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"You know why I like teaming up with you Hap? Because when we do, I'm the normal one."
―Tig, toward Happy
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Happy Lowman was the Sgt. at Arms of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Played by American actor David Labrava, Happy makes his debut in the series' premiere episode, "Pilot", in season one and appears as a minor character through season one and two. Happy becomes a series regular during season three and continues to play a recurring role throughout the same and subsequent seasons.

Happy appears again on the FX original series Mayans MC, a spinoff of the FX original series Sons of Anarchy. Happy first appears in the season one finale, "Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul". Happy continues to make minor appearances throughout the show; before meeting his demise in the season five episode, "My Eyes Filled and Then Closed on the Last of Childhood Tears".

Personality[]

Happy enjoys killing, so much that he tattoos a smiley face on his abdomen for every life he takes. He is also a master of torture, being able to implement all kinds of creative torments in order to find out information. He also has been described as being cheap, even reusing condoms. Though violent, Happy is very caring, loyal, and kind with his fellow members, and sudden expressions of emotion are not uncommon. When Jax is seen bidding farewell to the club at the end of Season Seven, he breaks down and cries hugging him. Happy also takes care of his sick mother in Bakersfield.

In spite of his violent and sociopathic ways, Happy cares greatly for his dog, Opie, seen when he chose to reveal the truth of who ordered the death of Marisol Reyes, mother of Mayans Santo Padre charter members Angel and EZ, after Angel threatened to maim Opie after Happy's refusal to talk.

Biography[]

Background[]

Happy's bike

Happy's Bike

Happy is an enforcer for the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, and, along with Tig, is commonly used to carry out the club's murders. He is from Tacoma, Washington but patched into the club's charter in Charming, where he had a good relationship with the former President, Clay and the later former President, Jax; after being a member of the Nomad charter. He took a murder-for-hire contract on Marisol and Felipe Reyes, and killed the former. After he was chased by Ezekiel Reyes, he assumed it was a member of a Cartel's clean-up crew and no longer felt safe as a Nomad, so he patched into SAMCRO for personal safety. He is originally from California himself, as he mentions that his mother is from Bakersfield. His real name is Happy Lowman as stated in Lincoln Potter's debriefing room. This name coincides with the fact that he has a happy face tattooed onto him every time he kills someone.

Sons of Anarchy Issue #18[]

In July 1987, Happy sold drugs to support himself and his mother, who had M.S. One night, he was selling crack cocaine on another dealer's block. The dealer; named Will, confronted a young Happy and punched him in the face. Happy pulled a revolver on the dealer, but the gun was empty. Will and his crew jumped Happy, and beat him to a bloody pulp. He was sent to the hospital, Happy is later arrested for drug and gun charges, and sent to prison. During his time locked up, he is introduced to Tig Trager. The Will continued to harass him and Ms. Lowman. Happy finally snapped and killed him and his accomplice with an axe. In Tacoma, Happy meets with Tig once again and gets two matching smiley face tattoos; representing his first two murders he committed. ("Issue 18")

Sons of Anarchy[]

Season 1[]

"Pilot"[]

Happy Lowman, member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Tacoma charter is seated around the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original table. Happy isn't a member of the charter, but is close with his brothers at SAMCRO, and is assisting them with a plan involving retrieving their stolen guns from the Mayans Motorcycle Club, and going over recent issues with the Nordics, a white supremacist group cooking drugs and selling them in Charming, the hometown of SAMCRO.

"Patch Over"[]

Happy is summoned by SAMCRO to come to Nevada and assist in the Devil's Tribe Motorcycle Club patching over to become a new Sons charter.

Back inside the Tribe's clubhouse, the rest of SAMCRO have arrived. Clay gives a speech inducting the Tribe in as the Sons of Anarchy, Indian Hills charter. Clay says that every man must decide if they want to patch over or not, the Tribe must talk amongst themselves.

A few Tribe members storm out of the clubhouse, throwing their kuttes on the floor. The Sons head back inside to see that Jury has convinced the majority of his club to patch over.

The following morning Clay receives a call from Jax, telling him that Mayans are on their way to Indian Hills, the club arm up and prepare to fight.

The club are able to hold off the Mayans without any real casualties.

