Did Christopher Moltisanti go to hell for Tony Soprano? 

Ths most unbelievable part of sopranos is when Tony was able to hold Christophers nose with 1 hand..... that things like a natural canopy

He talks pretty calmly for a guy that’s being tormented for all eternity.

Christopher didn’t go to hell for Tony. He went to hell for the life he lived. He had countless opportunities to put that life in his rear view, but just like his addiction, he always came crawling back for more.

Ok guys, you heard it here first!!! The Many Saints of Newark is Christopher’s screen play. That’s why he’s doing the out of place voice over and it doesn’t quite match Tony’s memories, his Dad is painted in a reasonably good light with an excuse explaining his drug addiction ‘rumour’, we never find out actually who killed his Dad (because he didn’t know), Junior is mocked (he was writing it around the time he had Brendon killed) and finally it is the reason it is shit.

You’re very observant. The sacred and the propane. Very allegorical.

The scene where Junior says “he works for me now” and Tony looks devastated becomes entirely different if Tony did at some point become aware that Junior had Dickie Whacked. Tony didn’t want Junior to have Christopher anywhere near him, because Junior had been known in the past to take contracts out on people who did something that Junior perceived as disrespectful towards him. Even if it was entirely harmless. Tony was attempting to protect Christopher from the same fate as his father at the hands of his uncle.

"Yo T, I'm in hell."

Christopher is basically the deuteragonist of the show, the character has almost as much depth as Tony.

he said hell is an Irish bar where everyday is st. patty's day...doesn't sound that bad. even for an Italian mafioso, it beats a lake of fire.

In the very first episode of the series, Christopher committed first-degree murder. (And with no go-ahead from Tony or even telling him beforehand.) Christopher’s actions were his own choices, and on his own head.

Moral of the story is: Your are not responsible for who you attract, but you are responsible for who you entertain.

For sure because of him, but as well For Him.

I mean everytime Christopher made excuses they were just that excuses. It was his way of weaseling out of doing something other than being normal. I'm not saying Tony wasn't an influence but Christopher made those decisions; he wanted the life. Christopher went to Hell for his own means not Tony. Also, when Tony grabbed Chrissy and when he told him to basically make a decision in or out Tony would have supported it. The same way he reluctantly supported Tony Blundetto it was Tony B like Christopher made those decisions because they couldn't live outside of the life. Also, when it comes to the cop who allegedly killed his father that was Tony's way of pulling Christopher close to him while testing his loyalty. This was all after the Jackie Jr BS. Christopher has a penchant for being disrespectful even to Tony at times. Seeing as Tony fears jail but wants to remain the boss he wants to use Christopher as his front but he needs him to be 100% loyal and in a way indebted to him. So this power move is his way of doing it and it worked. After theh hit Christopher says " What you did for me the F who killed my father. I'd follow you to Hell." But here's the thing Christopher already condemned his soul to hell on his own when he killed the Polish guy at Satriales. That was all of Christopher's doing he volunteered he made the decision to murder the guy; his first murder. He wanted in the life and only had doubts when he felt that he was not being recognized for his loyalty. Also remember he was always Gung Ho about mafia things in Season 1; like murdering Mikey Palmice for the murder of Brandon Fallone. Chrissy had the chance to get out and had a wake up call when he got shot. Even Carmella came to him and prayed and give him guidance to change but he never did. He went back to Tony not because Tony had a hold on him but because he wanted the life. Another time was when he went to get gas and saw the guy with the wife and kids struggling with his family; his crappy clothes and crappy car. Not because of Tony or his love for him or Tonys manipulation. It comes from Christophers lack of maturity he took the easy way. This is why he kept making excuses to not become a writer or director and why he said he will return from a place of wealth. Yes Tony and the life are bad influences but Christopher going to hell is his own doing. Being in the Mafia for these guys is the easy way to success. They are narcissists, sociopaths. They couldn't hack a regular life. Tony isn't the reason Tony was a means

I love the supernatural aspect of sopranos

Tony became a gangster because of Junior. Juniors dark shadow over everything. Junior was is the ultimate villain in this. He is directly responsible for the downfall of Tony and consequently Chris as well.

in season 1 chrissy says to his buddy before the hijacking that all he ever wanted was to be part of tonys crew since he was a lil kid so chrissy is like henry hill and jimmy

One of the major themes of the show was that the life was too alluring to walk away from and draws in everyone it touches, we see it with lots of different character and Christopher was no exception. The most obvious example is Vito, he could have stayed in New England living his best life with someone who loves and accepts him but he couldn't handle the boring normal life or having a job and went back to Jersey even knowing it could likely get him killed, which it did.

