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☞ Official SOPRANOS Thread (6 Viewers)

Raider Nation said:
jdoggydogg said:
Just re-watched the scene where Carmella visits Dr. Krakower, the psychiatrist that Melfi recommends to her - Melfi's former professor. I think this is one of the greatest scenes in TV history. Brilliant.

Sully Boyar is so incredible in this role, so realistic, I just assumed he was a real psychiatrist. Turns out he's a veteran actor with tons of TV work on his bio page.
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Agreed. He was amazing. His pic, for those who can't place the name.I love his dry reply when Carm was explaining how Tony was trying to be a better husband... not cheat on her, etc.

"How's that working out?" :wall:

Superb. Sorry to hear he passed.
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Yeah, that guy is money in that scene. Aside from that great line you mentioned, I love when he says, "Oh, so enabler would be a better description than accomplice. My apologies."
gump said:
Watching "Pie-Oh-My"...underrated Season 4 ep. Adrianna with the club and feds...Tony's financial strife with Carmella. And some good comedy:

Ralphie: "Tell that midget not to be shy with the wip."

Herman: "If only his mother had taken that advice."

Ralphie having to keep upping the ante to Tony after the 2nd win.

Junior getting upset about his sketch, then intimidating the artist.

Vito breaking the chair.
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Oh man, there is like a 5-minute stretch in that episode where almost everything has me in stitches. Ade falling off of the broken chair, followed by Chris laughing and saying, "Dinner at Tony's on Sunday, you're going! I don't care if your mother's dying." :lmao: And Junior's icy glare at the artist in court always has me rolling.

And that line by Herman you listed is the best line he ever said.

 
Raider Nation said:
jdoggydogg said:
Just re-watched the scene where Carmella visits Dr. Krakower, the psychiatrist that Melfi recommends to her - Melfi's former professor. I think this is one of the greatest scenes in TV history. Brilliant.

Sully Boyar is so incredible in this role, so realistic, I just assumed he was a real psychiatrist. Turns out he's a veteran actor with tons of TV work on his bio page.
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Agreed. He was amazing. His pic, for those who can't place the name.I love his dry reply when Carm was explaining how Tony was trying to be a better husband... not cheat on her, etc.

"How's that working out?" :confused:

Superb. Sorry to hear he passed.
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Those two actors + the great writing in that scene = genius.
 
jdoggydogg said:
Raider Nation said:
jdoggydogg said:
Just re-watched the scene where Carmella visits Dr. Krakower, the psychiatrist that Melfi recommends to her - Melfi's former professor. I think this is one of the greatest scenes in TV history. Brilliant.

Sully Boyar is so incredible in this role, so realistic, I just assumed he was a real psychiatrist. Turns out he's a veteran actor with tons of TV work on his bio page.
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Agreed. He was amazing. His pic, for those who can't place the name.I love his dry reply when Carm was explaining how Tony was trying to be a better husband... not cheat on her, etc.

"How's that working out?" :lmao:

Superb. Sorry to hear he passed.
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Those two actors + the great writing in that scene = genius.
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Just looking at his bio again. Didn't realize he was in "The Gambler"... excellent film from '74 about a degenerate gambler (James Caan) who keeps getting deeper and deeper into all kinds of trouble. Pretty nice cast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071532/
 
Raider Nation said:
jdoggydogg said:
Raider Nation said:
jdoggydogg said:
Just re-watched the scene where Carmella visits Dr. Krakower, the psychiatrist that Melfi recommends to her - Melfi's former professor. I think this is one of the greatest scenes in TV history. Brilliant.

Sully Boyar is so incredible in this role, so realistic, I just assumed he was a real psychiatrist. Turns out he's a veteran actor with tons of TV work on his bio page.
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Agreed. He was amazing. His pic, for those who can't place the name.I love his dry reply when Carm was explaining how Tony was trying to be a better husband... not cheat on her, etc.

"How's that working out?" :bag:

Superb. Sorry to hear he passed.
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Those two actors + the great writing in that scene = genius.
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Just looking at his bio again. Didn't realize he was in "The Gambler"... excellent film from '74 about a degenerate gambler (James Caan) who keeps getting deeper and deeper into all kinds of trouble. Pretty nice cast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071532/
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Sweet. That is a good cast.
 
