The death of Tara at the hands of Gemma -- over a miscommunication, no less -- is undeniably the show's most devastating event. Emotionally traumatizing and sickening through the sheer viciousness with which Gemma attacks her, first using an iron, then smashing her head, then drowning her and then, most horribly, using a barbecue fork to stab her in the head and neck, it's a moment fans are still reeling over months later. While Tara had grown into a character that was far from innocent by the sixth season, her drive to get her boys out of Charming and far away from the crippling vortex surrounding the club life was more than understandable. Put through the ringer time and again, Tara had been pushed to desperate measures for the sake of making sure the vicious cycle of the Teller family would not claim her boys. If anyone could get anything resembling a happy ending in the show and break away from the violence, death and drama, it was bound to be Tara. But with season six ending with a deceased Tara in Jax's arms, an emotional powerhouse of a moment in itself, and her life cut short, the future of Jax and the boys is now more unclear than it's ever been. The series has shown time and again that anything can happen at any moment to anyone and that nothing on the show is always easily predictable. With only one season ahead of us and the promise that it'll all end in a pool of blood looming over the series, more death, shock and sadness is inevitable, but these are just a number of the ones so far that will stick with viewers long after the series has ended.
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