- "I don't want to die. I just... I don't like being alone. I'm not good on my own... my head gets so loud and nothing syncs up. I start thinking about my thinking and getting lost in the details of nothing."
- ―Juice, to Gemma and Wendy about being alone.
Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz was a member the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original charter and a major character on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Played by American actor Theo Rossi, Juice makes his debut in the series' premiere episode, "Pilot", in season one; playing a recurring role throughout the same and subsequent seasons. Juice met his demise in the season seven episode, "Red Rose" .
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Appearance and Style[]
Juice is one of the younger members of the Sons. Juice is 5' 11" and has a muscular physique. He has a shaven head except for a flat mohawk, Juice does his best to maintain this look but at times he has had a buzz cut, slicked back short hair or completely bald, usually during his various prison stints. Juice sports numerous tattoos. Some of his most defining are his tribal tattoos on either side of his head, the reaper on his left forearm and his "SON" "SHINE" chest tattoo he got during 2013, a tumultuous year in Juice's life. On his right arm, Juice has a plethora of skulls and various monster imagery. Juice also has the numbers 12 27 80 tattooed on the top of his head. This is explained by Rossi as being the last day Juice remembers seeing his father.
Juice mostly falls in line with traditional biker clothing; often wearing baggy blue jeans or dark cargo trousers and a plain t-shirt.
Juice's kutte was basic in terms of customisability. In 2011, he was awarded a "Men of Mayhem" flash, which he wore on the top of his kutte.
Biography[]
Juice is of Puerto Rican and African American descent, and is originally from Bellmore, New York; he does not learn of his African American heritage until later in the series. He is SAMCRO's hacker and keeps their technology up to date. He is also in charge of club surveillance, and manages some of the club's intelligence and communication. At the start he is seen as unreliable and was often given the menial tasks such as driving the transport truck, indicating that he may not have been a full patch for very long before then. He sports a short mohawk and has tribal tattoos on each side of his head. It is unknown exactly how old he is, but he is often treated as one of the younger members of the club. Some paperwork in "Out" reveals Juice to be 28 in roughly 2011.
He displays great technical prowess, but has proven to be somewhat simple minded when it comes to other tasks, often garnering him hazing from the other members. Despite initially serving as a strong ally for the club and its members in earlier seasons, he is later shown to be willing to work against his allies to preserve his spot in the club. This leads to a downwards spiral in Juice's mental state as he questions his decisions and actions, but he can not face being alone and the club is his only family. His unravelling means he becomes a liability to the club, eventually resulting in the other members not trusting him. Juice crosses many lines to protect himself and stay in good with the club but his crimes eventually catch up to him. After his unfortunate excommunication and imprisonment, Juice opts to go with honour, doing a final service to SAMCRO before being taken out.
It's never stated in the series who sponsored Juice during his prospect period (in the pilot episode he appears to be the newest fully patched member); it is suggested in the season 2 episode Balm that it was Jax. He is portrayed as also being very close to Chibs, who mentors him through his depression in later seasons, and Gemma Teller, who supports him as well.
Season 1[]
"Pilot"[]
Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz, a member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original is at the clubhouse when Kip "Half-Sack" Epps, the club Prospect shows the club his ballbag, which contains only one ball, as the other was blown off by a landmine in Iraq. Clarence "Clay" Morrow, club President tells Filip "Chibs" Telford to find Jackson "Jax" Teller, his stepson and the club Vice President and inform him they are sitting at the table. Club Sgt-at-Arms Alexander "Tig" Trager and Secretary, Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson are also present.
At the table, Clay lays out the situation, the club have one more day before Laroy Wayne brings his men to Charming. The One-Niners have a heroin shipment coming in and they need the guns for protection. Jax is adamant that a big problem is going to occur if the Mayans Motorcycle Club attempt to steal the Niners heroin with their own guns but an angry Clay shuts down the idea, saying it isn't going to happen. The club decide they are going to track down where the guns are and retrieve them, destroying the Mayans warehouse in the process. Bobby is going to be absent as he needs to go to Tahoe to deal with his ex-wives, he is the club's usual explosive expert. Clay suggests they bring in Harry "Opie" Winston, an on and off member of the club who has recently gotten out of prison after serving 9 years for. Jax insists that Opie is "leaning straight" but Clay tells him he doesn't care, Opie will have to help them.
At the table, the club go over the situation with the Nordics, a white supremacist gang and their plan to retrieve their guns. They are joined at the table by Opie, and Happy Lowman, a member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Tacoma charter. Piermont "Piney" Winston, Opie's father and co-founder of the club speaks up and congratulates Jax on the birth of his son, and they are all here for him if they need him.
Later that day, the club put the finishing touches to their plan to raid the Mayan warehouse and retrieve their guns. Clay is impressed with the club's work.
The club hit the Mayan warehouse and are able to locate their guns, they work on wiring the place up with explosives when Mayans arrive. They stay quiet as Jax and Clay head out to deal with the problem. They argue about what should be done as Clay insists on blowing the warehouse up but Jax isn't so sure, not wanting to start a war with the Mayans. Clay says that they would be long gone if it wasn't for the delay with the explosives which is ultimately Jax's fault, not believing his story about Opie having to take his daughter to the hospital. They are able to outmanoeuvre the Mayans which ends with Clay and Tig both killing one and Jax being left to execute the last one. Suddenly, he is shot in the back but is able to return fire and hit his attacker, the last remaining Mayan attempts to draw a knife from his belt and finish off Jax, but he is gunned down by Clay. SAMCRO check the bodies of the deceased, realising one if a Nordic, meaning the Mayans and the Nords have a new partnership.
"Seeds"[]
Clay announces that the gun deal with the Niners has finally gone through, giving the club a decent chunk of change. Juice soon arrives and says that Deputy Chief David Hale has a warrant to search one of the Sons' warehouses where they store guns.
Inside Church, the club are planning what to do after Clay and Tig admitted that Tig had been having sex with the two dead Mexicans at the warehouse. Juice and Jax theorise that Hale is going to borrow a forensic team for the Lodi PD. Otto "Big Otto" Delaney, an imprisoned member of SAMCRO's sister works for the Lodi PD and perhaps she can let SAMCRO know if a forensic team is coming their way. Clay says that he is going to speak to Chief Wayne Unser, the corrupt Chief of Charming PD who the club have a long history with and see if he can get Hale to back down.
Back in Church, Juice explains that the forensic team will be in Charming tomorrow. Clay says the only way to stop them is to divert their attention with another murder. Jax is unsure, saying that Hale is already on high alert and it could bring more trouble with the Nords and the Mayans. Clay insists they need to do it to protect Tig and Jax eventually relents. Tig says they should kill some Nords and Clay agrees. Tig leaves to go and set things up but Jax stops him. He says he has a plan to fix their issue without killing anyone. He says they should call in a favour with Skeeter, an undertaker who can easily be bought out; Jax states that all they need is a body and a crime scene for a murder, of which they can fabricate. Clay agrees, telling Jax to not make him regret going with his plan.
Jax, Chibs, Juice and Half-Sack head to Skeeter's crematorium. The club explain that they need two bodies from Skeeter but he tells them he isn't interested in a deal right now. He says he has quit gambling and doesn't want SAMCRO's money. He admits that there is something they can do for him, however. He wants them to set him up with Emily Duncan, a crow eater and Jax says to consider it done.
