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Funhouse (The Sopranos)
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"Funhouse"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep213.jpg
Tony in his dream

Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 13
Directed by
John Patterson
Written by
David Chase
Todd A. Kessler
Production code
P213
Original air date
April 9, 2000
Running time
59 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" Next →
 "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"

Episode chronology
"Funhouse" is the twenty-sixth episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos. It is the thirteenth and final episode of the show's second season. It was co-written by series creator/executive producer David Chase and co-producer Todd A. Kessler, and was directed by frequent The Sopranos director John Patterson. It originally aired in the United States on April 9, 2000, attracting about 9 million viewers.[1]
It was nominated in the category of Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Production
7 Music
8 Reception 8.1 Critical response
8.2 Awards
9 References
10 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Also guest starring[edit]
Sofia Milos as Annalisa
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Frank Pellegrino as Frank Cubitoso
Nicole Burdette as Barbara Giglione
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
Tom Aldredge as Hugo DeAngelis
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Robert LuPone as Bruce Cusamano
David Margulies as Neil Mink
Matt Servitto as Agent Dwight Harris
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary DeAngelis
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Barbara Andres as Aunt Quintina
David Anzuelo as Flight Attendant
Kathleen Fasolino as Meadow's Friend
Ray Garvey as Airport Guard
David Healy as Vice Principal
Sig Libowitz as Hillel
Ajay Mehta as Sundeep Kumar
Jay Palit as Indian Man
and Robert Patrick as David Scatino
Episode recap[edit]
Shortly after Janice's departure, Tony and younger sister Barbara arrive at Livia's home to discuss her permanent living arrangements. When Barbara says her husband won't allow her to live with them, Tony hands Livia two stolen airline tickets to Arizona (one for herself and for her sister Quintina) and warns her to leave for good.
Later, Tony discusses a calling card credit scheme with Silvio Dante and Big Pussy Bonpensiero at Artie Bucco's restaurant, immediately after eating at an Indian restaurant. During the night, Tony dreams that he is walking on the boardwalk in Asbury Park and meets up with Paulie Walnuts, Silvio Dante, Christopher Moltisanti, Philly "Spoons" Parisi, Hesh and an oddly silent, stoic, Big Pussy. Tony has just received word that he has a terminal disease and six months to live and accepts the information as if he had already known this and come to accept it. He further informs his friends that he is going to kill himself instead; his friends commend his bravery and appreciate the favor he will be doing them, sparing them multiple visits to the hospital and the grieving. Tony douses himself with a plastic container of gasoline and Paulie ignites a Zippo lighter. Christopher suddenly asks, "What if these doctors are wrong?" everyone stares at him and Tony only gets a split second to process this information before the gasoline explodes in a fireball. Tony awakes with a start and tells Carmela that he's never been so depressed and that life is "a big nothing" he then runs to the bathroom with intense diarrhea and vomiting.
Tony also has a minor fever dream about Uncle Junior wandering on a factory site. Furthermore, he sees himself through a coin-operated tower viewer at a distance playing cards with Paulie, presumably at a transportation depot. When Paulie says something, Tony shoots Paulie in the chest, killing him.
The following morning, Artie Bucco comes over to review with Carmela and Tony the menu for Meadow's graduation party only to learn that Tony has severe food poisoning. He and Tony argue about the quality of his food and Artie quickly learns that Tony ate at an Indian restaurant, which he believes is the culprit. Eventually, Artie calls up Big Pussy to see if he is sick as well, he says that he's alright and Artie leaves. Tony then becomes delirious after receiving a house call from his next-door neighbor Dr. Cusamano and eventually manages to fall asleep. Tony then begins to dream about having sex with Dr. Melfi during a therapy session.
The dreams caused by the fever finally lead Tony to confront an issue which lays heavily on his subconscious, namely his suspicions that Big Pussy is a government informant. In the dream, Tony speaks to Big Pussy, who has taken the form of a dead fish, this dream-version of Pussy hints, "You know I'm working with the government, right Ton?" and makes a tongue-in-cheek reference to "sleeping with the fishes". Awakened, Tony gets out of bed against Carmela's wishes. He and Silvio soon go to Pussy's house, and invite him to go check out a new boat with them. Feigning diarrhea, Tony manages to use the master bathroom, and while searching Pussy's bedroom instead, he finds Pussy's wire hidden in a false bottom of a cigar box — proof that Pussy is indeed an FBI informant.
Silvio, Tony, and Pussy drive together to meet Paulie Walnuts at the docks. Tony has his final "fever dream" during the journey, which involves Meadow's announcing over dinner she is planning to attend Columbia University and Tony's informing his family he has just purchased a new boat. After setting out for a ride on a yacht, Tony confronts Pussy below decks, and asks how long it has been since he "flipped". Pussy initially denies the accusation, but quickly confesses under pressure. He claims not to have given any major information to the Feds and in fact to have supplied them with disinformation, but Tony does not believe him. Silvio excuses himself, claiming to be seasick.
To break the mood, Pussy asks for some tequila, and Paulie pours for Tony, Pussy and himself, clicking glasses. As Silvio returns, Pussy brags about the girl he used to have sex with at the clinic in Puerto Rico. Tony asks if she even existed, and Pussy retreats to a corner, resigned to his fate. He asks not to be shot in the face, to "keep [his] eyes." Paulie says "you were like a brother to me," then Tony adds: "To all of us." Tony, Silvio, and Paulie pull out their guns; then Pussy becomes lightheaded and asks to sit. Tony takes the first shot; Paulie and Silvio follow suit and shoot Pussy to death, honoring his wishes to not be shot in the face. Paulie removes his identifying jewelry, and together they bind his body in chains and weights, throw him off the back of the boat, and watch his body slowly sink into the ocean.
Hours later, Carmela receives a phone call from Livia, who is being detained in the Newark Airport security office for possessing stolen airline tickets. Within minutes, FBI agents arrive at the Soprano home with a warrant, and ask to search the residence. One agent reveals he has already searched Tony's car and found the stolen tickets. Tony is handcuffed and taken to FBI offices for questioning, right in front of Meadow, who has suddenly arrived with her friends, and is now mortally embarrassed. Tony becomes unbalanced at one point and almost falls, appearing weak in front of the FBI agents. The agent in charge notes that mob boss Tony Soprano is "weak in the knees," but instead of his usual bravado to the agents, Tony angrily responds that he's got food poisoning and is led into a holding cell. Soon after, his lawyer Neil Mink, has him released on bail, in plenty of time to attend Meadow's graduation the next day.
Later, at Dr. Melfi's, Tony goes off on a rant about Indian people, because of his food poisoning, and even more against his mother. Dr. Melfi challenges him to confront the recent sorrow which she suspects he may be harboring underneath his pose. Tony stubbornly refuses to delve into his state of mind, and continues with distractions by bluntly talking about his sexual dream with her, before finally leaving the session, smugly and tauntingly singing.
The following day at Meadow's graduation ceremony, Tony proudly watches his daughter accept her high school diploma. There he also tells Christopher that he is proposing him to get his "button" and become a made man. Tony then sees David Scatino, who tells Tony he and his wife are getting a divorce, that he will be living and working out west with a cousin in Nevada, and that his Georgetown University-bound son, Eric, could only afford to get into a state college (since his father had blown Eric's college fund gambling with Tony). Later, Tony and Carmela throw Meadow a graduation party at their house, and the episode ends with a montage of Tony's two "families" celebrating together, interspersed with the images of the various illegal enterprises through which Tony makes his living: Barone Sanitation, an adult movie theater, a person selling calling cards on the street, Teittleman's motel, the now-abandoned, empty office where the "Webistics" stock scam took place. Carmela looks for Tony among the guests, and sees him, as we do, standing by himself in a corner of the living room, slowly lighting a cigar and blowing out the smoke, with a faraway look on his face. This then fades into a shot of the ocean at sunset, the waves crashing on the shore.
First appearances[edit]
The episode marks the first appearance of:
Aunt Quintina: Younger sister of Livia Soprano and mother of Tony's cousin Tony Blundetto.
Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi: Soldier in the Soprano/Gualtieri/Moltisanti crew and twin brother of the deceased Philly "Spoons" Parisi.
Deceased[edit]
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero: shot to death by Tony, Silvio, and Paulie for being an FBI informant. His body was tossed into the ocean.
Title reference[edit]
In the scene when Tony's mother calls his home for help about the stolen airline tickets. Carmela answers the phone. When she hands the phone to Tony, she says: "Here, the fun never stops".
In Tony's dream, he is on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, near the Palace Amusements funhouse with the famous wide-eyed clown painted on it known as "Tillie".
Production[edit]
David Proval and Aida Turturro are no longer billed in the opening credits, although Turturro returns next season as a full-time cast member.
Just as in the season opener, "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...", Silvio does his The Godfather Part III Michael Corleone impersonation in the dream, only in the dream he is referring to Pussy: "Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself".
In his dream, Tony sees Pussy as a fish who notes that two other fish on either side of him are sleeping. The reference is to death, as in "sleeps with the fishes" from The Godfather, and it foreshadows Pussy's ultimate resting place, the ocean.
Every time Tony dreams in this episode, there is a creaking sound in the background. This is the same creaking sound the boat at sea makes when Pussy is shot.
Music[edit]
The song played throughout the episode, including the end credits, is "Thru and Thru" from the 1994 album, Voodoo Lounge by The Rolling Stones (and sung by Keith Richards)
The song played on the radio of Tony's car, and in his last "fever dream" is "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
The song that Pussy puts in the CD player and plays in the background while he confesses to being an informant is "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" by Frank Sinatra
The song Meadow listens to on the radio in her room, while she is sulking after Tony is arrested in front of her friends, is "Diamonds & Rust" by Joan Baez
When Tony leaves Dr. Melfi's office after retaliating when he feels she insulted him, he sings "Maybe Baby" by Buddy Holly and The Crickets
After killing Pussy Bonpensiero, Tony watches a 1960s broadcast of The Temptations on television, performing "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Entertainment Weekly placed "Funhouse" #5 on their list of the 10 greatest The Sopranos episodes;[2] TIME placed it at #9.[3]
Awards[edit]
This episode was one of two viewer's choice winners on A&E, along with "Pine Barrens".
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ryan, Maureen (2006-03-14). "The comeback". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
2.Jump up ^ Snierson, Dan. "The Hit Parade - 5. FUNHOUSE (Season 2)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
3.Jump up ^ Poniewozik, James (2007-04-04). "Funhouse - The Sopranos - TIME". TIME. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
External links[edit]
"Funhouse" at HBO
"Funhouse" at the Internet Movie Database
"Funhouse" at TV.com


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Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

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Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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The Knight in White Satin Armor
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"The Knight in White Satin Armor"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep212.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 12
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Production code
212
Original air date
April 2, 2000
Running time
60 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "House Arrest" Next →
 "Funhouse"

