SOA Creator Kurt Sutter Didn’t Have ‘A Lot Of Remorse’ Killing Off Otto – Looper

When “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter decided to step into the shoes of Otto Delaney, he choose a very tortured character. Otto is shown to be as loyal to SAMCRO as they come when the character is first introduced in Season 1. Despite riding out a prison sentence, he continued to get years added to his incarceration as he took orders to seek revenge on his club’s enemy inmates. 

Otto also does everything for his wife Luann (Dendrie Taylor), who runs an adult film business. After his wife is murdered by a rival adult production company, things continue to go downhill for Otto as he is repeatedly beaten and raped in prison. He even bites off his own tongue.

As much as it was a relief for Sutter to free up some much-needed time, he saw the death of Otto as a relief for the character as well. Sutter explained how he wanted to show the audience the possible consequences of being in a criminal organization such as SAMCRO. 

“[Otto] always represented that to me, what [that] life potentially brings you, and there’s really just a lot of sorrow,” Sutter said. “Once [his wife] Luann was gone, there was really nothing for Otto to hold on to, and that’s really when the slide began.” 

Fans now know that poor Otto wasn’t the only tortured soul to have some suffering eased, as Sutter permanently took out plenty of main characters before the show came to an end; although, Sutter has hinted at a series about Jax’s sons.