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"Army of One"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep313.jpg
Paulie and Ralphie having a sitdown

Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 13
Directed by
John Patterson
Written by
David Chase
Lawrence Konner
Production code
313
Original air date
May 20, 2001
Running time
60 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "Amour Fou" Next →
 "For All Debts Public and Private"

"Army of One" is the thirty-ninth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the finale of the show's third season. It was written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner, directed by John Patterson and originally aired on May 20, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Deceased
5 Production
6 References to prior 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.
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
Guest starring[edit]
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Tobin Bell as Major Carl Zwingli
Denise Borino as Ginny Sacrimoni
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Vince Curatola as Johnny Sack
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Lola Glaudini as Agent Deborah Ciccerone
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
Melissa Marsala as Kelli Aprile
Frank Pando as Agent Grasso
Frank Pellegrino as Bureau Chief Frank Cubitoso
Matt Servitto as Agent Dwight Harris
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Michael K. Williams as Ray-Ray
Frances Ensemplare as Marianucci Gualtieri
Episode recap[edit]
Jackie Aprile, Jr. is forced into hiding at a housing project in Boonton shortly after his failed armed robbery at Eugene Pontecorvo's Saturday night card game. Jackie calls Tony Soprano at his home and tries to tell him where he is and plead for help. Tony refuses and tells him to stay where he is and to talk to Ralph Cifaretto who is making the final call on what will happen. Tony then meets Ralphie, who has been hesitating over his judgment of Jackie, and asks that Ralphie make his decision in a "timely fashion". Ralphie had already dispatched Vito Spatafore to stay near the Boonton projects and find Jackie in case he tries to leave. But after the discussion with Tony, Ralph decides to act. When Jackie leaves the apartment to get some air, he is shot in the back of the head by Vito.
Meanwhile, A.J. and a friend in Verbum Dei high school steal answers to a geometry test and are later fooled into confessing the act by the school's principal. A.J. is promptly expelled from Verbum Dei permanently. Tony becomes enraged when he hears the news and decides to "save" A.J. before it is too late. His solution is to send his son to military school. Carmela receives a phone call from Marie, Rosalie Aprile's sister, informing her that Jackie has been shot and killed by "drug dealers." Tony uses Jackie Jr.'s death as an example for A.J. to start straightening him up by telling him, "You see?"
Paulie Walnuts demands that Tony have a sitdown with Ralphie and him. When the request is finally honored, Paulie states that he gave Ralph valuable information about a job that Ralphie's crew subsequently pulled off which Paulie feels he is entitled to half of the take ($50,000 out of $100,000). Tony listens to the case and orders that Ralphie turn over $12,000, much to Paulie's shock and dismay. When Paulie tries to convince Tony to reconsider, Silvio Dante intervenes, stating that Tony has made the decision and the sitdown is over.
Uncle Junior's cancer is in remission, leaving him physically competent for a RICO trial and his house arrest has been cancelled. With Big Pussy Bonpensiero missing (actually deceased), Agent Dwight Harris recommends that they should start looking for any incriminating information via Christopher Moltisanti, who is moving through the ranks ever closer to Tony. Bureau Chief Frank Cubitoso enlists Agent Deborah Ciccerone on an undercover mission to befriend Chris's fiancée, Adriana La Cerva, and report back on whatever she can find.
A.J. is taken to an appointment at the Hudson Military Institute with the military school's administrator Major Zwingli, who lays out the basic schedule for students at the school. This includes an "0530" wake-up, "2200" lights out, evening study, drills, and no television. Zwingli has a talk with Tony and Carmela about the rigorous program and how he believes it will benefit their child. Carmela is still concerned since she believes they are training him to be a "professional killer". Tony tries to convince her that their son would be learning discipline and respect, not violence.
At Jackie's wake, the grieving Rosalie and her daughter Kelli Aprile are visited by the Sopranos. When Meadow sees Jackie lying in his casket, she begins to cry uncontrollably. Tony and Carmela try to comfort her, but are embarrassed when Rosalie notes the low attendance rate; the funeral has coincided with Super Bowl Sunday, a busy betting time. When everyone settles down, Carmela views Jackie lying in his casket. That night, Carmela decides to support Tony's decision to send A.J. to military school.
As A.J. prepares to depart for the military school, he puts on his dress uniform. Tony urges him to put on the military hat that came with the uniform, but A.J. resists. Tony, agitated at the insubordinant attitude, gets off the sofa and approaches his son menacingly. A.J. complies and puts on the hat. A.J then looks at himself in the mirror and, in tears, asks not to be sent away. Tony tells him to stop and reaffirms his decision, saying that "he needs toughening up." A.J. promptly suffers a panic attack and collapses. In therapy, Tony relates his dismay to Dr. Melfi that A.J. has inherited his psychiatric affliction and becomes teary. He says that he can no longer send his son to military school and begins to lose hope that he can guarantee a safe future for him.
On the day of Jackie's burial, Christopher and Silvio are arrested at the cemetery for illegal gambling. Uncle Junior, just arriving for the funeral, witnesses this and promptly runs back to his car, almost leaving Bobby Baccalieri behind. After the burial, a small group of people return to Rosalie's to comfort her. There, during drinks, Meadow is involved in an argument with Jackie's sister Kelli about the most likely causes of his death. Kelli states that members of the Mafia and their families are involved in killing him, while Meadow defends the version previously instilled in her by her mother that the illegal drug trade claimed his life.
The funeral attendees then proceed to Nuovo Vesuvio for a luncheon. At the restaurant parking lot, Paulie encounters Johnny Sack and expresses his contempt for Tony's ruling in Ralphie's favor, telling Johnny to offer his services to the New York family boss, Carmine Lupertazzi. Back inside, Janice Soprano is flirting with Ralph Cifaretto (who had distanced himself from Rosalie since her son's death) when Silvio and Chris enter the restaurant, having quickly made bail. Encouraged, Junior begins to sing the Italian love song "Core 'ngrato" ("Ungrateful Heart"). Everyone is touched, except for a very drunk Meadow who throws pieces of bread at Junior as he sings. Meadow leaves the restaurant and is confronted by her father outside; she tearfully denounces the funeral proceedings as "bullshit" and runs across the street, almost getting hit by traffic as Tony looks on concerned. Tony returns to the dinner, quietly telling Carmela that Meadow likely is headed back to her college dorm. He then puts his arm around A.J. as the three listen to Junior sing.
First appearances[edit]
Agent Deborah Ciccerone: An F.B.I. agent assigned to go undercover as Adriana's "new best friend".
Marianucci Gualtieri: Paulie's mother who moves into Green Grove nursing home.
Deceased[edit]
Jackie Aprile, Jr.: shot by Vito Spatafore near the Boonton housing projects.
Production[edit]
In the original 2001 broadcast, Agent Deborah Ciccerone was played by actress Fairuza Balk. However due to scheduling conflicts, she was not able to return for season four. For the repeats and DVD releases, Balk was replaced by Lola Glaudini, who went on to play the role permanently in 2002.
References to prior episodes[edit]
Tony and Carmela watch a commercial for Dr. Fried's urology clinic, whose production was featured in the previous episode, "Amour Fou". Dr. Fried tends to Furio's gun injury.
Although it is never explicitly mentioned in the episode, Jackie, Jr., Vito Spatafore, and Adriana LaCerva are cousins, through their uncle Richie Aprile. When Vito's brother Bryan is injured in the episode "Another Toothpick", Jackie, Jr. says that Bryan is his cousin.
Music[edit]
During Jackie's wake, Junior's performance of "Core 'ngrato" ("Ungrateful Heart") was actually sung by Dominic Chianese himself.
The song sang by Junior before "Core 'ngrato", while he is at the table, is "Malafemmena".
The French song that follows "Core 'ngrato" ("Ungrateful Heart") is "Parlez-moi d'amour" performed by Lucienne Boyer and written by Jean Lenoir.
The song in Spanish that follows the French version of "Core 'ngrato" ("Ungrateful Heart") is "La Enramada" a Bolero written by Graciela Olmos and performed by a Mexican Trío romántico.
The organ music played during Jackie's wake is "Ombra mai fu" from G.F. Handel's opera Serse.
The song played over the end credits is "#8" (unofficially titled [blur] aka [circles]) by Aphex Twin, from his album, Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
As Meadow is tossing bread at Junior, Meadow sings a line from Britney Spears' song, "Oops!... I Did It Again"; the original recording of that song was previously featured in "Employee of the Month".
External links[edit]
"Army of One" at HBO
"Army of One" at the Internet Movie Database
"Army of One" 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"
 



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Amour Fou
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For the film, see Amour Fou (film).
For other uses, see Mad Love.

"Amour Fou"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep312.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 12
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Teleplay by
Frank Renzulli
Story by
David Chase
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
312
Original air date
May 13, 2001
Running time
60 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "Pine Barrens" Next →
 "Army of One"

Episode chronology
"Amour Fou" is the thirty-eighth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the twelfth of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Frank Renzulli from a story idea by series creator, David Chase. It was directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on May 13, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 Deceased
4 Title reference
5 Production
6 Other cultural references
7 Music
8 References
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. *
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri *
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. *
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano *
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Louis Crugnali as Carlo Renzi
Andrew Davoli as Dino Zerilli
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Richard Maldone as Ally Boy Barese
Annabella Sciorra as Gloria Trillo
Nick Tarabay as Matush Gia
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Isaach De Bankolé as Father Obosi
Anthony Zayas as Cholo #1
Freddy Martinez as Cholo #2
Cesar de Leon as Cholo #3
Episode recap[edit]
Carmela Soprano meets Meadow in an art museum when Carmela begins spotting blood. She asks her for a tampon and excuses herself to go to the Ladies' Room, then returns to find Meadow looking at paintings. Carmela is brought to tears when she sees Jusepe de Ribera's The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Later, while watching a commercial on television, Carmela begins to sob but quickly regains her composure when she realizes it is only a commercial for Pedigree dog food. She later takes confession with a priest who is pursuing a doctorate degree in psychology. Carmela tells the priest that she is worried that she has ovarian cancer and of her encounter with Dr. Krakower. The priest asks Carmela if she loves Tony, to which she replies, "I do". He then advises her not to leave him but to help him grow, to be more loving to him, and to "live on the good and forgo the bad". Over lunch with the other mob wives, Carmela tells them she has a clean bill of health and that she was worried she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a thyroid problem. Rosalie Aprile tells them that they should all admire Hillary Clinton, not for her personality but for the way she handled herself when Bill Clinton admitted his affair, which included her ultimately "setting up her own thing". Carmela believes that this is true and that "she should be a role model to all of us".
Tony continues to see Gloria Trillo, even as her erratic behavior continues. She apologizes to him in the parking lot of Jennifer Melfi's office, but Tony reminds her that if she were a guy "I wouldn't have to tell you where you would be right now." Gloria apologizes and wants the relationship to work but Tony needs time to think. When he tells Dr. Melfi about his passionate love-and-hate relationship with Gloria, she dubs it "Amour Fou" - crazy love. Melfi then tells Tony that Gloria did love him. Tony decides to give the relationship another chance but when Gloria blows up at Tony when her tires get slashed, and he finds out that she drove Carmela home from Globe Motors after Carmela dropped off her Mercedes-Benz station wagon for service (and later called Carmela), he calls the relationship off permanently. During a heated argument with Gloria, he slaps her and she mockingly says, "Poor you", and that she should "...sit back like a mute". These are phrases that Livia used to say to Tony, and he suddenly realizes that she is a lot like his mother ("I've known you my whole fucking life"). Gloria also derides Carmela as a "goombah housewife" who puts up with anything in exchange for a big "gaudy" ring. When he goes for the door, Gloria threatens to tell Carmela about the affair if he leaves. Enraged, he attacks her, upending her dining room table and throwing her across the room. The fight continues and he begins to choke her. She begs him to kill her but he leaves instead.
Jackie Aprile, Jr. and his friend Dino Zerilli want to get ahead in life and become more than mere associates. After hearing Ralph Cifaretto's story of how Tony and Jackie Aprile, Sr. got on the fast track to getting made after robbing "Feech" La Manna's Saturday night card game, the two later spontaneously decide do the same during Eugene Pontecorvo's game, asking Carlo Renzi to join them, because he has a shotgun. Arriving at the spot, Jackie hesitates and tries to back out, even though he was the one who initiated the idea. But Dino convinces him to go through with it "before the crank wears off." The three don ski masks and enter the Aprile crew hangout where the poker game is taking place, but are alarmed when the players include some familiar faces: Christopher Moltisanti, Furio Giunta, and Ally Boy Barese. Carlo and Dino demand that the players give them their money and to be quiet while Jackie stays silent for fear his voice will be recognized. The dealer, "Sunshine", keeps heckling the would-be robbers and is shot and killed by a panicking Jackie. As the mobsters draw guns, a firefight breaks out: Furio is shot in the thigh by Jackie, and Christopher shoots Carlo in the forehead, killing him instantly. Matush, who is Jackie's getaway driver, abandons the robbers as soon as he hears the gunshots, and when Jackie and Dino flee into the street, Jackie resorts to carjacking a passing vehicle, deserting Dino, who is caught and executed by Ally Boy and Christopher. Furio is rushed to the office of Dr. Fried, a urologist, for a clandestine emergency operation. In the waiting room, Christopher warns Tony that he knows Jackie Jr. was the escaped robber and that he has to be killed. However, Tony seems troubled, due to his long history with Jackie Jr.'s father.
At the pork store the following morning, Ralphie meets Tony to discuss the fate of Jackie, Jr. Ralphie wants to give him a "pass" because of Ralph's relationship with Jackie's mother, Rosalie, but because of what happened with Furio and Sunshine he cannot easily let it go. Tony tells Ralphie that since Pontecorvo is a member of Ralphie's crew, and it was his game, it is his decision, but to make sure that it is the right one, and that he will understand if Ralphie gives Jackie a pass. However, Tony hints to Ralphie that if he does give Jackie a pass, he may lose the respect of the other captains and Tony himself, but advises him not to be concerned about what they think. Ralphie later tells a sobbing Rosalie that Jackie probably went to Florida, and that he has a substance abuse problem, which deeply upsets her.
Patsy Parisi is then shown taking a test drive with Gloria in a Mercedes-Benz. He pulls over in an isolated area and threatens her with a gun, telling her in not so many words, to stay away from Tony or they would be "scraping [her] nipples off these fine leather seats". He then gets into his Cadillac, which was already parked at the scene, leaving her stunned and shaking in the test car. Patsy is later shown having a mundane conversation on his cell phone about groceries, and driving off uneventfully in his car.
Deceased[edit]
"Sunshine": a card dealer for the mob who was shot during the poker robbery.
Carlo Renzi: shot by Christopher in the face during the poker robbery.
Dino Zerilli: shot in the head outside of the Aprile hangout by Christopher and Ally Boy Barese.
Title reference[edit]
The translation from French is "crazy love", a term Dr. Melfi uses to describe the conflicted relationship between Tony and Gloria. Tony later mispronounces it "Our mofo".
Production[edit]
The working title for this episode was "Stepping Up".
On the commentary on the season three DVD, David Chase affirms that this episode features "the biggest gunfight we ever shot."[1]
The tiny shell casings which can be seen striking the pavement after Chris executes Dino outside the card game were added into the scene in post-production using CGI.[1]
Other cultural references[edit]
Jackie and Dino are seen watching the famous "leg cross" scene from the film Basic Instinct on television.
During a violent argument, Gloria Trillo grabs a corkscrew to use as a weapon in self-defense against Tony, reminiscent of a scene between James Gandolfini and Patricia Arquette in True Romance, wherein his character is stabbed in the foot with a corkscrew.
Tony tells Dr. Melfi that Gloria reminds him of a princess in a Spanish painting, a "Goyim." He means to refer to Goya.
Tony calls Gloria's statue "a real Captain Marvel[disambiguation needed]".
Music[edit]
This episode opens with the same music that closes the previous episode, "Pine Barrens" – the aria "Sposa son disprezzata" from the opera Bajazet by Antonio Vivaldi, sung by Cecilia Bartoli.
Return To Me (Ritorna Me) by Dean Martin is playing while Ralphie tells Jackie Jr. and Dino about when Tony and Jackie Sr. robbed Feech LaManna's card game.
The Bangles' song, "Walk Like an Egyptian", is playing in the Ooh-Fa Pizzeria, a regular hangout of Chris, when he sits down with Jackie and Dino.
The music played when Ralph returns home to comfort Rosalie is a Bob Dylan cover of a Dean Martin song, "Return To Me". It was recorded for this episode at Dylan's request, as he is an admitted fan of the series[citation needed].
While Tony Soprano is with Gloria, she turns on the song "Affection" by Little Steven and the Lost Boys. The same song is played over the end credits. Lead singer Steve Van Zandt plays Silvio Dante on the show.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season — DVD commentary
External links[edit]
"Amour Fou" at HBO
"Amour Fou" at the Internet Movie Database
"Amour Fou" 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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Pine Barrens (The Sopranos)
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"Pine Barrens"
The Sopranos episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 11
Directed by
Steve Buscemi
Teleplay by
Terence Winter
Story by
Tim Van Patten
Terence Winter

