Sons of Anarchy completely covered up by its two greatest tragedies

There are many tragedies throughout the seven seasons of Sons of Anarchybut the show ended up glossing over its two biggest ones, which even mirror each other. Kurt Sutter’s Crime Drama TV Show Sons of Anarchy took audiences to the fictional town of Charming, California to meet the titular motorcycle club. Main Sons of Anarchy is Jackson “Jax” Teller (Charlie Hunnam), vice president of the club and stepson of club president Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman). Sons of Anarchy begins with Jax finding his father’s manifesto and wanting to fulfill his vision for the club.

However, Jax soon discovers that his father’s vision and Clay’s plans conflict, and he has to make some difficult 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 have had to deal with some truly tragic events. However, Sons of Anarchy covered up the series’ two biggest tragedies, linked to Jax and his best friend Opie (Ryan Hurst).

Jax and Opie’s children are the children of anarchy’s greatest tragedies

Jax and Opie’s Children Were Children of Anarchy’s Collateral Damage

Jax’s best friend, Opie Winston, was also part of SAMCRO. Jax and Opie were best friends since they were children, and their parents, John “JT” Teller and Piney Winston, were the founders of the club. Sons of Anarchy begins with Jax becoming a father, but due to Wendy’s (Drea de Matteo) substance use disorder, baby Abel spends the entire season in an incubator. Opie, on the other hand, already had a family at the time Sons of Anarchy began, and he was married to Donna and had two children: a son named Kenny and a daughter named Ellie.

Opie’s family was struck by tragedy in Sons of Anarchy Season 1, when Clay ordered Opie’s murder, but, after a last-minute change that Tig (Kim Coates) didn’t know about, he accidentally killed Donna. Opie was not the same after Donna’s death and struggled to be with his children, and even though he later married Lyla, he was unable to maintain a stable home and family due to his unresolved grief. Opie’s children spent some time with their grandmother in Season 2, but she ended up leaving them with Opie again, despite him not being ready to be with them again yet.

On Jax’s side, he later had a son with Tara (Maggie Siff) named Thomas, but unfortunately, Tara was killed by Jax’s motherGemma (Katey Sagal), in season 6. Even before that, Jax’s kids had already been involved in a lot of drama with Wendy’s return and a car accident when Gemma was driving drunk.

If that wasn’t enough, there were the deaths of Gemma and Jax, leaving Abel and Thomas with Wendy and Nero, but even though they left Charming, It is implied that Abel will not be able to escape his SAMCRO destiny after Gemma gives him the “Son” ringsymbolizing passing the torch to him now that she and Jax were going to die. Although Opie’s children are left without stability, Abel may be on his way to repeating the tragic stories of his grandfather and father.

Jax and Opie’s childhood tragedies mirror each other (but one has a better future)

Jax and Opie’s families went through very similar tragedies

In an interesting but tragic twist, Jax and Opie’s family tragedies end up mirroring each other, but one has a better chance of getting better. Abel and Thomas Teller lost their parents Jax and Tara, grandmother Gemmaher stepfather Clay, and Gemma and Clay killed her grandfather years before the events of Sons of Anarchy. However, they still have Abel’s biological mother, Wendy, who recovered from substance use disorder and became, along with Nero, the guardians of Thomas and Abel, who took them away from Charming.

Opie’s children lost their parents Donna and Opie, their grandfather Pineyand their grandmother ended up rejecting them, but they still have Lyla. Although it was understandably difficult for Lyla to care for her son and Opie’s children after his death, she eventually recovered, and by the end of Sons of Anarchyshe became a producer at Red Woody Productions. Lyla can now give Opie’s children and her son a better, more stable lifeand although she is still close to the club, they did not inherit anything from him, unlike Abel Teller.