Jax Teller | Sons of Anarchy Character Analysis
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Jax Teller is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. Going from a presumed destiny, to rejecting it, to reluctantly embracing it, is what makes him special. Being a leader isn't always easy, but with the support of his family and brothers, he blazes a trail all his own and becomes a legend.
This video was months of off-and-on work so I really hope I not only did the character justice, but the entire show as well. I'd love to hear from other SOA fans so if you have any feedback or constructive criticisms of the video, I'd appreciate it if you let me know in the comments. That being said...Let's Ride!
Til next time... y'all be easy ✌
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Red Dead Redemption OST & Red Dead Redemption 2 OST
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"This Life" Trap Remix
• Sons Of Anarchy - This...
My throat was cooked toward the end of this video so if I sound raspy or out of breath, it's because I was.
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Man finally. There isn't neatly enough videos that do deep dives into this show or its characters. It's criminal ally underrated
I can't believe there's only 1 SoA full series retrospective on RUclips.
It’s just a series that hasn’t reached THAT type of audience. I think with time it’ll eventually catch more attention.
@@ramencat788It’s underrated lowkey
@@mozzbyy8616That’s how I feel about “Dark” from Netflix. These shows would blow up if new gen found them but they still have their strong following.
Are we not a special part of society? Come on man.
Donna's death is pretty much what causes the butterfly effect for the whole series
What led to Donna’s death tho?
@@licmysak7842 clay's suspicion that oppie was a rat
Loved how you had John Martsons theme in the background. This show was basically a present day red ded redemption story. One of my all time favorite shows!
It's so fitting
No it's more like a GTA story!!!! It's got the vehicles , the side missions , the gangs , it's literally GTA as a TV show
@@mattlawrence1932 explain your theory? Cause I’m referring to the actual storyline. GTA story doesn’t compare to SOA imo. No shit they don’t have cars and present day things. Which is why I said a “present day red dead story”. A story of a good man caught in the middle of his gang and mess of shit and how he’s loyal to a fault… more comparable to rdr2 tbh
@@marcushopkins8558he was literally born into it exactly how John and author were I completely agree
@@mattlawrence1932fool
Jax Teller is also a walking tragedy. Nothing but pain and misery followed this man. The pain that this man endured throughout the entire series was inhuman. This club destroyed him and everything he held dear. It took away his father, his mother, his brother, his best friend, associates, and the love of his life. By the end of the series, he was nothing more than a bag of bones.
And in trying to change the club for the better the only thing he did was that he became the man he hated most. Just like his father, he became the poison of the club both J.T and Jax knew that and that’s why they went out the way they went out. Some of the most beautiful writing Ive ever seen and one of the most criminally underrated shows of all time
@matt0771 you have to remember, there were three Jax's in this series. There was Jax pre Opies death, there was Jax post Opies death, and there was Jax post Tara's death. Opies death unleashed his inner fury and Tara's death was the fatal blow to him. All of season 7, he seemed like a guy who was bleeding out.
@@anthonycampos8057perfect put opie changed him forever and after Tara bro couldn’t give a fuck if he lived or died at that point
Watching Jax lose his humanity and the struggle between morals and survival and the things he does to preserve and regrow his soul is what makes him profoundly human
Not much Sons videos out there so this is well appreciated. In my top 5 shows ever
This video... brought me to tears because Jax Teller may be a tragic character, but the most outstanding protagonist character of all shows I have ever seen. Other shows have awesome protagonists, but Jax was crafted so so well. I will never forget seeing how season 3 ended because of Jax's brilliant mind at work. I was in shock when i saw him take his throne as President. Seeing him loss Opie was just tragic and seeing Tara lifeless and bloody on the ground broke my heart. And nonetheless he still wanted to make things right for his boys and his club, even at the very end. Thank you so so much for making this wonderful and low down of Jax Teller with this video .
So W is so depth and complexity character everything is great the best protagonist 🔥
Watching the innocent Chinese guy get tortured by Jax was the sad as hell man. It made me hate Gemma all the more.
Dude, you’re my hero. I’ve been waiting for someone to do an in-depth analysis of Sons of Anarchy for a long time. ❤😭🙏🏾
You’ve done the description well, but you’ve gone a long way for making people feel it. I watched this when it was on air and in between several times since. You’re a true fan and that makes me happy, RIP Opie.