By the way, the episode where Carmella is confronted about Tony's crimes by that old psychiatrist also has one of the series' funniest scenes. Carmella calls the psychiatrist, and after she hangs up, Tony's there with a carton of orange juice. The following dialogue (from memory) is comic gold.

"What's this?"

"It says 'PULP'. You said you liked pulp."

"I said I liked SOME pulp. This is too much."

...then Carmella throws the phone at Tony's head. Brilliant.

 
jdoggydogg said:
By the way, the episode where Carmella is confronted about Tony's crimes by that old psychiatrist also has one of the series' funniest scenes. Carmella calls the psychiatrist, and after she hangs up, Tony's there with a carton of orange juice. The following dialogue (from memory) is comic gold.

"What's this?"

"It says 'PULP'. You said you liked pulp."

"I said I liked SOME pulp. This is too much."

...then Carmella throws the phone at Tony's head. Brilliant.
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And then AJ pulls up from his big road trip to DC where he did nothing but play video games.
 
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Raider Nation said:
RBM said:
How is annoying is Meadow's therapist? Broad that calls Jackie Aprile, "Jack"
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What does "wink wink" mean? ;) You know that's Alice, right?
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:popcorn: :lol: Holy crap, I never knew that. I am gonna have to go back and rewatch that scene now that I know that.
RBM said:
jdoggydogg said:
By the way, the episode where Carmella is confronted about Tony's crimes by that old psychiatrist also has one of the series' funniest scenes. Carmella calls the psychiatrist, and after she hangs up, Tony's there with a carton of orange juice. The following dialogue (from memory) is comic gold.

"What's this?"

"It says 'PULP'. You said you liked pulp."

"I said I liked SOME pulp. This is too much."

...then Carmella throws the phone at Tony's head. Brilliant.
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And then AJ pulls up from his big road trip to DC where he did nothing but play video games.
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"Did you miss me?""Sure."

A.J. could not have sounded any less loving or convincing with the way he said that. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

 
Watching Season One.

I know it is cool to say that you watched the show from the beginning.

But, I didn't.

I remember seeing the promos and thinking that it was a lame version of "Analyze This" (which was lame to begin with). It wasn't "Larry Sanders" or "Dream On", so I wasn't all that interested.

Was that the guy who John Travolta chucked headfirst down a flight of stairs?

The episode that hooked me was when Tony and Meadow go up to visit Bowdoin College and Tony sees the guy who ratted out a bunch of dudes and is now in the Witness Protection Program.

Wow.

Tony was not just some big lug with a heart of gold--he was a friggin' killer.

 
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I think the Sopranos quote thread got axed. I just spent 5 minutes lolling mao at Furio Junta suggesting to Tony that he "lambchop" it for a while during his murder rap.

 
Encyclopedia Brown said:
Watching Season One.I know it is cool to say that you watched the show from the beginning. But, I didn't.I remember seeing the promos and thinking that it was a lame version of "Analyze This" (which was lame to begin with). It wasn't "Larry Sanders" or "Dream On", so I wasn't all that interested. Was that the guy who John Travolta chucked headfirst down a flight of stairs?The episode that hooked me was when Tony and Meadow go up to visit Bowdoin College and Tony sees the guy who ratted out a bunch of dudes and is now in the Witness Protection Program.Wow.Tony was not just some big lug with a heart of gold--he was a friggin' killer.
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I'm just now starting this series as well, I'm in the middle of season one. I watched a few episodes in the 3rd and 4th seasons, but not enough to really understand what was going on. I think it's a pretty sweet show, but I still miss The Wire.
 
snitwitch said:
I'm just now starting this series as well, I'm in the middle of season one. I watched a few episodes in the 3rd and 4th seasons, but not enough to really understand what was going on. I think it's a pretty sweet show, but I still miss The Wire.
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I'm nearly finished with season 2: About 40,000,000x better than the first.
 
safariplanet said:
snitwitch said:
I'm just now starting this series as well, I'm in the middle of season one. I watched a few episodes in the 3rd and 4th seasons, but not enough to really understand what was going on. I think it's a pretty sweet show, but I still miss The Wire.
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I'm nearly finished with season 2: About 40,000,000x better than the first.
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Season 2 is also my favorite - almost exclusively because of Richie - but let's not get nuts here.There was some FAN-DAMN-TASTIC writing in season 1, the likes of which had never been seen before on TV.
 