Episode chronology
"The Knight in White Satin Armor" is the twenty-fifth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the twelfth of the show's second season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on April 2, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Cultural references
7 Music
8 Production
9 Awards
10 References
11 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri*
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.*
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credited only
Guest starring[edit]
Joe Penny as Victor Musto
Joe Lisi as Dick Barone
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Richard Portnow as Attorney Melvoin
Frank Pellegrino as Frank Cubitoso
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Steve Schirripa as "Bacala" Baccalieri
Alla Kliouka as Svetlana
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Katalin Pota as Lilliana
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Andy Blankenbuehler as Richie Aprile, Jr.
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Richard Maldone as Albert Barese
Adrian Martinez as Ramone
Episode recap[edit]
Tony Soprano attempts to break up with Irina Peltsin and insists to her that she deserves better than being his lover. Irina refuses to accept the breakup, saying that she loves Tony and will commit suicide if he leaves her, but he walks out. Tony later receives a call from Irina's cousin, Svetlana Kirilenko, informing him that Irina attempted to kill herself by consuming sleeping pills and vodka. Tony visits her in the hospital and tells her that she needs help. Tony then discusses Irina with Dr. Melfi and asks if she can find her a suitable therapist. When Tony, in an attempt to cast himself in a more positive light when Carmela accuses him of continued infidelity, confesses the Irina suicide situation to her, she only gets more enraged. To make amends, Tony sends Silvio Dante to Irina's house to present her with a parting gift of $75,000. Silvio, along with Svetlana, seem to persuade her to move on with her life.
At a bridal shop, while Janice is beaming over her upcoming marriage to Richie, Carmela comments that within a year, Janice will have to accept a comàre. Janice looks at Carmela smugly and tells her Richie will never stray as there would never be anyone else who would let him hold a gun to their head as they have sex. At Richie Aprile and Janice's engagement party, which Tony reluctantly hosts, Richie professes his love for Janice and his gratitude that he is entering a great family. Witnessing the pair's affection and happiness, Carmela escapes to the kitchen where she sobs uncontrollably. The following day, Carmela finds Vic Musto at a paint store, where she thanks him for not showing up to their intended luncheon since she would have done things that she would have later regretted.
"Big Pussy" Bonpensiero begins to take to his job as an FBI informant seriously, beginning to feel even more resentment towards Tony. First he wears a wire to Richie and Janice's engagement party and then elicits useful information about stolen airline tickets and Tony's business with David Scatino. However, Pussy begins to develop an unrealistic image of his new role. When he learns that Christopher Moltisanti is planning a hijacking with another associate, targeting a shipment of Pokémon cards, Pussy attempts to conduct his own surveillance and follow them to the heist, but winds up in a car accident that puts a man in coma and wounds his knee. At the hospital, his handler Skip Lipari reminds Pussy that he is not a government employee and that he should focus solely on providing information on Tony.
Richie's contempt for Tony grows when he is again ordered to shut down a sideline operation distributing cocaine along his garbage routes. Richie approaches Junior Soprano and suggests having Tony killed, but Junior is reluctant, being mindful of his own failure to do so last year, and his tentative reconciliation with his nephew since then. When Richie insists that he can muster support from other dissatisfied crews such as the Bareses, Junior finally offers his approval. Richie visits Albert Barese, acting-capo of the Barese crew since his cousin Larry Boy's indictment, to try to win his allegiance, but Albert balks at the idea of a hit on Tony and refuses. Junior subsequently suggests to Richie that they should wait and consider their options - but once Richie departs, Junior mulls his loyalties once more and concludes Richie's inability to "sell" the plan to Albert reflects upon his lack of respect and influence. He ultimately decides that having Richie in power would cause him more trouble, and tips off Tony about Richie's plans to eliminate him. After learning of this, Tony asks for Silvio's advice on what to do with Richie, and Silvio concludes that there is no further benefit to keeping Richie around. Silvio is ordered to plan the hit.
Vexed, Richie returns home to dinner with Janice. He only becomes more infuriated when Janice informs him that Tony refuses to have his children near him after the situation with Beansie Gaeta, and believes Richie is a bad influence. Richie expresses disgust for his son Richie, Jr.'s career path as a ballroom dancer and his possible sexual orientation. When Janice takes offense, saying she does not care if "Little Ricky" is considered gay, he silences her with a punch to the mouth. Janice walks out of the room and suddenly reappears with a gun and shoots Richie in the chest at the dinner table. He falls backwards out of his chair and lies on the ground, stunned. She then finishes him off by shooting him in the head. Starting to panic, she calls Tony to help her. Tony arrives and sees Richie's dead body and then enlists Christopher Moltisanti and Furio Giunta to dispose of Richie's body, which they do by dismembering Richie's corpse with the meat-cutting equipment at Satriale's.
In the morning, Tony encounters his mother for the first time since her stroke at Green Grove. Tony explains that Richie has left; Livia smiles at a distraught Janice and says she knew it wouldn't last. Mother and son exchange hurtful recriminations, and Livia tells Tony he is cruel, but her son refuses to show her any compassion and leaves. On his way out, he stumbles down the stoop and falls on the front walk, which instantly changes Livia's crying into soft laughter. Tony then buys Janice a bus ticket back to Seattle, gently mocks her when she asks how Richie was buried, and they briefly reflect on the nature of their family.
Tony and Carmela discuss Richie and Janice's sudden disappearances, and he hints that Richie will not be coming back. Understanding his implication, Carmela is shocked, but soon moves the conversation on and informs Tony that she and Rosalie Aprile want to travel to Rome to see the sights and, hopefully, the Pope. Carmela asks that Tony be a "chauffeur" to A.J. and find Meadow a suitable tennis camp while she is away, mockingly suggesting that she "just might commit suicide" unless he agrees to let her go.
First appearances[edit]
Jackie Aprile, Jr.: Richie's nephew and son of Rosalie Aprile and the late Jackie Aprile, Sr.
Albert Barese: Acting capo of the Barese crew while his cousin Larry Boy Barese is under indictment.
Svetlana Kirilenko: The cousin of Tony's girlfriend, Irina.
Deceased[edit]
Richie Aprile: shot by Janice after he punched her in the mouth for defending his son being a ballroom dancer.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a quote made by Irina about her cousin Svetlana's American fiancé, Bill, who treats her well, apparently a confused paraphrasing of the term "knight in shining armor" and the Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin". Irina first says this in the season one episode "College".
Janice is seen wearing white satin when trying on wedding dresses. She later acts as Tony's savior (albeit inadvertently) when she kills Richie, who had been planning on killing Tony.
Cultural references[edit]
The FBI agents reference Patty Hearst and her Stockholm syndrome as an example for Pussy Bonpensiero's co-operation and disillusioned feelings towards his role as an informant.
When advising Irina to accept Tony's parting gift of cash, and to not squander her youth by pining after any one dream that is not panning out, Silvio cites Gail Sheehy's New York Times bestselling book, Passages.[1]
When phoning his FBI handler Pussy gives himself the codename 'Fatman', an injoke referring to the 80s TV series Jake and the Fatman starring Joe Penny as the eponymous hero. Penny makes a brief appearance in this episode playing Vic Musto.
Tony sarcastically comments that Uncle Junior is a counter-agent like Matt Helm, a fictional character from books and a 1970s TV series starring Tony Franciosa.
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits and during Richie and Janice's engagement party is "I Saved the World Today" (1999) by Eurythmics.
"The Memory Remains" by Metallica can be heard playing in the background at the Bada Bing.
Production[edit]
Due to David Proval's training as an amateur boxer, he had the capacity to judge the distance of his strike. Consequently, the scene where Richie punches Janice was filmed without stunt doubles.
Awards[edit]
Allen Coulter was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his direction in "The Knight in White Satin Armor." Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green were nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and William B. Stich received a nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Commentary on Sheehy's book Passages". Butler-Bowdon.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
External links[edit]
"The Knight in White Satin Armor" at HBO
"The Knight in White Satin Armor" at the Internet Movie Database
"The Knight in White Satin Armor" at TV.com


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 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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House Arrest (The Sopranos)
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"House Arrest"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep211b.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 11
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Written by
Terence Winter
Production code
211
Original air date
March 26, 2000
Running time
57 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"House Arrest" is the twenty-fourth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the eleventh of the show's second season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on March 26, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 Title reference
4 Music
5 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.*
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano*
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credited only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Mary Louise Wilson as Catherine Romano
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Matthew Sussman as Dr. Schreck
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Steven R. Schirripa as "Bacala" Baccalieri
David Margulies as Neil Mink
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Will McCormack as Jason La Penna
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Joe Lisi as Dick Barone
Vito Antuofermo as Bobby Zanone
Sabine Singh as Tracy
Jennifer Albano as Connie
Matt Servitto as Agent Harris
Gary Perez as Agent Marquez
Terry Winter as Tom Amberson
Episode recap[edit]
Uncle Junior and Richie Aprile begin selling cocaine on the Barone Sanitation garbage routes in an attempt to obtain extra money. When Tony learns about this, he takes Richie aside and warns him to stop, explaining that such action will only serve to draw FBI and DEA attention to the family's involvement with the garbage industry, which is one of their legitimate business operations. When informed of his nephew's decision, Uncle Junior decides to go against Tony since the cocaine has supported him tremendously through his recent personal expenses and legal fees.
Tony's attorney, Neil Mink, advises Tony that the FBI is making attempts to indict him after the failed accusation with the Matthew Bevilaqua murder. Neil suggests that Tony begin reporting to Barone Sanitation, and fulfill his nominal job as a waste management consultant instead of spending huge amounts of time acting as "the boss" at the Bada Bing. Tony does as he is told but becomes increasingly bored on the job as the days drag on. Tony begins to pass time by flirting — and later having vigorous sex — with the receptionist and making a company betting pool for sports. After lecturing Richie at a banquet for the company, Tony suffers an anxiety attack and is rushed to the hospital. Tony then discovers a rash on his arm, aggravated by stress and his scratching it, and continues to blame his condition on Dr. Melfi's poor treatment. Dr. Melfi also begins to hurt when she begins drinking between sessions, particularly those with Tony. At a meal with her son, Jason, a drunken Melfi embarrasses them both when she rudely asks a restaurant patron to put out her cigarette. When the patron refuses, Melfi uses force to put out the cigarette and is asked to leave.
Uncle Junior goes to Dr. Douglas Schreck after having difficulty breathing. Dr. Schreck recommends that he breathe using a CPAP machine to help him with his excessive snoring and to take pressure off of his heart. As he prepares to leave the hospital, a court officer places an electronic bracelet on Junior's leg. In the hallway, Junior reunites with an old widow of a close friend, Catherine Romano. When Catherine asks him what he has been up to, he tries to cover up his restrictive legal and medical situations. Junior is quickly forced to make excuses when Catherine drops by with a tray of manicotti and suggests they go out, but finally admits that he cannot leave home under the terms of his house arrest. Junior tells her that the house arrest greatly affects his life, including an incident with his sink disposal that led to having his hand stuck in the kitchen sink for over six hours until he was later discovered by Janice and Richie. Catherine understands and tells Junior that she enjoys spending time with him despite the fact that he got into trouble. Catherine demonstrates her affection for Junior by massaging him and helping him put on his mask at night.
During an appointment with Dr. Melfi, Tony is introduced to the idea that he may exhibit some symptoms consistent with a condition known as alexithymia. Melfi raises the subject by asking Tony if he knows why sharks were always in motion and going on to explain that this is a condition that affects people with antisocial personalities; if they aren't constantly engaged in activity and receiving requisite stimulation, they tend to crash because they then have time to confront the ways in which their actions have brought suffering on others.
Tony decides to return to work at Satriale's Pork Store after being overcome by boredom at Barone Sanitation. Tony is welcomed back to work by his underlings, as well as Agent Harris who is in the neighborhood to introduce his new partner. Tony and his crew idly relax in the store, but are soon occupied by a car crash outside. The episode ends with the agents and the mobsters amicably chatting outside Satriale's.
Title reference[edit]
House arrest is a sentence issued by a judge as an alternative to prison time and helps keep track of convicted criminals after or as an alternative to a prison sentence. The sentence states that the person cannot leave their main domicile and can only be released for important family functions, medical appointments, or funerals. Junior is also able to leave his residence when he needs to visit a supermarket. Junior's social life begins to dwindle under his sentence. Tony is in a similar, albeit self-imposed, situation when he tries to curtail his interactions with his crew.
Music[edit]
The track at the beginning of the episode when the garbage truck dumps the pile of trash outside the deli is "Space Invader" by The Pretenders.
The song that plays early in the episode at the Soprano house on the radio is "Gotta Serve Somebody" by Bob Dylan.
Prior to Tony's panic attack, the song playing was "Disco Inferno", by The Trammps.
The song that plays while Tony suffers his panic attack at the banquet is "More Than a Feeling" by Boston. The lyric "I closed my eyes and I slipped away" can be heard just before he passes out.
The song played over the end credits is "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" by Johnny Thunders.
External links[edit]
"House Arrest" at HBO
"House Arrest" at the Internet Movie Database
"House Arrest" at TV.com


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Creator and crew
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 Writers
 

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Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Bust Out
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"Bust Out"
The Sopranos episode
Bust Out Sopranos.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 10
Directed by
John Patterson
Written by
Frank Renzulli
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Production code
210
Original air date
March 19, 2000
Running time
59 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "From Where to Eternity" Next →
 "House Arrest"

Episode chronology
"Bust Out" is the twenty-third episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the tenth of the show's second season. It was written by Frank Renzulli, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by John Patterson and originally aired on March 19, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 Title reference
4 Cultural references
5 Music
6 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti *
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante *
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Also guest starring[edit]
Robert Patrick as David Scatino
Joe Penny as Victor Musto
Lillo Brancato, Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Paul Herman as Beansie Gaeta
David Margulies as Neil Mink
Mitch Holleman as Boy at Mall
Olga Merediz as Fran
Matt Servitto as Agent Harris
Episode recap[edit]
The police locate an eyewitness to the Bevilaqua killing who identifies Tony Soprano from a book of suspect photos. He didn't get a good look at Pussy, but describes the second man as "a husky accomplice". Tony is panicked when word of the case reaches him, and he makes plans to flee until the witness can be identified and dealt with. He gives a sports bag full of cash to his lawyer, Neil Mink, to provide for his family. Luckily for Tony, the witness realizes (via a newspaper article) that the murder relates to the Mafia, and is not a drug-related dispute as the detectives had let him believe, and he urgently contacts the police department to retract his statement.
Tony and Richie Aprile squeeze money out of David Scatino's store, ordering Ramlösa bottled water, coolers, airline tickets, and sneakers on the store's credit and selling the merchandise on the street. They inform Davey the squeeze will continue unless he is able to pay the money he owes them. Davey is distraught over his situation and at one point, he lies on a pool table in his basement while pointing a pistol into his mouth. When his wife enters the room he hides the weapon in the ceiling tiles and claims to be fixing a light. Later, his wife and Carmela Soprano have lunch at Nuovo Vesuvio and she expresses concern about Davey's gambling, mentioning that the sporting goods store is in her name. Artie Bucco serves them the mineral water that Tony had Davey order, mentioning that he got a great deal on the price.
Unhappy with the cut he is getting from Davey's store and the deal he has with Barone Sanitation, Richie discusses with Junior Soprano the possibility of getting rid of Tony. When Junior admonishes him, Richie reminds him of Junior's plan to kill Tony the previous year.
Too embarrassed to go home, Davey has taken to sleeping in a small tent set up at the store. In a late-night conversation with Tony, he asks how this will end. Tony explains that he and Richie will keep charging items to the store's credit and selling them until there is no more credit available and bankruptcy is the only option for the store. Davey is inconsolable even after Tony explains that Davey's debts to both Tony and Richie will then be considered satisfied. Tony also explains to Davey that this is one of his primary sources of income, he only let Davey in the game because he knew this store was available to bust out, and reminds Davey that the Executive Game was fair; Davey could just as easily have won a lot of money as lost it.
After imploring Tony to stop cheating on her in the previous episode, Carmela is attracted to a new handyman, Victor Musto. Musto is the brother of Davey's wife and also a widower. He and Carmela share a passionate kiss, and then realize the futility of the situation. However, when he calls her, she invites him over for a "discussion" and gourmet meal, which she prepares herself. In the meantime, he learns of Tony's involvement with his brother-in-law (Davey) and sends an assistant to meet her instead of arriving himself.
Tony tries to get closer to A.J. and Meadow, but does not succeed until Tony takes A.J. on his boat at the end of the episode, where they crank the boat up to full power and capsize two men in a canoe.
Title reference[edit]
A "bust out" is a common tactic in the organized crime world, wherein a business' assets and lines of credit are exploited and exhausted to the point of bankruptcy. Richie and Tony profit from busting out Davey Scatino's sporting goods store in this episode.
To "bust out" is also a poker term that refers to losing all of one's chips.
Cultural references[edit]
In bed, Carmela is reading Memoirs of a Geisha.
Livia references Rose Kennedy, wealthy matriarch of the Kennedy family.
When Richie visits Junior at his home, Junior is watching the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
Carmela tells Tony about a Harvard study examining the importance of the father-son relationship she read about in Time magazine.
Music[edit]
The piano instrumental playing at Nuovo Vesuvio during lunch with Carmela and Christine Scatino is "Cast Your Fate to the Wind".
The song "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli appears for the third time this season, played as Carmela thinks about and receives a phone call from the handyman. This song was especially prominent in "Commendatori", playing (among other places) when Carmela and her friends discussed hoping to be free of their husbands.
The music playing during the scene wherein the witness realizes the murder victim was a Mafia associate is the second movement from Anton Webern's Variations for Piano, Op. 27.
When Carmela is preparing the food for her lunch with Vic Musto, "You're Still the One" by Shania Twain is heard playing in the background.
The song played over the end credits is "Wheel in the Sky" by Journey; this song was also heard in the scene wherein painters were painting the Sopranos' living room. Another Journey song, "Don't Stop Believin'," would be featured in the series finale.
External links[edit]
"Bust Out" at HBO
"Bust Out" at the Internet Movie Database
"Bust Out" at TV.com


