I'll vote yes, it was a very good episode; hard to miss w/ Imperiole writing and Buscemi direction. I'm wondering if Tony is beginning to rethink his entire life; perhaps Carmela's concern over the family's finances has him reconsidering where he's going. His insistence that Artie take the loan from him, his decision to take it out in his tab, his plans for Christopher (at least for now!) and of course his horror and guilt about Artie's attempted suicide, and Gloria's successful one, all hint that Tony's humanity might be slowly overriding his sociopathy. We've seen both sides to Tony, but his business has always necessitated the latter. But I still can't forget Tony sitting up with the sick horse in the previous. I think we're getting many more colors than we may have had before, and it's very intriguing.

I want Tony to get some action from her.Maybe even a double team.

I thought this week's episode was definitely better than last week's.
BTW: The French guy was played by Jean Hugues Anglade, who starred in "Killing Zoe" with Eric Stoltz and Julie Delpy. If you haven't seen this one, you should: it's an ultra-vi classic with Tarantino participation, kind of like "Dog Day Afternoon" without the mordant humor. Anglade is absolutely fantastic--like a French Gary Oldman.

I think I'm wrong on this, but did Furio do drugs with Chris when they were in Italy? I know he was high on that trip, but can't remember who he was getting high with. .....Time to take out the DVD's.

No, but they did snort a little coke together in season 3, just prior to Livia's funeral.