The Sopranos - The Episode that Changed Television Forever 

Women love those men every day.

@@mikemath9508 women love confident assertive men, stop talking like a pathetic incel

@Snehil Singh yes im sure most women love murdereders and criminals and not nice guys like you

@@igorz4582 well you can watch the documentary on ted bundy and see it for yourself ;D

@@ayda2876 he charmed women with his looks and charisma you dolt, there are a couple of women who are specifically obsessed with serial killers but those aren't the type you'll find everyday and most likely have a few screws loose aswell

For me, it’s the length of the pause he gives before the statement that makes it so funny. He was genuinely trying to tie the logic of what he’d just heard Paulie say to what he’d seen.

"Fucked-shuway". Huh? "(You know, "Fung-shuway")?

All set up by the fact that they had poor cellular reception in the Pine Barrens. Tony alerted them by phone that their subject had been a member of the Russian *Interior **_Ministry._* Paulie misheard Tony, and misunderstood it as Interior _Decorator._ 😂 Brilliantly hilarious

@@oubriokoI assumed it was Paulie being a moron.

​@@Mizmoon2020it was lol same as the meteor/meat eater thing with the dinosaurs

“But his house looked like shit”

Hahahah funniest episode

😂🤣😂

He painted house’s.

Fun fact: Steve Buscemi directed this before he started in Season 5.

Im rewatching sopranos and just finished this episode testerday. I totally agree. AJ is terrible though lok

@@jessed9145 aj is terrible the entire series, just a whiney little spoiled POS

yeah i watched them out of order years ago. though this was season 5 !

@@swettyspaghtti no this is season 1 ep 5

at the time, they’d gotten to known each other/work together a bit over 2 years if im not mistaken. the 1st season took 1 year to finish & the pilot took 1 year to air iirc

programing meets opportunity

That's exactly right.

Yeah so is Walter White

@@albygates4263 not as much, especially in the first few seasons.

@@stevowilliams8279 that's why I prefer breaking bad: there is a full evolution of the character and the plot, there are no stand alone episodes. We know Tony already as a made guy and captain, and de facto boss, and he doesn't really change throughout the season (which should be the whole point of seeing Melfi), in S6 he gets darker but it's not such an evolution as Walter White's (and Jesse's too)

Holy crap, 86 50min episodes 1-3 times a year? I'm impressed and terrified

@@JB-xl2jcyeah no way I could do all that…

I watch it about every 5 years

@@JB-xl2jc Well it is not every year i watch it 3 times lol. But certainly over Covid it was. Usually it is just once or twice though. Once at the start of the year and then maybe a 2nd watching at the end. Other years once is enough. It depends if there are other shows worth watching at the time tbh. Each time i have watched it has been from different perspectives. When i was younger it was through the age of Meadow as i am the same age as her IRL, then more through Christopher, but recently it has been through Tony himself as i am now his age range. I guess one day it will be through Junior, rather that doesn't come too soon though lol

A real wet dreamer

LOOOOOOooooooooooooooL. This is the ultimate proove that Tony probably dies at the end of The Sopranos.

damn I never thought of the ending that way, nice take

@@javiersanz29 "the ultimate proof that Tony probably dies" Makes no fucking sense 🤣😂 little Carmine is smarter than you

@@jonnysupreme Oh!

LOL No

We all have.

tony is not a sociopath

@@earam88 lol

The World was

@@earam88 how is he not a sociopath?

Amazing professional, it's too bad he is pretty radical in his personal views.

@@carsandsports123 what do you mean?

@@passingforcoffee249He’s liberal lol

Sopranos > Breaking Bad. I feel like Breaking Bad's plot is a bit thin, compared to the Sopranos and Better call Saul

@@Wutang36 thats crazy considering BB is primary a plot driven show while The Sopranos is a character driven show

There's a reason the Punisher is such a popular Superhero even though he's just a dude with guns.

@James Spittle oh snaaaaaap 🙄

Love thats what information got through to chrissy

He appealed to the lizard brain murderer in all of us. The part of us that we don't like to talk about at parties.