Raider Nation said:
safariplanet said:
snitwitch said:
I'm just now starting this series as well, I'm in the middle of season one. I watched a few episodes in the 3rd and 4th seasons, but not enough to really understand what was going on. I think it's a pretty sweet show, but I still miss The Wire.
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I'm nearly finished with season 2: About 40,000,000x better than the first.
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Season 2 is also my favorite - almost exclusively because of Richie - but let's not get nuts here.There was some FAN-DAMN-TASTIC writing in season 1, the likes of which had never been seen before on TV.
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I wish you were the drama judge in the Great TV Draft.
 
Seasons 1 and 2 are possibly the best two seasons of any television show EVER. The advantage Season 1 has is Livia is at her best (or worst, as some would have it), while in Season 2, she isn't seen as much, and has almost no interaction with Tony. On the flip side, the writing was a bit better in Season 2, and, yes, Richie was a great antagonist. Plus, I loved the Big #####/FBI storyline, and some of the best Sopranos endings were in Season 2 (the one where they go to Italy...cannot spell the title of it offhand :shrug: , D-Girl, Knight in White..., Funhouse, etc.).

 
Ghost Rider said:
Seasons 1 and 2 are possibly the best two seasons of any television show EVER. The advantage Season 1 has is Livia is at her best (or worst, as some would have it), while in Season 2, she isn't seen as much, and has almost no interaction with Tony. On the flip side, the writing was a bit better in Season 2, and, yes, Richie was a great antagonist. Plus, I loved the Big #####/FBI storyline, and some of the best Sopranos endings were in Season 2 (the one where they go to Italy...cannot spell the title of it offhand :goodposting: , D-Girl, Knight in White..., Funhouse, etc.).
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Commendatori. "Commander... I like that!"

 
I have to watch this for the 4th time starting with season 1 soon. Sounds like a sick day or two in my future. :lol:

 
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Was watching the very first episode yesterday. I had forgotten there was a different "Father Phil" in the beginning.

Also, a strange/funny moment. Silvio walks up to Satriale's, where all the boys are sitting out front. They say to him "What are YOU doing here?" He replied that Gabriella sent him down there for some GABBAGOOL.

:towelwave:

One episode, they're all surprised to see him. The next episode, he's the consigliere of the family.

That's what I call progress!

 
I watched a season 1 episode today after not thinking about this show for a long time. Jackie was still alive in the hospital but he was totally losing it. Anyways I noticed in the background of his room that there was a Garfield card (orange cat). At the end of the series the very last episode, we kept seeing orange cats. Are there any theories explaining the orange cat ?

 
Barry said:
I watched a season 1 episode today after not thinking about this show for a long time. Jackie was still alive in the hospital but he was totally losing it. Anyways I noticed in the background of his room that there was a Garfield card (orange cat). At the end of the series the very last episode, we kept seeing orange cats. Are there any theories explaining the orange cat ?
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An orange cat? No.Oranges? Yes. Started with The Godfather.

The presence of oranges in all three "Godfather" movies indicates that a death or an assassination attempt will soon happen. The Senator is framed for murder after playing with oranges at the Corleone house, and Johnny Ola brings an orange into Michael's office before the attempt on Michael's life. Fanucci eats an orange just before he is gunned down and Michael is eating an orange while plotting to kill Roth.
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Raider Nation said:
Was watching the very first episode yesterday. I had forgotten there was a different "Father Phil" in the beginning.

Also, a strange/funny moment. Silvio walks up to Satriale's, where all the boys are sitting out front. They say to him "What are YOU doing here?" He replied that Gabriella sent him down there for some GABBAGOOL.

:goodposting:

One episode, they're all surprised to see him. The next episode, he's the consigliere of the family.

That's what I call progress!
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Heh, so true. And what about him asking if they all remembered Artie? Then all of a sudden, they are all eating at his restaurant all of the time. Definitely some continuity issues with that first episode and then the rest of the Season 1, but it doesn't bother me too much. And I still can't believe how awful "In Camelot" is. BY FAR the worst episode of the series. And it ain't even close. All of the other least best episdoes are at least pretty good. "In Camelot" just sucks.

