I think the beauty of the Sopranos, in the past, is that it did not necessarily "point" to somewhere, it was not over thought or over planned, it just flowed the way it might happen in real life... sure, the first few episodes were touch & go, we wanted them to progress, but with this one, its more like a soap (in a good way) everyone is doing their thing and things develop, chris wants to break into film, artie wants to grow his biz, tony is back in charge and telling his men who should do what... nothing wrong with a "day in the life" episode, I personally dont think it all needs to be about the "next whack", i like knowing what goes on inbetween, its humorous, its fun and its far better than seeing someone in a coma for 3 episodes and/or a hit that takes 3 episodes to accomplish...