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Sons of Anarchy Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
So
Tue, Sep 7, 201060 mins
Although Zobelle and the League of American Nationalists have been driven from Charming, SAMCRO are reeling in the aftermath of Cameron's kidnapping of Abel. As they prepare to bury Half Sack, Clay makes the decision to keep the kidnapping secret from Gemma, who is on the lam after being framed by Stahl for killing Edmond and Polly. However, when she's hit with some unexpected news concerning her father, Nate Maddock (Hal Holbrook), she's forced to risk her freedom. After Jax tells Tara she should get as far away from him as she can, and still suffering the effects of seeing Hack Sack's murder, she finds it difficult to return to work. Meanwhile, with Hale preparing to take over from Unser as Chief, the Mayoral race begins in Charming, with Jacob running against Oswald.
Episode 2
Oiled
Tue, Sep 14, 201060 mins
Due to Hale's death, killed by a drive-by shooter at Half Sack's wake, Unser is forced to temporarily postpone his retirement. When SAMCRO investigate the shooting, they get some unexpected news concerning the Calaveras, a small Mayan-affiliated MC in Lodi, led by Hector Salazar (Jose Pablo Cantillo). As a result, they turn for help to a friendly Lodi club, the Grim Bastards, led by Taddarius Orwell 'TO' Cross (Michael Beach). Tara makes a decision about her professional future, finding Margaret extending an unlikely hand of friendship. Jacob tries to secure Unser's support in his bid to become mayor. Gemma and Tig try to deal with Nate's Alzheimer's. In Northern Ireland, Cameron takes refuge with his cousin, Maureen Ashby (Paula Malcomson), and seeks council from her brother, Kellan (James Cosmo), a priest with close ties to the Real IRA. Worried that Jimmy thinks he's a rat, Cameron asks Kellan to help him make his case. Back in Charming, Jimmy meets with SAMCRO, and despite already knowing Cameron and Abel are in Northern Ireland, he assures Clay they must still be in the US.
Episode 3
Caregiver
Tue, Sep 21, 201060 mins
Jimmy rejects Cameron's pleas, and Kellan convinces Maureen it would be better if they killed him themselves, rather than letting the Real IRA or SAMCRO get to him first and torture him for information. However, rather than covering up his presence in Northern Ireland as Jimmy orders, Kellan dumps Cameron's body in public. He then takes Abel from a reluctant Maureen, and places him in an illegal orphanage. SAMCRO learn that Álvarez's deal with the League to distribute heroin throughout California's prisons is still on the table, and the Mayans are cutting their product in Lodi and running it through Charming. As Unser considers Jacob's offer to help prevent Charming PD being absorbed into the San Joaquin Sheriff's Office, SAMCRO's new lawyer, Ally Lowen (Robin Weigert), informs them that city council have won a bail hearing against them in relation to the prayer group they stormed whilst looking for Zobelle.
Episode 4
Home
Tue, Sep 28, 201060 mins
Just as SAMCRO plan to skip bail and head to Canada, where they believe Cameron and Abel to be, they learn Cameron's body has been found in Northern Ireland. However, when Jimmy and Liam O'Neill (Arie Verveen), SAMBEL's sergeant-at-arms, tell Jax that Abel wasn't with Cameron when he arrived in the city, Jax decides to head to Canada anyway. In Northern Ireland, Jimmy argues that Abel should be returned to Jax, but Kellan disagrees, and is supported by the Irish Kings, the ruling council of the Real IRA. When Jimmy responds by threatening Maureen, she demands to know what Kellan's plans are.
Episode 5
Turning and Turning
Tue, Oct 5, 201046 mins
Kellan reveals his plans to Maureen; Jimmy is trying to sever ties between the Real IRA and SAMCRO, and Kellan, believing he has become a gangster instead of the soldier he once was, wants to use Abel as bait to get SAMCRO to Northern Ireland so they can eliminate Jimmy for him. In Charming, Gemma is hospitalised, having suffered an arrhythmia attack after learning of Abel's abduction in a phone-call from Maureen. Upon awakening, she gives SAMCRO Abel's real location. Realising Jimmy and O'Neill lied, Clay worries all of SAMBEL may be compromised, whilst Gemma reminds him that if Jax goes to Belfast, he could uncover truths they had wanted to remain hidden. She also reveals she called Stahl prior to her collapse and agreed to verify Stahl's version of what happened with Edmond and Polly, if, in return, Stahl takes death off the table. Meanwhile, Gemma realises Tara has been keeping a secret, Unser tells Clay that Charming's attitude towards SAMCRO has changed, Margaret and Tara continue to build their friendship, and, after Juan Carlos 'Juice' Ortiz (Theo Rossi) is attacked by Salazar, Tig and Marstein go undercover.
