Sons of Anarchy - Season 5

[jonumberone]

I don't understand why Jax needs Gemma to get new "secrets" out of clay.
Why can't Gemma just tell the club about how Clay killed JT?
Doesn't Jax have the letters now? That should be all the evidence he needs?
Or does the club have a statute of limitations on killing its members?

Also, if Jax figured out the rat, why meet with Eli?
Why risk meeting with a cop while you're armed and toting around a dead body?
Why tip your hand to Eli, and give him the opportunity to warn Juice?

I get that the show is pure pulp, and you aren't talking real life here, but I just feel like we've been down this road before.
The Jax/Clay stuff needs to end, it's getting stale.
I feel like I'm watching a dog chase his tail, over, and over again.