Production code
311
Original air date
May 6, 2001
Running time
60 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"Pine Barrens" is the thirty-seventh episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the eleventh of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter from a story idea by Winter and Tim Van Patten. It was the first of four episodes for the series directed by Steve Buscemi and originally aired on May 6, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 Deceased?
4 Title reference
5 Production
6 Music
7 Accolades
8 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.
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano *
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Vitali Baganov as Valery
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
Annabella Sciorra as Gloria Trillo
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Frank Ciornei as Slava Malevsky
Episode recap[edit]
Tony is on the outs with Gloria Trillo when, on The Stugots, he receives a call from his former mistress, Irina, who has a long history of drunk dialing. However, it is Gloria who answers first and Tony continues Irina's lie about the call being from A.J.'s school but then decides to come clean. Gloria asks Tony to explain his deceit and he lets slip that he didn't want to "piss her off", and just wanted to be honest. Gloria is furious with Tony and throws his Christmas present into the marina and leaves. However, the pair manage to reconcile later when Gloria presents Tony with a gift, a djellaba she bought from Morocco, and they sleep together.
After Silvio catches the flu, Tony asks Paulie and Christopher to make his collections, one in particular from a member of the Russian mob, Valery, in Fair Lawn. Tempers flare when Paulie, unprovoked and already angry because he doesn't want to make Silvio's pick-up, mocks the Russian and deliberately destroys his universal remote control by dropping it, feigning it as an accident. Valery insults Paulie, prompting him to attack the seated Russian. Christopher had tried to stop Paulie from acting out, but he jumps in on Paulie's side. The three men fight, and eventually Paulie chokes Valery with a floor lamp, severely injuring him and apparently cracking his wind pipe. The situation causes the Mafiosi to panic and they wrap Valery in a carpet before wheeling him out to their car. While trying to figure out what to do with the body, Paulie suggests that they take it to the Pine Barrens, as it will be deserted and is in close proximity to Atlantic City. Christopher, who has not yet eaten, wants to stop for breakfast at Roy Rogers but Paulie insists that business must come first, and will soon be completed.
In the woods, Christopher and Paulie open the trunk to find that Valery is still alive and has chewed through the duct tape. They lift him out of the car, present him with a shovel and force him to dig his own grave. When the pair are distracted, Valery smacks them with the shovel, delivering a blow to Christopher's head and a jab to Paulie's groin before fleeing. Christopher and Paulie draw their guns and give chase, but are amazed when Paulie shoots Valery, clearly hitting part of his head, and the Russian immediately gets up and runs into the woods. They try to track his blood and footprints in the snow but are eventually left with no clues. Still on the hunt, the pair hear something and run, firing some shots. Paulie slips down a slope and loses his shoe. They discover that they killed a deer. They try to return to Paulie's car but cannot find it, and soon realize that they are lost in the woods. Paulie uses his cell phone to call Tony for help, but communication is limited by poor reception, interference and crosstalk.
Tony learns from Valery's boss and best friend, Slava, that, although he has developed substance abuse problems since, Valery was previously in the Russian Ministry of the Interior's special forces and once killed 16 Chechen rebels single-handed. However, the poor phone signal between Tony and Paulie results in a mix-up: Paulie passes the message on that Valery killed 16 Czechoslovakians and he's an interior decorator, to which Christopher replies, "His house looked like shit." As the night draws nearer, the lost, shivering pair become more desperate to find their way to food and warmth.
Sometime later, Tony fails to show up on time at a dinner that Gloria had prepared, causing another heated argument. After making up once again and just before eating, Tony gets a call from Paulie telling him to come and get them as they may be dying of hypothermia, starvation, or even injury to Paulie's shoeless foot. Left with no option, he tells Gloria that he has to leave for an emergency and can't eat, causing her to become extremely angry. She throws a cooked steak at Tony, who suppresses his annoyance by laughing off the situation and leaves to help his associates, as Gloria trashes the laden table setting.
Meadow has a cold and is spending time with Jackie Aprile, Jr. at her college dorm. Jackie leaves early after she declines to have sex with him. Later, he calls and gives a poor excuse not to come to Meadow's place and fails to call when promised, so Meadow becomes suspicious and gets a friend from her dorm to give her a ride to Jackie's place. The pair catch him walking down the street with another girl. Meadow gets out of the car and tearfully confronts Jackie. The two women then pull off in the car leaving a frustrated Jackie. Meadow is taken to the hospital wing shortly afterward and rehydrated. She is surrounded by her friends in the dorm, who try to convince her that Jackie, although attractive, was not suited for her. Meadow tells her friends they can't understand her feelings.
Paulie and Christopher manage to find an abandoned van, where they spend the rest of the night. For warmth, Paulie rips up the van's carpet and he and Christopher share packets of frozen ketchup and relish from an old Nathan's bag. Later, Christopher is seen clumsily trying to light a fire using sticks. When Christopher, standing outside the van urinating, blames Paulie for the predicament and accuses him of trying to save himself at Christopher's expense, the two have an angry confrontation. Christopher claims Paulie was planning to choke him to death when he slept. Paulie then attacks Christopher and begins choking him, so Christopher pulls a gun on Paulie, saying he thinks Paulie was conjuring up a plan to murder him. He had overheard Paulie blaming the whole fiasco on Christopher when speaking to Tony over the phone. Christopher then angrily says he'll leave Paulie out in the woods. After a few moments of tension, Christopher breaks down in laughter. Paulie tells Christopher to promise not to leave him, and also says he would never kill Christopher.
Tony asks Bobby "Bacala", a skilled outdoorsman, to help him find Paulie and Christopher. He shows up dressed far too appropriately, wearing over-the-top outdoor/hunting gear and resents Tony's ensuing ridicule. Driving to the Pine Barrens, the two share their first friendly moment when Tony apologizes for making fun of Bobby, and expresses gratitude for his taking care of Uncle Junior. Bobby tries to make a joke but it is embarrassingly juvenile and stale, to the point where Tony can't even begin to feign amusement. Arriving at the woods, they park in the same spot where Paulie and Christopher parked — Paulie's car is gone. Tony and Bobby holler for a response, but realize that they will have to wait until dawn.
In the daylight, Tony and Bobby are out searching for Paulie and Christopher, who have left the van and continue to struggle some distance away. Paulie's makeshift shoe falls off and he shoots it in a fit of crazed frustration. Tony and Bobby hear the shots and head toward their source, calling for Paulie and Christopher. They respond and soon meet up with one another. Paulie and Christopher are grateful they have been found and climb into Tony's Chevrolet Suburban, where there are food and drinks, but Tony is clearly irritated with Paulie for getting him into such a predicament with Slava and for losing the original target of their mission: Silvio's $5,000, which was in Paulie's car.
The four men wonder whether Valery took Paulie's car. When Paulie gives a false version of what caused the fight with Valery, Christopher backs him up. Tony tells Paulie to take responsibility for any trouble created by Valery's disappearance or potential re-emergence, and to make an executive decision about whether or not to further pursue Valery, as Paulie holds the position of caporegime. Paulie decides to give up and head back home to North Jersey.
During sessions with Dr. Melfi, Tony confesses he's seeing Gloria Trillo and tells her of his problems with her. Melfi tries to connect the dots and tells him that his new comare is not the only one who was "impossible to please", "difficult", and "depressive". She then asks, "Does this remind you of any other woman in your life?". After a thoughtful pause, Tony shakes his head slightly and shrugs.
Deceased?[edit]
Valery's fate is unclear. He was possibly killed by Paulie's shot, but as the two men search, the camera suddenly pulls back and up, showing a viewpoint looking down on the two gangsters, possibly implying that Valery is watching them from high up in a tree. Paulie's car is missing and possibly stolen by him. Valery is never seen again (on-screen) for the remainder of the series. David Chase has said in the past that the episode was not intended to evolve into a story arc. HBO's promotional material lists him as dead, although it does so with a question mark.
On the fate of the Russian, Terence Winter said:

That's the question I get asked more than any other. It drives people crazy: 'Where's the Russian? What happened to the Russian?' We could say, 'Well, he got out and there's a big mob war with the Russians,' or 'He crawled off and died.' But we wanted to keep it ambiguous. You know, not everything gets answered in life.[1]
David Chase said:

They shot a guy. Who knows where he went? Who cares about some Russian? This is what Hollywood has done to America. Do you have to have closure on every little thing? Isn't there any mystery in the world? It's a murky world out there. It's a murky life these guys lead. And by the way, I do know where the Russian is. But I'll never say because so many people got so pissy about it.[1]
Later, Chase would say in an interview at the Actors Guild:

"OK, this is what happened. Some Boy Scouts found the Russian, who had the telephone number to his boss, Slava, in his pocket. They called Slava, who took him to the hospital where he had brain surgery. And then Slava sent him back to the Soviet Union."[2]
Michael Imperioli and Tony Sirico discussed the episode in a June 10, 2007 New York Times article titled "One Final Whack at That HBO Mob".[3]

“That episode was like a little one-act play,” Mr. Imperioli said. “Like a different version of ‘Waiting for Godot.’ ” Ever since, viewers have been waiting for the mobster to return, ready for revenge. But he has never reappeared. “This show was never what people expected,” Mr. Imperioli said.
In the same article:[3]

Mr. Sirico said a tease had been in the works. "We had a scene this season when Chris and I are talking in the bar about whatever happened to that Russian guy. And in the script we were supposed to go outside and there he was standing on the corner. But when we went to shoot it, they took it out. I think David didn’t like it. He wanted the audience just to suffer.”
Title reference[edit]
The Pine Barrens is a protected wilderness area by the New Jersey Pinelands Commission in Southern New Jersey where Christopher and Paulie try to "dispose" of Valery's remains. The Pine Barrens make up approximately 25% of New Jersey's land area, one of the largest wilderness areas in the most densely populated state in the U.S.
Production[edit]
The idea of the episode's premise of Christopher and Paulie getting lost in the woods was reportedly dreamt one night by Tim Van Patten who then told it to Terence Winter and they presented it to David Chase.[4]
The forest scenes for the episode were filmed at Harriman State Park in New York after, at the last moment, the production team was denied a permit to film in the actual New Jersey Pine Barrens (at the South Mountain Reservation) by the Essex County commissioner who called The Sopranos a "disgrace to Italians." The same commissioner was later incarcerated for corruption.[5][4] The actual New Jersey Pine Barrens have a significantly different landscape than the area where the show was filmed. The barrens are vastly more forested with pine trees (hence the name) and flat, while the woods depicted in the episode were with hills and covered less with any kind of trees.
The snow fell out on the forest location unexpectedly, just before the actual shoot. Both the cast and the crew agree it was very fortunate, as the snow wound up strengthening the episode's impact.[4]
The interior of the truck was shot on a sound stage. The actors' freezing "breath" was added in CGI.[6]
Director Steve Buscemi was the one who successfully threw the steak at James Gandolfini's head in the scene of Tony's argument with Gloria Trillo after neither Annabella Sciorra nor the prop handlers were able to hit Gandolfini with it properly.[7][4]
"Pine Barrens" took 12 days to be shot, setting a record for the longest episode shoot in The Sopranos at the time.[4]
There is a notable factual error early in the episode where Paulie is seen pumping his own gas. All gas stations in New Jersey are "full-serve," meaning that only gas station attendants are permitted to pump gas.
Music[edit]
The song played during the opening scene where Gloria Trillo arrives at the docks is appropriately Them's "Gloria".
The music video A.J. is watching on the living room television is "Coffee & TV" by Blur.
The song played during the final montage/closing credits is the aria "Sposa son disprezzata" ("I am wife and I am scorned") from the opera Bajazet by Antonio Vivaldi, sung by Cecilia Bartoli. This is the same music that opens the next episode, "Amour Fou".
Accolades[edit]
Widely regarded as one of the best episodes in The Sopranos series, mostly due to the offbeat and dark comedy between Paulie and Christopher.[8][9]
Former Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, lists this episode as his favorite in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.[10]
In his acceptance speech for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, Alan Taylor thanks Steve Buscemi for his work on "Pine Barrens."
Awards[edit]
Terence Winter and Tim Van Patten received an award from the Writers Guild of America for their work on this episode.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b EW.com: Chase 'n' the Russian
2.Jump up ^ [1]
3.^ Jump up to: a b "One Final Whack at That HBO Mob". The New York Times. June 10, 2007. p. 2 of 2.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Martin, Brett (2007-10-30). ""This Thing of Ours": Creating The Sopranos Universe". The Sopranos: The Complete Book. New York: Time. p. 178-. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4.
5.Jump up ^ Martin, Brett (2007-10-30). "Welcome to New Jersey: A Sense of Place". The Sopranos: The Complete Book. New York: Time. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4.
6.Jump up ^ The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season DVD commentary
7.Jump up ^ The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season DVD commentary
8.Jump up ^ Time: The Best of the Sopranos
9.Jump up ^ EW: The all-time 10 best "Sopranos" episodes
10.Jump up ^ Dagbladet: - Har du en yndlingsepisode i Sopranos?
External links[edit]
"Pine Barrens" at HBO
"Pine Barrens" at the Internet Movie Database
"Pine Barrens" at TV.com


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...To Save Us All from Satan's Power
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"...To Save Us All from Satan's Power"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep310.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 10
Directed by
Jack Bender
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
310
Original air date
April 29, 2001
Running time
45 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" is the thirty-sixth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the tenth of the show's third season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Jack Bender and originally aired on April 29, 2001.


