1) The Teller family relies on keeping toxic secrets from each other and outsiders to maintain loyalty and dependence within the intensely bonded family unit, which is necessary for their survival. 2) Gemma Teller holds toxic secrets to keep her son Jackson close and protect the family as the matriarch and manipulator. 3) Jackson questions the extremes of club life while having to keep secrets from his fiancée Tara and within the family for his own survival.