Agent Kohn and Deputy Hale have a conversation about SAMCRO. Hale reveals that they’ve been in the town since he was little, and apart from a few minor scrapes with the law, they’ve been clean. Kohn says that most of the people in town keep quiet about them. Hale says that the town believes that SAMCRO helps keep the corporate businessmen out of town so that’s why the locals keep quiet. Kohn agrees with him saying that he has been hanging out for a star bucks since he arrived . Hale acknowledges he knows that SAMCRO also has links to the police department meaning inside the department pointing not so subtly towards Unser.
Unser confronts Hale about Kohn coming into the town. Unser is very frustrated at not having been informed about this, and asks what he’s doing in town. Hale says that he’s collecting intel on the Sons of Anarchy, and didn’t go into too much detail. Unser warns him not to associate himself with Kohn, and to stick with Charming business. He also reminds him that he is still the chief, and that anything Kohn does has to go through him first.
At the roundtable, Clay acknowledges that Kohn might not be here for them because they’ve kept a clean record for many years. Jax argues that it had to have been Hale that brought him here because Unser closed the previous case pissing Hale off. They bring up that they have to find a short term place to store their guns, but there is no place for them to do so. Jax acknowledges they got a call from Uncle Jury last week. He says that the Mayans have been bullying them into paying a vig for running their porn business, the Devil’s Tribe, is in Mayan territory. Jax says they could offer them full protection if they will store their AK’s for a little while. The group thinks it’s risky because the Mayans are going to be scoping the place out because of the previous raid, and the Devil’s Tribe is a SAMCRO brotherhood group. Jax says he’ll go in under the radar with Bobby, and the rest will come up later with the guns in the same fashion. Clay asks if Jury will really help them, and Jax says that he should because his father saved his life during Vietnam. The plan is set.
Tara walks out to her car, and notices a bunch of flower petals on her car windshield. Recognizing it was something that Kohn used to do; she goes into the closet and grabs her gun. She then drives over to the clubhouse; which Kohn is scoping out. She says she needs help with her car. Tara asks Jax if he can give her a lift home, but Jax says he’s leaving for a few days. Tara asks Jax about Abel, and Jax asks if everything is ok and Tara replies he’s doing great but if anything comes up, who should she contact? He says his mom who is just driving into the lot. Jax asks her if she will take Tara home since he’s going to see Uncle Jury. Tara at first refuses, but Gemma insists she’ll love to give the good doctor a ride. He gives both Gemma and Tara a kiss and drives off.
Gemma walks over to the shop, and walks right past Half-Sack.She leans into the car and Half-Sack comments that Gemma is a MILF chubby; not knowing he said the comment within earshot of Clay. Clay pretends he didn’t hear and tells Tig to steal one of Unser’s trucks so they can use it for the delivery. Tig punches Half-Sack for the comment. Half-Sack tries to defend what he said only making things worse.
On the road to Nevada, Jax and Bobby pass by a group of Mayans on the road. One of them pulls a gun, but Jax avoids him. The Mayans turn their bikes around to give chase. They slam on the brakes and the Mayans go right past them. Jax and Bobby fire several shots which scare the Mayans and they take off.
Back at Teller/Morrow Tara gets ready to get in the car with Gemma, but Half-Sack stops her to sign some papers. When she gets out, Gemma notices the gun that’s in her purse. Gemma drives her home making small talk. Gemma asks her why she’s carrying the gun. Tara tells her that she carried it in Chicago because it was an unsafe neighborhood and sometimes forgets it’s in there. Gemma knows she is lying. She asks if she knows how to use it. Tara says she does, and she leaves Gemma to go into her house.
While stopping at a gas station, Jax phones Clay to tell him about being spotted by the Mayans. Clay comments that they need to have a heavy presence up there now if they want to get the guns up there. Jax says that he’ll make some calls, but Clay says it won’t help cause it’ll take months to get the warehouse up and running. Jax realizes he’s talking about patching over the Devil’s Tribe into the Sons of Anarchy. Jax doesn’t think he’ll take kindly to giving up his own group, but Clay says that it’s only a matter of time before the Mayans push them out. He tells Jax to bring it up otherwise he will when he gets there. Clay tells Tig, Juice and Half-sack they’re riding up to Nevada to patch the Devil’s Tribe. Realizing they’re short in numbers, Clay has Juice call up the Nomads and invite them along. He then tells Tig that he needs him to take a truck from Unsers and that Unser wants nothing to do with it so make it look like a robbery. This means that Tig will miss out on the Patchover party and he begs him to come along, but Clay reminds him that the last time he had free range on women was with the two Mexicans that were burnt in the old weapons storage facility, and his DNA almost brought the club down. In the background Half-Sack is chuckling and Tig begs Clay to let the prospect do it, but Clay still pissed off at Half-Sack replies “What prospect”. Clay says he’s stuck with the job.
