Pilot (Sons of Anarchy)

"**Pilot**"
"Pilot"
Sons of Anarchy episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Alan Coulter; Michael Dinner
Written by	Kurt Sutter
Featured music	"Can't Help Falling in Love" (by Elvis Presley)
Original air date	September 3, 2008
Running time	56 minutes
Guest appearances
	Drea de Matteo as Wendy Case; Ryan Hurst as Opie Winston; Theo Rossi as Juice Ortiz; David Labrava as Happy Lowman; William Lucking as Piney Winston; Sprague Grayden as Donna Winston; Dendrie Taylor as Luann Delaney; Mitch Pileggi as Ernest Darby; Glenn Plummer as Vic Trammel; Emilio Rivera as Marcus Álvarez; Tory Kittles as Laroy;
Episode chronology
← Previous; —	Next →; "Seeds"
	List of episodes

"Pilot" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. It was written by series creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Alan Coulter and Michael Dinner. It originally aired in the United States on September 3, 2008, and garnered 2.5 million viewers.^[1]

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