"Hell Followed"[]

At the table, Clay addresses SAMCRO and the other charters who have come down. He states that what happened the previous night, which was a hit on the lives of Darby and himself, can never happen again, no more bodies can drop in Charming. Alexander "Tig" Trager speaks up and says that SAMCRO did not attempt to kill the Nords, it was Alvarez who tried to kill Clay and Darby. However, if they retaliate, war is certain. Clay admits that he sat down with Marcus Alvarez, Presidente of the Mayans Oakland charter causing shock to ripple across the table. Clay says that he made a deal with Alvarez, the Sons will sell guns to the Mayans and all beefs will be ended, in Charming and out of state, no Sons will have issues with Mayans anymore. Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz enquires about the Sons deal with the Niners and selling guns to them, but Jax insists they have no real loyalty to the Niners and they also buy guns from other sources. Robert "Bobby Elvis" Munson admits he has concern that a deal with the Mayans could trigger something else with the Niners. Tig says that the Mayans still tried to kill him but Clay says that debt will be settled too, by another charter, he asks if Happy will do the deed and he of course agrees. The club vote on the deal and the majority are on board.

Happy later carries out a hit on Esai Alvarez, the son of Marcus Alvarez with his assistance. Happy poses as a churro vendor and Alvarez hugs Esai deeply as Happy plunges an ice pick in to the back of Esai's head, killing him instantly, Alvarez gently places Esai's body on the ground before kissing his head and passing Happy an envelope with cash in.

Happy later receives another smiley face tattoo for netting himself another kill.

"Better Half"[]

At the SAMCRO clubhouse, Happy has been called to assist with getting two club associates out of the country. They will use one of Wayne Unser's trucks with electronics on board to make it look legit. Happy will drive the truck. Happy tells Clay that his mother is unwell and he is most likely going to leave the Tacoma charter and go Nomad so that he can spend more time with her. Clay tells Happy there is always a seat at the SAMCRO table if he wants it.

"The Revelator"[]

Happy is called in by SAMCRO to assist in taking out a federal witness, he partners up with Filip "Chibs" Telford and Tig, they head to the safehouse, they immobilise the cops outside and break in, the trio are shocked to find a young girl inside, she is the witness. Happy says that he will kill the girl but Tig steps up, saying he must do it, he escorts the terrified girl when suddenly Jackson "Jax" Teller, VP of SAMCRO arrives and tells Tig to put the gun down. Tig refuses, raising his gun to the girl's head and Jax counters by doing the same to Tig, saying he will kill him. Jax tells Happy and Chibs to get out, angering the pair, saying this wasn't part of the plan. They leave.

The following day, the club ride with Donna Winston's funeral procession to the graveyard. Many associates, friends and family are also present. Jax arrives late, looking worse for wear, Tara Knowles stands and places his kutte on him, before kissing him passionately. Jax briefly pays his respects to Donna before taking off.

Season 2[]

At the beginning of Season Two, he has gone Nomad, but returned to Charming to help the club. He was seen at Bobby's homecoming party after his release from prison. He also helped SAMCRO members free Tig from a group of bounty hunters.

Since Chibs' near-fatal injury, Happy has been present at all of the dealings of SAMCRO, possibly filling in until Chibs is well again. Happy was recently arrested, along with most members of SAMCRO, when they erroneously raided a Christian retreat, falling into a trap set by a White supremacy group. He served time in prison with fellow members Clay, Tig, Juice, Bobby, and Jax. However, he got released at the end of the episode as well as the others.

As a nomad SAMCRO member, he served as muscle for the Charming chapter in every remaining season two episode including the finale. Due to his popularity with the fans, his role seems to be increasing. It is possible he now resides in Charming.

Season 3[]

At the beginning of Season Three, Happy is very involved with SAMCRO affairs, still providing muscle while SAMCRO tackles the aftermath of Abel's kidnapping. During Half Sack's funeral, Chibs mentions that Happy will be transferring to SAMCRO. He goes with Piney and Bobby to get medicine for his sick mother, but cornered by hillbillies who are trying to steal the illegal meds from Piney's friend. When the hillbillies try to make a deal with them the SOA fire at them, because they realize that she supplies clinics. With help from SAMCRO Happy, Piney and Bobby are all safe. In the episode "The Push"  Happy becomes an official SAMCRO member. In the next episode Happy accompanied SAMCRO to Belfast. A look into his dark mind is displayed when Liam O'Neill  is being brutally tortured; Happy looks on in sheer delight while everyone else is visibly shaken. Happy is the most feared of all SAMCRO members.