Jax, Chibs and Juice head back to the cemetery, they find that Half-Sack has finished digging up the dead body, unfortunately, he's quite a big guy. Nevertheless they load the bodies in to two cars and head to Lodi.
Things turn sour when Jax and Chibs are pulled over after a cop notices some damage to their car. Juice and Half-Sack are behind and Juice thinks quickly and rear ends the cop car, the two then bailing and running from the two cops as they give chase. This gives Jax and Chibs ample time to burst the tyres on the cop car and steal their radio. They then head back to their car and pull a quick u-turn, driving back down the highway and picking up Juice and Half-Sack as they leave the cops in the dust.
The four then finish setting their murder scene, with Jax adding some finishing touches, making it look like a Nord and a Mayan murder.
As they had back to Charming, they spot a hot rod at a gas station, Jax recognises it as the same guy who cut them off earlier, subsequently damaging their vehicle and getting them pulled over by the cops. They head inside the gas station and Jax beats the guy down, who then pulls a gun and starts firing. Jax wrestles with the driver before the gas station employee steps in, killing the driver with an axe.
"Fun Town"[]
The club are at a local carnival. They briefly cross paths with Elliott Oswald, a local business man with whom the club have some history with. His wife, Karen, is less than pleased to see Clay and the club, knowing they are bad news.
The club regroup that evening to meet the True IRA for a gun deal, whilst they wait, Clay asks everyone's opinion on Half-Sack's prospect period. Everyone is in agreement that Half-Sack is doing an amazing job and is an asset to the club. Clay calls him over as their shipment arrives. Disassembled guns inside of oil barrels. Michael McKeavey, the driver of the truck and IRA member is frustrated to hear that the Sons won't be placing another order with the IRA for a few months whilst they recover from the warehouse fire. McKeavey says they have no choice but to look for another buyer.
The club agree to front McKeavey his money to keep their business arrangements, Chibs is ordered by Clay to go with McKeavey whilst he makes a trip up north, Clay wants to know who he is meeting.
Elliott drives in to the lot, demanding to speak with Clay.
Later in Church, the rest of the club learn about Oswald's situation. His 13 year old daughter was raped and beaten the previous night, and he wants SAMCRO to find the perpetrator. Some members of the club are unsure about assisting Oswald as he has no real affiliation to SAMCRO and it isn't their business. Clay is able to rally the troops however, and everyone is in agreement they will assist Oswald. The club believe that the Nords are a good place to start to try and find the rapist.
Juice and Half-Sack head out on some TM business when he receives a call saying he needs to go back to TM as the police want to question everyone at the carnival last night. He tells Half-Sack that Clay wants him to follow Deputy Chief David Hale around, as he is also looking for the rapist.
Unable to find Darby, the club are frustrated, Juice comes through with a lead however, a Nord who has served time for sex crimes who was at the carnival the previous night. Gemma calls, telling Clay that Darby is at St. Thomas hospital. Clay, Tig and Bobby head to St. Thomas whilst Juice is told to prepare the guns for the deal later. Tig also hands him some "vitamins" which Juice scoffs down.
Juice starts to preps the guns and continues to take Tig's "vitamins"; before he knows it, he is out cold on the floor.
Juice awakens on the streets of Charming with Hale looming over him. Juice realises he is wearing an adult diaper and little else. Hale tells him he will write him up for indecent exposure unless he moves. Juice limps away, very confused.
"Patch Over"[]
The club are concerned to learn the ATF is in Charming. Clay states that they don't even know the reason an agent is there, none of SAMCRO have had any legal trouble in over five years. Jax theorises that Hale is responsible as he knew the warehouse was theirs and wasn't able to follow through on it. The club realise they need to get their guns off the property. Jax suggests calling in a favor with "Jury" White, President of the Devil's Tribe Motorcycle Club, an allied MC out in Nevada. The club agree Jax and Bobby will go by themselves.
Clay speaks to Half-Sack, Tig and Juice, he states that Devil's Tribe will be patching over to join the Sons. He says the whole club is going up there with their gun supply.
Tig and Juice head to steal one of Unser's trucks to use to transport the guns. They give the guard dog some drugs as Tig voices how upset he is to not be getting pussy in Nevada. The dog skulks off and the pair enter and head towards Unser's truck. Suddenly, the dog turns feral and charges at the pair, they sprint to the truck and Tig is bitten by the dog. Tig is furious as Juice admits he fed the dog crank.
The following morning, Tig and Juice finally make it to Nevada, Tig is devastated to learn that they missed the party as he sees various women draped over his brothers.
The following morning Clay receives a call from Jax, telling him that Mayans are on their way to Indian Hills, the club arm up and prepare to fight.
The club are able to hold off the Mayans without any real casualties.
"AK-51"[]
At the table, with the club whole again. Juice has returned from Nevada and Chibs has returned from up North. Chibs brings news about their Irish contacts and explains they need to pay them on time or they will buy from the Russians instead. The Sons will also continue to sell guns to the Niners at a discounted price. Jax and Piney also made a sale of some weapons to a local militia earlier in the day.
Half-Sack suddenly bursts in to Church and tells Clay he is needed outside. The club head outside and find Agent June Stahl of the ATF and Hale. Stahl asks who the owner of the garage is and Clay admits it is him, he is immediately arrested. Clay asks what the charge is and Stahl says he isn't being charged yet, she is just looking for some information about Nate Meineke. Clay states he doesn't know who that is and Stahl informs him that he is responsible for holding up a prison transport and killing three people. The last call on his phone is from TM.
The club scramble to keep things in check. Piney tells them that Nate has reached out and told Piney his location. Jax tells Piney that he has to setup a meet so that they can take care of the militants, they lead the feds right to the Son's front door. Bobby also announces that the feds have a warrant to search the clubhouse. Piney is sent back to the cabin with Opie whilst Jax attempts to handle the situation.
Jax tells Bobby to meet with Laroy and collect the money for the guns, they will have them by the end of the day. Chibs questions how Jax is going to get the guns out of the clubhouse with the pending search warrant.
Jax strikes gold with a genius idea to use a septic tank to get the guns out of the clubhouse. A company is at the clubhouse clearing out the drains. Not all is well however, as Bobby returns with news that Laroy is refusing to buy the guns due to the heat associated with them.
The warrant finally comes through, hordes of armed ATF agents storm the clubhouse and quickly detain all the Sons. The Sons laugh to themselves as they know the feds won't find anything they can be charged with.
The feds leave empty handed and Chibs, Juice and Half-Sack head out to retrieve the guns from the septic tank.
"The Pull"[]
At the table, the club have almost pulled together enough money for the IRA guns, they are very close to the $200k they need. The club briefly discuss the various ways they have pooled together the money before Clay announces they can get the remaining money from Luann, if Gemma talks to her first. She is making a lot of money from the porn industry. Jax also announces that his son is getting out of the hospital today, the club are excited and pleased for Jax.
Jax returns to the clubhouse and informs the club of his crank discovery, he assisted at a roadside accident and discovered the drugs on the driver, he suspects it is the Nords. Juice confirms if it definitely Nord product and Tig says they should teach Darby a lesson. Jax says that he and Opie will go and speak to the driver of the truck and see what he has to say about the meth. Clay says that Luann is also fronting the club $55k, meaning they only need $15k more by the end of the day. Chibs tells Half-Sack that if he ever wants to get patched in, he needs to find them the remaining money.
