Chibs Telford

Actor Tommy Flanagan portrays everyone's favourite Scotsman of the group, Chibs Telford. We learned early in the show that Chibs got his nickname after receiving his facial scar from a rival, Jimmy O. After doing a little bit of research I discovered that the actors scars are actually real. Tommy was working as a DJ at a nightclub before he started his acting career. That is when he received the scars from an altercation outside the nightclub he was working at. He was leaving the night club to go home when a robber attacked him and left him with a 'Glasgow smile' on his face.

Most of the members of Sons of Anarchy group are American, but Chibs was born in Scotland and raised in Ireland, eventually joining the SAMBEL chapter in Ireland. He eventually was received in the Sons of Anarchy Motor Club chapter based in Charming, California. It's in Charming when we see Chibs become very close to Jax and very supportive of Jax when he became president of the club. We also witness how warming and fatherly like Chisb was to Juice when Juice was dealing with his personal issues in season four.

Just like many of the other characters in the show, Chibs has escaped death a few times. He spent half of season two in a hospital bed after a sever explosion that was set up against the group during a 'business deal'. It's during this time that we learn more about Chibs and his life he left back home. We are introduced to his wife Fiona and their daughter Kerrianne. 

Throughout the rest of the show his character is pretty quiet. Besides being supportive of Jax, Chibs is seen throughout the whole series being a mentor to many of the characters. He is often compassionate to his close friends. When half-sack was learning to box to raise money for the club Chibs was there to help him train and learn.



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Clay Morrow

You may recognize Ron Perlman from some big name movies, but in Sons of Anarchy he is seen as the selfish president of Samcrow who eventually lets his selfishness get the best of him.

 In the beginning the show Clay Morrow was seen as a somewhat like-able character who spoke highly of his old friend John Teller. But as the show progresses Clay's true personality comes out under certain stress and pressures. We witness Clay turn from a loving  husband of Gemma, to an abusive bully of Gemma. We see Clay's character turn twisted when Tig shares with Clay his suspicions of a betrayal by Opie. Clay and Tig decide to look into the matter and Tig discovers hidden microphones in Opie's truck and cell phone. Tig assumes Opie is working against the club for ATF now and immediately shares this news with Clay, who then instructs Tig to kill Opie. The night Tig follows Opie, Tig doesn't realize that Opie switched vehicles with his wife, and Tig ends up killing Opie's wife thinking it was him driving the truck. Once Clay is informed he hides this information and assures Opie they will find out who murdered his wife. Opie was devastated with the murder of his wife and we see Clay and Tig having a hard time with this. But did this change Clays mischievous ways? No. Later in the series we witness Clay morphing into an evil leader. After beating Gemma, members of the group start to question Clays authority of the group and start vouching for Jax to be the new president. Besides putting a hit on Tara for "knowing too much" about the club, Clay eventually ends up killing Piney in a cold blooded betrayal after secrets from the past are close to revealing Clay's true nature. Once Opie finds out Clay cowardly murdered his father, he also learns the truth about Donna and seeks revenge but is later talked out of it by Jax. Soon Clay's true nature is revealed to Jax in letters that Gemma gave to him from Maureen Ashby . The letters confirmed the truth about John Tellers death, which resulted in Jax swearing that he will kill Clay.

 

