Sons of Anarchy (TV Series)

A Mother's Work (2013)

Charlie Hunnam: Jackson 'Jax' Teller

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• Jackson 'Jax' Teller : [In his journal]  There are lessons to be found here. But, mostly, I do this so that you can know me. Lately, as I write these, I realize they are as much for me as they are for you. This is the one place I can be completely open. The pen and paper has no judgment. No vote. It simply receives my truth, and allows me to turn the page. And today, this is my truth. I am terrified a great deal of the time. Afraid of what I've done. Of what I'm doing. And of what I might have to do. It's not a crippling fear. In fact, it's just the opposite. I thrive on it. I crave it. I need that rush of terror to get me out of bed in the morning. It's in my DNA. I have tremendous remorse for the acts of violence I've committed. Both planned and spontaneous. But, I think what brings me the most sorrow is that I've learned to justify this behavior. I always find a reason. A cause. A need. That allows me the karmic lubrication that allows me to stuff my guilt into a savage compartment. I've become the thing. The one I hated. And with that awareness comes periods of days, sometimes weeks, I have to avoid looking into a mirror. My self-hate is deep, so palpable, I fear I'll lunge at my own image, shatter the glass and cut myself with shards of broken reflection. Since my best friend was killed, I've lost my center. Op was always my pull back to true north. Now my doubt and sense of fraudulence barks so loudly in my head, that most of the time I can't hear anything else. Love, camaraderie, freedom. All the things I want from this life are lost in the din. Forgive my indulgence, sons. But, today may be a day we both remember. A defining day. And I want you to look back at this entry and know that at the very least, your father was completely honest. So, you know I speak the truth when I tell you that you are the most important thing to me. I will never hurt you. Never abandon you. I love you, Abel. I love you, Thomas. More than anything or anyone. I always will. Everything I do is for my sons.

• Jackson 'Jax' Teller : Sit down.

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : What are you gonna do?

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : Just I need to talk to you. I know you think you need to do this but I can't let you. You know that.

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : Please don't... hurt me in front of the kids.

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : That's not what I want.

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : But that's all there is. There is no other ending. I've sacrificed everything for you. I've tried to see what you see, how you see it but I can't. All I see is the lies and the violence, and how it's changed you. Turned you into a monster

  [cries] 

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : I'll go ahead if I have to. At least I know I've tried to save them from becoming who you are.

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : I've never forced my life on you. You came back to me. You are part of what I am Tara. You always have been.

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : That was my mistake. To think our love, our bond was stonger than all of you history. But it's not. You were gonna pull them out from this remember? You were going to breack the cycle. I know the turmoil you live in Jackson. I feel the pain you wake up with everyday. And now you condemn your sons to that same torture? The will suffer with it.

  [cries] 

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : Are you going to let me say goodbye before you take me?

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : I am not going to hurt you. I'm not going to hurt them. You don't have to run. Not anymore.

  Dr. Tara Knowles Teller : What am I supposed to do?

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : Just be a good mother. Save our boys. Please.

• Tyne Patterson : Do you ever struggle with your need to be a good man?

  Jackson 'Jax' Teller : I struggle with all my needs. Just like everyone else.

  Tyne Patterson : My guess is you struggle with it every day. What you are crashing into who you are.