Juice and Half-Sack head out on TM business, whilst out, Half-Sack spots an ambulance, he races to it and Juice questions what he is doing, he tells Juice he is getting his top rocker, Half-Sack dives in the ambulance as the driver exits and speeds away in it, leaving Juice in disbelief.
At the clubhouse, the club mock Half-Sack for stealing an ambulance, claming they can easily sell it for $100k. When asked where he can sell it to, he isn't able to answer, realising the many flaws in his plan. The club laugh at Half-Sack's expense and Clay tells Chibs to get rid of the ambulance after dark. Jax soon arrives, he briefly wonders why there is an ambulance in the garage but upon learning Half-Sack is responsible, he asks no further questions. Clay asks if Jax was able to learn anything from the truck driver, to which he quickly tells them about how he learned the Nords are dealing crank in Pope, where the driver fills up his tanker with diesel, Opie and Jax stole the tanker, and Jax flipped it to Unser at a cheap price. Meaning they now have enough money for the IRA.
Chibs, Juice, Jax, Opie and Half-Sack soon arrive at the bar where Clay and Tig were meeting the IRA. They learn that a shooting went down and Cameron Hayes, the Sons' new contact after McKeavey was killed by port commissioner Brenan Hefner for not wanting to pay more tax has also just been shot by Mayans who attacked the bar. The barman says he will take care of the Mayan body whilst the rest of the club get Cameron back to the clubhouse, in Half-Sack's very convenient ambulance.
Later that night, Chibs and Juice try their best to patch up Cameron.
"Hell Followed"[]
Chibs and Juice continue to work on Cameron, eventually being able to pull one of the slugs from him causing a fountain of blood to spray out of the wound. Tig and Gemma rush in before the pair swiftly leave the clubhouse.
Cameron eventually comes to and is horrified to see that Juice has his finger buried in his ass cheek, essentially keeping him alive. Chibs soon returns and Cameron tells Chibs that Hefner must be dealt with and dealt with swiftly. On Monday he is going to set dogs loose on cargo and the IRA shipment will be discovered. Chibs assures him that the club will deal with it.
Tara Knowles, Jax's on and off old lady who is also a doctor soon arrives at the clubhouse, she immediately has Gemma feed Cameron some pills and then tells Juice she is going to plug the wound his finger is currently holding. Tara is able to stabilise the bleeding and Juice takes his leave, he is happy to hear from Tara that he saved Cameron's life.
At the table, Clay addresses SAMCRO and the other charters who have come down. He states that what happened the previous night can never happen again, no more bodies can drop in Charming. Tig speaks up and says that SAMCRO did not attempt to kill the Nords, it was Alvarez who tried to kill Clay and Darby. However, if they retaliate, war is certain. Clay admits that he sat down with Alvarez, causing shock to ripple across the table. Clay says that he made a deal with Alvarez, the Sons will sell guns to the Mayans and all beefs will be ended, in Charming and out of state, no Sons will have issues with Mayans anymore. Juice enquires about the Sons deal with the Niners and selling guns to them, but Jax insists they have no real loyalty to the Niners and they also buy guns from other sources. Bobby admits he has concern that a deal with the Mayans could trigger something else with the Niners. Tig says that the Mayans still tried to kill him but Clay says that debt will be settled too, by another charter, he asks if Happy will do the deed and he of course agrees. The club vote on the deal and the majority are on board.
As the peace celebration rages on, another matter is bought to the rest of the club by Juice and Chibs. Cameron has stated that Hefner needs to die before Monday, or the most recent gun shipment will be taken. Cameron has offered the inital payment back and a free month of guns if SAMCRO handle it. The club briefly debate it but realise the pros outweigh the cons and the hit must be done. Opie is quick to step up, insisting that he can get it done. Clay agrees, Jax, Opie and Bobby are to carry out the hit.
"Capybara"[]
Clay receives a call from the SAMCRO lawyer, he announces that Luann is clear of any charges, but Otto isn't. In a final meeting with Stahl, he attacked her, smashing her face in to a table and breaking her nose, proving he is loyal to the club. The celebration is very short lived as suddenly Juice sees an army of armed police at the front door of the clubhouse, within seconds Stahl has strutted in as the club are forced to the floor. Bobby is grabbed and told he is under arrest for the murder of Hefner.
At the table, the club is very concerned about Bobby being arrested, Jax insists he is sure there was no witness and nobody could've seen them carrying out the murder. The club notice the mysterious absence of Opie and minds begin to race as Tig states that only two other people saw the murder, one is in jail and the other is in the wind. This causes Jax to jump to his feet as he and Tig almost begin to fight at Tig's accusation. Piney also steps up, saying Opie isn't here is because he doesn't know what is going on. Jax heads out to find him.
Juice arrives to speak to Clay and Tig with some disturbing news, he has just checked out Opie's bank records and seen that a large chunk of his debt has been paid off with a federal wire transfer. Clay tells Juice to not say a word to anyone else about his discovery.
Jax meets up with Opie as the pair are going to travel to the clubhouse to clear Opie's name. They arrive at the clubhouse and everyone is happy to see Opie, they head in to Church. Opie speaks, telling the table that Stahl tried to set him up as a rat, he doesn't know who the witness is but it isn't him. Donna Winston was also targeted but she turned down Stahl's deal, wanting to stay loyal to Opie. Tig then enters as Opie finishes his piece, he asks if he is good with the club and Clay confirms he is, banging the gavel as everyone stands to leave except for Tig and Clay.
"The Sleep of Babies"[]
At the table, Clay expresses concern about the club's current lack of cash. If they need to fund Bobby's legal defense, they are in trouble. He suggests selling the club's personal gun surplus to the Mayans and there is a level of disagreement. Clay says that if they sell the Mayans the guns, it will appear as a goodwill gesture and they will get a good payout. Jax protests but Clay admtis he is out of ideas. They formulate a plan and will do the deal in two separate locations, Tig and Opie drop off the guns in one location and Jax and Clay pick up the cash in another. Piney wants in also but Clay refuses, causing Piney to angrily storm out of Church.
At Able's coming home party, Juice witnesses Tara angrily leaving the house, Jax asks Juice to tail her to make sure she gets home safe, he obliges and heads out.
With news of a shooting, SAMCRO race downtown, they find Donna dead. Opie arrives at the traffic lights where he sees the bloodied corpse of Donna, he drops to his knees and sobs as he holds her. Chibs and Jax drag him away.
Chibs and Juice later drink silently at the clubhouse.
"The Revelator"[]
At the table tensions run high for obvious reasons. Clay tells the table that he is responsible, organising the deal with the Mayans that led to Donna's demise, others speak up and say they all agreed on the deal. Piney says they track down Laroy and kill him and becomes enraged at Clay, saying if it happened to him there would be instant retaliation, Piney leaves and Jax goes after him.
Rosen drops by to speak to SAMCRO, he says the name of the witness is being released and the ATF is presenting evidence agaisnt Opie for his part in the murder of Hefner, he expects it to be a resident or neighbor that saw the hit and if Opie comes in, he probably won't be leaving again. Clay reminds Rosen that Donna'a funeral is tomorrow and Rosen says he will do what he can to delay and reminds Clay that his payment is due soon. The club decide they need to deal with the witness before they can testify against Opie or Bobby. They realise the witness is under watch 24/7 and it will not be easy getting to them. The club agree they will contact Trammel to try and get information about safehouses in San Joaqiun. Jax receives a call from a frantic Half-Sack who has been tailing Piney, he tells Jax that Piney is heading in to a Niners bar, probably looking for Laroy, another issue for SAMCRO's ever growing list of problems. Jax and Chibs head out to retrieve him whilst Tig, Juice and Clay go and speak to Trammel.
