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Sopranos 205-206 (Patreon)

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Potsi

Yes gabagool tuesday

newhastings

If the recorder bit doesn’t happen by the series finale im gonna be severely disappointed

SelasDray

"Why did Cinebinge break up?" "George kept using episode titles as a segue"

AlixFrost

Ahah, the moment George mentioned Parks and Recs and Ron Swanson, I immediately went "She's here, isn't she ?"

Matthew S

Speaking on dreams. I’ve been having night terrors for a few years now. Always about war breaking out missiles coming in, being caught in the blast wave. Invasion. All sorts. No clue why. But they are intense.

Ari Ramirez

"Thank you, George!", we all say in unison

REDR58

Big Girls Don’t Cry The “Big Girls Don’t Cry” song by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is being played in the background at the restaurant in the beginning of the show: https://youtu.be/zRZpaxBMJRU?si=MhEnqdMu8-GbxSVw The Lou Costello Memorial Park (of Abbott and Costello) is a real place. You can see his statue with a baseball bat in the park. He did the famous “Who's on First?“ routine with Bud Abbott: https://youtu.be/sYOUFGfK4bU?si=z0EG2Rr3dkJygaOt Omar is played by Ajay Naidu who played Samir Nagheenanajar from Office Space. Remember, he was one of the guys who worked with Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) and they smashed the copier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZIDla1b4A You guys should watch “Barefoot in the Park” (1967) with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Watch James Dean movies! He had only major roles in 3 of them, “East of Eden” (1955), “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955; released posthumously) and “Giant” (1956; also released posthumously). He died aged 24 as the result of a car accident. You’re not supposed to feed bread to birds because it’s mostly filler to them and not nutritional.

Life in the cave of Garanoga

First, Thank you George for all your hard work on the channel and powering through the day. I have been told by friends and family that the first thing they tell people when coming to my home is to wear a hoodie lol. I'm with Simone, I like it a little cold so I can be under my blanket and cuddle my cats. And my local power company is criminal so fuck those guys. Davie's addiction seems to be based on the high, but we don't know much so that's just a guess. But if that's the case then he fully understands the situation he is in but depending on the moment his brain shuts it off. When presented an opportunity to chase his high his brain goes into that mode. He's convinced he'll find a way out and he's not doing anything wrong. Mostly because he's probably never faced serious consequences up till now. So he will and do anything to get that high. It's like putting crack in a room next to a crackhead, they're going to find a way to get in that room. But when he's alone with his thoughts or his daily life he's fully aware of the trouble he's in and his mind is now switched to survival and panic. He reaches out to Artie out of desperation then invents the excuse to give Tony the SUV. The third wheel of this cycle though, which isn't shown here, is when an addict like this does win. They almost immediately feel shame for their actions. It's a moment of clarity when an addict realizes all the things they do or miss out on because of their addiction. They win, enjoy the high, then have time to breath and look at life without the grip calling to them and it's terrifying.

closetoyou28

Frank Sinatra Jr. is played by the real Frank Sinatra Jr. Frank Sinatra son.

Jonathan Eaton

The next episode has a bunch of movie references and one spoiler that completely ruins the movie.

Jesse Nkinsi

Even the T-1000 cannot escape Tony Soprano.

SbE

Staring at my sandals, that's a paddlin', using episode titles as puns in conversation, you better believe that's a paddlin'

REDR58

I have a family member who's lost tens of thousands of dollars on online gambling and casinos. He flies to Vegas a few times a year from here in the Philadelphia area (despite the fact that we have casino gambling out here) and more often than not loses lots of money that way.

Life in the cave of Garanoga

Sorry to hear that. The worst part is that in my experience gambling addiction almost requires that person to hit rock bottom. It's the only time anyone can get through to them. Interventions can work but can also backfire tremendously. Hopefully your family member can figure it out someday.

mpd

What part of "our kids go to the same school" did Tony not understand?? Did he not hear him?

Bill B.

Furio is a scary man!!! I love that scene! Fun fact… that was actually the first scene that Furio (I forget his real name) shot for the show. It was getting late and there was pressure to wrap it up quick. That entire scene in the whorehouse was done on the first take! Love this episode so much, especially Christopher in acting classes. I agree I could just watch an entire episode of those scenes! 😄 BTW George I think it’s hilarious how you slyly work in the title in the intro. Keep it up 👍👍

REDR58

Furio is played by Federico Castelluccio.