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

2 Episode recap
3 Title reference
4 References to prior episodes
5 References to other media and events
6 Production
7 Music
8 References
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.
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Vitali Baganov as Valery
Joe Badulucco as Jimmy Altieri (flashback sequences)
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Matthew Cerbone as Young Jackie Aprile, Jr. (flashback sequences)
Andrew Davoli as Dino Zerilli
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone (flashback sequences)
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
George Loros as Ray Curto
Vincent Pastore as Big Pussy Bonpensiero (flashback sequences)
Turk Pipkin as Aaron Arkaway
Michael Rispoli as Jackie Aprile, Sr (flashback sequences)
Alik Sakharov as Agron
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Episode recap[edit]
Before meeting Paulie Walnuts on the boardwalk at Asbury Park, Tony flashes back to the winter holidays of 1995 when he first discovered Pussy was acting strangely. When Tony asks if Paulie feels guilty about murdering him on the boat, Paulie claims he does not regret it for a second and would do it again. When Tony brings the topic up again at the pork store, Silvio Dante begins having nightmares regarding Pussy. Further reminiscence is prompted when Silvio and Paulie have to find a replacement for their former friend to play Santa Claus at the Satriale's Christmas party, a tradition set up by Tony's father when he took over Satriale's to entertain and give back to the kids of the neighborhood. The mobsters at the pork store first try to get Tony to play Santa on account of his girth, but, when he refuses, pick Bobby "Bacala" for the part. Unlike Big Pussy, who back in his day could play Santa Claus at the Christmas party to everyone's liking, Bobby's shyness and bluntness do not go well with his role. After a child swears at Bobby, Tony tells Bobby to be more cheerful.
When Tony is mulling over Pussy's betrayal and death, he remembers the time when Pussy missed a sitdown to mediate peace between Jackie Aprile and Junior Soprano he himself had previously set up in Boca Raton. Tony thinks it was the night when the FBI coerced him into cooperation after catching him selling heroin and later, at Christmas, made him wear a wire when he dressed up as Santa at Satriale's (and refused to let anybody touch his costume).
Meanwhile, Janice Soprano announces that she will cook Christmas dinner since she feels guilty about always being served by Carmela. When Janice tells Tony that her wrist is becoming hard to manage, she reminds him about her encounter with the Russian thugs who arrived to take back Svetlana's prosthetic leg. Tony adds to his Christmas "to-do" list an entry: "Janice's Russian." As a favor to Tony, a member of the local Russian mob, who launders money for him, gives Tony the name of Janice's attacker (Igor) and his place of employment (a taxi firm for which he drives a cab). The following evening, Tony and Furio get into Igor's taxi, beat him and throw him through a glass window of a mall display where the beaten Igor is later found wearing a Christmas hat and lying under a Santa's sled decoration. The following day on the news, the reporter presenting the story says a youth street gang is suspected to be responsible. When Janice sees this on television, she becomes emotional, wakes up her narcoleptic boyfriend, Aaron, and mentions that what's missing from their Contemporary Christian music song they are trying to write is the "brother concept."
At Nuovo Vesuvio, the newly separated Charmaine Bucco has started to wear revealing clothing, attracting compliments from several mob members. As Tony, Paulie and Silvio eat dinner, Charmaine walks over to the table where she jokes to Tony that she believes the people at the next table are FBI. Silvio becomes offended by this, and Artie apologizes. The following day, Tony meets up with Charmaine at the coat check where she tells him that she does not want him and "his boys" there all the time and that he ruined their marriage. Tony becomes angry and he, Silvio and Christopher leave. The trio check out the Bada Bing's rival strip club where they spot Jackie Aprile, Jr. getting a lap dance from a stripper. Infuriated, Tony drags him into the bathroom where he shoves, punches and slaps him, drawing blood from his nose. After confiscating Jackie's gun (which he got from Ralph Cifaretto), Tony finally knees Jackie in the groin and tells him "You bottomed out."
On Christmas morning, the Sopranos open their gifts when Jackie Jr. arrives with presents from Rosalie. He then gives Meadow a necklace with the engraving "To M.S. from J.A.: I will always be true...," to Tony's irritation. As Tony goes to the kitchen, Jackie follows. Jackie confesses to him that he "flunked out" of Rutgers University but that he wants to enter the men's fashion business and that he still wants to be supportive and loving to Meadow. Jackie then leaves saying he has to drive his mother to visit his grandmother. Returning to his family to continue unwrapping presents, Tony has to fake a happy face when he finds that Meadow has bought him a Big Mouth Billy Bass, the singing fish looking so similar to the one in his dream he had earlier that year, the dream that made him first realize Pussy had been a turncoat.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is taken from a verse of the Christmas carol "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen".
References to prior episodes[edit]
The Big Mouth Billy Bass, including the song "Take Me to the River", was previously featured in the episode "Second Opinion".
The Asbury Park boardwalk in winter, along with the view of the sea closing the episode, was previously featured in "Funhouse".
In 1995, Big Pussy mentioned that he always dreamed of having a house on the ocean and said, "Maybe in another life". This is ironic because Tony, Silvio, and Paulie dumped his body in the ocean after shooting him on Tony's yacht, in "Funhouse".
References to other media and events[edit]
In the 1995 flashback scenes involving a television, reports of the O. J. Simpson murder trial were seen.
When Janice says their song "is missing the brother concept," Aaron asks: "He Ain't Heavy?"
In one scene in Tony and Carmela's bedroom, they were watching the film It's a Wonderful Life on television.
In the back room at Satriale's, Tony, Christopher, Silvio, and Paulie discuss several holiday icons, including Santa Claus, his elves, and the Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Christopher claims that the Grinch is "where the money is." Christopher also references Jim Carrey in The Grinch.
Production[edit]
Tony's deductions about Big Pussy's betrayal timeline conflict with prior information: in Season 2, FBI Agent Skip Lipari reminds Big Pussy that he's been working for them since 1998, not 1995 as suggested in this episode by Tony. Also, just before his execution in 2000, he admits to Tony (perhaps truthfully) that he has been working for the FBI for a year-and-a-half. It is possible that Tony was just being paranoid about the events of 1995.
In his only cameo-like appearance in the series, director of cinematography Alik Sakharov plays Russian-mob bookkeeper Agron. Like the character, Sakharov is also of Russian heritage.[1]
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits is "I've Got a Feeling" by the American Sacred Steel gospel group, The Campbell Brothers with Katie Jackson.
During the 1995 Christmas flashback at Satriale's, the jukebox was playing "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)", by The Chipmunks.
The song Silvio has turned off in the Bada Bing is "The Cycle" from Virgos Merlot's Signs of a Vacant Soul album.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Alik Sakharov -IMDb". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
External links[edit]
"...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" at HBO
"...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" at the Internet Movie Database
"...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" at TV.com


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Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
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 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
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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
 

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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The Telltale Moozadell
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"The Telltale Moozadell"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep309.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 9
Directed by
Dan Attias
Written by
Michael Imperioli
Production code
309
Original air date
April 22, 2001
Running time
55 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"The Telltale Moozadell" is the thirty-fifth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the ninth of the show's third season. It was written by Michael Imperioli, directed by Dan Attias and originally aired on April 22, 2001.


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

2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Title reference
5 Media references
6 Production
7 Music
8 References
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. *
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Max Casella as Benny Fazio
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Louis Crugnali as Carlo Renzi
Andrew Davoli as Dino Zerilli
Will McCormack as Jason LaPenna
Turk Pipkin as Aaron Arkaway
Annabella Sciorra as Gloria Trillo
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Nick Tarabay as Matush
Fifteen-year-old Stefani Germanotta, who would later become famous as Lady Gaga, makes an uncredited appearance as a classmate of A.J.'s. She is seated on the swimming pool bleachers, smoking a cigarette.
Episode recap[edit]
On Carmela's birthday, each member of the Soprano family presents her with a gift: Tony, a very large and expensive sapphire ring, A.J. purchases The Matrix DVD, and Meadow gives her a gift certificate to a day spa, which she put on her mother's credit card and purchased one for herself as well. At Carmela's birthday party, Jackie Aprile, Jr. arrives late, just as they are about to sing "Happy Birthday" and apologizes for his tardiness. Afterward, A.J. is invited to a friend's house to spend the night and Meadow and Jackie go out to a movie. In bed, Carmela asks Tony why he did not buy the Mercedes SL that he had been considering. Tony replies that driving that car would make him look like a "douchebag".
Tony continues his affair with the Mercedes saleswoman, Gloria Trillo, who —- according to Dr. Melfi and unbeknownst to Tony —- has a suicidal past as well as an unhealthy relationship streak. They visit the Bronx Zoo on their next date. As they watch a gorilla, they passionately kiss and eventually end up in a deserted reptile house, where they have sex with their clothes on. On their next outing, they caress on a couch in an upscale hotel room where Gloria finds Tony's gun strapped to his ankle, which fascinates and arouses her. At her therapy session, Gloria is taken aback by Dr. Melfi's questioning -— in particular, the psychiatrist's inviting her to elaborate on the male voice that was heard during their last phone conversation. At his own session with Melfi, Tony tells her that he has had a very successful week and gives her a bonus on top of the week's remittance. Melfi senses that Tony is being dishonest in part, and tries to refuse the extra money, but Tony insists on leaving the cash. Melfi then answers her son's phone call. She confesses that she "hates all them" (referring to her patients) for lying to her. Her son tells her that he needs to buy some expensive books for college and Dr. Melfi looks down at the extra cash Tony left.
On the night of Carmela's birthday, A.J. and some of his friends break into their high school and swim in the pool. When they are finished swimming, a few people begin to throw things from the gym teacher's room in the pool, which escalates to garbage cans and trophies obtained when one of A.J.'s friends smashes the glass trophy case. Later, at the crime scene, the police find a pizza whose box has a recognizable logo. They question the owner of the pizza parlor, who says it's a special order. Upon being threatened with legal action if he withholds the name of the customer, the owner reveals it was the Soprano family's standing order. A.J. is sent home due to his involvement in the vandalism, and his parents attend a parent conference with the school principal and A.J.'s football coach the next day. The principal expels A.J., but, due to his importance on the football team (and purportedly, his academic record), suspended his sentence and opted to put A.J. on probation instead. Not feeling that the school's punishment was harsh enough, Tony and Carmela ground A.J. for a month with no television, DVDs, computer or Nintendo, and force A.J. to clean out the rain gutters. Tony and Carmela are slightly appalled when A.J. doesn't even know what a rain gutter is.
The DiMeo Family take over The Lollipop Club, a night club in Long Branch, New Jersey. Christopher Moltisanti gives the club to Adriana to manage, and she renames it "Crazy Horse". Christopher tells her that she will be the figurehead owner-manager and that the previous owner will work for her, as he ruined himself financially betting on a Minnesota Vikings game and had to give up his business as a result. Furio Giunta and Christopher own a large percentage as "silent partners"; Christopher also sees the club as an opportunity for the gang to run their business in a safe environment without FBI interference. However, at the opening, an ecstasy dealer named Matush is caught conducting his business in the bathroom and is soon thrown out; Furio warns him to stay off the property. Jackie, Jr. steps in to help his friend, and asks Christopher to let Matush continue his dealing inside the club. Christopher flatly refuses. Not wanting to be embarrassed, Jackie lies to Matush and tells him that Christopher approved Matush's making deals, but only outside the club. Matush does so, and is severely beaten by Furio and his men. While they prepare dinner at Rosalie's house, Jackie asks Ralph Cifaretto for a "piece" and, without much questioning from Ralphie, is given a .38 revolver.
Carmela is concerned about Meadow's relationship with Jackie Jr., but Tony assures Carmela that Jackie has his act together and will treat Meadow with respect. Carmela must hide her true feelings to remain friends with Rosalie Aprile, who is ecstatic about the arrangement. Meadow writes Jackie's English assignment, a paper on Edgar Allan Poe, and he receives an "A". After Tony has a heart-to-heart with Jackie, and stresses how, although he has always expected the best out of Jackie, this is different and far more serious now that Meadow is involved, Jackie promises Tony that he will work hard and be faithful to Meadow, maintaining credit for the paper that he left to Meadow to write for him. Tony warns Jackie that he will be keeping an eye on him. Tony then runs into Jackie at a local illegal casino, angrily scolding him and telling him to stay away and focus on his school work if he wants to continue seeing Meadow. The next morning at breakfast, Carmela tells Tony that Jackie took Meadow to see Aida in New York City, which makes her rethink her original impression of Jackie, as he is on his best behavior around the Soprano residence, and even bonds with A.J., mentoring him in football.
First appearances[edit]
Matush Giamona: Drug-dealer who hangs around the Crazy Horse.
Title reference[edit]
The episode's title is a play on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". Moozadell is rough Italian-American slang for mozzarella cheese (which is commonly used on pizza), but can also be used as a derogatory name for an Italian man, according to Michael Imperioli.[1]
The title also refers to Jackie Aprile, Jr.'s dishonest dealings with Tony and Matush.[1]
The title also refers to Jackie's essay on Edgar Allan Poe, which Meadow wrote for him.
The title also refers to A.J.'s custom made pizza with extra mozzarella cheese — leaving the pizza at the high school led to the police to determine that A.J. and his friends were responsible for the vandalism.
Media references[edit]
When Jackie Aprile hears the petition of Carlo and Matush, he strikes a pose apparently modeled on that of Marlon Brando in the opening scene of The Godfather.
When Meadow is at home asking her parents for a car, the NPR show Car Talk can be heard in the background.
Production[edit]
Michael Imperioli mentions that series creator, David Chase, is an avid W.C. Fields fan, and in one scene in this episode, Tony is watching It's a Gift.[1] Also in the season 1 episode "46 Long", Tony performs an impression of Fields from The Bank Dick.
In real life, The Lollipop Club was once owned by Vincent Pastore, who played Big Pussy Bonpensiero in the series.
A.J.'s birthday present to Carmela is a copy of The Matrix (1999), which prominently features Joe Pantoliano (who plays Ralph Cifaretto) as Cypher.
Beginning with this episode, Iler and Sigler are listed separately in the opening credits, instead of simultaneously.
A young Lady Gaga makes an appearance as an extra, playing one of AJ's school friends.[2]
Music[edit]
Con te partirò ("With you I will leave" or sung in English as "Time to Say Goodbye"), by Andrea Bocelli, is heard during the dinner after the singing of "Happy Birthday" to Carmela. It is a recurring song throughout the early seasons of The Sopranos.
The Miami Relatives band, heard at The Crazy Horse, is portrayed by SCOUT.
The song heard while Tony is with Gloria in the hotel room is "Make No Mistake" by Keith Richards, from Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988
The song played over the end credits is "I (Who Have Nothing)" by Ben E. King.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b c The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season (2002) — DVD audio commentary
2.Jump up ^ "Lady GaGa guest-starred on the Sopranos when she was 15". The Sun. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
External links[edit]
"The Telltale Moozadell" at HBO
"The Telltale Moozadell" at the Internet Movie Database
"The Telltale Moozadell" at TV.com


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Creator and crew
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 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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He Is Risen (The Sopranos)
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For the religious phrase, see Paschal greeting.