The trio track down Trammel and he is so taken aback by their request for trying to kill a federal witness he actually laughs at them, telling them no amount of money would be enough. Clay lays it out for Trammel, if the witness lives, they all go down, including their associates, meaning him. Trammel all but agrees, telling them they will need a case number and the witness name will not be enough.
They try Oswald, believing him to have insider information, Clay threatens Oswald with the knife that has his prints on that killed the carnival worker months ago, saying it would be a slam dunk case against Oswald. Oswald wants to know what Clay wants, he explains he needs information that judges would have access to.
Juice and Oswald soon return with the case number they are looking for. Juice says that he called Happy who knows an "alarming" about about safehouses and witnesses, Juice explains what Happy said about security and Tig jumps in saying that he, Chibs and Happy will do the hit, assuring Clay he will be fine. Juice is ordered to get the case number to Trammel and find that safehouse as soon as possible.
Jax exits Church and starts speaking to Juice about the witness, Juice reveals to them that it is a 17 year old girl, Jax immediately takes off as Clay yells for him to come back.
The following day, the club ride with Donna's funeral procession to the graveyard. Many associates, friends and family are also present. Jax arrives late, looking worse for wear, Tara stands and places his kutte on him, before kissing him passionately. Jax briefly pays his respects to Donna before taking off.
Season 2[]
"Albification"[]
The Sons test weapons they are purchasing from the True IRA, Cameron and his son, Edmond Hayes watch on. The Sons are interested but when Cameron proposes a different type of deal with the Sons running the guns instead of reselling them, nobody is too sure. The club briefly discuss and it soon realise that they have little options, they need the money and the IRA business, they will have to play along. Jax barters the Irish in to a bit of a sweeter deal and an agreement is made.
In Church, the club discuss revenge for Opie as Tig and Clay bring new evidence that it wasn't the Niners, this is backed by Clay and Piney who went to speak to Laroy directly. They concur that the Mayans are responsible. Opie says he wants to kill the Niner responsible, Opie, Tig, Chibs and Jax will head out to handle the business, everyone leaves.
A car rolls in to the lot and a group of men emerge, the Sons approach them with Clay telling them that the garage is closed. The lead man, Ethan Zobelle explains that he isn't there for repairs, he is there to give some advice to the Sons to stop selling guns to the Mayans and the Niners. The Sons laugh at him, with Clay giving the classic response that they are just motorcycle enthusiasts. Tig whispers to Clay that one of the men is a Nord and Zobelle confirms this, explaining that they are business parters with Darby. Clay looks Zobelle up and down, realising that they are white supremacists. Tig draws his gun and Zobelle addresses him by name, saying that he isn't going to shoot him with all these witnesses. He tells Clay that his cigar shop will be opening in a few weeks and leaves him with a gift of a cigar box until then, stating that he knows they are his favourite.
The celebrations rage on as Bobby is dropped off at the clubhouse by Stahl, finally free from prison after all the cases against him were dropped due to lack of evidence.
"Small Tears"[]
The Sons arrive at St. Thomas, Tara soon arrives to speak to them and informs them that Gemma was in a car accident, her face is pretty beaten up but she will be fine after they run some further tests. Unser approaches the Sons, telling them that Luann's porn studio has been hit and the feds have taken everything.
Jax, Bobby, Chibs, Juice and Half-Sack head to Luann's studio. Luann tells them about Georgie Caruso, a rival producer who is going to poach her girls, Luann says she needs the money she loaned the club back so she can pay her girls to keep them. Jax says it won't happen today but he will get Georgie off her back. They head to Georgie's studio and threaten him, Georgie says that he is trying to help Luann's girls but SAMCRO don't buy it. A very hungover Bobby throws up on Georgie's bodyguard and the club leave.
Jax rallies the guys to attack Georgie's studio after he hurt one of Luann's girls. They beat him, his crew and break his equipment.
At Church, Jax propses an idea to make Luann an official partner, they rent out the unused gun warehouse, they provide the muscle and split the profits with Luann, it's easy money, and it's a legitimate business, the club take a vote and it passes unanimously.
Later that night, SAMCRO head to the gun deal with the Niners, they are selling them 12 AK's after the Niners believe the Mayans will soon be acting against them. The trade is jumped by the Mayans, Bobby is shot and the weapons are stolen, Clay returns the money to Laroy, telling him they will get him more guns.
"Fix"[]
Juice has finished gathering intel on Zobelle and the League, a white supremacist organisation that paid the Sons a visit on the night of Bobby's party, they threatened the Sons and warned them to stop dealing guns to the Mayans and the Niners. As expected, Juice has discovered that Zobelle is a saint, he owns 5 cigar shops named "Impeccable Smokes" and he is a deacon at his church, he is widowed and has a daughter. Jax notices that the last place Zobelle had a cigar shop was in San Bernardino and a local MC called the War Boys Motorcycle Club attacked Zobelle's shop, causing them all to get arrested and the club to crumble. Clay mentions that the War Boys ran guns prior to being taken down. SAMCRO realise that Zobelle is trying to take down MC's to prep his own organisation for a race war, Jax becomes concerned that perhaps he has already gotten to Hale, Hale has never taken a bribe from the Sons before but perhaps Zobelle has what he wants, the key to get rid of SAMCRO from Charming. Opie is also tasked with tracking down Darby's meth labs, out on a reposession job earlier, he and Half-Sack found Darby was dealing again inside Charming.
Tig, Chibs, Juice and Opie head out to deal with the Darby issue, Juice poses as a buyer and is able to lure one of the dealers away, the Sons ambush him and are able to get information about where Darby's crank house is.
In Church, Opie explains what they discovered after pressuring the crank dealer, they know where Darby is cooking. A discussion over how to deal with the problem comes up and the club theorise a good way to tell if Hale is working for Zobelle is if he ignores the tipoff that the Sons are going to give him. If he does nothing with it, they handle the problem themselves by blowing up the house.
Under the cover of darkness, SAMCRO head to the crankhouse to deal with it, Hale did indeed bury the info. They lay explosives and then bait the occupants in to coming outside and fleeing, Opie then lights the explosives from the inside and barely makes it out in time as the house erupts behind him.
"Smite"[]
At the table, the decision to vote on retaliation after Otto was attacked in prison has to be made. Clay says that he knows they are trying to lay low after just losing the ATF, but Zobelle has been underestimated, he can do real damage to the club. Clay continues, saying if they don't act now, they will appear weak. Jax speaks up, saying he agrees with Clay, but retaliation right now is not a good idea, the League aren't fools and they are protected on both sides of the law, they will be going in blind. Blowing up the crank lab was planned, he presents a DVD which has footage of Opie doing the deed on it that was supplied by Hale. Zobelle isn't like their other adversaries, he is using the law to get to them, rather than taking it in to his own hands. He expects and wants the Sons to retaliate. The Sons should be patient and wait to learn more before attacking back. The vote is called. Clay, Tig, Opie and Juice land on retaliation, Jax, Chibs, Bobby and Piney land on no. It ends with 4-4, no majority, meaning no retaliation
Outside the clubhouse, a broken down car is being wheeled in, Chibs jumps inside to try and start it but hears a sound which causes him to dive out of the car and run for his life, the car explodes behind him, sending him flying through the air, he lies in a pool of blood as everyone surrounds him.
