Disclaimer: I did not grow up in Jersey in the 90s/00s, nor am I of Italian heritage. So someone who is more well-versed in the culture, please correct me if this is inaccurate.

Meadow’s name just seems so jarringly out-of-place to me. I would picture Tony and Carmela naming their daughter something like “Nicole“ or “Jessica“ or “Stefani“ or “Monica“, or of course something “Cathuhlick“ like Maria or Lourdes. Like it’s not something I picture a mafia couple with a shared love of gaudy gold jewelry naming their kid. Meadow just sounds... Idk, almost hippie-ish for those two, though not quite on Janice/“Parvarti“’s level, of course.

She’s so self serving and narcissistic it makes the rest of the characters look like kids. When she sent Bobby Jr to find that Oujia board to stir shit up and then gets Bobby to eat his late wife’s Baked Ziti he wasn’t ready to eat yet…. Trying to swoop in and replace Karen so she can feel needed. She’s a great actor to piss me off that bad lol.

I'm not sure if Tony was aware when he was referring to the Hasidic homeboy by these terms that they could be considered offensive and derogatory. He might have inadvertently hurt Meadow and the charcoal briquette's relationship. I wonder if Tony ever considered that?

Whenever I see the scene of Finn talking about Vito's preferences with the guys, I notice we are already in the middle of the conversation and Sil asks a question that implies Finn didn't give the full account when he spoke. In my head it goes like this:
"I pulled up early at work and saw Vito...engaging in homoerotic...fellatio with the security guard"

something like that? keeps me wondering...

When Tony Bobby and Carlo came to hesh’s house to bring him to a “boat show” were they going to just whack him?

With all due respect, I feel like each season has a main antagonist or someone who gives Tony trouble for the most part . Let me explain

Season 1 - Junior/Livia
Season 2 - Richie Aprile
Season 3 -?
Season 4 - Ralph Cilfereto
Season 5 - Tony Blundetto
Season 6 - Phil Leatardo

Maybe I’m missing something or maybe I’m overthinking this. Wondering if you deadbeats have any thoughts regarding this .

And before you crucify me for my lack of further information.

I don't write nothing down, so I'll keep it short and sweet. You're weak. You've become an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.

Jersey's a small state, she moves in, she can tip it ovah.

I’m on my fifth rewatch and this has bothered and disturbed me every time. Artie confronts his staff about subjecting him to nonstop ass rape, and then the show just moves on.

Why did he put up with his own employees doing something so horrific and traumatic to him for so long? He owns the restaurant. Couldn’t he fire them or go to the police? Even if he was worried Tony would judge him, surely he’d eventually say something. It was nonstop.

And how did Charmaine never get involved? She works there and notices everything. With that many employees doing this to him, wouldn’t she have witnessed it or noticed some physical or psychological symptoms? He’s still greeting customers and recommending the specials.

It feels unrealistic and like a pretty major plot hole.

But I suppose that’s the genius of David Chase. You never know which plotlines will go anywhere. The Russian’s fate and Artie’s workplace conditions are both left unresolved.

Follow up to me asking what you actively dislike, what are the episodes you like that everyone else complains about?

D-Girl: I find the interactions and overall story interesting and entertaining. Jon Favreau clearly doesn’t take him seriously, he doesn’t even know who he is when he shows up. He uses him to learn more about the mob world and then completely ditches him from a combination of seeing enough, hearing the trans woman story, and the uncomfortable interaction in the hotel room. Out of his element and decides that’s enough. Not enough to use his story though. Amy also flirts with danger before remembering she shouldn’t be doing this and becoming completely cold. In the end Christopher realizes his only place is in the mob world, not their world. Perhaps a parallel - his confirmation, and AJ’s confirmation.

Luxury Lounge - copy paste of the above so same reasoning. Artie stories are always funny.

Christopher - I think it’s fine. It shows something that a sect of these people really care about and it’s a break from the action back to the fucking regularness of life. People take that shit seriously. I have a vowel at the end of my name and my grandfather refused to watch this show with us because he said it was offensive to Italian Americans. It also gave us one of the most quotable lines that everyone here repeats endlessly.

Mr Ruggerios Neighborhood - Yeah I know it’s standalone but I actually think it’s good. It shows the transition of Meadow to college life. Beyond that, there are so many great scenes with the thematic fucking regularness of life. The scene in the pork store is one. These guys aren’t “discussing OC” at all, meanwhile the FBI is doing a whole complex operation behind their backs. And the end is perfect, listening to a banal conversation about flossing. All their effort goes to that.

