- 9.7/10 7,255 votes
#1 - NS
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/2010
Both the ATF and the Russians prove obstacles as the club looks to heal old wounds.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Dave Erickson
- 9.6/10 9,316 votes
#2 - Papa's Goods
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/2014
Ghosts loom large as Jax makes the final moves to fulfill his father's legacy.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 9.5/10 5,228 votes
#3 - A Mother’s Work
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/2013
The ramifications of Jax’s choices put his club and family in jeopardy.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 9.4/10 5,717 votes
#4 - Laying Pipe
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2012
A desperate situation tests familial and club bonds.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Liz Sagal, Kem Nunn
- 9.4/10 3,626 votes
#5 - Aon Rud Persanta
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/2013
Tension mounts as the club makes a bold move to finally get out of guns.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 9.4/10 4,519 votes
#6 - Suits of Woe
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/2014
The SOA organization bears down on SAMCRO and Jax comes face to face with an ugly truth.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Peter Elkoff, Mike Daniels
- 9.4/10 4,466 votes
#7 - Red Rose
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/2014
With tensions mounting and truths finally revealed, Jax must make the ultimate decision.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Charles Murray
- 9.3/10 3,995 votes
#8 - Na Trioblóidí
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/2009
The second season ends with SAMCRO trying to get rid of Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin) and his cohorts once and for all.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 9.3/10 3,364 votes
#9 - J'ai Obtenu Cette
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/2012
Season finale:
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 9.2/10 3,330 votes
#10 - Hands
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/2011
Jax and Tara get a glimpse of life without SAMCRO but discover that their reality is hard to escape.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins, David Labrava
- 9.2/10 3,062 votes
#11 - Burnt and Purged Away
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/2011
SAMCRO negotiates with the Irish Kings to secure the club's future.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Dave Erickson
- 9.1/10 4,073 votes
#12 - The Sleep of Babies
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/2008
Clay's solution to getting cash for Bobby's defense leaves SAMCRO in a vulnerable position; Abel's happy homecoming ends in turmoil for the club.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 9.1/10 3,880 votes
#13 - The Revelator
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/26/2008
In the wake of a tragedy, the club must re-evaluate its bonds of brotherhood.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 9.1/10 3,340 votes
#14 - Balm
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2009
Agent Stahl (Ally Walker) takes notice at the handsome profits SAMCRO is reaping from the repo business. Meanwhile, the Jax- Clay standoff forces Gemma to make a difficult decision.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Dave Erickson, Stevie Long
- 9.1/10 3,281 votes
#15 - To Be, Act 2
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2011
Jax must overcome great obstacles as he attempts to finalize the gun deal between the Irish and the cartel.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 9.1/10 3,572 votes
#16 - Wolfsangel
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2013
An attack at the compound leads SOA to seek revenge.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Kem Nunn
- 9.1/10 3,545 votes
#17 - Faith and Despondency
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/2014
SAMCRO members fall in love, but death is in the air.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Kem Nunn, Gladys Rodríguez
- 9.0/10 3,189 votes
#18 - The Culling
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/2009
Jax and Clay keep SAMCRO focused on their impending showdown with Zobelle's group; thanks to Gemma, Tara improves her job security at the hospital; Weston finally discovers his boss's intentions in Charming.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Dave Erickson
- 9.0/10 3,421 votes
#19 - SO
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2010
The aftermath of Abel’s kidnapping has the Sons reeling - especially Jax, whose grief sends him into deeper turmoil over his future with the MC. Framed for murder, Gemma remains on the lam, and is hit with some unexpected news from her past.
Director: Stephen Kay
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 9.0/10 2,883 votes
#20 - Family Recipe
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/2011
SAMCRO must put off an important vote to deal with an external threat.
Director: Paul Maibaum
Writer: Dave Erickson, Brady Dahl
- 9.0/10 2,975 votes
#21 - Call of Duty
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/2011
SAMCRO faces a powerful adversary that threatens their business with the Cartel.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Liz Sagal, Gladys Rodríguez
- 9.0/10 2,886 votes
#22 - To Be, Act 1
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2011
Jax faces a new challenge that threatens his family and SAMCRO.
Director: Kurt Sutter
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 8.9/10 3,871 votes
#23 - Sovereign
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2012
Jax presides over SAMCRO as a series of events begin to unravel Charming.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Kurt Sutter
- 8.9/10 2,892 votes
#24 - Darthy
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/2012
Jax makes arrangements to take the club in a different direction.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
- 8.8/10 2,943 votes
#25 - Gilead
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2009
Since The League has SAMCRO members behind bars, the club must make new alliances in prison to survive. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agent Stahl uses this imprisonment to test Jax and Clay's relationship.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Kurt Sutter, Chris Collins
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The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (mother) charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood charter. the charter operates both illegal and legal businesses in the small town of Charming. They combine gun-running and a garage, plus involvement in porn film. Clay, the president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship. especially When Jackson "Jax" Teller discovers that his father had a different view in mind for SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) he goes on a personal quest to cleanse the name and make the club a better place, but at what cost?
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Sons of Anarchy" is "NS", rated 9.7/10 from 7255 user votes. It was directed by Kurt Sutter and written by Kurt Sutter, Dave Erickson. "NS" aired on 11/30/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Papa's Goods".