That's Christopher alright, ruins his own life with his bad choices and then blames other people for it! Maybe it's unkind of me but I really don't have any sympathy for Christopher.

Dicky wasn’t a very calm composed character. He killed his father out of rage. Then his comare.

You should really make a video on how insecure Chris is in the series. It’s almost his core character trait. I think the oath he chose is definitely more of a constant internal struggle with his insecurities and self esteem.

He killed his father, I wouldn't say he was more composed

Most of Chris’s murders were not under orders from Tony….as a matter of fact he pissed Tony off over the first guy he killed, Amil…because he didn’t have permission. The last of Chris’s murders also happened without Tony’s permission or knowledge, RJ who was Chris’s NA/AA sponsor. Chris was hellbound regardless of Tony.

I know it's largely because it's how we're trained to think of these things as a product of a mentality and moral system that was created well before we had much of a scientific understanding of ideas like "free will" (at least of the "libertarian" kind) and the false dichotomy of "nature vs nurture". But I see a lot of these things discussed like there was a ton of intent and thought behind it when in reality that's just not usually how it works and even when it kinda does it's rarely that simple. I'm "mixed" Sicilian and Black and came up between largely Italian and Sicilian neighborhoods and predominantly black neighborhoods during the 80's and 90's. I saw both D-Boys and wise guys and best believe we looked up to em. In the middle of the horror show that was Brooklyn and Memphis back then with the crack era in full force, desperate poverty everywhere, all that, those fancy clothes, jewelry and cars seemed like something to aspire to. But we were kids! We didn't really understand what that meant. We barely put together that the fly ass clothes and fixed up cars were the direct result of the poison in the neighborhood or anything like that, we didn't see people get beat cause they owed money, and a lotta what we did see seemed justified in a weird way But from a young age it was attractive and we gravitated towards it even as we got older. When it's your whole family and most everybody ya know or it's all around ya all the time and the only ones ya see eating well are gangsters of some kinds, what hungry, hopeless kid wouldn't look up to that. They get respect while you get spit on, they're taken care of while you're scraping by, they have everything and you got less than nothing. And you don't just start out shooting people. Ya start out doing small penny ante bs and it slowly progresses over time. You're slowly desensitized to it over a long period, and it had already been normalized long before that. Another huge aspect few ever mention is even if ya never get involved and don't really wanna go into the life (whatever that may be) just living in proximity to it makes it all too easy to turn to should something ever happen. For some it's that their ticket out is crushed through no fault of their own and they fall back on the only thing they know, some they need money, maybe even for a noble cause like helping someone they love pay for medical care, others someone they love gets hurt and they feel it's on them to get justice the only way they know how. Either way often times all roads lead to the life no matter what your plans were. Just like the kid who's pops was a union guy working down the shore often knows he's following in his pop's footsteps, kids in the hood or coming up around wise guys feel the same. It's no different. It becomes just as reasonable a career path as bagging groceries or working a warehouse. None of that is to excuse anything or say it's good. Just to say that even while the outcomes can be horrific, the motive, the evil, nefarious narrative that's often built around it is more often than not completely disconnected from reality and is just a way to ignore all the root causes. I gang banged and hustled for many years til I found a way out and at no point was it really what I wanted to be doing, it was just the best of bad options in a place with no opportunity and from a perspective that never even planned to live long enough to see many consequences, unless I ended up in a cage indefinitely. It's mad complicated and outdated moralizing isn't the answer 🙌

Chris was a boss who just never reached his full potential.

Great video and good insight, i would suggest leveling the volumes a bit more so some parts of the video aren't lower/higher than others.

Good catch! Tony didn't help, but it's likely he would've gotten involved in the Mafia even without Tony. I imagine in another life he was hanging around Johnny Boy's crew and he welcomed him in as a favor to his deceased father.

I always thought Chris looking at the normal family coming out of the shop when he was considering whether to choose Tony or Adrianna was about her not being able to have kids. He makes it clear several times how important having kids is to him, and how he doesn't want the Moltisanti name to die with him and that he doesn't want to adopt. When it zooms in on the kids I figured that was Chris thinking about the fact that in a future with Adrianna he could never have that.

He’s definitely was my favorite character, I honestly wish that if they were gonna kill him off, they should’ve done it at the final episode instead of early!

Am I the only one who finds it strange he doesn’t mention Tony being in hell too?

Great analysis in my opinion, but I think I would have to disagree with why Christopher said he wishes he was born before RICO. Although one of Tony's biggest motivations for killing him is the realization that Christopher's baby would have been killed in the wreck, he also does it because Chris is on drugs and is a risk to be arrested and flip because of his drug addiction. If RICO didnt exist, Tony likely would have less of a reason to kill him, and maybe Christopher would have had more of a prolonged life. Thats my take on his statement, overall great video though!