"Falx Cerebri"[]
In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, Chibs is carted off to hospital.
Back in Church, Clay says that Unser is getting them Zobelle's home address. Clay demands retaliation after Zobelle tried to have 2 SAMCRO members killed in 24 hours. Nobody objects this time.
The following morning, Edmond has arrived, he is extremely concerned with the explosion, saying it is going to bring the feds back around. Clay assures Edmond to return to Cameron and tell him there will be no problem, it will be resolved. Unser approaches and gives them the home addresses of Zobelle and Weston, Juice is ordered to stay behind and clean the crime scene best he can, Jax goes to see Chibs in hospital. Opie warns Clay that Jax definitely isn't on board with retaliation and he is sure he is working something else.
Juice prepares to clean the crime scene when suddenly the forensics team show up, Juice is ordered away from the wreckage and Unser has to play along. The two devise a plan using Unser's cancer medication to ruin the testing kits the team have with them. Juice causes Unser to spill his drink containing the drugs, but they are unable to damage the kits.
At the clubhouse, Juice was able to hack Weston's stolen laptop and they believe they know where he is, at a Christian centre holding a rally, the club arm up and head out.
They arrive at the church and they plan to just grab Zobelle, Jax admits that he has been working with Hale all day, there will be a lot of Aryans inside and it might not be so simple, the sheriffs are also on their way to pick up Zobelle. Clay says they better move quickly then and the club arm up. They disarm the security outside and breach the church, but are shocked to see it is just a normal party, there are no Aryans besides Zobelle and Weston present. A shot rings out and everyone begins scrambling, SAMCRO flee the church as Opie heads after Zobelle by himself. The cops are already outside and SAMCRO are arrested.
"Gilead"[]
The Sons settle in for their stint in jail. They are in significant danger as the AB will not be protecting them as Zobelle has put out word, they will need to look for other unlikely alliances. Tensions between Clay and Jax run at an all time high as Clay scrambles to secure the Sons protection.
The Sons regroup, Clay has negotiated an alliance with Russel Divine and the Black Guerrilla Family if they help take care of 2 snitches from his gang. One is on the outisde, a dealer named Venus Bell, Opie will be handling it and Dion, the other is currently in protective custody.
Jax has arranged a plan with Dion, Juice will meet him in the infirmary for 'sex'. The Sons tell Juice the plan, who is less than interested but eventually agrees. Tig punches him in the back, cracking his ribs in order to get him sent to the infirmary.
Juice arrives in the infirmary and dodges Dion best he can, hoping the BGF will arrive in time. Juice is able to keep Dion distracted long enough for the BGF to arrive, he lets them in and they attack Dion, eventually beating him to death.
Juice returns to the Sons with good news, Dion has been taken care of, and he made it out of the infiramry unviolated; as he strolls towards the Sons he is approached by AB members who shiv him, stabbing him in the back, Jax pulls the shiv from Juice as he is quickly picked up by the guards and dragged back to the infirmary.
"Balm"[]
Juice is still recovering in hospital, Jax and Bobby come to visit him to update him on goings on and get his proxy vote for Jax going Nomad. Juice is visibly saddened to hear about Jax's decision, he reminds Jax that SAMCRO is his family.
"Service"[]
The following morning at Church, the table is full, plenty of people are surprised to see the SAMCRO patches back on Jax's kutte as he sits at Clay's side once again. Jax explains that he isn't going Nomad and Clay explains why, Gemma was assaulted and raped by the League. The table is furious at Clay's bombshell and voices begin to raise demanding blood. Jax and Clay silence their brothers, explaining that they need to be patient and find a weakness, their gun charges are still pending and a show of force will land them right back in jail, exactly what Zobelle wants. Clay demands SAMCRO swallow the urge to kill any League members until they have a final plan. The topic of their gun problems arise, with Clay explaining there has been a delay in getting the Chinese guns, they will need to tap in to their personal stock. Outside of TM, SAMCRO arrive to see Opie brutally beating Tig. They rush over to stop the fighting and Clay approaches Tig and demands to know what he told him. Tig says that he couldn't hide it any longer, he had to tell Opie what they did, that he killed Donna, and it was all set up by Stahl.
Clay, Bobby and Juice take stockpile of everyone's personal weapons. The trio quickly realise it won't be enough to take down the League; Clay says he is going to contact Jimmy to try and repair their now fractured relationship.
SAMCRO later meet with Jimmy, they attempt to fix the relationship, Chibs and Jimmy's hatred for each other certainly makes it difficult but a deal is eventually struck. Jimmy assures Clay that he will be receving Zobelle's next gun shipment and he is done dealing to the League. Clay and Jimmy shake hands.
Jax then says that he saw the League meeting with Alvarez earlier, Jax theorises that Zobelle doesn't truly care about the race war, he just wants to be rich and powerful. At their meeting earlier, Weston was nowhere to be seen, he is likely doing the business with the Mayans behind his back. Clay says that it sounds like something they can unravel. Chibs enters and asks to speak to the table. He confesses to the club that Stahl approached him and offered him a deal, Chibs has foolishly accepted but nothing is official, Stahl offered immunity for Chibs' family and the club. The deal hasn't gone through as Edmond turned on Cameron already; if Cameron gives up Jimmy, Stahl is going to tell the IRA that Chibs started everything, putting his family in danger. Clay tells Chibs that he didn't make any deal, things can still be fixed. The meeting is interrupted when without warning, Piney bursts through the doors and begins shooting at Clay. He misses and is quickly restrained, Clay stands and attempts to attack Piney back but he is held back also. Opie asks for the room.
Opie approaches Clay after and says that Piney did what he had to do as he thought that Opie would be trying to kill Clay also, he didn't want that burden to be on him. Clay hisses that there is probably some truth to that and Opie agrees. Opie says that he wants Clay to give Piney a pass, he has nothing without the club. Piney goes to leave, Clay tells him that he should never enter the clubhouse again without his kutte, Piney retorts that it won't happen again.
"The Culling"[]
With a war with the League fast approaching, SAMCRO go in to lockdown, families and friends pile in to the clubhouse to keep everyone safe whilst the Sons handle business. Clay speaks to the masses, telling them the club is embarking on a mission that could put members in danger, everyone is safe under SAMCRO's roof. SAMTAC have also come down to provide backup.
In Church, the club discuss their plan to deal with the ATF heat and Stahl breathing down their necks. Chibs is still concerned that Jimmy is going to hurt his family after Stahl exposes him as a rat, Jax tries to reassure him. Unser steps forward and gives the club some images of Zobelle meeting with the IRA, with these images they should be able to convince Jimmy that the betrayal is from Edmond and Cameron, not from SAMCRO.
Jax, Juice and Opie head in to town to speak to Weston, they tell him that Zobelle has been working with the Mayans behind his back, knowing this will get Weston furious, as he is a true supremacist, unlike Zobelle. Jax tells him that the guns the League stole from SAMCRO went straight to the Mayans and Zobelle met with Alvarez yesterday for a heroin pipeline discussion.
Using Chuckie as a distraction, the Sons are able to lead the ATF away from Edmond's stash house, they meet Jimmy there and pick up their guns.
