Season 1 Episode 1 : 4 Sep 2008

The opening scene shows two Black Crows on the road and in the background you hear the sounds of a motorbike. With the Sons of Anarchy patch on his back, cigarette in mouth we finally see our leading man Jax.

The Motorcycle club known as:

SAMCRO – Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle club Redwood Original

A rival club The Mayans are seen stealing weapons from a warehouse belonging to the Sons. The warehouse is set alight and then an explosion. We see the club leaders riding to the location of the warehouse. This is where we see SAMCRO club President Clay talking to local law enforcement discussing the ramifications of the fire. We immediately see the club has an affiliation with local law.

The club meet to discuss the events of last night at “Teller Morrow auto”

Jax is at a storage unit where he was told by Gemma (his mother) to look for some items he may need. He is seen looking at a box with writing on it “John Misc” in reference to his father John. There is a package inside marked “Original 3-15-1993” The title paragraph reads as such:

“The Life and Death of Sam Cro

How the Sons of Anarchy Lost Their Way

By John Thomas Teller”

Immediately Jax starts reading. In the meantime we see Gemma on her way to see Wendy whom she glimpses on the floor with blood next to her. Wendy is taken to the hospital for treatment. At the hospital we see Dr Tara Knowles an ex girlfriend of Jax who is working at Charming Hospital.

We learn Wendy is pregnant with Jax’s son who he has already named as “Abel”. Jax learns Wendy had bought some Crank and immediately we see the anger in his face. He needs to do something about this and storms out of the hospital set out to find the man that sold the crank to Wendy. It isn’t long before we witness the way the Sons give out their own justice and Jax is beating a man using pool cue stick and then his fists. Welcome to the Sons of Anarchy.

Another member of the SAMCRO family is Opie a friend of Jax and son to founding member Pinie Winston. Opie has only recently been released from prison where he served 5 years. Opie is married to Donna and they have two boys. Donna wants Opie to stay out of the Sons club business and lead a normal life. Opie however it seems is still drawn to the club and its way of life.

The club talk business at what is referred to as “Church” and only certain members attend these meetings and need to be voted in. The club discuss on what to do about the guns that were stolen from them and what they can do to get them back. Jax throws up ideas on where to begin. Piney explains to Jax that the club is here for him and that as he was a close friend of John he will always be there for Jax. Loyalty to the club and its members is an important tool in daily events at SAMCRO.

At a club night where we see drinking, talking and some fighting. Clay and Jax talk about the business of looking for new land so they can set up storage for the gun operations again. It’s here that Jax informs Clay that would he consider not buying any land and looking at other avenues of income for the club. Clay looks strangely at Jax…..Here we get a witness to Jax’s thoughts after reading some of the Journal from John.

Jax starts thinking about his son and doesn’t believe he needs to act as a father as he does not know if his son will live one day, one week due to his heart defect. He asked Gemma about John’s vision for the club and that he found some things in storage (pictures and a journal). He says that things were thought to be simpler and a kind of hippie way.

Later in bed Gemma and Clay discuss the conversations with Jax and Gemma is worried he may be led down a different path to what she believes he should head towards. Clay clutches his hands and here were learn he has an ongoing issue with them that will ultimately lead to him not being able to ride. Gemma asks Clay he has to nail Jax down otherwise he will become soft and burdened with guilt. She doesn’t want the ghost of John poisoning him and ruining everything. Gemma says that Jax needs to follow in the right footsteps

The following day Clay and Jax meet with the Brotherhood in a diner. It was Jax that beat the crap out of one of their men. We learn here that it was the brotherhood that protected Opie while he was in prison. The Brotherhood were trying to sell Crank inside Charming lines but the Sons are totally against and such thing.

The Sons believe they have found the location of the guns and pin point to one man Marcus Alvarez from the Mayans. The sons head to the location in formation. Jax ends up lying to Clay about why Opie did not come. He covers for Opie as Donna went into a fit of rage when she found out Opie was doing work for the Sons again.

While this is happening we see Bobby doing a gig as Elvis and entertaining people a total contrast to his life in SAMCRO. Tara is performing the operation on Able to repair his heart condition.

Once the sons get to the location they find the guns and pack them up. Only to run into some Mayans and all hell breaks lose. The Mayans are killed including one of Darby’s men from he brotherhood.

Gemma visits Wendy in hospital and lets her know that Abel has survived the operation and looks like his is on the mend to recovery. She baits Wendy by calling her a whore. Gemma holds her by the throat and doesn’t want her ever to see Abel. She leaved giving her a bible with a needle inside.

We lead next with a final song from Elvis “Can’t help falling in Love”

Bobby is happy to be singing.

Wendy is in trouble again frothing at the mouth with hospital staff around her.

Jax gets cleaned up and heads to the hospital to be greeted by Tara and they embrace. Jax has come to see his son. Jax has tears in his eyes when looking at Abel.

This is the life of SAMCRO.