[hide]
v ·
 t ·
 e
 
The Sopranos


Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 Writers
 

Related articles
Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
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 "Made in America"
 



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From Where to Eternity
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"From Where to Eternity"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep209.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 9
Directed by
Henry J. Bronchtein
Written by
Michael Imperioli
Production code
208
Original air date
March 12, 2000
Running time
55 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"From Where to Eternity" is the twenty-second episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the ninth of the show's second season. It was written by Michael Imperioli, directed by Henry J. Bronchtein and originally aired on March 12, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 First appearance
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Production
7 Other cultural/historical references
8 Music
9 External links
10 References

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr. *
Vincent Pastore as Big Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano *
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Lillo Brancato, Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Brian Aguiar as Jimmy
Seth Barrish as Doctor
Michael Cannis as Detective #2
Tom Cappadona as Daniel King
Nancy Cassaro as Joanne Moltisanti
Scottie Epstein as Quickie G
John Christopher Jones as Kevin Cullen
Peter McRobbie as Father Felix
Judy Reyes as Michelle
James Sioutis as Detective #1
Lisa Valens as Felicia Anne
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Gameela Wright as Nurse
Episode recap[edit]
With friends and family by his side, Christopher Moltisanti clings to life in a hospital ICU. During the night, his heart stops and the doctors attempt to resuscitate him. He is pronounced clinically dead for over a minute, but the doctors manage to revive him. Fearing for his life, Carmela Soprano finds an empty hospital room and admits to Jesus that the members of the family have entered their occupations with eyes open but prays that Christopher will recover and "see the light." When he is conscious, he asks to see Paulie Walnuts and Tony Soprano and tells them of a trip he made to hell, where he saw Brendan Filone and Mikey Palmice in an Irish bar playing dice and celebrating St. Patrick's Day every day and that they had a message for Tony and Paulie: "Three o'clock."
Tony dismisses Christopher's story, but Paulie becomes obsessed with the message. Eventually, Paulie consoles Christopher with the idea that what he saw was purgatory, instead of hell. Paulie is awakened nightly at 3:00 a.m. with nightmares that wake his girlfriend's children. At the suggestion of his girlfriend, he eventually seeks the help of a psychic, using the pseudonym Ted Hughes. The psychic claims to see the spirits of the men Paulie killed following him. Believing his donations to a church should have prevented him from being haunted, Paulie takes out his frustration on a chain-smoking priest, telling him he feels that the Church has forsaken him and that he won't be giving any more donations.
Meanwhile, Carmela learns from Gabriella Dante that an associate in the Soprano family, Ralphie Rotaldo, just had a baby with his longtime Brazilian comàre. Carmela tells Tony this and asks that he have a vasectomy so that he will not bring shame to the family by potentially having an illegitimate child, since she knows that he still sees women on the side. Tony tries to shake off the accusation by saying he allegedly broke up with his girlfriend months ago. Carmela then reminds him of the shame that a "bastard-child" would do to the family. Tony does not feel like listening, which causes Carmela to take a pillow from the bed and sleep downstairs. Adding to Carmela's frustration is the fact that Tony lied to her about Christopher's trip to the afterlife, telling her that Christopher had been in heaven while Christopher admitted to her to being in hell. Another problem arises when Tony criticizes his son A.J., for overeating after A.J. accidentally breaks a dish of food on the floor. In front of A.J., Tony confronts Carmela about her wish for Tony to have a vasectomy when A.J. is his "only male heir", A.J. is very hurt by Tony's comment while Carmela says that Tony didn't mean it. Soon after, Tony apologizes to and makes amends with A.J. by sharing pizza and cokes. Tony agrees to have his vasectomy if Carmela still wants it. Carmela says she has changed her mind because she might want a third child with Meadow soon going off to college and she wants him to be faithful.
Big Pussy Bonpensiero is afraid that Tony knows he has been working with the FBI, so at the advice of his FBI contact, Pussy tries to "make Tony love him again." Pussy tries to regain his trust by hunting down Matthew Bevilaqua, who was responsible for Christopher's shooting. When he gets the information as to his whereabouts — Hacklebarney State Park in Chester Township, New Jersey near a house that George Washington purportedly slept in during the American Revolution — Pussy calls Tony and the two execute Matt after questioning him about the attack on Christopher, riddling his body with bullets after he finished drinking a diet soda.
After the killing, the two go to an Irish steakhouse, notably, in Tony's implied defiance of the Irish-bar image in Chris's near-death vision above. It's also where Pussy first took Tony after he had committed his first murder. They tell jokes and reminisce, noting how long it has been since they first started working together. Tony asks Pussy if he believes in God, to which he responds that he does, and that God has been very generous to him. Tony agrees, and the two toast.
First appearance[edit]
Joanne Moltisanti: the widow of Richard Moltisanti and Christoper Moltisanti's mother.
Deceased[edit]
Matthew Bevilaqua: Shot 21 times by Tony and Pussy for his involvement in the attempted assassination of Christopher.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a play on 1953 film From Here to Eternity. It refers to Christopher's having a trip to the afterlife and not knowing whether it was purgatory or hell.
Production[edit]
Although the episode was the ninth of the second season, it was the eighth to be produced.
In his dream, Christopher describes how Mikey Palmice and Brendan Filone claimed that the time three o'clock would be important in the lives of Tony and Paulie.
This was the first episode written by Michael Imperioli, the actor who plays Christopher. He went on to become a regular writer for the show.
This is also the first one of four episodes directed by Henry Bronchtein, as well as being one of two which earned Bronchtein best-direction nominations by the Directors Guild of America.[1]
In his commentary for the episode "The Telltale Moozadell", Michael Imperioli says the idea of Christopher's experiences in this episode came from a spec script he had written between the first and second seasons about Christopher overdosing on drugs and having an after-life experience. When he talked to showrunner David Chase about this, Chase said that Christopher would get shot in the second season, and the after-life part could be added to the story.[2]
Other cultural/historical references[edit]
Tony tells Melfi the Hitlers and "Paul Pots" (Pol Pot) deserve hell and not people like Christopher.
He also mentions the historic Carnegie and Rockefeller families, saying they needed the poor immigrant Italian workers to construct their businesses, and says the "G.P. Morgans" were "crooks and killers" just as much as the Italian mobsters back in the day.
Music[edit]
Otis Redding' song "My Lover's Prayer", from The Very Best of Otis Redding, Vol. 1, is played throughout the episode and over the end credits (specifically, when Christopher is in the hospital, when his friends and family wait in the hospital waiting room while Chris is in surgery, and over the end credits when Tony and Carmela make love).
The O'Jays' song "Use ta Be My Girl", from So Full of Love, is played when Quickie G tells Pussy where Matthew Bevilaqua is hiding.
The Metallica song "King Nothing", from Load, is played in the background while Paulie talks to Tony at the Bada Bing!, after he visits the psychic.
The song "Mona Lisa" is heard in the background at the Duke's Stockyard Inn (an Irish bar and restaurant) where Tony and Pussy eat steaks, reminisce, and discuss God.
External links[edit]
"From Where to Eternity" at HBO
"From Where to Eternity" at the Internet Movie Database
"From Where to Eternity" at TV.com
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Henry Bronctein - Awards". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
2.Jump up ^ The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season (2002) — DVD audio commentary


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 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Full Leather Jacket
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"Full Leather Jacket"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep208.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 8
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Production code
207
Original air date
March 5, 2000
Running time
43 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
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Episode chronology
"Full Leather Jacket" is the twenty-first episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the eighth of the show's second season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on March 5, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Music
7 Production
8 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero *
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano *
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Saundra Santiago as Jean Cusamano and Joan O'Connell
Lillo Brancato, Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Paul Herman as Beansie Gaeta
Steven R. Schirripa as "Bacala" Baccalieri
Joseph Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Vinnie Orofino as Bryan Spatafore
Tom Aldredge as Hugh de Angelis
Susan Blackwell as Therapist
Joseph Carino as Secretary
Raymond Franza as Donny K
Patty McCormack as Liz La Cerva
Katalin Pota as Lilliana
Marek Przystup as Stasiu
Stelio Savante as Gaetano Giarizzo
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary de Angelis
Donna Smythe as Gia Gaeta
Episode recap[edit]
Matt Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte continue to work with Christopher Moltisanti, this time breaking safes. Matt and Sean seem to be enthusiastic about moving up in the criminal organization. They also visit Richie Aprile, introduce themselves, and listen to him make fun of Christopher and his large nose. At the Bada Bing, Matt and Sean try to introduce themselves to Tony Soprano in the bathroom but are nervous and get into too much detail about their job with Chris. Tony calls Sean a "shit-eating twat" since he did not take precautions about listening devices.
Christopher goes to Adriana's mother's home, where he apologizes for abandoning her at the restaurant weeks prior and for abusing her. Christopher then proposes marriage to Adriana and presents her with a ring. Adriana automatically says "Yes" but her mother warns Adriana that, if she gets hurt again, "this door is closed to you."
Carmela and Tony believe there are good colleges close to home for Meadow to attend, but they are worried that she might get to go to the University of California, Berkeley which Meadow has her heart set on. Carmela tells Tony that, in order to get ahead with selective college acceptance in the modern world, one has to "know someone or donate five buildings." Carmela then remembers that her neighbor, Jeannie Cusamano's twin sister, Joan O'Connell, is a prestigious alumna of Georgetown University, which is on Meadow's top list of colleges. When Jeannie fails to persuade Joan to write a letter of recommendation for Meadow, as Carmela asked her to do, Carmela sees to the matter personally by presenting Joan with a ricotta pie and a folder of Meadow's high school transcripts and teacher recommendations. Joan initially refuses to write the recommendation, but then Carmela tells her she is not asking for it, she "wants" it. Joan asks Carmela if she is threatening her, and Carmela innocently insists she is not, stating she merely brought her a pie as a friendly gesture. Carmela thanks her and proceeds to leave, without Joan actually agreeing to write the letter. Later, Jeannie Cusamano visits Carmela to bring back the plate and to inform her that Joan has looked at Meadow's transcripts and has, in the end, caved in and agreed to write her daughter the letter.
Silvio Dante and Paulie Walnuts pressure Richie Aprile to build the disabled Beansie Gaeta a ramp for his house to make it more wheelchair accessible, as part of Richie's reparations for crippling Gaeta in the first place. Richie refuses at first; however, after hearing that the request was from Tony, Richie sends his nephew Vito Spatafore and some construction workers over to make sure the job gets done (or at least make a show of it). Tony then hears from Beansie's wife that the job was half-finished and that the workers never came back. Richie says they will complete the work eventually, but he is currently renovating Livia Soprano's house. As a sign of reconciliation (or to ingratiate himself with Tony), Richie gives Tony a dark-brown leather jacket from the 1970s that was taken off of a respected mobster Rocco DiMeo. Richie brags about how Rocco was considered the toughest person around and now is nowhere to be seen after Richie "got through with him." Tony hesitantly accepts the gesture but then passes the jacket to a mechanical engineer from Poland (currently a taxicab driver) — the husband of his housekeeper, Liliana. Richie is shocked to see Liliana's husband wearing the leather jacket when he drops off some food he had made for Carmela.
Matt and Sean are humiliated when Furio Giunta comes to their apartment for Tony's ten percent "cut" from their safe cracking operation with Christopher and then takes an additional $1,000 all for himself. They realize that they are only small players and worry about their future potential. Later, while waiting for Christopher, Matt brings up the idea of doing something drastic in order to be recognized (as what happened in the Unrest of 1983 to Pussy). As Christopher exits the Skyway's Diner in Kearny, he is ambushed by Matt and Sean and shot three times. Sean is himself shot in the head and killed by Christopher after he pulls out his weapon and shoots back at an immobilized-by-his-seatbelt Sean. Matt flees the scene to Richie's hangout, where he confesses the hit to Richie and claims that it was done to prove their worth to him. Richie becomes furious, as he never authorized the assassination, and chases Matt away down the street with a baseball bat. Bevilaqua takes off to hide someplace else.
Soon after hearing about Christopher's shooting, Tony and the remainder of his crime family arrive at the hospital and take vigil at Christopher's bedside. As Christopher lies in coma, Tony, distraught, sits in a chair and asks, "How could this happen?"
First appearances[edit]
Liz La Cerva: The mother of Adriana La Cerva.
Bryan Spatafore: The brother of Vito Spatafore.
Donald "Donny K" Kafranza: A soldier in Richie Aprile's crew.
Deceased[edit]
Sean Gismonte: shot in the head in self-defense by Christopher Moltisanti.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a play on the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, whose title refers to metal-jacketed bullets. Here it alludes to the leather jacket that Richie gave to Tony. After Christopher is shot, the camera pans the sidewalk showing the metal cartridge casings that have been expelled from the weapons.
Music[edit]
The song played during the opening scene of this episode, when the Soprano family eats Chinese food, is "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
The song played when Richie was reading the paper and then was joined by Paulie and Silvio, who told him to build a ramp for Beansie, is "Dancing in the Dark", sung by Tony Bennett on the 1993 album Steppin' Out
The song played when Sean and Matt approach Tony in the Bada Bing's men's room is "Lap Dance" by the John Spencer Blues Explosion, on the album Xtra Acme USA
The song played when Furio and his partner collect from Sean and Matt is "Up 'N Da Club" by 2nd II None, from the album Classic 220
The song played as Richie and Carmela talked (while the Polish taxi driver was picking up a television) was "Fields of Gold" from the album Ten Summoner's Tales, by Sting
The song played when Matt and Sean sit at the Bada Bing!, reflecting on their status, is "Fuck With Your Head" from the album Learning Curve, by DJ Rap
Production[edit]
Saundra Santiago plays a dual role portraying twin sisters, Jeannie Cusamano and Joannie O'Connell, in this episode.
Although the episode was the eighth of the second season, it was the seventh to be produced.
Unlike most other episodes, there is no song played over the end credits. Instead, all that is heard is the sound of Christopher's ventilator and the electrocardiogram machine.
This is the shortest episode of the series, running just under 43 minutes.
Sean Gismonte is killed by Christopher because he was restrained in the car by a seatbelt. This is similar to Livia's story to A.J. of how seatbelts can kill from the previous episode, "D-Girl".
External links[edit]
"Full Leather Jacket" at HBO
"Full Leather Jacket" at the Internet Movie Database
"Full Leather Jacket" at TV.com


