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?

Charlie Hunnam as Jackson 'Jax' Teller

Allow me to introduce you to the main character of ‘Sons of Anarchy’. Portrayed by Charlie Hunnam, Jackson 'Jax' Teller is the son of Gemma Teller Morrow and John Teller.  

After watching the first four seasons of SOA we learn that Jax recently divorced his wife Wendy, whom is pregnant with Jax's first child. In the opening of the season we see Wendy, an ex 'junkie', has relapsed and is found unconscious. Once she is found she is rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section resulting in baby Abel being born two weeks premature. Jax soon finds out that the baby will need emergency heart surgery as he has conceived the genetic heart condition that runs through the family. The surgeon who will perform the surgery is coincidentally Jax's first love Tara. She requested to do the surgery. The baby was expected that the baby had minimal chance of surviving the surgery, but the baby pulled through.

Jax is first seen as preventing any emotional bond with the baby as he is unsure of its survival after the surgery. Tara’s relationship with members of the club is seen as a bit uneasy due to occurrences in the past but Tara is eventually accepted by the rest of the clubs members. In time Jax and Tara bond over baby Abel end up back together and raise Abel as a family.

As Jax continues reading the journals that his father left for him, he discovers that the true nature of the club was to create a brother hood among the men. As the show progresses we see how John Tellers plan for the club was demolished after his tragic, and soon discovered, suspicious death. Jax finds it in his heart to change the club back to what it was truly meant for, even if that means choosing between his new family and the club. 

This Video pretty much sums up Jax Teller.

To learn a little more about Charlie Hunnam click here!

Source: Sons Of Anarchy DVD's S1-4 August 2009-2012