Written by Terence Winter
Directed by Alan Taylor

"Bein' a boss is a young man's game."

Open on: the boss Sally Boy discovers Frankie's bloody corpse hanging in a chop shop, he inches around to discover Michael crawling out from the trunk of a car. Back at the Bing, Paulie is talking Christopher's ear off with old stories, while the news blares in the background of Santoro's shooting. "And he thought you'd be part of it?" asks Tony. In a rage, he heads to Benny's house and beats the crap out of him

When Chris, strung out on coke, champagne and hookers calls to see if Sir Ben's publicist can get him into the Luxury Lounge, he demurs. Browse The Sopranos. "I know kids on Lexapro who say it's great, but I still feel like shit," he complains. Was also Dr. Dan in Goodfellas. 10) Tony Lip . "Suppose I come over to your house and I find you dead? Bell played Major Carl Zwingli who Tony and Carmela meet with to discuss enrolling Antony Junior in the majors military school. The Sopranos Actress Who Almost Played Carmela - Screen Rant AJ is comforted by the two Jasons who urge him not to let his cousin's death linger in his head too long.

Meanwhile, Paulie's mother Nucci Gualtieri has died of a stroke and her wake is scheduled for the same day as Christopher's. She accuses Tony of withholding money from her while buying things for A.J. "I give my patients everything I've got," she tells Tony, "She slipped through everyone's grasp." When he's calmed down, Tony reveals what's really torturing him. With Phil Leotardo acting as lookout, Billy Leotardo and Joe Peeps coldly and efficiently shot them to death. She and Bobby are willing to pitch in to keep him from getting transferred to a State facility, but Tony is furious that she would come to him with such a request. '" he asks Tony. Raylan Givens from Justified. Christopher Hooton. Handing over money from Stefano on the asbestos job, Silvio informs Tony that there has been no breakthrough in the negotiations with Phil, and suggests a meeting, "as unappealing as it is."

Later, Tony gets visit from Agents Harris and Goddard, and he identifies a couple of men in pictures as Ahmed and Mohammed.

Awash in depression, AJ finally finds something in school that interests him, the morbidly apocalyptic poem "The Second Coming" by Yeats. Which ends with the boss's head split open by a meat cleaver."

Meanwhile, Chris talks to his sponsor about how hard it is to steer clear of the old people and places that make him use: "They already misinterpret I don't want to hang around so much. Corky reports the news to Patsy, explaining that Phil's "love interest" must have gotten hit as well. And Jason Morton and The Chesapeake Sons is produced by Will Edwards, an under-the-radar creative force whose credits are as far-flung as Latin superstar Shakira, country singer Craig Wayne Boyd, the movie Shrek, and the HBO show "The Sopranos." Jason Morton and The Chesapeake Sons shows why such significant figures have gravitated to the . He also appeared as Tattaglias Assassin in the 1972 film The Godfather and again as the Grand Marshal of the St Gennaro Feast in The Godfather: Part III in 1990. You'd fuck a catcher's mitt."

Adriana and Agent Sanseverino are taking one of their clandestine car rides when Adriana mentions that Tony has been spending a lot of time at her club, Crazy Horse. "You been drinking?" Tony asks. Tony test-drives a new Mercedes--and the Mercedes saleswoman, Gloria (Annabella Sciorra). Christopher tells him that he and Adriana had "a little wine" that evening, an explanation that Tony seems to accept. "Looks like Phil's the main guinea over there now," Silvio notes to Tony.

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Directed by Tim Van Patten

"What are you chasing? When Anthony next accompanies his sister Ginny on visiting day, he passes it along: "The guy from Jersey asked me to talk to you." Johnny tells Anthony to have Phil deal with it.

Junior's mind is playing tricks again-he's convinced that Pussy Malanga is stalking him, and that he stole 40 Gs from a job back in the '70s. With genuine sorrow in his voice he confesses, "She reached outfor me to careand I wasn't there for her."

From that point, Tony does everything he can think of to prove that he's not a "toxic person." He makes Carmela happy by signing the papers for a living trust. "Let's be honest about the great Dickie Moltisanti--my dad, your hero--wasn't much more than a f**king junkie."

After Patsy Parisi brags about all the action his son is getting at Rutgers, Tony runs into Jason Parisi and his friend Jason Gervase at the Bing and urges them to call AJ up to go to a party. Now there can be no guilt, no fear . The next day, Tony lunches with Little Carmine at the country club, asking him to step up and take leadership of his family. Having quit his job, AJ spends his days curled up in bed, staring at the TV, and talking about the futility of "it all" - Meadow tells her parents she's concerned he may be suicidal.

Tony is prepared to quit therapy at his next session with Dr. Melfi, but as he tells her, "Guess what? About Lorraine Bracco I made a donation to the suicide hotline in her name. And the very tricky skills of renunciation and fostering non-attachment to outcomes. When Christopher calls to wish him a belated happy birthday, Tony hangs up on him.