Season 4[]

Happy is seen at the beginning of Season Four leaving Stockton State Prison‏‎ after having served 14 months with Clay, Jax, Juice, Bobby, and Tig. Both he and Tig love the "Jellybean", a strip club not known for the best or most hygienic dancers, the Russians like to do business at. Juice replied with "the freak circle is complete." Later in the premier while being followed by two officers Happy served as a distraction kicking the side of the patrol car, which is what had gotten them in custody later.

While in custody on the side of the road it's revealed Happy reused condoms. He defends himself saving he's not cheap just "mindful of excessive spending" which can be looked more upon when in season three he told Clay his mothers medication was very costly, giving him a bit of money troubles, another reason he's willing to do runs and hits. Later in the same episode he along with Juice, Bobby and Chibs leave Opie and Lyla's  wedding early to get their guns from the Russians and kill them. This being Juice's first kill for the club (that we know of, or seen on screen). He and Kozik  are only mentioned in the next episode. In episode 3 of Season 4 Happy votes no on becoming involved with the Cartel, saying "I'm sorry, but I'm a No."

In Episode 3, it is revealed that he is a neat freak. In episode 6 he helping trying to find out who stole one of the kilos of cocaine that SAMCRO has recently muled for the Cartel. Though Juice is actually the one who stole the cocaine, Juice lies and blames Miles after killing him. Happy shoots Miles, who is already dead, repeatedly in the chest and calls him a lying bitch. Later Happy supervise while the two prospects, who was originally blamed for stealing the cocaine, bury Miles. In episode 11 he along with Jax, Clay, Chibs, Juice, Kozik, and the Galindo Cartel take on the Cartel's rival. He later in the episode thirteen he is helping rescue Tig after he goes rogue and tries to kill Leroy. At the end of the episode fourteen he shows at at meeting were everyone except Opie is present. When he sees Jax sitting at the head of the table, he appears to be happy with Jax becoming the new President.

Season 5[]

Happy is seen with the rest of the Club in the season premiere when their shipment of cocaine is attacked by Niners, vengeful over the death of Laroy's girlfriend Veronica Pope. He is unintimidated by Roosevelt's threats to control their problems from hurting Charming or he will call in Gang Task Force. When Opie is killed by black prisoners while inside on orders of Veronica's father Damon Pope, Happy is present at his wake. He is later seen again in "Andare Pescare" helping Jax, Tig, Chibs, and Bobby track the man who beat Opie to death, it's revealed to be the cousin of Grim Bastard President T.O. Cross. When Tig suggests tracking down the man themselves and bashing his head in, Happy states "Second that". In "To Thine Own Self" Happy is present during the dispute with Nero's old gang and goes to meeting with them with Jax, Chibs, and Tig. When they get into a high-speed chase/shootout, Happy's head is grazed by a bullet though he is shown to not be seriously injured but he gets a thrill out of it including getting shot.

Season 6[]

Happy has become the new sergeant-at-arms after Bobby's resignation of Vice President and Chibs' promotion. Happy is taken by the Chinese, to be held captive until they receive the second-in-command for the IRA. He later kills the Chinese. He receives another smiley tattoo for killing a rat for Caccuza.

Season 7[]

At the ending in Papa's Goods he takes a bullet in the wrist or his hand after that Chibs Telford couldn't shoot Jax Teller as Jax demanded to face mayhem. Just moments before Jax rides off to fulfil his father's fate. He says: "I love you all" and hugs everyone goodbye, but when it's Happy's turn to say farewell to his former President he starts to cry when he hugs Jax and after that Jax kisses happy on the forehead.

Mayans MC[]

Season 1[]

"Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul"[]

Happy attends a party being hosted by the Mayans. Hallorann, a prospect being sponsored by Happy, asks Ezekiel Reyes for a better beer and EZ is stunned when he sees Happy as flashbacks reveal that Happy was the man responsible for the death of Marisol Reyes eight years ago. EZ caught a glimpse of his face while pursuing him after EZ accidentally shot a police officer.

Season 2[]

"Xbalanque"[]

Happy is dealing guns to the Santo Padre charter alongside a new prospect. He talks with Chuck and claims SAMCRO misses him and hints his eventual return depends on Chibs. When Chuck asks him why SAMCRO is still dealing with guns despite being against Jax's wishes, he states that transition has been harder as there is a lot at stake at the present. When Felipe Reyes appears to ask Chuck for EZ to contact him, Happy seemingly recognizing him from his previous hit job asks Chuck who the man is, whom Chuck reveals is EZ and Angel's father. Learning he is the father of two Mayans he leaves quietly.