@@trikstari7687 frankly, I think it was more about Cosa Nostra and honor and mobster duty than killing itself what appealed to people.. that we liked it because he was "a good soldier", not because he killed the guy

Lucky for us he was both.

The duality really works

The show did a great job of reminding the audience that no matter how likeable Tony was, he wasn't a good person.

He indeed was a ruthless and powerful Mobster.

Lovable psychopath is a better description

Glorifying Criminality whiteman's criminality...imagine a show based on black criminality

this makes very little sense. you mean hes a ruthless killer, but also a family guy?

@@goodbyemr.anderson5065 Lucky there's a man who, positively can do....

Good Point!!

Yeah, but he’s not as evil as Carm ... goes to Church and denies were her highly material comfort comes from.

@@beowulf916 LAUGH AND CRY

so true, they aren't bad filler episodes, they are genuinely good pieces of film that are enjoyable to watch. (I feel the opposite way about that freaking fly episode in breaking bad)

Just look at pine barrens, one of the most beloved episodes of the show

I either love them or hate them, no middle ground. One that I hated that comes to mind recently is in the Watchmen TV series where they did a full episode dedicated to the main character reliving her grandfather's (?) memories. It was an interesting way to do a stand-alone character focused episode but it just wasn't entertaining.

@@Anna-cg1pn I was thinking of the exact same episode from breaking bad....total waste of an episode!

I read the comments here and I see none of you have the makings of a varsity athlete.

Brutally? Bro he deserved it.

​@@GoodOlTaylorWhy?

​@@JB-xl2jcHe was a rat.

But he did have to kill him. It's a deterrent. Criminals need to be reminded that if they don't uphold their "code", their coworkers will do a lot worse to them than the police will. Every single one of them was constantly on edge around friends.

"When the duck had babies, it became a family". In more ways than one for Tony being the head of 2 families.

Multitasking at it's finest.

@xavicampoverde6031you should watch breaking bad again. walter never really changes. he just embraces who he really is.

Hence the brutal ending of the show.

It's also key to establish the mob mentality and the fact is he couldn't let a rat get away with it. Wouldve been unrealistic in what it was trying to portray. It's also symbolic of the final scene of the show where many point to Meadow as his guardian angel and had she been sitting next to him if he would have succumbed or not. Even the ducks tie in here when it comes to the topic of family.

He really was a creep, huh?

A creep and very cringy, yeah.

He was a straight guy that was caught in a fight between wanting to live out his commitment to his faith and wanting to plow reasonably attractive middle aged women that were constantly throwing it at him. At least he wasn’t diddling AJ or Bobby’s little boy.

@@williamluis9846 true, his struggle is understandable.

What's with all the quotes? You would have been better off trying out some capital letters and not bothering with all the 'completely unnecessary' apostrophes.

That's a great lesson!

"You gotta serve somebody"...Bob Dylan.

yeah unless youre in the airforce then NOBODY's getting on their feet lol

Something I learned from the Corps, everyone doesn’t have the balls to be a foot soldier. It was a great episode though. Guns Up

💯

you must be old

You don't hear the term "water cooler talk" anymore. Sopranos was it.

It is the ambiguity and constant unspoken insinuations by all cast members that made this show so emotional. You were charmed by basically every single character in their own way.

Also, that guy never had the makings of a varsity athlete

@@markmed9091 he’s trying to get RU-vid comment section fame

He killed 16 Czechloflovakians!

@@dlawlis single handed

That was probably the funniest dialogue exchange on the entire "Sopranos" series.

@@markmed9091 I think his point was to have fun and discuss things in the video he liked.

@Miles Doyle find purpose

I'm on my 5th rewatch. 2nd since the pandemic. It just keeps getting better the older I get.

Just finished my 6th rewatch last night, about to start from episode 1 again tonight for my 7th time watching the series, by far the greatest show ever made and I will never get tired of it. Just like you said the more you watch it over and over you learn more subtle details than before, rest in peace James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico :(

I loved it, but its hard to re-watch when I always now what's coming and some parts are slow.

Behind breaking bad

@@ppumpkin3282 yah the therapy scenes are what I have trouble not skipping past

Who did whaat!