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The Sopranos


Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 Writers
 

Related articles
Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
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D-Girl (The Sopranos)
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"D-Girl"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos D-Girl.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 7
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
Todd A. Kessler
Production code
205
Original air date
February 27, 2000
Running time
56 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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"D-Girl" is the twentieth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the seventh of the show's second season. It was written by Todd A. Kessler, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on February 27, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 Title reference
4 Connections to other media and cultural references
5 Music
6 References
7 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.*
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante *
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri *
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jon Favreau as Himself
Sandra Bernhard as Herself
Janeane Garofalo as Herself
Alicia Witt as Amy Safir
Louis Lombardi, Jr. as Skip Lipari
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Arthur Barnes as Security Guard
Stephen Bienskie as Hotel Clerk
John Devlin as Assistant Director
Dominic Fumusa as Gregory Moltisanti
Andersen Gabrych as UTA Receptionist
Bryan Matzkow as Hotel Manager
Andrea Maulella as Michele Forman
Jason Minter as Bellman
Frank Pando as Agent Grasso
Steve Porcelli as Matt Bonpensiero
Elizabeth Reaser as Stace
Asa Somers as Blaine Richardson
Episode recap[edit]
A.J. continues to be a source of trouble for Tony. One afternoon, as he is driving in Carmela's Mercedes-Benz E320, which he had taken without permission, A.J. swerves and almost hits a car with 3 girls in it, misjudges his lane width and scrapes a parked truck, leaving a few scratches and a broken side view mirror, whose damage A.J. attempts to conceal. As Carmela begins to drive out of the garage, the crudely repaired mirror falls off. Carmela and Tony then sit A.J. down and lecture him on how he could have killed the girls in the car. A.J. thinks that the scenario would be "interesting", since "death just shows the absolute absurdity of life". Appalled, Tony and Carmela ask where he developed such ideas. A.J. reveals that he has encountered the philosophy of Nietzsche, and even asks not to be confirmed because he says there is no God. Tony feels confused about A.J.'s sudden somber outlook and discusses it with Dr. Melfi. While Tony believes it is not normal to question the faith, Melfi thinks that existentialist concerns are a natural phase of adolescence that was repressed by Tony's parents. Melfi then asks Tony how his disconnected relationship with Livia is taking a toll on the children, as how he has publicly insisted that his mother is effectively dead to him. Tony does not answer, but dejectedly admits that A.J.'s concerns could be legitimate.
Tony turns to Pussy for guidance on A.J., since Pussy is both A.J.'s godfather and confirmation sponsor. Pussy then takes A.J. and his own college-age son, Matt, to the batting cages, where the more educated Matt argues that philosophers such as Nietzsche or Sartre were often mentally disturbed or lacking integrity, and advises that he study earlier, theistic philosophic work (he quotes Kierkegaard).
When A.J. tells his grandmother how he got in trouble, Livia dismissively concurs that life is meaningless and lonely, telling her grandson that everyone is destined to die alone.
Christopher Moltisanti rediscovers his interest in the world of filmmaking. While having dinner with his cousin Greg, Greg's fiancée, Amy Safir (an associate of Jon Favreau's), invites Christopher and Adriana to come on the set to see their new film being shot. Adriana tells Christopher that she believes in him, and has saved a copy of the script he had previously discarded. Christopher goes to the set alone and sits in on a film shoot starring Janeane Garofalo and Sandra Bernhard. When Janeane objects to the word "bitch" in the script, the director has difficulty finding a suitable substitute. Christopher suggests "pucchiaca" (Italian for "cunt"), which is readily accepted by the impressed cast and crew.
The next day over lunch, Christopher discusses his screenplay with Jon and Amy, and relates a story about a mobster's violent encounter with a transsexual. Jon and Amy ask questions about the mob and appear impressed and respectful of Christopher. Later, Christopher and Amy have sex at a hotel room.
When having dinner with Carmela and Tony, Christopher pours his wine into his soup and storms out of a restaurant when Adriana and Carmela pressure him about marriage. An upset Adriana says she supported Christopher on his screenplay, unknowingly revealing to Tony that Christopher is not giving his full attention to crime family matters. Christopher then visits Amy at her hotel, stating that he was "in the neighborhood", and they enjoy another night of sex.
It does not dawn upon Amy until the next morning that she has cheated on her fiancé and she and Christopher should end their relationship. Christopher is soon distracted by Favreau's screenplay in Amy's room. While reading the draft, Christopher learns that Jon has used the story Christopher had told him in confidence. Irate, Christopher searches for Favreau, but finds that he has already returned to California. When Christopher approaches Amy, she adopts a strictly businesslike attitude, saying that Hollywood has lost interest in mob films. Furious, Christopher denounces her as a "fucking d-girl", causing an offended Amy to proclaim that she is a vice president, and Christopher is "a fucking asshole", before storming off.
Pussy is forced by the FBI to wear a wire at A.J.'s confirmation ceremony and its afterparty at Tony's house. Hours before the ceremony, Pussy shaves his chest, as an impatient Angie asks if she can enter the bathroom. Pussy tries to stop her and, as she opens the door, she throws a mirror at him which leads Pussy to lunge at her furiously. As he is about to strike her, their son Matt storms in and breaks up the fight.
After the ceremony, A.J. is caught smoking marijuana with two teenagers in his garage, further dismaying his parents. A.J. then retreats to his room, where Pussy tells him his father is a good man. An increasingly emotional Pussy tells A.J. the story of his deceased sister and how Tony always stayed with her in the hospital until her death. After Pussy hugs A.J., the FBI's reception of signals from his wire becomes troublesome.
At the confirmation party, Tony gives Christopher an ultimatum: Tony will give him ten minutes to meditate about the path Christopher wants to take in life. Afterwards, Tony will know Christopher has made up his mind if he sees Christopher mingling at the party or not. Christopher is either to make a commitment to the mob life, seeking no other distractions, or not, in which case Tony never wants to see him again. Christopher thinks about this, sitting on the front steps of Tony's house, and re-enters the premises, indicating his pledge of loyalty to Tony and the mob family. A.J., along with his family and their priest, gather for a picture. When Tony asks where the godfather is, a distraught Pussy is revealed to be sobbing alone in the bathroom.[1][2]
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a shortened title for "development girl", used mostly in the film and television industry.
Connections to other media and cultural references[edit]
The plot device involving Jon Favreau's interest in writing a screenplay for a mafia movie is echoed in his actual 2001 film Made, which focuses on the exploits of two would-be wiseguys assigned to a job in New York City. Three cast members of The Sopranos appearing in this episode (Vincent Pastore, Federico Castelluccio, and Drea de Matteo) also play supporting roles in Favreau's film.
Christopher refers to the 1971 comedy The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight when Favreau talks about his passion to make and star in another film about "Crazy Joe Gallo."
Amy reminds Christopher that Mickey Blue Eyes (which starred Vincent Pastore and five other Sopranos cast members) is an example of another mob movie that failed to live up to its advance billing.
Adriana tells Amy and John that she enjoyed Favreau's 1996 film Swingers, with Vince Vaughn.
When Carmela and Tony express concern about AJ's existentialist pronouncements, Meadow quotes Mme de Staël: "One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.”
When Christopher relates the story of the transwoman whose lover threw acid in her face after becoming intimate and learning that she was actually transsexual, Amy recalls the 1992 film, The Crying Game.
Amy relates Maslow's hierarchy of needs to Christopher before becoming intimate with him.
When Amy tells Christopher they were wrong to have begun a relationship and Christopher responds that he really liked her, Amy observes that the mood has become rather "William Inge".
The final scene between Christopher and "d-girl" Amy takes place in the offices of a real-life talent agent David DeCamillo, who happens to represent Janeane Garofalo who plays herself in this episode. Coincidentally, in 1997, Garofalo appeared in a Law & Order episode also entitled "D-Girl."
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits is "Vedi, Maria", by Emma Shapplin.
When Chris, John, and Amy sit down at the pizza shop, the song played is "Swing Town" by the Steve Miller Band which is then followed by "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac.
Other music included in this episode "Tasty Pudding" by Chet Baker, "Shaolin Satellite" by Thievery Corporation and "Voulez-Vous?" by Arling & Cameron
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "HBO: The Sopranos: S 2 EP 20 D-Girl: Synopsis". HBO. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
2.Jump up ^ O'Connor, Mimi (2007-10-30). "The Sopranos: Episode Guide". In Martin, Brett. The Sopranos: The Complete Book. New York: Time. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4.
External links[edit]
"D-Girl" at HBO
"D-Girl" at the Internet Movie Database
"D-Girl" at TV.com


