Sons of Anarchy Recap: Dying Alone is the New Black

On his way out, Unser suggests Clay check on Gemma, who must be spooked by the attack on Rita.  Clay says he’ll leave the TLC to Unser.

I’m better at the beatdowns and the manipulation.

After a shower, Gemma walks into her kitchen and is sees an eerily calm Carla sitting at her kitchen table, and Carla has brought her trusty phone and even more dependable handgun.

Gemma’s a little surprised to see her.

Carla forces Gemma to walk to her bedroom at gunpoint, while calling someone (Nero, presumably) with her 0h-so-useful phone.

She’s a multitasker!

At church, Jax tries to sell the Sons on the idea of working with Pope and delivering double the drugs from the cartel – Luis has already agreed to 30 more kilos for each run – so that they can make some serious money while not upping their risk factor. Clay warns the table that guys like this are dangerous and mean more trouble for the MC. Clay’s words are enough to sway Juice and the three Nomads to vote against the additional drug running with him, but Tig, Happy, Bobby, CFP, and Chibs all vote with Jax so in a 6 to 5 vote, the club decides to run double the drugs for 4 times as much money. Good math, guys!

Closest vote ever at this table … probably closer than a Romney-Obama vote.

As the guys rise to walk out, Clay is staring at Go-Go, and we get to see he’s actually looking at a gauze-covered wound on Go-Go’s neck … Rita’s gift from beyond the grave. Bobby stays behind with Jax and laments that the table is divided. I’d say that’s an understatement.

In the prison infirmary, Tara’s going through a quick orientation for her volunteer time.

Get to the part where I can get Otto in here, please.

The doctor showing her around tells her that a prisoner first fills out a request form to be seen, Tara gives the form to the attending guard, and the guard will bring her the sick prisoner. Immediately after the doctor’s departure, Tara begins filling out a fraudulent form for Otto.

Unser is driving up to Gemma’s house to check on her, but notices Nero going up her front walk and going inside so Unser drives away, angry. Inside, Nero finds Gemma and Carla in Gemma’s bedroom (which is ornately decorated in a Victorian bordello theme) and immediately lapses into Spanish. He asks Carla if she’s fucking with him, and she answers with

a sideways (Ella es serio!) gun and a smile

and tells them both to get undressed and get into bed. Carla interestingly refers to Nero as “Sweet Brother” and still has just enough sanity rolling around between the two crazy halves of her brain to divest Nero of his handgun before they can have their own version of Mexican standoff.

Sweet Sister, you’re into some freaky shit.