7. Fruit for the Crows

Complete story — includes the ending

Gemma finds the note left for Tara and she is brought to the clubhouse for protection. Alvarez gives SAMCRO a tour of his cocaine smuggling operation, but as the group leave they are ambushed in a drive-by and Alvarez is shot. SAMCRO brings him to the clubhouse. Alvarez intimates that the ambush and the death threat may be work of a rival cartel. Jax follows the driver home and finds that he is an innocent who was forced to drive by the Lobos Sonora cartel, who are holding his family hostage. Romeo vows to send men to Charming as backup, but Bobby, who believes that Clay's actions have endangered the club, calls for a vote to replace Clay as president. When Juice demands to meet Potter before bringing Roosevelt the sample, Potter orders Roosevelt to entrap him with the sample, which Roosevelt reluctantly does after Potter threatens to file a complaint. Roosevelt releases Juice, who returns to the clubhouse, where Clay awards him a "Men of Mayhem" patch for his help with the Russians and Miles. At Miles' grave, a despairing Juice attempts to hang himself from a tree using a chain, but his attempt fails when a branch snaps.