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Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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The Happy Wanderer (The Sopranos)
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"The Happy Wanderer"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep206.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 6
Directed by
John Patterson
Written by
Frank Renzulli
Production code
206
Original air date
February 20, 2000
Running time
49 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"The Happy Wanderer" is the nineteenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the sixth of the show's second season. It was written by Frank Renzulli, directed by John Patterson and originally aired on February 20, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Production
7 Music
8 Cultural references and references to other media
9 References
10 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
Guest starring[edit]
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Also guest starring[edit]
Robert Patrick as David Scatino
Lillo Brancato Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte
Federico Castelluccio as Furio
Nicole Burdette as Barbara Giglione
John C. Hensley as Eric Scatino
Marissa Redanty as Christine Scatino
Felix Solis as Fishman
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
Paul Mazursky as Sunshine
Frank Sinatra, Jr. as Himself
Lewis J. Stadlen as Dr. Fried
Adam Alexi-Malle as College Rep
P.J. Brown as Cop
Angela Covington as Gudren
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Barbara Gulan as Mrs. Gaetano
La Tanya Hall as Hooker
Sig Libowitz as Hillel
David McCann as Priest
Carmine Sirico as Dealer
Ed Vassallo as Tom Giglione
Episode recap[edit]
During College Night at Meadow's school, Tony reunites with an old school friend, David Scatino, who owns a sporting goods store in Ramsey, New Jersey. Davey then casually asks Tony if he can play in the "Executive Game", a high-stakes poker game established by Tony's father, Johnny Boy, and Uncle Junior in the 1960s, and now resurrected by Tony himself since Junior's house arrest. Tony warns Davey that because of the high stakes, he recommends that he not join the game due to the fact he believes that Davey lacks the capital to "sit in" such a game. The following day, Davey begins to owe serious debts after playing at Richie Aprile's small poker game, and falls behind on payments. Richie warns him that missing payments will only cause his debt to escalate faster (missed payments are added to the principal), and bars Davey from the Aprile poker game until he can catch up.
At his therapy session with Dr. Melfi, Tony discusses that things are going well for him but that he is becoming angry at everything. As an example he refers to "happy wanderers," people walking down the street with a smile and a happy manner. Tony explains that he is resentful of these people because "they always walk around with a clear head", while he cannot stave off depression and anger even when life is seemingly unproblematic, despairing at the death of his brother-in-law's father, Tom Giglione Sr., who was swept off a roof while putting up a satellite dish just one day after his retirement. Tony then tells Melfi that he is beginning to resent therapy as it encourages feelings of victimization, while his hero, Gary Cooper, was always resilient, "the strong, silent type". Tony also learns from Uncle Junior that he had another uncle who was mentally disabled. Uncle Junior tells him that his name was Ercoli (nicknamed "Eckley") and that his mother could not take care of him, instead sending him to the most suitable charity home in the state. Melfi sarcastically asks Tony if having a retarded family member makes him feel better about coming to therapy.
At Tom Giglione's funeral, Tony becomes angry when Livia arrives, saying she is dead to him. He also becomes angry when she attends a school performance where Meadow is scheduled to sing.
Before the card game, Christopher Moltisanti grooms Matt Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte giving them the dos and don'ts when they arrive at the game. Furio Giunta arranges the game to be held at the Teittleman motel, and is derisive when Hillel Teittleman complains about the criminal enterprises the mob has brought into his family's establishment, noting that the Hasidim enjoys the services of their prostitutes. At the card game, the players include Frank Sinatra, Jr., Johnny Sack, Silvio Dante, and Dr. Ira Fried. Tony is surprised when Davey Scatino arrives looking to join the game, and initially resists ("Davey, this is not a game for you") but at his friend's insistence, finally allows him to enter. In the beginning Davey wins a round which upsets Silvio into cursing and leveling insults, then turns into a full-blown meltdown when Tony orders Matthew to clean up around the table, "especially under Silvio" (though Tony's smirk betrays he knew how SIlvio would react to Matthew's clean-up attempt). By the morning, Davey owes $45,000 to Tony. Richie then visits the motel room where he sees Davey and attempts to choke him for even daring to enter the Executive Game when he still owes Richie thousands of dollars. Tony breaks up the fight and takes Richie outside. Richie tells Tony that Davey already owes him over $8,000. As punishment for causing a scene during the game and threatening one of his players, Tony tells the disobedient capo that Davey will pay his debt first and then Richie's, and that Richie's credit is frozen, meaning he cannot collect or charge interest from David Scatino until then. Davey fails to come up with the money for Tony, who tracks the debtor down to his store and smacks him around his office. Desperate, Davey turns to his friend Artie Bucco for a loan, but Artie declines when he learns that Davey is asking for $20,000, even though he is concerned by the news that his friend is in debt to Tony. Artie states that the Vesuvio is in need of a new roof.
As partial payment, a desperate Davey gives Tony the Nissan Pathfinder that belongs to his son, Eric Scatino, using the excuse that Eric was off-roading. Tony then gives the truck to Meadow, who soon realizes that it belonged to her friend and refuses to take it. Offended, Tony tells her that he is justified in demanding whatever payment Davey Scatino could offer, and insists that Meadow understand his work provides for their home. Tony yells that he is fine with Meadow not wanting the Pathfinder, instead he will sell it to Big Pussy and use the money to buy things such as food, clothes, and CD players for her saying he has been doing that ever since the day she was born. Carmela offers a slight rebuttal that the Scatino family is good friends with the provost of Georgetown, and he could be endangering Meadow's college choices. However, Eric is not prepared to accept his father's responsibility for the loss of his property. When they meet later that night to perform a duet with Meadow at the school's cabaret night, Eric demands that Meadow "make" Tony give his SUV back. When Meadow points out that she can't force Tony to give anything back, and further suggests that Davey bears at least some responsibility for his situation, he drops out minutes before their scheduled performance. As the show begins, an announcer alerts the audience a program change in the second act: that Meadow will be performing alone. Carmela is surprised, but relieved that Meadow will have a solo performance for her college application, while Tony seems unrepentant at the impact he has had on the Scatinos and their friendship with his own family.
First appearances[edit]
Vito Spatafore: Richie Aprile's nephew, who is also in his crew.
David Scatino: Tony's childhood friend and compulsive gambler.
Dr. Ira Fried: A player in the Executive Game and doctor specialized in treating erectile dysfunction. Also performs illegal surgeries for mob-related injuries.
Deceased[edit]
Tom Giglione, Sr.: Tony's brother-in-law's father, who died after falling off a roof.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title refers to a "happy wanderer", a person who walks around with no worries in the world, whom Tony despises.
"The Happy Wanderer" is also a German song written by Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller. An English version sung by Frankie Yankovic is played during the end credits.
Production[edit]
Though this is Joseph Gannascoli's first appearance as Vito, he previously had appeared briefly as Gino, a bakery customer, in one scene during the first-season episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti."
Tony Sirico's real-life older brother Carmine[1] appears as the nameless "Dealer" in Aprile's small-stakes poker game. His few words of dialogue are spoken off camera.
Music[edit]
The song sung by Gudren, the blond soprano, after Meadow and Eric's on-stage rehearsal, and again at the beginning of the concert, is "Gretchen am Spinnrade" by Franz Schubert.
The Muzak version of Spinning Wheel is heard in Ramsey Sport & Outdoor when Richie comes to collect a payment from Davey.
When Eric picks up Meadow, he is listening to "Down" by Stone Temple Pilots.
The duet that Meadow and Eric are practicing is "Sun and Moon" from the musical Miss Saigon.
The song "Love Is Strange" by Mickey and Sylvia can be heard playing in the background when David goes to Artie's restaurant seeking a loan from him.
The song "Tequila Sunrise" by The Eagles can be heard playing when Tony goes to collect his first payment from David "Davey" Scatino.
Cultural references and references to other media[edit]
Junior says Ercoli was a derivation of Hercules and that Ercoli was strong like a bull, and handsome like George Raft.
Silvio is getting increasingly agitated during a losing night of poker and finally explodes after Matt Bevilaqua sweeps up crumbs near him, yelling at Tony: "I'm losin' my balls over here. This fuckin' moron's playing Hazel?" Hazel was a 1960's hit TV show starring Shirley Booth as a maid.
Meadow complains to her chorus teacher that her last solo was in Kiss of the Spider Woman, two years ago.
When Eric Scatino opts out of doing the "Sun and Moon" duet with Meadow, the emcee announces that Meadow will, instead, sing the solo "My Heart Will Go On", from Titanic (1997). Also, during the "executive" poker game, Paulie makes a joke about Viagra being used to "raise" the real Titanic.
Tony once again mentions his role model actor Gary Cooper to Dr. Melfi.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Tomaso, Bruce. "Paulie and the priest". The Dallas Morning News Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
External links[edit]
"The Happy Wanderer" at HBO
"The Happy Wanderer" at the Internet Movie Database
"The Happy Wanderer" at TV.com


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 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Big Girls Don't Cry (The Sopranos)
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"Big Girls Don't Cry"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep205.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 5
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Written by
Terence Winter
Production code
204
Original air date
February 13, 2000
Running time
48 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"Big Girls Don't Cry" is the eighteenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the fifth of the show's second season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on February 13, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 Title reference
4 Production
5 Music
6 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano *
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano *
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Also guest starring[edit]
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Linda Emond as Dahlia
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
Federico Castelluccio as Furio
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
Steve R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Stephen Payne as Dominic
Lydia Gaston as Rosie
Sasha Nesterov as Russian Man
Elena Antonenko as Russian Woman
Oni Faida Lampley as Cynthia
Scott Lucy as Acting Student
Ajay Naidu as Omar
Robert Prescott as Mitch
Phyllis Somerville as Brenda
Episode recap[edit]
With Furio Giunta now working as a soldier with the Soprano family, Tony Soprano elevates Paulie Walnuts and Silvio Dante to capo and consigliere respectively. Paulie is at first befuddled by Tony's offer but then becomes very grateful. While dining at Nuovo Vesuvio, Tony asks Artie Bucco for a favor: to hire his "cousin" Furio from Italy as a mozzarella-maker. Artie tells Tony that the kitchen is already fully occupied and that his wife, Charmaine, would not be fond of the idea. Artie agrees to give Furio a trial run until he can attain full citizenship after Tony says that he will pay Furio's wages.
Tony then throws a party for Furio, where Pussy begins to become very jealous of Tony's sudden interest in his new soldier. Uncle Junior and Bobby Baccalieri show up, only to have Carmela slam the door in their faces, suspecting Junior's involvement in the attempt on Tony's life. Tony then gives Furio his first assignment: to collect from husband-wife brothel owners who owe Tony money. Furio viciously completes the job by beating both and shooting the husband in the kneecap.
Meanwhile, Dr. Melfi calls Tony on his cell phone. She continues to contemplate taking Tony back as a client over the objections of her therapist, Elliot Kupferberg. Melfi vividly describes her dream of Tony to her therapist — he was in a car crash as he desperately searches for his Prozac. Melfi believes that the symbolism in the dream is that Tony's car accident is caused by her abandoning of him as a client. As Tony is waiting for Furio to finish his "first assignment," she tells him that she has an open appointment for him the next day. Tony first declines the offer, since things have been going well without it, but he does attend the appointment later on.
Christopher Moltisanti is enrolled in an acting class as a gift from his girlfriend, Adriana La Cerva, because of his dream to be an actor/screenwriter. However, Christopher soon finds that the class is very demanding and rigorous and the schedule overlaps with his mob duties. While acting out a scene from the film Rebel Without a Cause, Christopher becomes very emotional and cries. Embarrassed and troubled, he leaves the room, despite the applause and approval of his classmates. During the next class, Christopher and another student practice an acting exercise which leads to Christopher violently attacking his partner. Adriana suggests that the exercise reminded him of his father's murder and how upset he felt not having a father growing up. That evening, Christopher rids himself of any traces of his unfinished screenplay, called "You Bark, I Bite", by disposing of the papers and floppy disks in a dumpster behind his apartment.
Tony's anger and resentment come to a head after Janice decides to take out a loan on Livia's house in order to renovate it. Furious, he rips a telephone out of the wall and throws it on the floor. A.J. witnesses his father's angry tirade and is yelled at by his father. He is then told by Carmela to go upstairs. Tony later goes up to apologize to A.J. for his irresponsible actions and jokingly blames it on being "a new product tester for Radio Shack".
At Livia's house, Tony discovers that Richie Aprile has spent the night with Janice. He is shocked and angered, but relents and tells Richie that Janice is now his problem.
Later on Tony's yacht, The Stugots (the name derives from the Southern Italian phrase stu cazzo which, in this case, means "these balls" but literally means "this cock"), Tony and Irina Peltsin quarrel because she is feeding cheese puffs to ducks swimming near the boat. He is angry because he believes this to be unhealthy for the ducks. This causes an intrusion by another boat owner, who happens to be Russian and suggests to Irina that if she does not like to fight she should find herself a Russian man. Tony hears them talking and walks to the man's boat and tells him to mind his own business. Tony then grabs the man by his testicles and squeezes them causing the man great pain. Tony and Irina then make a hasty escape before the Russian's wife calls the police.
While visiting Hesh Rabkin, Tony regales him with the story and confesses to having episodes where he has passed out. Tony tries unsuccessfully to replicate his relationship with Dr. Melfi by talking to Hesh, but Hesh seems uninterested and rambles on about other subjects. Hesh tells Tony that his father, Johnny, sometimes suffered panic attacks as Tony does now. Tony is surprised, since no one has ever mentioned his father's mental health. Hesh reassures him that his "condition" only affected Tony's father about twice a year.
Pussy continues to meet his FBI contact, Agent Skip Lipari, and complains about Tony, who has continued to keep Pussy in the dark about his current criminal plans and who has promoted Silvio and Paulie, but shafted him, despite knowing each other nearly their entire lives. Later, Paulie and Johnny Sack ask Pussy to leave the table when they are about to discuss business, even though Furio is allowed to stay.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is taken from the name of a song by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, which can be heard in the background during the restaurant scene during the episode. Valli would later have a role on the series as Rusty Millio.
It is also a reference to Dr. Melfi, who breaks down crying during her therapy with Elliot.
Further, Christopher's crying during this episode is a significant part of his story.
Production[edit]
Although the episode was the fifth of Season Two, it was the fourth to be produced.
In the very first scene (after the opening credits), when Christopher opens his car door, the reflections of the camera, crew, and onlookers can be seen.
Music[edit]
The song played in the background of Artie's restaurant is the title of the episode, "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The song playing when Christopher enters the massage parlor is "Touch It" by Monifah.
The song from Dr. Melfi's dream about Tony Soprano is "Optimistic Voices", a selection from the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz.
The song played during Furio's party is "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation.
The song played over the end credits is "White Mustang II" by Daniel Lanois.
External links[edit]
"Big Girls Don't Cry" at HBO
"Big Girls Don't Cry" at the Internet Movie Database
"Big Girls Don't Cry" at TV.com


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Creator and crew
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 Music ·
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 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Commendatori
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"Commendatori"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep204.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 4
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Written by
David Chase
Production code
209
Original air date
February 6, 2000
Running time
52 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" Next →
 "Big Girls Don't Cry"

