Episode 53: "Diamonds and Rubies"
Running time: 52 minutes

As the opening credits end we see a truck full of jewellery being hijacked by two armed masked guys. We then cut to an initial shot of a pair of eyes, who, as we learn as the camera rolls back, belong to Furio Giunta. Furio sits on the couch of the Sopranos house living room, while Carmela Soprano eats ice cream and watches TV sitting next to him. Anthony Junior enters the room and says good morning to Furio, referring to him as “dad.” Tony Soprano’s eyes shoot wide open as he awakens from his dream. He is living with his sister Janice—temporarily—though he returned home last night to find that she was over at Bobby Bacala’s (again). As he makes his way out the house, he notices Janice has a picture up of her as a child with her parents in their Down Neck home. Tony can’t remember ever seeing it before.

Over at the Sopranos family home Carmela is waking up, alone. She has been sleeping in Meadow’s old room. The house is empty; AJ stayed out again the night before over at a friend’s, and Meadow is back home over in New York. Carmela dresses and gets ready for her art class, which she is about to start today. While getting ready, she goes into the main bedroom to decide what clothes to wear. She stops and looks at the made, empty double bed. She remembers of good times with Tony, before brushing it out of her head, as if she shouldn’t have been reminiscing.

At the Bada Bing, Silvio and Christopher await Tony’s arrival to make final decisions on the upcoming Executive Card Game, which will be held upstairs in the private suite. Chris then collects his share of some hijacked jewellery from the truck at the beginning of the episode. As he goes back inside the Bing he catches Tony in a daydream—oblivious to the numerous strippers around him, he has had another vision of Furio living at Tony’s old home. Silvio advises Tony to join one of the strippers in a private room to “take your mind of things,” but Tony gets cold feet at the last minute, and refuses the offer.

Out of jail and ready to reclaim his position of family capo, Larry Boy Barese meets with his cousin, acting capo, Albert “Ally Boy” Barese. Ally thinks it would be best if he kept his position as capo, as he believes the Family has no reason to “fuck around when things are going good.” Albert is furious, and orders a sit-down with Tony about it. Tony agrees to see him.

Uncle Junior has a lot on his mind. He has to undergo chemotherapy for his battle against the Big Casino—cancer. Bobby accompanies him. Junior raises a raging eyebrow after the doctor asks if Bobby is his grandson. “How old do I fucking look!?” Junior asks how things are going with Bacala and Janice. Apparently, Bobby is happy. Junior warns him that his niece can be a real power freak at times: she is her mother’s daughter, after all. Bobby doesn’t buy it.

Carmela visits AJ at his new job—a video and DVD rental shop. She explains that her art class was good and she’ll be going again. He is embarrassed by her visit, and shrugs the motherly love off, while his work colleagues mock him—of which Carmela is unaware. After Carmela leaves, AJ’s new girlfriend, Sarah, pops by. AJ is pleased that she is seen in front of his colleagues, and jumps at the chance to kiss her.

Junior is on the local news, reported to be seen exiting the hospital, with rumours that he is up against cancer circulating the press. Enraged by the fact that the media filmed him at a time when he didn’t look his respectable best—blaming the cold weather—he orders Bobby to go see the reporter.

Meanwhile, Christopher comes home with a handful of diamond and ruby rings for Adriana—though she is unaware that they are from a delivery truck. She kisses him, and thanks him for undergoing rehab. He agrees that Tony’s decision to make him do it was the best choice he’d ever made. Adriana reminds him that she played a helping hand too, wanting some credit herself. She also encourages Chris to go make things right with his mother.

Tony has a meeting with Harry Stewart, Deputy President of the Jewellery Suppliers Company. Stewart has claimed insurance on the hijacking and agrees that Tony gets a 40% taste of the action, as well as keeping the diamonds acquired from the truck raid. Tony agrees to in return give Stewart a taste of the profits made from the illegal sales of the diamonds.

Carmela gets a phone call from AJ’s school. As he is in his last year, the school feels it is paramount that he does not truant any more. Carmela tries to talk to her son when he gets home, but AJ decides to go to his room and blast the house down with defiantly high-volume music.

Tony has another dream about Furio, in which the Neapolitan kills Tony and starts to laugh, while being congratulated by Carmela. On waking up, Tony decides he’s had enough and rings Doctor Melfi. On hearing her voice at the other end, he hangs up.

While Junior is adamant in watching the news all night to see if he is on, Bobby turns up at the reporter’s house. With some reasonable, indirect Bacala threats, the reporter soon catches the end of the stick and realises his local news company have made a terrible mistake.

Carm calls in to visit AJ at work, but finds he is not there. One of his colleagues tells her AJ has quit. Furious Carmela lectures AJ about the importance of school and work, but AJ is not buying any of it.

Janice and Bobby’s watching of Grease is interrupted by a phone call. Melfi asks why Janice called her this morning. Janice denies all knowledge of it and asks who Melfi is. After realising she is a psychiatrist, Janice explains she is Tony’s sister, and goes into great detail as to why Tony might have rang her.

As the Executive Suite is being swept for bugs and Silvio goes over last minute details with Tony, Tony receives a phone call from Svetlana. Junior has had a heart attack. Tony gives Christopher charge of who is let into the Executive Game tonight, and heads off to the hospital to see his uncle. Uncle Junior will live, but the heart attack was far from minor, according to the doctor. He suggests that Junior stays on a low cholesterol diet. Tony agrees.

Back at the Card Game, Johnny Sac turns up, wanting a piece of the action with some of his high-profile business associates who happen to be on a trip to New York. Paulie tells Chris not to let them in. Chris realises that Sac’s business partners have come with plenty boxes of ziti, and thus decides to let them in. Paulie is fuming, and confronts Johnny, telling him to “go fuck yourself and that cocksucking old prick boss of yours.” He accuses Sac of wanting to take over the New Jersey Family, humiliating Sac in front of his associates. Sac doesn’t retaliate to Paulie’s temper, but Chris can see the frustration in his face. Chris asks Paulie what all that was for. Paulie tells Chris that Sac wanted to take a piece of the action from the game, and Chris should have seen it coming. Chris doesn’t buy it. Neither does Silvio.

The morning after Tony picks AJ up from home for the weekend. Carmela is upstairs washing her hair. Tony goes up, but Carmela claims to be too busy to even open the bathroom door. Tony decides not to persist, and leaves with AJ without saying goodbye. He and AJ eat at the Nuovo Vesuvio, Artie Bucco’s restaurant. Tony asks AJ how school is going. AJ says it’s okay. He tells Tony he quit his job. Tony tells him that it is his choice and he will back him. Encouraged by this, AJ complains about his mother’s lecturing him about it. Tony tells him to take notice of Carmela. Mothers know best.

Junior watches from his hospital bed, while eating salad, as the reporter tells viewers that they were wrong about Junior’s illness.

At the Bing Silvio tells Tony of Paulie’s tantrum. Tony tells him what to do. Tony returns home and finds Bobby’s undergarments down the side of the sofa. Disgusted, Tony decides to confront Janice about it. He goes to her room, but she is already asleep. He looks again at the photo of her and their parents, and Tony leans over to kiss his sister goodnight. He goes to his room and falls asleep.

I'll post episode 54 when I write it. Please read it and give thoughts.

Thanks,
Mick

Pretty good Capo!!

I think it would be even more interesting if Furio actually came back into the picture (unless that's forthcoming in your script). That would make for some interesting fireworks now wouldn't it?

Also, I can't picture Tony kissing Janet goodnight - maybe a hello/goodbye greeting when she's awake, but don't see where he'd be that sentimental toward her kissing her as she sleeps!!

You do seem to have the characters personalities as we know them and have provided some interesting potential storylines as well. Keep up the good work.


TIS

Another possible storyline Capo,

Somehow get Melfi involved (either voluntarily or unvoluntarily on her part) in Tony's "business". Just enough to create conflict for her character and give Tony something to "hold" over her in case she ever became a threat to him!!!!


TIS

Episode 54: "The Towering Volcano"
Running Time: 49 minutes

The boys throw Larry Boy a party at the Bing. Tony arranges the sit-down with Larry and Ally Boy. Larry tells Tony he is bringing a guy in from Vegas, a casino front man named Frankie Moresco (played by Steve Buscemi). Larry tells Tony it will take the heat off him for a while, with the Feds watching him all the way on his release from prison. Tony agrees that it would be a good idea.

Carmela’s art class is going well. She and Rosalie Aprile have acquainted themselves with three ladies from Manhattan. They talk openly about their sex lives and, well, nothing much else. While Rosalie welcomes it as a fresh break for her, Carmela has doubts.

Larry Boy’s much anticipated sit-down does not go well. Tony sides with Ally Boy, believing it would be chaotic for the Family business to have an upheaval in rank, with the FBI pressing at every attempt. Larry accepts—he has no choice in the matter.

AJ is suspended from school for possession of marijuana. Carmela calls Tony. Tony comes over and takes, listening to Carmela’s advice, AJ out for the night. AJ blames his mother for his parents splitting up. Tony defends Carmela. Tony goes into detail about what he does for a living. AJ is surprised, but Tony claims it is about time that he put some trust in his son. AJ tells Tony of how people look at him at school, as if they cannot believe he is a gangster’s son. Tony tells AJ those are “jerks, the ones who judge others because they have a vowel at the end of their name.” Tony tells AJ he was born into the business and had no choice, but would never want his son going into it. AJ promises not to throw his life away. They go and visit Meadow in New York.