@@abdouboulkadid6416 if you had watched the show you would have known what Clovis was aiming for. Clovis 😀👍

@@aleksandarlukic1489 if u had watched the show, you would know that "who did what" was tony's reply to Bobby

I didn't understand you were quoting Tony. My humble apologies 😉 👍

You never pondered the back thing?

@Bzake 80% of America is fatter than Tony was at his fattest and they're outliving him, he had heart issues not a fat gut issue you weird cunts

The accent alone (I'm a North Jersey girl.. noticed it INSTANTLY)

@Bzake The weight played a role, but it was also due to drinking and doing a ton of coke.

@@Mrcoconutgun coke?

@@t.s.1683 yes cocaine

True. But you can get away with a little of that. Just, not too much.

That's why Little Carmine looked always stupid.

only the russian decorator could, he still looking for glue

Unless you are a sociopath..masters of disguise.

What kind of symbolism did you catch on to? I'm not being rude just honestly wanna know what to look for. I love the sopranos

@@zannythenanny4918 A lot of characters have a spirtual animal attached to them. For example the ducks for tony, the raven in the window for chris, the cat after killing chris. Just next time you re-watch, you'll notice a lot more animals/symbolism that you've wouldnt of picked up on the first time watching

@@zannythenanny4918 a good one is the phrase "poor you" whatever is happening when its said echos the character Livia.

@@zannythenanny4918 a good one i caught was when paulie and chris were doing the hit on mikey palmice, paulie gets caught in poison ivy. in s2 or 3 when paulie goes to the psychic, the psychic brings up the poison ivy, which i found pretty cute and funny (this isnt symbolism. i just found this to be pretty funny)

Like the birds singing in the background? The old saying “singing like a bird” meaning he’ll talk and cooperate with the Feds.

Tony is the only role I've ever seen of Gandolfini and it's the absolute best character I've seen in any media, so the thought of seeing him as something else kinda feels wrong to me. Even the clip of him smiling and applauding at the Emmy's in the video here is just surreal.

@Miles Doyle Thanks for this!

@Miles Doyle i wrote a comment saying "Sir, this is Arby's" and they deleted it. I have no idea who did it, but I can clearly see that the reply section shows 4 replies (with this, five)

Watching sopranos for the first time now, almost finished with it, sad to hear he passed ):

@@Scroolewse Go watch _True Romance_ immediately.

We where definitely not meant to like Cyph... I mean Ralph.

I remember watching that on the original broadcast and thinking this is the most intense thing I’ve seen ever on TV.

@@Rediscovered oh snap I didn’t even realize that! Lmao

@@zer0kelvin511 @Alexander ~ realize what? Cyph? like Syphllis? or what? lol

@@maggiemargaret1412 that he played Cypher in The Matrix. He does betrayal really well

The way it is delivered is absolutely hilarious too. I love how Christopher looks away quizzically and in disbelief before he delivers the line 😂

@@bredenis5 Right! Very good acting. 💯

@@bredenis5 reminds me of the line in Dumb and Dumber: “John Denver was full of shit”

Put remote on docking station.

I really don't see how thats the greatest line. It's short and sounds good, but isn't creative, deep or clever.

Line? "You're only as good as your last envelope" season...4 I think Greatest delivery, Tony to Richie: "No."

Let him come out here and pay me my money

For me (the funniest line) would be when Tony was in the bar in the last season, and he is talking with one of the girls who worked there and asked her if she wants to go to another place: The girl : “oh , a man with a plan, I see” Tony: “no, a man with an erection” What cracks me up, is thinking how many men , were completely screwed the rest of their lives because of an erection. For real you can help me with our own conclusion 🤣🤣

I thought it was "you gonna eat that" Toblerone scene

Even less likable than Noah!

I'm sure Father Phil went back to pursuing choirboys after he couldn't score with Carmela. Phunny that 2 of the most despised characters on the show were named Phil.

Oh come the fuck on! Just because he gives off douche and creeper vibes on someone's wife? Who he doesn't even fuck? Meanwhile Tony has several affairs and murders people and runs a criminal empire that victimizes innocent families. ( remember that Benz that was stolen from that poor, traumatized family? Next scene has Tony looking at several polaroids of cars, one of which is the very same Benz. )

Mustang Sally is my least likeable!

