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Recap / Sons Of Anarchy S 1 E 12

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The Sons raise money for Bobby's defense attorney, attempting to sell their own guns to the Mayans while also trying to resolve Opie's situation. Abel gets released out of the NICU, and Jax and family prepare for a homecoming.


Contains examples of:

  • "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Donna wouldn't be killed by Tig if he took his phone with him in the car.
  • Dramatic Irony: Opie would be the one to get shot and killed by Tig if he and Donna didn't switch cars.
  • Frame-Up: Clay tells Tig to make it seem like the One-Niners killed Opie and not his club friends. Later they get blamed for killing Donna.
  • Manipulative Bitch: Gemma uses Wendy to get back at Tara and drive her away from Jax.
  • Murder by Mistake: Tig shoots the driver of Opie's truck in the back of the head, but instead of Opie it's Donna that he murders.
  • Sleep Cute: The episode starts with couples of characters waking up, at first being cute, like Jax and Tara and Opie and Donna with their kids, but then Tig wakes up and kicks a prostitute out of his bed, Chibs and Juice sleeping with prostitutes on top of them, and Piney kicking his lady of the night out of the room for shooting heroin.
  • To Be Lawful or Good: Hale has a dilemma regarding Stahl's manipulation: betraying his badge by revealing it to Unser and saving Opie's life or keeping it secret and getting him killed.
  • Wham Episode: Tig murders Donna by mistake while Opie is revealed to have been set up by Stahl.

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