"He Is Risen"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep308.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 8
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Todd A. Kessler
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
308
Original air date
April 15, 2001
Running time
54 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"He Is Risen" is the thirty-fourth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the eighth of the show's third season. It was written by Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess and Todd A. Kessler, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on April 15, 2001.


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 Cultural references
7 Production
8 Music
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.
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
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Annabella Sciorra as Gloria Trillo
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Turk Pipkin as Aaron Arkaway
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
Denise Borino as Ginny Sacrimoni
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Episode recap[edit]
As Tony Soprano enters Dr. Melfi's office for his regular appointment, he learns that she accidentally double-booked. The other patient is a woman named Gloria Trillo who works as a saleswoman for Globe Motors, a Mercedes-Benz dealer. Tony is intrigued by her and asks Dr. Melfi why she needs therapy, but Melfi reminds him that she cannot discuss other patients' problems with him.
Thanksgiving draws near, which is likely to bring animosity between several members of the family. Tony is still angered at Ralph Cifaretto over the murder of Tracee, stating that he "disrespected the Bing" as well as him and the organization. To add insult to injury, while gambling at the Bloomfield Avenue casino, Ralphie refuses to greet Tony, which is customary and is exercised all around them by the rest of Tony's crew. When Ralphie finally acknowledges Tony's presence, he does not accept Tony's offer to have a drink with him. Tony contemplates that he may need to put Ralph "out to pasture", but doesn't want to, as he is a particularly good earner. Later, while getting the turkey for Thanksgiving, Tony remembers that Ralphie and Rosalie Aprile are set to join them for Thanksgiving dinner, therefore he forces Carmela to lie to Rosalie, saying there will not be a Thanksgiving this year due to Carmela's father's poor health.
Rosalie believes the lie, but both mothers also notice the budding relationship between Meadow and Jackie Jr. After the Thanksgiving dinner, Jackie arrives at the Soprano house to invite Meadow to a movie. They end up in a parked car near Hunter Scangarelo's house where they make out, but Meadow warns Jackie that their relationship is unlikely to go anywhere at the moment. Days later, a very drunk Meadow steals Jackie's car keys while he is playing pool and runs to the parking lot. Jackie runs after her to prevent her from driving, but Meadow is already in the car. She then almost causes an accident and drives down a slope and crashes. Meadow is unharmed but Jackie's Chevrolet Cavalier is wrecked. Jackie Jr. consoles the shocked Meadow, and she then expresses her will to go with Jackie instead of being driven home.
Ralphie understands that Carmela's excuse for disinviting the Apriles to Thanksgiving dinner was due to his argument with Tony. Ralph expresses his dissatisfaction with Tony to fellow made men Eugene Pontecorvo and Vito Spatafore. Livid and even considering setting up a hit on Tony, he seeks the counsel of New York mobster Johnny Sack, who advises Ralphie to give Tony a believable and genuine apology. Ralphie reluctantly agrees. Sack informs Tony of this ahead of time but also suggests him to give something to Ralph in return, for example, elevating Ralph to the rank of capo, but Tony refuses. At Nuovo Vesuvio, Ralphie approaches Tony while he's eating, but is not invited to sit while asked by Tony what he wishes to see him for. Ralphie does a complete mea culpa, humbly apologizing for all his past indiscretions, including disrespecting Tony's request for a drink and killing Tracee, blaming it all on the cocaine he was using at the time. Ralphie ends up leaving without being offered anything from Tony or even much acknowledged. This infuriates him and he again approaches Johnny. Johnny says the way Tony acted at Nuovo Vesuvio was "posturing" and "part of the game."
Gigi Cestone, capo of the Aprile crew, meets with Tony and explains to him how Ralphie's driving ambition to unseat him combined with the stresses of closing a contract and putting two kids through school is bothering him, but that he will not let this affect his production. Silvio Dante comments to Tony that the weight of Gigi's responsibilities are driving him to an early grave and Junior Soprano tells him that, while Gigi is strong and capable, he is not fully respected by his crew, especially with an ambitious Ralph making trouble; therefore he will constantly be undermined by them. Tony laments that despite this he cannot replace Gigi without looking indecisive and weak; notwithstanding that, there are no suitable candidates. Junior tell him that such predicaments are just part of the job of being boss. Gigi, despite having problems with his bowels, enjoys turkey sandwiches at his business hangout with his crew, appreciating Ralphie's absence. Later that day, Gigi is found dead on the toilet of a heart attack. Tony is consequently pressed into the decision who to elevate to captain of the crew.
At Gigi's funeral, Tony scopes out his potential candidates who are all sitting next to each other on a couch. Vito, who is wiping the sweat off his forehead, Eugene, who is sleeping, Donny K., who is straightening out the wrinkles in his tie, and Ralphie, who sits on his own in a chair in the corner, tapping his cheek impatiently. At another dinner in Nuovo Vesuvio, Tony tells Ralph that he has been bumped up to captain. Ralphie is ecstatic but also wondering if Tony did this because "someone was constipated and blew a gasket", meaning Gigi, or if he actually earned it by merit. Tony tells him to be happy with the decision and makes no further attempt to nurture Ralph's ego. Ralph then asks if he is going to join him for a drink, but Tony gulps down the remainder of the drink he already has and exits, leaving Ralph sitting alone at the table.
Tony later visits Globe Motors and asks Gloria if she will accompany him on a test drive. They end up on Tony's boat, where it is implied that they have sex. Gloria is then forced to cancel her therapy and call Dr. Melfi to inform her. Dr. Melfi then hears a man's voice in the background.
First appearances[edit]
Gloria Trillo: a therapy patient of Dr. Melfi's and a car saleswoman at Globe Motors.
Little Paulie Germani: Paulie Gualtieri's nephew and crew member.
Aaron Arkaway: Janice's Christian boyfriend who suffers from narcolepsy.
Deceased[edit]
Gigi Cestone: dies from complications of heart disease while on the toilet at the Aprile crew hangout.
Title reference[edit]
It is a reference to Aaron, Janice's narcoleptic, evangelical boyfriend, who asks Jackie Jr. if he has heard "the good news, He is risen" (of Jesus Christ's resurrection).
Could be taken as an ironic reference to Gigi's death, or a more literal one to Ralphie's rise to captain, since Silvio refers to Ralphie as a "rising star" in the episode.
This episode originally aired on Easter Sunday.
Cultural references[edit]
When Tony tells Carmela to disinvite Ralphie and Ro for Thanksgiving Dinner, he references The Jetsons, stating Ralph's not going to Mr. Spacely's house for dinner.
Silvio warns Tony that Ralph is the type to pull a "Jack Ruby" on you, referring to the sneak-attacking shooter of Lee Harvey Oswald.
When Jackie Junior comes into Ro's kitchen, Ralph greets him, "Oh, Fabian!"
The deaths of Elvis Presley and Don Simpson. At the funeral of Gigi Cestone (who dies of heart failure while on the toilet), all are in agreement that Gigi's death, while natural, was arguably one of the most embarrassing ways to go. Anthony Soprano states that it's "..how Elvis went." Silvio Dante mistakenly replies, "That guy in Hollywood, too. 'Don' something. Producer of The Simpsons."
Tony references Sun Tzu's The Art of War on a couple of occasions.
Silvio Dante refers to a dog with two bones -- an apparent reference to Devo's 1980 song "Freedom of Choice" (which supposedly referred to a Latin poem, but which actually altered an Aesop's fable about a donkey and two bales of hay)
Tony references "Prince Matchabelli" when he intends to reference Machiavelli's The Prince.
Production[edit]
The voiceover on the Mercedes TV commercial, which Tony watches before going to bed with Carmela and which makes him think of Gloria (who works as a saleswoman for a company that sells the cars), is voiced by Joe Mantegna, who also voices mob boss Fat Tony on The Simpsons, as well as played Joey Zaza in The Godfather Part III.
Music[edit]
The song at the party where Jackie is selling Ecstasy and meets Meadow is "Touch Me" by Taskforce (Thrillseekers Remix).
When Ralphie turns his back on Tony at the casino, the song playing on the jukebox is "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by The Ramrods. Prior to this, "Rag Doll" from The Four Seasons is heard. The lead singer of The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli appeared later in season 3.[1]
The music playing at Gigi's funeral is Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto.
The song "Whoa!" by Black Rob is played in the episode.
The song played over the end credits is "The Captain" by Kasey Chambers.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/index.html#/the-sopranos/episodes/3/34-he-is-risen/music.html
External links[edit]
"He Is Risen" at HBO
"He Is Risen" at the Internet Movie Database
"He Is Risen" 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
 

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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Second Opinion (The Sopranos)
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"Second Opinion"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep307.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 7
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Written by
Lawrence Konner
Production code
307
Original air date
April 8, 2001
Running time
59 minutes
Guest actors


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"Second Opinion" is the thirty-third episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the seventh of the show's third season. It was written by Lawrence Konner, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on April 8, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 Production
4 Title reference
5 Other cultural references
6 Music
7 Awards
8 References
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.
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 *
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Sully Boyar as Dr. Krakower
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
Tony Hale as RN Collins
Toni Kalem as Angie Bonpensiero
Sam McMurray as Dr. John Kennedy
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Frank Wood as Dean Ross
Episode recap[edit]
Uncle Junior is put under anesthesia for his surgery to remove the cancerous tumors in his stomach. As he is given the anesthetic, he hallucinates about FBI agents offering him a cure to his cancer if he cooperates with them. A Star-Ledger newspaper is then seen, featuring the following headline: "Soprano wins freedom, indicts nephew — star witness weds Angie Dickinson". (Junior's desire to "fuck Angie Dickinson" had been revealed in a prior episode.) In reality, Dr. John Kennedy delivers news to Tony Soprano and the other mob associates that Uncle Junior will be fine and that they have removed all of the tumor that they could find. However, on a later doctor's visit, Dr. Kennedy informs Junior and Bobby Baccalieri that they have found more malignant cells and would once again like to perform surgery. Uncle Junior agrees, since he puts his full confidence in Dr. Kennedy. However, Tony disagrees: he believes that Uncle Junior is more fascinated that his doctor happens to have the same name as President John F. Kennedy. Tony and Uncle Junior visit another doctor in New York City, who recommends that Junior receive chemotherapy treatments. Eventually, a tumor board review is called and they reach the same conclusion, though more because Kennedy does not wish to have the other doctor breathing down his neck than for any medical reason. Junior undergoes chemotherapy and suffers unpleasant side effects. Unsatisfied with the chemotherapy, Junior waits to hear from Dr. Kennedy, who is not returning any of his calls. To appease his uncle, Tony and Furio Giunta visit Kennedy on his golf course and intimidate him into being more receptive to Junior. At the hospital during Junior's chemotherapy treatment, Kennedy appears and warmly greets him, acting supportive of the treatment and encouraging Junior to stay the course along with providing his home phone number.
Carmela Soprano attends a couples therapy session with Dr. Melfi, scheduled for Carmela and Tony, alone. She begins to break down as she realizes her ignorance about Tony's job and the fact that she has become very depressed. Melfi recommends Dr. Krakower, a colleague in Livingston, if she would like to see a therapist on a regular basis. Carmela reluctantly calls Dr. Krakower and agrees to see him for one appointment. As she describes her situation, she discusses her husband's profession and her marital woes. The doctor recommends that she leave the marriage (something Carmela has contemplated before) since Tony's life is indeed dangerous and that his steady income is derived from blood money. He refuses to accept any money for the session but advises her to leave while she still can. Krakower also suggests Tony could possibly renounce his prior life of crime, and spend time in prison reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment while reflecting on his past wrongs. He advises Carmela to use only the legitimate funds she can muster to survive on and raise the two children she and Tony have alone — a hefty task.
Carmela also has plans to meet with the dean of Columbia University regarding a donation; Tony considers it a shakedown and makes other plans. She meets with Meadow in her dorm room beforehand, but Meadow is still sour over her breakup with Noah Tannenbaum and is still angry with her father. Carmela defends Tony and challenges Meadow to explain herself, but she does not respond. Later, Carmela has lunch with the dean and they bond quickly, learning they attended nearby schools in college. The dean entices Carmela with a picture of the planned university student center, saying that donors who give $50,000 will have their name engraved on a wall nearby. Carmela is receptive to the idea, but when she tells Tony, he becomes angry and says he will only go as high as $5,000. Later, depressed and lying on the couch (in the aftermath of the aforementioned session with Krakower, which hit Carmela hard), Carmela tells Tony that she has already told the dean she will give $50,000. Tony initially objects, but when Carmela tells him that he must do something nice for her, he agrees (to the money), and then suggests they go out to dinner.
Christopher Moltisanti is aggravated when Paulie Walnuts asks him if he is wearing a wire during a pool game at the Bada Bing. Christopher quickly denies the accusation but when Paulie asks him to disrobe in order to prove it, he becomes very offended. Paulie humiliates a nude Chris, making fun of his penis size. Later, at 2:00 a.m., Paulie and Patsy Parisi arrive unexpectedly at Christopher's apartment and comb through Chris and Adriana's belongings, looking to see if Chris has acquired swag that he hasn't given Paulie a share of. Christopher grows extremely upset when Paulie takes Adriana's new (stolen) designer shoes for his comáre and sniffs the panties in Adriana's lingerie drawer. Christopher informs Tony about this the following day, but is advised that Paulie "can be a little quirky." Furthermore, Christopher is later reprimanded by Paulie himself, who tells him to never go to the "boss" again about an argument between the two of them. They settle by bonding over a Big Mouth Billy Bass that Paulie plans to give Tony (not knowing that Tony smashed one over Georgie's head already, as its animated fish features resurrected memories of Pussy's murder).
Meanwhile, Carmela spots Angie Bonpensiero at a Pathmark supermarket and invites her to dinner. Angie politely rejects the offer, saying that her dog is very sick and that she is worried to leave her alone. Also, Angie cannot afford veterinarian bills and needs some extra money now that Pussy has disappeared. Carmela tells Tony about their encounter which leads him to visit the Bonpensiero residence. Tony spots Angie's new Cadillac in the driveway and, because she had mentioned grievances that are Tony's (not Carmela's) business, he angrily breaks its window. He then honks the horn through the broken window with the bat. When Angie comes out, he damages the rear lights as well, telling Angie that, if she needs money, she should come directly to him.
Production[edit]
The scene wherein Carmela waits in Dr. Melfi's waiting room, gazing at the green statue, is almost identical to the opening scene of the very first episode, with Tony in the waiting room.
Mike Nichols was originally cast to play the role of Dr. Krakower. However, the role eventually went to Sully Boyar. During the episode's original broadcast, Nichols was credited instead of Boyar; this was corrected for repeats and the DVD release; Boyar died of a heart attack on March 23, 2001, two weeks before the airing of the episode.[citation needed]
Title reference[edit]
Uncle Junior seeks a second opinion from another doctor for his cancer treatment.
Carmela gets a second opinion from a psychotherapist.
Other cultural references[edit]
Adriana alleges to Christopher that she once performed oral sex on Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller fame in a public restroom.
The episode features the toy Big Mouth Billy Bass, a popular singing animatronic fish from the late 1990s that most of Tony's crew gets a kick out of. However, Tony is reminded too strongly of his best friend whom he was forced to kill (and more specifically, the dream where Pussy appeared to him as a talking fish).
Music[edit]
The song played when Carmela visits Meadow at Columbia and, again, over the end credits is a live version of "Black Books" by Nils Lofgren.
A remix of "Mysterious Ways" by U2 is playing in the Bing when Tony beats up Georgie with the Billy Bass.
Songs sung by Big Mouth Billy Bass are "Take Me to the River" by Al Green and "Y.M.C.A." by The Village People. "Y.M.C.A." was a specially-recorded version for the toy by The Sopranos prop department after the originally planned song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin, was not allowed to be licenced for the show by McFerrin, who disliked the adult content of the TV series.[1]
The Goldberg Variations can be heard when Carmela has lunch with the dean of Columbia University.
Awards[edit]
Edie Falco won her second Emmy for "Best Actress in a Drama" for her role of Carmela by submitting this episode.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Martin, Brett (2007-10-30). ""This Thing of Ours": Creating The Sopranos Universe". The Sopranos: The Complete Book. New York: Time. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4.
External links[edit]
"Second Opinion" at HBO
"Second Opinion" at the Internet Movie Database
"Second Opinion" at TV.com