 
Ghost Rider said:
And I still can't believe how awful "In Camelot" is. BY FAR the worst episode of the series. And it ain't even close. All of the other least best episdoes are at least pretty good. "In Camelot" just sucks.
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:goodposting: I don't know what your beef with that episode is. Wasn't awful... wasn't great.

I could have done without the old bat singing Happy Birthday though. I always fast-forward through that.

NOTHING can touch "Christopher" for the worst Sopranos episode ever (aka the Columbus Day protest).

It was written by Michael Imperioli, and not one interesting thing happened. It sucked hard!

 
Raider Nation said:
Ghost Rider said:
And I still can't believe how awful "In Camelot" is. BY FAR the worst episode of the series. And it ain't even close. All of the other least best episdoes are at least pretty good. "In Camelot" just sucks.
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:goodposting: I don't know what your beef with that episode is. Wasn't awful... wasn't great.

I could have done without the old bat singing Happy Birthday though. I always fast-forward through that.

NOTHING can touch "Christopher" for the worst Sopranos episode ever (aka the Columbus Day protest).

It was written by Michael Imperioli, and not one interesting thing happened. It sucked hard!
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Pretty much every scene with the dad's old girlfriend is terrible. Even Gandolfini looked bored in those scenes. And that is the bulk of the episode. The Junior trying to go to every funeral imaginable storyline is mildly entertaining, at best. The J.T. Doltan thing is okay. The sitdown and Tony chasing Phil in his car are the best things about the episode, but that only takes up about two minutes total. Fortunately, the rest of Season 5 after "In Camelot" was absolute money...one awesome episode after another, beginning with the highly underrated "Marco Polo." "Christopher" would be near the bottom, too, but that at least has some comedy in there. The last scene is great. "He was gay, Gary Cooper?" "NOOO! :thumbup:

 
Ghost Rider said:
Raider Nation said:
Ghost Rider said:
And I still can't believe how awful "In Camelot" is. BY FAR the worst episode of the series. And it ain't even close. All of the other least best episdoes are at least pretty good. "In Camelot" just sucks.
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:thumbup: I don't know what your beef with that episode is. Wasn't awful... wasn't great.

I could have done without the old bat singing Happy Birthday though. I always fast-forward through that.

NOTHING can touch "Christopher" for the worst Sopranos episode ever (aka the Columbus Day protest).

It was written by Michael Imperioli, and not one interesting thing happened. It sucked hard!
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Pretty much every scene with the dad's old girlfriend is terrible. Even Gandolfini looked bored in those scenes. And that is the bulk of the episode. The Junior trying to go to every funeral imaginable storyline is mildly entertaining, at best. The J.T. Doltan thing is okay. The sitdown and Tony chasing Phil in his car are the best things about the episode, but that only takes up about two minutes total. Fortunately, the rest of Season 5 after "In Camelot" was absolute money...one awesome episode after another, beginning with the highly underrated "Marco Polo." "Christopher" would be near the bottom, too, but that at least has some comedy in there. The last scene is great. "He was gay, Gary Cooper?" "NOOO! :popcorn:
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I agree "Christopher" >>> "In Camelot"
 
Raider Nation said:
Encyclopedia Brown said:
So the dude who played Matthew Bevilaqua (also starred in "A Bronx Tale) and Plaxico Burress are pals in the joint.
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He's just trying to get Plax to push Webistics.
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The show was great for unintentional comedy, and one of the best is when this idiot goes to Richie Aprille for approval about shooting Christaphuh--and Richie's response is to chase him down the street with a baseball bat.
 
Encyclopedia Brown said:
Raider Nation said:
Encyclopedia Brown said:
So the dude who played Matthew Bevilaqua (also starred in "A Bronx Tale) and Plaxico Burress are pals in the joint.
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He's just trying to get Plax to push Webistics.
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The show was great for unintentional comedy, and one of the best is when this idiot goes to Richie Aprille for approval about shooting Christaphuh--and Richie's response is to chase him down the street with a baseball bat.
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"I WENT TO PACE COLLEGE!!!"
 
