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Sons of Anarchy (season 6)

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Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
FX

No. of episodes
  
13

Original release
  
September 10 (2013-09-10) – December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10)

The sixth season of the American television drama series Sons of Anarchy created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself.

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Season Six aired from September 10 through December 10, 2013. The season finale was the second-most watched episode of the season and the most-watched finale in the series history.

Cast and characters

Sons of Anarchy is the story of the Teller-Morrow family of Charming, California, as well as the other members of Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO), their families, various Charming townspeople, allied and rival gangs, associates, and law agencies that undermine or support SAMCRO's legal and illegal enterprises.

Main cast

  • Charlie Hunnam as Jackson "Jax" Teller (13 episodes)
  • Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow (13 episodes)
  • Mark Boone Junior as Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson (11 episodes)
  • Dayton Callie as Wayne Unser (12 episodes)
  • Kim Coates as Alex "Tig" Trager (13 episodes)
  • Tommy Flanagan as Filip "Chibs" Telford (13 episodes)
  • Theo Rossi as Juan-Carlos "Juice" Ortiz (13 episodes)
  • Maggie Siff as Tara Knowles-Teller (13 episodes)
  • Ron Perlman as Clarence "Clay" Morrow (9 episodes)
  • Jimmy Smits as Nero Padilla (13 episodes as starring)
  • Special guest cast

  • CCH Pounder as Tyne Patterson (12 episodes)
  • Drea de Matteo as Wendy Case (10 episodes)
  • Rockmond Dunbar as Lieutenant Eli Roosevelt (9 episodes)
  • Peter Weller as Charles Barosky (7 episodes)
  • Donal Logue as Lee Toric (4 episodes)
  • Walton Goggins as Venus Van Dam (2 episodes)
  • Mitch Pileggi as Ernest Darby ("Wolfsangel")
  • Robert Patrick as Les Packer ("Wolfsangel")
  • Guest stars

  • Samaire Armstrong as Darvany Jennings (2 episodes)
  • Keone Young as Bohai Lin (2 episodes)
  • Hayley McFarland as Brooke Putner (2 episodes)
  • Olivia Burnette as Homeless Woman (2 episodes)
  • Mo McRae as Tyler Yost (2 episodes)
  • C. Thomas Howell as Frank Eagan ("One One Six")
  • Dave Navarro as Arcadio Nerona ("One One Six" + 1 as co-star)
  • Doug Jones as Officer Crane ("The Mad King")
  • Michael Shamus Wiles as Jury White ("Salvage")
  • Adrienne Barbeau as Alice Nona ("Sweet and Vaded")
  • Patrick St. Esprit as Elliott Oswald ("John 8:32")
  • Production

    Although Sons of Anarchy is set in Northern California's Central Valley, it is filmed primarily at Occidental Studios Stage 5A in North Hollywood. Main sets located there include the clubhouse, St. Thomas Hospital and Jax's house. The production rooms at the studio used by the writing staff also double as the Charming police station. External scenes are often filmed nearby in Sun Valley and Tujunga.

    Reception

    Season six has received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, the season received a critic score of 74% (based on 9 critic reviews) and user score of 7.8 out of 10 (based on 85 viewer reviews). At Rotten Tomatoes, it received a 78% critic score (based on 18 reviews: 14 Fresh, 4 Rotten) and a 93% audience score (based on 186 user ratings), with the observation: "Sons of Anarchy continues to deliver an energetic blend of bracing action sequences, pitch black humor, and heartless violence." At IGN, season 6 episodes received critic ratings ranging from a low of 8.1 (Episode 604, labelled "Great" and "Editors' Choice") to a high of 9.5 (Episode 611, labelled "Amazing", and "Editors' Choice"), and a season-wide Community Rating of 9.6 (out of 60 ratings).

    References

    Sons of Anarchy (season 6) Wikipedia