Episode chronology
"Commendatori" is the seventeenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the fourth of the show's second season. It was written by David Chase, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on February 6, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Production
7 References in popular culture
8 Music
9 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi *
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. *
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
David Proval as Richie Aprile *
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano*
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Sofia Milos as Annalisa
Louis Lombardi, Jr. as Skip Lipari
Federico Castelluccio as Furio
Vittorio Duse as Zi Vittorio
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Mike Memphis as Jimmy Bones
Steven R. Schirripa as "Bacala" Baccalieri
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Jay Lynch as Partner
Emme Shaw as Nurse
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Ciro Maggio as Raffaelle
Danton Stone as Mr. Sontag
Melissa Weil as Mrs. Sontag
Jason Fuchs as Jr. Sontag
Jessica Peters as Sis Sontag
Gano Grills as Antonio
Anthony Alessandro as Waiter
Frank Caero as Host
Pina Cutolo as Mother
Raffaele Giulivo as Camillo
Antonio Lubrano as Nino
Rocco Malozzi as Don Vittorio's Assistant
Guido Palliggiano as Pino
Alida Tarallo as Prostitute
Alex Toma as Kid
Giuseppe Zeno as Tanno
Ricardo Zinna as Hotel Manager
Episode recap[edit]
While attempting to watch a bootleg version of The Godfather, Part II, Tony Soprano announces to his crew that he will be traveling to Naples, along with Paulie Walnuts and Christopher Moltisanti, to make a deal with a local Camorra family (distantly related to the Sopranos) over the smuggling of stolen cars. Although Tony is excited by the prospect of the trip, he downplays its appeal to Carmela, who is upset that Tony will go abroad with his mob associates but not his family. Tony tries to explain to Carmela that it is a business trip and there will not be enough time for leisure activities.
That evening, a family (credited as the Sontags) are car-jacked by two black men wielding guns. The robbers start to drive away but then realize the family dog is still in the vehicle. They let it out via one of the passenger seats and it runs away, despite the family's cries for it to come to them. The patriarch of the family angrily yells to himself about the "niggers" that stole his car, making his family upset. However, the next shot shows Tony looking at a picture of the Sontags' SUV along with pictures of other stolen vehicles, making it clear that the carjackings are being performed at Tony's behest.
Over lunch with Rosalie Aprile and Angie Bonpensiero, Carmela asks Angie how her transition with Pussy is going now that he is home. Angie regrets having Pussy home and has been sick ever since. Angie then tells the wives that she had recently undergone a test for a tumor and Pussy had little sympathy for her. As the other wives listen in horror, she confesses that she has contemplated suicide but instead will pursue divorce when the results come back. Angie's tests soon come back negative, but she begins to file for the divorce papers as soon as the legal firms return from the upcoming Jewish holiday. Carmela, obviously taking the matter personally, reminds Angie that Pussy is a doting father, and persuades her to stay with him for the sake of their children who, although grown, are in precariously transitional stages in their lives. Angie tells Carmela that when Pussy arrived home after many months of absence, she felt depressed and angry. As she leaves, Carmela seems ambivalent about the reasoning she has presented to her friend. When Pussy arrives home and silently presents flowers to Angie, she pauses for a moment and then swats him with them.
However, the state of his marriage has been the least of Pussy's concerns lately: he has been preoccupied by the pressures of his cooperation with the government, and growing increasingly paranoid. Pussy is unnerved when he is spotted by Jimmy Bones, a professional Elvis impersonator and acquaintance, during a meeting with his FBI handler, Agent Skip Lipari. The pair are forced to concoct a cover story on the spot, claiming that Skip is a "friend of ours" (i.e., a made man) from Dover, Delaware, to which Bones remarks that he has never heard of any made men from Delaware before. Skip insists that Pussy is doing well and has not attracted suspicion, but this is clearly not true. To ensure that Jimmy remains quiet, Pussy visits his house and beats him to death with a ball-peen hammer.
Tony, Christopher, and Paulie arrive in Naples and meet Furio Giunta, who will be their translator throughout the trip. Furio then informs him that they will be dining with several capos in the Naples family and that Don Vittorio, boss of the family, might not be present. Paulie and Tony go to the dinner but find that they are doing business with another made man, Nino, whom Tony does not want to talk to. During dinner Tony is angry dealing with Nino as Paulie, who has been becoming increasingly excited over the trip, keeps bothering him. However, upon meeting the Don, it becomes abundantly clear that Vittorio is now senile and incapable of conducting business as he continuously names major roads and freeways that he remembers from a previous trip to America. Frustrated, Tony is informed that the Don's son-in-law, Mauro Zucca, stepped in to replace him, but is in prison serving a life sentence. Tony is surprised to learn that Mauro's wife and Vittorio's daughter, Annalisa, has assumed control of the family. On leaving the restaurant, Tony and Paulie are shocked to see Furio and his cohorts mercilessly beat a boy, who set off firecrackers as the Don passed by to gain attention and respect, and even punch the boy's mother when she tries to intervene. The next day, Tony meets Annalisa, but he still has reservations about dealing with a woman, and tensions are further raised by the bosses' mutual sexual attraction. Tony's companions from back home prove incapable of offering support; Christopher has spent his time locked in his hotel room, secretly indulging his heroin habit with local prostitutes and junkies, and Paulie has been on a mission to rediscover his roots, only to uncover a distaste for Neapolitan hospitality, cuisine, and plumbing.
The following day, Annalisa calls for Tony and says they still have some unfinished business to discuss over dinner. Tony reluctantly agrees to finish talking to Annalisa and states that in order for their arrangement to work, she has to transfer Furio to his family. Annalisa scoffs at the suggestion, saying that Furio is one of her best men and her cousin. Tony agrees to trade her the stolen cars at a reduced price in exchange. She agrees and the pair relax, visiting several city landmarks. She comes on to Tony, but tension is also resolved when Tony reluctantly informs Annalisa that to have a sexual relationship with a business partner would be bad for business and states he does not want to "shit where he eats". She is initially angered by this, but the two decide to become business partners. At Newark Airport, Pussy drives up to take the returning trio home; Paulie describes his trip as "fabulous", although he is clearly very happy to be back in New Jersey as he looks through the window on the drive home. Tony is still brooding over his unfulfilled attraction to Annalisa, and Christopher, finally waking from his heroin-induced stupor, is busy buying Adriana a gift from the airport gift shop.
When Tony enters the house and announces his return home, Carmela is in her bedroom, seemingly reflecting on her own marriage struggles after having earlier consoled Angie's tale of woe about herself and Pussy. She steels herself, then exits to greet Tony.
First appearances[edit]
Furio Giunta: a made man from the Naples Mafia headed by Don Vittorio and Annalisa Zucca. Furio is sent to America after a successful trade between Tony and Annalisa.
These are also the first recast character appearances of Angie Bonpensiero: Pussy's wife, and Gabriella Dante: Silvio's wife. Previously, both of these characters (although only implied as their wives) appeared very briefly in the first season, played by different actresses.
Deceased[edit]
Jimmy Bones: an Elvis impersonator and Mafia associate, repeatedly hit with a hammer over his head and beaten to death by Big Pussy to cover up his FBI informant disguise.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a plural of the Italian language word commendatore, which is an honorable title in Italian society. Tony and his crew are given this greeting in Italy, which Paulie hears and then tries to use it throughout the episode.
Production[edit]
Although the episode was the fourth of season two, it was the ninth to be produced.
Series creator and head writer David Chase makes a cameo appearance in the episode as an Italian man at an Italian cafe. Paulie says "commendatori" to the man's table, where he is sitting with other of men. They look at Paulie and then turn away emotionless.
The scene wherein Paulie attempts to make conversation with the locals on the waterfront was not scripted; Tony Sirico was simply filmed interacting with passers-by. In the scene Paulie tells a passer-by that he is from America, and the Italian man asks Paulie if he is from NATO and asks if his planes cut their ski lift cable. This is a reference to the 1998 Cavalese cable car disaster.
Paulie tells an Italian prostitute that Sicilians are hot-headed. In reality, the actor who plays Paulie (Tony Sirico) is himself Sicilian, not Neapolitan like his character.
Vittorio Duse, who played Zi Vittorio, also played Don Tommasino in The Godfather Part III.
The final exchange between Tony and Annalisa was filmed in the archeological ruins of Cumae.
References in popular culture[edit]
The opening scene of this episode is accessible as an easter egg on the bonus disc of The Godfather DVD Collection.
Music[edit]
The song "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli is played three times throughout the episode.
When Tony is driven to Annalisa Zucca's villa the Napolitano song "Core 'ngrato" is played (without the vocals).
The song "Marco Polo" by Jovanotti is briefly played when Christopher is taking drugs the first time.
The song "Certamente" by the Italian rock band Madreblu is played when Christopher is taking drugs the second time.
The song played over the end credits is "Piove" by Jovanotti.
External links[edit]
"Commendatori" at HBO
"Commendatori" at the Internet Movie Database
"Commendatori" at TV.com


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 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
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 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Toodle Fucking-Oo
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"Toodle Fucking-Oo"
The Sopranos episode
Toodle Fucking-Oo Sopranos.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 3
Directed by
Lee Tamahori
Written by
Frank Renzulli
Production code
202
Original air date
January 30, 2000
Running time
50 minutes
Guest actors


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"Toodle Fucking-Oo" is the sixteenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the third of the show's second season. It was written by Frank Renzulli, directed by Lee Tamahori and originally aired on January 30, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Title reference
5 Production
6 Connections with future episodes
7 Music
8 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
David Proval as Richie Aprile
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
Guest starring[edit]
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Matthew Sussman as Dr. Schreck
Paul Herman as Beansie Gaeta
Michele de Cesare as Hunter Scangarelo
Diana Agostini as Miriam
Getchie Argetsinger as Yoga Instructor
Leslie Beatty as Nancy
Ed Crasnick as Comedian
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
Catrina Ganey as Nurse
Marc Freeman Hamm as Party Goer
Linda Mann as Joint Copper
Joe Pacheo as Policeman
Charles Sammarco as Joey
Antonette Schwartzberg as Beansie's Mother
Mike Squicciarini as Big Frank
Donna Smythe as Gia Gaeta
Deirdre Sullivan as Hospital Patient
Craig Wojcik as Pizza Kid
Episode recap[edit]
Richie Aprile, the late Jackie's brother, is paroled from prison after being incarcerated for 10 years. In his first few days out of jail, Richie manages to reunite and cause problems with old acquaintances and to put his message out to the other associates that he has returned. The first man Richie pays a visit to is respected pizzeria owner Beansie Gaeta, who was once partnered with Richie in drug dealings and crime. Richie states to Beansie that he wants respect and what is owed to him. Beansie feels threatened and tells him to back off, which angers Richie; he smashes a coffee pot over Beansie's head, throws a chair at him, and hits him several times, eventually breaking his left cheek bone.
Meanwhile Tony Soprano is informed by the West Orange police that his daughter, Meadow, threw a party at Livia's house. In addition to the house being trashed, there was ecstasy, Ketamine and alcohol found at the scene, explaining the overdose of one of the party goers. Since the officer owed Tony a favor, he agreed not to expose what really happened at the party. Meadow and Hunter are then driven home and interrogated by Tony. At home, Carmela expects an explanation, but Meadow just runs up the stairs when questioned. When discussing a punishment, Carmela tells Tony that there must be consequences and asks what kind of parents they would be if they don't punish her. Tony then says that there will be, and he also adds that "with the laws today, you can't restrain your kid physically. 'Cause then she would sue you for child abuse." Carmela insists on consequences, but then he replies to her, "Let's just not overplay our hand, because if she finds out that we're powerless, we're fucked." Meadow later comes clean, but she selects her own punishment by allowing her parents to take away her Discover Card for three weeks. Meadow later reveals to her best friend that losing her credit card is no big deal as she has cash saved up, and she chose this punishment believing she really put one over on her parents.
Janice initially defends Meadow's delinquency, interpreting it as a sign she is growing independent. Carmela politely yet firmly asks Janice not to interfere in her parenting of her daughter. However, when Janice discovers the mess at Livia's house, stained walls, garbage everywhere and vomit on the hardwood floors, she thinks that Meadow is getting off too easy. This annoys Tony, who angrily tells Janice to stop intruding on how they raise their kids, throwing a bowl of cereal he is eating across the room. Tony then leaves and an irate Carmela tells Janice, "Mind your fucking business, and keep your mouth shut when it comes to my kids!" A hurt Janice then leaves, saying she perhaps overstayed her welcome. Meadow overhears the argument and is visibly upset that Janice is angry with her. Janice and Carmela reconcile later that night and Carmela insists that she continue to stay at the house.
While eating dinner at an Italian restaurant, Jennifer Melfi shares a bottle of wine with some friends. As they are leaving the restaurant, Melfi sees Tony at a table with his "co-workers." She is taken aback and asks how he has been. Tony says that he is fine and exchanges the question with her. Melfi recommends a dish on the menu and Tony, annoyed, asks if they are now making small talk. Melfi leaves by saying an informal "Toodle-oo." Later, at a session with her therapist, Dr. Elliot Kupferberg, she reveals she is significantly annoyed and embarrassed by her behavior she displayed that night in front of her former patient. She asks Dr. Kupferberg if she did the right thing not accepting Tony as her patient anymore, to which Dr. Kupferberg answers that it depends on her reasons for becoming a psychiatrist in the first place. The following night, Melfi has a dream in which Tony suffers a major car accident after running out of Prozac. As Tony crashes the car in the pouring rain, music from The Wizard of Oz ("Optimistic Voices") plays in the background. Melfi wakes up with a start from her dream and immediately writes it down in a journal.
Tony throws Richie a welcome home party after his long prison term. At the party, Richie's supporters all pay him homage with envelopes of cash, except for Beansie Gaeta. When Richie asks if Beansie is present, he's told nobody has seen him. Hours after the party, Richie tracks down Beansie, behind his pizzeria and shoots at him for his disrespect, chasing him down the street on foot. Beansie escapes and when he feels it is safe, he returns to his Jaguar, only to find Richie lying in wait. Richie proceeds to run over Beansie, severely injuring him. Tony later visits Beansie in the hospital where his wife becomes very confrontational over his injury. Tony helps Beansie blow his nose while Beansie laments, "I might not be able to wipe my own ass, you know that?". Beansie's doctor has minimal hope that he will walk again.
Tony later reprimands Richie for nearly killing Beansie and disrespecting his decisions, threatening him with severe consequences should he not follow the boss's orders again.
Richie sees Janice by chance at a yoga class where they reminisce and talk about their recent past and current status. Richie later tries to win Janice over by bringing an expensive bouquet of flowers to Livia's bedside. Over coffee in the cafeteria, Janice tells Richie that they are both in very different places, but Richie insists that they give their long ago relationship another shot.
When Tony goes to change the locks at Livia's, he discovers Meadow scrubbing the floors and cleaning up the house. The stench of old vomit and bleach makes her choke. Tony turns away from the house, perplexed by his daughter's sudden display of remorse.
First appearances[edit]
Richie Aprile: The late Jackie Aprile, Sr.'s older brother, who is paroled from prison after a 10-year sentence.
Peter "Beansie" Gaeta: a pizzeria owner and Mafia associate of Richie Aprile, Jackie Aprile, Sr., and Tony Soprano.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg: Dr. Melfi's colleague and psychotherapist.
Dr. Douglas Schreck: Junior Soprano's cardiologist.
Title reference[edit]
"Toodle-oo" is an informal form of "good-bye". An annoyed Melfi adds her own twist on the saying while mulling over her run-in with Tony.
Production[edit]
Although this was the third episode of season two, it was the second to be produced.
David Proval (Richie Aprile) is now billed in the opening credits.
Proval originally auditioned to play the role of Tony Soprano. He was turned down because creator David Chase felt he looked "too right," for the part.
Connections with future episodes[edit]
When meeting with Tony at the mall, Richie reminds Tony that he helped him and his brother, Jackie, get a "pass" after robbing a card game of DiMeo capo "Feech" La Manna. This is the first reference to the story, which is retold with more details in later seasons.
Music[edit]
The song played when Tony arrives on the scene of the party at Livia's is "Holla Holla" by Ja Rule.
The song played while the girls cook in the kitchen is "No Scrubs" by TLC.
The "Optimistic Voices" number from The Wizard of Oz, heard in Dr. Melfi's dream, comes from the original soundtrack of the film.
The song played over the end credits is "Viking" by Los Lobos.
The song played when Carmela and Janice apologise to one another is "Never Miss the Water" by "Chaka Khan".
External links[edit]
"Toodle Fucking-Oo" at HBO
"Toodle Fucking-Oo" at the Internet Movie Database
"Toodle Fucking-Oo" at TV.com