Tony drops AJ off and takes a trip to meet Johnny Sac. Tony apologises for Paulie at the card game. Johnny tells him not to worry, that he understands how troubled Paulie can be at times. Johnny tells Tony he wants a share of the calling card scam that New Jersey is running, in return for a share of profits from New York’s mail fraud racket. Tony agrees.

Carm has dinner with Rosalie and the girls at a restaurant in Newark. Rosalie shares her thoughts about her experiences with past men such as Ralphie Cifaretto, comparing him to the late Jackie Aprile. The Manhattan ladies are fascinated with Carm and Rosalie’s ties to the mob. While Rosalie tells about her marriage with Jackie, Carmela politely refuses to go into detail about Tony.

Adriana meets with the Feds. They notice that Chris has been “buying” her new jewellery. She does not realise they are implying the goods are stolen. They ask about Chris’ drug habit. They also ask about Paulie Walnuts and New York. Adriana does not know anything about that. She apologises.

Silvio calls round Paulie’s place. On the orders of Tony, Silvio explains to Paulie that “this shit can’t be happening,” referring to the clash with Johnny Sac at the executive game. Paulie asks why Tony couldn’t say it himself. “The skipper has a lot on his mind right now,” is Silvio’s reply. Paulie doesn’t buy it.

Artie has a run in with a customer at the Nuovo Vesuvio. The guy complains about uncooked meat. Artie tries to reassure him, but the guy is persistent and leaves. When Artie and Charmaine lock up and leave, the restaurant is set alight. Artie is devastated the next morning on finding out about it.

Artie calls Tony. He is shedding tears to no end. Tony asks him who it might have been. Artie tells him he is full of murderous rage and wants to end his life. Tony belittles the idea with the belief that Artie is not serious. They drink all night and Tony ends up falling asleep.

Carm phones Jennifer Melfi. She arranges an appointment for two days’ time. Carmela believes she needs guidance from the one person who perhaps knows Tony as well as Carmela does.

Frankie Moresco arrives in town and immediately clashes with Ally Boy Barese. Guys backed by Moresco are shaking down Albert’s sanitation truck scam. Ally visits his cousin and demands an explanation. Larry insists Moresco did not know it was Ally’s racket and explains it won’t happen again. Ally goes to Tony for good measure. Tony brushes the complaint aside.

Carmela visits Melfi. She tells her of the split-up. Melfi acts surprised, though does not tell Carmela that Tony’s sister had already told her. She assures Carm that Tony loves her. Carm explains that she needs help as to what to do with her life, and believes the only person who knows what is best for AJ and Tony and Carm’s needs is Melfi. Melfi plays the compliment down and agrees to help, but Carm must put equal effort in too.

Charmaine tells Artie that if he continues to bring mobsters home then she will have to re-evaluate their marriage. After a lengthy argument, Artie walks out. He visits Tony at Janice’s. Tony tries to give advice to his friend, but Tony is Tony, and Artie ends up leaving more confused than when he arrived.

Charmaine has dinner with Carm. She tells her of Tony’s sleeping at their place, but Carmela feels she is trying to degrade Tony and explains he is under a lot of pressure with AJ at the moment. Charmaine tries to act as if she understands, though inside Carmela sees that clearly does not.

Carmela’s second visit to Melfi is less awkward than the first. Melfi helps Carm come to the conclusion that AJ’s slacking at school is due to his wanting to blame himself for Tony and Carmela’s split. Carmela returns home and talks to Anthony Junior about how it isn’t his fault: “Sometimes marriages can only go so far before the parents can’t live together any more. It wouldn’t be healthy for any of us if me and your father stayed together.” AJ lies awake that night with his eyes wide open, his gaze fixed to the ceiling.

Tony and Silvio meet with Larry Boy Barese and Frankie Moresco. Tony tells them to lay off Ally Boy’s sanitation trucks, and reassures that Larry Boy will be taken care of. Larry tells Frankie that he holds Tony responsible for him becoming a guest of the government. Meanwhile, Silvio tells Tony that Frankie Moresco is a slippery fuck who needs to be kept on a tight leash. Larry isn’t strong enough to hold that leash. Tony hears him. He asks how Sil’s meet with Paulie went. Silvio is as reassuring as ever: “He had a fuckin’ tantrum. Guy’s got issues. He’ll be fine.”

Janice and Bobby Bacala have an argument. Janice believes Bobby pays too much attention to the kids and not her. Janice and Tony reminisce of old times, the memories being helped along with litres of red wine. Janice tells Tony that his therapist called back. Tony is mad at his sister for not telling him immediately. He’s also enraged at himself for not withholding the number when he rang her. Bobby calls. Janice speaks to him. On hanging up she starts to tell Tony about Bobby and his problems. Tony ends up falling asleep due the sheer boredom of listening to his sister.

Artie calls by the restaurant, only to find Charmaine is already there. They have a talk about life and marriage and the restaurant and Tony and Artie ends up driving her home.

Hope you like!
Mick

Episode 55: "Painting the Picture"
Running time: 54 minutes

One of Albert Barese’s associates holds an untaxed card game. Frankie Moresco, on the orders of Larry Boy Barese, pays him a visit and breaks the guy’s back with a hammer.

Artie’s restaurant fire didn’t do too much damage, and Tony visits the Buccos and insists in paying for the refurbishment, as a way of paying off his restaurant tab. While both Buccos are at first hesitant, Artie does not want to insult Tony and agrees, while Charmaine is convinced that Tony is feeling guilty for setting the fire. Artie dismisses the accusation with a harsh, foul-mouthed protest.

At her art class, Carmela meets a gentleman called Rick Dusco. He asks her out for dinner, and after hesitation she agrees. They have lunch after the class and Rick gives Carmela his number.

Jennifer Melfi has a sex dream about her ex-patient, Tony Soprano. She tells her therapist, Elliot Kupferberg, of it. He helps her conclude that she has feelings for the man, though not necessarily sexual thoughts, and that she misses nursing him. For some reason, Elliot tells her, she desperately wants to treat the patient again. Melfi does not tell him that she is treating Tony’s wife, Carmela.

At lunch, Tony discusses life with Meadow and AJ. Meadow lets slip that she knew about her mother’s liking of Furio. Tony is enraged, and at the Bada Bing that night has a panic attack. Silvio finds him in the lavatory on the floor, his head cut badly.

Carmela tells Melfi of her dinner with Rick. Melfi implies that Carmela is not over Tony, and Carmela has a tantrum about the therapist “trying to force thoughts onto her.” Carmela walks out. That night, Melfi has another dream about her and Tony.

Tony calls Melfi reluctantly, and she agrees to see him again. Tony is baffled by Melfi’s more-than-welcome approach over the phone.

Over in New York, the other four Families are busting Carmine’s balls over a business decision with New Jersey. Carmine has no choice but to go back on his deal with Tony regarding the calling card and mail fraud scams. Johnny Sac advises that it will produce bad blood between New Jersey and New York, but Carmine, with words being passed on from the other Families, really has no choice in the matter.

Rick drives Carmela home after the art class. He moves to kiss her but Carmela obliges him to only go as far as the cheek with a turn of her head. She invites him in for coffee and he accepts. AJ is home, but makes his presence on the stairs unknown, as he watches Rick drink coffee, with a morose expression.

Tony returns to Melfi. He blames himself for the splitting with Carmela. Melfi tells him the contrary, that these things are inevitable after years of a marriage no longer based on love. Tony confesses he loved Carm more than anything in the world and he hasn’t even kissed a broad since they split up. He is unaware that Carm has been seeing Melfi.

Albert Barese visits his cousin, but Larry is “unavailable,” according to Frankie Moresco. Ally warns Frankie not to intrude on Ally’s card games again. Frankie retaliates by warning Albert not to hold untaxed games again.

Janice and Bobby visit Uncle Junior in hospital. Recovering from his heart attack, Junior also has his first major operation to remove the cancer tissue in his body. Bobby, Jr. has an accident on his bicycle. Bobby Bacala, Snr. has to leave the hospital. Janice is mad that Bobby can not stay with her while she waits for Junior’s operation to end.

Adriana goes shopping with her Fed friend and the two even have coffee at Starbuck’s. Adriana is squeezed for information, but she is way past the stage of worrying now. These guys are her friends, right?

Tony tells Melfi about Furio in their second session. Melfi asks how that makes Tony feel. “How do I feel? I feel like I wanna smash the guy’s face into a fuckin’ pulp. Am tellin’ ya, if this guy ever comes back, he’s gonna wish he didn’t.” After an awkward pause of silence, Tony asks Melfi how her life is going since he left three months before, to which, in typical Melfi fashion, she replies “You know, I get by. We all get by.” She is quick to get back onto talking about Tony’s problems. Tony admits that he made a mistake in quitting therapy, and that he’ll always be a mental retard. Melfi disagrees, believing he makes great progress in his sessions and there is nothing wrong with being able to talk to somebody about one’s feelings. Tony tells her she seems happier than ever. Melfi replies with a raise of the eyebrows and a polite look away.

The boys visit Junior on his return home. Chris, Silvio, Hesh and Tony talk more about their own lives than of Junior’s, much to the disappointment to of the attention-seeking old Soprano. Bobby Bacala is not part of the discussion, instead sitting by Junior’s bed, ready for another call from Junior to “go make some coffee.” Paulie shows up late, and gives his respectful regards to Junior. He acknowledges Tony with a nod. Silvio gives Tony a look that translates to “disrespectful motherfucker.” Paulie has no words to say to Chris. Hell, he doesn’t even acknowledge Moltisanti’s presence in the room.

