EPISODE

1. Out

As Season 4 begins, Clay, Jax and the other jailed SAMCRO members are released after a 14-month stretch and return to Charming—and a rude welcome from the new sheriff (Rockmond Dunbar) in town. Also new in town (and gunning for SAMCRO): Asst. U.S. Attorney Lincoln Potter (Ray McKinnon), who's probing SOA ties to Russian gunrunner Putlova (Keith Szarabajka). Meanwhile, Jax gets a warmer welcome from Tara (and their toddler), and makes a promise in return. And Opie and Lyla are getting married.

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Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Jax, Clay and the four other members of SAMCRO are released from prison after serving fourteen months for federal weapon charges. They return to Charming, California, to find that a new mayor, Jacob Hale Jr., is spearheading a new real estate development in the town. Clay sends Gemma to enlist Unser, recently deposed as police chief, to help stop the housing development. Jax's girlfriend, Tara Knowles, has given birth to a son, Thomas, during his imprisonment. Jax proposes to Tara and reveals his desire to leave SAMCRO. Opie and Lyla get married in a ceremony on an Indian reservation, while SAMCRO brutally severs its ties to the Russian Mob. Elsewhere, a new sheriff (Rockmond Dunbar) and an Assistant U.S. Attorney (Ray McKinnon) set up a secret task force to shut down SAMCRO's gunrunning operation.

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