Back at the gas station, Jax finds a guy sitting on his motorcycle with his girlfriend taking a photo. Jax comes upon the scene and offers to take the picture himself since the girl’s having trouble with the camera. Jax comments that the man looks like the kind of guy that knows how to get his way, and notices the cut on the girl’s lip. Jax takes the picture of him Before, then punches the guy, warning him that he should never sit on another man’s bike. Then Bobby takes the after picture saying that he should have more respect for the fairer Sex. Jax asks the girl if she’s going anywhere. She says no place special, and Jax invites her on the ride to Jury’s. She introduces herself as Susie. As they drive away, it is revealed that Kohn is following them, and photographs them as they leave.
Jax, Bobby, and Susie arrive at the Devil’s Tribe clubhouse where they are greeted by Uncle Jury. When they walk in, they are shown around the place. Bobby notices a girl that looks really nice, he says that he can be in love with that perfect darkness and Jury calls her over to them he says this is Daytona and bobby replies as in daytona 500 but Jury says as in $1,200 a night but he offers her to bobby on the house and they leave to have some fun. Jury asks about Susie, and Jax says he just picked her up at the border. Jury summons Cherry, and tells her to show Susie around the place. Jax and Jury talk about business. Jury says he’s in a vine because the Mayans are ruining the business and he can’t get into business with them because he feels dedicated to SAMCRO. Jury asks what they can do. Jax tells him about the weapons, and asks if they can store them here for a little while. Jury says he’ll help out with the guns. Jury tells him to tell Clay he needs help, but Jax reveals that Clay is coming up to talk about the future of the Devil’s Tribe. Jury knows he means a patch over. Jax tells him that they need to or the Mayans will steamroll them. Jury says he doesn’t know how the rest of the group will take it, but Jax says that they’ll do just fine in SAMCRO.
At the other side of the bar, Cherry educates Susie on working for Jury. Jax passes by and gives her a kiss. Cherry asks how long she’s been with Jax, but Susie says he’s only giving her a ride. Cherry says she should pay close attention to what she does. Susie asks who she’s in a relationship with. Cherry says she isn’t yet, but that one day she’ll find the right guy. She reveals she’s been doing this job for three years.
Jax and Bobby talk about Jury outside. Jax says that Jury didn’t take too kindly to the patch over, and that it doesn’t feel right to do this. Jax feels that Clay’s making a mistake. Bobby asks Jax if he’s alright. He acknowledges about the birth of Abel, Wendy’s addiction. Bobby asks if some voice in his head is bothering him. He says that Jax has been second-guessing Clay since Abel was born, and people are noticing it. Bobby tells him he needs to get that sorted out with Clay.
Clay arrives in Nevada for the patch over ceremony. He acknowledges the close connections the two clubs have through Vietnam and other SAMCRO chapters, and says it’s time for them to become brothers. Clay knows that some people are afraid of becoming members of the club, but he tells them that he hopes they all decide to join. SAMCRO leaves the room so that the Devil’s Tribe can discuss their decision.
Meanwhile, Tig and Juice steal the truck from Unser Trucking. Tig says the keys should be in the door. Juice feeds the dog a steak to distract it. Tig is still sore about being left behind he is going on and on about how great the patchover party will be and how much he is missing out on. They break into the fence, but the dog comes after them foaming at the mouth. It bites Tig on the rear end, but they are able to lock themselves in the truck. Tig asks if Juice drugged the meat. Juice said he gave the meat two grams. Tig says Two grams of what? Juice replies Crank, and Tig flies off the handle calling Juice “retarded” . Juice asks if he should shoot it, but Tig just tells him to drive.
Back at the house, Gemma searches through an old cookie tin to find some of her old guns in. While she cleans them, she calls Luanne. She asks if she can get a hold of the federal marshal contact to get some information on Tara.
In Nevada, Jax and Clay talk about the patch over. They think that half of the members will patch over, but the others won’t. Jax says that they can’t abandon the group, and that they need to leave them with some help. Clay says that this is to help strengthen the group if they leave them to deal with their own problems. Jax says he wants to help Jury, but Clay says he’s not concerned about Jury. When they look over, several of the Devil’s Tribe bikers get on their bikes and drive away angrily from the clubhouse. When they drive away, Kohn spots them through his binoculars. SAMCRO goes inside to find Jury and other Devil’s Tribe members still inside that are willing to patch over into SAMCRO. Clay sprays SOA on the wall, and the group all has a patch over party. Susie asks what a patch over is, and Cherry nervously replies it means that things are going to change.