Came upon your channel as a lover of ALL thing SOA, love.. LOVE your take on everything. TY for keeping our fav show alive !
Dude thank you. I can't find much soa content on utube. Thank you and keep up the great work.
I was really hoping that Jax would break the cycle and manage to avoid what his father feared he could become. There were so many moments I was begging Jax to find a way out and take his wife and children to somewhere else.
Dude thank you for talking about this show because this and Mayans are so sleepy in my RUclips reviewers.. Jax is just a good character to see change and develop
I’m so glad someone agrees King Arthur was criminally underrated. Like many, SOA introduced me to Charlie, but man, between The Gentlemen and King Arthur he really shows he’s a hidden gem. Great video, Sir, thanks for covering it.
This is a great video man, this channel deserves more credit. Great work!
One of the most thoughtful videos ive seen on youtube, great job friend, keep it going, id love to see a Clay analysis!
Thank you! A Clay video is on my long list of things to do so I'll do it eventually 😅
Your review is amazing. Please keep it up.
We need that Gemma video. Rewatching Sons now, and seeing her continuing on and on to not only include herself into her sons and Clay's Club business contineus to change Jax as well
Three things really brought me into this show:
1. Charlie Hunnam's convincing portrayal of Jax Teller. Definitely one of my favorite instances of a Brit playing an American; others would include Hugh Laurie as Greg House, Idris Elba as Stringer Bell, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange
2. The fact that Jax happens to be a high school dropout
3. In the Japanese dub, he's voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa
Watching it with Japanese dub sounds really cool
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead
Oh snap another banger.
At 26:02 that aspect of Jax learning from his enemies is what I loved about his character in that season . Dope arc.
I think we all forget how smart Jax is. Just with little details he’s able to figure stahl out for not having info in season 2. While he does have anger issues. He slowly becomes more and more ruthless and cunning. He’s a love child of clay and Gemma. He only had the morals of his father till each death hit him. From season 4 onwards the guy had died honestly
Awesome video man!! One of the best interpretations of Jax Teller that I’ve seen!!
Great analysis 👍
I'm currently in my 4th re-watch. I found this video at the perfect time. Thank you!!
Bro you are really talented at this. I love stuff like this so I watch a bunch of analysis of film, series, games. You are easily one of the best out of all of the guys I have listened to.
This is really good man
Great job man. Jax might be my favourite character of all the great TV shows. I appreciate this work man, awesome ❤❤
8:48 Love the analysis! A long time too late, but just wanted to mention that Opie didn’t leave the club to be with his family. He was in prison doing time for the club and tried to earn straight because Dana didn’t want to raise the kids on her own again. Great video man!
He did indeed leave the club to be with his family, *after* doing time for the club. You're both right.
@ The only reason I said he didn’t “leave” was bc he never got patched out. He was still a club member, he just didn’t want to do the outlaw parts
My man… You CRUSHED this.
Can tell how much work went into it. Well done.
I’ll be sure to watch the others. Juice next. Keep it up 👊🏻
Great video! For someone who is such a big fan of Jax I can’t recommend the show Viking enough if you have not already seen it. The main character feels like if Jax grew up in a Viking era
Thanks for the recommendation!
Jax Teller was not as criminal as that view count/video quality ratio
The views will go up. But i gotta make sure the quality goes up with them! 😁
@@JoshFleeks66Get your audio lined up better then brother.
Holy smokes this was a great analysis I hope you do more
Nice video bro. There are not many videos of this heavy and well constructed character
I appreciate that you used red dead redemption music lol. You have good taste in games as well as shows i see.
I wish I could say it was an artistic decision but tbh I was just trying to avoid catching a copyright claim 😅 most video game music is usually ok to use.
Love this show and great video!!
I love how "American Venom" fits so perfectly also the resemblence from arthurs personality to journaling to jack being kidnapped and the commraderie is so similar
Nice job on looking at the character of Jax!!
I cried like a baby when Abel was Kidnapped. My wife was pregnant with my son at the time. It felt so close to home. I named my son Jaxon. We call him Jax ❤ SoA is my all time favorite show. I was 19 back then. I’m 26 now. The show helped me grow into a good man and a good father. Great video man!
