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"Old Bones" is the seventh episode of the first season of the FX original series Sons of Anarchy, and the series' seventh episode overall.

Synopsis[]

As buried secrets resurface in Charming, Clay has to deal with them. Meanwhile the MC looks to earn some money via Half-Sack's brawling.

Plot[]

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Jax confronts Agent Kohn

The episode begins immediately following the events of "AK-51," with Jax giving Tara a lift home from St. Thomas and Agent Kohn following them. They pass by some Water and Power construction workers who discover human bones on their site. When they arrive at Tara's house, Jax notices that she seems anxious and asks if it has anything to do with the car that has been following them. After some prodding, Tara tells him that she previously dated Agent Kohn during her time in Chicago; when the relationship became violent, she tried to end things and he proceeded to stalk her. Jax is visibly upset and gets right on it, stabbing Kohn's radiator and warning him that next time it will be him. He then goes straight to Deputy Chief Hale to let him know what Kohn's true agenda is.

Cherry and members of the Club watch Half-Sack box with Lowell outside of the clubhouse. The Club is training Half-Sack to compete in bare-fist boxing fights, and they discuss the possibility of betting on Half-Sack to provide the rest of the money that they need to pay the IRA. After a short talk, they vote to go through with the plan. Clay instructs them to take $50,000 and "make it triple," and puts Chibs in charge of training Half-Sack. Meanwhile, Clay says that the Prospect is not to have any alcohol, drugs, or sex until after the fight. Clay then pulls Bobby aside and tells him to flirt with Cherry in the meantime, to not only test her loyalty to Half-Sack but also ignite anger in Half-Sack for his fighting. Jax informs Clay about the recently discovered bodies, which Clay and Tig appear concerned about. The three of them then go to watch from a distance as police officers move the remains, and Clay tells Jax that it was the result of Club actions. Later in the clubhouse, Clay elaborates with the whole Club present that the three bodies belong to Mayans that were killed by the Sons at some point between 1992 and 1994. Back in 1992, the Mayans tried to expand their dope trade in Oakland by setting up a charter in Lodi. Sons of Anarchy resisted this move and "a bloody two years" ensued. The Club resolves to try and stop the identification of the bodies and, therefore, stop any investigation into them for the murders.

In front of the clubhouse, Half-Sack reassures Clay that he is ready for the bare-fist fighting. Clay then informs him that until the time comes, he won't be allowed to have any alcohol, drugs, or sex and that Cherry will be staying with Bobby in the meantime. At St. Thomas Hospital, Deputy Hale finds Tara resting on a couch and asks her why she didn't inform him that she had a restraining order against Agent Kohn. She explains that while in Chicago, she had to jump through multiple legal hoops to even get the restraining order and didn't believe that Hale or anyone else could do anything to help her. Hale explains that Kohn is in serious trouble for even coming to Charming without his ATF supervisor being aware, promises Tara that he is leaving Charming, and apologizes.

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Tig at the St. Thomas morgue

Outside Teller-Morrow, Gemma tells Clay that the entire town is talking about the bones of the three bodies that were found. Clay reassures her that only Tig knows the truth, and everyone else believes that all three bodies were Mayans. Gemma presses to know how he will contain that truth, but he brushes it aside by saying he has things under control. Jax then informs Clay that Deputy Trammel says the bodies will stay local for the night, meaning that they need to find a way to enter the hospital and prevent them from being identified. Later that night, Clay, Tig and Jax go to the hospital in search of the recently dug up bodies. Clay tells Jax that he and Tig will handle the bodies, and that he should stay to run interference. While Clay leaves the incubation chamber for Abel, Tara enters and thanks Jax for handling the situation with Kohn. Jax reassures her that she will not have to worry about him again, but at the same time he is seen breaking into Jax's house and urinates in Abel's room. Meanwhile, in the morgue, Clay and Tig discover the three bodies. Against Clay's wishes, Jax joins them to help and notices that the bodies have already been identified. When he checks one of the identification tags, he discovers that it is Lowell Harland, Sr. Elsewhere, Bobby and Cherry are in Bobby's home, and he makes several advances toward her. However, she refuses and eventually punches him in the stomach to get him away from her. Following this, Bobby agrees to leave her alone.