Carmela, not happy with her treatment from Melfi, visits the church therapist for advice on life. He, being religious, reminds her that she is not yet divorced from Tony, and technically is sinning by seeing another man. She insists that Rick is only a friend. The counsellor advises, “Things lead to other things, Carmela. Always.”

Tony has another sit-down with Larry Boy and Albert. Silvio and Christopher are present too. Larry Boy is strictly told to back off Ally, and to tell “that Vegas cocksucker to keep the fuck away from the people above him. Made guy or not, Albert is captain of the crew and Frankie has no fuckin’ say in the matter. Period.” Tony also adds that it would be expected for the guy whose back Moresco broke to be paid a visit in hospital. Larry Boy agrees. Tony also lets Albert know that untaxed card games will not be tolerated. This satisfies Larry Boy—but only to an extent. They exchange embraces and take their leave. Christopher tells Tony he doesn’t like the way things look since Larry Boy’s return from prison. Tony reassures him things will settle down, and Silvio corroborates, saying it’s understandable when the guy’s just come out of the pan. Tony asks Christopher what “all that” was about at Junior’s the other day. Chris tells him Paulie is holding a grudge against him for the Executive Card Game incident.

Bobby returns home. Janice calls by and starts to cry, telling him she feels empty and that he is leaving her. He isn’t buying any of it and claims she doesn’t understand because she never even tried to bring up her kid, Harpo. This shuts her up and she leaves after yelling and smashing a plate. Bobby, Jr. watches from the window.

Tony and Chris meet with Johnny Sac. Sac tells him that New York is going back on its deal, and all agreements made are now off. Tony asks him if he’s breaking his balls. He isn’t. Christopher tries to interrupt, but Sac is quick to cut him off: “Listen, Chris, you’re not experienced at this, okay. No disrespect, but shut the fuck up.” Chris looks at Tony for support, but doesn’t get any. He decides to wait in the car. Tony makes his feelings about the deal be known. Sac assures him that it wasn’t his idea, but Carmine’s. He tells Tony that Carmine, in his old age, is getting power crazy and his ambition is becoming too big. Tony reminds Johnny that “that card was off a long time ago.” When Johnny brushes off Tony’s implication that he was implying to whack Carmine, Tony leaves with a big, sarcastic grin.

As the episode ends, we see a refurbishing van pull up at Artie’s restaurant. While Artie shows them into the place, Charmaine looks on with shameful eyes. Meanwhile, Rick Dusco shows up at art class. Carmela does not.

Mick

Here's episodes 4 and 5 of season five:

Episode 56: "Informants"
Running Time: 54 minutes

Before one of his therapy sessions, Tony realises Janice has accidentally shrunk his shirt in the laundry. He goes to his session with a jacket zipped right to the top to hide the food stain on one of his other shirts. Melfi daydreams of screwing Tony at work. Tony sees her in the daze and snaps her out of it. She apologises. He tells Melfi that he would like to take her out for dinner, and assures her that it would be strictly as friends. He complains that he never sees her outside of therapy, claiming that for all he knew he could be spilling his guts out to anybody. Melfi politely reminds him of the doctor-patient confidentiality.

Melfi tells Elliot Kupferberg, her therapist, that she worries that she may have sexual feelings toward her patient. She describes Tony as a harmless and helpless child who is simply too confused to take the right, lawful path in life. Elliot warns her that a relationship with a client would be dangerous. She agrees, but replies that she cannot help having such thoughts about her patient.

Chris shows up at the Bada Bing with a new hairstyle. He has had his head shaven very short. While Pat Parisi goes to great lengths in mocking him, Tony is disappointed with today’s generation lacking in Italian pride. Chris assures him the cut wasn’t to get rid of his Italian hairdo, simply to have a fresh start. Chris lets slip that he may get a wig like Ralphie Cifaretto. The others tell him Ralphie didn’t wear a wig. Silvio jumps in for Christopher and cracks a joke about Ralphie’s hairstyle to cover up Moltisanti’s mistake. Paulie watches on in silent disgust.

Tony picks AJ up from the house. Carmela asks about the bandage on Tony’s head—which he has worn since his panic attack collapsing at the Bada Bing last episode. He reluctantly tells her he had a panic attack. He asks how she has been. Carmela tells him of her art class, and that she has quit. When he asks why, Carm returns by asking him if he is still on medication: “I think it would be a bad idea for you to not take the prozacs, if you’re still having those anxiety attacks.” Tony tells her that, although she “may not know this,” she is no longer a major part in his life. He storms out to wait in the car for AJ. While waiting there, he has a minor panic attack, and imagines Furio walking up the driveway towards the car.

After returning home from a night out with her flatmates, Meadow finds the place has been burgled. Her boyfriend David calls the cops. Meadow’s gold bracelet has been stolen, which was a gift from her father when Tony and Carm split up. She is distressed.

Melfi has another dream, in which Tony is enjoying the fun of a playground as a “harmless child,” as Melfi watches on with happy eyes.

Carmela tells her church therapist that she feels guilty about throwing Tony out, and is sorry that he feels she is no longer a major part in his life. She reveals how she felt when she realised Tony is getting along nicely with his life, without her.

Meanwhile, Tony reveals to Melfi that he misses family life. After his trip out with his son, he has realised that AJ has not adapted to his parents’ splitting up, and Tony tells Melfi that he wants to be there for him now more than ever, but is afraid AJ will give him the cold shoulder. Tony admits he regrets not having an ideal father-son relationship with AJ, and gets angry with himself for not being a good communicator with people, blaming such shortcomings as the main reason for his split with Carm. Melfi notes Tony’s minor depression coming back, and tells him that he is major progress in his life. She is ecstatic that he has finally found the faults in himself, and reminds him that everybody has their own downfalls. Tony is surprised at her suggestion that the dinner out would help Tony to make more progress and perhaps form a bond between the two which would make opening up easier for Tony. He agrees, and she reminds him that it would strictly be on a personal level and no more, making clear that a sexual relationship is already out of the window even at this point.

Over dinner, Adriana assures her FBI acquaintance that Christopher’s change of hairstyle is strictly his own decision, and not some brash idea of Tony’s. She squeezes Adriana for news on who is the Boss these days, with Junior ill with cancer. Adriana tells her that Tony is probably going to take over fully as Boss of the Family.

Tony confronts Janice about the shrinking of his shirt. Janice explains she was going to tell him. Tony doesn’t buy any of it, and starts to rant and rave. Janice slaps him hard and tells him it is about time that he found a place of his own. He informs her he was going to tell her that today anyway. Janice dismisses it as bullshit, and says that no wonder Carmela was screwing Furio. Tony goes to hit her for a moment but realises his sister isn’t worth the effort and leaves.

Artie’s restaurant is back in business. Tony eats there alone. Glad to have some free time, Artie jumps at the chance to sit at the table to chat with Tony, despite annoying persistence from Charmaine. When Artie innocently asks if Tony has thought about looking for a new place to live, Tony takes it the wrong way and, fuming, ends up slamming his knife into the table. Frightened and shocked, Artie returns to the kitchen, where Charmaine waits for him. She tells him that Tony is scum, and his presence is driving customers away. Artie does not tell her of Tony’s tantrum a minute before, and when he looks out into the restaurant, Tony has already left.

Melfi tells Elliot she has agreed to have dinner with her patient. She admits that in all her professional career she has not had such a mental challenge as this. Elliot asks her why it is so tough for her. She reveals that the patient has recently split up with his wife, and that she senses from the guy’s body language that he longs to move back in.

Larry Boy Barese and Frankie Moresco visit a bed-ridden Junior. Larry introduces Moresco, and Junior says he knew Frankie’s father. Larry complains to old Corrado of Tony passing him over for retaining his captaincy. While Junior advises it was a wise choice by Tony, with FBI still hot on Larry’s trail, Larry Boy is adamant. He tells Junior that he suspects that Tony was the one who ratted them out to the Feds: “Jun, hasn’t it baffled you why certain people were indicted and others weren’t?” Junior dismisses the accusation and claims his nephew would never go the Feds to solve his problems. Larry Boy asks Junior to have words with Tony. Junior replies by saying that he no longer runs things and Tony is the de facto Boss of the Family. Tony’s say is final, and Junior advises Larry to stay off his back. A frustrated Larry Boy leaves, furious.

At dinner Charmaine tells Carmela that Tony is depressed, according to Artie. Carmela listens to every word with guilt written all over her face. Charmaine congratulates Carm on finally ending it all with “that rat.” Carmela defends Tony. Charmaine tells her that she has to stop with this guilt trip and get on with her life.

Tony takes Melfi out to dinner at a restaurant in New York. Their amiable conversation is interrupted when Tony notices Irina enter the place with a male companion. Melfi notices he is distracted, but Tony tells her it is nothing to worry about.

Bobby calls in the Bada Bing and warns Silvio of Larry Boy’s visit to Junior. Silvio returns the favour in the guise of one of the Bing strippers and a trip to the private suite for Bobby.

Meanwhile, back in New York, Tony takes a trip to the men’s room, following—though Melfi is unaware—Irina’s date. Tony starts to make small talk and tells the guy he has a beautiful woman. The guy says thanks and dries his hands. Tony stops him from leaving and tries to make him an offer he can’t refuse about leaving the restaurant immediately. The guy does refuse, and Tony kicks the shit out of him right there in the men’s room. As Tony rejoins Melfi at the dinner table, he resumes his meal in a much happier mood than before. Minutes later he sees Irina being forced to leave the restaurant by her date. Tony gives a giggle, but Melfi doesn’t pursue it.