Raider Nation said:
Encyclopedia Brown said:
Raider Nation said:
Encyclopedia Brown said:
So the dude who played Matthew Bevilaqua (also starred in "A Bronx Tale) and Plaxico Burress are pals in the joint.
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He's just trying to get Plax to push Webistics.
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The show was great for unintentional comedy, and one of the best is when this idiot goes to Richie Aprille for approval about shooting Christaphuh--and Richie's response is to chase him down the street with a baseball bat.
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"I WENT TO PACE COLLEGE!!!"
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For some reason his "demise" lingers with me as one of the more disturbing scenes in the history of the show.Tony and Big Poosay dragging him into the shack; his shivering in the chair, and Tony offering him the pop, and then him screaming "mommy" as the bullets tore into his chest.............just unpleasant.
 
Encyclopedia Brown said:
For some reason his "demise" lingers with me as one of the more disturbing scenes in the history of the show.

Tony and Big Poosay dragging him into the shack; his shivering in the chair, and Tony offering him the pop, and then him screaming "mommy" as the bullets tore into his chest.............just unpleasant.
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That's very much how I felt about Melfi's rape. Difficult to watch. To this day, I fast forward through the scene.Bevilaqua's death doesn't bother me as much. Mainly because the character, though naive at times, had it coming. He orchestrated the hit on Chrissy, who at the time meant everything to Tony. There was no way that was going to have a happy ending.

 
Raider Nation said:
That's very much how I felt about Melfi's rape. Difficult to watch. To this day, I fast forward through the scene.
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Same here. I won't watch it again. In fact, a while back, when I was going through the series again with a friend (who started watching late Season 5 until the end, but wanted to see the whole series from the start), when we got to that episode and the start of the scene, I purposely picked that time to get up and go to the bathroom. :goodposting: Coincidentally, I was hanging out with that same friend the other night, and we caught some of Casino, and noticed that Beansie was in it for like four seconds. He was also in Goodfellas, which I always knew, but I hadn't seen that part of Casino in a while.

 
Raider Nation said:
Was watching the very first episode yesterday. I had forgotten there was a different "Father Phil" in the beginning.

Also, a strange/funny moment. Silvio walks up to Satriale's, where all the boys are sitting out front. They say to him "What are YOU doing here?" He replied that Gabriella sent him down there for some GABBAGOOL.

:thumbup:

One episode, they're all surprised to see him. The next episode, he's the consigliere of the family.

That's what I call progress!
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not sure if this is sarcasm but i'm just watching it now, pretty sure that was a joke. he knew about the hit on ##### Malenga, was at AJ's birthday party, and then Tony asks him to "take care of" Artie's restaurant. Obviously he was well involved.

 
Please See Mine said:
Raider Nation said:
Was watching the very first episode yesterday. I had forgotten there was a different "Father Phil" in the beginning.

Also, a strange/funny moment. Silvio walks up to Satriale's, where all the boys are sitting out front. They say to him "What are YOU doing here?" He replied that Gabriella sent him down there for some GABBAGOOL.

:thumbup:

One episode, they're all surprised to see him. The next episode, he's the consigliere of the family.

That's what I call progress!
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not sure if this is sarcasm but i'm just watching it now, pretty sure that was a joke. he knew about the hit on ##### Malenga, was at AJ's birthday party, and then Tony asks him to "take care of" Artie's restaurant. Obviously he was well involved.
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The part about "that's progress" was tongue-in-cheek.The part about them being surprised to see him at the pork store was not. They acted like he had never stepped foot in the place before.

 
Raider Nation said:
Please See Mine said:
Raider Nation said:
Was watching the very first episode yesterday. I had forgotten there was a different "Father Phil" in the beginning.

Also, a strange/funny moment. Silvio walks up to Satriale's, where all the boys are sitting out front. They say to him "What are YOU doing here?" He replied that Gabriella sent him down there for some GABBAGOOL.

:unsure:

One episode, they're all surprised to see him. The next episode, he's the consigliere of the family.

That's what I call progress!
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not sure if this is sarcasm but i'm just watching it now, pretty sure that was a joke. he knew about the hit on ##### Malenga, was at AJ's birthday party, and then Tony asks him to "take care of" Artie's restaurant. Obviously he was well involved.
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The part about "that's progress" was tongue-in-cheek.The part about them being surprised to see him at the pork store was not. They acted like he had never stepped foot in the place before.
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And I'm saying that they obviously must have been joking when they said that.
 
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