A few episodes later he became the same old vindictive son of a bitch gangster that he had been before his being shot. He went right back to being the same old Tony. Sure he has his moments here and there where he seems to be a more caring husband, father and friend, but when push comes to shove, he goes right back to being his same old self.
Chase has already showed us that the leopard could NOT change his spots.
Tony will never change totally.
You're right, Tony has kept many of the same spots he had before he went into the coma. Just like w/ marriage fidelity, on one hand he resists the temptation to have sex with the realtor but then later he has oral sex with one of the strippers(the scene before Vito's death). It's like he's trying REALLY hard, but ohhh....he just has to get that bj.
But....we still have 8 episodes to go. Plenty of time for yet another life changing event to finally shake his perspective free of whatever is holding him/it prisoner.
And I don't think any of us can hope to TOTALLY change. Who would want to....but....
Good or bad, we the audience have been shown time and time again that Tony will put honest and genuine thought into every decision he has to make and will retrospect every decision that he does make.....I think this is an ideal condition to produce and promote change in one's self.