Back at St. Thomas, Clay admits to Jax that although Lowell's father was not a patched member and just a mechanic for Teller-Morrow, he was a casualty of the gangland war that began around 1992. Jax points out that Lowell still believes that his father abandoned him and might still be alive. Clay acknowledges this, and the disrespect in burying Lowell Sr. with the Mayan enemy but admits that during the two-year war with the Mayans he did not think many things through. The next day, Clay breaks the news to Lowell that his father was one of the bodies found by the construction crew, and that he was killed in the crossfires of the gang war with the Mayans from 1992-1994. He reassures Lowell that the two other bodies belong to the Mayans who killed Lowell Sr., and that justice was delivered. Furthermore, Clay says that the police will try and use this to turn him against SAMCRO, but that Lowell should not forget where his true loyalties lie. Lowell clearly takes the news hard, crying as Clay hugs him. Clay then spots Jax on the roof of the clubhouse, where Jax reads part of his father's manuscript.

While delivering laundry to Jax's house, Gemma discovers that Abel's room has been ransacked, a collage of photos of Jax is taped to the wall, and there is a puddle of urine on the carpet.

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Kohn going through the barbershop window

In Deputy Chief Hale's office at the police station, he and Agent Stahl discuss the fact that the Mayan bodies are undoubtedly linked to SAMCRO but that the evidence available will not yield any meaningful outcome. Hale does, however, point out that Lowell, Sr. was among the bodies found. Hale describes him as a former mechanic for Teller-Morrow with a history of drug abuse and domestic violence and says that Lowell is on his way for an interview/interrogation. Seconds after, Lowell enters Hale's office and the two immediately begin by questioning him about his and his father's relationship to Sons of Anarchy. Hale and Stahl imply that Lowell's father did something to hurt the Club, which is why he was murdered and buried with the Mayan enemy. Chief Unser then walks in and interrupts, allowing Lowell to leave. Unser informs Hale that Kohn is currently at Floyd's, and Hale proceeds to go confront him. At this same moment, Gemma shows Jax the damage done to Abel's room, causing Jax to call Hale and inform him that Kohn is clearly still in Charming. Hale says that he is aware of and handling the situation, but drops that Kohn is at Floyd's. Jax arrives to Floyd's first, ambushing Kohn and throwing him through a window onto the sidewalk. He punches him repeatedly before Kohn stabs Jax in the leg with a pair of scissors, causing Jax to scream and punch him even more.

Stahl and Hale question Kohn and explain that he will be facing charges in Illinois for violating Tara's restraining order against him. He tries to convince them that he is not stalking Tara, merely protecting her from a relationship with Jax. Stahl dismisses this and informs him that he has been stripped of his credentials and will be met by the Office of Professional Responsibility at the O'Hare Airport. Stahl then discusses the events with Jax, saying that in Floyd's statement he said that Jax acted in self-defense. Jax is then released and follows the cop car driving Kohn to the airport all the way to the Charming border.

Gemma cleans up the mess at Jax's house while telling Clay about her worries regarding Jax's growing attachment to Tara. Tig then shows up to inform Clay that Lowell has gone missing, and Neeta found his son, Moby, crying alone in the bathroom. Clay worries he may have slipped back into drug use, and he and Tig leave to go look for him. Shortly after, Clay finds Lowell in a hotel room with drugs, where Lowell confronts him about the mysterious circumstances of his father's death. He threatens Clay with a gun, but Clay knocks him down. He then admits that Clay lied to him about his father's death: Lowell Sr. wasn't killed by the Mayans, instead Clay killed him because he was "a weak, junkie rat." Clay points out the similarities between Lowell and his father - which Lowell reluctantly acknowledges - and appears ready to kill Lowell. Lowell begs Clay to kill him and save his son from him.

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Half-Sack in a bare-fist fighting match

At the bare-fist fighting, Half-Sack has continued to win and is headed into his final fight of the night. It is at this moment that Tig and Chibs inform him that everyone is betting on him to win, except for them. For this reason, if he wins, they receive $15,000, but if he loses, they could earn up to $150,000. As the fight begins, they instruct Half-Sack to take a dive. Clay arrives to the fight and tells Tig to call Neeta, as she will need to watch Moby for a while. Clay sits next to Cherry and tells her that if Half-Sack patches into the Club, it is fine with him for her to stay around as his old lady. She hugs him, but Half-Sack sees this and as he is overcome with anger, knocks out his opponent. Half-Sack apologizes to Clay, and Chibs says that he owes the Club $35,000. Clay and Tig leave in the van, where Tig notices that Clay has left Lowell alive and has him detoxing in the back. Meanwhile, Gemma and Jax are in Abel's room at Jax's house and disagree about where his relationship with Tara is headed.

