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3. The Retribution Of Damon Pope - Sons Of Anarchy
When Damon Pope’s daughter falls victim to a misdirected attempt at revenge by the brutal Tig Trager, Pope ramps the revenge up to 11.
Pope ensures Tig is chained up and close enough to watch what transpires without being able to intervene in any way. Gasoline is then poured all over Tig’s daughter Dawn as he begs in vain for Pope to kill him instead.
“Know my pain, Mr. Trager,” says Pope as he tosses in the cigar he’d been smoking, burning Dawn alive in the process. The sight of Dawn consumed by the flames is horrific in itself but the sound of her screaming ”Daddy!” one final time is the icing on the cake.
Pope’s eye for an eye mentality leaves Tig suffering a fate here far worse than the death he desperately begged Pope for in exchange for his daughter’s life.
Capped off with the sight of Tig sobbing at the sight of his daughter’s body, it was safe to say he and Pope had destroyed one another’s lives.
Hard to watch for its unforgettable brutality, this was among the most traumatic moments in the history of Sons of Anarchy and indeed of television as a whole.