Sons Of Anarchy’s Wayne Unser Has A Name With A Hidden Meaning – Looper

Wayne Unser’s death was a surprise in 2014, mainly because the triggerman was none other than Jax (Charlie Hunnam) himself, executing a man who had been a friend, and as his name symbolizes, an ally to SAMCRO since the beginning.

Dayton Callie spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his character’s death, saying that Unser planned to save two of his friends, Jax and Gemma, but things clearly didn’t turn out that way. “I went up there to try to get [Gemma] to surrender and take her in. If Jax came in, I had no intention of ever shooting Jax,” he told the outlet. Callie had a simple answer when asked if Unser expected Jax to fire. “No. I wasn’t. So if I wasn’t, he wasn’t. [Laughs] It’s like, let’s just stop and talk about this. Let’s put the guns down. I know Jax since he was born. I’m not gonna shoot him. He didn’t do anything yet. I don’t know that he killed all those people.”

Unfortunately for Unser, “Sons of Anarchy” had already pushed Jax past his breaking point, with Clay (Ron Perlman) and Gemma taking everything from him. With Tara (Maggie Siff) dead, Jax only had his kids left, but it was far too late by then. He was on a path with no return, and Unser happened to step in between him and his revenge against Gemma.