A.J. Weston
A.J. Weston is a fictional character on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, played by Henry Rollins. He is one of two main antagonists in season two (the other being Ethan Zobelle) and is a high-ranking member of the Aryan Brotherhood.
| A.J Weston | |
|---|---|
| Sons of Anarchy character | |
| First appearance | "Albification" (2009) |
| Last appearance | "Na Trioblóidí" (2009) |
| Created by | Kurt Sutter |
| Portrayed by | Henry Rollins |
| In-universe information | |
| Occupation | Criminal |
| Affiliation | Aryan Brotherhood |
| Children |
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| Nationality | American |
Biography
AJ is an extremely violent ex-convict and ardent white supremacist, albeit also being a loving single father of two young sons, Cliff and Duke.
Season 2
Weston moved into Charming along with Ethan Zobelle, who presented himself to the townspeople and local law enforcement as the owner of the newly opened Impeccable Smokes cigar shop on the town's Main Street. Weston and Zobelle's goal is to help the removal of SAMCRO from Charming. To get a foothold in the town, Weston meets with Ernest Darby, the leader of a local neo-Nazi gang called the Nordics. Though he is disgusted by Darby's hiring of nonwhite workers, he gives him money to spread their meth and prostitution business into Charming. Zobelle and Weston visit with SAMCRO to threaten the club's President, Clay Morrow. When he proves impossible to intimidate, Polly Zobelle, Weston and two other Aryans wearing rubber masks kidnap his wife, Gemma Teller Morrow, and chain her to a fence. The AB members beat her, and gang rape her. Weston tells her to deliver a message to Clay to stop selling guns to “niggers and wetbacks,” or they would find her and do it again. Weston and Zobelle meet with Cameron Hayes, SAMCRO's Irish gun supplier, and convince him to sell guns to them instead. Meanwhile, SAMCRO breaks into his house, frightening his children and stealing his laptop. They hack into his computer and find out about a meeting at the Morada Christian Center. When they attack the supposed AB recruitment rally, which is actually a Christian family dinner, Weston fires off a gun to cause a panic and make the Sons look even worse. Weston and Zobelle give up the addresses of the Nordics’ meth lab and brothel to Hale. Afterwards, Weston, Ule, and several other Aryans go with Darby to burn down SAMCRO's porn studio, Cara Cara. They officially break ties with the Nordics, knocking out Darby and leaving him to die in the fire. However, Chuck Marstein witnesses the arson and hears Weston's name.
By this point, Ule has effectively supplanted Weston as Zobelle's lieutenant, and, behind Weston's back, the two have begun dealing heroin with the Mayans. SAMCRO informs Weston of this, enraging him. He shuts down the heroin distribution center, killing two Hispanic cookers and shooting Ule in the head. Weston confronts Zobelle at gunpoint, effectively severing the AB's ties to L.O.A.N., but leaves immediately after receiving a phone call from his son, Cliff. He arrives just in time to see his kids being taken away by child protective services after being alerted by SAMCRO. Enraged, Weston challenges Jax Teller to a ten-on-ten brawl to the death in the woods. He attempts to break the rules by showing up with twenty armed Aryans, but is quickly checked by Jax's reinforcements - the One-Niners and the Lin Triad. They then start the fistfight they had agreed upon, with Weston directly engaging Jax Teller and brutally holding his own. The melee is broken up by Hale, who arrests Weston for arson.
Zobelle and Polly are arrested for heroin possession and placed in a cell next to Weston. Because the arson witness is unreliable, Weston is released, but not before Chief Wayne Unser informs him that Zobelle is an FBI informant. Weston calls Polly and tells her that her father is a dead man. Weston is allowed to go on a supervised visit with Duke (Cliff is in psychiatric evaluation), and takes him to a tattoo parlor. The tattoo artist, Irish Freddy, who is in league with SAMCRO and is visibly offended by Weston's “I Kill Niggers” tattoo, “accidentally” stabs him with the needle and tells him to wash it off in the bathroom. He does, and walks directly into an ambush. Weston's main priority is keeping his son safe, and is allowed to give him some final words. Weston tells him to never talk to the cops and sends him away, willing to allow himself to be killed if his son never sees his corpse. Jax Teller nods in agreement and AJ Weston calmly sits on a toilet, bowing his head. Jax shoots him six times with a silenced pistol, killing him.
Reception
IGN gave the second season an 8.4/10.0 rating, giving praise to Henry Rollins' character, AJ Weston, saying, "A decidedly stronger second season sees the gang unravel and knit back together."[1]
His death was voted #2 on IGN's list of Sons of Anarchy's Best Deaths ahead of the airing of the show's third season.[2]
References
- Amitin, Seth (December 10, 2009). "Sons of Anarchy: Season 2 Review - IGN". IGN. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- Amitin, Seth (September 3, 2010). "Sons of Anarchy's Best Deaths". IGN. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
