Winston, were the founders of the club.Sons of Anarchybegins with Jax becoming a father, but due to Wendy’s (Drea de Matteo) substance-use disorder, baby Abel spends the whole season in an incubator. Opie, on the other hand, already had a family by the timeSons of Anarchybegan, and he was married to Donna and had two children: a son named Kenny and a daughter named Ellie.
Opie wasn’t the same after Donna’s death and struggled to be with his children.
Opie’s family was hit by tragedy inSons of Anarchyseason 1 when Clay ordered Opie’s murder, but, after a last-minute change Tig (Kim Coates) wasn’t aware of, he accidentally killed Donna instead. Opie wasn’t the same after Donna’s death and struggled to be with his children, and even though he later married Lyla,he couldn’t maintain a stable home and family due to his unresolved grief. Opie’s kids spent some time with their grandmother in season 2, but she ended up dropping them off with Opie again, despite him still not being ready to be with them again.
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On Jax’s side, he later had a son with Tara (Maggie Siff), named Thomas, but unfortunately,Tara was killed by Jax’s mother, Gemma (Katey Sagal), in season 6. Even before that, Jax’s kids had been involved in a lot of drama with Wendy’s return and a car accident when Gemma was driving under the influence.
If that wasn’t enough, there were Gemma and Jax’s deaths, leaving Abel and Thomas with Wendy and Nero, but even though they moved out of Charming,it’s implied that Abel won’t be able to escape his SAMCRO fate after Gemma gave him the “Son” ring, symbolizing passing the torch to him now that she and Jax were going to die. While Opie’s kids were left with zero stability, Abel might be on his way to repeating the tragic stories of his grandfather and father.
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In an interesting but tragic turn,Jax and Opie’s family tragedies end up mirroring each other, but one has a better chance to get better.Abel and Thomas Teller lost their parents Jax and Tara, their grandmother Gemma, their step-grandfather Clay, and Gemma and Clay killed their grandfather years before the events ofSons of Anarchy. However, they still have Abel’s biological mother, Wendy, who recovered from her substance-use disorder and became, along with Nero, Thomas and Abel’s guardians, who took them out of Charming.
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Opie’s children lost their parents Donna and Opie, their grandfather Piney, and their grandmother ended up rejecting them, but they still have Lyla. Although it was understandably overwhelming for Lyla to take care of her son and Opie’s children after his death, she eventually got back on her feet and, by the end ofSons of Anarchy, she had become a producer for Red Woody Productions.Lyla can now give Opie’s kids and her son a better and more stable life, and though she’s still close to the club, they didn’t inherit anything from it, unlike Abel Teller.
Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy is centered around the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original (SAMCRO), exploring the tensions between President Clay and Vice President Jax in the town of Charming. The narrative focuses on their differing visions for the club’s operations, blending legal and illegal enterprises.