@@danbock5683 I enjoyed watching him get taken out.

Plenty of garbage for everyone

Again with the Borko??

@@efrainrodarte6395 Yeah again with Borko, settle Efrain, so either name a price or get the fuck over it

Next time there’ll be no next time

who is borko some kinda narc?

Yeah, he really garrote that scene down perfectly!

One of the best qualities of the show. Not everything is some badass vengeance show, in fact it rarely is in real life

Not going to lie i expected the rapist coming back crossing paths with Meadow almost getting her and Tony would end up torturing him but i can respect Chase's decision.

Brilliant episode.

Rape rarely is ever written properly in a TV Show, it’s almost always a cheap shock. In Employee of the Month we see one of Jennifer’s defining character moments and it really brings to light just how piss poor the system is towards victims.

The ending NO said by melfi in employee of the month was such a profound and powerful scene.

There will definitely be more to come soon!

Watching youtube videos on The Sopranos when they are this good is almost as enjoyable as watching The Sopranos.

Agreed! Great work

Yep. If I were running from the New Jersey mob, I’d live in Idaho, Montana, or even Alaska.

@@ThorOdinson I would run to Lillehammer

@@marks.6480 go frank yourself

Big-time facts

@Miles Doyle shush

If the 19 time's instead kf sopranos you learned something

I've been rewashing Sopranos for maybe the 3rd time with my daughter, 1st time for her. I somehow missed the College ep, and been wondering where it was. That ep., the bonding and un bonding between Tony and Meadow, and Carmella and the almost tryst with the preist... Thanks so much..glad I saw this clip. I need to go rewatch College.

@Miles Doyle You preach but are a sinner. What is your point ? Your computer let's you print and reprint senseless babbling. Time and time again, get a life...

@Miles Doyle fuck you get your copypasta bullshit out of this comment section

@Miles Doyle god and jesus cannot love you, just as Tony soprano can't. Jesus is dead and god is a fictive character like Tony Soprano is. Even as a fictive character I cannot understand how people let themselves believe god is good and great. If a being continuously tests you to prove you are worth their favor, if these tests are hurtful and harmful, if they demand your love, attention and compliance, if they dictate how you should live, if they denie you stuff because you didn't do things their way... They are a textbook narcissist. Meanwhile people want to believe the fairytale so bad that they denounce logic and reason and put their faith in manmade doctrine. Well done to you! That will help you for sure. It's sad to see how many people still have their eye shells on. But if it makes you happy... Go ahead. Follow the fictive narcissist. But please stop bugging people with your badly written nonsens. Thank you.

I agree. The stand alone episodes are frequently better because they are not constrained to the overall narrative which at times can become plodding. Another show that was better when it was a stand alone outside the overall narrative was The X Files. That show eventually got too bogged down by the alien conspiracy which became tiresome because they never could come to a convincing wrap up and it became convoluted.

"Every sentence must do one of two things - reveal character or advance the action." - Kurt Vonnegut on writing fiction. But that's exactly what those episodes do, right? Reveal character. The episode only becomes filler when it fails to do either. And I do love episodes like this. They have a different feel to them, as if they exist outside the story. I even liked the much-hated Fly episode of Breaking Bad for the same reason: It allowed us a closer look into the minds of Walter White and Jesse. I mean, contrast this to the clipshow episodes on Friends, and other sitcoms. THOSE were filler! ;)

Not sure if this episode could be considered foreshadowing for Pussy. At this point, the writers hadn't decided if Pussy was ultimately a rat and kept his fate at the end of the season ambiguous as a thread to continue in Season 2. What this episode did do though was establish Tony as a cold-blooded murderer and that would open up avenues for him later in the series to murder Pussy, Ralphie, Tony B and Chris.

@@kevinmcdonald6477 Good god, do you remember Lost? Now that a show that spent years asking questions to pull viewers, only to end up with "purgatory" as a catch all answer.

@@orange_sauce5951 Were we really so naive?!.

The one inconsistency I noticed was Tony's utter distain for gamblers. Then later he has a terrible gambling addition himself.