The Sons then ride to the camping shop, knowing the ATF is on them. They enter the business and Stahl isn't far behind, they are all detained and the box in the SUV that left with a 'fake' Jimmy in is bought inside. Edmond is also dragged in by the ATF, confirming to the Sons that he has turned. The crate is opened and two dead rats lie inside, symbolosing Edmond and Cameron. With no Jimmy, no guns and no choice, Stahl lets the Sons go.
The Sons ride out to meet the League for their fight night, organised earlier by Jax and Weston. As expected, Weston has turned up with numerous men and weapons. Weston scoffs at them telling them "Fair is for losers, I'd rather win". Niners and Triad members armed to the teeth emerge from the trees, outnumbering the Aryans at least 4 to 1. Weston submits, telling his guys to drop their weapons. Jax suggests they stick to the plan and a mass brawl breaks out between the 20 men, every member of the Sons wins their 1 on 1 as sirens begin blaring. Hale arrives on the scene, furious at the Sons and the AB for getting in to it inside Charming. Weston is then arrested for arson by Hale. Clay tells Tig to call Unser and get him to move on the cigar shop.
SAMCRO soon arrive at the cigar shop and Clay hits Polly Zobelle, Zobelle's daughter. Unser jumps to his feet but Clay assures Unser that Polly is just as guilty as the rest of them as he takes his gun to her. Zobelle, hearing the commotion runs to the front of the store and is quickly restrained by the Sons. Clay puts his gun to Zobelle when suddenly Hale arrives with backup. Zobelle immediately tells Hale that the Sons are threatening his life. Unser pulls rank, telling Hale that he is still the Chief and he has the situation under control, he and the other deputies need to leave. The deputies comply, as Hale prepares to leave, Zobelle shouts that he and Polly are in posession of narcotics, one of the deputies pulls out a brick of heroin and Hale arrests them both. Jax tells Zobelle that they are going to kill him as he is taken away.
"Na Trioblóidí"[]
The Sons anxiously wait outside Charming PD, wanting to know the fate of both Zobelle and Weston. Unser exits and tells them that Stahl is in a meeting with the FBI and Zobelle, he has no more news.
Unser later approahes the Sons again, he tells them that both Zobelle and Weston are walking out today. Chuckie's eye witness testimony will not hold up as he is a convicted felon and Zobelle has been working with the FBI all along as an informant, giving them dirt on individuals that join L.O.A.N, allowing him to continue his illegal deeds with protection from above. The Sons prepare to tail Zobelle as he leaves, when suddenly Mayans arrive, they escort Zobelle away, looking to protect their business partner.
A stalemate is happening on main street in Charming. The Mayans are posted up outside Impeccable Smokes with Zobelle inside and SAMCRO wait on the outside. Jax speaks to the rest of the crew and Unser tells them that Weston has now been released, he is stopping off to see his kids and then he is getting out of town. Jax, Chibs and Opie head out to deal with him.
Alvarez approaches Clay in main street after the PD pat him down. Alvarez tells Clay to get the Sons to go home, Clay of course refuses, Alvarez says he has only 1 chance before he calls in backup and main street turns in to a blood bath.
Juice is ordered to stay with the other charters and guard main street until Zobelle and the Mayans exit, then call Clay. The rest of the club leave.
Juice later sees Alvarez and Zobelle leaving, he immediately calls Clay to tell him.
SAMCRO arm up, ready to face the remanants of the League and the Mayans. They chase the Mayans and Zobelle on to the highway, using one of Unser's trucks, Happy, Piney and other Sons are able to get the jump on the Mayans, killing a few of them and sending Alvarez packing as Clay warns him this is his only chance to flee, Alvarez gathers his crew and races off, leaving Zobelle to flee in the car.
Jax receives a call from Tara, she begins to explain that Gemma followed Polly Zobelle before Tara begins to yell on the other end before the line goes dead. Jax is concerned, telling Clay that he needs to return home and see what is going on. Opie and Chibs go with him.
As the kids clear out, Clay, Tig, Bobby and Juice prepare to move in to finally rid them of Zobelle. Clay receives a call from Jax, who explains that Half-Sack has been stabbed to death by Cameron and Abel has been kidnapped by him. They immediately leave the scene, allowing Zobelle to live.
SAMCRO link up and give chase to Cameron who is heading for the docks, the Sons are too late and stand on the dock as Cameron races away in his boat with Abel on board.
Season 3[]
"SO"[]
The club head over to Jax's house, he is understanbly a wreck, barely moving and drunk and high. His son, Abel was kidnapped by Cameron and Half-Sack was stabbed to death. Tara explains to Clay that he has been like this since Abel's kidnapping. Chibs tells Jax that they have some information on a guy that made the fake ID for Cameron, they finally have a lead.
The club meet up with the document forger and are able to get some more information, it seems like Cameron is trying to leave the country but the forger says he didn't have a baby with him when he visited him. The club try to keep Jax hopeful as it means that Cameron is still in the states and they can get to him. The Sons then head to a marina to scout out a boat that could belong to Cameron, they find nothing of value and begin to look for evidence. Two men arrive and appear shifty, the Sons give chase and catch up to them and their large crew, guns are quickly drawn but Jax is able to diffuse the situation, explaining they just wanted some information. One of the men explains that Cameron traded some AK's and the boat for quick cash, Cameron didn't have a baby with him, however.
The club head to the Church for Half-Sack's wake. The club pay their respects to Half-Sack, upon his coffin is his kutte, addorned with Half-Sack's full colours, posthumously making him a full patch of the Sons.
As everyone regroups outside the church, a van pulls up and begins firing at the crowd, people dive for cover as bullets fly through the air. Numerous people are hit, including Chucky and a young boy, the most notable casualty of all being Hale, who was run over by the van driver and dragged along the street, Unser and Jacob rush to his aid but quickly realise that he is dead, his brains leaking on to the road. One of the shooters fell from the fan after Charming PD exchanged fire with the van. Overwhelmed with emotion and rage, Jax attacks the shooter, bursting through the cops and slamming the man's face against the road.
"Oiled"[]
Jax exits jail with Unser and meets the rest of SAMCRO outside. Unser tells them that there have no information on the funeral shooter, he isn't a Mayan and has no obvious affiliation. Unser says that his crew aren't handling the shooter's security at the hospital.
Eager to gain some information about the drive by. The club visit St. Thomas where the shooter is being held and with assistance from Chuckie gain access to his room and rough him up a little but are unable to get any information out of him. Partly, because Jax broke his jaw. Jax and Opie are able to deduce however that he is a member of the Calaveras Motorcycle Club. A puppet club for the Mayans.
SAMCRO then head to a sit down with Jimmy to clear the tension. Clay states that Gemma didn't kill Edmond, it was Stahl. Jimmy thinks about what he has heard and seems to believe them. The Sons then ask about Abel and Jimmy claims that his intel tells him that Cameron is still in the US, despite the Sons believing otherwise. Jimmy says if he hears anything, the Sons will hear.
The Sons link up with the Grim Bastards Lodi charter, their President, Taddarius Orwell "T.O." Cross agrees to help the Sons look for a Calaveras shotcaller whom they can interrogate about the shooting.
They enlist the help of a bounty hunter to get information on Cameron, they assist him with a capture and he agrees to work with them and find them something on Cameron.