Episode 6
The Push
Tue, Oct 12, 201042 mins
With the bail hearing approaching, Jax secretly offers Stahl a deal - he will deliver Jimmy and details on the Real IRA's gun-running operation in return for clemency for Gemma and the rest of SAMCRO. In order to raise money to get to Belfast, and under pressure from Clay, Jax reluctantly involves Tara in the sale of black market prescription medication, but when Darby witnesses the buy, things get complicated. SAMCRO attempt to gain Álvarez's trust so as to avoid another costly war with the Mayans. When Jax gives Gemma a pre-written statement regarding what happened to Edmond and Polly, she realises he has cut a deal with Stahl. Clay turns to Unser for help getting SAMCRO out of the country, but doesn't get the response he anticipated. Meanwhile, Happy Lowman (David Labrava) is patched into SAMCRO from the Nomads. However, when Herman Kozik (Kenny Johnson), SAMTAZ's sergeant-at-arms, requests a transfer, his past animosity with Tig causes problems.
Episode 7
Widening Gyre
Tue, Oct 19, 201044 mins
Gemma delivers Stahl's prepared statement to the FBI, which falsely implicates Stahl's partner and lover, Amy Tyler (Pamela Gray), in Edmond's death. Having averted a war with the Mayans by agreeing to allow them to move heroin through Charming, SAMCRO secure an alliance in Lodi between the Mayans and the Bastards. As a result, the planned patch-over of the Calaveras is shelved, much to Salazar's chagrin. With the bail hearing pushed back ten days, SAMCRO prepare to leave for Belfast aboard one of Oswald's cargo jets. Tara, who is secretly pregnant with Jax's child, goes to see him, but is horrified to find him in bed with Ima, and the dust-up has knock-on consequences for Opie and Lyla. Gemma confronts Unser over his failure to alert SAMCRO to a raid on the clubhouse. Chibs learns from Fiona of the conflict between Kellan and Jimmy, and realises they could be walking into the middle of a Real IRA power struggle. Meanwhile, Fiona and her and Chibs's daughter, Kerrianne (Q'orianka Kilcher), take refuge from Jimmy with Maureen and Kellan.
Episode 8
Lochan Mor
Tue, Oct 26, 201053 mins
After the death of the Bastards' sergeant-at-arms at the hands of the Calaveras, SAMCRO turn to Álvarez to make things right. When he strips Salazar of his presidency, and Jax flushes his kutte down a toilet, Salazar targets Jax as the focus of his revenge. After learning Maureen's daughter Trinity (Zoe Boyle) is actually JT's, Gemma replaces Tig on the Belfast trip, after Tara and Margaret bust her out of St. Thomas. However, Unser's relationship with SAMCRO reaches a new low after he attempts to prevent Gemma fleeing. SAMBEL president, and Sons co-founder Keith McGee (Andy McPhee) assures Clay that O'Neill is not in bed with Jimmy, but little do SAMCRO know that McGee himself has been bought off, and Jimmy is already aware of their imminent arrival.
Episode 9
Turas
Tue, Nov 2, 201044 mins
Kellan explains to Jax that Jimmy wants to stop selling guns to SAMCRO, and instead start selling to the Bratva in Oregon, whilst also severing ties between the Real IRA and SAMBEL. Believing Jimmy is now motivated by nothing other than profit, Kellan is convinced he needs to be removed. However, not wanting word to get out that a high ranking member of the organisation killed one of their own, he wants SAMCRO to do it instead, and he plans to withhold Abel until that time. As Jax turns to Stahl for help, SAMCRO decide to find Jimmy and trade him for Abel. Believing they can locate him via his gun-running operations with SAMBEL, they head out on a protection run, unaware that Jimmy and O'Neill have orchestrated a trap. In Charming, Tara decides to have an abortion, and after being rejected by Darby, Jacob allies with Salazar in an attempt to force Lumpy Feldstein (Michael Fairman) out of the gym he has owned for decades. However, when Tig and Piney bring Unser word of Jacob's involvement with Salazar, he proves reluctant to act.