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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"
 



Episodes ·
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University (The Sopranos)
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"University"
The Sopranos episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 6
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Teleplay by
Terence Winter
Salvatore J. Stabile

Story by
David Chase
Terence Winter
Todd A. Kessler
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess

Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
306
Original air date
April 1, 2001
Running time
49 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

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Episode chronology
"University" is the thirty-second episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the sixth of the show's third season. The teleplay was written by Terence Winter and Salvatore J. Stabile from a story idea by David Chase, Terence Winter, Todd A. Kessler, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess. It was directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on April 1, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 Deceased
4 Title reference
5 Other cultural references
6 Music
7 Aftermath
8 References
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. *
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 *
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Ariel Kiley as Tracee
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Ari Graynor as Caitlin Rucker
Patrick Tully as Noah Tannenbaum
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
Frank Santorelli as Georgie Santorelli
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Michael Garfield as Len Tannenbaum
Episode recap[edit]
One afternoon at the Bada Bing, Tony receives a "thank you" gift from one of the strippers, 20-year-old Tracee. She thanks Tony for advising her to take her sick son to the doctor. When she presents Tony with some homemade datenut bread, he is gratified by the gesture but explains that he cannot accept gifts from employees, since strippers are not supposed to make friends with their bosses, and because Ralph is carrying on an affair with her.
Meanwhile at Columbia University, Meadow is becoming closer to her boyfriend, Noah Tannenbaum. As they draw close to becoming intimate, Meadow's roommate, Caitlin, walks in and interrupts. Meadow asks if she needs to use the room, but Caitlin says she was feeling lonely and scared after seeing the horror film, Freaks, with friends, exhibiting something similar to the Mean World Syndrome. Meadow and Noah try to calm her down and remind her that she has been warned in the past not to see things that frighten her. Caitlin proceeds to pull her hair out as a sign of nervousness. Noah makes up an excuse to leave, and after a few moments of discomfort between Caitlin and Meadow, Meadow decides to go up to Noah's room, making sure she takes her X-Acto knife in case Caitlin grows more depressed. Noah empathizes with Caitlin and suggests they be patient with her. Meadow thus comes to adore Noah even more and loses her virginity to him. Later, Noah and Meadow plan to cheer Caitlin up by taking her out for her birthday. After an evening out with Caitlin, they spot a homeless woman babbling, which induces Caitlin to give her money. As she approaches the woman, Caitlin discovers that she is using a newspaper as an undergarment. Caitlin is more shocked and upset than ever and sobs in the dorm room. Meadow becomes tired of Caitlin's growing homesickness and seeks solace at the Soprano home. She tells her mother that she is in love with Noah and subtly hints that she has been intimate with him. Meanwhile, Caitlin visits Noah and pesters him for company. He is irked by this, as he is writing a term paper, for which he eventually receives a C-. Noah attributes his poor grade to repeated interruptions by Caitlin. Meadow tries to console him about it, but his father, being furious about his son's poor grade, has already filed a restraining order against Caitlin. Meadow meets Noah's father, Len, for dinner one evening and they discuss his profession and that of her father. The following day, Noah breaks off his relationship with Meadow, telling her that she is too negative and cynical. Meadow is genuinely shocked, becoming extremely upset and ends up taking it out on her parents.
Tracee continues to get closer to Tony as she shows off her new braces. As she dances, Tony and Silvio remark that she is a good looking "thoroughbred" and has a great, natural body, but her crooked teeth are a "train wreck" and that Silvio's "juicing" her on the loan. One afternoon as Tony leaves the club, she follows him to his car where she tells him that she is pregnant with Ralph's child. She seeks advice on whether to have an abortion or to keep the baby. Tony warns her that because her son has experienced domestic abuse (at her hands) and that, as the child is Ralph's, "You'd be doing this kid and the next three generations a favor" by aborting the pregnancy and not informing Ralph.
Unfortunately for Tracee, Ralph does not seem to help the problem. As he becomes obsessed with the film Gladiator, he begins to drunkenly shout out quotes from the film and plays around roughly with Georgie at the VIP lounge. After constantly making wise remarks and loud outbursts, things become tense when Ralph finds a length of chain and proceeds to swing it at Georgie, severely injuring his eye. Tony angrily sends Ralph to take Georgie to the emergency room. A few days later, Silvio is shocked to find that Tracee has not shown up for work. Silvio then finds her at Ralph's townhouse. He forces her to get dressed and slaps her as she is entering his car for talking back to him. Ralph watches and laughs from the window as she is dragged into the car.
Three days later, during an early-morning hours party, Ralph sees Tracee in the VIP lounge, where she insults him in front of the other associates and capos. Ralph then follows her out to the deserted Bada Bing parking lot, where he teases her into thinking he will marry and support her, then gleefully calls her a "cock-sucking slob". When she punches him and insults his masculinity, Ralph becomes extremely angry and brutally beats her, he then bashes her head into a metal guardrail, killing her. Soon after, Ralph returns to the club with bruised and bloody knuckles. Soprano associates soon find Tracee's body and Tony blames Ralph for what happened. As Ralphie is standing in front of a chain-link fence, Tony violates a well-established Mafia code and assaults him, a made man (made men are never to strike one another), but he justifies this by stating that Ralph disrespected the Bing. Ralph tries to defend himself yelling, "I'm a made guy!" Tony takes Tracee's death badly and becomes emotional during a therapy session with Carmela and Dr. Melfi the next day. He lies and says that a young male associate from Barone Sanitation died. Days later, the Bada Bing strippers wonder where Tracee went. One of the Bing girls mentions that she actually heard something along the lines of what actually took place (that Tracee went out to the parking lot with Ralph and never came back), but one of her co-workers strongly advises her to keep her mouth shut, lest she be next. As the episode ends, Georgie, sporting a bandaged eye, is training a new stripper to work at the Bada Bing in place of Tracee.
Deceased[edit]
Tracee: Bada Bing stripper murdered by Ralphie in the parking lot
Title reference[edit]
Much of the episode revolves around Meadow's university experiences.
As the episode parallels the treatment of Meadow and Tracee, "University" is also a reference to the episode's theme
Other cultural references[edit]
In the first scene, Silvio points to "Yo Yo Ma" as evidence that the Chinese, like his fellow Italians, also have "nicknames."
After being introduced to Meadow, Noah's father says he sat next to a talkative Tim Daly of Wings fame on his flight from Los Angeles. Noah also mentions that his father did Daly's deal for the short-lived TV series remake of The Fugitive. Daly would later play the role of television writer J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos, beginning with the episode "In Camelot."
Caitlin references the Lindbergh kidnapping while expressing to Meadow how she was worried about her missing.
Noah's father says he worked with Dick Wolf, the creator of Law & Order.
During a scene in the family kitchen, A.J. wears a Nine Inch Nails Fragility tour t-shirt.
After dining out with Noah's father, Noah and Meadow see the Francis Ford Coppola film Dementia 13.
Ralph watches Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas, which Christopher recommended as a good gladiator film.
Music[edit]
The song played during Tracee's show and during the end credits is "Living on a Thin Line", from The Kinks 1984 album, Word of Mouth.
The song playing in the background during the first scene between Noah and Meadow is "The Dolphin's Cry" by Live.
When the stripper (Kelly Kole) is trying to get into the VIP room of the Bada Bing, "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC is playing in the background.
The song playing when Tracee shows Tony her new braces is Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love" (1975).
The song playing when Silvio is informed that Tracee had missed three days of work is "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
The song playing in the background when Meadow and Noah have dinner with Noah's father is "Everybody's Jumpin" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Aftermath[edit]
According to actress Ariel Kiley, who plays Tracee, the stripper murdered by Ralph Cifaretto, a lot of subscribers canceled their HBO service because of the episode.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Reidel, Jon (October 18, 2004). "Hollywood Holdout". The View (University of Vermont). Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
External links[edit]
"University" at HBO
"University" at the Internet Movie Database
"University" at TV.com


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Tony Soprano ·
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 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
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 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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"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"
 

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"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"
 

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"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"
 

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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"
 


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"Soprano Home Movies" ·
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 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
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Another Toothpick
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"Another Toothpick"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep305.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 5
Directed by
Jack Bender
Written by
Terence Winter
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
305
Original air date
March 25, 2001
Running time
60 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "Employee of the Month" Next →
 "University"

