Originally aired from September 3, , to December 9, , Sons of Anarchy follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California 's Central Valley. Charlie Hunnam stars as Jax Teller , who after discovering a manifesto written by his late father and motorcycle club founder, begins to question himself, his relationships, and the club. Themes throughout the show include love, brotherhood, loyalty, betrayal, and redemption.
The series explored vigilantism , government corruption, and racism. The show's plot depicts an outlaw motorcycle club as an analogy for human transformation. David Labrava , a real-life member of the Oakland chapter of Hells Angels , served as a technical adviser and also played the recurring character Happy Lowman. Sons of Anarchy' s third season attracted an average of 4. The season 4 and 5 premieres were the two highest-rated telecasts in FX's history.
The seventh season of the series premiered on September 9, On November 3, , FX announced that the seventh season would be its last. The series finale aired on December 9, He is frequently at odds with his stepfather, Clay Morrow , who has taken over the club since John's death, and is also now married to Jax's mother and John's widow, Gemma Teller Morrow.
Jax also grapples with his relationships with his high school sweetheart, Tara Knowles , and his childhood best friend, Opie Winston. The series begins with the destruction of a warehouse SAMCRO uses to store and assemble guns, which is their main source of income, by their rivals, the Mayans M. Jax's crystal meth addicted ex-wife Wendy Case overdoses, an emergency C-section is performed, and their son Abel is delivered ten weeks prematurely.
Jax finds his father's manifesto when he visits a storage unit to collect some old baby clothes. John Teller, Jax's father and one of the founding nine members of SAMCRO, describes his trials with and hopes for the club and his concerns about its increasing lawlessness and violence.
