Main article: List of Sons of Anarchy characters Main cast The first season deals with Jax trying to reconcile things happening to the club with what he reads in his father's memoirs, Opie trying to take a lesser role in the club, and local and federal law enforcement trying to shut down SAMCRO. Jax's best friend Opie has just been released from prison for serving time for a club-related crime. Jax's mother, Gemma Teller-Morrow, is now married to the President of SAMCRO, Clay Morrow.
John Teller, Jax's father, was one of the founders of SAMCRO, and the book describes his trials with and hopes for the club.
Jax finds his father's memoirs when he visits a storage unit to collect some old baby clothes. An emergency C-section is performed, and their son Abel is delivered ten weeks prematurely. The series begins with the destruction of a warehouse the club uses to store and assemble guns, which is their main source of income, by a rival MC right before the overdose of Jax's Methamphetamine-addicted, pregnant ex-wife Wendy.
