Kurt Sutter and Maggie Siff in Sons of Anarchy Small World

There’s a moment in ‘Small World’ where the characterization of Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) takes a disturbing turn for the worse that’s no doubt tied to his state of mind over the loss of Opie (Ryan Hurst). Sons of Anarchy has us questioning whether Jax is basically a good guy compelled to do some really bad things for the sake of who and what he cares about, or someone who’s ventured too far down the road to ruin to turn back now. There’s the Jax who internalizes the disappointing reminder that choices in his life have him collecting body parts, so a Disney-fied hooker can keep hooking, and then there’s the Jax who almost happily shrugs off the cold blooded murder of a bystander as “collateral damage.”

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