With information gained about the Calaveras, SAMCRO pay a visit to the home of Hector Salazar, the President of the Calaveras, they beat him and his girlfriend, Luisa but he refuses to give up information about his club's partnership with the Mayans. After some convincing, Salazar gives up that his club is being patched over so they can push heroin for the Mayans in to Stockton prisons. The Sons contemplate killing Salazar but realise it will cause another war which they cannot get in to right now, they have too much on their plates.
In Church, the club learn that Cameron is in Vancouver with Abel after the bounty hunter supplied them with some images.
In the fifth episode of the third season, Juice is attempting to sell pharmaceutical drugs SAMCRO received from Piney's dealer friend. When trying to sell some stimulants to an eccentric friend named Chicken, Juice is severely beaten by the Calaveras MC and his cut is stolen. His cut is returned in the episode "The Push" when SAMCRO makes a deal with the Mayans MC. Juice exacts a vengeful beat-down on the leader of the Calaveras MC, who ordered his attack. He went to Belfast to find Jax's son Abel. When SAMCRO goes on a protection run with SAMBEL in an attempt to get close to Jimmy, Jax tells Juice and Happy to keep an eye on O'Neill, SAMBEL Sergent at Arms. When they see that Jimmy's crew locked the Sons in the barn, they attempt to shoot the lock off but the truck holding the guns the Sons are protecting crash through the door and explodes killing members of the True IRA and SAMBEL. The Sons suspect O'Neill and tortures him for information with the help of Sean Casey. After a show down between the Sons and Jimmy's crew Juice watches along with the rest of SAMCRO as Clay kills McGee, SAMBEL President, for betraying the club. When they finally get Abel back they head back to Charming and are now trying to find Salazar to get Tara back. When they find Mexican woman who doesn't speak English, it is revealed that Juice, despite being Hispanic Puerto Rican, doesn't speak a word of Spanish. “I grew up in Queens, I speak more Yiddish than Spanish,” he said.
Season 4[]
In the beginning of episode 1, Juice is one of many SAMCRO members released from prison. He also stated that he's getting Opie a 20 day pass to “clear passage”, a colonic spa (the weed shop), of which he is a part owner. Juice later accompanies Chibs, Bobby, and Happy to retrieve guns from the Russian Mob but only to turn on them and kill them, making this the first time he has killed someone during the series for SAMCRO. Unknown to them, one of the people they killed turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
Juice is targeted by AUSA Potter as a potential weak link in the club, as he discover his father is African-American, making Juice half-black instead of fully Puerto Rican as he claimed. Potter makes Roosevelt confront Juice with this fact, pointing out that if this became common knowledge Juice would be expelled from SAMCRO. Because of this fear, Juice begins to work with Roosevelt. Roosevelt tells Juice that he wants a sample of the cocaine that SAMCRO is trafficking so he can begin to build his case against the Real IRA and the Cartel. Potter says that he wants the cartel and the IRA more than the club so he will let the MC survive if Juice participates.
While SAMCRO and the Mayans guarded some cocaine bricks for Romeo at Elliot's warehouse, Juice takes one of the bricks and hides it in the wooded area nearby so he can later take it to Roosevelt. The next day, the club realizes that it is gone and suspect that prospects Filthy Phil and Ratboy know something. After putting the prospects through several violent tests, Juice starts to feel guilty about the blame being put on the prospects. Juice offers the prospects a chance to put the cocaine brick back and everyone separates to wait and see if the brick is put back. Juice runs out to get the brick of cocaine and starts to bring it back to the warehouse when Miles catches him with it. Miles pulls a gun on Juice and they fight, Miles shoots Juice in the leg and Juice shoots back ultimately killing Miles. Juice then irrationally frames Miles as the thief.
Sheriff Roosevelt is instructed by AUSA Potter to meet with Juice to collect the sample but then actually arrest him for possession to further "motivate" him to assist the AUSA's investigation. At first, Roosevelt refuses but is threatened by Potter and ends up arresting Juice. They press him to cooperate telling him that they will arrest the SAMCRO members present at the gun buy but won’t shut down the Sons Of Anarchy completely. As Juice continues to worry about being alone and losing his patch unless he rats and the fact that he has now killed a fellow member, his mental state starts to slip. When Juice returns to the Clubhouse looking apprehensive, Chibs tells Clay that he noticed somethings wrong with Juice. Clay meets with Juice and gives him a "Men of Mayhem" patch and tells Juice that he was impressed with the way he dealt with the Russians and Mayans. Feeling guilty and thinking there is no way out of his predicament, Juice disappears for the remainder of the episode, and later attempts suicide by hanging himself from a tree. He survives the attempt due to the tree branch breaking and saving his life.
Juice continues to struggle with his devotion to the club and the predicament he is in with his father's heritage. After suffering another conflict Juice finally admits to Chibs that his father is black, who tells him that it doesn’t matter, as long as his birth certificate said he was Hispanic before being imprisoned once again. (later on in the season when Jax finds out about the leverage he say that he would change the “by-law” about having no black members) Juice later got exonerated due to the RICO case failing.
Season 5[]
Juice tearfully admits to Clay about his involvement in the RICO case against the club, stealing the brick of coke and framing Miles for it. Later, he admits this and his African-American heritage to Jax, who offers him a pardon in exchange for incriminating evidence against Clay for the Nomad home invasions. Juice agrees and later goes to Clay's apartment looking for the papers that would prove his involvement, but before he could do so Clay arrives. Clay, feeling helpless, says to Juice that he is grateful for the way he is helping him, and asks him to watch his back. Not knowing what Clay has done and how he deserves what’s coming, Juice feels guilt-ridden again. He goes to Jax and asks him what would happen to Clay if he found the documents. Jax admits it would be the same thing that would happen to him if he didn't do what he was told. In "To Thine Own Self", Juice is given a deadline to find the documents. He rummages through Clay's house and manages to find them in an air vent. Jax instructs him to put them back and make sure Clay is not left in the house alone, while he gets the others. He is waiting with Clay, Tig, and Chibs when Bobby calls telling them that Jax has been kidnapped. They leave, but Clay claims he has to take his medication. When Jax returns, he tells the Club he was picked up by Romeo to discuss a new deal allowing the Mayans and Triads to take over muling their cocaine and selling their big guns respectively. Juice, like everyone, votes yes on the deal. After the vote, Juice goes back to Clay's house with Jax, Chibs, and Bobby to find the documents gone. Realizing Clay moved them, he apologizes to Jax, but is merely punched and sent home. When Clay is voted out of SAMCRO, Juice helps him move all his stuff out as he will be leaving Charming. He rewards Juice for all his help by giving him a gun he greatly values. At the season finale, it is shown Juice gave the gun to Jax, who then used it to frame Clay for the murder of Damon Pope. He is shown saddened by Clay's arrest, but relieved that Jax will not out him.
