/gabagool/ Sopranos General

>>85657256
It was a weird episode. Tonally all over the place. Even the ending felt off. I don't know if I would consider it the worst but it's a stand out for mostly negative reasons.

it was a filler episode that didn't advance the plot in any way. I don't think any of the subplots were advanced in this episode, were they?

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Did he really do it? This is a sterling example of how good the writing was in the Sopranos. there's an equal amount of reasons and evidence pointing to either conclusion. Tony's eyes in the car when he drives past the retirement party, gauging Chrissy's reaction to what he's saying, his scene with Melfi where he talks about bonding Chris to him inseparably. The slightly unconvincing way the cop says he doesn't know the name Moltisanti, and shouting sorry before Chris shoots him. It's a perfect 50/50 split that could be argued about for hours

He's wrong, them fighting the Indians at the protest is hilarious. Especially love Artie pussing out.

>>85657553
Karen Baccalieri dying in a rather clumsy and out of nowhere way sets up the future relationship between him and Janice

>>85657553
>filler episode
Lots of soprano episodes could be seen "filler" episodes. It's a bottle episode, tons of soprano episodes simply show the mobsters doing mundane stuff. Not every episode has to forwad the plot

it's kind of a mess. the whole thing with ralph threatening to reveal the truth about iron eyes cody is extremely retarded, feels like it belongs in Breaking Bad or some other dumb cartoon-for-grown-ups show. there's no story logic there -- in a different episode, ralph would just threaten the guy with violence. and then the whole episode becomes weirdly atonal because one of the storylines is the death of Bobby's wife Karen, but it's sandwiched between some of the broadest, goofiest shit the show ever did.

it's also the closest the show ever got to just straight up pontificating and putting the writers' own thoughts into the character's mouths, which is like a classic hallmark of the bad TV that The Sopranos always raged against.

>>85657558
I'm pretty sure the Cop did kill Chris's father, simply for the reason that it'd be really reckless for Tony to tell Chris that if that wasn't his father's killer. What if Chris had been sloppy in the name of vengeance?

I think Tony was honest and wanted Chris to get his revenge. I also don't think Tony would lie about such a thing.

>>85657808
Also keep in mind that Tony is wicked, brutally smart and strategic. Bucco is the one who praises him for being able to think 5 steps ahead of everyone else. It would make sense, given how thought out Tony's plan for Chrissy is, that he's been saving this corrupt cop for this exact moment.

Is Joe Pantaliano really wearing a hair piece in every single scene? I've started watching the top and sides of his head really closely trying to see if it's ever hanging off or askew

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It's probably second worst next to the Vito stuff in season 6, which has a lot of bad puns and obvious visual metaphors going on. Tony calling Vito a "come from behind kind of guy" always makes me roll my eyes. Maybe it was more original and clever in 2006, but it's probably the most difficult part to watch that's not season 3