This was fantastic. Love the Shakespearean tragedy angle, really well written and delivered deep dive. Can’t wait to watch more of your work 😁
I have never seen not 1 episode...however...this video...CHEF'S KISS...subscribed...about to add this series to my weekend lineup
Did you ever decide to watch it? Shows excellent
Wow way to spoil the show.
Outstanding video!! That's all I can say.❤
Sons of Anarchy is a great series and a great story. And it’s worth to watch it all over again
It makes my top ten shows list easily
Currently watching Mayans MC & am about to start my fourth complete rewatch of SOA
great video, only thing is opie wasnt "out," he was fresh from prison and had been trying to please donna. he never stopped being a full patch, when he refers to being let back in, he means to the illegal activity to get paid
Yeah now that I think about it, that's true. Whoops 😅
@@JoshFleeks66 99.99% is still an a+, nice bike btw, ride a vtx 1800 myself
I watched the entire series. I love how you explained that . And it makes complete sense.
Love this shit man!! Best show out there! Glad to see someone on RUclips talking in depth about it! 🙏🔥
In all the years since, there's one episode title in all these years I've never forgotten: Laying Pipe
Fuck you man.....I really didn't need my ptsd kicking in...it's still too soon.
Very well made video from an underrated channel. Inspiring me to get back into analysis
This was a great character analysis amazing job dude you earned my sub 🤟
Amazing video.
Thank you 🙏
@@JoshFleeks66 Yeah man keep it up there honestly aren’t enough people doing long form content on this amazing show.
Great Analysis man, subbed.
Love SOA! Great job and can’t wait to see more
This is the best video about the tv show, today.
This is such an amazing journey, told beautifully. Hell of a video, friend! Needless to say I've subbed :)
Just found this channel. Fantastic analysis. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
your channel should have so many more views. ive watched a few of your videos now, and the Juice(Judas) one is next. you have a great mind for analysis.
Mad Men, Breaking Bad and GoT all get there roses thank you for making this please do more samcrow content
Great video man
Jax was literally the definition of “cursed from birth” he lost his dad, in a way his brother, his best friend and his wife and had to kill his own mother because of this club
Just like he thanked Charlie at the end; thanks for bringing this summary to life. This is such a good show and now I know why; Kurt sutter.
SELFLESSNESS !?! His last act yet again was at the expense of not only an innocent but a civilian meaning completely outside of the 1%er the victim being the Truck Driver !!!!!! He may have lost his CDL license, career, and mental health ! JAX IS ON A BIKE GAS UP AND HIT A CLIFF SIDE WALL OR THE COUNTLESS INANTIMATE OBJECTS HE PASSED Lol!!!!
Yeah I always think about that poor truck driver tbh
@@ramencat788Better than the office job he ended up with at the end of the Shield. 😅
Liked, subscribed... brilliant analysis.
Thank you! I was nervous about this one 😅 glad you liked it!
Tara’s death scene is so deeply impactful, that scene makes me feel emotional every time I see it.
Phenomenal Job
Love your analysises. I know you mentioned breaking bad as either your favorite show or best character (don't remember which of these two was the one you said). I hope you do some analysises of those characters as well!
Just found this after my 4th watch of the show, amazing video! I was wondering if you had seen Mayans and if you plan to make any videos on that.
amazing videos
Brilhante!!! Muito obrigado por esse vídeo!
Ganhou um like e um inscrito!
🫡🇧🇷❤️
Great video bro
just found this video and this was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I still don't fully understand the Mr mayhem vote as far as jury
Jax's look is pure cali 100%, lived here my whole life and you'll see one piece or another of his outfit on almost anyone you pass by in public
Greatest show ever! Thanks for this!
Great video , disagreed with a few points but overall. Really well put together. Nice one.
Great video bro. Thank u
great vid
We dont get our parents until we become them.