Episode chronology
"Another Toothpick" is the thirty-first episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the fifth of the show's third season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Jack Bender and originally aired on March 25, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap 2.1 Therapy session
2.2 Tony and the cop
2.3 Junior and Bobby Bacala, Sr.
2.4 FBI setback
2.5 Ralph and Gigi
2.6 Artie and Adriana
3 Deceased
4 Title reference
5 Cultural references
6 Production
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.
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
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Tom Aldredge as Hugh De Angelis
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Vince Curatola as Johnny Sack
Charles S. Dutton as Officer Leon Wilmore
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Frank Pellegrino as Bureau Chief Frank Cubitoso
Peter Riegert as Ronald Zellman
Paul Schulze as Father Phil Intintola
Matt Servitto as Agent Harris
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
Brian Tarantina as Mustang Sally
Burt Young as Bobby Baccalieri, Sr.
Episode recap[edit]
Therapy session[edit]
As they have their first therapy session with Dr. Melfi together, Tony remains quiet throughout, while Carmela asks Melfi questions. Carmela asks Dr. Melfi if she's feeling better after her "accident", which she says she's doing better. Dr. Melfi then asks if Tony has been telling Carmela about any of the origins of his "root causes". Carmela tends to forget, which forces Tony to remind her of the capicola from Satriale's. Carmela asks Dr. Melfi why the therapy has not helped Tony much, since he is still passing out on a regular basis. Carmela then becomes defensive when she thinks she has only been brought for the session as a scapegoat to take the blame for Tony's mental problems and starts yelling at him about his infidelity and guilt for what she says are more likely reasons for his attacks. Melfi says she notices both of their anger.
Tony and the cop[edit]
Afterwards, Tony drives a tearful Carmela home. Tony speeds in frustration and is pulled over by a black police officer by the name of Leon Wilmore, who orders Tony for his license and registration, and to turn off the engine. After attempts at winning him over and casually offering a bribe backfire, along with asking the officer tauntingly what would happen if he ignores orders, Tony finally turns the engine off after Officer Wilmore radios in for backup threateningly. The dispatch is canceled when Tony reluctantly gives in. Officer Wilmore writes Tony a ticket.
Tony then gets in touch with his government contact, the corrupt Assemblyman Ronald Zellman, about the ticket. Zellman says he will look into the situation and take care of it. Days later, when Tony goes to purchase a water pipe at Fountains of Wayne, a lawn ornament store, he sees Officer Wilmore selling pottery. Tony sarcastically antagonizes and insults Wilmore, who then tells Tony that he was transferred to the property room and is no longer eligible for overtime thanks to him and his "friend the Assemblyman," and that he has taken the job at the pottery store to make ends meet. Tony denies having anything to do with his situation. Feeling guilty, Tony later calls Zellman, who informs Tony that Officer Wilmore was reassigned because he was a rabble rouser and disliked by a number of other cops. Zellman goes on to relate that Wilmore was thought to be battling depression or another mental illness. Despite this, Tony asks if Wilmore can have his job back.
Meadow openly condemns Tony for being hypocritical in his attitude toward blacks when Tony makes fun of her after learning Meadow's bicycle was stolen by a black person; she says blacks are more likely to commit crime due to poverty. It is after this episode that, when meeting with Zellman, Tony changes his mind again and tells Zellman to forget his request since he thinks Wilmore got what he deserved.
At the garden store, Tony offers Wilmore a bribe to ensure that his expensive order arrives in one piece. Wilmore looks at him and walks away.
Junior and Bobby Bacala, Sr.[edit]
Meanwhile, after attending a funeral for Carmela's uncle Febby, Tony meets up with Bobby Baccalieri and his father, Bobby, Sr. Tony learns that Bobby, Sr. has lung cancer as a result of a lifelong tobacco habit. When made man Vito Spatafore's brother Bryan is sent to the hospital after being clubbed by a jealous Mustang Sally, Bobby Sr. agrees to do the hit on him since he is Sally's godfather and can make a safe approach. Bobby is afraid of this because of his father's poor health (he is croupy and coughing up blood at the slightest exertion) and asks Junior to convince Tony to get someone else, even volunteering for the task himself. Junior attempts to make Tony change his mind, first by speaking with him personally, and then through Johnny Sack, but Tony refuses to give ground. Bobby, Sr. is fatalistic about his cancer and wants to do the hit, which devastates his son.
Bobby, Sr. proceeds to visit the house in Staten Island where Mustang Sally—fearing Tony's mortal retaliation—has holed up with his friend Carlos. After disarming Sally's pent anxiety by assuring him "don't worry, I got you a pass", then sending him into to the kitchen for a glass of water, Bobby Sr. sneaks up from behind and shoots him in the ear, being distracted by Carlos. Though injured, Sally puts up an intense struggle and a blood-soaked gun-in-hand grapple ensues. Hardly able to breathe, Bobby Sr. exerts himself to again shoot Sally, this time clean through the head. He then shoots Carlos dead. He takes Sally's cigarettes and smokes them while leaving the scene in his Chevrolet Lumina. In a coughing fit while driving, he fumbles for his blood-covered inhaler, seems to lose consciousness, loses control of the car, and crashes into a sign pole, killing him. A scene follows with the radio in the demolished car still playing America's "Sister Golden Hair" as Bobby's lifeless body slumps over the steering wheel.
Bobby Bacala is extremely upset, which causes Junior to first ask how exactly he was killed, cancer or the car accident, prompting Bobby to reply, "All due respect Junior, what do you care about the details?" Corrado then abruptly unleashes his fury by breaking a lamp and picture frames. Junior tells Tony at Dr. Schreck's office that he has cancer. He asks Tony not to tell anyone. Tony, however, immediately tells Janice, and they both meet at Livia's for a drink of wine and discuss the deaths in their family.
It is revealed that Uncle Junior holds the superstitious belief that "these things come in threes," pertaining to two recent cancer-related deaths (Jackie Aprile and Febby). Supposedly, he believes that if Bobby Sr.'s death was from cancer, it would prevent him from becoming the third in line to die of the disease. This is why he becomes upset not knowing whether Bobby Sr. died from the car accident or his cancer.
When Bobby comes to get Junior for his father's wake, he finds Junior unprepared and distracted by television. Junior confesses he has cancer and pretends to be too sick to go. Bobby is shocked and leaves without him.
FBI setback[edit]
During an argument in the Soprano household between Tony and Meadow about Tony's racial bias, Meadow picks up the FBI-bugged lamp and takes it for her dorm at Columbia University, to do a biology lab that involves studying pathogens under a microscope. The light helps her see better in order for her to complete the lab assignment. With the relocation of the lamp far away from where it is needed, the undercover techs declare the bug "neutralized".
Ralph and Gigi[edit]
It begins to become apparent at a dinner, along with Johnny Sack, Paulie Gualtieri, and Tony that Ralphie Cifaretto has some major resentment towards Gigi getting promoted to Capo of the Aprile Crew over him, seeing how Ralph was a top earner in the crew, and Gigi wasn't exactly thought to be Capo material. Ralph then ridicules Gigi's idea to send in Bobby, Sr. for a retaliatory hit on Mustang Sally and comments that Tony should allow him to do it because "he'll take that guy apart at the joints...with him conscious." Tony angrily reminds everyone at the table that Gigi calls the shots in the crew.
Artie and Adriana[edit]
Artie Bucco is upset when he learns that Adriana La Cerva is leaving her post as hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio, now that Christopher Moltisanti is a made man and earning more money. After hours in the restaurant, a drunken Artie insults Christopher in front of Tony which almost leads to violence before it's broken up by Tony. After Chris leaves, Artie tells Tony that he is in love with Adriana, but Tony tells him to sober up and to never utter those words again. The next day, Tony suggests that he and Artie go into business together, selling Italian food products, under the Satriale's brand name. Charmaine nixes the idea, being against doing business with a mobster, believing Tony only wants another business to use as a front. During an argument in the restaurant, Charmaine threatens Artie, and Artie scoffs, calling her bluff by asking her if she's going to divorce him. Angered by the exchange, Charmaine tells him the marriage is over, and that he should not expect custody of the children. Artie, sporting an earring, later has an awkward dinner with Adriana. Even though she attends the dinner without telling Christopher —- ostensibly because it was a "going away" dinner -— she soon realizes that Artie is romantically interested after he repeatedly attempts to hold her hand and suggests that she is not ready for marriage.
Deceased[edit]
Febby Viola: died of cancer; Carmela's uncle
Mustang Sally: shot and killed by Robert Baccalieri Sr. on orders by Tony Soprano and Gigi Cestone
Carlos: Mustang Sally's friend; shot for being a witness to his murder
Bobby Baccalieri, Sr.: Crashed his car while suffering a coughing fit brought on by his lung cancer
Title reference[edit]
Janice claims that Livia often described a person who was dying as "another toothpick" because of the emaciated appearance that comes with protracted mortal illness.
Cultural references[edit]
As Bobby Sr. visits Mustang Sally and Carlos, before their deaths, the two were watching Sally Jessy Raphael's talk show on TV.
After confessing his love for Adriana to Tony, Artie muses that he'd have a better chance with her if he weren't bald. Tony states that the older, married Artie wouldn't have a chance with that young girl even if he had hair like Casey Kasem.
In the scene where Junior tells Bobby he has cancer, the movie playing on the television is The Devil at 4 O'Clock with Frank Sinatra.
Production[edit]
Going into the third season, this episode marks the first time the show's leading ladies, Lorraine Bracco and Edie Falco as Dr. Melfi and Carmela Soprano, spoke directly to each other. Their two previous conversations had taken place over the phone, while they had only caught a glimpse of each other in season 1, when Carmela drove Tony to meet Melfi for a session in her car.
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits is "Shuck Dub" by R. L. Burnside.
Meadow Soprano sings along to The Corrs' "Breathless", while listening to headphones.
The song playing on the radio in Bobby Baccalieri Sr.'s Chevy as he is driving away from the murder scene is "Sister Golden Hair" by America; Bobby Sr.'s car crashes as the line "I just can't make it" was sung in the main chorus.
The song played while Artie Bucco and Adriana have dinner is "Concierto de Aranjuez".
External links[edit]
"Another Toothpick" at HBO
"Another Toothpick" at the Internet Movie Database
"Another Toothpick" at TV.com
"Another Toothpick" review by The A.V. Club
"Another Toothpick" review by Entertainment Weekly


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Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 Writers
 

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Episodes ·
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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" ·
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Employee of the Month (The Sopranos)
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"Employee of the Month"
The Sopranos episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 4
Directed by
John Patterson
Written by
Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
304
Original air date
March 18, 2001
Running time
53 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"Employee of the Month" is the thirtieth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the fourth episode of the show's third season. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by John Patterson and originally aired on March 18, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Title reference
5 Awards
6 Production
7 Music
8 Reference 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. *
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
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Denise Borino as Ginny Sacrimoni
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Vince Curatola as Johnny Sack
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
Will McCormack as Jason LaPenna
Mario Polit as Jesus Rossi
Peter Riegert as Ronald Zellman
Richard Romanus as Richard LaPenna
Episode recap[edit]
Dr. Melfi decides that, since Tony has had a breakthrough in his prior therapy session, he is ready to be referred to a behavioral therapist. Tony takes offense, convinced that Melfi is trying to hand him off to someone else. She quickly changes the subject by asking Tony what is new with his life. Tony proceeds to tell her about some problems with his children. Dr. Melfi suggests that he bring Carmela into the therapy sessions. Tony feels uncomfortable about the idea.
John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni, the underboss of the Lupertazzi crime family, quietly moves to New Jersey with his wife, Ginny. They are surprised to receive a visit from Tony Soprano, who is upset because Johnny had not previously mentioned anything about the move, and Tony fears increased interference from Johnny and his associates. Johnny explains that Ginny wants to be closer to her sisters, and that they already had a condo in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Furthermore, he assures Tony that he will not "stick his beak" into the New Jersey family business. He then invites Tony to a housewarming party, along with some of his family's mobsters.
Meanwhile, as Melfi leaves her office late in the evening, she is attacked in the parking garage by a man with no one around. He grabs her from behind and drags her into the stairwell, where he brutally rapes her. At the hospital, she learns her leg is badly injured. She also has bruises on her face. The detective present tells her the rapist is named Jesus Rossi and that he has been apprehended. Her son, Jason, wants revenge on the rapist, but Richard LaPenna (Melfi's ex-husband, whom she has begun dating again) tells Jason to let the police handle it. The following day, Richard phones the detectives, who inform him that Rossi was released on a technicality, due to a breakdown in the chain of custody. Upon learning of Rossi's release, Melfi becomes very upset and afraid. Later, while buying a sandwich at a sub shop, she notices a plaque indicating that Rossi is the establishment's "Employee of the Month"; She drops her soda and runs out of the building.
Melfi later dreams about buying a soda at a vending machine, which was placed in the middle of her office, and takes macaroni for currency. After depositing the macaroni into the coin slot, she reaches her hand into the machine to get her soda, only for her hand to get trapped inside. While trapped, she dreams of a large Rottweiler that scares her, but then she sees her rapist coming to assault her again. While he slowly moves his hand across her leg and up her skirt, the dog viciously attacks Rossi, mauling him as he begs for his life. When Melfi awakens, she feels a sense of relief. Later, she describes the dream to her therapist, Dr. Elliot Kupferberg, and realizes its meaning: the large dog protecting her was actually Tony Soprano — someone who could take revenge on her behalf. However, Melfi assures Kupferberg that even though the justice system has failed her, she will not turn to Tony for help, although she mentions that the dream of watching her rapist suffer brought her great pleasure.
Ralph Cifaretto begins to show a fatherly interest in Jackie Aprile, Jr., the son of his girlfriend, Rosalie Aprile. During dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio, Ralph asks Jackie if he has any current love interests; he then recommends Meadow Soprano to him. Shortly thereafter, Ralph takes him to help collect money from a client who refuses to make his payments, goading the man into a fight. The client swings a bat at Jackie and a struggle ensues. Jackie and Ralph manage to knock the man down and take the money from his wallet, with Ralph giving Jackie a large "cut." Hearing of this, Tony warns Ralph to keep Jackie away from the family, as Tony had promised Jackie's father that his son would not live such a life. Due to Ralph's taking Jackie along on his criminal ventures, Tony ultimately decides against promoting Ralphie to capo of the Aprile Crew, picking Gigi Cestone for the job instead. Ralph is disappointed.
After refusing to give up Svetlana Kirilenko's prosthetic leg, Janice receives a visit from some Russian thugs. At first, they ask for the leg, but soon the encounter becomes violent. The Russians attack Janice and force her to retrieve the leg, which is in a bowling alley locker. Tony visits Janice at the hospital and angrily explains that because the Russians have physically assaulted his sister, he is now going to be required to make a family-respect-and-name-protecting retaliatory move against them. Janice then tells him that she has hit rock bottom and "found God" that will lead to her recovery and informs a nonplussed Tony that she "forgives" Svetlana for what happened.
During their next session, Melfi begins to weep when Tony agrees to see the behaviorist, and he tries to comfort her. Tony asks her what is wrong, but she persuades him to sit back down and continue the session. Tony asks Melfi if she wants to tell him something. After a tense pause, Melfi says, "No."
First appearances[edit]
Ginny Sacrimoni: The wife of Johnny Sack.
Title reference[edit]
Dr. Melfi happens to see her rapist's picture on the wall as "Employee of the Month" at a local subshop.
Awards[edit]
The episode's writers, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, won an Emmy Award in 2001 for Best Writing in a Drama Series.
Lorraine Bracco was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for season three, and she submitted this episode. Despite being a favourite by critics to win the award, she lost the award to co-star Edie Falco, who submitted the episode "Second Opinion".
Production[edit]
Series creator, David Chase, says of the rape subplot and those expecting revenge from Tony: "If you're raised on a steady diet of Hollywood movies and network television, you start to think, 'Obviously there's going to be some moral accounting here'. That's not the way the world works. It all comes down to why you're watching. If all you want is to see big Tony Soprano take that guy's head and bang it against the wall like a cantaloupe… The point is—Melfi, despite pain and suffering, made her moral, ethical choice and we should applaud her for it. That's the story." [1]
Denise Borino (Ginny Sacrimoni) won her part by attending an open-casting session; she had not acted professionally before.
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits is "Fisherman's Daughter" by Daniel Lanois.
The song that plays while Ralphie and Jackie Aprile, Jr are eating at Vesuvio's is "Speedo" by The Cadillacs.
In the scene where Janice Soprano is practicing guitar, she is attempting (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
In the scene where Dr. Melfi was at the subshop (before fleeing), Britney Spears' song "Oops!... I Did It Again" is heard.
The song played in The Bada Bing Club is "Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players.
The Song played during the Sacrimoni's house warming party is "Americano" by the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
Reference to other media[edit]
Lorraine Bracco's character is raped by Jesus Rossi, or J. Rossi. In the film Goodfellas, Lorraine Bracco's character also has a nemesis named J. Rossi (Janice Rossi), whom her husband is sleeping with.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ EW.com: Chase 'n' the Russian
External links[edit]
"Employee of the Month" at HBO
"Employee of the Month" at the Internet Movie Database
"Employee of the Month" at TV.com


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Fortunate Son (The Sopranos)
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"Fortunate Son"
The Sopranos episode
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Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 3
Directed by
Henry J. Bronchtein
Written by
Todd A. Kessler
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
303
Original air date
March 11, 2001
Running time
58 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"Fortunate Son" is the twenty-ninth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the third of the show's third season. It was written by Todd A. Kessler, directed by Henry J. Bronchtein and originally aired on March 11, 2001.


Contents  [hide]
1 Starring 1.1 Guest starring
2 Episode recap
3 First appearances
4 Title reference
5 References to other media
6 Music
7 References
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.
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
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
Guest starring[edit]
Joseph Siravo as Johnny Boy Soprano
Rocco Sisto as Young Junior Soprano
Andrew Davoli as Dino Zerilli
Tom Aldredge as Hugh DeAngelis
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary DeAngelis
Alla Kliouka as Svetlana Kirilenko
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
George Loros as Raymond Curto
Max Casella as Benny Fazio
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Tony Lip as Carmine Lupertazzi
Richard Maldone as Albert Barese
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Oksana Babiy as Irina Peltsin
Laila Robins as Young Livia Soprano
Patrick Tully as Noah Tannenbaum
Peter Byrne as Security Guard
Megan Curry as Punked-Out Coed
Steve Grillo as Pizza Customer
Kevin Janicelli as Roy DelGuercio
Mario Lavandeira as Male Student
Steve Mellor as Bill Owens
David Mogentale as Coach Goodwin
Peter Napoliello as Football Dad
Sal Petraccione as George Piocosta
Frank Savino as Operator #1
Paul Reggio as Operator #2
Jessica Ripton as Pizza Customer #2
Johnny Spanish as Junkie
Brian Anthony Wilson as Warren Dupree
Lou Bonacki as Francis Satriale
Mark Damiano II as Young Tony Soprano
Juliet Fox as Young Janice Soprano
Elxis McLaren as Young Barbara Soprano
Episode recap[edit]
Christopher Moltisanti receives a call on his cell phone from Paulie Walnuts who tells him to meet at a shopping center parking lot in half an hour and to "look sharp" and "shine his shoes". Christopher begins to get excited along with Adriana, since this may be his making ceremony. Christopher then shaves and dresses and drives to Modell's. Silvio Dante and Paulie pull up, and they all drive together to a basement of a made man where Tony congratulates Christopher and Eugene Pontecorvo (who is also being made) on their accomplishment. They then gather at a table where Tony makes a speech and that if they have any doubts to speak up now since "once [they] enter this family, there's no getting out". Tony continues that the mob life comes before anything else, even blood family, and if a soldier cannot earn due to health problems they will assist him. Tony asks for their hands and draws blood by pricking them with a needle. He gives them both a picture of St. Peter which they light on fire in their hands. Tony then asks them to repeat the phrase "May I burn in Hell if I betray my friends". This is the traditional Cosa Nostra ceremony of omertà. Christopher nervously eyes a raven which has landed on the open window, fearing it to be a bad omen.
After the ceremony, Tony throws a big party for Christopher at Nuovo Vesuvio with food and girl-on-girl pole dancers from the Bada Bing. Paulie congratulates Christopher on being made and tells him of his responsibilities. Since Christopher is now officially in the family, Paulie's sportsbook is now Chris', but Chris will have to give kick up 10% of his take or $6,000, whichever is more, to Paulie every week, or he will begin getting points added on. Christopher tells Paulie that he loves him and looks forward to working with him.
However, Christopher finds out that the sportsbook is not bringing in as much money as anticipated, and he is inexperienced in bookmaking and stubborn in taking advice from the more experienced sportsbook employees. He reluctantly gives his entire profits, $4,000, to Paulie, who is far from satisfied. Paulie warns Christopher to give him the remaining money owed by the end of the week and charges him another $2,000 for the delay.
Meanwhile, Jackie Aprile, Jr. rudely skips out on dinner at the Soprano house, and Carmela arranges a sit-down for him with Tony. Jackie shows up late to meet Tony, and shows general disrespect for him. Tony recognizes Jackie's belief that he had his uncle Richie Aprile killed, but denies it, and claims Richie was a rat, and is now in the witness protection program. Tony discourages Jackie from entering a life of crime, saying his father didn't want that for Jackie, and that Tony himself doesn't want it for his own son either. Separately, Tony tells Christopher not to involve Jackie in any criminal activities.
Both Christopher and Jackie ignore Tony's advice. Needing money to pay Paulie, Christopher goes to Jackie, who had earlier mentioned plans to rob a benefit concert given by Jewel at Rutgers University. Christopher puts Jackie behind the wheel as their driver and robs the ticket booth at gunpoint. Christopher then gives Paulie the remainder of the money he owed him. Paulie, who sees that Christopher is worn out, more supportively tells Christopher to take it easy. Paulie gives the money to Tony, mentioning Jackie Jr.'s involvement. This angers Tony, since it's exactly what he had earlier discouraged both of them from doing. While Tony waits for Christopher to pick up the phone, Christopher instead ignores the call and rolls over in his bed.



