The Sopranos
Added 2021-09-19 23:49:33 +0000 UTCMany Saints of Newark will be coming out soon. So I will be shifting my focus to The Sopranos a bit in an upcoming video. What episode of the show do you find the most underrated?
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Interesting choice with Chasing It. I agree. Though I'd say Employee of the Month is considered by many to be one of the shows best.
Deepfocuslens
2021-09-21 06:05:49 +0000 UTCMarco Polo! S5E8. Just love how much they pack into the single set piece of Hugh's birthday party; so many dynamics between all of the family members: not only Tony and Carmela, but the kids, Tony B, Carm's parents, etc. Some incredibly funny moments but also lots of pathos. It also moves forward some of the NY conflict plotline in very economical ways. Easily top 10, if not top 5 eps for me!
Ian
2021-09-20 14:28:42 +0000 UTCChasing It gets criticized by people saying his gambling problem comes out of nowhere, but it was always something that goes hand in hand with his lifestyle. I like seeing Tony seethe at having to pay a vig to Hesh, when that is one of the cores of the mafia business. And he finally pays just because Hesh’s wife dies. It also has the Vito Jr. stuff, which is funny and very sad all at once. I don’t know if Employee of the Month counts as underrated, but Melfi’s storyline is so powerful, and her final scene (and final response) with Tony is riveting.
Jim Barnes
2021-09-20 08:27:45 +0000 UTCOh man that's a brilliant episode. Damn...I am changing my list and adding this one on it. Thanks!
Deepfocuslens
2021-09-20 02:29:02 +0000 UTCHeh, if therapists were that straightforward about your problems, they’d lose repeat business.
Bennett Oliver
2021-09-20 02:00:38 +0000 UTCSopranos is so dated!!
Tony Moro
2021-09-20 01:51:54 +0000 UTCMr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood - It's always stuck out to me given the change in perspective and how funny it is watching the FBI repeatedly fail at bugging Tony's home. Additionally, it has that memorable moment where a drunken Patsy almost kills Tony but instead just pisses in his pool and goes home. Lol.
Stephen
2021-09-20 01:37:47 +0000 UTCIt is a brilliant scene. One I refer to often. I'm quite actively against therapy most of the time. But if more therapists were like that man...then I'd be all for it.
Deepfocuslens
2021-09-20 01:26:55 +0000 UTCGood choice! I like that one as well.
Deepfocuslens
2021-09-20 01:25:59 +0000 UTCThe second episode is in the fifth season called “Sentimental Education”, where, having separated from Tony, she enters a relationship with a teacher played by David Strathairn. It’s there that we witness her withholding sex from him in order for him to help AJ, who’s in trouble. It’s almost a reflex (she doesn’t even know she’s doing it), but it reveals how Carmela exerts a subtle, almost invisible form of manipulation (it’s so quiet as to be ambiguous) that’s almost like an instinct developed from being a gangster’s wife. Though their natures differ, it’s behavior reminiscent of Livia Soprano. Carmela remains to me one of the fascinating characters on the show (though I have mixed feelings about her near-affair with Furio).
Bennett Oliver
2021-09-20 01:08:09 +0000 UTCI’m going to go with a couple of episodes that focus on Carmela. Tony gets plenty dissected and talked about, but Carmela is as equally complex a character as he is. The first episode is in the third season called “Second Opinion”, in which Carmela, increasingly unhappy about her life, goes to a therapist and admits the truth: “My husband is in the Mafia.” It is the first and only time she’s honest and direct about who Tony is and what their life is built on (NO ONE dares to say “Mafia” on that show). Before and after that, she lives a life of clouded denial, burying herself in materialist needs, lifestyle projects, and anything an upper middle class existence can afford.
Bennett Oliver
2021-09-20 01:07:14 +0000 UTCAny episode with Annabelle Sciorra as the unstable girl he’s dating. It’s a great show for a really underrated excellent actress, but it really causes a turning point for Tony
jared Clarke
2021-09-19 23:54:58 +0000 UTC
