Sons Of Anarchy: 10 Best Episodes

3. What A Piece Of Work Man Is, Season 7, Episode 9

Sons of Anarchy has never been the type of show that's been afraid of tugging at heart strings or killing off major characters, but its real genius is that they're able to do both and still leave fans shocked and upset when it happens.

What A Piece Of Work Man Is really took fans by surprise as most figured August Marks would let Bobby go after seemingly sorting out his problems with the club. Yet as soon as he was given back to Jax, Marks blew his brains out right in front of him. Not only did the writers kill off a fan favourite, they also took the last remaining voice of reason left in Jax's life.

Moments like this are usually saved until the end of the episode to leave the audience on a cliffhanger, but Bobby's death happens near the middle instead. It could've turned out to be the wrong move, but turned out to be the perfect place for it to happen as it led to an intense staredown between Jax and Marks at the end which was even more powerful than seeing Bobby get shot.