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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 1 "Two Tonys"
Carmela finds that in addition to Tony's resentment about the breakup. Tony has Benny Fazio and Little Paulie Germani take turns guarding the house with an AK-47. Tony has a brand-new brother-in-law in Bobby Bacala, now wed to Janice, and his cousin Tony Blundetto, a wise guy incarcerated in the 1980's, is soon to be released. Johnny Sack reveals that he's still bitter about Tony's refusal to hit the old don. Old hostilities flare up between Paulie and Christopher as well, finally erupting over a $1,184 restaurant tab that Paulie sticks him with after Christopher did not want to pay the last dinner bill. Their heated confrontation in the eatery's parking lot culminates in them murdering their waiter. Tony decides it's time to put aside his differences with Dr. Melfi, but not because he wants to go back to therapy.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 2 "Rat Pack"
Tony meets Jack Massarone at Napoleon's Diner. Massarone gives Tony a gift, a garish painting of the Rat Pack. The Feds are intensifying their efforts to get Tony. In addition to Massarone, they've wired Ray Curto and have been pressuring Adriana, who finds the stress increasingly difficult to bear. Tony is focused on the homecoming of Tony Blundetto. The two Tony's grew up together, and Tony Soprano loves his cousin like a brother. After fifteen years behind bars, Tony B. wants instead to become a licensed massage therapist. So Tony S. gets him a civilian job, delivering linens. Tony has other shakeups to deal with. Carmela wants to file a separation agreement, and in New York, Carmine Lupertazzi is dead. At the wake, the animosity between Little Carmine and Johnny Sack is as open as the old don's casket. Adriana discovers an upside to being a government informant.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 3 "Wheres Johnny"
Johnny Sack is moving quickly and ruthlessly to take over the New York organization. When Lorraine Calluzzo twice ignores instructions Johnny sends Phil Leotardo to set her straight. Lorraine subsequently reaches out to Tony, who in turn goes to Johnny. Tony tells Johnny that Angelo Garepe suggests sharing power between himself, Johnny and Little Carmine. Tony backs off, at least for the time being. Feech and Paulie have been feuding over a lawn cutting business, resulting in extreme ill will and some seriously injured landscapers. And Bobby wants to spend more time earning and less time taking care of Junior.
Junior seems to be going out of his way to hurt his feelings and undermine his authority. Junior makes a disparaging remark about Tony's athletic prowess. Tony storms out and later declares that his uncle "is dead to me."
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 4 "All Happy Families"
The battle between Johnny Sack and Little Carmine has claimed its first casualties: Lorraine Calluzzo and her strongman, Jason Evanima. Tony is faced with his own nascent power struggle. Although he's been trying to help Feech it's clear that the old capo resents kowtowing to someone he thinks of as "a kid." Feech smirks at Tony in front of his other subordinates and tries to withhold Tony's taste of his earnings. Carmela resents Tony's relationship with Anthony, Jr, complaining. Against her own instincts, Carmela permits A.J. to attend a concert in Manhattan and spend the night there. Carmela decides she's had enough and sends A.J. to live with Tony. Carmela is deeply worried about her son, however. At a meeting with his school counselor, Mr. Wegler, she and Tony are warned.
