Sons of Anarchy Stars Spill: Should You Be Worried About Jax & Tara?

Charlie Hunnam dishes on why this season of the FX hit is a must watch

If we said to watch Sons of Anarchy because it's pure awesome—and arguably the best thing on TV today—would you be convinced?

Hopefully not, because we've got some special scoop for all you SOA fans about tonight's third-season premiere, plus exclusive dish from Charlie Hunnam and show runner Kurt Sutter about what's ahead for star-crossed lovers Jax and Tara, how motorcycle matriarch Gemma eludes the law, and why you should brace yourself for the loss of a certain doomed castmember we've know since day one...

1. Will Jax and Tara Survive? "It definitely gets pretty contentious and we get some distance between us." So says Mr. Charlie Hunnam when asked about the obvious animosity between Jax and Tara in tonight's premiere...and beyond. But why are things so bad, when season two marked the start of a beautiful thing between the two? "Jax blames Tara [for Abel's kidnapping] and resents that she's not more like his mom," Charlie tells us. "Gemma would have died herself before she let him take the child, so he does blame her and is a little resentful." But don't fret, because there's still hope. Adds Charlie: "Jax always knew that that's not who Tara was, and that's why he loved her so much, so he blames himself a lot for putting her in that situation." Based on what we've seen of season three, Jax and Tara will not have an easy go of it, but she's fighting to stick out the bad—and deep down, so is he.

2. Baby or Bust! The name of the game this season is Find That Kid, but the search for Jax's son, Abel, will not be an easy one. The Sons follow many a red herring as they track various leads to his whereabouts, more times than not coming up empty-handed. And according to show runner Kurt Sutter, we won't see any resolution to this storyline until much closer to the end of the season.

3. Someone Dies! It's sad, but true. A player in the world of Sons of Anarchy is not long for season three. It's sad and sudden...and that's all we have to say about that.

4. Katey Sagal: Need we say more? Katey is once again beyond incredible as Gemma Teller Morrow, and this season she's back with a vengeance. When we first see her, Gemma's still on the lam after being framed by "ATF bitch" Agent Stahl (Ally Walker) in last year's finale, and the running leads her straight into the arms of her Alzheimer's-stricken father, played to perfection by Hal Holbrook. With the addition of Gemma's dad, Nate, we'll see a slightly softer side of everyone's favorite badass biker chick—but that only lasts for so long...

5. Daddy Dearest Is Back...Kinda: We've known about the SOA's deceased Teller patriarch since the beginning, but get ready for all sorts of daddy drama this season, says Charlie. "We spend a little bit of time in Ireland and a lot of information about who John Teller was comes out," he tells us. "John gets knocked off his pedestal a little bit for Jax. He realizes he wasn't as ethically and morally righteous as he had perceived him to be, which in a lot of ways lets Jax off the hook. Jax has been feeling that he's falling short of honoring who his father was and he realizes that he's actually doing a little bit better than his dad was, which is a really nice epiphany for him." And to that, we give a big ol' amen, because Jax is way too hard on himself!