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Sons of Anarchy (2008)

Crime · Drama · Thriller

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

IMDb rating
8.5 (355,423 votes)
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.28 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 9.1 53 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 6,034 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 4,565 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 4,275 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 4,222 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 3,987 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 3,814 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,769 votesEp 8: 8.7 · 4,163 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 3,618 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 3,614 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 3,589 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 4,814 votesEp 13: 9.1 · 4,595 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.16,034
2Seeds7.84,565
3Fun Town8.04,275
4Patch Over7.94,222
5Giving Back8.23,987
6AK-518.03,814
7Old Bones8.03,769
8The Pull8.74,163
9Hell Followed8.13,618
10Better Half8.23,614
11Capybara8.33,589
12The Sleep of Babies9.24,814
13The Revelator9.14,595

Season 2 (2009)

8.58 avg 13 episodes 8.6 → 9.3 57 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.6 · 3,663 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 3,305 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,262 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,229 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 3,264 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 3,293 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 3,467 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 3,274 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 3,170 votesEp 10: 9.1 · 3,914 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 3,391 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 3,767 votesEp 13: 9.3 · 4,687 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Albification8.63,663
2Small Tears8.13,305
3Fix8.03,262
4Eureka8.13,229
5Smite8.53,264
6Falx Cerebri8.63,293
7Gilead8.83,467
8Potlatch8.53,274
9Fa Guan8.23,170
10Balm9.13,914
11Service8.73,391
12The Culling9.13,767
13Na Triobloidi9.34,687

Season 3 (2010)

8.32 avg 13 episodes 9.0 → 9.7 51 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 9.0 · 4,003 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 3,101 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,140 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 3,029 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 2,959 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 2,991 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 2,926 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 3,040 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 2,941 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 3,054 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 3,126 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 3,051 votesEp 13: 9.7 · 9,727 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1So9.04,003
2Oiled7.93,101
3Caregiver7.93,140
4Home8.03,029
5Turning and Turning8.02,959
6The Push7.92,991
7Widening Gyre8.02,926
8Lochan Mor7.83,040
9Turas8.12,941
10Fírinne8.63,054
11Bainne8.73,126
12June Wedding8.53,051
13NS9.79,727

Season 4 (2011)

8.71 avg 14 episodes 8.8 → 9.1 46 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.8 · 3,913 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 2,869 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 2,789 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 3,106 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,764 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 3,396 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 3,063 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 3,360 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,862 votesEp 10: 9.3 · 3,871 votesEp 11: 9.0 · 3,463 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 3,569 votesEp 13: 9.1 · 3,407 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 3,833 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Out8.83,913
2Booster8.22,869
3Dorylus8.22,789
4Una Venta7.93,106
5Brick8.12,764
6With an X8.93,396
7Fruit for the Crows8.63,063
8Family Recipe9.03,360
9Kiss8.52,862
10Hands9.33,871
11Call of Duty9.03,463
12Burnt and Purged Away9.23,569
13To Be, Act 19.13,407
14To Be, Act 29.13,833

Season 5 (2012)

8.62 avg 13 episodes 9.0 → 9.3 51 min avg

  • Rebound
Ep 1: 9.0 · 4,329 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 3,561 votesEp 3: 9.5 · 6,896 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 2,955 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,886 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 2,728 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 2,742 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,682 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 2,706 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 2,718 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 3,072 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 3,318 votesEp 13: 9.3 · 3,911 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sovereign9.04,329
2Authority Vested8.43,561
3Laying Pipe9.56,896
4Stolen Huffy8.42,955
5Orca Shrugged8.22,886
6Small World8.32,728
7Toad's Wild Ride8.42,742
8Ablation8.52,682
9Andare Pescare8.02,706
10Crucifixed8.42,718
11To Thine Own Self8.73,072
12Darthy8.93,318
13J'ai Obtenu Cette9.33,911

Season 6 (2013)

8.52 avg 13 episodes 8.2 → 9.5 63 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.2 · 3,658 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 2,953 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,089 votesEp 4: 9.1 · 4,065 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 3,092 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 2,838 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 2,860 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 2,570 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 3,106 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 2,639 votesEp 11: 9.4 · 4,224 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 3,252 votesEp 13: 9.5 · 5,978 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Straw8.23,658
2One One Six7.72,953
3Poenitentia8.03,089
4Wolfsangel9.14,065
5The Mad King8.83,092
6Salvage8.52,838
7Sweet and Vaded8.12,860
8Los Fantasmas7.82,570
9John 8:328.73,106
10Huang Wu8.22,639
11Aon Rud Persanta9.44,224
12You Are My Sunshine8.83,252
13A Mother's Work9.55,978

Season 7 (2014)

8.59 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 9.6 63 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,826 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,920 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,860 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 3,467 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 2,887 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 2,776 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 2,894 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 3,538 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 3,663 votesEp 10: 9.2 · 4,083 votesEp 11: 9.5 · 5,195 votesEp 12: 9.4 · 5,173 votesEp 13: 9.6 · 10,798 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Black Widower8.13,826
2Toil and Till8.02,920
3Playing with Monsters7.82,860
4Poor Little Lambs8.73,467
5Some Strange Eruption8.62,887
6Smoke 'em If You Got 'em8.02,776
7Greensleeves8.42,894
8The Separation of Crows7.93,538
9What a Piece of Work Is Man8.53,663
10Faith and Despondency9.24,083
11Suits of Woe9.55,195
12Red Rose9.45,173
13Papa's Goods9.610,798

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