While Chris and Adriana have a night out at a club, the FBI discusses plans to squeeze in on the Soprano crime Family. They are now treating Tony Soprano as the new Boss of the Family and share ideas as to how to get Adriana to turn into a superior informant. Agent Harris states it would be too dangerous and suggests that they must start to do rely more on their own surveillance efforts.

Nights after, at the Bing, Tony is feeling better with himself since his beating of Irina’s date, evident in the fact that he is screwing a broad in one of the private lounges. As the episode draws to a close, Melfi tells Elliot that her dinner with the patient went well and she hopes it will help him progress further in therapy. Kupferberg congratulates her on her resistance to the sexual temptation of the situation. Janice calls Bobby and apologises for her behaviour toward him, and asks if she can come over for the night. We then cut to Irina lying in bed, with an empty drug bottle and four emptied bottles of vodka at her side. Carmela lies in bed in the darkness with her eyes open. Artie sleeps on the sofa while a distanced Charmaine sleeps in her own bed. Finally, in the final minutes of the episode, we see Tony climbing into the back of his jeep and trying to get some sleep.


Episode 57: "More Sad Clowns to Join the Circus"
Running Time: 51 minutes

Christopher picks up the Soprano crew’s new arrival at Newark airport: Mickey “Fists” Gallardo (played by Frank Vincent). Tony is bringing him in as extra support against the Feds, and also to keep an eye on Frankie Moresco (Steve Buscemi). Gallardo is from the Aprile crew and was running things with Beansie Geata out in Miami.

Furio returns, and is back with a vengeance. He calls round the Sopranos home and lets himself in with a key. Tony’s nightmare ends, only for the capo di tutti to wake up to another one: a neighbour has called the police to shift the jeep outside their house. When the cop sees the guy sleeping inside the jeep is Tony Soprano, he fines Tony for the illegal parking in the neighbourhood, saying it counts as trespassing of the residences. Tony wants to see his badge, and is enraged at the fact that the guy’s second name ends in a vowel. He sarcastically calls him paisan.

Tony meets with Carmela’s cousin Brian to discuss which houses are on the market right now, and which would be suitable for Tony.

Christopher proposes to Adriana for the second time. Adriana tells the Feds. They are pleased her for, and Agent Harris believes this could lead to her getting closer to the inside of the family.

Carmela is doing her weekly shopping when she bumps into her cousin’s wife. She tells Carmela that Brian was meeting with Tony this morning to discuss houses and finance.

Carmela rings Janice and demands an explanation as to why Tony has been kicked out. Janice tells her to leave it, and tells Carmela to stop worrying about matters that clearly no longer concern her. Carmela takes the hint and hangs up.

Tony visits Junior in hospital. The old man looks sick, and is now totally bald. Junior asks if Bobby got the message to him. Tony tells him that Larry Boy is nothing to worry about. “He’s accusing you of being responsible for those fucking indictments that put him and me in the pan.” Tony assures him he has nothing to worry about; he has brought Mickey “Fists” over from Miami. Junior asks if it’s Mikey Gallardo’s boy, and Tony confirms. With this knowledge, Junior agrees that Tony has nothing to worry about then. On his way out Bobby tells Tony that Carmela rang Janice, but he doesn’t know what it was about, only that Janice got really pissed. Tony asks why the fuck Bobby went out of his way to tell him, and leaves before Bacala can answer.

AJ and his girlfriend Sarah walk home from a friend’s house when two black kids assault AJ for his wallet.

Melfi is concerned about Tony’s anxiety when he starts to rant and rave over his sister, Carmela and the “fucking jerk-offs who only wanna inform other people of bad fuckin’ news.” Melfi calms him and insists he must stop worrying about the people in life who are not key characters.

The Feds have found a decayed head. They positively identify it as Ralphie Cifaretto’s. They get fingerprint scans and DNA matches and Tony Soprano is named as the murderer. Christopher wakes up from the nightmare and is sweating profusely. Adriana calms him down, but he can’t rest and insists on getting dressed.

Tony has been sleeping at the Bing, and is incensed when Christopher calls him. Chris is adamant on digging Ralphie up. Tony is enraged at Chris talking like this on the phone, and decides to go over to his. When Tony gets there Christopher tells him of the dream and the sudden change of mood when he’d woke up: “T, I felt like I was gonna fuckin’ collapse.” Tony tells him he dreams of stuff like that all the time, and it’s nothing to worry about.

The next day Tony tells Melfi he thinks his nephew had a panic attack, and is convinced that these things are inevitable in the life Tony leads. Melfi asks if Christopher has any reason to be anxious. Tony has a vision of his murder of Ralphie, but does not tell Melfi anything, only saying Christopher has a lot on his mind and that he is getting married soon. Melfi confirms that a new change in life such as marriage can force a change in mental health, but it is normal and nothing to worry about.

Tony checks out a house in Newark, accompanied by Christopher. “What do you think?” Tony asks his nephew, to which Chris replies with a quick look around and: “Whatever you want, T.” Enthusiasm has never been Chris’ strong point.

Adriana receives a phone call from Vito Spatafore to see if Chris is around. When she says no, it becomes clear that Vito already knew that and only wants to talk to Adriana. She evades talking to him for too long and uses an excuse to hang up.

Tony visits Meadow and notices she isn’t wearing her gold chain. He is distressed at the fact his daughter did not tell him. He feels distanced from her and makes this clear at a session with Melfi. She tells him that he must make an attempt to communicate with Meadow and AJ if he is to reclaim his father-child bond with them. Tony confesses, with rueful melancholy, that he didn’t have that friendship with his children in the first place, so “the fuck can I reclaim it?”

Carmela catches AJ stealing money from her purse. Horrified, she interrogates him, and is appalled when he reveals about his assault. She tells her church therapist that she is losing her children’s trust and confidence and it is destroying her life. She tells the therapist that she has been dreaming of old times, with the family sitting at the table together for meals.

The boys throw a party at a New York casino for the arrival of Mickey Gallardo. Even Johnny Sac shows up to pry about the place. He and Larry Boy exchange a brief glance, but both know that now is neither the time nor the place for a meeting. Mickey Gallardo is treat to a strip show to die for. Christopher and Paulie stand in distinctive separated territories. One of the waiters circulating the scene speaks into a hidden radio. He is FBI. We then cut to the interior of a van, where two FBI surveillance agents look at several monitors showing the entire party.

Meanwhile, Junior watches TV in the hospital ward. He rallies into a fury when a fellow patient switches the channels. “Do you know who I am!?” Junior rages. The old patient replies by saying he recognised Junior as the old guy from the news who used to be a gangster.

Carmela rings Cousin Brian to see how things went for Tony. Brian tells her Tony has settled on a decision on an apartment in Newark. Carmela tries to hide the obvious anguish going on inside her head. She is now up against the reality of accepting divorce, and the consequence is unbearable for her. AJ arrives home. He hesitates in apologising for stealing the money, but the words eventually do come out. The compassion in Carmela’s expression is vast. She apologises for the way things have turned out and that she will fully understand if AJ holds her responsible for Tony leaving. AJ shakes his head to the contrary and goes to his room.

When Bacala visits Junior, the latter reveals his distress at the fact that he is no longer regarded as a Mafioso, and that he has to accept that his time is coming to an end. Bobby understands, but stays mute throughout.

Tony and Brian meet again, this time to finalise details on the apartment. Brian tells Tony that Carmela rang and seemed upset that Tony was finally showing signs of getting over the split. Tony sighs and starts to breathe the legendary heavy pant. He starts to say something, but has second thoughts.

Over at the Moltisanti residence, Chris has another dream of Ralphie. But this time Chris kills Ralphie and Tony helps bury the body, as opposed to the other way round. The nightmare also includes Pussy Bonpensiero running out of breath down a mirror staircase. The mirrors reflect images of Emil Kolar and the interior decorator from Pine Barrens. The Russian whispers into Adriana’s ear and she starts to laugh. Emil Kolar tells Christopher that “she tells them everything.” As he wakes up, he goes to the bathroom, and almost loses his balance. The credits start to roll as Chris looks into the mirror of his bathroom at himself with a face expressing perplexity, anger, and horror.

Let me know what you think!

Mick

Sorry man i forgot all about this, anyway, the last episode,that was good, very good infact, much better than the previous ones, the storylines are coming along very very nicely, keep writing and ill keep reading

Thanks a lot, Knocc Out! Much appreciated. Glad you liked the dream episode with Christopher.

Here's episodes eight and nine, let me know what you think. :


Episode 58: “Walls Have Ears”
Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

As the opening credits end we cut to a dark, empty, after-hours Bada Bing, in which somebody is picking a lock. Once in, four guys start to plant bugs all over the place. A shot of the exterior of the Bada Bing shows dawn occur and by daylight Agent Harris and his boys are back at FBI headquarters, more than satisfied with their morning’s work.

Vito Spatafore brings a shit load of stolen X-Box games at Satriale’s Pork Store. Tony gets his share and Christopher decides to taste some of the action so that he can sell it for profit. Vito tells Chris he has more, and will call by his apartment tomorrow.

AJ calls by Meadow’s. She notices that he is depressed. He tells her that their mom never speaks now. And wen dad calls by she gives him the cold shoulder. Meadow tells AJ that Tony is stronger than Carmela, even though it may not always seem the case. AJ tells Meadow he is going to a party at the weekend, and asks if she has any speed. She refuses brashly and warns him not to do any of that stuff. He asks if she has anything for him for the party. She refuses, but AJ is adamant and persists. Meadow still doesn’t budge and AJ leaves.

In Newark, three masked men hold up a video games shop. Bearing guns, they help themselves to bags full of video games.

