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Season 6 of The Sopranos is finally here..excited to hear your thoughts on this season and the entirety of The Sopranos. Lots of episodes in this one thankfully. Stay tuned for more dropping later these weeks!

EP 19: https://youtu.be/U2_cycMB3WA

EP 20: https://youtu.be/-L1ngd1KRFI

EP 19 & 20 Uncut: https://vimeo.com/1206849331/63011abc97?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

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Ben Walker

Any schedule for Lost Highway and Inland Empire? I’ve been looking forward to those ever since Twin Peaks wrapped up. You should also check out Wild at Heart IMO.

Kana Kawase

Oh my god. Next week is going to be epic. I hope it hasn't been spoiled for you.

Night King01

Phil has reached his final form, a house.

William Davis

I love how offended you got when Tony threw away that Italian sandwich. I feel the same way, I don’t care if you’re in a mob war, just save it for later! On a more serious note, this is a heavy pair of episodes. Similar to Breaking Bad’s final season, we’re seeing the unraveling of our protagonist’s entire life in just a few episodes.

William Davis

Personally I dislike the writing decision to have Dr. Melfi stop seeing Tony just based on a study her therapist shared with her. Yes, Tony’s a horrible person, but she’s known that for a long time, why now? It feels rushed to me. And yes, therapists aren’t supposed to just reveal the identity of other therapists’ clients, seems like David Chase and co didn’t do their research on that one.

Kana Kawase

The term you're looking for in reference to AJ is "moral injury". It's a common feature in people with PTSD. AJ wouldn't meet the criteria for PTSD (yet), but moral injury might be a good way to describe what happened to him in the last episode.

Night King01

It makes sense why Melfi gave up on tony because he will use anything to justify his actions including her. Though it’s a bit abrupt. Even Lorraine brocco was a bit upset with the way it ended. Fun fact though, David chase was invited to a psychologist conference back during season 3’s production. One of the doctors he met there told him of the exact study Peter Bogdonovich was talking about. David turned to his other writer he was with which I believe was Terrence Winter and basically said I know how were gonna end the Melfi storyline.

Young Simba

The night of is definitely my #1 recommendation but I do think you’d love Oz. Don’t know how you’d be able to post in on YouTube tho lol

Martin Byrde

I think you would really enjoy Ozark it’s an A-tier show in my opinion.

Owen Young

There is more nuance, but the show is right James. Talk therapy isn’t very helpful at all for sociopaths and psychopaths and they do what Tony does. That’s why there CBT therapy and DBT therapy for that type, if they find themselves wanting help which is very rare.

Leia Camilla

Still very much vouching for Mad Men next. I really wanna suggest Six Feet Under as well, but I'm not super confident it'd reach the philosophical part of your criteria there (that's no slight against it, it's a top 3 show for me personally). I hope there'll be another fan of that show here to sway my lack of confidence there though.

Namextagxguy

Plz add dexter to the list it is deff A-list no doubt about it

Jackson

Hey James hope your doing well. A amazing 3 seasoned series is called the leftovers. Very strong emotional themes amazing characters consistent. Very underrated. Best 3 season show tied with dark in my opinion which is also fantastic.

Jackson

Love your reactions to the sopranos man.Honestly there won’t be another show as good as this and the wire. There are a lot that are still S tier tho.

Kana Kawase

I'm going to recommend another HBO series, Carnivàle, given your taste for the weird and the surreal. It even has the actor who played The Arm (the little person from the Black Lodge) in Twin Peaks. The big downside of the show is that it was cancelled after the second season and never received a proper conclusion, but it's an amazing ride regardless. Just given your reactions so far and what you seem to respond positively to, I think you'd dig it.

Mc Lovin

If you want to watch something like The Sopranos, you should check out another gangster HBO classic called Boardwalk Empire. It takes place in 1920s Atlantic City and it also has Steve Buscemi on lead role. Six Feet Under is another HBO show that i would recommend. Its pretty different but its truly a eye-opening masterpiece.

Kana Kawase

You asked for our opinions on the way Melfi terminated Tony's treatment. I could actually rant about this at length. Granted, I'm of the opinion that Melfi has displayed varying levels of incompetence throughout the series, but this is beyond incompetence. It's negligence and borderline abuse of a client. She's not there to pass judgement on her clients or decide who is worthy of treatment. If she decides that a particular client is beyond her professional competency (it happens), she should refer him to a practitioner more equipped to deal with his needs and respectfully bow out. Again, it happens. No therapist is a fit for every client. Terminating treatment is something that does sometimes happen. It should be handled respectfully and compassionately. Even if she doesn't feel compassion toward him, she better well behave compassionately. That's her damn job. Terminating treatment via a passive-aggressive temper tantrum and then kicking the client out of the office in a tizzy is not the way any competent professional would handle it. I'm not a psychiatrist, but I am a licensed mental health counselor. While she does have the right to do what she wants, she doesn't have the right to a license practice as a clinician. Patients have legal rights and protections, and therapists belong to professional associations with codes of conduct that must be adhered to. Professionally speaking, she very much cannot just do what she wants. The restrictions on her actions are quite substantial, as a matter of fact. Her behavior in that scene, under most codes of conduct, should be grounds for termination of her license. This isn't a criticism of the show, mind you. She serves her purpose in the story and in the themes of the show. And she is reflective a real type of practitioner, unfortunately. The type of affluent, barely-competent therapist with a fancy office that rich people go to so they can say they are in therapy.

Richard C

I'm surprised I haven't seen any recommendations yet for Deadwood. I don't see it in James library and it's a great show, one of the truly great shows that HBO produced. And it's short lived enough, it only made it 3 seasons because it wasn't popular relative to its cost. But the budget is on the screen, the acting is next level, the writing is something else.

aandromaliuss

Not sure if we're allowed two poll suggestions or if someone else has already recommended this, but another S tier HBO show like Sharp Objects to add to the list is The White Lotus. It absolutely meets all three requirements, the drama is juicy as hell, the filmmaking is gorgeous, and it's an incredibly sharp social satire that's equal parts suspenseful and hilarious.

Brandon

Personally, I think 'Mad Men' is one of the last A-tier shows that you haven't reacted to yet. A-tier is a rare thing with TV indeed. As far as entertaining, Mad Men has it. Using film making tools to tell its story - it's got that too. Lastly, It has the philosophical aspect that you're craving as well. IMO that's where shows like Dexter and Ozark fall short, even if they do those first two things well. There's a lot of great TV out there, but sadly most of it doesn't make it past B-tier.

Owen Young

The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?” Tell me that isn’t a haunting terrifying summary of these last nine episodes.

Galaxy-Bread

Deadwood, Deadwood and Deadwood

Diarmid

Not sure if you've seen it before but Six Feet Under fits your 3 categories perfectly, ESPECIALLY the philosophical aspect. That show had an impact on me and my outlook on life the same way people talk about finding Christ. Also every single episode has very reaction worthy, unique openings. It's another early 2000's HBO show with an incredibly human protagonist so i think it's the perfect follow up to this.

Rogerio

Hi James, trying to watch the uncut on Vimeo, but it says the link expired...