Released: 2012

Age rate: TV-MA

Cast: Tommy Flanagan, Mark Boone Junior, Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman, Kim Coates, Theo Rossi, Dayton Callie, Katey Sagal, Ryan Hurst, Maggie Siff

Production: Filmworks/FX

The fifth season of the American television drama series Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 11, 2012, and concluded on December 4, 2012, after 13 episodes aired on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter, it is about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself after the deaths of several SAMCRO members at the hand of former club president, Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman).

The premiere ("Sovereign"), directed by series executive producer and principal director Paris Barclay and written by series creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter, was one of the highest-rated telecasts in FX's history.