Mickey Gallardo, now captain of Ralphie Cifaretto’s crew, meets with his Chinese contact, Michael Lau, in a Chinatown restaurant and makes a discreet payoff for the hijacked video games.

Carmela is at the gym with Gabriella Dante. Carmela tries to discreetly change the subject to Tony. Gabriella tells her Silvio noticed Tony was getting over his depressed stage and finally settling into his new apartment. Carmela tells Gabriella that she feels guilty for depriving AJ of a happy upbringing. She asks her if she thinks Carmela was wrong to throw Tony out. Gabriella’s words are reassuring, yet at the same time cause Carmela to think. She tells Carm that if she felt unhappy with Tony and didn’t love him, she had every right to, but she’d been living with gumars for years, so why stop now? “Silvio, at the Bing? I know he fucks those broads, but that’s the life we come to love, Carm.” She also reminds Carm of when the latter went to so much trouble to stop Angie Bonpensiero divorcing Pussy.

It’s AJ’s birthday, the first since Carm and Tony’s split. Tony calls by with two X-Box games and a cap and shorts. Tony has a brief conversation with Carmela in the kitchen. It is distant, but it is clear that Carmela would not mind to go further. Tony doesn’t give her the chance to ask too much about his life and leaves with AJ, who is sporting his new shorts and cap for the day out on The Stugots.

AJ confesses to his dad that he wishes him and his mother were still together. Tony is silent, frightened to reveal his feelings.

At his therapy session, Tony reveals to Melfi that he is settling into the new home and finally getting over the split with Carmela. He tells her about AJ’s confession. Melfi advises that Tony spend more time with him.
Christopher isn’t in when Vito calls by with those games. All the better for Vito. He makes small talk with Adriana, and leaves after an awkward silence when Adriana finally stops encouraging the big guy to make conversation.

Over at the Soprano home, AJ dreams of the family sitting at the dinner table, with Uncle Silvio and Paulie there, and Christopher and Adriana, and Janice being a nuisance blowing up the birthday balloons to put up. AJ gets out of bed and emails Meadow.

Tony Soprano has many enemies. But the most dangerous foe right now may be closer to home than he may realise: Johnny Sac meets with Larry Boy Barese. Larry Boy is running to Sac, claiming he is “running out of options” as to how to handle Tony’s power. Johnny Sac reveals that New York doesn’t like the guy, but he goes way back with Tony and Carmine, Sac’s boss, thinks the world of him. Larry Boy calls him a cocksucker. Sac agrees. Sac assures Barese he will see what he can do.

AJ calls by Meadow’s. He is severely depressed. He tells her that the games dad bought him for his birthday don’t even work, and the “cap is as hip as fucking sandals on ice.” Meadow tells her boyfriend that night. He suggests the two take AJ out to the cinema.

Johnny Sac meets with Tony at the Bada Bing. Sac wants Tony to give Larry his captaincy back. Tony refuses, and reminds Sac about the time when he came over to New Jersey to live, and assured Tony that he would not be interfering in Soprano business. “Listen, John. I do you a lot of favours. Likewise, you do anything for me, but do me this favour: back the fuck off what doesn’t concern you.” The FBI listens to every word.

Paulie and Mickey Gallardo follow Larry Boy out of town with Frankie Moresco. The two disappear in an Italian restaurant. The place is owned by Carmine Lupertazzi, Johnny Sac’s boss.

Meadow’s boyfriend, David, takes AJ to the cinema to cheer the kid up. When they return, AJ is feeling a lot better, and asks David if he could have some speed. David agrees, but makes AJ promise not to tell Meadow.

Tony visits Junior, who is sicker than ever. Tony wants advice as to what to do with Larry Boy. Junior tells him Ally Boy is making good earnings as capo, so why change a winning formula. He tells Tony that Larry Boy is a good kid, and it’s natural to want to be captain of your crew again, but he also reminds him that Larry is pointing his finger at Tony for becoming a guest of the government. Tony hears him. Loud and clear.

Carmela snaps at Anthony for putting more clothes in the wash basket than necessary. “I just washed your clothes the other day. AJ, isn’t about time you grew up for God’s sake!?”

Janice picks Bobby, Jr. up from school and takes him home. She begins to wash Bobby, Sr.’s laundry but smells a gumar’s perfume on one of his shirts. Horrified, she leaves Bobby, Jr. alone in the house and drives to the hospital.

AJ arrives at the party with Sarah. While Sarah goes to dance with her friends, AJ makes a trip to the washroom with his pal. The night’s just getting started.

Janice makes a more than embarrassing scene at the hospital, with an ashamed Junior watching on from his bed. Bobby is patient, but finally flips and tells Janice to go fuck herself. A shocked Janice storms out.

At the party, Sarah has notices that AJ is hyper and can’t stop dancing. Embarrassed, Sarah starts to dance with another guy. AJ does not like this, and when he confronts the kid somebody makes a remark about Tony Soprano being AJ’s dad. Sarah tries to calm him, but to no avail, and she takes her leave, upset, and calls AJ a cocksucking jerk, to which everyone laughs. AJ loves the attention in this speed-caused flourish of energy. Such energy, however, is short-lived, and AJ collapses and has a seizure while Sarah is intimately kissing another guy outside the place. She is shocked when an ambulance pulls up to the house. Going inside, she breaks down into tears at the sight of AJ being carried onto the gurney.

Paulie tells Tony at the Bing that “Bastard Barese and his fucking errand boy disappeared into a fuckin’ Carmine restaurant. In there for fuckin’ ten minutes. They weren’t havin’ a meal. Tony receives a phone call from Carmela, and has to rush off immediately. “It’s AJ,” he tells Silvio on the way out. Meanwhile, the FBI is on full alert as to whether or not Tony is going to clip Larry Boy Barese. Going by the conversation they’ve just listened to, Agent Harris thinks Tony is about to give a green light.

Tony arrives at the hospital to find Carmela in tears. He comforts her and asks what is wrong. He almost breaks down at the news that AJ is in critical condition. Sarah and a friend sit in the hospital too, but Tony is too worried about his kid to give a damn. As Carmela cries her heart out and spills to Tony that it is all her fault, Tony wraps his arms around her and kisses her gently on the head. Meanwhile, in the ER, doctors fight desperately to save AJ’s life.

At Adriana’s club, Vito pops by with Pat Parisi. Their eyes feast on the sight of Adriana’s ass, as well as her girl friend (who they don’t know is FBI). Tony calls Christopher away from the place. It’s urgent.

David arrives home from a night out with a friend to find his roommates are out. Meadow and him begin to make love on the bed as a montage sequence begins, to the accompaniment of Puccini’s Tosca (Vissi d’art). The camera takes us to a tearful Janice at her home, Vito entertaining himself with Adriana’s FBI friend, Chris arriving at the hospital and comforting Tony and Carmela, Bobby putting Junior to sleep and leaving the hospital, and then finally AJ in the ER, the doctors still working frantically to save him. Fade out.

As the camera fades back in, it is morning outside of the Soprano home. Meadow calls by, to find that the house is empty. She calls AJ’s cell phone. Sarah answers. Back at the hospital, Tony demands that Sarah put whoever it is on the phone. When he hears Meadow’s voice, he breaks into tears. Carmela tells Meadow to come over to the hospital. AJ is apparently stable now, the doctor tells Tony. Carmela goes to extreme lengths to thank the guy, but Tony is past the stage of worrying about anything else save for AJ. Christopher calls Tony from a job that involves collecting stolen video games from Vito Spatafore and Mickey Gallardo. He is relieved that AJ is stable. Tony has recomposed his emotions after talking to his son, and is in no mood to fuck around. He starts to interrogate Sarah, but she gets frightened and starts to cry. Carmela is angry with Tony: “Jesus, Tony. She is as worried as we are. Go get some rest.” Carmela asks Sarah the same questions, though is less full on about her ways. Sarah tells her she knows nothing, but that AJ was all hyper at the party last night. Then Meadow arrives, and the tears start to flow again with Carmela and her. Meadow says she is sorry and blames herself. Carmela reassures her that no one is to blame.


Episode 59: “Anthony Junior”
Running Time: 54 minutes

Boris is the Russian equivalent to Old School: whack a guy and ask questions later. He visits Carl O’Connell at the guy’s flat in New York, asking questions about the death of Irina—caused by an overdose. O’Connell insists he knows nothing, and had broke it off with Irina just before she took an overdose. O’Connell tells Boris of the “big Italian guy” who had beat him up that night in the gents’ room because he claimed to be an ex-boyfriend of Irina or something. Boris doesn’t buy it, and shoots O’Connell in the kneecap and takes his leave.

The FBI wants Adriana to wear a wire for AJ’s return home. She reluctantly agrees. With Frank Cubitoso reminding her of the consequences of not doing so: “Imagine how Chris is going to feel when he finds himself in the can facing life.”

Tony drives a recovered AJ home from the hospital. Carmela waits, with Artie and Charmaine Bucco here, as well as Uncle Paulie and Silvio, and Chris and Adriana, and Janice. AJ is taken aback by the big welcome home he gets. When the “party” is over, Tony talks to AJ, who is feeling very guilty for the whole situation. Tony suggests that his son wait a coupla days before calling Sarah. “She’s a nice girl, AJ. She was real worried the other night.” Tony lightly pushes his son to tell him where he got the speed from, promising that nobody is going to get hurt. AJ refuses to tell, but Tony almost lost his son, and is not going to let it drop this time. Tony tells him that he would trust AJ and Meadow and Carmela with his life, and that the relationship between father and son should be mutual. AJ hesitantly tells Tony that the supplier of the speed was David, Meadow’s boyfriend. Tony keeps his cool with his son, but is clearly raging inside.