Tony and Bobby head out to "play golf" leaving Carm and Janice alone. Vito heads out to "make some collections"- but heads to a gay bar instead. A somnolent visit with the ghosts of Christmas past lands Tony back on Melfi's couch. "The catalytic converter and the dry vegetation!" shouts Tony. He wasn't in touch with his feelings," Tony tells Melfi in their first session. One afternoon, with A.J. When he and Patsy stop by the church to arrange things, new priest Father Jose tries to negotiate a higher fee for the parish. Dr. Melfi shares her guilt over dumping Tony as a client during a session with her own therapist. He wants 25 percent of the asbestos abatement money, retroactive.

Phil's men Butch and Coco pay visit to collect from Edgar Ramirez, the foreman on their no-show jobs in New Jersey, but Ramirez tells them Silvio has cancelled the jobs. "We need to change our arrangement," he tells his nephew. Emmy-nominated for her role as Dr. Faye Miller in Mad Men, she has played Karen Wheeler in the horror sci-fi series Stranger Things since its premiere in 2016. "You know what, John?" he says, smiling, "I'll give you undignified. In the dream, Tony points a gun at Coach Molinaro, who berates him for the company he keeps, the life choices he's made and his lack of preparedness. It makes me very sad." Carmela's decision to have A.J. Her next work on the big screen came in 1970 with the film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. You had smarts, personality, leadership potential. "You should go, you deserve it."

Vito tracks Tony down while he's alone and begs to be let back in. I mean who am I? Sophia's father later remarried and Janice Soprano became Sophia's stepmother. The actor, who appeared in all six seasons of The Sopranos . Meanwhile, Johnny Sack shows off his new wheels, Phil Leotardo pulls into Pussy's old place for some auto repairs, and Tony B. considers accepting a familiar job on the side. "The thing with Adriana? Crying, he pulls the bag over his face and dives in. Rather than ignore the fact that its genre is pretty well . To economize, Tony tells Marie he's found a tough love camp in Idaho, assuring her: "There's no geographical solution to an emotional problem." The camp counselors drag the protesting Little V from his bed in the middle of the night while his mother and sister cling to each other in despair.

At the Puerto Rican day parade, Blanca meets up with AJ and returns his engagement ring, telling him she just doesn't feel it.

Driving, Tony is unsettled when he spots Ahmed, who used to hang out at the Bing, fraternizing with an assortment of Muslims in religious garb.

Tony apologizes to Carmela, admitting he's been on a losing streak. We all know Vito's not the first." Silvio counsels Tony not to cut Vito any slack.

Meadow and Finn argue about her disgust over the injustice of Johnny Sack's humiliation by the Feds at his daughter's wedding, vs. the white collar criminals she's investigating at her internship. "This is untenable," says Meadow, leaving.

With all the discord over Vito, Tony can't turn the other cheek. Meanwhile, Ralph Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano) finds a way to endear himself to Jackie Jr.--but not to Tony. Next:The Sopranos: 10 Best Episodes Of Season 5, According To IMDb, The Sopranos: The Actors Who Almost Played Tony, The Sopranos: 10 Best Episodes Of Season 5, According To IMDb. He takes a pipe to Jason's kneecap, insisting Jason kick up $4000 a month to him-and not a word to Tony.

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Directed by Steve Buscemi

You make your own luck in life.

Johnny Sack's daughter Allegra is getting married and Johnny petitions for temporary release from custody to attend the ceremony and reception. Then he goes to Johnny and looks him square in the eye. Gene goes to Tony with a gift and a request for a favor: permission to retire to Florida. Tony and Carmela are pleased to hear about the high starting salary, but Carmela is less pleased with the kinds of cases he works on: "bid riggin. Coco's beating has angered Phil to the point where he's put a halt to the Hackensack mall project, jeopardizing all of their earnings. Although Richie is miffed at Tony for forcing him to build a ramp for the pizza-parlor owner he paralyzed, he decides to make a peace offering. Carmela Soprano ( ne DeAngelis [2] ), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. "You think it might be because of you?" Sanseverino asks. Blink and youll miss Pastores appearance as the non-descript man with coatrack in Goodfellas, but the actor comes into his own as Salvatore Big Pussy Bonpenseiro in The Sopranos. To Paulie's dismay, she catches him in the act and he quiets her by smothering her with a pillow. The second was during a 2006 episode of The Sopranos, where she served as an extra. "Who the f**k would tell Johnny about that joke?" Tony asks. As for Tony's namesake, he's currently preoccupied with his new girlfriend, Devin Pillsbury, a pretty blonde whose Picasso-filled home makes casa Soprano look like a quaint bungalow. Bobby 'Bacala' Baccilieri Sr. (Burt Young) comes out of retirement to deal with a young hothead named Mustang Sally--much to the chagrin of his son and Uncle Junior. Tony trudges upstairs to an empty bedroom and takes out the AR-10 Bobby gave him for his birthday. With Anthony Jr.'s confirmation approaching, Tony and Carmela find their son's growing apathy a cause for concern. She refuses but he keeps pushing and she gets pissed, "I thought this was my money." He backs off, but later when the Jets win, he's pissed about the profit they lost out on. Desperately cold and clinging to the diving board, he calls for help as his father arrives home. They inquire about getting some semi -automatics: "Protection. Lorraine has two daughters, Margaux and Stella, and two beautiful granddaughters. Check out The Sopranos official playlist on Spotify to hear the songs featured throughout the series. "Least she's a Catholic," Tony counters.