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The Sopranos


Creator and crew
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 Writers
 

Related articles
Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



Episodes ·
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Do Not Resuscitate (The Sopranos)
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"Do Not Resuscitate"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep202.jpg
Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 2
Directed by
Martin Bruestle
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Frank Renzulli
Production code
203
Original air date
January 23, 2000
Running time
50 minutes
Guest actors


see below

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"Do Not Resuscitate" is the fifteenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the second of the show's second season. It was written by Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess and Frank Renzulli, directed by Martin Bruestle and originally aired on January 23, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Connections to future episodes
7 Production
8 References to other media
9 Music
10 References
11 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi *
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Bill Cobbs as Reverend James, Sr.
Lillo Brancato Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Gregalan Williams as Reverend James, Jr.
Richard Portnow as Attorney Melvoin
Steven R. Schirripa as "Bacala" Baccalieri
Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte
Robert Desiderio as Jack Massarone
Michael Broughton as Protestor
James Collins as Truck Driver
Catherine Dent as Arlene Riley
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Elizabeth Flax as Therapist
Sam Gray as Judge Greenspan
Timothy Huang as Doctor
Tertia Lynch as Duty Nurse
John Mariano as Ralph Giorgio
Tony Rigo as Old Guy
Laurine Towler as Surgical Nurse
Kellie Turner as Nurse's aide
Beatrice Winde as Funeral Guest
Episode recap[edit]
Tony Soprano visits Uncle Junior in prison, upset that he wasn't put on the visitors' list for three weeks. Junior tells Tony to be careful what he says as the prison officials record inmates' conversations. Junior tries in vain to convince Tony that Livia had nothing to do with the shooting. Tony won't talk business but asks to meet with Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri, Junior's now highest-ranking soldier. When Bobby meets Tony at Satriale's, Tony tells him that Junior can still "earn" via his shylock business and the pipe fitters' union, but everything else now belongs to him, though Junior will still hold the official title of boss. Before leaving, Bobby quotes, "to the victor belongs the spoils." Tony angrily tells Bobby to shove his "quotations book up your fat fuckin' ass" and to get out.
The following day, Junior's lawyer, Harold Melvoin, successfully gets Junior out of jail after convincing the judge that Junior has a recurring heart problem. The judge agrees to put Junior on house arrest with a position-monitoring bracelet, on the condition that he can only leave the house for grocery shopping, family functions, and doctor's appointments. During one such appointment at which Tony is present, Junior tells Tony that the owner of the Green Grove Nursing Home, Fred Capuano, has been discussing Soprano family business with others, saying that "Tony Soprano likes to fluff his mother's pillows". Tony takes action by making sure that Capuano disappears. Shortly thereafter, a New Jersey State Trooper finds Capuano's abandoned Cadillac and toupée near a waterway.
After Pussy has surgery for his back, his "friend" Agent Skip Lipari takes him home. It is revealed that Pussy has been working with the FBI since at least 1998, but it is unknown to what exact extent. Now that informant Jimmy Altieri has been whacked, Skip wants Pussy to step up and "stop being Tony's errand boy." Pussy tries to convince Skip that he is over Tony and that he wants to help the government. However, Pussy continues to lie to Lipari and provide him with false information.
When Tony learns that Massarone Brothers Construction is facing problems due to a lack of African American workers, which is causing union protests, he accepts Jack Massarone's offer to stop the dissent. Tony then sends in several mob associates to successfully break the strike and send the protesters away from the construction site. Tony later visits Reverend James, Jr., where it is revealed that he is in on it with Tony. He arranged the protest so that the Soprano crew could break it up and extort Massarone. The Reverend states "My protesters would kill me if they knew I was lining my pockets with their blood."
In the hospital, Janice Soprano continues to visit Livia, still unhappy and in self-pity. When Janice asks Meadow what brings Livia joy, Meadow tells her that Livia enjoys opera and show tunes. Janice then purchases a set of records and plays them for Livia, who becomes very emotional. Later, Livia begins to choke but is quickly attended by a nurse. The nurse then discusses with Janice whether to make Livia a "DNR"—otherwise known as "Do Not Resuscitate"—if she ever enters a comatose state or is kept alive artificially. Janice considers this and talks it over with Tony, who advises her to do whatever she wants and that she can even move into Livia's house if she should choose. A.J. overhears this and asks Livia if "DNR" is the same as "DNA," as he is writing a school paper on the subject. Livia is shocked that her daughter would suggest this. When Janice tells Livia she is ready to go home, Livia says, "Why? So you can 'not resuscitate' me?" Livia is then brought back to her hospital room where, apparently quite disoriented, she calls Carmela and tells her about her troubled offspring, and promises to leave her wealth to her grandchildren. Carmela warns her to never call the house again. Livia begins to say "if anything happens to me," but Carmela hangs up before she can finish her sentence.
The following evening, Junior slips in the shower while shaving and believes that he has fractured something, maybe even a hip. Bobby Bacala then frantically calls Tony for help and Tony hurries over to find Junior lying on the couch, soaking wet, in his bathrobe. Tony suggests that they call an ambulance, to which Junior objects. Tony then picks his uncle up in his arms and drives him to the emergency room.
First appearances[edit]
"Black" Jack Massarone: owner of Massarone Brothers Construction, which was once run by Uncle Junior
Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri: member of the Junior Soprano crew who becomes Junior's aide
Agent Skip Lipari: FBI Agent handling Big Pussy Bonpensiero
Reverend Herman James Jr.: an activist of the African American community who made a secret deal with Tony to organize the protest against Massarone and then split the protection money together.
Deceased[edit]
Frederick 'Freddie' Capuano: Director of Green Grove Retirement Community, presumed murdered by the Soprano crime family for talking about Soprano business and about Tony's attempt to kill his mother, though his body is never shown on screen
Reverend Herman James, Sr.: dies of natural causes due to old age (he was 83)
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a common medical clause known as Do Not Resuscitate or DNR. Janice and Tony talk about signing a DNR for Livia.
Connections to future episodes[edit]
Agent Lipari stated that Pussy has been working with the FBI since 1998, which would mean that Tony's suspicion of Pussy wearing a wire during Christmas of 1995 in episode 3.10, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power," was false.
Production[edit]
Although this was the second episode of season two to air, it was the third to be produced.
References to other media[edit]
When Livia watches a cooking show with Emeril Lagasse on TV, her appalled reaction is: "He's not even washing his hands!" From 2000 onward, Emeril was cautious to wash his hands while cooking on Emeril Live, in hopes that "the lady from "The Sopranos" doesn't bug me".
After Livia finds out about Janice's plans regarding the DNR (and that Janice will be moving in with her), she confronts her daughter, saying: "I've seen that movie with Richard Widmark." This is most likely a reference to the 1947 film Kiss of Death, in which Widmark's character (a gleefully psychotic killer) pushes a wheelchair-using elderly woman down a flight of stairs to her death.[1] This is reinforced by the fact that during this scene, Janice briefly hallucinates an image of Livia falling down the stairs on a "In case of fire use stairs" sign on the hospital wall. It may alternatively be seen as a reference to the 1978 film Coma, also starring Widmark.[2]
Music[edit]
The song playing as Janice drives while smoking pot was "Mother and Child Reunion," by Paul Simon.
The song playing when Janice reconciles with Livia in the hospital is "Non ti scordar di me," in the version by Luciano Pavarotti.
The song played over the end credits is "Goodnight, My Love" by Ella Fitzgerald.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Matt Zoller-Seitz (2000-01-28). "Star-Ledger Sopranos Archive: She's the devil in disguise". Star-Ledger (Newark). Retrieved 2009-03-07.
2.Jump up ^ IMDB. "Coma (1978)-Movie Connections". IMDB. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
External links[edit]
"Do Not Resuscitate" at HBO
"Do Not Resuscitate" at the Internet Movie Database
"Do Not Resuscitate" at TV.com


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 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

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Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
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Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
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"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..."
The Sopranos episode
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Episode no.
Season 2
 Episode 1
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
Jason Cahill
Production code
201
Original air date
January 16, 2000
Running time
49 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." is the fourteenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the first of the show's second season. It was written by Jason Cahill, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on January 16, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring 1.1.1 Also guest starring

2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Title reference
6 Production
7 References to other episodes
8 Cultural references
9 Music
10 References
11 External links

