Sons of Anarchy season 4
season of television series
The fourth season of the American television drama series Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 6, 2011, and concluded on December 6, 2011, after 14 episodes aired on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter, it is about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the then–vice president of the club, and is first shown as the new president here, who begins questioning the club and himself.
It is the longest season of Sons of Anarchy and the only season to have 14 episodes, as every other season had 13 episodes.
The season premiere ("Out") was written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter and was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history.
Sons of Anarchy is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as other members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises.
Plot
After the deaths of Agent Stahl and Jimmy O’Phelan, the imprisoned SAMCRO members leave the penitentiary after their 14-month stay and are met by Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt of the San Joaquin Sheriff's Department, the new law enforcement presence in Charming. They also discover Hale has become the mayor. US Attorney Lincoln Potter seeks Lieutenant Roosevelt's help to build a RICO case against SAMCRO.
Cast and characters
Sons of Anarchy is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises.
Main cast
Charlie Hunnam as Jackson "Jax" Teller
Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow
Mark Boone Junior as Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson
Dayton Callie as Wayne Unser
Kim Coates as Alex "Tig" Trager
Tommy Flanagan as Filip "Chibs" Telford
Ryan Hurst as Harry "Opie" Winston
William Lucking as Piermont "Piney" Winston
Theo Rossi as Juan-Carlos "Juice" Ortiz
Maggie Siff as Tara Knowles-Teller
Ron Perlman as Clarence "Clay" Morrow
Special guest cast
Rockmond Dunbar as Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt
Ray McKinnon as Assistant U.S. Attorney Lincoln Potter
Danny Trejo as Romero "Romeo" Parada
Kenny Johnson as Herman Kozik
Drea de Matteo as Wendy Case
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Vivica
David Hasselhoff as Dondo
Sonny Barger as Lenny "The Pimp" Janowitz
Recurring cast
Christopher Douglas Reed as Philip "Filthy Phil" Russell
Emilio Rivera as Marcus Alvarez
David LaBrava as Happy Lowman
Benito Martinez as Luis Torres
David Rees Snell as Agent Grad Nicholas
Michael Marisi Ornstein as Chuck Marstein
Winter Ave Zoli as Lyla Winston
McNally Sagal as Margaret Murphy
Frank Potter as Eric Miles
Jeff Kober as Jacob Hale Jr.
Niko Nicotera as George "Rat Boy" Skogstorm
Kurt Sutter as "Big" Otto Delaney
Timothy V. Murphy as Galen O'Shay
Merle Dandridge as Rita Roosevelt
Kristen Renton as Ima
Patrick St.
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