@@jimsnider3852 tony was a hypocrite throughout the entire show. Still likeable though.

producers? wtf?

@@boybillythebutcher4575 creators

at this point audience supported Tony killing the rat because he looked like the capo protecting the honor of the family, etc, however as seasons passed by, we discover he always was a selfish prick, and the family honor was an excuse for violence

I plan to! Be sure to subscribe for that :)

I agree! Subscribed!

Do some shine box breakdowns.. 🤣

@@PureKino fuck it do an episode by episode breakdown podcast 😭😭

I agree, WOOOOOOOOOOO!

I never took to Breaking Bad. I tried to watch it, suffering thru the first handful of episodes, but the way the show portrays the illicit drug trade is just so far off base it's crazy. In Breaking Bad, everyone - from the lowliest addict to the richest kingpin, is a psychopath willing to kill at the drop of a hat. As a New Yorker who's struggled with heroin addiction for most of my life, I can totally assure anyone who's curious that the drug 'industry' doesn't work like that at all. Killing people is very bad for business. Dealers want customers, and don't want police attention focused on them. They don't leave a trail of bodies everywhere they go. However, since even a lame 'weed block' here in the Bronx can generate a couple thousand dollars in sales every day, dealers have to protect what is theirs and can't just let new people move in and start cutting into their profits. So it's best to be careful where you step and how you do it. Yes, people get killed occasionally. About 2 people every month in my neighborhood, in fact (White Plains Road and 225th street). And this started when some idiots tried to move in on a well established weed spot on the main strip. Prior to the first killing, it was like 7 months since anyone was shot dead in my hood. This little war has been going on since last summer. I buy my weed at that spot. I've got a pic on my phone of the cops placing the little numbers on the street where shell casings fell. The kids shirt that the EMT's cut off is still in the street. It's been pretty crazy. Maybe it's because of the pandemic. A lot of shit got out of hand here during lockdown.

Twin Peaks :)

@@JohnSmith-mk1rj shush up :-)

_Better Call Saul_ is better than _Breaking Bad._ I hope it doesn't go shark-jumping in the final season.

No. Breaking Bad doesn't come anywhere close to it. Breaking Bad might still be the best of slightly modern times which gets it the hype it has today but on quality level it is nowhere near Sopranos.

Thank you!

Agreed, this was great.

Yah. That entire show was nothing but characters who were morally compromised. About the only people who aren't morally grey are the prison clergy. I think people just overlook Oz because it's not a well-known show. But a lot of the actors and writers on Oz would go on to other HBO shows, namely The Sopranos and The Wire.

@@nekrataali Oz had a lot of well known actors/entertainers like Jj Simmons Luke Perry Method man Master P BD Wong. The show was good until season 3 or early season 4 when that whole lord Allah arc began. After that it just went to shit

OZ led to Sopranos being made.

@@jposensei um, I thought the book “Wiseguy” was the genesis of the show? Edit: sorry, That book was the the story of Henry Hill of Goodfellas.

Rewatching after all these years for the umpteenth time here. Still in awe.

@@DianavanLaar Same here...... I have watched the entire series 5 or 6 times, hope I live long enough to watch it 5 or 6 more. And yes, best series ever.

@@mann953 fuck that. This ain't the 70s and borkos not a kid

SUBSISTANCE LEVEL

If anyone here is disrespecting Borko, they’re disrespecting me 🤟

Spoken like a true Don..... Very funny. Hats off to borko...

@@mann953 Ohh sopranosfan57 whatever happen there.

Now take that awareness and look at how drastically things have changed in ONE YEAR. It only takes a little bit.

They had cellphones, but Tony and Chris chose to use pay phones so nothing can be traced back to them.

@@kennethlatham3133 or how they can drastically change in a matter of days (Afghanistan).

@@kristenc6839 Burner phones weren't really a thing though. In the 90s it was a major chore to activate a cell phone.

1999

Among other things

Very well said. I loved Meadow for that very reason also. The character I literally hated was Tony's Crazy ass Mother. I kept wishing the next episode would be the one where she finally died...LMAO

@@MichaelDulaney-ts1xs deadass

and she's hot af

@Miles Doyle holy jesus, that's like a book. why u nuts always putting a half a bible under every youtube thread out there?

