With only one “Sons of Anarchy” episode left, people wonder what Kurt Sutter has in store with “Papa’s Goods” and the fate of Jax Teller. Based on the episode title alone, we expect things to come full circle for him, but then again, these predictions will probably be just as wrong as everyone else’s. Catch the series finale Tuesday, December 9 on FX. But first, check out these predictions and let us hear your own. (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD)
The episode will start with Jax visiting the graves of Tara, Opie and John Teller.
Also: He will write one more thing at the cemetery before giving his journals to Wendy.
He also will do so using his very small pencil. Jax hasn’t been writing this year, most likely due to his constant misdirection and tumultuous plans for revenge. Now that he knows the truth and found closure with his mother, he will return for one final entry before giving them to Wendy for his boys to read. The club will get J.T.’s letters now that he realizes he was on the right path before he fell off it, and that’ll be the first thing Chibs does to honor him when he’s gone.
Barosky might be a rat, but Chibs is the rat (Vice President Syndrome).
Also: Chibs becomes president in the end, has angry sex with the sheriff on the club table.
They’ve been holding off on dealing with Barosky, the supposed rat, but perhaps Kurt Sutter has bigger plans for a Shakespeare-esque betrayal in the end. Lots of rumors have swirled about who it could be, and Barosky seems like an anti-climactic result. Maybe he is a money-grubbing cheat, but what if — hear me out — Chibs has been helping more than his lady sheriff friend? If you consider it, he has blindly followed Jax down a destructive road after refuting Jax’s plans to let Black take over the Irish gun business. Clay took out John Teller. Jax took out Clay. Now maybe Chibs has quietly taken down Jax. It’s classic SAMCRO Vice President Syndrome. Perhaps the Kings in Ireland made plans with Chibs to push Jax out of his seat. Regardless of whether or not I’m right about the rat, Barosky is a dead man.
Mayhem lands on Jax, but it’s irrelevant to his plans.
Also: Jax makes a deal with Patterson and the sheriff.
So much damage has been done that Jax is owning his shit, and in “Red Rose” we see his demeanor as a devil-may-care dead man walking — with a limp — throughout the episode. He knows he’s screwed but he’s attempting to make things right for both his club and family. He’ll let Jury White’s death fall on him and he’ll make a deal with the police, sacrificing himself to protect his club from any blowback for all the chaos he’s caused. But, he won’t go to jail and he won’t die at the hands of Mr. Mayhem either. He has another plan in mind.
Nero doesn’t retaliate for Gemma, goes to live on a the farm with Wendy and the boys.
Also: Wendy will discover she’s preggers after she leaves town with the boys.
People were expecting Nero to meet his end, but his story has played out and now we’re biding time until he leaves with Wendy. The only question is whether or not the news of Gemma’s death will erupt between him and Jax in the end. Most likely not, but will he take care of Jax’s kids if Jax has killed the woman he loves? Things could go sideways there or if the gun trade doesn’t work out for the Mayans with the Irish, we’ll see if he can retire the cardigan and make it out to a nice farm. And Wendy will get a shot at doing motherhood right after her last-minute no-pants dance with Jax in “Red Rose.”
Jax’s leg problem is a result of either self-infliction or hereditary defect.
Also: Happy is still not happy, and in fact, he’ll cry harder than anyone in the end.
It seems a little too conveniently timed that Jax would have a genetic defect like Gemma did with her heart at this time in the show, but perhaps Jax is preparing himself for his ending. Maybe he is taking a page out of Abel’s coloring book and hurting himself to get himself out of a sticky situation as well. Whatever it is, it’ll play into how things work out for ol’ Jackie boy on his final ride. That, or he has terrible leg cramps from sleeping on cots in Mexican garages.
The unwritten by-law Jax wants dropped is, so SAMCRO will not allow legacies.
That, or something to do with it being OK for members (like Tig) to be gay.
This is ensure that after Jax is gone, his sons will not have a chance at the life he had. Instead of giving them a stack of journal entries and letting them make all the wrong decisions he did, he’s taking the option away from them completely. Gemma gave Abel that ring expecting he’d live the life, but Jax knows better, just as Tara did. If there is enough time, maybe we’ll see Venus Van Damme and Tig go out to Pinkberry together, man hand-in-man hand.
August Marks makes bail, gets put down by Jax to avenge Bobby’s death.
Also: Alvarez turns Diosa into a two-for-one Mexican-themed topless cantina.
There are too many things to work out in the final episode to spend too much time on August Marks. But know this, Jax will repay him for shooting Bobby in front of him. Also, there will be some mention of Diosa even though nobody cares about that business deal anymore.
Jax’s final ride is on his dad’s restored bike.
Also: The song he will ride out to is a terrible cover of “Wild Thing.”
The club thinks Jax is falling to Mayhem. The police think he’s giving himself up. His family thinks he’s coming up to meet them at the farm. But Jax has his own out in mind, and since there’s no avoiding the Mr. Mayhem, expect the final ride to be Jax going out on his father’s bike, which we saw him finishing up rebuilding. The only questions that remain are whether or not it’ll be self-sabotage and what song will play. Kurt Sutter says he’s got his hands on a rare original song that is perfect, and we here at Mandatory are certain it’s The Troggs’ classic, “Wild Thing.” Talk about a perfect ending.
All these predictions are wrong and everyone dies in the end.
Viewers expected SAMCRO members to drop like flies, but that hasn’t happened. Perhaps Sutter is saving for a big bloody ending, but it’s doubtful. However, with Marks or any of the other many wild card possibilities, it could still turn bloody for the Sons. Jax has taken care of half the possibilities already, but retaliation could land and the chickens might come home to roost for good.
Can’t picture your life without Jax Teller and the biker boys in black? Too bad, because it ends Tuesday, Dec. 9 and 10/9c. Guess you had better go buy yourself a Harley now.