He tells Carm, who is just as shocked as he is, but gives herself time to compose her thoughts, while Tony wants to “kill that sick fuckin’ prick!” Tony gets all worked up and Carmela needs to calm him down. She does, with the grave warning that nobody else needs to be killed; it won’t help anybody! Carmela does agree, however, that the kid should answer to the possible fatal consequences his lack of responsibility could have had.

Johnny Sac meets with Silvio. As well as telling Sil to give Tony “my best regards about his son,” Sac says the New York Families want a piece of the action made from the profits of the video games. Sil reminds him that Michael Lau, the Sopranos’ Chinese contact who runs the organisation works for new Jersey only. Sac is persistent. So is Silvio. Sac leaves.

Meadow is disgusted and appalled by the knowledge of where AJ got the speed. At first she doesn’t believe it, but Tony stays unusually calm throughout his speech, insisting no one is going to get hurt. They all await David’s return home. When he walks through the door Tony is noticeably anxious and for a moment we think he is going to have a panic attack. Carmela does most of the lecturing, before Tony adds that he doesn’t want to see David’s ass anywhere Meadow or the family ever again. David tries to remind him that he is Italian and suitable for Meadow, and even tries to imply that AJ stole the speed. Tony snaps out of his seat and overthrows the table and chases the kid out. Meadow starts to cry and shout at her father for the ballistic change of mood. Carmela shouts too, claiming that Tony “never changes” and that he’ll always be the same. Tony decides not to retaliate.

Boris the Russian and an associate meet with Svetlana, Irina’s one-legged cousin. They tell of some Italian guy O’Connell was on about. Svetlana tells them to visit Tony Soprano and find out about his involvement in Irina’s death.

Johnny Sac meets with Carmine and tells of Tony’s refusal of sharing his profits. Carmine is outraged, and worries that even more bad blood between the other Families and New Jersey will result from it.

AJ is convinced that Meadow’s inevitable unhappiness now that Tony has visited David is his entire fault. Tony and Carmela together tell him otherwise. Downstairs, Tony discusses it with Carmela. She admits she was pleased how Tony handled the situation with David. “Like you said, killing the sick fuck doesn’t help nobody.” She makes the slight suggestion that Tony should move back in. He doesn’t reply.

At therapy Tony tells Melfi that AJ is okay, and she is pleased too how he handled the situation with Meadow’s boyfriend. Tony also tells her that Carmela implied that he should move back in.

Carmela visits her priest on guidance and advice as to whether or not she should take Tony back. The priest says that as long as she loves him and still has feelings for him, then it would do now harm to AJ’s recovery should Tony move back in.

Melfi tells Elliot Kupferberg that she feels her patient is leaving her, in the sense that he may move back in with his wife. Elliot suggests that Melfi has grown very fond of her patient and has strong feelings for him, but only because she has the knowledge that he is single and free, and would be a fresh of breath air to her.

Paulie Walnuts smells something nightmarishly wrong when a Russian named Boris calls in at the Bing. “What the fuck you want around here?” Paulie asks, obviously alarmed that his nightmare in Pine Barrens may be revisiting him. “Vee vant to zee Meezter Zaprano.” Paulie calls Tony right away and insists it is urgent. Tony arrives at the Bing to find two Russians being served on the house by a scared-shitless Paulie. Boris and his friend interrogate Tony about Irina. Tony looks into their eyes and flat out denies all knowledge of beating a guy up in a washroom a month ago. When Boris decides to step his pace of questions up, Paulie (who is by now relieved that the Russians are not who they first seemed) interrupts abruptly. Boris tries to get his words in, but Paulie’s had enough, and tells the “cocksucker” to go fuck his mother. Boris laughs at Paulie, gives Tony a look to kill and walks out with his partner.

Tony doesn’t hang about, and immediately visits Svetlana. She tells him she is trying to find out who is responsible for Irina’s death. Tony hadn’t known about Irina. He is shocked, but far from sorry, and still denies everything. He tells Svetlana to tell her Russian friends to stay the fuck away from him, and that she hasn’t got the slightest clue what she is getting herself into.

Meanwhile, Paulie tells Christopher and Silvio at the Bing of his morning adventure with the Russian. Chris and Silvio share a laugh at the story.

Meadow calls in to see AJ. AJ is guilty that it was his fault about David. She reassures her brother that he did the right thing in telling mom and dad. AJ tells her he overheard Carmela and Tony talking about moving back in. Meadow is pleased, but AJ tells her that Tony didn’t seem too enthusiastic.

Tony calls by to find Meadow there too. He has a talk with her about David. She says she understands, and that she wouldn’t want to see an asshole like that anyway. Carmela is cooking ziti for AJ and Meadow. She asks if Tony wants some. Hesitating, Tony agrees. AJ smiles and exchanges looks with his sister. Tony proposes a toast to life and fresh starts. Carmela sits on the sofa with Tony afterwards. They reminisce about old times. Carmela ends up confessing that she has cursed herself every night since Tony moved out and that she feels it would help AJ achieve well in school if Tony was to move back in—only temporarily and taking things slowly. Tony strokes her face and smiles. He tells her she was wrong to curse herself, and admits that he has done a lot of bad things in his life. “I can’t change, Carm. This is my life. But I swear to you that I haven’t touched a girl for a long time—” Carmela cuts him off with a kiss on the cheek and she thanks him for the support with AJ.

Tony tells Melfi that he can’t thank her enough for the help she has given him with regard to his marriage. He tells her he will be moving back in with Carmela and the look on Melfi’s face is priceless: panic, surprise, satisfaction and acceptance all rolled into one.

But not everything is going well for Tony. Johnny Sac meets with Frankie Moresco, who is speaking on behalf of Larry Boy, who apparently has the flu. Sac tells Frankie that New York is really pissed at Tony’s decision regarding the video games hijacking. Sac implies that the bad blood between New York and New Jersey would end if Tony were to be popped. Frankie jumps at the chance to have his say. Larry Boy Barese went to the can because Tony fuckin’ Soprano ratted his own capo and uncle out to the Feds. Larry Boy doesn’t like it and the situation with his cousin Albert running the crew is busting his balls to say the least. Moresco tells Sac that Uncle Junior stands in Tony’s corner. “Junior?” Sac replies. “Frankie, come on; you’re worrying about Corrado Soprano’s backlash? The guy’s dying, Frankie, no doubt about it. Hell, if it makes you feel any better we’ll clip him to, just to be on the safe side.” Moresco thinks the idea is a good one, and tells Sac to get things in motion. Tony Soprano has problems heading his way.

Mick

Let me just give you a few random thoughts, im about half way thru "Walls Have Ears" and i need to write this now before i forget lol


Vito bringing XBox games? dunno, doesnt sound realistic to me, i think it would be more realistic if it was a less ranking member bringing a shit load of Xbox consoldes to try and impress Tony and the crew


and i think you should concentrate less on the whole Family storyline with Meadow and AJ, im just not into those kind of storylines


let me read the rest and ill post some more

Second episode i enjoyed, looking forward to see what will happen


things i didnt like?


Paulie being scared, totally not his character, also i dont think any 2 guys could walk in the bing and fuck with Tony and walk out in one piece

Also i think you should put a bit more action into it, i mean were 9 episodes in and no one been popped yet? more violence please


you should end it like series 1 was ended, lots and lots of violence

Once again, thanks for the honest opinions and giving up your time to review them. As for Paulie, I think the Pine Barrens episode, if it ever come back to haunt him, would really freak him out. Take for instance his tantrum in "From Where to Eternity" with his visit to the Psyciatrist's. Not exactly scared, but really freaked out! Yeah, maybe not Vito giving the X-Boxes, but I had to add it as him to get him close to Adriana.

As for violence, be prepared for some....! And I agree, season one's finale was so good with the popping of Palmice and Signore, not to mention how close Livia came to getting suffocated, and if Junior hadn't got indicted...

Mick

Yeah man, about Vito, that just wouldnt happen, it would definetly be some low level guy giving freebies to the Capos just like Chris & Brendan in series 1 with the DVD players

Also, about the killings that are gonna happen, and i hope theres a few i think you should try and recreate the weirdness of series 1 killings, i mean, the way they were filmed was brilliant, normal mafia hits you think of like one guy walking up blasting another guy and then a car pulling up and speeding off, but in series 1, stuff like Tony stashing a gun in a dead fish's head and Paulie with the poison ivy, those were excellent, although its a shame the murders in 3 and 4 werent as good as 1

Please remember that, according to HBO's official Family tree, Vito is only an associate, and this season Mickey "Fists" Gallardo (Frank Vincent) is the new capo of the Aprile crew.

And the killings, I have some coming up in mind, watch this space... Oh, and what about Ralphie's murder? That was the most shocking I think, and was done purely with personal passion, not business at all!

Mick

To be honest i didnt think all that much of Ralph's murder

Episode 60: “Debugging Those Rats”
Running Time: 1 hour

Boris and his friend meet with Svetlana to collect their wage. She speaks in Russian, and the subtitles read: “I still don’t trust this Soprano. Visit him again.” They take their leave and the scene ends with Svetlana smoking nervously on a cigarette.