 Christopher's making ceremony.
Tony asks Dr. Melfi where the therapy is going since he is still regularly passing out. Dr. Melfi suggests that he start seeing a behavioral therapist but Tony is uncomfortable with seeing anyone other than Melfi. Melfi becomes upset when Tony answers his cellphone during therapy. He claims that it is "his busy season" and has to take it. After learning that Janice stole Svetlana Kirilenko's artificial leg as a form of blackmail (still hoping to get her mother's record collection from Svetlana), Tony eats capicola and flashes back to his first panic attack. At the age of 11, Tony witnesses his father cut off the pinky finger of Mr. Satriale, the owner of the pork store that bears his name. At dinner that evening, Johnny Boy tells Tony that Mr. Satriale is a "degenerate gambler" who owed money, and that was his punishment. The elder Soprano then warns his son to never gamble. Tony then feels better but when he witnesses his mother and father become passionate as Livia cuts the roast, Tony passes out. Melfi thinks that this is a breakthrough since several of his panic attacks have to do with the presence of meat. Tony claims it is merely a coincidence but that he does find it strange that Livia got "turned on by free meat".
A.J. becomes involved with the school football team, which makes Tony very proud, since he did the same in his youth. When A.J. recovers a fumble at a game, Tony becomes elated and would like his son to become more devoted to the sport and suggests training regimens and ways to reward himself by buying large hot dogs. A.J. shakes it off, seeing as he would rather relax by playing his Nintendo, but ultimately he accepts. Meadow continues not to talk to Tony while Carmela tries to get Meadow to forgive him. Carmela attempts to convince Meadow that she does not know anything about Tony and Noah's quarrel, but Meadow laughs it off, saying that everyone knows and the situation would never have happened if Noah was white.
While touring the Columbia University campus, A.J. becomes dizzy and nervous, facing qualms about college. Later at football practice, after being elevated to defensive captain, A.J. passes out on the field. This is the first instance of what turns out to be a condition of having anxiety attacks that has run in Tony's family for many generations.
First appearances[edit]
Carmine Lupertazzi: Boss of the Lupertazzi Crime family, one of five New York mob organizations.
Benny Fazio: Associate of Christopher and member of the Soprano crew.
Dino Zerilli: Friend of Jackie Aprile Jr. and partner in crime.
Title reference[edit]
The title refers to the song "Fortunate Son", by Creedence Clearwater Revival, about spoiled and privileged American youth.
Several of the young men in the episode are "fortunate sons": the newly "made" Christopher (who has difficulty handling his new Mafia pressures), rebellious Jackie Jr. (who resents losing, what he misperceives to have been, heir apparent status after the death of his father), and A.J., who suffers from the same panic attacks as his father.
References to other media[edit]
When Adriana learns that Christopher is about to be made, she becomes worried that it might be a pretext for a hit, but Christopher chides her for "watching too many movies." Soon after, after arriving at the basement location of the ceremony, Silvio tells Tony that Chris was nervous during the entire ride over, and this time, Tony kids Chris as the one who's "watching too many movies". This alludes to Goodfellas (in which Michael Imperioli appeared, as well as several other cast members of The Sopranos), where Tommy DeVito is lured to his death under the pretext of being made. A similar situation takes place in the movie Donnie Brasco, where Lefty (Al Pacino) fears he'll be the victim of a hit, but instead, his boss gives him a very unusual gift: a lion.
When Tony talks with Janice in his living room, they do so while an E! Channel program looks back at the career of Jayne Mansfield, circa 1954.
During the flashback scene in which Tony, as a boy, is speaking to his father about how he handled watching the torture of Mr. Satriale, the signature theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly plays on the television set.
When he robs the benefit concert, Christopher wears a mask from the movie Scream.
Dr. Melfi and Tony discuss the famous opening scene of Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust. "This sounds very gay," Tony comments.
Music[edit]
The music that can be heard playing in the background in the first pizza parlor scene is "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin. "Rock and Roll"'s appearance on this Sopranos episode was the very first instance in Led Zeppelin's history that a band's song was licenced for a television series.[1]
The music that can be heard playing in the background in the second pizza parlor scene is "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" by Van Halen.
The music being played in the bar while the game is on is "All Good?" by De La Soul.
The song played at Christopher's party at the Bada Bing is "I See You Baby" by Groove Armada.
The song being played as background music in the restaurant when Tony meets Jackie Aprile, Jr. is "The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez.
The next song is "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by The Jaynetts.
The song being played as background music in the scene when young Tony talks with his father is the Hugo Montenegro arrangement of Ennio Morricones main title theme from "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly".
The song played over the end credits is "Where's the Money" by Dan Hicks.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Martin, Brett (2007-10-30). ""This Thing of Ours": Creating The Sopranos Universe". The Sopranos: The Complete Book. New York: Time. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4.
External links[edit]
"Fortunate Son" at HBO
"Fortunate Son" at the Internet Movie Database
"Fortunate Son" at TV.com


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Fictional universe
Soprano crime family ·
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 Lupertazzi crime family ·
 Friends and family ·
 Satriale's Pork Store ·
 Bada Bing ·
 Cleaver ·
 Family tree ·
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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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Proshai, Livushka
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"Proshai, Livushka"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep302.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 2
Directed by
Tim Van Patten
Written by
David Chase
Production code
301
Original air date
March 4, 2001
Running time
57 minutes
Guest actors


see below

Episode chronology

← Previous
 "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" Next →
 "Fortunate Son"

Episode chronology
"Proshai, Livushka" is the twenty-eighth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the second of the show's third season. It was written by David Chase, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on March 4, 2001.


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 media
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.
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
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
with Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
and Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Peter Riegert as Assemblyman Zellman
Tom Aldredge as Hugh DeAngelis
Suzanne Shepherd as Mary DeAngelis
Alla Kliouka as Svetlana Kirilenko
Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
George Loros as Raymond Curto
Richard Maldone as Albert Barese
Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
Gregalan Williams as Reverend James, Jr.
Patrick Tully as Noah Tannenbaum
Nicole Burdette as Barbara Giglione
Ralph Lucarelli as Cozzarelli
Peter McRobbie as Father Felix
Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
Jason Cerbone as Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Tim Gallin as Joseph Zachary
Marcia Haufrecht as Fanny
Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
Vito Antuofermo as Bobby Zanone
Dimitri de Fresco as Young Man
Marie Donato as 2 to 5 / 7 to 9
Katalin Pota as Lilliana Wosilius
Ed Vassallo as Tom Giglione
Gary Evans as FBI Tech #2
Frank Pando as Agent Grasso
Carlos Lopez as FBI Tech
Michael Strano as FBI Agent
Episode recap[edit]
Tony follows his early-morning ritual: picking up the morning paper and scanning the headlines, which address a violent mob conflict involving Tony's company, Barone Sanitation. Tony suffers a panic attack and collapses in the kitchen. When Carmela arrives home, she immediately drops her bags to help him off the floor. When she asks what happens, he states "Uncle Ben" and the scene rewinds to Tony greeting Meadow and her new friend. Tony comes down the stairs and is surprised to see Meadow on the couch. Meadow tells Tony she needed to borrow the VCR and came with a friend. Meadow's friend, Noah Tannenbaum, comes out of the bathroom and compliments Tony on his home theater and begins to chitchat with Tony about his thoughts on film history, as they were just watching James Cagney's The Public Enemy, a favorite of Tony's. Unfortunately, Noah is oblivious to Tony's racial prejudice regarding his daughter's choice of partner. When Meadow goes upstairs, Tony asks Noah where his heritage is derived from, and Noah says he is Jewish on his father's side and African-American on his mother's. Tony, using a couple of choice racial slurs, warns Noah to stay away from his daughter and to break up with her as soon as they return to campus. Noah storms out of the house. Tony goes to the kitchen, opens a cabinet, sees a box of Uncle Ben's Rice and then suffers the panic attack.
Tony visits his mother, Livia, in an attempt to set things straight and warn her not to talk to the FBI. Livia automatically thinks something is wrong and becomes fidgety. Livia's new aide, Svetlana, tells Tony she is making Livia fill out "Granny Remembers" baby journals that Carmella bought when the children were born. Tony is furious when he realizes Livia has never touched them. Livia says, "It is none of anybody's business." Growing aggravated, Tony tells her to do what she wants regarding his upcoming trial and to leave him alone.
Later that evening, Tony is watching The Public Enemy when Meadow comes home to pick up laundry. She asks if he said anything to Noah, as Noah has been acting standoffish and quiet since the earlier visit. Tony doesn't confirm or deny anything, but advises Meadow to leave it alone. Carmela calls Meadow upstairs, and after a frustrated moment, Tony gives up on watching the movie and goes outside to smoke and adjust the sprinklers. When he goes back inside, he's met by Carmela, Meadow, and AJ, all gathered to inform him that Svetlana just called: Livia died in her sleep.
As people begin to gather at the Soprano residence, Tony's sister Barbara informs him that Janice will not be in attendance. He furiously calls her Seattle home and demands she be on the next plane to New Jersey. Janice tells Tony she has a good reason not to be in the state of New Jersey since she murdered Richie a few months before. Tony tells her "the case is colder than [her] tit" and he would pay for a ticket for her to get there. The next morning, Janice arrives and becomes the center of attention by sobbing loudly and acting extremely distraught.
Late Richie Aprile's crew mobster Ralph Cifaretto arrives at Tony's house, along with Vito Spatafore, Patsy Parisi, Gigi Cestone, and Albert Barese to express his condolences on Tony's mother's death, Tony informs Ralphie that he needs to speak with him and Albert. Ralphie, Albert and Gigi follow Tony out to the pool area where Tony confronts Albert and Ralphie over the recent fires. Tony asks why Ralphie torched Albert's trucks, and Ralph responds that it was done in retaliation for Albert's arson attack on Ralphie's business. Ralphie also says "his crew", the Aprile crew, is in line for a business contract, and that he has been acting with the authority of a capo (a position previously held by Richie) over it, but Tony warns him that he will be its captain only when Tony will appoint him as such. He then informs both Ralphie and Albert that there will be "no...more...fires..."
At the funeral home, Tony and Barbara arrange a simple service, to which Janice emotionally objects; she wants a funeral with all the trimmings even though Livia stated that all she wanted was a burial with no service or commemoration. Later, Janice is at her mother's house, checking for hollow sounds in the basement walls. Tony's unexpected arrival sends Janice into a brief scramble and she gets rid of the hammer and glass and hurries to sit in a chair across the room, just quick enough so that Tony is unaware of what she's been doing. They briefly admire a picture of a young Livia to be used at the service, and then Janice informs Tony that the only mementos Livia kept of her children's childhoods belong to Tony. Tony attempts to comfort Janice, but seems more absorbed in memories evoked by his own mementos.
Everyone prepares for the wake the following evening, including Christopher Moltisanti, Adriana La Cerva and Furio Giunta (who get high on cocaine and marijuana); Silvio Dante, who is angry because he has to miss the New York Jets home opener; and Ray Curto, who is revealed to be an FBI informant and would be wearing a wire. Uncle Junior tries to reconcile with Carmela, and she asks him to act accordingly. The next day at the cemetery, Livia is buried, and Meadow purposely stays away from Tony. Afterwards, Janice informs Svetlana she will be living at Livia's home and would like Livia's LP record collection given back to her by the weekend, even though Livia gave the LPs to Svetlana before her death. Svetlana refuses.
Ralphie along with associates Eugene Pontecorvo and Bobby Zanone make a visit to a guy named Joseph Zachary who has been interfering with Ralphie's garbage business. Ralph, while sitting in a van, orders his crew to attack the man with baseball bats, saying to him "No fires. Tony doesn't want any fires!"
Janice interrupts the gathering to force everyone into the great room, intending to conduct a remembrance--exactly what Tony forbade her from doing. She plays Livia's favorite song, then calls on people in the room to speak their mind about Livia. Caving to Janice's pressure, Livia is eulogized by Hesh Rabkin, her friend Fanny, and an intoxicated Christopher. Meanwhile, Tony backs out of the room and goes outside, where he is confronted by an angry and drunk Artie Bucco, who is catering the event; Artie has been experiencing flashbacks of visiting Livia in the hospital. He remembers her telling him about the torching of the Vesuvio, which Tony ordered done. Artie takes the opportunity to remind Tony of what Livia said, and remarks that their "little secret" died with her. Tony attempts to calm him down, but Artie implies he's going to go inside and tell everyone about it. Alarmed, Tony follows him, and arrives in the great room just in time to see Artie begin to speak--however, a drunk Carmela interrupts him, claiming that the eulogies are a "crock of shit". She says Livia was highly dysfunctional and did not want a funeral because she thought no one would come. Carmela's mother attempts to stop her, but Carmela's father defends her. Everyone else in the room seem to agree with Carmela and her father.
Later that night, after everyone leaves, Tony sits in front of the TV with a glass of liquor and watches a scene from The Public Enemy featuring the main character's mother joyfully preparing her home for her son's arrival from the hospital. Tony gets teary.
First appearances[edit]
The episode marks the first appearance of:
Ralph Cifaretto: A high-ranking soldier in the former Aprile crew who pushes to be made captain of said crew.
Eugene Pontecorvo: A well-liked associate and soon-to-be made man in the Aprile crew.
Noah Tannenbaum: A half-black, half-Jewish college student and potential boyfriend of Meadow's.
Ronald Zellman: Assemblyman for Newark, New Jersey's Lower 8th Ward.
Deceased[edit]
Livia Soprano: dies of massive stroke in her sleep
Title reference[edit]
A Romanization of the Russian «Прощай, Ливушка»: "Farewell, little Livia." Said in Russian, as a toast in Livia's memory by her caretaker, Svetlana.
Production[edit]
Although this episode aired second in season three, it was the first to be shot.
Because of Nancy Marchand's death, David Chase decided that Livia should die as well. Livia's final scene was created using CGI with previous sound clips and scenes featuring Marchand. The cost was approximately $250,000.[citation needed]
This is the final episode in which Nancy Marchand is billed in the opening credits.
Joe Pantoliano (Ralph Cifaretto), Steve R. Schirripa (Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri), Robert Funaro (Eugene Pontecorvo), John Ventimiglia (Artie Bucco), and Katherine Narducci (Charmaine Bucco) are now billed in the opening credits as part of the main cast, but only in episodes in which they appear.
David Chase had planned a major story line for the third season concerning Tony's efforts to patch things up with his mother to prevent her from testifying against him at his Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act trial. Nancy Marchand's death caused Chase to revise a large portion of the season. The idea of Livia's being made to testify was also mentioned at the FBI meeting in the preceding episode, "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood".
The episode was part two of a two-hour season premiere when it originally aired in 2001.
Vincent Pastore makes a cameo in this episode, when Tony opens a closet door and Pussy is seen in the mirror.
References to other media[edit]
When Tony visits his mother, he brings her audiobooks of the novels The Horse Whisperer and Omerta
The book read by the FBI agent in the surveillance van was The Internet for Dummies.
The undertaker promises Tony that he will "use all [his] power, and all [his] skills" on Livia's behalf (presumably via cosmetics and embalming), Tony then tells him not to go overboard. This is a direct reference to The Godfather, wherein Don Vito Corleone commands the undertaker Amerigo Bonasera to "use all of your power and all of your skills" to beautify his eldest son Sonny Corleone's bullet-riddled corpse. The descending elevator camera angle used to introduce the undertaker is also taken directly from The Godfather.
Various clips from the 1931 gangster film, The Public Enemy starring James Cagney, are featured throughout this episode.
Music[edit]
The song played over the end credits was "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Les Paul. That song is also prominent in The Public Enemy, which Tony watches in this episode.
"Eyeless" by Slipknot can be heard playing in A.J.'s room.
The song played by Janice on the stereo, in honor of her mother, is "If I Loved You" by Jan Clayton, from the original Broadway cast recording of Carousel.
External links[edit]
"Proshai, Livushka" at HBO
"Proshai, Livushka" at the Internet Movie Database
"Proshai, Livushka" at TV.com


