Casting Jax, Killing Tara, Who Almost Played Clay

Spoiler alert: Sons of Anarchy did not end well for almost every character.

Like the Shakespearean tragedy that inspired creator Kurt Sutter‘s gritty FX series (it’s Hamlet, but on motorcycles, and in central California), when the dust settled the usurping king was dead, as was his queen. And Charlie Hunnam‘s troubled prince Jax rode off into the… um…

But no matter. Where there’s TV, there’s always a way, and the mere announcement of the spin-off limited series Legends—not involving Sutter, but starring Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Maggie Siff and more—was enough to kickstart a lot of excitement.

Yet you may be wondering, If not a prequel, then what? FX described the next chapter as such: “When the cast of Sons of Anarchy reunites at a fan convention after more than a decade, the line between life and art blurs as the fractured brotherhood finds itself up against a real-world threat more dangerous than anything they ever faced in their show.”

And, lest we forget, SAMCRO faced some really dangerous stuff in its day, a.k.a. over the course of seven seasons that ran from 2008 to 2014.