Tony just has to crush anyone else's sandcastle, huh? There was something wonderful about Janice really learning something, about getting her anger under control, about making a better start in life. Sure, it's Janice, so it all may have just been a passing fad, but she was trying! And succeeding! (And some impressive backbone from Bobby in prompting her to do it!) And then Tony comes in and can't let her do it, he can't let her find the peace and progress that has eluded him so. He has to push her sorest button until she cracks. Then he storms off, entirely self-satisfied.
Tony's impulse control has never been his strong suit. The moment where he yells "mother fucker" at the T.V. was hilarious, and it was interesting to see him halfway confront what has been one of his defining character traits.
Chris's story was interesting too. I liked how he went from his initial disdain for Tony B., to gradually warming to him after the goings on at Uncle Pat's farm, to feeling more and more marginalized once the two Tonys are together again and back to their old ways of breaking his balls. There's a certain idea that you separate these people from their business, and from each other for that matter, and they become something approaching decent folks. Take these mobsters away from the city, put them in some place much more bucolic, and even when they're digging up bodies, they're kind of removed from it all. Tony sitting there smoking a cigar looks like a much less perturbed, much more easy-going man. Tony B., who we've been reminded had a high IQ, has moments that suggest if he had been born at a different time or into a different family, he could have done something respectable, maybe even noble.
But you put these people back in their usual element, put them into context with each other, Uncle Pat and his daughter, the two Tony's, Janice and her brother, and they bring out the worst in each other. It's very interesting stuff.
(As an aside, there's something darkly funny about the poor bouncer at the Bing continually bearing the brunt of Tony's misplaced frustrations. Also, what the hell was the deal with that freeze frame and wipe? At first I thought it was my video screwing up.)
Tony walking out of Jancie’s house after she screamed at him completely unfazed was one of the funniest moments of the show
Tony’s such a miserable piece of shit that he has to ensure everyone around him remains one too. Cause if they can show even the slightest improvement and happiness, what does it say about him that he’s still who he is, that he never changes? Everyone has to be bad bad as he is and anything that suggests change has to be bullshit, unless it’s something he himself is already personally doing and tailored for himself.
One of the best episodes. Easily the most distinct episode of The Sopranos I've seen. Also one of the funniest.
Geez, I just hope that Tony gets betrayed by absolutely everyone in the end.
Cold cuts to my soul
idk what it was about it but that ichabod crane had me bursting out laughing. that scene at the end with tony might be the coldest thing he’s done
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Why did he had to push her like that ? Jeez.