season 4 (4/7)

Season 4 begins with a new reality: fourteen months have passed, and Jax, Clay, and the rest of SAMCRO are released from prison, returning to a Charming that has completely changed. The town is now dominated by a new, relentless Sheriff, Eli Roosevelt, who is collaborating with Assistant District Attorney Lincoln Potter. Potter is building a massive operation based on the RICO Act to destroy the club once and for all.

Clay, feeling his age and his arthritis betraying him, and knowing that his time as leader is running out, decides to secure his financial future. Despite strong objections from many members, he pushes SAMCRO into trafficking cocaine for the powerful Mexican Galindo cartel. Jax, who has now become a father to a second son (Thomas) with Tara, agrees to back Clay on one condition: that Clay lets him walk away from the club peacefully once the deal is done.

You see, Jax has made the decision to get far away from the club because he feels that if he stays, he won't live to see his kids grow up. Of course, both he and Tara will realize that this is anything but easy.

Unfortunately, this season we will also lose Piney, Opie's father, but I won't go into details there because I'll spoil the whole show.

In the end, however, Jax (even with a little help from the... CIA) will finally become the president of the club."