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Actuarial Lurker

This episode was directed by Alan Taylor who directed the pilot of Mad Men as well as multiple episodes of TV shows Homicide, Oz, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and Game of Thrones

Youtalkingtome

It is a really wonderful exercise in tension-building for sure. The credit for that overriding sense of unease definitely goes to the director.

Actuarial Lurker

This is based on the REAL "San Gennaro" festival that is held in NYC's Little Italy and lasts multiple days. Recall Godfather II with local bully Fanucci pinning cash to the statue of the Saint being carried down the street. I attended this several times for fun in the early 1970s as a kid because they had carnival games, rides and street food, scratch off games etc. We would eat Italian cakes and snacks and then walk over to adjacent China Town for real non-tourist Chinese food for dinner

Actuarial Lurker

And just like how Tony couldn't stand Janice having some peace attending Anger Management classes he ruins Christopher's sobriety....

Actuarial Lurker

Christopher's new wife is played by actress Cara Buono who if you squint hard enough will recognize as Don Draper's season 4 girlfriend Dr. Faye Miller in Mad Men...she is main character in Stranger Things (which I don't watch)

Actuarial Lurker

Welcome to true adulthood in America- "Everything is a Shakedown"- you have now earned your I'm over 50 card and joined MY generation...

Actuarial Lurker

"We're With the Vipers" was an early meme...

Kevin L

The scene where Christopher comes to Tony about Adriana: it was filmed as part of S5E12 Long Term Parking, but Drea de Matteo convinced David Chase to cut it, to leave the audience in suspense until her last fateful moment. I imagine he didn't wanted Imperioli's emotional scene to go unaired, so included it here as flashback.

Youtalkingtome

I really liked the choice. To see it here in retrospect while Tony and Christopher's relationship seems to be deteriorating really gives the scene more weight.

Youtalkingtome

I definitely get Godfather II vibes from that scene. It also just adds one more notch into the "Kevin hates Polly" belt.

Brian Harris

This episode makes me deeply sad. I think it’s a profound reflection of the black hole of addiction.