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Tony Soprano ·
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 Carlo Gervasi ·
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 Ray Curto ·
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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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Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood
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"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
The Sopranos episode
Sopranos ep301.jpg
Episode no.
Season 3
 Episode 1
Directed by
Allen Coulter
Written by
David Chase
Cinematography by
Alik Sakharov
Production code
302
Original air date
March 4, 2001
Running time
49 minutes
Guest actors


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Episode chronology
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" is the twenty-seventh episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the first of the show's third season. It was written by David Chase, directed by Allen Coulter and originally aired on March 4, 2001.


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

2 Episode recap
3 First appearance
4 Title reference
5 Production
6 Music
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. *
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 *
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta
* = credit only
Guest starring[edit]
Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
Also guest starring[edit]
Louis Lombardi as Skip Lipari
Ari Graynor as Caitlin Rucker
John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi and Philly Parisi
Frank Pellegrino as Frank Cubitoso
Saundra Santiago as Jean Cusamano
Michele DeCesare as Hunter Scangarelo
Erica Leerhsen as Birgit Olafsdottir
Albert Makhtsier as Stasiu Wosilius
Katalin Pota as Lilliana Wosilius
Robert Bogue as Ed Restuccia
James Murtaugh as Judge Lapper
Frank Pando as Agent Grasso
Matt Servitto as Agent Harris
Neal Jones as Agent Tancredi
Glenn Kessler as FBI Tech #2
Anthony Indelicato as S.E.T. #1
Frank Deal as R & D #1
Episode recap[edit]
After the FBI loses another informant, Agent Skip Lipari recalls that Tony takes his associates down to his basement to discuss private matters that cannot be discussed away from home, counting on the noise of the vast 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) home's five central air conditioning units to mask any conversation. If the FBI were to obtain a search warrant, they would be able to maintain a high level of surveillance on the Soprano home. Chief Frank Cubitoso and Agent Harris go to obtain the court order but are warned by the judge not to linger there for too long. The FBI discover a one hour and forty-five minute period each Tuesday when nobody is home. When the Sopranos leave for their activities on Tuesday and the maid goes to English lessons and a picnic with her husband, the FBI then "breaks into" the Soprano home to look around. They discover in the basement a lamp which could serve as a decoy for a hidden microphone. They then hurry and plan to come back the following Tuesday to plant the device, hidden inside an exact replica of the lamp being replaced. However, the Sopranos as well as the FBI are soon shocked when the 120-gallon water heater explodes and the basement is flooded. They are then forced to gather old relics and boxes before they are destroyed by the water. Tony then calls on his plumber, Mr. Ruggerio to ask him to fix the mess. The following week, after the water heater is fixed and the basement is put back in order, the FBI agents plant the new lamp and quickly leave before the maid returns from lunch.
Meanwhile, Meadow is adjusting to life at Columbia University, where she meets her very energetic but homesick roommate, Caitlin Rucker. A.J. is cutting classes to smoke cigarettes with friends. Carmela begins taking tennis lessons with Adriana La Cerva. She is soon upset when she discovers her coach is moving away (and is married) and has been replaced with a woman who has more of an interest in Adriana.
Tony is still running his crew and is concerned about a possible garbage war involving his company, Barone Sanitation. He then gathers with his friends at Satriale's, where he finds a still-distraught Patsy Parisi mourning over his deceased twin brother (Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi) on their birthday. Tony acts as if he does not know what actually happened, but Patsy suspects Tony had something to do with it. The following day, while the FBI watches, a drunken Patsy aims a gun at Tony from his pool patio. However, he then puts the gun down and urinates in the pool instead, none of it seen by Tony. However, some days later, when Tony brings up to Patsy his favorable position in Tony's crew and all the money he has been earning which enables him to provide for his family and then inquisitively quizzes him whether he is still held back by his brothers death, Patsy seems to have settled his mind and pleads his allegiance to Tony.
First appearance[edit]
Caitlin Rucker: Meadow's roommate at her college dormitory.
Title reference[edit]
Mr. Ruggerio is Tony's neighborhood plumber; one of the FBI agents says the Soprano house is in "Mister Ruggerio's Neighborhood."
Like Tony in this episode, real-life Mafioso Angelo Ruggiero had his house bugged by the FBI, yielding crucial evidence that led to the indictment of John Gotti.
The title is also a reference to the children's television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Production[edit]
Although this episode aired first in season three, "Proshai, Livushka" was the first to be shot.
The episode was part one of a two-hour season premiere when it originally aired in 2001.
Federico Castelluccio (Furio Giunta) is now billed in the opening credits as part of the main cast, but only in episodes in which he appears.
First episode in which Nancy Marchand (Livia Soprano) is not billed in the opening credits.
FBI Codenames for the Sopranos: Tony - Papa Bing / Der Bingle
Carmela - Mrs. Bing
Meadow - Princess Bing
A.J. - Baby Bing
The Soprano residence - The Sausage Factory

Music[edit]
The music playing when Tony walks down his drive-way in the first scene is the intro to "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlife"' by Alabama 3, who also perform the opening theme song.
The episode features the "Peter Gunn Theme" (by Henry Mancini) and "Every Breath You Take" (by The Police) mashed up by Kathryn Dayak from HBO. The music is played when the FBI are planting the bug in Tony's house.
While driving, Tony sings along with Steely Dan's "Dirty Work".
In the dormitory, when Caitlyn is telling Meadow about the man on the train, "Van Gogh" by Ras Kass is being played in the hallway.
Tony listens to "Hotel California" by Eagles while exercising at the end of the episode.
Elvis Costello's "High Fidelity" plays at the very end of the episode, as Tony and Carmela converse in front of the bugged lamp.
External links[edit]
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" at HBO
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" at the Internet Movie Database
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" at TV.com


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Creator and crew
David Chase ·
 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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The Sopranos (season 3)
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The Sopranos (season 3)
The Sopranos S3 DVD.jpg
Region 1 DVD cover art

Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
13
Broadcast

Original channel
HBO
Original run
March 4, 2001 – May 20, 2001
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1
August 27, 2002
Region 2
November 24, 2003
Region 4
October 9, 2002
Season chronology

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Season 4

List of The Sopranos episodes
The third season of the HBO drama series The Sopranos began airing on March 4, 2001 and concluded on May 20, 2001, consisting of thirteen episodes.
The story of season three focuses on the relationship between Tony and his children, Meadow, as she begins her first year at Columbia University, and Anthony Jr., who is having behavioral troubles at his high school. Tony's relationship with his aging mother, Livia, is brought to a head. Dr. Melfi experiences a horrifying personal trauma, but begins to make real progress in discovering the root causes of Tony's panic attacks. Also featured heavily are Christopher's rise in the mob when he becomes a Made Man, and Tony's extramarital romantic affair with another one of Dr. Melfi's patients, Gloria.
Cast[edit]
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano (13 episodes)
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi (12 episodes)
Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano (13 episodes)
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti (13 episodes)
Dominic Chianese as Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Jr. (8 episodes)
Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante (12 episodes)
Tony Sirico as Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri (12 episodes)
Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. (11 episodes)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano (13 episodes)
Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano (1 episode; archive footage through digital effects)
Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva (9 episodes)
Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano (8 episodes)
Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri (8 episodes)
Federico Castelluccio as Furio Giunta (10 episodes)
John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco (7 episodes)
Joe Pantoliano as Ralph Cifaretto (9 episodes)
Robert Funaro as Eugene Pontecorvo (7 episodes)
Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco (4 episodes)
Episodes[edit]

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

27
1 "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" Allen Coulter David Chase March 4, 2001
Meadow enters college at Columbia University, A.J. continues to ignore authority, and Carmela starts taking tennis lessons. The FBI puts the Soprano residence under surveillance, but their plans are complicated when the house's plumbing ruptures. Patsy Parisi has revenge in mind over the death of his brother.
28
2 "Proshai, Livushka" Tim Van Patten David Chase March 4, 2001
Tony has an anxiety attack when he finds out that Meadow's new boyfriend, Noah Tannenbaum, is a Jewish African-American. The FBI wants Livia to testify against her son, but she dies before she can. Janice returns from Seattle to plan the funeral, and claim her inheritance.
29
3 "Fortunate Son" Henry J. Bronchtein Todd A. Kessler March 11, 2001
Tony makes a major breakthrough with Dr. Melfi in attempting to ascertain the trigger of his anxiety attacks. Christopher becomes a made man, though he bungles his first assignment. A.J. excels on his freshman football team, but unexpectedly passes out at practice after becoming defensive captain.
30
4 "Employee of the Month" John Patterson Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess March 18, 2001
Against Tony's orders, Ralph Cifaretto starts to introduce Jackie Aprile, Jr. to members of the family business. After being brutally attacked, Dr. Melfi contemplates asking Tony for a favor.
31
5 "Another Toothpick" Jack Bender Terence Winter March 25, 2001
Tony and Carmela's session with Dr. Melfi goes sour. Bobby Bacala, Sr. comes out of retirement to exact revenge on "Mustang Sally". Uncle Junior shares his cancer diagnosis with Tony. Meadow's relationship with her father has yet to improve, though she unknowingly does him a grand favor.
32
6 "University" Allen Coulter Story by: David Chase & Terence Winter & Todd A. Kessler and Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
Teleplay by: Terence Winter and Salvatore J. Stabile April 1, 2001
A Bada Bing dancer involved with Ralph unexpectedly reaches out to Tony. Meadow's social life at college takes a sudden turn for the worse. Ralph's relationship with the Bada Bing dancer develops into a bad situation, and Tony interjects in a nonverbal manner.
33
7 "Second Opinion" Tim Van Patten Lawrence Konner April 8, 2001
Uncle Junior survives surgery to remove his stomach cancer. The ongoing borrowing of money from Tony by Pussy's wife (widow, though unbeknownst to her) begins to run Tony's patience thin. Carmela considers making a large donation to Columbia University. Carmela receives some startling advice from a recommended colleague of Dr. Melfi. Tony becomes concerned with the quality of Junior's cancer treatment.
34
8 "He Is Risen" Allen Coulter Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess and Todd A. Kessler April 15, 2001
Though Ralph feels that he is owed an apology, Tony instead bans him from Bada Bing. Meadow begins a serious relationship with Jackie Jr. Tony considers buying a new car. After another major disrespect, Tony disinvites Ralph, and Rosalie Aprile, to their Thanksgiving dinner.
35
9 "The Telltale Moozadell" Dan Attias Michael Imperioli April 22, 2001
Though Tony and Rosalie are delighted, Carmela harbors reservations over the developing relationship between Meadow and Jackie Jr. Tony's latest extramarital relationship heats up. On Carmela's birthday, A.J. and friends vandalize school property, after which he is placed on probation. Christopher assumes ownership of a nightclub and makes a gift of the establishment to Adriana.
36
10 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" Jack Bender Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess April 29, 2001
As Christmas looms near, Janice offers to cook the dinner. Tony comes across an old Santa Claus costume, prompting him to reminisce about Christmas 1995. Bobby Bacala is enlisted to play Santa Claus at Satriale's annual party. Jackie Jr. starts to walk down the wrong path, and Tony tries to set him straight.
37
11 "Pine Barrens" Steve Buscemi Story by: Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter
Teleplay by: Terence Winter May 6, 2001
A standard collection goes horribly awry for Paulie and Christopher as they end up lost in the snowy Pine Barrens of South New Jersey. Tony's relationship with Gloria starts to go south, as does that of Meadow and Jackie Jr.
38
12 "Amour Fou" Tim Van Patten Story by: David Chase
Teleplay by: Frank Renzulli May 13, 2001
Tony asks for advice on his relationship with Gloria from Dr. Melfi. Carmela and Gloria cross paths. With Meadow a thing of the past, Jackie Jr. and friends decide to take an ill-fated shot at earning some respect.
39
13 "Army of One" John Patterson David Chase & Lawrence Konner May 20, 2001
Tony gives Ralph the responsibility of deciding the fate of Jackie Jr. A.J. is expelled, and his parents disagree over whether or not to send him to military school. Before he can be sent anywhere, it is discovered that A.J. inherited a distinctive trait from his father. Adriana makes a new friend with a hidden agenda.
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
 

 


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