"Lahun Chan"[]

The Reyes Brothers assault Happy's house and tie him up to a chair. Although initially defiant, the brothers reveal who they are and they seek to know who ordered the hit on their mother. He is initially reluctant and is tortured by the brothers as they are unable to find any information (they also peel off skin from one of his smileys, to symbolize their mother). When his pitbull's barking annoys Angel he threatens to harm it, only for Happy to declare it is just hungry.

Through a mix of threats of hurting the dog and sympathetic pleas from the brothers to learn the truth, Happy eventually relents and tells them what he knows. He discloses that the hit order was subcontracted to him via SAMDINO's President Les Packer through a contact in Mexico which he believed to be the cartel, and that he was tasked to kill both the Reyes parents. He further elaborates that Marisol Reyes was not surprised to see him, being fully aware she was going to be killed.

He continues to say that he fled upon hearing cars closing in the shop, and that during the night in which EZ followed Happy, he thought the former was a clean-up hitman sent by the cartel to kill him for his failure to execute both parents. As a result he patched in to SAMCRO, frightened. Believing he was at risk as a Nomad.

When his prospects visits him worried as he had not picked on his phone calls, Happy lies saying he had an accident and the Reyes brothers helped him. He sends the prospect to clear his dog's crap and then vows to the brothers to dig up information from Packer on the contact, afterwards they'll be even. The brothers then leave.

Season 3[]

Happy is sent by Chibs to run the SAMDINO charter while their President, Les Packer is going through chemotherapy.

Season 4[]

"Hymn Among the Ruins"[]

Happy is mentioned by SAMDINO members as being sent back to SAMCRO on the orders of Chibs after he got in to some trouble with the law.

Season 5[]

"My Eyes Filled and Then Closed on the Last of Childhood Tears"[]

"Yeah. Do it, Angel. Stop being a little bitch. Do your worst."
―Happy daring Angel Reyes moments before being shot to death by EZ and Angel

Happy is laying low out in Twentynine Palms out in the desert in Santo Padre territory. EZ and Angel break into Happy's shack to find Happy and a woman lying in bed. The woman quickly jumps out of the bed, gasping and panicking as Happy is taken by surprise at the break in by EZ and Angel. EZ, pointing a gun at Happy tells him, "Don't fucking move". Happy tells the woman to shut up as she continues to scream, before turning his attention to the Reyes brothers. Knowing his wrongs have finally caught up to him after all these years; Happy smokes one last joint as he asks the Reyes brothers to let the woman go as she is innocent, to which EZ points his gun towards the woman as he replies, "What about my mother? She was innocent." EZ then tells the woman to leave without her cell phone and if she turns around, he will kill her. The woman leaves with Happy's dogs as she follows the orders EZ has given. Happy then asks the Reyes brothers about how they found him, to which EZ tells Happy he has known about his location for weeks and tells him "This is our desert". Happy tries to explain that the job on Marisol was business and that no one knew she was the mother of two Mayans. EZ tells Happy this visit is personal. As EZ asks Happy about what Marisol said before she was killed, Happy begins to mock someone getting shot in the neck, explaining she didn't have time to say anything. Happy then looks over to Angel who is still spooked from EZ, asking why he is so quiet? EZ tells Happy it's been 12 years today since the death as EZ looks over to Angel, telling him "This is my gift to you." Angel is still hesitant as Happy dares Angel to murder him telling him "Stop being a little bitch". Happy then flicks his joint as he quickly reaches over for his gun, as EZ shoots Happy in the chest three times. Happy wheezes as EZ looks back to Angel telling him, "Shoot him, Angel." Angel takes the gun and walks over to a wounded Happy and shoots him in the head.