prison, which is the safest thing for everybody.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 5 "Irregular Around the Margins"
Adriana mentions to Agent Sanseverino that Tony has been spending a lot of time at her club, Crazy Horse. Tony and Adriana have an awkward, sexually charged moment. Dr. Melfi tells Tony that his desire to resist a destructive impulse is a breakthrough. So he quickly moves to re-establish the platonic nature of his and Adriana's relationship, to their mutual relief. Christopher beats Adriana and literally throws her out of their apartment then shows up armed and drunk at the Bada Bing, looking for Tony. Tony points a .38 at his nephew's head and delivers an ultimatum. The two Tonys take Christopher to see the doctor who treated Adriana. He explains that Adriana's injuries support Tony's story and a mollified Christopher believes him.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 6 "Sentimental Education"
Tony B. is making an honest effort at civilian life. With the encouragement of Gwen MacIntyre, his girlfriend whom he met online while incarcerated, he's diligently studying for the massage therapist license exam. A.J. remains perilously close to failing English, so Carmela visits Mr. Wegler. Mr. Wegler persuades Carmela to have dinner with him. Afterwards, they go to his place where, for the first time in twenty years, Carmela has sex with a man other than Tony Soprano. Tony B passes his exam. Carmela enjoying a full-fledged romance with Mr. Wegler and despite her initial misgivings and Father Intintola's stern disapproval, she has no intention of ending it. Tony B. soon takes a detour on the big success. He meets Tony Soprano at Vesuvio.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 7 "In Camelot"
Tony finds an attractive, late-sixtyish woman paying her respects. She's Fran Felstein, Johnny Soprano's longtime goomara. At the post-funeral gathering, Tony tells Junior about the encounter. His uncle says that he had once been in love with Fran himself and even planned to propose marriage. Intrigued by Fran, Tony starts spending time with her, and she tells him a lot: his boyhood dog, Tippy, that his mother forced his father to give away, didn't retire to a farm as Tony had always believed; he became a gift for Fran and her son. Tony goes to see Hesh, who is about to close on the sale of the racetrack. Hesh reluctantly agrees to give Johnny's twenty-five percent to Fran, but insists part of the money has to come from Leotardo's share. When Dr. Melfi suggests that perhaps now Tony could have some sympathy for Livia, Tony sits for a long time in silence.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 8 "Marco Polo"
Tony is doing his best to steer clear of the New York turf struggle. When Johnny brings up the damage he caused to Phil Leotardo's car, Tony assures him it was only because Phil owed him money. Carmine wants to retaliate for the Lorraine Calluzzo hit, but Tony B. balks. Carmela throws a 75th birthday barbecue for her father, Hugh. Carmela's mother mortified to have her mobster son-in-law grilling "sazeech" near her "cultured Italian" friends, Dr. Russ. Tony and Carmela find themselves alone in the swimming pool. Then, it turns out, the evening has a surprise after all: Tony presses up against Carmela and begins kissing her. Resistant at first, she kisses him back and they end up spending the night together. Early the next morning, Tony, hung over, slips out of the bedroom while Carmela is still asleep.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 9 "Unidentified Black Male"
Tony suffers an anxiety attack and collapses on the tee box. Tony gives Tony B. a boost up the career ladder. He's always felt guilty for being absent from the heist that sent Tony B. to prison and wants to make it up to him. So he gives Tony B. stewardship of a casino. Carmela informs Tony that she's starting divorce proceedings. Meadow's relationship with boyfriend Finn DeTrolio takes its own dramatic turn. Finn is spending the summer in New York instead of at home in California, so Tony gets him a job on one of his construction sites. Although Finn is uncomfortable around the wiseguys, he manages to cope until one morning he shows up for work early and witnesses something he shouldn't: Vito Spatafore performing oral sex on a security guard. In a session with Dr. Melfi, Tony painfully addresses his own recent bouts of panic.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 10 "Cold Cuts"
Tony sends Doria and Benny Fazio to the Newark waterfront to get some answers. Janice is incensed when her stepdaughter, Sophia, is tripped by a member of the opposing team. In short order she launches herself onto the tripper's mother and ends up under arrest for assault. Uncle Pat Blundetto, an old wiseguy who long ago retired to an orchard in upstate New York, has sold his homestead to developers. This poses a problem in that there are three bodies buried on the old man's property and Tony doesn't want to leave them for the new owners. So he dispatches Christopher and Tony Blundetto to dispose of the corpses. When Tony S. shows up at Uncle Pat's, the three cousins quickly resume their routine of mutual ball busting. Tony is surprised to hear that Janice has had some success in her anger management class.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 11 "The Test Dream"
Valentina tries to convince Tony to go to Antigua with her. Tony drops by Tony Blundetto's to pick up an envelope of cash. He's decided to check into the Plaza Hotel and can use the extra money. Tony realizes why Tony B. was so agitated. Tony says over the phone to Paulie. Tony B. and Angelo became close friends in prison and Tony B. loved the old man like a father. Tony B. shot both of the Leotardo brothers, killing Billy and sending Phil to the hospital. After Christopher leaves, Tony phones Carmela, waking her, telling her he's in New York and canceling a fishing trip with A.J. "I had another one of my Coach Molinaro dreams," he tells her. "Turns out I was unprepared, as usual." Carmela laughs softly and they start talking, about little things while the sun starts to rise.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 12 "Long Term Parking"
Tony has a sitdown with Johnny Sack where the topic of discussion is the fate of Tony Blundetto. Tony tells Johnny that he doesn't know where his cousin is, but Johnny is unappeased; he wants Tony B. Tony and Carmela have decided to reconcile. But before Carmela will allow Tony under her roof, she wants assurance that there will be no one else under his sheets. In addition, Carmela wants to build a house on speculation and needs $600,000 for a piece of land. Tony agrees and shortly after moves back home where, at dinner with Carmela and A.J., he makes a champagne toast: "To the people I love. Nothing else matters." The FBI learns that the plastic bag in the surveillance video contained evidence of a murder. Christopher tell all the story to Tony. Silvio drives Adriana to a secluded spot in the woods and fires two bullets into her.
