The long, winding, and bloody road of Sons of Anarchy has come to an end.

It’s time to see where Jax ends up….

Here we are: the end of the road.

Seven seasons leading up to this episode.

But where did that leave Jax?

His mothers son: committed to the mayhem dictated by an outlaw lifestyle?

In the end, its Tara who wins.

Still, isnt that where you tell kids that animals go when they die?

At least they get to escape, and poor, much abused Nero is left to look after them.

If theres one thing we learned from this show, its that not many people escape gangland.

Jax burns his notebooks, the old pictures of Clay and Gemma, and Johns manuscript.

Better that they grow up hating his memory than idolizing it.

As Jax plans his descent, the last loose ends of club business start to wrap up.

As the dust settles, Jax himself puts down one of the Kings.

An offense, Connor observes, that there is no coming back from.

Jax just smiles; aint that the truth?

you could never go home again.

They patch in TO, having convinced the other SoA presidents to overturn the charters race clause.

Like there will be someone level headed to help the Redwood Originals move forward.

Speaking of level headedness, Chibs and Sheriff Fussy Britches decide to call it quits.

Well thank God for small favors.

A twelve-year-old girl would have known that relationship was a complete waste.

To Chibs credit, he tells girlfriend to blow it out her ass and watch her step.

Lawmen who land on the wrong side of the club tend to disappear.

Aint that also the truth?

And he sacks up admirably.

After he finishes business, he goes to meet the club.

He rips off his President patch and hands it to Chibs.

Well, ignoring the screwy special effects, it was still a damn sweet sentiment.

A little ridiculous (lets be honest here), but fitting.

Before Gemma killed Tara, I would have said slim to hell no.

Still, it was a definitive statement of just how much Gemma had lost the battle for Jaxs soul.

How much Tara and John Teller had triumphed.

No matter, we have to acknowledge Sutter for following through and not flinching from the inevitable (i.e.

not dropping the hammer down on his fave wife).

Too many lies, too many consequences.

As he told the DA, the bad guys lose.

And no matter how much we came to love him, Jax Teller was a bad man.

Rating:

4.5 out of 5