Season 6[]
Juice returns to Charming after being away at the Indian Hills charter with Bobby. He is has to earn his way back into good graces of the Club. Chibs knows he can not get rid of Juice but has to "get right with it.” Chibs beats Juice badly at TM, but is seen at the end of the first episode stitching him up. He later helps Jax and Nero track down Darvany, the drug addict mother of a kid who committed a school shooting with one of their KG-9's. They bring her to the cabin, but she grows nervous, grabs a shotgun and attempts to flee and drop them all in it. They bind her and gag her, and Jax has Juice prove his worth by killing her and makeup it look like she overdosed. He gives her the fix and then smothers her, he doesn’t want to kill her but he can’t lose his patch and has to prove he can be trusted. He is seen scrubbing his hands after she’s dead, another thing on his conscience. He later helps Tig and Rat find a group of Nazis who attacked Unser. At the end of the episode, they use their KG-9's to wipe out the entire group of Nazis. When hostilities with the IRA ends with Galen killing Phil and V-Lin and blowing up the clubhouse, Jax sets up a meeting with all West Coast SOA. When they are stopped by corrupt cops, Juice immediately begins insulting them and provokes a fight, that causes him to lose his bike. He later takes a new one from the cop's impounded collection. He is told by Jax he has nothing to prove to them, but Juice believes he does. It is seen again when SAMCRO aids the Irish in freeing Clay, Juice runs over and kills one of the guards.
A wounded Bobby suggests to an uneven Juice to go to Diosa and get laid. Despite initial resistance, Juice finally agrees to go, but secretly takes all of Bobby's Oxycontin with him. At Diosa Norte, Juice is over run by guilt and self loathing and takes all of the pills, he passed out and nearly over doses, he doesn’t really seem like he wants to wake up but is saved by Nero and Gemma. Juice has an emotional breakdown and still high he accidentally reveals to Nero that Jax ordered him to murder Darvany. Nero later drops Juice right in it by revealing that he knows what Juice did, to Jax. After Jax makes an agreement with DA Tyne Patterson to turn himself in to save Tara and his sons, he hands leadership of the club over to Bobby and tells Chibs that Juice cannot be trusted. After Gemma disappears, Juice offers to look for her. When saying goodbye, Jax whispers in Juice's ear that he knows that Juice betrayed him, leaving Juice stunned as he couldn’t remember doing so.
Juice goes to Jax and Tara's home where he finds Gemma and Roosevelt just moments after Gemma murdered Tara. He shoots and kills Roosevelt before he can call for backup. He is last seen disposing of key evidence from the murders into random dumpsters.
Season 7[]
Ten days after the double homicide of Tara and Eli Roosevelt, Juice remains on the lam from the club as Gemma hides him out at Wendy's apartment. Unser finds out about this when he notices Juices duffel bag and SAMCRO cut in Wendy's closet, but doesn't say anything to the club. Wendy also finds out about this, and helps Unser and Gemma keep Juice off the grid. Juice is eventually recaptured by SAMCRO when he attempts to broker a deal with Marcus Alvarez to offer intel on SAMCRO in exchange for money and passage across the Mexican border. Marcus instead locks him up in a supply closet along with Nero Padilla and gives him over to Jax and SAMCRO once they help out Alvarez with a favor.
Jax gives Juice back his cut and Juice fires his gun off at police motorcycles and initiates a high-speed chase in order to be imprisoned at Stockton so that he can get inside and murder Henry Lin on behalf of SAMCRO with Ron Tully aiding him in the murder by sending him a shiv and making Juice his "prison bitch" to keep him close. Juice interrogates Lin and finds out that Charles Barosky was the one responsible for ratting SAMCRO out to the Chinese for monetary purposes. Juice records the confession and murders Lin by stabbing him in the neck while he's chained in the boiler room. Jax meets with Juice at the prison, who tells Jax that Barosky was the rat and confesses everything that happened on the day of Tara's death. Jax is stunned at the revelation of his mother being the killer and promises to make Juice's death quick and painless for his honesty.
In "Red Rose", Juice is raped by the remaining members of the Triads while imprisoned at Stockton, who want to use Juice in order to murder Tully. Juice is later offered a chance for protection by Ryu Tom and the remaining incarcerated Triads in exchange for him killing Tully. However, Juice knew Tully's death would impact SAMCRO's relations in prison and he has nothing left to live for anyway, no club, no family, and his spirit is broken. At the break room, Juice confesses that they want him to murder Tully but he instead slips Tully a knife and requests Tully kill him once he finishes his cherry pie. Tully's men then initiate a prison fight as a distraction as Tully tells Juice "you went out good, sweetheart" before stabbing him multiple times in the neck with the knife, killing him.
Murders Committed[]
- Unnamed Russian - Shot in the chest ("Out")
- Eric Miles - Shot multiple times in the face ("With An X")
- Darvany Jennings - Suffocated with a pillow ("One One Six")
- Hayes - Run over ("Aon Rud Persanta")
- Eli Roosevelt - Shot in the back ("A Mother's Work")
- Unnamed motel manager - Shot multiple times ("Some Strange Eruption")
- Henry Lin - Stabbed repeatedly in the throat ("Suits of Woe")
Trivia[]
- Juice is the seventh main character to die in the series, being the first of three to die in "Red Rose".
- Juice has appeared in 83 out of 92 episodes of the series, although IMDB lists it as 90 episodes.
- Juice shows signs of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) while hiding from the club early in season 7. When Wendy comes home early from rehab, she opens her fridge to find everything neatly arranged and stacked by product (example, two different stacks of cheese slices, one appearing to be American, the other Swiss or Mozzarella), and her previously messy apartment spotless. Possibly OCD with rapid cycling mania, hinted at by his comments that when he is alone the noise in his head is too loud and he gets lost in nothing.
- Considering Juice's conversation to himself and reminiscing his life in Queens, Juice may have been from the neighborhoods of Ozone Park or Woodhaven.
- Despite being of Puerto Rican heritage, Juice does not speak Spanish, stating that he 'speaks better Yiddish'.
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Season 1 appearances | ||||
"Pilot" | "Seeds" | "Fun Town" | "Patch Over" | "Giving Back" |
"AK-51" | "Old Bones" | "The Pull" | "Hell Followed" | "Better Half" * |
"Capybara" | "The Sleep of Babies" | "The Revelator" |
Season 2 appearances | ||||
"Albification" | "Small Tears" | "Fix" | "Eureka" * | "Smite" |
"Falx Cerebri" | "Gilead" | "Potlatch" * | "Fa Guan" * | "Balm" |
"Service" | "The Culling" | "Na Trioblóidí" |
Season 3 appearances | ||||
"SO" | "Oiled" | "Caregiver" | "Home" | "Turning and Turning" |
"The Push" | "Widening Gyre" | "Lochán Mór" | "Turas" | "Fírinne" * |
"Bainne" | "June Wedding" | "NS" |
Season 4 appearances | ||||
"Out" | "Booster" | "Dorylus" | "Una Venta" | "Brick" |
"With An X" | "Fruit For The Crows" | "Family Recipe" | "Kiss" | "Hands" |
"Call of Duty" | "Burnt and Purged Away" | "To Be, Act 1" * | "To Be, Act 2" |
Season 5 appearances | ||||
"Sovereign" | "Authority Vested" | "Laying Pipe" | "Stolen Huffy" | "Orca Shrugged" |
"Small World" | "Toad's Wild Ride" | "Ablation" | "Andare Pescare" | "Crucifixed" |
"To Thine Own Self" | "Darthy" | "J'ai Obtenu Cette" |
Season 6 appearances | ||||
"Straw" | "One One Six" | "Poenitentia" | "Wolfsangel" | "The Mad King" |
"Salvage" | "Sweet and Vaded" | "Los Fantasmas" | "John 8:32" | "Huang Wu" |
"Aon Rud Persanta" | "You Are My Sunshine" | "A Mother's Work" |