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| | | | | The Sopranos series 5 episode 13 "All Due Respect"
Johnny Sack is accompanying Phil Leotardo as he retrieves his brother's body from the morgue. Christopher has been forced into hiding because Phil will kill him if he can't have Blundetto. Because Phil intends not just to execute Tony B, but to torture him, Tony S. will not hand him over. Phil Leotardo beats Benny Fazio with his cane, fracturing his skull. After visiting the unconscious Benny at the hospital, Tony asks Junior's advice, but his increasingly confused uncle is preoccupied with his own situation. Tony S. fires a single twelve-gauge shotgun cartridge into his cousin's forehead. Then Tony goes home, where Carmela is devastated over news that Adriana and Christopher have broken up. Tony goes to Johnny Sack's house to finally settle their differences. Johnny informs Tony that Phil remains angry, but Tony has had enough.
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The Sopranos television series is created and produced by David Chase. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on January 10, 1999 and ended its original run of six seasons and 86 episodes on June 10, 2007. The show has also been broadcast on A&E in the United States and internationally. Set in New Jersey, where it also was produced, the series revolves around mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. A major commercial and critical success, The Sopranos is the most financially successful cable series in the history of television and is acknowledged as one of the greatest television series of all time. The series is noted for its high level of quality in all aspects of production and has been particularly recognized for its writing and the performances of its lead actors. The show has been credited for bringing a greater level of artistry to the television medium and paving the way for many successful drama series that followed. It also won numerous awards, including twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes. Two soundtrack albums containing music from the series have been released. The first, titled The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series, was released in 1999. It contains selections from the show's first two seasons and reached 54 on the U.S. Billboard 200. A second soundtrack compilation, titled BillboardThe Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs: Music from the HBO Original Series, was released in 2001. This double-disc album contains songs and selected dialogue from the show's first three seasons. It reached 38 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
Creator David Chase's drama series stars three-time Emmy winners James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano and Edie Falco as Tony's wife Carmela, plus Lorraine Bracco as therapist Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Emmy winner Michael Imperioli as Tony's nephew Christopher Moltisanti, and Dominic Chianese as Uncle Junior. Also Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr., Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano, Tony Sirico as Paulie Walnuts, and Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante. Aida Turturro, who plays Tony's sister Janice, returned to the show as a series regular, as well as Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri, John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco, and Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack. Other cast members of The Sopranos are Ray Abruzzo as Carmine, Frank Vincent as Phil Leotardo, Peter Bogdanovich as Dr. Elliot Kupferberg, Vincent Pastore as "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Joe Gannascoli as Vito Spatafore, Max Casella as Benny, Lenny Venito as Murmur, Carl Capotoro as Little Paulie, Dan Grimaldi as Patsy, Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco, Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile, Maureen Van Zandt as Gabrielle Dante and Toni Kalem as Angie Bompensiero. Guest stars include Daniel Baldwin, Sydney Pollack, Nancy Sinatra, Jonathan LaPaglia, David Margulies, Geraldo Rivera, Ken Leung, Frank John Hughes, Jerry Adler, Tim Daly, Ben Kingsley.
Games: "Turnpike Trivia Game" is loaded with questions about The Sopranos, the characters, the stories, and the people who created them. "Road To Respect" your task is simple: protect the family; one wrong move and you may get whacked. But if you're crafty enough, you might just get "made."
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