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The Sopranos, Season 5, Episode 12 (Patreon)

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2025-07-01 12:00:13
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Actuarial Lurker

You finally reached the first of many "bombshell" episodes in TV history....they did the "execution" off screen but the "cultural buzz" from having "protagonists" like Tony ordering and Silvio carrying out the killing a female regular character who is "tangentially in the game" (as Mike Ehrmentraut would say from Breaking Bad) was shocking. It made you wonder if Tony would kill Carmella if push came to shove

Actuarial Lurker

Terrance Winter- who wrote this episode and others- was the creator, writer and executive producer of the series Boardwalk Empire starring Steve Buscemi that I keep touting

Actuarial Lurker

Another shocking scene is Christopher seeing what a non-Mob life "on the run" or in Witness Protection might look like with all your meager possessions strapped to a beat up old car when he see the NJ family at the gas station. He obviously decides that he'd rather have some cash and prestige than be with Adriana and calls Tony. Same vibe as Goodfellas with Henry Hill speaking to camera about ketchup poured on noodles passing for true Italian food where he lives

Actuarial Lurker

To have this episode wrap up in a wooded area that looks like where the execution occurred and have it be the "spec house" shows what the $600,000 of blood money that Carmella had no issue accepting really means and what kind of "foundation" their re-kindled marriage is built on

Roland

"Terror possibility". The FBI knows the killing was not terrorism-related, but it's a convenient excuse to take over the investigation from the local PD so that the FBI can use the killing to further their efforts against organized crime. The fact that the victim was of Middle Eastern origin gives the FBI a thin veil of authorization.

Youtalkingtome
>>178933710

Honestly, for a quick second at the top of the scene, I thought it was the same woods and Tony was looking for the body.

Youtalkingtome
>>178932318

For sure, that was my takeaway: Christopher sees a common schlub with the family in the car (and no money) and realizes he'd rather have the money and mob life than Adriana and the lifetime of mediocrity that would come with it. Really sad. I will have no sympathy for Christopher if/ when he dies or is incarcerated.

Youtalkingtome
>>178931326

That's a great point about Tony. They made a point to show him toasting and saying "nothing is more important than family" in the same episode he kills Adriana without blinking. Yeah, if it meant prison otherwise, I think he'd kill Carmella.

trenton gragg

This was such a great episode. This is episode won three Emmys for writing-Winter, supporting actress-Matteo and supporting actor-Imperioli. This episode has my favorite ending credit song of the series, Wrapped in Memory by Shawn Smith. Adriana did have that “fork in the road” moment earlier in the series, when she left Christopher and went back to her mother’s house, but Christopher begged her to comeback.

Kevin L

What a performance from Drea de Matteo, who took on this role which was small at first, and made something truly special of it. Heartbreaking, Adriana's impossible conundrum and her terrible end.