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kicked off its farewell run on Tuesday in gory fashion, as an unglued Jax set out to avenge his wife Tara’s brutal murder. As series creator Kurt Sutter recently told TVLine, “It’s the most proactive we’ve ever seen our hero in the sense of being singular of purpose. It’s all about revenge.” And he wasn’t kidding.

In the closing moments of the 105-minute opener, Jax savagely butchered an innocent (of

‘ Black Widow: When she wasn’t covering her tracks, she was busy chatting with her late daughter-in-law’s spirit, attempting a reconciliation with ex-lover Nero and trying to convince her accomplice Juice that she’s not bat$#*! crazy.

In the following Q&A, Sutter tackles a smattering of our hot premiere-episode topics, including (but not limited to) the decision to keep Tara’s memorial off screen, Jax and Gemma’s trust issues (or lack thereof), Wayne’s impending revelation, Juice’s “revealing” workout and much more.

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TVLINE | Talk to me about the decision not to show Tara’s funeral in that opening montage.

We have done a lot of funerals on the show already — [like] Donna’s funeral. It felt a little too obvious. And I liked the fact that Jax didn’t want to be there when the body was put in the ground. It was simple, quiet and functional. It wasn’t going to be an event that you would normally see on a TV show. We have that moment [during the opening montage] with Unser, and that’s how we acknowledge it.

TVLINE | Gemma insists to Juice at one point that she’s not a psychopath. Do you agree with her self-diagnosis?

I do. I really do. I think Gemma is capable of great violence. She has done a lot of dark things in her life, and some of them we have never seen and she has never revealed. I

think she believed that the events that happened with Tara were [the result of] misinformation. And that she, at the end of the day, felt like she was protecting the club and protecting her son. And that’s what she’s holding on to. In her mind, she was doing it for the right reasons. And then she qualifies everything else, with, “Well, if I tell the truth, all of these bad things are going to happen. So it’s best that I keep this secret.” Obviously, it’s self-serving. We’ve witnessed the damage that’s been created by Gemma’s secrets in the past, and this is no different. And, yet, again, she believes this is the best thing. Jax is the perpetrator of the violence, but she lights the fire. She gives him the information that sets in motion these horrendous events based on a lie.

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TVLINE | Speaking of Gemma’s lies, why did Jax take her on her word when she fingered the Chinese gang member as having killed Tara?

At that point, there’s no reason why he would have any doubt, or any reason to believe that she was responsible [for Tara\'s death]. And the fact that she actually identifies a specific guy is ultimately the thing that convinces Jax. And, remember, it was Tara

 Eli who were killed — could Gemma have pulled off

 of those? And [from Jax\'s POV], Gemma didn’t really know anything about the war with the Chinese in order to make up that lie. It was Juice that gave her all that information, that she then fed to Jax. That all made it implausible for it to be manufactured by Gemma. Obviously, as the audience,

know it’s because Gemma had a partner. Therein lies the blood bond between Gemma and Juice.

TVLINE | We saw Gemma “talking” to Tara in the kitchen at one point. Which was weird. Where did the idea for that come from?

It came out in the writing, and I’m sort of going with it. [

] In a lot of episodes [this season], she has this continuing dialogue with Tara. In her mind, it’s her way of exorcising that guilt. It’s as if Tara understands and has forgiven her. In Episode 2 or 3, she’s having a dialogue with her in the car about the kids and private school – it’s as if she needs to have this conversation to continuously remind herself that what she did was ultimately an accident and that Tara would have forgiven her or understood. It’s kind of weird. And I love the way Katey [Sagal] is playing it, which is very simple and not, “I’m a crazy lady and I’m freaking out.” It’s as if you expect to turn around and see [Tara] there. It’s obviously showing the seams are somewhat busting on Gemma.

TVLINE | The premiere doesn’t show Wayne connecting the dots between a drunken, rage-filled Gemma fleeing in his truck and Tara turning up dead hours later. Does that come up later in the season?

No. He doesn’t find out that Gemma has ultimately given this lie to Jax until much deeper in the season. And once that happens, he starts to connect the dots.

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TVLINE | Are Gemma and Nero officially back together now? It was sort of ambiguous.

It’s heading in that direction. Once Nero feels like he’s possibly getting a handle on the conflict that he’s in, then it might be safe for him and Gemma to spend time together again. At the end of last season, he was seeing this heading in a very bloody direction with him against Jax, and he didn’t want to pull Gemma into that conflict. Now he feels like, “OK, I’m potentially playing intermediary. I can maybe resolve this stuff.”

I think her really does. It broke his heart to push her away last season. It’s a bit of a push and pull for the first few episodes. But I think, ultimately, they’re drawn to each other.

TVLINE | Lastly, Juice’s naked push-ups — was that a valentine to the show’s female and gay male fans?

] To a certain extent. And it’s the fact that Juice can’t leave that space right now — he’s sort of trapped in that box — so he’s kind of losing it. But, yeah, it’s also like a “This one’s for you” to the fans.

Poor Abel he looked so sad and miserable……..come on Jax the killer is standing right NEXT to you! Got the wrong person sitting on that chair! Gemma talking to what supposed to be the ghost of Tara? Tara is up in biker heaven with Opie, Donna, Piney and JT all pissed of that she ‘TRUSTS’ Wendy and it’s better for the boys? yeah right bitch. Overall LOVED the episode what the HELL Juice…is he really gonna tell Alverez everything about SAMCRO?!!!!SMH.

To Kurt Sutter: Please, please stop saying, “You know.” I don’t understand how such a master with words can be so poor at expressing himself orally. Thank you for giving us this magnificent series.

That’s probably his go-to filler, how some people say “like” or “um” or “uh” to collect their thoughts quick, he probably can’t help it and it comes off natural.

I’m sorry but JAX should have went to see his boys. This is why TARA wanted to take the boys away in the first place. I want GEMMA to die a slow and painful death. Jax better find out about all her lies before he kills her too. On another note, there is no way JAX is walking or riding into the sunset alive this season. That makes me sad😭

He probably should have, but it is completely in character not to do so…

Charlie is doing a fantastic job of showing that Jax is pretty much dead behind the eyes. The only time we could see the weight of his loss was when he talked to the DA. It was awesome to have it back. Maybe I am wishful thinking but I do think Jax will kill Gemma by the end of this.

I will forever see the Chinese guy’s death and hear Bohemian Rhapsody.

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I don’t get how Jax didn’t see through his mom’s lie about seeing that guy leaving Tara’s house. I get that he’s clouded by his grief but he should have known that Gemma’s a naturally suspicious person, like she wouldn’t have followed the random man leaving Tara’s house. It was a weak story, especially for Gemma.

I also laughed out loud at head members of numerous gangs talking about gun distribution and such on a street corner basically. Do they not realize there’s cameras everywhere? They even said “gang task force” out loud at the meeting and Jax even brought up a cops name among others. There could have been cops nearby with listening devices (like those old handheld satellite looking things attached to headphones or whatever the modern-day version is).

Overall, mehhh episode, enjoyed Jax’s “push and shiv” quote, one gang’s questioning of Nero’s escorts serving “snacks,” and Gemma’s talk of her nether-region piercing.

Also that pastor, pastor, reverend, woman scene can I just say… “Pew-pew-pew.”

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