Starring[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
Vincent Pastore as Big Pussy Bonpensiero
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
and Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Lillo Brancato Jr. as Matt Bevilaqua
Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
Nicole Burdette as Barbara Giglione
David Margulies as Neil Mink
Tom Aldredge as Hugh DeAngelis
John Billeci as Manager
Darrell Carey as Proctor
Dan Chen as Ernest Wu
Robert Cicchini as Dr. D'Alessio
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Mark Fish as Caller #2
Karen Giordano as Samantha Martin
Bryan Greenberg as Peter McClure
Dan Grimaldi as Philly Parisi
Philipp Kaner as Caller #3
Katrina Lantz as Sylvia
George Loros as Raymond Curto
Wayne W. Pretlow as Caller #1
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary DeAngelis
Kevin Sussman as Kevin
Roberto Thomas as Lee
Ed Vassallo as Tom Giglione
Terence Patrick Winter as Tom Amberson
Episode recap[edit]
Several months after Mikey Palmice's execution and Livia Soprano's hospitalization, things are going back to some sort of normalcy once again. Tony Soprano begins to self-medicate as he is no longer receiving therapy from Dr. Melfi, who begins working out of a motel after being warned that her office is no longer safe. Christopher Moltisanti hires someone to take his stockbroker's licensing exam. Uncle Junior is in prison. Carmela Soprano continues to play the role of housewife. Livia begins receiving physical therapy. Ray Curto continues to bring in the money for Tony - as do Paulie Gualtieri and Silvio Dante, who indulge in designer shoes and Bada Bing strippers. Tony continues to sleep with his Russian mistress, Irina, and hides that he was out all night by burying his clothes in a load of laundry. He then sneaks into bed and falls asleep. The following morning when Tony goes to fetch the paper, he sees an old Buick Riviera parked just outside his driveway. Tony starts to cautiously walk away, thinking this may be another hit, only to have Big Pussy emerge and ask if they can talk.
Tony and Pussy then go down to Tony's basement, where they discuss Pussy's absence. Pussy tries to explain that he was in Puerto Rico for back therapy and medical assistance, and did not want to tell his wife, since he started sleeping with his acupuncturist. He also no longer felt safe in New Jersey because of the impressions previously caused by Tony and his crew. Tony still does not trust Pussy completely, and pats him down while giving him a hug. Pussy becomes offended at this but Tony pulls him in for another hug; a real one. At the Bada Bing!, the associates welcome Pussy and Silvio entertains the group with impressions from The Godfather.
Tony assigns former Junior Soprano crew soldier Gigi Cestone (who was brought over to Tony's crew after Tony became street boss because Tony knew he could control him) to take out active Junior Soprano crew soldier Philly "Spoons" Parisi after it was discovered Philly had been spreading rumors that Tony wanted his mother dead, which was actually true. Tony believed if Gigi performed the hit on a soldier from his own crew it would look less obvious. Gigi, putting on the pretense of returning home from a trip to visit the family's imprisoned emeritus boss Eckley Dimeo, has Paulie Gualtieri drop him off at the airport only to be picked up by the unsuspecting Philly. After Gigi gets all the specific details out of Philly, he shoots Philly in the head yelling "You big mouth fuck!" Tony calls Melfi on a pay phone informing her "it's over" and that she can come home.
Christopher is made the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance officer (actually the "head") of an investment firm and is pressuring people to push a new worthless stock, Webistics. When Christopher takes a "meeting" down the shore (with Adriana La Cerva), he places Matt Bevilaqua, a fellow stockbroker, in charge. While Matt is doing his rounds with friend Sean Gismonte to make sure people are advising the purchase of Webistics, they discover one broker is not doing as he is told. Instead, he is providing general investment advice based on the needs of the customers. They proceed to pour hot coffee on him and administer a savage beating. The former manager tells them to break it up but is threatened by Matt to go back to his office. The following day, Silvio informs Tony that Christopher is not doing his job well and that two employees left because of an "incident." Tony tells Christopher to be careful, to wise up and to make himself available at the firm instead of being a "no-show."
Tony then receives a phone call from Carmela, who informs him that his long-gone sister, Janice, has resurfaced and is looking for a place to stay. Perturbed, he invites Janice to stay but knows that when she leaves he will be "$5,000 lighter." Tony suggests to Carmela that they have a big family reunion with Tony's younger sister, Barbara Giglione, and all of the children. He makes it clear that Livia is not to be invited.
While driving, Tony has a panic attack and runs off the road. He is not hurt since his airbag deploys after he runs into a barricade surrounding a utility box. He meets with another psychiatrist (under the alias of "Mr. Spears") to discuss his panic attacks and his mother. The psychiatrist tells Tony that he recognizes him and has seen Analyze This, and informs him that he is not taking new clients at this time.
Tony then talks to Janice about Livia and that he never wants her spoken of in the Soprano house again. Janice understands what is going on but will continue to see Livia and possibly occupy her house. Tony tells her that it is not possible since he is selling the house. Janice tries to convince him not to but goes unheeded. Tony and Carmela are soon asked to the house by a realtor who informs them that Livia's house was vandalized. Carmela then asks when Tony is getting back into therapy and tells him that her parents will be coming to the party as well. It is revealed that Carmela's parents avoided gatherings where Livia would be present, due to rude comments Livia had made to them.
At the party, everyone seems to be in good spirits except for Tony, who is angered about his mother and angered further when he discovers the For Sale sign from Livia's house inside Janice's car, implying that Janice is trying to prevent it from being sold. Carmela asks once again, "When are you getting back into therapy?" Tony states that he does not know but that he has been self-medicating. Carmela then suggests that he go have a good time with his friends and family and not worry about Livia. Tony does so and continues to joke around with Pussy. Meanwhile, Janice and Barbara are talking about Tony's handling of the situation. Janice thinks that no one is going to get their fair share from the house but Barbara believes that Tony is handling the situation very well and that he will give them both their fair share.
At a diner the following morning, Tony tries to apologize to Dr. Melfi, who is extremely upset that she could not help another patient who committed suicide. Tony feels bad but tries to ask her if he can come back, or for a referral. She refuses and angrily tells him to get out of her life, and he leaves the diner. Carmela, who is surprised that Tony is home early, fixes him leftover spaghetti. As Tony sits and eats, he tells Carmela to sit and eyes her as she looks through the mail.
First appearances[edit]
Hugh De Angelis: Carmela's father.
Mary De Angelis: Carmela's mother.
Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte: Associates who work as stockbrokers at Christopher's firm who are looking to get themselves recognized by the Soprano family.
Philly "Spoons" Parisi: soldier in the Corrado "Junior" Soprano crew.
Gigi Cestone: soldier in the Junior Soprano crew.
Neil Mink: Tony Soprano's attorney and confidante.
Thomas Giglione: Barbara Soprano's husband and Tony and Janice's brother-in-law.
These are also the first present-day appearances of Janice Soprano (also known as Parvati Wasatch): Tony's sister, who resurfaces after a 20-year absence while living in Seattle, and Barbara Soprano Giglione: Tony's younger sister, who lives in Brewster, New York. Previously, both of these characters appeared (as children) in flashbacks in "Down Neck".
Deceased[edit]
Philly "Spoons" Parisi: killed by Gigi Cestone for spreading rumors that Tony likes to "fluff his mother's pillows." Dan Grimaldi later returned to the series as Philly's twin brother, Patsy.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is intended to be the beginning of a joke (for example, "Guy walks into a bar and..."). It refers to Tony's therapy sessions.
Production[edit]
Drea de Matteo (Adriana La Cerva) and Aida Turturro (Janice Soprano) are now billed in the opening credits.
During the opening sequence with "It Was A Very Good Year" playing, the shot that shows Junior's picture in FBI Headquarters being moved under Tony's clearly shows, next to Tony's picture, Johnny Sack as a capo in the DiMeo Family, which is obviously false.
Show producer/writer/director Terence Winter appears as minor character Tom Amberson, a Dr. Melfi patient in the first of his three series' appearances. Winter was filling in when no other actor pleased director Allen Coulter.[1]
References to other episodes[edit]
It is revealed in this episode that Carmela's parents have avoided family functions at the Soprano home that Livia attended for years. However, this contradicts Season One's episode "46 Long" in which Carmela mentions that Livia is personally picking up her parents to attend dinner at Tony and Carmela's house.
In Season One episode "Nobody Knows Anything" Tony tells Livia that her house, which he put up for sale, has an accepted offer, a move that angered Livia so much that she revealed to Junior about Tony and his capos secret meetings at Green Grove. However, in this episode Tony reveals to Janice that he just had the house put on the market.
Tony's sister Barbara reveals to Janice that she was horrified at what Livia tried to do to Tony, implying she knew about the Livia conspiring with Junior to have Tony hit. However, in the last episode of the season "Funhouse" Barbara seems not to know what happened between Tony and Livia.
Cultural references[edit]
Edward G. Robinson, playing a mobster, is briefly seen and heard as Key Largo plays on a TV in Christopher's apartment.
Phillip Parisi's death is a reference to The Godfather (1972), when Paulie Gatto is shot and killed in the driver's seat of a car because of his role in the attempted murder of Vito Corleone. Also, as Philly gets in his car to leave home, his wife tells him, "Don't forget the pastries", a reference to the scene where Peter Clemenza's also wife tells him, "Don't forget the cannoli", before he drives off to see that Paulie is killed.
At Tony's cookout, the crew chats about Shelley Hack (of Charlie's Angels fame), leading to Paulie Gualtieri singing the jingle for Charlie cologne.
Tony refers to his mother as a "streg" -- abbreviation for "strega," the Italian word for witch.
Music[edit]
After the opening credits, the episode shows the status of all the major characters, overscored by Frank Sinatra's "It Was a Very Good Year".
The song played during Sil's The Godfather prank in the Bing! is "Nod Off" by Skeleton Key.
During the Soprano family barbecue, Andrea Bocelli's "Con te partirò" is playing in the background.
While Tony is driving in his truck before he passes out and crashes, he is listening to Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" (the song was also used in a Season Six episode, "Join the Club)".
The song playing when Christopher is in the bar with Adriana, Matthew and Sean (41:54) is Alejandro Escovedo's "Guilty" from his 1999 album Bourbonitis Blues.
The song played over the end credits is "Time Is on My Side" by Irma Thomas.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Murphy, John. "One on One with Terence Winter". HoboTrashCan. HoboTrashCan. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
External links[edit]
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." at HBO
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." at the Internet Movie Database
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." at TV.com


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The Sopranos


Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 Writers
 

Related articles
Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



Episodes ·
 Category Category
 

 


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The Sopranos (season 2)
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The Sopranos (season 2)
The Sopranos S2 DVD.jpg
Region 1 DVD cover art

Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
13
Broadcast

Original channel
HBO
Original run
January 16, 2000 – April 9, 2000
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1
November 6, 2001
Region 2
November 24, 2003
Region 4
September 3, 2001
Season chronology

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Season 1
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Season 3

List of The Sopranos episodes
The second season of The Sopranos aired on HBO from January 16 to April 9, 2000.


Contents  [hide]
1 Main cast 1.1 Cast
1.2 Recurring cast
2 Episodes
3 External links

Main cast[edit]
Cast[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano (13 episodes)
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi (11 episodes)
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano (13 episodes)
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti (12 episodes)
Dominic Chianese as Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Jr. (11 episodes)
Vincent Pastore as Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero (13 episodes)
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante (10 episodes)
Tony Sirico as Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri (10 episodes)
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. (10 episodes)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano (12 episodes)
Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano (10 episodes)
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva (9 episodes)
David Proval as Richie Aprile (10 episodes)
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano (12 episodes)
Recurring cast[edit]
Louis Lombardi as Agent Skip Lipari (8 episodes)
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta (8 episodes)
Lillo Brancato as Matthew Bevilaqua (6 episodes)
Steve Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri (6 episodes)
Jerry Adler as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin (5 episodes)
Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte (4 episodes)
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg (4 episodes)
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco (4 episodes)
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero (4 episodes)
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack (3 episodes)
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin (3 episodes)
Tom Aldredge as Hugo "Hugh" De Angelis (3 episodes)
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary Pellegrino De Angelis (3 episodes)
Robert Patrick as David Scatino (3 episodes)
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile (3 episodes)
Nicole Burdette as Barbara Soprano Giglione (2 episodes)
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore (2 episodes)
Dan Grimaldi as Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi (2 episodes)
Sofia Milos as Annalisa Zucca (2 episodes)
Frank Pellegrino as Agent Frank Cubitosi (2 episodes)
Episodes[edit]

No. in
 series
No. in
 season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date

14
1 "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." Allen Coulter Jason Cahill January 16, 2000
Several months in the aftermath of season 1, Tony has assumed control of the DiMeo crime family. As suddenly as he vanished, Pussy returns. Junior is in prison and Livia is recovering from her stroke. Dr. Melfi has gone on the lam at Tony's request. Tony's sister Janice arrives to stay at Tony's house.
15
2 "Do Not Resuscitate" Martin Bruestle Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and Frank Renzulli January 23, 2000
Tony tries to settle a construction protest involving the former assets of Uncle Junior. Junior's lawyer manages to get him released from prison, though on house arrest. Pussy's true loyalties are revealed. Janice and Tony discuss the possibility of a DNR order for Livia.
16
3 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" Lee Tamahori Frank Renzulli January 30, 2000
After a 10-year stint in prison, Richie Aprile, brother to the late Jackie Aprile, Sr., is released from jail and re-enters the family business. His lack of understanding of how things work since he went to prison causes friction between him and Tony. Meadow trashes her grandmother's house, and her subsequent punishment ignites a major argument between Carmela and Janice.
17
4 "Commendatori" Tim Van Patten David Chase February 6, 2000
Tony, Paulie, and Christopher take a business trip to Italy. Her husband gone, Carmela ponders the nature of their marriage. In Italy, Tony strikes a deal with his female counterpart. Angie Bonpensiero confides in Carmela that she wants a divorce from Pussy.
18
5 "Big Girls Don't Cry" Tim Van Patten Terence Winter February 13, 2000
As part of Tony's deal, Neapolitan enforcer Furio Giunta arrives in the U.S. as the newest addition to Tony's crew. Christopher enrolls in an "Acting for Screen Writers" class. Pussy shows open hostility to the new arrival. Dr. Melfi decides to resume therapy sessions with Tony.
19
6 "The Happy Wanderer" John Patterson Frank Renzulli February 20, 2000
Tony discusses with Dr. Melfi people who make him "miserable". Sean Gismonte and Matthew Bevilaqua begin to work the "Executive Game" poker sessions (with Frank Sinatra Jr. in attendance). An old high school classmate of Tony's wants in on the "Executive Game". Janice makes an attempt to manipulate Richie.
20
7 "D-Girl" Allen Coulter Todd A. Kessler February 27, 2000
A.J. presents an affront to his parents' authority and refuses to be confirmed as a Catholic. Christopher develops romantic and professional involvements when resurrecting his interest in moviemaking. Pussy is pressured to wear a wire. Tony forces confirmation upon A.J. and, having learned that Christopher has written a screenplay, presents him with an ultimatum.
21
8 "Full Leather Jacket" Allen Coulter Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess March 5, 2000
Anxious about Meadow's upcoming college applications, Carmela looks to secure a favor from Jeannie Cusamano's sister, a Georgetown alumnus. Richie tries to gain Tony's respect. Matthew and Sean formulate an ill-fated plan to win respect. Christopher's life is seriously threatened.
22
9 "From Where to Eternity" Henry J. Bronchtein Michael Imperioli March 12, 2000
Christopher claims to witness a foreboding glimpse of the afterlife. Paulie grows worried that he is being haunted by those who he has killed. Tony seeks revenge, and brings Pussy along for the ride. Dr. Melfi finds trouble in coping with her disgust for Tony's "business."
23
10 "Bust Out" John Patterson Frank Renzulli and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess March 19, 2000
Tony begins to panic when he learns of an eyewitness of a major crime. Pussy feeds the FBI false information. Richie, spurred by a manipulative Janice, tries to get Uncle Junior's support in finding a way to usurp Tony. Carmela shares an awkward moment with Scatino's brother in law.
24
11 "House Arrest" Tim Van Patten Terence Winter March 26, 2000
At the request of his lawyer, Tony spends time in his legitimate waste management career. Richie and Junior take risks to sustain a profitable cocaine network. Tony's health declines, as does the health of Dr. Melfi. Junior reunites with an old girlfriend while under house arrest.
25
12 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" Allen Coulter Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess April 2, 2000
Richie continues his insubordination to Tony, though he is engaged to Janice. When Tony tries to break off his relationship with his comàre Irina, she attempts to commit suicide. A minor domestic dispute turns violent, though it provides Tony with a resolution to his problems with Richie and Janice.
26
13 "Funhouse" John Patterson David Chase and Todd A. Kessler April 9, 2000
Tony gets food poisoning the day before Meadow's graduation; while trying to recover, his dreams lead him to resurrect old suspicions about an old friend. The FBI executes a search warrant, and arrests Tony.
External links[edit]
Official website
List of The Sopranos episodes at the Internet Movie Database


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The Sopranos


Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 Writers
 

Related articles
Episodes ·
 Awards and nominations ·
 Music ·
 The Sopranos: Road to Respect ·
 Pinball game
 

Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
 Members of the Soprano crime family ·
 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
 FBI
 

Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



Episodes ·
 Category Category
 

 


Categories: The Sopranos
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