What exactly did Christopher do leading up to the first episode, where he would make "millions" selling his life story?

Some hell, lol. It looked and sounded like a party in the after life. Mikey and Blundetto were no saints but they seemed to be having a good time on the other side. Mikey playing dice with his friends and having a good laugh at Paulies expense. Blundetto greeting people outside a really flash looking place, relaxed and smiling. What nice afterlife for gangsters 😂🎉

You know Quasimodo predicted all this

Chris is sitting in an Irish bar with nothing on the menu but corned beef & cabbage & O'Danny Boy playing on the juke box over & over again. He's in hell

Also, he's already in hell. That's what addiction is.

Tony definetly contributed to his dammation, both by inspiring him and by encouraging him to keep walking the path to hell, but Chris is still the one who walked it.

As far as the truth about the question posed, like Mikey Palmice in Tony's dream, "I got no opinion, one way or the other" but it is presumptuous to conclude that that comment means what it is claimed to mean in the video. He could have meant that given that he WAS part of that "life" his life would have been easier in hindsight if he had been part of it before RICO was introduced. For one thing, there wouldn't have been the tremendous concern with whether or not he was a heroin addict because there weren't such severe penalties for being involved in organized crime, neither in terms of what they could threaten the addict with in order to get him to "flip" nor what would be brought down upon those he would testify against.

Well... he said that's where he is, and he said that's why he's there, so... Yeah... he went to hell FOR Tony... not because of Tony. Christopher chose to do the things he did, and most of it was to impress Tony.

He went to purgatory. But all jokes aside, I think he did because he doesn't sound like he's tormented.

I’d like to make a small request if you could point out the differences between how New Jersey and New York made their members. I just watched the scene and remembered that Phil mentioned no sword and gun …I’d just like to see the major differences if you can great channel keep up the great work!

Hmmm...when Chrissy chooses Tony over Adrianna...I never thought it's bc he feels he'll have a "boring life" as a family man when he seen that family at the gas station. I think it's actually bc he already knows he CAN'T have kids with Adrianna...& we all know Chrissy wants to have kids.

I love your analysis!

Cool wrap up. I agree with your summation.

You don't sit around in hell narrating movies where you wish you could have done better at what sent you there. Hell is a place of eternal torment. That has never been disputed by anybody. Chrissy didn't go to hell. He's in purgatory, my friend.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE increase your volume! When you go between your narration and the clips it was so loud it woke up my girlfriend from the other room! Please work on your editing work, great video btw other than that :)

Hopefully he’s enjoying playing dice with his dad and those Roman soldiers in the Irish bar

10:28 He saw that mullet and was like "Hell no! That could *NEVER* BE ME!!!"

That part in the movie with Tony with baby Christopher is very chilling

Good point at the end. I overlooked that line during the movie.

It wasnt the boring life it was the life of a lower middle class person.

It was about 3 episodes in to season 1 on HBO's streaming services that I realized I would need to own the box set

With Tony in his life he lasted a lot longer then he would have in another crew.

Not for tony, he went to hell only because of him, if tony shall we say selling patio furniture at Route 22, Christopher was in the mob that way or the other.

Wait you opened my eyes the reason why tmsonw sucks is because it was written by chris this is why the movie sucked on a fundamental level look even the anagram tmsonw has the word son in it which is chris the son of dickie it all makes sense david is 5 steps ahead truely a genius

A character like Christopher Moltisanti would go to hell for the many murders he has committed and arranged to have committed.

You can probably decline being made BEFORE the sermony .. if you bail on the night itself they may not take it as well

Commenting before watching the full thing: He went to hell because of Tony, not for him

I don’t think that the mafia was just a means to get into the movies, I mean I think he saw it as a bonus that could help him get there financially but I don’t think that was the sole reason he joined plus in one episode he is talking to one of his friends and he does say that he wanted to be a part of the Tony soprano crew since he was a little kid. Also I think Tony would’ve still loved Christopher even if he didn’t want to join the mafia because in the first couple seasons it’s pretty clear Christopher is begging to be made but it feels like if he didn’t want to go that route he would still be in Tony’s life but Tony’s biggest issue with Christopher was that he wants to be In the mafia but he constantly kept screwing things up because of his drug problems or whatever else. When Tony’s giving him the option it’s not really Tony saying that you have to join the mafia it’s him saying you need to make up your mind and if you want to do this you need to be focused because it’s not something you can halfway do and sometimes be in the mafia and sometimes wanna work legit because that’s going to lead to problems.

All those guys went to hell for the deeds they did…..sheeeeeeeeiit.

