It's easy to forget, as the show has taken on cartel issues, Damon Pope, increasing law involvement and so much more in the last three seasons, how pivotal Agent June Stahl was in shaping the first three seasons. Played to slimy, obnoxious perfection by Ally Walker, Stahl was the series' longest major antagonist and a perpetual thorn in the club's side. Indirectly responsible for Donna's death in the first season, Stahl would go on to try and use Chibs against the True IRA before framing Gemma for the murder of Edmond Hayes, which led Edmond's father Cameron to kidnap Abel and kill Half-Sack. Going further into season three, Stahl crafted a deal with Jax to save her career by trading the IRA for a window of opportunity for Jax and the club to travel to Belfast to get Abel back. However, true to form, Stahl ultimately betrays Jax by giving him up to the club as a rat after putting Jimmy O'Phelan in custody. Fortunately for the audience, though, it's revealed that the club was in on it the whole time, leading to the previously-mentioned scene in which Stahl and O'Phelan are isolated. In one of the series' most satisfying scenes, Opie kills Stahl from behind as she sits in the driver's seat of her car so that she can know what Donna felt. In the end, Stahl may not be missed, but the karmic justice that came back around to get her was worth every moment.
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