Sons Of Anarchy: 10 Worst Things Jax Teller Ever Did
1. He Killed Gemma
While Jax's actions were largely dictated by his desire to move the MC into safer lines of business and to get his children out of harm's way, after the death of his wife, and the brutality with which she was murdered, his sole motivation was revenge.
Once he was released from prison, he waged a full scale attack on Henry Lin and his operation. This war led to the deaths of West, Colette, Bobby, and countless of Lin's guys including the boss himself. However, the Chinese had nothing to do with Tara's death, it was Gemma who killed her.
As soon as Jax found out, his rage transferred to his mother. There was no talking things through and no reasoning with him. No matter how much Nero and Unser tried to talk him out of doing what he was about to do, there was no scenario in which he didn't kill Gemma.
It's difficult to even imagine the pain Jackson was suffering, but as Nero put it, a son killing his mother is a wound that is just too deep to heal. He still loved his mom deeply and couldn't live with himself after shooting her in the back of the head.