After spending season five under the radar as Damon Pope's right hand, August Marks was able to step up and lead following his boss's death without the level of deserved friction towards and between Jax and the club his predecessor had had. Over the course of the sixth season, Marks and the club worked together to get the Irish to enter into business with the former and sever ties with the latter, with Marks' willingness to assist Jax and ability to keep a level head earning him a decent amount of respect. With Tara's death and Jax's spiral into revenge, the club's otherwise positive relationship with Marks quickly disintegrated in the final season. Despite insisting that Jax show restraint when it came to taking action, Marks eventually discovered that Jax had been working behind his back to both take revenge and bring Marks down through blackmail. Acting quickly, Marks had Bobby abducted and tortured, unwilling to set him free unless Jax handed over any and all evidence he had incriminating Marks. When the two finally met to trade, Marks pulled a gun hidden in the gagged Bobby's waistband and killed him in front of Jax, taking out one of the club's most beloved members and ensuring that the target already on his back would never go away. Though the club managed to get Marks jailed anyway, buying them time to deal with their numerous other issues, Marks was freed in the series finale. Waiting on the courthouse steps, shrouded like an angel of death, Jax sprung into action, taking out Marks and getting it over with in the same straightforward fashion as Barosky, doling out justice for Bobby and tying together another loose end in the process.
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