Gemma Teller-Morrow

As portrayed by Katey Sagal, Gemma is seen as an extremely protective, sometimes stubborn, tough cookie. She is very loyal to her loved ones and will do anything to protect them. Throughout the show we witness how protective Gemma is of Jax, and how that sometimes conflicts with her admiration of Clay as the two loves of her life often don't see eye to eye.
 Gemma's stubbornness got the best of her in season two when a rival gang member constructs a  kidnapping and gang rape of Gemma in order to send a message to Clay. Gemma is in constant strife now because she knows that if she sends this message, Clay will retaliate, but that was what they wanted so she keeps quite about the rape, resulting in several psychological issues for Gemma. Eventually she fesses up to Clay and Jax about the events that took place, and the two worked together to resolve the current issues. Later in season three, Gemma finds herself on the run after being set up for a murder that she didn't commit, due to a by a crooked ATF agent who is constantly out to get the club. Struggling with the fact of being away from her family, Gemma plans to meet with the ATF agent to turn herself in on a bargain deal. Unfortunately things didn't work out well for Gemma as she discovers while being away her grandson was kidnapped. After finding this out, Gemmas heart goes on her and she ends up in a hospital which wasn't the 'deal' the ATF agent agreed upon. Eventually Jax works out a secret deal with the ATF agent and Gemma is eventually a free woman again. Gemma often finds herself in between two choices or situations throughout the show. As a viewer we see how her tough attitude and loyalty to those she loves becomes a strength for her in making decisions, but is also often a weakness for her as others use these attributes to manipulate her. In the end Gemma always pulls through, as she has been in the club for a long time and has thick skin. 

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Opie Winston

After watching this weeks episode I figured it would be fitting to have the character of the week be Opie. Anyone who has been following the show knows that Opie died a hero, and last weeks episode was a tear jerker. Here's a clip of the emotional episode:

As portrayed by Ryan Hurst, Harry Winston, or 'Opie' for short, is the son of Piney, whom is one of the original nine members. Growing up, Opie was always very close to Jax. The two are seen as brothers in the show and often confront each other for advice with their issues, which is rarely seen between any members of the club. This just goes to show how close the two are.

In the beginning of the show, Opie is portrayed as a loving husband and father of Donna and his two children. He is often conflicted as Donna wants him to leave the club, but the club is all he's known his whole life. After Opie's car and phone is wired by ATF without him knowing, Clay suspects that Opie has turned into a rat. He sets out a hit on Opie but sadly, Donna ends up dead as she was driving Opies truck the night of the hit.

Opie is extremely depressed with Donna's death, he becomes distant and lives at the clubhouse since he can't face his children. While at the clubhouse Opie meets a porn star, Lyla, who is hired by the clubs porn business. Opie falls in love with Lyla and wishes for her to leave the porn business, he attempts to get her pregnant. To her surprise, Lyla does get pregnant. She has a secret abortion so that she can continue to keep working. Eventually Opie and Lyla get married, but Lyla continues in the porn business and confesses her abortion to Opie. Opie is frustrated even more when he finds Lyla's birth control pills hidden in her dressing room.

Opie ends up cheating on Lyla with another porn star hired by the club. This results in Jax giving Opie a piece of his mind. Things continue to be shaky between Lyla and Opie. They begin living seperatly and have minimal communication.

The situation gets worse for Opie as he soon finds out that Clay killed his father and that his wife's death was
also due to actions set by Clay. Fueled with anger, he seeks revenge. He finds Clay in the clubhouse and Jax
attempts to talk Opie out of shooting Clay, but Opie shoots him twice in the chest, resulting in Jax shooting
Opie in the hand. The group covers the shooting as retaliation from another club hit. Opie feels betrayed by Jax, and does not show up for Jax's announcement of becoming the new president of the club. He is often missing from club meetings and goes into hiding on his own.

What are your thoughts on Opie? Do you think it was a mistake to kill his character off?

R.I.P Johnny Lewis

Johnny Lewis played the loveable prospect, 'half-sack' on Sons of Anarchy during season one and two. Sadly his character was murdered in the end of season two, leaving season three to premier with his funeral.

What happened to Johnny Lewis after his SOA acting? Well, according to his IMBD profile he has completed filming for a new movie, which sadly, will be the last of his career.

Lewis has died at the young age of 28. It has be learned that before his death Lewis had several runs ins with the law due to violent crimes It is reported that the actor appeared to be under the influence of some substance at the time of his death, some are suspecting Meth or PCP as he had 'super-human' strength when others tried to tame him. It is said that he murdered his land lord, an elderly lady in her eighties, along with her cat. Moments later he fell to his own death in attempt to run away.

Sadly it is known that Lewis was up to no good in recent times. Kurt Sutter made an announcement

that made it clear that he was not surprised by the disturbing events that took place.

R.I.P Johnny Lewis and Catherine Davis.

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