Ur videos are awesome and I'm not sure if this observation has already been made but @1:28. Christopher and Carmela had sophisticated cousins and so i feel they were striving for that level of esteem, if I'm expressing myself correctly lol. Okay I'm getting outta comments hell and pay attn until FIN. 😆

the lesson of the wedding clothes shows no malignant narcissist/sociopath ever receive the invitation to begin with...

Chris had good heart, being around Tony who use him do his dirty work. Chris try go free Tony dose not want him too go.

Christopher didn't go to hell for Tony. He went to hell with Tony.

“since the movie industry would have provided the same excitement” ….

In TheBeginning... Tony just Wanted to "Use" Christopher, Until He (Tony) Knew For Sure He Was "TheBoss". Then He'd Give His "Orders" Through Christopher, So That *If/When* TheTime For "Indictments" or "TheLaw" Came Calling, He'd Have a "ScapeGoat" Named Christopher. (Until He Murdered Him...)

Where is Tony's grave?

6000 years is nuttin in eternity terms

For a guy who's supposed to be burning in the Lake of Fire he is talking like he's having a normal conversation at a bar

Christopher was a toxic person, even moreso than Tony. He advanced well beyond his capabilities solely due to his relationship with Tony, then turned around and blamed Tony for every shortcoming and difficulty in his life. Classic toxic person traits.

Great video

The movie kinda confirms the supernatural realm of the series

So tony was just being selfish I mean manipulating the dude to fuck up his sobriety? Just shows that people may want u to do good but not too good

He's a soldier. Soldiers don't go to hell.

Didn’t anybody catch Joey Peeps headstone as well? that dyslexic Jason Molinaro never fixed it like Sil told him to

if you turn down a button at the making ceremony you are not leaving that room alive

What I find most impressive is that Tony was able to cover Christopher’s natural canopy with such small hands.

According to a few sources I've read, if you refuse during the ceremony, you're dead. It was seen as an indication that you're compromised.

He went to purgatory, my friend. A little detour on the way to paradise. Add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. The you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. Add them together and that's your sentence. A few thousand years is nothing in eternity terms. He could do that standing on his head. It's like a couple of days.

No, and he's probably there because he blames Tony for his own mistakes. He can't get out until he serves his time there with full admission of his own guilt. Tony didn't make him kill the Russian kid in season 1, didn't make him kill that waiter, didn't make him try to kill the Russian, didn't make him kill the screenwriter, etc.

Does anyone ever mention the fact that that pinky swear means nothing. He does the exact opposite of what they swore on. So the emphasis on the pinky swear at the end makes no sense

Yes because he said so himself narrating the saints movie

Quasimodo predicted all of this...

As a Catholic who's a proponent of Universal Reconciliation, my question is this: what makes any Christian believe that God would forsake any of his creatures to an eternal "hell" of painful torture, fire, brutality, etc.? If one believes that, then this represents a serious misreading of The Gospels. For some fantastic context, do yourself a favor and read "That All Shall be Saved" by David Bentley Hart.

He went to the Eternal Irish Bar where its St Patty's Day 24/7. He like his dad will play against these Roman Soldiers losing his card hand and get his head bashed in repeatedly. He will also meet Brendon, Jackie Jr, Johnny Sack, Phil Leotardo, and Adriana herself .

Everyone misunderstands the part when chris saw the family. He knew Adriana couldn't have kids, and would never have have a family with her he makes a family after this

We are the product of our choices. I've always thought that Tony was in purgatory and because he is incapable of change he will remain there forever. Perhaps we are in purgatory now. We make our own heaven or hell.

Christopher never went to hell because hell doesn’t exist. We all just go to the Astro plane and eventually come back to Earth!

Where else would he end up at ?

So what's with the cat? Chrissy or Ade?

(Morgan Freeman)Voice = Indeed ...one day.Long after that day Christopher's daughter did infact start work at the Bing

5:10 When was it ever implied the hit wasn’t approved. Not only was it an order but he later tells Tony after doing it he shoulda been made right then.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

For sure he did but it wasn’t for tony it was for those eyebrows of his 🤣

Did Christopher go to hell? Short answer: Yes Long Answer: Yeah seriously he did

It's not hell. It's poygetory. Hell is hat

He’s in purgatory! He just thinks it’s hell!

I don’t think it’s confirmed that Chris is speaking posthumously FROM hell the line the hell he went to could of just been the hell he went through if you know what I mean

Christopher, at one point, said that all he wanted when he was a kid was to be a part of Tony’s crew

The thing I don't buy is Chris implying he's gone to hell for Tony but somehow Tony hasn't...?

What if Christopher is narrating as that cat he back as?