Meadow calls from California as everyone gathers in a perfect family tableau.

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Directed by Tim Van Patten

"My estimate? He goes to the Monastery looking for help finding Finnerty but they don't believe he's not their man. From 1970 to 1974, Gorney played the role of Tara Martin on the soap opera All My Children. Along with her acting work, Gorney is a singer and has released three albums: Used to Love You Madly, Hot Moonlight!, and The Dance of the Deadly's. Not wanting to be typecast, Bracco told Chase that she wanted to playTony's psychiatrist Dr. Melfi. Creator David Crane opened the . However, it must be said that The Sopranos still owes a lot to its predecessors. She wants to make a go of it with Bobby's kids. Martin Scorsese's mob masterpiece is at the top of its genre and several of The Sopranos' cast members even appeared in that film. When Tony and Carmela suggest a better job or community college he snaps: "Jesus, I'm doing what you want. Paulie especially," he worries. "People could take it the wrong way," he tells Tony. Being an informant doesn't work out so well For Jack Massarone, however. Tony acquiesces. Biography []. When he and Paulie go to meet with some Cubans that Beansie's put them in touch with, Paulie's fearlessness impresses Tony, but he tells Beansie later that he's concerned about his verbal diarrhea. He tells her he's felt "cleansed" since his car blew up.

Concerned, Paulie calls Tony from the Bing early in the morning when Carlo is a no-show for a meeting. Cara Buono is an American actress. The next morning, Vito's hit the road. accompany her may have been smarter than she knows.

Johnny's vendetta against Ralph is eventually resolved in a way that makes things easier for Tony. "We'll steam roll right over John," he tells Little Carmine, "And I predict the guys on the streetthey'll welcome us as fuckin' heroes."

In New Jersey, Tony is faced with his own nascent power struggle. "How many times you gonna play the Adriana card?" demands Tony.

Artie cooks rabbit for late arriving customers-enjoying the aromas of his grandfather's recipe. "Would you rather I go to Montclair State?" she asks, "Then maybe I could drop out like you did."

There is fighting among the members of Tony's professional family as well. But Christopher's too distracted by his own worries to be polite - he's afraid that Tony distrusts him for questioning his handling of Jackie Junior. She reminds Tony again about talking to the building inspector, but he keeps forgetting.

With Vito gone AWOL, Silvio goes to see Vito's wife to suss out how things are "in the romance department." She refuses to talk about it. But in fact, this session with Melfi is a dream.

Tony grows more frustrated and distant, not able to feel the same pain and grief that everyone around him is going through. As Janice continues to make digs about her brother's temper, Carmela finally defends him. "Stick it in your ass," the normally unflappable Johnny hisses at him. With Paulie in jail, Christopher becomes acting capo, but he gets off to a bad start with Patsy. Gorney made her film debut as a teenage resident of a mental health treatment center in David and Lisa (1962). But Melfi points out that Carmela protecting her son from his father, "is the very thing you had often wished you mother had done for you."

When Dom stops by the Pork store and makes one too many jokes about Vito, Silvio and Carlo lose their tempers. "Now we're even," Tony S. says. Bracco, of course, played Karen Hill in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). Much of her work has been in indie films such as Chutney Popcorn (1999), Happy Accidents (2000), Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Two Ninas (1999), which she co-produced. HBO / Courtesy: Everett; Jamie McCarthy/Getty. 15 Actors You Didn't Know Were on The Sopranos When Christopher tries to explain how hard it is for him because of his addiction, T dismisses the "disease concept" as bulls***. An actress who's appeared in "The Sixth Sense" and "The Sopranos" says a man fatally beat one of her dogs and nearly kicked the other to death, new court papers allege. Feeling as if he has no choice, Gene hangs himself.

Called off a cruise on the Stugots II to babysit Junior, T bust in on Janice and Bacala, but she's too busy with her new baby to help out. But when Jason tries to back out of the Cinelli sale, he finds he can't. "Still up on his cross?" asks Junior.

Julianna is doubled over with a hacking cough and Christopher insists on getting her some cold medicine.