When I saw Junior in the chair at the end I immediately thought of the end of GF 3

In GF I, Vito is playing with a cat when Bonasera is asking him for a favor, kill the thugs who beat up his daughter.

I thought that might be Chase's reference. That Vito had the cat in his lap at the height of his power, bestowing favors to his old friends. Junior, on the other hand, held the cat at the END of his reign. I think it might have been a rather intentional juxtaposition.

It also reminded me of MAD from Inspector Gadget!

OK how much longer would you give Paulie? I don't think he'll make it to the last episode but who knows.

Okay, this a possible major spoiler about Paulie so don't look if you don't want to.



Whether it's true or not, you're guess is as good as mine. But the site has been dead on for 3 episodes in a row.

We'll see.

that 3 o'clock thing from chris dream will have some play with paulie and maybe tony since it was meant to be said to both of them

I can believe it. I think one finale that we've discussed is the gang war to end all gang wars. It's just so challenging to figure out how Tony will end up. But the more I think about it, Tony is heads above anybody else in his family and thatmay make him someone the NY families want to keep.

Best moment this season:

Junior goes to kick the Professor, and his slipper comes flying off.

He reminded me of Blofeld in the final shot.

Brilliant, brilliant scene, and I think the rocking of the boat on choppy water was completely intended as a means of cranking up the tension. It worked, too. Paulie really is treading on water when Tony starts grilling him. Luckily for Paulie, he doesn't crack.

When I think back to it, it's one of the best individual scenes of the season; look at Tony's inner frustration when Paulie doesn't crack. It's a frustrated gesture (when he considers the knife on the deck but goes instead for the beer) that to me shows how badly Tony takes being "wrong", and how competitive he is within himself - he was treating that conversation as if it were some sort of test for him too, not only Paulie. When he throws the beer at Paulie it was like a child who's been caught in the wrong at school, and knows that the only reaction he can do without losing face is to throw a crayon or something at the wall.

It's always present, of course this needing to restrain passion and keep logic level: look at his tantrum in the Bing in the next episode when he loses a bet and starts throwing chairs at the pool table.

"Rigatoni a la Paulie"

"But since you're eatin' it, maybe it should be Rigatoni a la Tony!"

Is it odd that Tony and the rest of the crew have a somewhat cordial, if not friendly, relationship with Johnny Sac? In reality would rival family members have that close a friendship?

Why not? They make money together

Johnny Sack and Tony seem to be friends, and they have many buisness dealing with each other. I don't the Lupertazzi's became a "rival" till Phil became Boss.

Tony Soprano's suburban for sale on Ebay.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/08/03/sopranos-suburban-for-sale/

James Gondolfini in the water in Hawaii with his girlfriend. I wonder if he's looking for Big Pussy.

Wouldn't he have to look underwater??

Not if she does a handstand.

Since we're posting random stuff here, I won this phone off of EBay. I remember seeing it on The Sopranos, I just cannot remember what episode it was on. Does anyone have a clue?

It was a scene when the camera focused in on the caller ID saying "T Soprano."

Probably Sil's, I think.

Thanks Capo. I'll look into that. I know its not Melfi's, Tony's lawyer's, or Zellman's. I think it may be Chrissy's. I dunno. But, it gives me a GREAT reason to re-watch the series!

I think it rang late at night, Silvio checked it, and I always wondered why he had Tony in his phone as something that formal. I think.

Silvio may not have stored Tony's number on the phone, and if thats the case and he had caller ID the readout would probably say "Tony Soprano".

It is surprising that a guy like Tony would have his name on caller id, because they do give you the option. Well, some carriers do, anyway.

Why?? He may have had a "legitimate" line in his house.

Carlo Gambino used to be listed in the Brooklyn directory in the 60's and 70's.

Holy Shit thats amazing i thought someone like Carlo Gambino would have a unlisted number or some sort of private line,i bet no one ever made a prank call!

I'm sure Don Carlo had an unlisted number as well.

I suspect you're right about the prank calls.

"Uh, Don Carlo, do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

"No, but I have Johnny Roselli in an oil drum"

Bud-um-bum