Gemma Teller as
Gestas
Gemma Teller-Morrow was Clay Morrow’s wife, she was also JT’s wife (until she cheated on him with Clay and assisted in planning his death) and Jax’s mother. Because Gemma is Jax’s mother and JT’s wife, one is tempted to say she is Mary. That is, until you consider the fact that she is one of the most immoral characters on the show. Gemma is not afraid to get her hands dirty. When Abel goes missing Gemma threatens a group of nuns with a gun. When the nuns don’t give her Abel’s whereabouts she threatens to shoot a baby in the head (Eberl, 2013). On multiple accounts Gemma has killed another person, simply to suit her own needs. She then forces someone else to take the blame, or clean up her mess for her. Gemma killed her father’s home care worker so she wouldn’t have to go to prison, then hires a guy to come in and dispose of the body. Wherever she goes, Gemma creates a bloodbath and has no intentions of ever taking responsibility for it. She also killed Jax’s wife, the mother of Gemma’s own grandchildren, and blames it on the head of the chinese crime organization. This results in a man’s torture and a death and subsequently, a war between the chinese, the sons, and the other crime organizations.
These traits have made her comparable to Gestas, “the unrepentant or bad thief” (O’Hare, 2013). Gemma makes no attempt to take responsibility for her sins, and neither does Gestas. Gemma also has an unknown meeting with St. Gertrude, a waitress known as “Gertie”. St. Gertrude is a biblical character prayed to for the living sinners in the world (O’Hare, 2014). Her relationship to god is shown through the name of her son, John. John was the name of Gertie’s father also. In the series, John is the God figure making Gertie’s father’s name significant, as it shows her allegiance to God. Gertie seems quite attracted to Gemma (not romantically of course) and spends much of her day with this stranger. She takes care of Gemma, despite the fact that Gemma does not return her kindness. Even when talking to Gertie, Gemma admits that Tara’s death was her fault, but only as though it were some accident. She does not admit to the fact that she murdered her, or anyone else, nor does she show much regret.
Religion isn't exactly Gemma's thing. She doesn't have any interest in it. When asked to join in some sort of religious act or church ceremony she usually supplies a comment like the one above. She's an offencive person on a normal basis, when religion comes into play, she seems to get worse.