Saw the episode last night - top notch.

After the previous episode, folks here were looking for a Tony redemption. I expressed a direction of implosion. After watching this episode.....implosion.

Now I'll go out on a limb. The only redeeming character of the whole family will be AJ. I think he is almost over Blanca. He shows an interest in college and he is showing a distaste for the junior mob. He is with them in body, but he looks like an unwilling participant. In the psych's office, he rhetorically asks, "Why can't everyone get along."

In the end....Carmela walks out on Tony, Meadow runs off with her mystery man and AJ joins the Peace Corp. Tony is left in house watching Godfather II, the camera shows the TV set with the scene of Michael sitting in the chair on the lawn with the leaves blowing around him - he's alone; his family has desserted him or he's killed them. Michael and Tony; two of a kind.