Sons of Anarchy 2X10: Balm

So, bitch lady is back. Busy being a bitch.

I'm not sure if I'm surprised or not that Chibs is willing to talk to her. Initially, he says no, he won't tell her anything about Jimmy O. But then, Jimmy threatens to basically rape his daughter and Chibs ends up calling bitch lady back. He gives her some info about the IRA in exchange for his wife and daughter going into witness protection, and the SOA getting their charges dropped.

Opie and Prospect repo a car from a reservation that ends up full of bullets. Clay goes back to try to make a deal to buy more bullets from them, but they only agree if they also find someone to buy their mushroom as well. They end up striking a deal with the Niners (I think).

Unser tells Jax that Cara Cara was most likely burned down by Zobelle, but definitely not by Clay. To his credit, Jax goes to Clay and tells him he thinks he was wrong when he accused Clay. He also asks if Clay wants him gone, and Clay says 'yes.' However, Gemma also overhears this. And does not look pleased.

Later, at the vote, it ends up being a unanimous decision to allow Jax to leave. But most of the members don't really seem to want him to go, they are just voting 'yay' because they think Jax wants to leave, and they want him to happy. But, Piney, especially, is super pissed about it. Jax promised him he'd fix the club and he has no idea how he's going to be able to do that when he's not here. As soon as the vote is complete, Jax cuts off the Charming patches from his cut.

After the vote, Jax and Tara decide to take a little vacation (since Tara was suspended for telling Chibs how to not get transfered- I think) as they could really use some time away. However, Gemma tells them to come by the house first. At the house, Gemma finally tells Clay and Jax what Zobelle's guys did to her. I can't help feeling like this is super manipulative (not that that kept me from being emotional about it). She's only telling them because she thinks it'll get Clay and Jax to work together against the Aryans. And it works. When Jax leaves, he picks up his patches, which I can only assume, means he's staying with the club.