Jax is waiting for Tara when she pulls up to her house. He tells her Kohn left and that he watched him leave town. She thanks him but can sense that something is wrong with him. Jax is afraid that Tara came back because she knew that he would be the one person who could hurt Kohn, "do what the cops wouldn't do." Tara assures him that this isn't true, and notes that this concern sounds more like Gemma than him. At Clay and Gemma's house, Gemma asks what amount of the truth he told both Jax and Lowell about the bodies. He replies that while he told Jax some of the truth, he told Lowell a little bit more. Gemma responds that the rest stays buried, and Clay agrees.

Trivia[]

  • When Jax asks if all three bodies in the hole were Mayans, Tig is holding up two fingers, hinting that one of them wasn't a Mayan.

Credits[]

Main Cast[]

Supporting Cast[]

Special Guest Star

Guest Stars

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Uncredited

Notable Quotes[]

John Teller: Inside the club, there had to be truth. Our word was our honor. But outside, it was all about deception. Lies were our defense, our default. To survive, you had to master the art of perjury. The lie and the truth had to feel the same. But once you learned that skill, nobody knows the truth in or outside the club; especially you.

Jax: Can you distract the doctors?
Tig: Yeah. No problem…Excuse me, ladies. How you doing? Uh, you're doctors, both of you?
Female Doctor: Yeah.
Tig: Oh, thank God. Um, a Doberman pinscher took a chunk of my ass.
Female Doctor: Oh, God.
Tig: Wait, can we just…
Female Doctor: You need to go to the E.R.
Jax: Distract 'em, I said distract 'em, not scar 'em for life!
Tig: No shit, man, I'm serious, I think it's infected.

Stahl: She [Tara] fears for her life, so she comes back home to the only man she knows loves her enough to protect her. A guy who would have no problem putting a fed through a plate glass window. That's beautiful. Really, it is. I wish I had that kind of pull for someone. You're a lucky man.
Jax: You done?
Unser: Yeah, she's done.

Lowell: Oh, shit. Oh, shit. I'm my old man. I'm Lowell. Oh, God. I'm sorry, Clay. I know that you tried to help me. You help Moby. You save him from me. Do it! Please. You help my little boy.

Clay: I understand you decline Bobby's request for some comfort.
Cherry: Yeah, I did. I'm not about that anymore.
Clay: If I was to ask for some comfort, would you be about that?
Cherry: No, sorry, but your old lady would turn us both into chum.

Tig: Go on, get out of here, before I rape both of you.
Bobby: Tig.
Chibs: Hey!
Tig: C'mon, it's just an expression. Term of endearment.

Church Meetings[]

Jax: And all 3 of them were Mayans?
Clay: Back in '92. Mexicans tried to expand their Oakland dope base, set up a charter in Lodi. We couldn't let that happen. It was a bloody 2 years. Bodies dropped.
Jax: Yeah, I remember. That was right around the time my old man died.
Clay: That's right.
Tig: We gotta stop the PD from ID'ing those bodies, man. I mean if they flag the Mayans, we're their next stop.
Jax: Well we can pull teeth to stop the ID, but they can still DNA test.
Bobby: Forensic tests on 3 bodies? (laughs) That would blow half of Unser's yearly budget.
Clay: Yeah but if Hale thought it would hurt us, he'd get his new fed buddies to float the cost.
Tig: Shit, man, that was pre-OJ, right? I mean we weren't thinking about DNA right back in '93. What kind of clues we got buried with those Mexicans?
Chibs: If they don't know they're Mayans, they won't take it any further.
Clay: We stop the identification, we stop the investigation.


Gallery[]

Featured Music[]

  • Black Keys - "Keep Me"
  • Austin Hanks - "Rip It Up"
  • Fu Manchu - "Eatin' Dust"
  • Clutch - "You Can't Stop Progress"
  • Tara Holloway - "This Time fer Sure"
  • Teresa Brewer - "Til I Waltz Again With You"
  • Black Keys - "Busted"
  • Cobra Verde - "Riot in the Food Court"
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