Murders Committed[]

Trivia[]

  • Happy shares his name with Happy Loman, a character from the 1949 Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman
  • David Labrava is also a member of the Hells Angels MC. He also owns a tattoo shop called "Evil Ink" located in Oakland, California, a film company called "Artful Dodger Filmworks", and his own clothing line called "DOGKULCHA" which benefits animal rescue.  
  • Happy is depicted as being a natural blonde in "Sons of Anarchy Issue #18".
  • Labrava is one of four real life Hells Angels members to have appeared in recurring roles on the show, the other three being Sonny Barger (Lenny Janowitz), Chuck Zito (Frankie Diamonds), and Rusty Coones (Rane Quinn). 
  • In the episode Hell Followed, Happy is seen getting his eleventh happy face tattoo, indicating that Esai Alvarez was his eleventh murder for the club. By Black Widower, the total had raised to sixteen, with the Cacuzza family member Tony being the most recent. As of Xbalanque, the number is at seventeen, until Angel Reyes cut out one happy face, taking it down to sixteen.
  • It’s been pointed out by Chibs that Happy is a cheap person when it comes to spending money.
  • He named his pit bull after Opie Winston
  • Happy is the third character from Sons of Anarchy to die in Mayans MC, the first being Allesandro Montez, and the second being Oscar "El Oso" Ramos.

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Appearances[]

Sons of Anarchy[]

Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 1 appearances
"Pilot" "Seeds" "Fun Town" "Patch Over" "Giving Back"
"AK-51" "Old Bones" "The Pull" "Hell Followed" "Better Half"
"Capybara" "The Sleep of Babies" "The Revelator"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 2 appearances
"Albification" "Small Tears" "Fix" "Eureka" "Smite"
"Falx Cerebri" "Gilead" "Potlatch" "Fa Guan" "Balm"
"Service" "The Culling" "Na Trioblóidí"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 3 appearances
"SO" "Oiled" "Caregiver" "Home" "Turning and Turning"
"The Push" "Widening Gyre" "Lochán Mór" "Turas" "Fírinne"
"Bainne" "June Wedding" "NS"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 4 appearances
"Out" "Booster" "Dorylus" "Una Venta" "Brick"
"With An X" "Fruit For The Crows" "Family Recipe" "Kiss" "Hands"
"Call of Duty" "Burnt and Purged Away" "To Be, Act 1" "To Be, Act 2"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 5 appearances
"Sovereign" "Authority Vested" "Laying Pipe" "Stolen Huffy" "Orca Shrugged"
"Small World" "Toad's Wild Ride" "Ablation" "Andare Pescare" "Crucifixed"
"To Thine Own Self" "Darthy" "J'ai Obtenu Cette"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 6 appearances
"Straw" "One One Six" "Poenitentia" "Wolfsangel" "The Mad King"
"Salvage" "Sweet and Vaded" "Los Fantasmas" "John 8:32" "Huang Wu"
"Aon Rud Persanta" "You Are My Sunshine" "A Mother's Work"
Appearances-Logo-SOA Season 7 appearances
"Black Widower" "Toil and Till" "Playing with Monsters" "Poor Little Lambs" "Some Strange Eruption"
"Smoke 'em if You Got 'em" "Greensleeves" "The Separation of Crows" "What a Piece of Work is Man" "Faith and Despondency"
"Suits of Woe" "Red Rose" "Papa's Goods"

Mayans M.C.[]

Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 1 appearances
"Perro/Oc" "Escorpión/Dzec" "Búho/Muwan" "Bat/Zotz" "Uch/Opossum"
"Gato/Mis" "Cucaracha/K'uruch" "Rata/Ch'o" "Serpiente/Chikchan" "Cuervo/Tz'ikb'uul"
Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 2 appearances
"Xbalanque" "Xaman-Ek" "Camazotz" "Lahun Chan" "Xquic"
"Muluc" "Tohil" "Kukulkan" "Itzam-Ye" "Hunahpu"
Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 3 appearances
"Pap Struggles With The Death Angel" "The Orneriness Of Kings" "Overreaching Don't Pay" "Our Gang's Dark Oath" "Dark, Deep-Laid Plans"
"You Can't Pray a Lie" "What Comes of Handlin' Snakeskin" "A Mixed-up and Splendid Rescue" "The House of Death Floats By" "Chapter the Last, Nothing More to Write"
Appearances-Logo-MayansMC Season 5 appearances
"I Hear the Train A-Comin" "Lord Help My Poor Soul" "Do You Hear the Rain" "I See the Black Light" "I Want Nothing but Death"
"My Eyes Filled and Then Closed on the Last of Childhood Tears" "To Fear of Death, I Eat the Stars" "Her Blacks Crackle and Drag" "I Must Go in Now for the Fog Is Rising" "Slow to Bleed Fair Son"
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