Episode 10
Fírinne
Tue, Nov 9, 201047 mins
O'Neill uses a bomb to try to kill SAMCRO and McGee along with them, but succeeds only in killing several members of SAMBEL. Kellan explains to Jax that the Kings will need proof Jimmy ordered the bomb, and if they get it, they will sanction and support his death, and at that time, Abel will be returned. As a result, SAMCRO decide to compel O'Neill to rat on Jimmy. However, despite O'Neill betraying him, McGee determines to protect him from SAMCRO, whilst Jimmy looks to silence him. In Charming, Salazar kidnaps Tara and Margaret, and demands a $250,000 ransom and Álvarez's death, or he will kill both women. With twelve hours to carry out his demands, Kozik comes up with an unusual plan.
Episode 11
Bainne
Tue, Nov 16, 201047 mins
After being tortured by Kellan's adopted son, Sean Casey (Dan Hildebrand), O'Neill records a confession in which he admits Jimmy ordered the bomb. However, Jax is furious when Kings Brendan Roarke (Bob McCracken), Declan Brogan (Bart McCarthy), and Peter Dooley (Paul Collins) decide Jimmy will be dealt with internally. Kellan reveals Abel's location to Jax, but says that the life of an MC is no life for a child, and was not the life John wanted for either Thomas or Jax. SAMBEL is reorganised in the wake of McGee's death at Clay's hands. After Gemma and Maureen catch Jax and Trinity about to sleep together, they are forced to reveal JT's history to them both. When Jax informs Stahl of the Kings' decision regarding Jimmy, she urges him to make sure Jimmy is not killed, or their deal is null and void. Realising his position in Northern Ireland is no longer tenable, Jimmy attempts to organise refuge with the Bratva in California. In Charming, Álvarez agrees to allow word to spread that he's been killed, giving Tig, Piney, and Kozik twenty-four hours to get Tara and Margaret back. Meanwhile, Officer Candy Eglee (Marya Delver) informs Unser that city council have voted for the San Joaquin Sheriff's Office to absorb Charming PD.
Episode 12
June Wedding
Tue, Nov 23, 201047 mins
Having killed Abel's adoptive parents, Jimmy is able to use the child as leverage to secure safe passage from Northern Ireland. At a meeting set up by the Kings, Jimmy exchanges Abel for Kellan, despite Kellan knowing the exchange will lead to his death. Unhappy that Jimmy is out of the country, the Kings tell SAMCRO that when they return to California, they want Jimmy dead. In return, they will increase their gun business with SAMCRO ten-fold, as well as giving them access to Jimmy's contact list for the entire western seaboard. In Charming, Tara secures Margaret's release from Salazar, but is herself still held hostage. After an aborted attempt to use ATF money to pay off the ransom, Salazar realises that SAMCRO have been lying to him and Álvarez is still alive. Returning home, Jax is forced to choose between personal vengeance and the greater good of SAMCRO, while Jimmy's faith in the Bratva is tested. Elsewhere, Opie confronts his reservations about how Lyla makes her living; Clay and Unser attempt to repair their relationship and expose Jacob's corruption; and both Salazar and Stahl make desperate decisions.
Episode 13
NS
Tue, Nov 30, 201057 mins
With Jax's murder of Salazar, Tara returns home safely. However, Unser and Clay are left without a way to prove Jacob's involvement in Lumpy's death, and thus the way is paved the way for the San Joaquin Sheriff's Office to absorb Charming PD. As Opie proposes to Lyla, Tig and Kozik prove unable to work through their differences. In a desperate move to ensure nothing gets in the way of her deal with Jax, Stahl murders Tyler, and continues to push Jax to give up the Kings. However, in an effort to save her son from being seen as a rat, Gemma decides to turn herself in, threatening the deal and potentially exposing both herself and SAMCRO to more jail time. As Jax, Clay, Tig, Bobby, Juice, and Happy's last day of freedom arrives, they try to figure out a way to have the Bratva hand Jimmy over, turning to Sons co-founder, Lenny 'The Pimp' Janowitz (Sonny Barger), who, although serving life behind bars, still has strong Russian links.
