'Then get used to living in a brothel because hookers and bangers are gonna be your only family' Jax (SOA)

Season 5 episode 8 follows on after Gemma has crashed into a tree with the two boys in the car and the Sons were attacked at roadside. The episode follows Jax and the Sons trying to discover who attacked them, and most importantly to Jax who attacked his family. Although this episode was not particularly striking, as unlike most other episodes of sons this did not have anything horrific that I had to turn away for, however it still had me hooked. This episode should have been titled vengeance, as it follows Jax getting slowly more ruthless and out of control, in an attempt to re-gain control of the club. With Clay trying to sabotage Jax’s reign and take the gavel for himself, Juice being threatened as being declared a rat, the death of the nomads, and the inevitable death of Tigs, I can’t help but wonder if anyone will be left at the Sons of Anarchy table by the end of this season. This episode suggests that Jax has finally found a way to take down Clay; through the prostitution of his mother, he will get Clay to pass on all his little secrets. The final line of the episode is where this piece takes its title from, Jax is offering Gemma an ultimatum, family or nothing. It is the first point in the series where I have had a sense that Jax is really in control, but I can’t help but ask at what cost. He seems a shadow of his former self, and you can see that shit is about to go down- series 5 just got really interesting.