REDR58

It’s extremely destructive.

JBK405

Furio's intro at the party in 2x05 is so interesting because he was so friendly and gregarious -- playing with the kids and families in ways that we never see Tony or Chris or Paulie do -- and that doesn't stop him from being coldly violent later. Chris and Paulie, and even Silvio to a slightly lesser extent, are angry and mean even when they're happy. But Furio is able to seemingly be completely at ease. I think Hesh is the closest thing that Tony has to an actual close friend, and that's so sad. As a friend of Tony's father and an outside Associate he's not quite the same as everybody else in the Family, who more concretely work FOR Tony. But even Hesh isn't really THAT close to him, and is more similar to what most people have as a work-friend. They can talk about some personal things, but Tony can't let himself be vulnerable with him. It's only now, two years after his first panic attack, that Tony even admits they're happening to him (And is shocked to learn that his father had them as well). This episode is where we can say "officially" that Dr. Melfi has made a mistake by accepting Tony back as a patient. Once she admitted in her own therapy that she wanted to take Tony back because it would be therapeutic for her. No therapist is ever completely disconnected from their patients, but it is part of the code of ethics to step back themselves once they become too personally involved. If Dr. Melfi was honestly concerned about Tony and wanted to really help him, but realized that she was so strongly drawn to him, she should have found a consenting colleague and referred Tony to them. -------- The Executive Game gives a lot of insight into how Tony and Richie both operate. I don't like to be charitable to Richie since he really is violent and mean, but once David Scatino fell behind on his payments Richie cut him off. He may have had pragmatic self-centered reasons, but it gave David a chance to catch up and get back on his feet. Without losing more money at new card games, David could probably pay off his debt in a few months, and Richie won't have to risk losing the money by roughing him up over it. It's a smart, low-risk, steady-reward decision. But that also means that Richie doesn't have an opportunity to dig his hooks into David deep. David owes him $8,000, but ONLY $8,000. Tony, however, let's him dig his hole as deep as he wants. Under the rules of this game, unless David gives him $45,000 all at once the debt never goes down. Giving Tony that car didn't cover David's debt, that just covered THIS PAYMENT. David still owes him the entire $45,000. Next week he'll need to pay Tony another $2,250 just for the interest, and again the week after that, and again the week after that. Unless he can get somebody to loan him the entire amount, or at least a significant chunk of it, he will literally NEVER buy himself out of this debt. So after one night, Tony essentially owns his entire life. That bit of restraint and decency Richie showed to Davie is why Tony is The Boss and Richie is barely a Captain. The guest at the game that some of the characters were fawning over was Frank Sinatra Jr., who played himself. His father (Frank Sinatra) is reputed to have had many Mafia-associations in his life, with various levels of confirmation. He definitely knew many Mob members, and had family members in organized crime, but whether he "knew" them or just "I sang at a club a few times where they were in the audience" is another question. Franks Sr. and Jr. were both born in NJ, despite being popularly associated with New York City. If you notice, the "straight" players -- Frank and the doctor etc. -- immediately get up to leave as soon as Richie gets violent at the game. That perfectly shows how people like a little taste of the criminal life (Just like us watching this show), but we don't want to actually be there when things really happen.

MacGuffinStuff

ROUNDERS. Addiction sucks, any kind, they all suck, obsession is fine as long as it's trading cards or music or something, but addiction. And that's one of tbose things about this show that made it groundbreaking with it's uniquely violent nuance. Like you said, everybody, pretty much except for the kids (nepo?), is bad. But it makes you think, but there are levels to this, Furio going Riddick in the Massage parlor, versus Christopher sucker punching Kent from REAL GENIUS in improv class (same actor, Real Genius, you'll love it, it's really funny and charming in a Val Kilmer way, also smart, clever little 80s gem).