Junior is visited by Tony. Tony informs his uncle that Bacala is attending his kid’s karate presentation evening so won’t be able to make it tonight. Tony has to look after Junior instead. They share thoughts on past times, and Tony gets round to asking advice on Larry Boy. Junior thinks he’s being saturated with questions on stuff that no longer concerns him. Tony thinks otherwise. Junior assures that the Barese crew, despite being the largest of the Family, is the least loyal to Larry Boy. Tony tells him Larry and Frankie Moresco have been frequently meeting Johnny Sac. Junior puts two and two together and figures what may be on the cards. “You got my back,” Junior assures his nephew.

Vito and Pat Parisi call by Adriana’s club for a drink. Pat Parisi tries to get into her FBI girl friend but the latter is having none of it.

Carmela dines at the Vesuvio with Gabriella Dante and Rosalie Aprile. They are both pleased with Carmela for taking Tony back. “It was the best thing, for everybody,” Gabriella suggests, and Rosalie corroborates.

Tony returns home from the hospital and notices AJ has not played on his X-Box games for a while; in fact, Tony doesn’t even know if AJ has ever played on them. When he confronts his son about it, AJ tells him the games don’t work. Tony is furious.

Boris calls by the Bing to find that Tony is not available. Christopher asks him who the fuck he is, and if he can put a message forward to Tony. Boris leaves the club with the promise he’ll be back.

The next day Bobby calls by the hospital. Junior tells him of Barese and Sac’s meetings. Bobby should keep an eye out for Tony. Bobby agrees.

Pat Parisi follows the FBI chick from her home into town. He wants to get laid, and he’s going to. That is, until he follows her to a public park and sees Adriana there, passing over a tape. Pat doesn’t think anything of it, until he sees Agent Harris watching from a distance too, unaware of Parisi’s presence. Pat is one big fucking hurry, and crashes his car in the process when he steers out of control.

Tony calls by his apartment to collect the rent from the habitant. On his way out, Boris emerges from a car and suggests—with a gun to Tony’s waist—that Tony should get in. Tony reluctantly gets in and they drive to an old abandoned house. Tony is given the third degree about the death of Irina. He is patient, but not for long, and is soon telling the Russian pricks to go fuck their mothers. Boris tells Tony that he would be dead if it wasn’t for Svetlana’s specific orders to let him live. Tony doesn’t give a fuck about orders: “Oh, lucky fuckin’ me!” They let him leave, and he has to find his own way back into town.

Back at headquarters, the FBI analyses Adriana’s tapes of AJ’s return home. They are disappointed with the content.

Tony returns to the Bing and is enraged by his adventures with Boris the Russian. He is cursing “that fucking gimp of a fuckin whore.” To add to his worries, Silvio tells him that Pat Parisi has crashed his car and is in hospital. Tony visits Pat with Silvio and Paulie while Bobby Bacala continues to follow Larry Boy (and Mickey Gallardo is tailing every step of Frankie Moresco). On their way to the hospital, Tony gives Christopher’s cell phone a call. He starts to tell him about the Russian. Christopher tells him he’ll handle it. Tony hangs up and curses himself: “Should have fuckin’ clipped the pricks that night when they called by the Bing.” Silvio tells him not to worry about it.

Boris visits Svetlana. She is not buying any of Tony’s answers, and tells Boris to make sure Tony doesn’t get the chance to answer any more. Boris leaves a grand richer.

At the hospital, the boys visit Pat Parisi. He brushes the crash over with excuses, and when the guys are about to leave, he asks Tony for a private word.
“Adriana is wired.” Pat tells Tony. “Get the fuck outta here!” Tony replies. Pat tells him about everything, the tape being passed over, Agent Harris being there as a watcher, and he also made four Fed cars at the scene too. Tony listens with his ears wide open, before kicking up frenzy and almost toppling Pat’s bed over. Grabbing Parisi’s face with one hand, Tony tells him he’s a fuckin’ wacko. Pat insists that he is telling the truth. Tony leaves without saying another word and bites at Paulie when Walnuts observes that Tony seems quiet on the drive back. Tony insists that Silvio drive back to the hospital. While Paulie complains that he has work to do, Silvio doesn’t say a word and drives back. Tony this time visits Uncle Jun with Sil and Paulie waiting in the car. Tony tells Junior what Pat Parisi has just told him. Junior is shocked, and only buys half of it. Tony wants Junior to back his thoughts up, but Junior suggests that Pat would have no reason to lie.

Meanwhile, outside in the parking lot, a warden walks up to the car and tells Silvio that he must leave the ambulance way clear or he will be arrested. Silvio is about to pull away when Paulie gets out and threatens the warden shitless with a verbal onslaught. The warden calls cops on the scene and Silvio and Paulie are taken away in a cop car. By this time, even Sil is telling the cops to go fuck themselves. Tony exits the hospital to find that the car is gone. He is furious.

Mickey Gallardo meets with his Chinese “business” associate, Michael Lau. Lau is sorry to hear of the faulty games that Tony gave his son. He agrees to mend the problem. Gallardo tells him that they come out of his end. When Lau complains, Gallardo suggests he doesn’t get faulty games in the first place. Lau concedes the point. He’s an intelligent guy.

Boris pulls up at a Russian restaurant with a gumar—probably one of many. He gets out, walks along the path arm and arm with the girl. Out of nowhere, a car screeches round the corner and goes right into Boris. He flies over the bonnet and over the roof of the car. The car makes a tight U-turn and makes sure that Boris has not survived. The gumar watches on in anguish and horror.
At the police station Paulie and Silvio are finally released with Little Paulie coming to collect them. Paulie’s hair is a mess, and he complains about the smell of ink on his fingers—from the fingerprint pads. Silvio is too distraught to say anything: this is big dent to his pride.

The Bing is empty. Tony has let himself in and has drank a few drinks too many. He calls Georgie to come and sweep the place the bugs. Georgie finds bugs all over the place. Tony sinks his head into his hands. Georgie helps Tony to rip the walls apart and stamp all over the bugs. Tony has one more swig of his vodka and calls Christopher to tell him to meet at the Bing. He also orders Chris to bring Adriana.

On the way over to the Bing, Chris and Adriana have a talk about making plans for a second attempt at a wedding. Adriana is delighted and almost causes Chris to crash by hugging him. Chris doesn’t mind.

It’s amazing how quick one sobers up after a severe reality check. Tony has blanked his mind of any thoughts not concerning Adriana. When Chris arrives at the Bing, he is cautious when he finds Tony in a deeply perturbed, melancholy mood. The Bing is silent. It is absent of life. Adriana is happy and urges Chris to tell Tony about the plans. Chris tells Tony, but the latter doesn’t even flinch at the news. Adriana is too joyous to notice, but Chris knows there is something up. “What’s the matter, T?” he asks. Tony doesn’t beat about the bush. He comes straight out with it: “You must think I’m a fuckin’ brainless prick.” Chris tells him to go easy, but Tony retaliates and slaps Christopher hard across the cheek and shouts at him about Adriana being a rat. Chris starts to laugh, thinking it is a joke. The scene is long-winded and extensively elongated, with no music. As the scene develops, Adriana starts to panic and shake and cry. Chris realises that what Tony is telling him is true. Adriana tries to tell Chris she is sorry and that she had no choice. Chris slaps her twice and is about to punch her with a fist when Tony interferes. Tony pushes him away and starts to rant and rave at Adriana, who is now in uncontrollable tears. Christopher storms out. Tony warns Adriana that if he ever sees her face again around Christopher or even in this city then he will murder her. He tells her to get out of Chris’ life. Adriana tries to speak but Tony shouts over her. Outside, Adriana tries to explain to Chris, but he is in a daze and oblivious to the fact that she is even talking to him. Inside, Tony calls Mickey Gallardo to call by the Bing. Tony comes outside and tells Adriana that Gallardo will take her home to get some things and then will drop her off at Newark airport. From there she is to make her own way in life. She is hysterical, but there is no turning back time. Gallardo finally shows up. Adriana tries to talk to Chris but he walks back inside the Bing. Tony helps Adriana into the back of the car and asserts that she will be killed if she is ever seen around her again. She carries on crying.

Tony joins Christopher inside. Tony has recollected his thoughts and tries to calm Christopher down. The only question Chris is asking is “why?” Silvio and Paulie drop by. Tony is furious at them, wondering where they went at the hospital. Paulie tells him (Silvio is in no mood to talk). Tony thinks Paulie is kidding, but he clearly is not Tony is about to scold the two, but looks at Chris and has second thoughts. Paulie asks what the fuck is the matter with Chrissy. Tony tells them of Adriana. Paulie is enraged, as is Silvio. Paulie offers to whack her. Tony tells him that Gallardo is taking her out of town. Paulie offers his condolences to Christopher and Silvio gets the glasses out and bottle of wine. They all make a toast, save for a bewildered and blank Christopher.

Meanwhile, Gallardo pulls over in a deserted street. He pulls his gun around, but Adriana sees it first and makes life difficult. She bites Mickey’s wrist and draws blood, opening the door and trying to run like mad. Gallardo recovers quickly and runs after her. He catches up, floors her (with a major struggle) and finally shoots her thrice in the head. The camera focuses in on Gallardo’s face while he shoots Adriana in the struggle. We follow him as he walks away with unforeseen pain in his face. A car pulls up with Harry Lutrozzo—an associate under Gallardo’s crew—and Mickey gets in, before the car pulls away. The camera drifts into a turn and the episode ends as we see, from a great distance, Gallardo’s abandoned car and the body of Adriana. Fade out.

^That is my personal favourite episode so far. What's yours?

Mick

PS> Oh, another thing about Vito: his bringing the X-Box games home? This isn't an associate try'na impress Tony, simply a soldier playing delivery boy, as the video game scam is a real operation involving the Chinese Lau and Gallardo.

