Once Lowen's buzzed out, Jax is on her all, "Did you talk to her?" and Lowen sighs, "She still won't see you." We pull back to see the two of them talking, and I just love how the show broadcasts Lowen's entire professional career in one outfit: Really big cocktail rings on both hands, chunky black platform shoes that are just on this side of slutty, a nylon tote instead of a leather briefcase. Nothing says, "Did not go to an L1 school" like bad accessories. Anyway, Lowen stokes Jax's worst fears by saying, "I still don't know what they have on her … Jax, Tara thinks it was Gemma who turned her in." Jax can't believe it until Lowen recaps the last two episodes of last season and slaps down Jax'a weak "My mother would never go to the cops" with "I think there's very little your mother wouldn't do to keep those boys close." Jax rolls his eyes all, " … You have a point. God, why wasn't I hatched from an egg and left to fend for myself from birth? It would have been less hassle."

Ima pulls up to the clubhouse and runs inside as fast as her stilettos will carry her. She bursts inside looking for Jax. "What's this gash doing in here?" Chibs helpfully replies. Ima shrugs that off. She begs, "Please, I need your help. Lyla's hurt really bad." Happy, Chibs and Tig are all on it; as they head out, Tig slides his hand over Abel's head and murmurs, "Love you." Uch, this club is ground zero for "too little, too late." Taking care of Lyla won't bring back Ope and providing Abel with a dozen fathers isn't going to make Dawn Traeger any less dead.

Over at Diosa, Gemma and Nero banter a bit. (Her: "I sucked some cock, made a few bucks." Him: "Good. You're buying lunch"). But their good time is interrupted by Jax, who's spoiling for a fight. Correctly sensing that Jax and Gemma throwing fireballs of blazing self-righteousness at one another might be bad for the lunchtime quickie crowd, Nero tells the two Tellers to take it into his room.

Once they're in his room, Jax asks, "Did you threaten to turn Tara in if she took that job in Oregon?" Gemma says with snark, "Guess she finally talked to you." Jax seethes, "No. She still won't talk to me. Lowen told me. Answer the question." Gemma reflexively lies, "Of course not! [waits a beat, then …] I mean, yeah, I may have said something about if she --" "JEEEESUS Christ," Jax interrupts. "I was trying to scare her smart!" Gemma claims, since lord knows escaping the criminal cesspool of Charming and thwarting the boys' eventual descent into a criminal underclass is the DUMB move here. She then tries to throw Wendy under the bus and distract Jax with the will-and-guardian business, but Jax shuts that down and bellows, "Why are you always trying to get between me and Tara?" Before Gemma can answer that, Nero's shouting through the door that there's a slight situation going down.

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