Telling Carmela she slept with Tony after keeping it a secret for 20 years? That was cold blooded. Joking about FBI agents with the guys at Vesuvio while showing off the goods (looked like the second coming to these guys)? Damn. Even Sil was at a loss. Calling out spot on Artie’s business venture with Jean Phillipe and laughing at his short-sightedness with the hostess? Charmaine is a formidable opponent.
I liked that character and thought the actor played a convincing mob attorney. But why would a guy like that stick his neck out to buy Webistics just to end up in the same jail cell as his clients? Wouldn’t it be pretty easy for the feds/SEC to prove that as Tony’s attorney, he was buying/selling with inside info in an inflated stock scam his client was running (which they are adding as RICO predicates for T)? Anyway, it’s not like we haven’t envisioned this day when Webistics sells at $4 a share.
Buscemi asks why Dee Boot shot this little kid. Basically the same line with the same dark comedic effect. And Tony B said it first. What, you never pondered that? David Chase, screenwriter, whatever happened there…
Do y’alls beagles seem to have a long attention span like this? I notice she also does the same with birds in real life- she won’t jump them like she does with squirrels or rabbits, just sits and stares attentively. Like LBJ said, smarter than most humans!
The fuhk u doin?! I didn’t know he was also a salesman of mortgage backed securities. Actually being a mobster seems like a step up from that.
That’s not the Stugats. And yes I stole this post from the Seinfeld subreddit. I was at the precipice of a great crossroads and I said what I said. Some guy from the r/seinfeld sub crawls out from under a rock somewhere: I’ll deal with Slava, I’ll take the heat, I’ll pay the price.
How would things have turned out different? His total sobriety and commitment to AA is a huge bone of contention between him and the other guys, especially Tony. Then when he falls off the wagon he falls hard. He could have at least sat there and watched the scotch drool down T’s fat f’n face to placate him. We never see Chrissy drunk in earlier seasons, so maybe he could’ve handled a cocktail every now and then. We just know he likes his chemistry set too much (though you know the problem with his mother). Anyway, $4/ one day at a time.
Seems like that would be some point of honor that no one would ever be allowed to get away with jacking up a made guy like that, no matter the circumstances
And in a couple three years Davey Scatino is gonna come back as the T-1000 thanks to AI and shit. You never pondered that?
Or was the good doc just trying to pal up to a famous mobster while he did his time? I mean OJ was no less of a running back right…
I mean come on, what’d you think they were just gonna go toot up a bunch of lines and go bird watching?
“Whenever the wind whistles through the leaves, I'll think, “Lowenstein, Lowenstein.”
reply: “but my name is Melfi”
Tony- “Change it back, I like Nolte!”
Sounds like him and Ro were going at it pretty good. You think Jackie Aprile Sr had that certified fitness training mf whacked?
Ever notice when Janush bags on the “histamines” in Armagnac and then asks for a Nonino Picolit, Tony defends Artie’s investment liquor of choice? Then the next scene Artie is drinking at the bar before he gives Jean-Phillipe the ‘scarole he is having Nonino Picolit (like if he has to choose btwn the 2, easy choice right?) Then as Artie’s downing the pills attempting suicide he’s chasing it with Armagnac and he looks disgusted by the taste? This whole sequence has kept me from buying a bottle of Armagnac out of interest from the show for years, and Nonino Picolit is too rich for my blood. Serious drinkers out there wanna chime in? Anyway, It's 51.5 vig-wise and technically you already missed a payment.
“…Ralph, you’ve got to sit him down and level with him- speak the truth, Jan. But with the compassion and respect you’re famous for.” Somewhere Richie Aprile rolling in his grave 💀⚰️
Just cuz some JT Dolan wanna be tv writer liked Dragnet or something, we have to see that lame scene of cops speeding up to a pizza joint and threaten the owners with a trumped up “accessory after the fact” to some school vandalism? And then the son knows its Anthony Soprano’s pizza on sight, doesnt want to say, yet gives in and rats him out? Come on…. If it weren’t for Artie rockin out in the front row to the Miami relatives at Ade’s new club, that ep, i putta my footupitsass (compared to the others of course)
When the wind chimes go off at 3 o clock, she tells the story of her and “Kenny” who had a double marriage thing with Mikey and JoJo, whatevah happened there. We’re talking JoJo “Brau-un” herself and Mikey Grab Bag palmice! Paulies lady friend from the scrub show musta run with some heavy hitters before she snagged Paulie. Poppin midol and shit. Wonder who Kenny was?! Any ideas
When America opened the floodgates and let all us r/thesopranos users in, what do u think they were doing it for? Because they were trying to save us from the gamers? No. they did it bc they needed us to build their subreddits, and their memes making fun of Steve Schirripa. And to make’em richer! Now those other fucks, these quicky G and fat fatty assholes on this site…they’re crooks too, but that’s the business, right? Seen the Sopranos twice, marone! The Reddit way, right? Well, we had the balls to take what we wanted. Some of us dont wanna swarm around their hive. We wanna preserve the things that meant something to us. Honor and family and loyalty. Not asking boolshit questions on a 2nd rewatch! And above all, making fun of Steve Schirripa. I said my piece, Chrissy
Shows T felt real meaning in his friendship with Artie. Who else besides Artie talked back to Tony in every season and got away with it (i mean other than Fielder and that T Rex Carmela)? Who else got invited to come live in that swingin bachelor pad of his recently deceased mother when T and Carm were on the outs? I’ll tell ya who- nobody but Artie! And AJ doesnt count that season, he crashed that party- otherwise that coulda been a whole other spinoff show. Chase’s 20 second pitch to the studio heads-> “Antonio Soprano+Arthur Bucco=true bff’s 4ever, makin cash, cookin hash and crushing ass!”
In the Boca ep at the soccer match, when Tony offers to back him putting money on the street, he asks Artie something like “how’s chef’in at Dimple’s” or something to that effect and Artie makes what I guess is a self-deprecating joke that they have a new chemical they put in the salad bar to keep the lettuce fresh. Salad bar?! Everybody knows Artie would give his own restaurant back to the bank before he turned it into an IHOP. Where was he cooking after the fire/before it opened back up (besides the independent catering gigs we see) and was this the only allusion to having to cook in someone else’s restaurant? Anyway, BRING THE COOKIES!