Great episode except one MAJOR flaw, no one in the world could take Tony hostage with a gun and then let him go and then Tony do nothing about it

He did do something about it. Christopher "took care of it," with Boris getting knocked over and ultimately killed. Tony could not do anything about it at the time of being taken "hostage."

Thanks for the quick reply!

Mick

Lol man i totally forgot about that part of the story my bad lol must of been too much info to take in at once, cant believe i forgot that part

What is your favourite episode so far mate?

Mick

Walls Have Ears

Absolutely superb so far Cape, really enjoying your scribes.

Very easy to picture all the scenes written to date appearing on the screen, with good storylines developing for all the major characters, which is no mean feat.

Keep it up!

Episode 61: “Horsy Horsy”
Running time: 50 minutes

As the credits end we see Christopher lying in bed, looking far from awake, as the camera makes a right angled turn so Christopher is the “right way up” on screen. James Brown’s Funky Drummer plays as Chris clambers out of bed and enters the bathroom. The music stops suddenly as he wanders into a daydream. Adriana is on the glass staircase again, whispering into Pussy Bonpensiero’s ear. Pussy then turns to Skip Lapari and then Adriana turns to the camera and reveals that she “told them everything.” Chris snaps out of his dream and continues to gaze at the mirror. He hallucinates an image of Adriana behind him in the mirror. Turning around, he sees that she is not there.

Cut to the Bing poolroom. Tony sits playing cards with Silvio and Mickey Gallardo. Paulie is playing pool with Pat Parisi. They all make comments on Adriana’s betrayal. It is clear they are not aware that Tony ordered Gallardo to kill Adriana. Tony keeps quiet, but snaps and flips the whole game up when Paulie suggests it was a bad idea to let her live. Tony rants at him for questioning his decisions. As Tony storms out, claiming he can’t go on “with this shit,” Paulie looks at Silvio, who is shaking his head, bottom lip out.

Charmaine bitches to Artie about missing Adriana. Artie insists that he does not suspect foul play on Soprano’s behalf. Charmaine says that Carmela is the same as Artie; she’ll never learn, and once she’s in the life she can’t get out of it. She metaphors the Mafia with a spider’s web. Artie explains that even if Tony was involved, the guy is his friend, and he tells his wife to shove her spider’s web up her ass.

Tony tells Melfi that he is worried about his nephew. He explains that Adriana has gone missing and nobody knows where she is. “Her clothes are gone, everything.” Melfi tries to explain that everything happens for a reason. Tony gets frustrated at this, and reveals the true explanation: “What if I was to tell you that this fuckin’ bitch was ratting everybody out to the Feds?” Melfi is silent. Tony notices this and starts rambling on about how Melfi jumps to conclusions without getting to see the bigger picture. “How was I supposed to foresee that this girl had been working for the FBI?” she asks, to which Tony tells her to go fuck herself and leaves. On his way out of the office he has a panic attack.

Cut to the hospital, where Carmela and AJ visit Tony (we learn that Melfi drove him there herself when he had the attack). Tony waits around for more test results, all of which come back negative, and the nurse simply puts the attacks down to stress. That night, Carmela goes into Tony’s room (they are not sleeping together, despite Tony’s moving back in) and confronts him about the whereabouts of Adriana. When he tells her he doesn’t know and starts to get anxious, she tells him that he’ll never change.

Hesh Rabkin’s stables are in jeopardy. There is a very rich businessman in town who wants to buy the stables from Hesh, expecting little retaliation against the light persuasion. Hesh gets all up tight, but the guy leaves before Rabkin can get a real word in. Hesh looks at the card the guy gave him: Emmett Peters.

Frankie Moresco visits Hal Suppuzzi at his apartment, the guy whose back he broke with a hammer months before. Hal insists that he hasn’t been running untaxed card games behind Larry Boy’s back. Frankie doesn’t buy any of it, but Hal soon buys the end of a golf club to his nose.

Hesh’s gumar wakes him up. She tells him some guys are taking pictures of the house and stables. Enraged, Hesh confronts Emmett Peters, who is showing several associates around the place. “Hope you don’t mind,” Peters says. Hesh tells them that they must leave, and they do, but not before taking a real close up with one of Hesh’s most valuable horses.

Tony gets a call from Ally Boy Barese. “You’re fuckin’ kidding me!” Tony bellows. We then cut to Tony’s jeep screeching to a stop outside one of Larry Boy’s joint. Tony storms in past the protesting associates (one of which gets a fist in the face because of their antagonising with Tony) and snatches a pool cue out of Frankie Moresco’s (who was innocently playing pool) hand. Frankie doesn’t look the least bit intimidated, save for the fact that he is two inches shorter than Soprano. “You fucking break the guy’s back, then snap his fuckin’ legs with a golf club while he’s still in the fuckin’ wheelchair?” Tony asks. “Maybe I should do the same to you, huh? Oh why not? Frankie backs up against a dead end, Tony following. “Don’t touch me Tony,” Frankie warns, “I’m a made guy. Touch me and there’s consequences.” Tony starts to breathe heavy, composing himself from his rage. “You’re a made guy?” he repeats. “Well guess what. I don’t know if you realise this but I’m the motherfucking’ Boss round here, and if you don’t respect that we’re gonna have a major problem.” When Tony is walking away, Frankie mumbles an insult in Italian. Tony doesn’t hesitate, turning round and smashing his fist into Moresco’s face, sending him across the pool table. Tony doesn’t waste any more of his time and leaves. Frankie lies on the floor, dazed, with blood pouring from his red-stained teeth.

Carmela and Rosalie Aprile dine at the Vesuvio, unaware of Charmaine Bucco’s hateful eyes upon them. When Carmela tries to make small talk with Charmaine, Mrs. Bucco quickly fires back with a brash question about the whereabouts of Adriana. Carmela shuts up. Rosalie and her share a look after Charmaine leaves.

Tony visits his uncle in hospital. He tells him about the confrontation with Frankie. Junior says it isn’t giving the image Tony should be. A Boss punching another made guy “doesn’t exactly do wonders” with the others. Tony regrets telling him, but Junior assures him that he will always be in Tony’s corner.

Meanwhile, back at the Vesuvio, Carmela confronts Charmaine alone, and asks what Charmaine meant with the bluntness of the question concerning Adriana before. Charmaine brushes it off by insisting it was an innocent question. Carmela tells her that whatever she was getting at, it is none of her fucking business. She also makes it clear that Chris and Adriana had problems with their relationship. Later, Carmela confesses to her church therapist that she is guilty of trying to defend her husband’s business. He assures Carmela this is a sign of love for him.

Hesh visits Tony at Satriale’s Pork Store. They walk a few blocks and Hesh tells him of Emmett Peters and his plan to buy Hesh’s stables out. Tony tells him he’ll take care of it.

At Peters Inc., Paulie, under the disguise of a “Mister Gondola,” gets into Emmett’s office. When Peters asks him what he can do for Mr. Gondola, Paulie tells him to leave “Hesh Rabkin the fuck alone,” emphasised with an ear-to-ear grin. Peters is left shocked, and immediately calls a business associate.

Larry Boy Barese meets with Johnny Sac. He tells Johnny of Tony’s hitting Moresco on his own turf. “Things like this shouldn’t happen, Johnny.” Sac informs him that things are still being arranged concerning the “stoning of Goliath.” Larry Boy stresses frustration at the lack of quickness of the planning. Sac reminds him that New York does not want the plan to backfire with them.

Christopher answers the door to find that Adriana is there, wearing an FBI jacket. She says she has brought something for him, but the words come out as Tony’s voice. Christopher blinks to find Tony is standing in the doorway. Tony comes in and gives him an envelope: “a bonus from the week’s earnings.” Christopher opens it, notices the bonus is far more than just generous, and sits back down watching TV. Tony, repeating Melfi’s exact words, tells Chris that things happen for a reason. “Some things are fucked up,” Christopher replies. Tony leaves without saying another word. On his way out he sees a photo of Adriana and Christopher on the wall.

Mr. Peters and his associates are back, but this time with an estimator who is giving Hesh prices for buying the land. “Oh,” Emmett says. “Before I forget, tell your Mr. Gondola friend that his efforts didn’t have the intended effect on me.”

Hesh visits the Bing and repeats the exact words of Peters to the gang. Paulie Walnuts is furious. “Didn’t get the intended effect. I think he will on my next visit.”

Tony returns home to find AJ playing on his X-Box games. Mr. Lau finally exchanged them. Tony reminds him that he should be studying. Carmela, refreshed from her therapist visit, puts the evening meal in the microwave for Tony to eat at the table. While he chews away, she tells him that she is glad that he moved back in. Tony replies with a smile. We all know Tony, and it is clear he wants to say more, but doesn’t.

To the sound of James Brown’s Funky Drummer again, a police car screeches to a halt outside a neighbourhood home. As the two cops walk past the on-looking spectators and past the tape to meet paramedics on the scene, they see that in the doorway of the house lies a guy who they confirm as Mr. Emmett Peters. The cause of death is asphyxiation. Funky Drummer gets louder as the end credits start to roll.

Mick

Great Episode


roll on 62

Bumping this topic, for fans to read my version, with Season 5 coming very soon.

I still haven't finished this, but may do the final 5-6 episodes soon....

Mick

Lol brings back memories of lasts summer

Capo this material is really good!!! Very impressive!

Capo, my compliments...however, why don't we see (read) about Tony eating???

Or is including such a detail too much to ask C'mon mate, out of 3 scenes he's having a snack in 2 of them...

"...that aside let me swear, on the souls of my grand children," that it is absolutely great.