<P> Early in Season 2, Chibs narrowly escapes death from a car bomb explosion set up by Zobell to end the life of a SAMCRO member, causing him to spend about half of the season at St. Thomas Hospital . Tara tells Jax Chibs' condition is critical, but stable; the explosion slammed Chibs' head into the ground and caused cranial bleeding . In the episode "Potlatch", Chibs' wife Fiona has returned to Charming and checks on Chibs . She gives him a kiss on the cheek and says the kiss is from Kerrianne, but she then calls him "My Love", in Irish Gaelic . Gemma tells Tara that Fiona is one of the only three women who scare her, that Chibs and Fiona have been separated a long time and just never got a divorce, and that they need to keep Chibs in this hospital so Fiona can never be alone with him . </P> <P> In the episode "Fa Guan", Jax visits Chibs and updates him on what's going on . Chibs says Jimmy O (whom Edmond Hayes mentioned in an earlier episode might be coming stateside) would never let Fiona travel alone, so Jimmy O has to be here as well . Tara informs Chibs he will be moved to a different hospital for the rest of his recovery . This news upsets him; he says he needs to be in a place where there is protection . Later on, Chibs follow Tara's advice to pretend to have a severe head pain and claims he cannot see through his right eye, in order to stay in critical care . In the episode "Balm", Chibs is released from the hospital . En route to the clubhouse, he tells Half - Sack they should stop by CaraCara . Half - Sack informs Chibs that CaraCara burned down, and Jax is going Nomad . In the same episode, it is also revealed that Jimmy O kicked Chibs out of Ireland and the IRA, took Chibs' wife for himself, raised Chibs' daughter, and is responsible for the scars on his face . Agent Stahl attempts to use this history to get Chibs to inform on the Real IRA . Chibs initially refuses this offer, but after Jimmy O insinuates that he will begin a sexual relationship with Chibs' daughter if Chibs does not cooperate with his attempts to repair the IRA's relationship with SAMCRO (Jimmy O wants a meeting with Clay), Chibs turns to Stahl and offers information in exchange for his wife and daughter's safety (Stahl says she will put them in witness protection), and the ATF's promise to keep SAMCRO out of their investigation into the Irish . </P> <P> In the episode "Service", Chibs meets with Stahl to sign the deal he proposed . When he realizes Stahl altered their agreement, he refuses to sign any documents . Stahl threatens to reveal Chibs' betrayal to the Real IRA, which would mean certain death for his wife and abducted daughter . Opie accidentally sees Chibs and Stahl exiting the same building . Feeling helpless and ashamed for both dealing behind SAMCRO's back and for his plan's backfiring, Chibs sits alone in the auto shop, where Gemma sees him . Gemma gives Chibs advice and encourages him to tell the truth to Clay and the others, which he does . Clay tells him he did not sign anything, so he is not a rat . Chibs is later picked as one of SAMCRO's 10 best fighters against L.O.A.N. When A.J. Weston is arrested and released, Chibs, Jax, and Opie corner him in a tattoo parlor bathroom, and Jax shoots him to death . Chibs later comforts Jax over Abel's kidnapping . </P> <P> Chibs is one of the Sons who accompanies Jax to Belfast to look for Abel . There, Chibs is reunited with his estranged wife and his daughter . Although Kerrianne's display of affection is initially hesitant, she and Chibs eventually hug, and she calls him "Da". In "Firinne", Chibs is involved in the capture of McGee and the shootout between Jimmy's men and SAMCRO . Chibs also loses his nephew Padraic in a truck explosion set up by SAMBEL's then sergeant - at - arms Liam O'Niell, which deeply upsets Chibs . In the Season 3 finale, Chibs finally gets his revenge on Jimmy O by giving him the same Glasgow Smile Jimmy gave him and subsequently stabbing him to death . He then uses Jimmy's own blood to paint a Real IRA symbol on the rear windshield of Stahl's cruiser, to make it look like the Real IRA committed the hit . </P>

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