Sons of ANarchy

The ‘Yellowstone’ Scene That Took a Very Shady Shot at ‘Sons of Anarchy’

While we all anxiously await Yellowstone‘s return, the series has started airing a somewhat abridged version on CBS, removing plenty of violence, nudity, and language from filmmaker Taylor Sheridan‘s prestige drama. One show that, like Yellowstone, refused to pull punches was FX’s hit highway drama Sons of Anarchy, a series inspired by the very real Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. You…

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While we all anxiously await Yellowstone‘s return, the series has started airing a somewhat abridged version on CBS, removing plenty of violence, nudity, and language from filmmaker Taylor Sheridan‘s prestige drama. One show that, like Yellowstone, refused to pull punches was FX’s hit highway drama Sons of Anarchy, a series inspired by the very real Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. You might wonder at the connection between Sons of Anarchy and a show like Yellowstone. Other than thematic content, they don’t seem to have much in common. Well, other than Taylor Sheridan, that is.

Before Sheridan worked primarily as a writer-director for neo-Western television, he was an actor. Having been in the business for years, Sheridan was finally noticed in the early 2000s while appearing on Veronica Mars, which eventually led to his role as Deputy Chief David Hale on Sons of Anarchy. While there, the filmmaker learned plenty of lessons on how to properly run a television series, including how not to kill off a character. But his time on the series wasn’t always a bright spot in his acting career.

Appearing in only the first three seasons, Sheridan’s character was a no-nonsense cop who grew up with many of the members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original. Because of his strong childhood connection to Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) and some of the others in the group, he served as an excellent foil early on. Second-in-command under Chief Wayne Unser (Dayton Callie), Hale is nicknamed “Captain America” for his black-and-white outlook on crime, punishment, and law enforcement. Certainly, he’s not a character we’d think he would play. Taylor Sheridan’s time on Sons of Anarchy didn’t last long. The Yellowstone creator was credited as “Tayler Sheridan” in all 21 episodes he appeared in, and it turned out that they didn’t have plans to respect his character. In the Season 3 premiere “SO,” Hale is killed trying to stop a drive-by shooting at a wake for one of the SAMCRO members, run over unceremoniously by those responsible.

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