I love this show so much. I take alot of heat for this, i am coming up on my 50th yr as a biker. Its more true then fake. Thou it dose haves moments. If you ride, you know the west coast is alot differant then the east. But what happens there come here anyway. When i started back in the early. 70s , it was about riding free and being brothers, it sadens me to see whhat it comes to. To many polatics and whos badder and fighting. One day this country is gonna fall ,and we need to bond together for the good of all. Have alot more to say but this isnt the place. Much love and respect to ALL of you, thanks for doing the best read on this show!
Yo can you make some videos on the Mayans, this one is awesome and itd be pretty cool to see an analysis of coco and Lenny, and EZ's upward and downward spiral or the cartels
Charlie actually walks like that irl. I’m sure he may have exaggerated it a bit, but he talks about his walk in multiple interviews.
Opie’s death was so hard to watch. It was gut wrenching
Season 3 has the absolute best ending of the whole series. It was incredible how that plan fell together and it blew me away as I watched it for the first time.
Who else wants a sequel with Abel and Thomas? Could be a classic tale, with one brother 100% devoted to the club and the other being on the opposite side, maybe even a cop? 😮😅
Jax was full serial killer mode but in end he reedem himself Jax was nothing then shell of man
I hated what they did to Juice in the later Seasons, he was my favourite character on the show.
Me too, I had a hard time with that
Damn i never thought about that, but that Juice betrayel was the thing that gave Jax the idea and was the stone that brought it rolling, to take black members, shows some respect for Juice from Jax
He was a traitor, but Jax understood from where it came.
You could say that Juice left a legacy in SAMCRO, that he will never know.
Need more videos on this series
I understand why some people don’t really like season three that much, ironically it’s got the highest audience rating Or something like that. I think it’s still a good season. I think people just didn’t like the Ireland setting but season three I think has the best season finale out of all of them. Because you don’t know that the club voted on how to deal with the ATF and so as the audience you’re seen everything from Gemma’s perspective, but Gemma doesn’t know what the club voted on.
Season 3 is also the season that introduced us to the Grim Bastards. And I did like everything that they did with Hector as a bad guy for that season, he wasn’t the main bad guy. He was kind of a secondary bad guy, but I thought it worked. Just a sidenote, it’s important to remember that it’s not that Opie didn’t really ever leave Samcro , he was in prison for five years. Once he got out, he was still attending meetings and things. He just wasn’t doing a whole lot of illegal things with them, but he was still a member that was coming around the clubhouse.
I really think at that time they were so focused on trying to copy hell angels charters that they wanted to point out like the hell Angels not everyone in the club does illegal activity. I’m kind of glad they didn’t stay with that too long and just focused on good writing because the show works better kind of like if you just do it like the sopranos did and say hey if you remember of this thing you’re in it and there’s no escaping it .
Did i detect the oldboy hallway fight soundtrack in this video? It fits.
You should do an analysis of Arthur Morgan, John Marston, and Dutch. You've got the music covered.
I need more of these
Gemma caused almost every death in the show.
where did you get such an awesome hoodie? : )
Can you also do a deep dive into Ez reyes?
The video of Tara being killed by Gemma is brutal
Love this work! Now it’s time to do one on EZ Reyes………….What a finale! #MayansMC
Agreed
I understand why many people saw Jax as “wishy washy” or “flip flopping”. They’re coming from bio-family and legit world. Many people that have strong, loving (even just decent) bio-family bonds don’t understand the chosen family connection. You can see that when a spouse will regularly choose to side with their bio-fam vs their spouse.
Someone connected to their bio-fam needs to understand that that’s a choice. How one’s family comes together doesn’t matter as much as how one chooses to keep it together.
Growing up in any type of “alternative” lifestyle can be hard to leave. Growing up being expected to take over a family business and you want to do something else is a difficult choice to make. When you grow up in a lifestyle that crime is normal and that’s how y’all survive then leaving becomes even harder. Thus knowing you want out and making that transition isn’t as simple as telling your family and starting your new career. He wasn’t flipping so much as he wasn’t moving forward on a straight path. There were curves, forks, crossroads thus sometimes he had to go back and try a different route
5:33 I’m really late to this party. However the way things are explained are fantastic! Seriously, Jax is literally rutterless and whatever decision he makes is going to be the wrong decision. All because nobody knows how to make the right decisions.
Jax Teller. Not a hero , antihero or villain.
A Man , son , brother, friend , father, leader.