The best part about Pine Barrens is Chase never felt the need to close the loop on what happens to the guy who ran into the woods or make him a part of anything that happens later. Unless of course he was in disguise in the Resturant in Made in America

same thing in Mr. Robot in season 4 , with Elliot Mr. Robot and Tyrell

@@jondrew55 that and not a pine tree in sight.

That idea predates the Soprano's though. Quark and Odo had an episode like that on deep space nine. It's just a good and simple concept so you see it a lot, including in the Soprano's.

Entourage even has one of those

what’s your favorite episode

@@Chde8xu pine barrens is up there, but to be honest it would be crazy hard to pick one since there’s so many great ones.

I'd recommend viewing it from different premises on each watch through. The first time I saw it, I just took it at face-value. Everything had some explanation and whatever happened on screen is what actually happened. After I finished it, I found out some of the show's events could also have supernatural implications. The interior decorator disappearing in the Pine Barrens, Tony having dreams that are actually visions of the future, Paulie and the psychic, etc. So on the second watch, I took these things into mind. My third watch, I accepted an even more supernatural bent to the show. Some ideas are: * They're all actually in purgatory, which is why horrible things keep happening to everyone on the show. They're being tested by a higher power, which is why Chris has that vision of Hell with the Irish. * There's a Lovecraftian, cosmic force toying with them. The Gods are real and they don't like you (I like this idea the most). * They're in some alternate reality. Tony's dream where he gets stuck at the airport is closer to his actual reality, and the house with his family is really about choosing to take the blue pill or the red pill.

Call total recall...

@@_stardust62 lol. Nice!

That makes sense because his house looked like shit

@@markusk1015 it finally makes sense

Well his place did look like sht. Right Cristophaaa?

That’s why his house looked like shit

Who gets forced to deal drugs? Not being funny. Just don't get it

@@Mainlyeverything The writers were forced by HBO to make Febby Petrulio deal drugs before Tony murders him. So that the audience will feel like the guy kinda deserves it and Tony doesn't look too bad. The central point of the episode is that at first it seems like Tony gets to bond with Meadow by revealing some truth about his illegal activities to her. But then he goes on to murder someone, which he could never justify to Meadow. So he has to continue to lie to her. This contrasts the earlier bonding moment between father and daughter. The producers insisting that Petrulio has to be a bad guy who is also a threat to Tony makes this almost self-defense and takes away from the impact this scene is supposed to have on the audience.

@@lednails The point of the scene is that Tony does something he can't justify to Meadow. (Which shuts down the idea from earlier in the episode that he can truely bond with his daughter.) The fact that the guy was a drug dealer and almost killed Tony before lessens the impact of how evil Tony's action was. If the guy had just tried to escape the mob life it would have underscored how ruthless a murderer Tony is. Now that we know HBO insisted on pointing out that this is also a bad guy it reinforces my view that the scene would have been stronger without the interference with the writing.

@@lednails Not sure what you're trying to argue here. The worse Febby looks in this episode, the less obvious the contrast between between family-man-Tony and ruthless-murderer-Tony is to the audience.

Precisely. It was enough that the rat was shown trying to assassinate Tony made it palatable.

We're from borko anonymous

@@farttur what's your name?

@@yashsaraswat6822 well, we're anonymous

@@farttur My name is Clarence

You don't talk about this thing. Never!

Same here

Well actually The Sopranos is a close third behind Breaking Bad and The Wire.

Thank you!!

Bro, that's literally the main point being made here !!!!

Deadwood is also one of the best, especially the first 2 seasons …

@@ma3stro681deadwood is nowhere near sopranos bruh you gotta be slow in the head

Watch the Wire to. Sopranos and the wire head and shoulders above anything else on TV.

​@@lewisgreenhalgh7546them and true detective season 1

⁠@@usanumba1916 Deadwood was phenomenal. The language of the writing alone, and how well the actors delivered them were amazing.

Wow! Awesome! Super!( Think I'm gonna puke)

@@kevinmeserole7345I don’t understand.

@@kevinmeserole7345No response?