I'd keep in mind that that envelope isn't just the usual kick-up. Paulie/Vito took down a major score there, million large or so. I'm sure every now and then Tony gets a bigger tribute payment than usual because of nice little score such as this one. This could all be explained to Carmella, or they could just write it off to saying they gave more because of Tony's current state.

Also, I don't feel like that's a storyline the writers would choose to carry over an episode break.

But hey, we'll have to see.