At the party, Cherry and Half-Sack get friendly. She acknowledges that she knows several people that have died over in Iraq. Half-Sack says he feels guilty about leaving Iraq, but Cherry says he’s a hero. Cherry asks if he can still have kids, and Half-Sack says that he should be able to. While talking to Jury, Clay notices the two getting friendly.
Tig and Juice finish up the stealing of the truck, and Juice apologizes for not knowing what would happen. He says he doesn’t want to be here either, but that they should at least have a decent conversation. Tig makes a joke of it and unzips his pants. Juice tells him to knock it off, and they finish the job.
At the patch over party, Susie approaches Jax with some lessons from Cherry. She takes Jax into the bedroom. Clay asks Jury if Cherry belongs to anyone. Jury tells him that she doesn’t, and Clay makes his move. In revenge for Half-Sack’s comment, Clay cuts in and takes Cherry for himself that night. Passing by, he makes a comment similar to Half-Sack’s comment about Gemma.
Tig and Juice arrive in Nevada to see the remnants of the party. Meanwhile, Jax follows one of his father’s pages in his book to a bridge. Under the bridge is a comment about anarchism and its relationship to the Sons of Anarchy and social order. Back at the clubhouse, Susie wakes up to get coffee from Cherry. Susie acknowledges that she saw that Cherry liked Half-Sack last night, but she slept with Clay. Cherry says that’s just what they do. Susie cant understand it but Cherry explains that it’s like a family where they do what they are told and they get taken care of with no worries.
Back home, Gemma visits Tara to give her car back to her. Gemma notes that yesterday she got off to a bad start with Tara, and this is her way of apologizing. Gemma notices the changes of the house, and Tara’s father. Tara asks Gemma what she’s really doing here. Gemma notes that Tara left Charming for Chicago for her job, but that she’s suddenly back where she started in a place where she’s not as good as she was. Tara notes that Gemma’s spending a lot of time worrying about her life, and asks if she really scares her that much. Gemma says she’s not afraid of her, it’s the people she touches. She says that Jax is in a bad place right now, and warns her to stay away from him. Tara says she can’t dictate the situation, but Gemma retorts by saying that until she’s dead and buried, she’ll protect her son. She then gives Tara a gun with no serial number on it saying that if she’s going to use a gun, it should be safe.
In Nevada, Jax calls Clay to let him know that he’s on his way back and the Mayans are following him. They get the weapons rounded up. Jax knocks the Mayan bikers’ bikes down and rides away with the Mayans in pursuit. The clubhouse is ready, and when Jax drives into the clubhouse safely, the Mayans open fire. A short gunfight takes place, and several people, including Jury, are wounded. The Mayans retreat; all of this taking place within Kohn’s view.
At the clubhouse, Gemma meets Luanne, and asks what she found. Luanne said that the only thing that came up was a restraining order she filed against a man (they don’t know it’s against Kohn). She also asks what kinda neighbourhood did she stay in and Luanne say pretty nice actually to which she acknowledges that Gemma really doesn’t trust the bitch.
Back in Nevada, Jury asks what they’re going to do now. He’s worried that he’ll lose some more guys because of the shootout. Clay says that the Mayans probably won’t attack them now because they know they’re watching them. Jury thanks the group. Clay asks Jax why the Mayans were able to follow him to the clubhouse. Jax says he went for a ride to clear his head and the Mayans spotted him.
Clay then reveals a surprise for Tig for his hard work with three girls for him at his disposal. Jax says he’s heading home to see Abel. Clay sits down with Bobby and asks if everything’s okay with Jax. Bobby says it’s hard to tell. Clay asks if he has anything to worry about, but Bobby says not yet. Outside, Jax watches a scared Susie take off with her boyfriend. Happy says “I thought that bitch was with you and Jaxs just shrugs it off like “nah” then they leave.
Jax arrives home and goes to the hospital. Jax spots Tara who just recieved an envelope from a nurse, and she tells him that Gemma is in the room with Abel. He replies of course she is. Tara asks how his trip was and he replies “Uneventful”. Jax visits Abel, and his mother and Tara walks by the window she opens the envelope and sees a picture of Jax in bed with Susie at the Nevada clubhouse. Tara and Jax share a stare, but Tara breaks away from it and walks away with a hurt look on her face.
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