MacGuffinStuff

Also, in the scene with Tony smoking a cigar and Richie says it's disrespectful, the actor playing the body, his right eyebrow raises, I had to double check but yeah it does, and I think it's hilarious they chose that take, that had to be intentional. And, the joke about Carlos Castañeda, Tony assumes he's a Mexican or Latino boxer. You have probably never heard of him, and it has nothing to do with the show except that Melfi and other people at the time this show was on Castañeda was still kind of known, he was kind of a New Age guru figure in the late 70s and 80s. He was a grad student from UCLA who met a Yaqui (Yaki, tribe, Uto-Aztecan, have dual citizenship because their native land is in both Arizona and Sonora, MX, Google ROY BENAVIDEZ btw, Rambo but real). Anyway, Castañeda wrote these books about his purported experiences learning an ancient form, pre-Mexica, of sorcery, but this sorcery was more like Chinese Taoism, it's not magic for manipulating the way he says the Aztec/Mexica priests did, it was for escaping the cycle of death, becoming conscious on a level beyond the physical body. And I read some.of these books when I was on high school, they were TRIPPY and I actually believed them at the time. He's supposedly been debunked, it's been said he made it all up and wrote it from a desk in the library at UCLA. BUT, no bullshit, I read his book, The Art Of Dreaming, about lucid dreaming, I found a copy of it at the post library, I was in the Army, stationed on a hill in Germany that had been an anti-aircraft base for the Germans in WW2, Kitzingen (such a cute name, it was haunted lol). And I fell asleep reading that book one day and had my first lucid dream, so I think there might be something to what he wrote?

MacGuffinStuff

I can see how he could make all this stuff up based on research, he was an anthropology student, and a creative mind, and a whole lot of hallucinogens. I would say they're my Harry Potter, haven't read any since Art of Dreaming. But the lucid dreaming is pretty cool.

MacGuffinStuff

I think for a mid 80s movie it holds up pretty well, still funny. Uncle Rico is in it too, and the man with no dick. I hope they watch it.

Steve kephart

Can you guys do a reaction to Dr Horible's Sing Along Blog? It is short (less than an hour) and available on Youtube. So it should be an easier one. If Simone hasn't seen it, it is very much right up her alley. And if you like it there are a couple other webisodes to check out in the same genre; Con Man (staring and written by Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion) and The Guild.

Shibby

Now I gotta watch parks and rec for the 10th time thanks George :)

SANAMDEEP

i feel like i've been shtabbed in tha hart!!!

Collinson

At this point George needs to order a Recorder and send it to Simone lol.

Jpsynergy

Funniest part of this is Simone's reaction to Meadows singing.

Anonymous Andy

It raises a question, just how self-aware is Davy? Is he intentionally leaning on his friendship with Tony to try and catch a break, or is he really just that clueless?

Ste Rawlings

That kid had the right to be angry at the parasite loan shark preying on his father's addiction.

SANAMDEEP

next week we see da jackeeeeeeeeeeeet

Angela D. Mitchell

George, LOL at "She's here!" (like Ron and his exes -- and I could totally see Tony sniffing the air and knowing Livia was near) It looks like Melfi's shrink (famed director Peter Bogdanovich!) is a Freudian, which is why they're treating dreams with so much importance. Dream analysis is a huge part of traditional psychiatry I think Melfi's situation is interesting. I do think she has some attraction to Tony, but I also think what she feels is genuine pity -- like she says, he's "like a little boy," struggling to find his way through the forest. My favorite thing is that Melfi seems "soft" but she isn't. I absolutely loved her question of him -- "Giving the beating, or taking it?" This is the kind of pushback that Tony needs. Meanwhile, it was so hard to watch Robert Patrick's gambling addict, especially with Tony truly trying to spare him from getting himself into the situation. What's interesting is that when Tony beats him up, you can see that Tony's actually restraining himself -- basically slapping him with his open hand, not using his fists. As far as Meadow, I just cannot stand her. She's a selfish, spoiled little princess. And it's not unconscious -- she's aware of what she does, she just doesn't care. I felt bad for her with the truck here momentarily but I still loathe her. But Tony just handing over a car to her directly from under her friend was pretty tone-deaf. (Did he even have it cleaned??) And on a shallow note, I'm with Simone -- oh, man, Meadow's singing! Her voice is so nasal. Just, oh honey, no. But you know she's the type to think she's the best thing ever and that Tony should build her a recording studio one of these days, etc. I'm just so grateful we didn't actually have to hear her sing "My Heart Will Go On." I was steeling myself for the horror.

Zach McBride

You guys should watch Barry on Hbo. especially with how much you enjoyed Chris in acting class.

China Andronicus

You should definitely watch Rebel Without A Cause. James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. It’s one of only three films Dean made before his untimely death and he’s incredible in it, as are the other two. He was a phenomenal actor, gone far too soon. Both Wood and Mineo died young and tragically as well.