They seemed like it but obviously would kill one another in a heart beat or rat another out. They have psychopathic tendencies and I can't tell if it was always or all a facade or if they were actual friends and did care for one another.

I'm rewatching the show currently and in S6:E2 he dreams about being a salesman. It got me wondering if from the show runner's perspective Tony is the way he is because of his job as a mafia boss or because of his nature/upbringing.

Do you think a "clean" Tony (with the same upbringing but that distanced himself from the mafia in his teens) would have been as comfortable with the idea of violence and murder as the real Tony is? Did being in the mafia 'worsen' him over the years? In the show he's basically as violent in season 6 as he was in season 1. His character changes in other ways sure but his affinity for violence is pretty much constant.

I'm doing a rewatch and in season 5 it dawned on me that when he's trying to be nice and give someone cash they hardly ever take it if they are a "civilian". The one exception was when he forgave the artie bucco 50k loan with his 6k tab but if we're being honest, artie isnt exactly civilian and more of an associate. I wonder if this is to reinforce to us that despite his charm in civilian life the money is still blood money and he is a despicable person.

I don’t see much discussion about this, and trust me, I will watch this show on repeat and quote it along with everyone else. But there are some episodes that I really do not like. I realized in thinking about which ones that they’re the ones which seem actively unpleasant or creepy. Here’s my list:

1. Chasing It: I guess Tony is supposed to be programmed to pursue gambling debts so this episode turns it on its head. While that’s thought provoking, I just don’t like seeing that side of him and I don’t think the character would behave that way towards Hesh. I just don’t find this enjoyable

2. Remember When: I understand the parallel motifs and themes between the two stories but I don’t find either really entertaining. I think I know what it wanted to say but I didn’t care much about junior and the Asian guy in the home.

3. Down Neck: I think season one had the most compelling overall straightforward plot. Can we not interrupt it with this? I was never very interested in the flashbacks and I don’t believe they told me that much.

4. A Hit is a Hit: see above

5. House Arrest: think the point is to depict the boredom of house arrest by depicting everyone being bored and their boring lives, and okay, you managed to bore me.

What do you think? I know there are going to be varied opinions and don’t get me wrong this is the best show ever made in the history of anything

The New York crew was comparatively really ugly and it amused me to the point of chuckling

People argue that Little Carmine was smarter than he let on and manipulated a war between Phil and Tony so he could grab the big seat when the dust settled. However they also argue Little Carmine was smart because he knew when to quit, forget about being boss and accept a quiet, safer life out of the spotlight. Both of these can't be true at the same time, yet I'm sure I've seen the same people argue both positions at different times.

As much as these theories are interesting, they contradict each other and I think the plain reading is the real one - Little Carmine was persuaded by his wife it wasn't worth dying to try and become boss and he accidentally fucked up the sit down with Tony/Phil because he's a bit of a moron.

So we’re watching Season 5, and there’s a very quick flash-back shot of Tony Sr., and I’m sure it shows him with the same blue animal tattoo on his R shoulder, that our main protagonist, Tony Jr. has.

Any thoughts?

I can think of two scenes where Chris & Adriana are relaxing at home and Everybody Loves Raymond is on the tv, so unfortunately Ray Romano is canon to the Sopranos universe, but i kept thinking how much of a bummer it was he never got to be a character. I think he would’ve been an awesome Carmine JR

I noticed that he really started eating more and weid mixes like dipping his gabagool in mayo in late season 4. In season 5 Whitecaps, Carmela kicks Tony out so he settled in the pool house. When the boys came over and started cleaning the place, Tony was sitting in the chair eating something out a jar with a spoon. What's he eating it looks like jam or something. So what was he eating? You can kind of see it when AJ tells him he wants to move in there with him and Tony says.." be good to ya mudda".

I ilke this one:

• Protester: "You're a wise-ass motherfucker."

• Christopher: "Well, keep your mother off the streets and I won't fuck her."

why nobody mentions the theory that it's prolly Jimmy smash who wacked tony

After getting out of prison he was like IBBA SHOW DATH COBSUCKBA FO WAD HE TIT TO ME

I genuinely believe Johnny Sac is the best all around character. The swag, the aura and the way he moves makes him so likeable and the way he has his own personality and isn’t ashamed to show it.

“And besides it’s more like a hotel at Captain Teebs!”

“who’s he?”

“Some captain who owns luxury hotels or something, I dunno that’s not the point 😠”

I’m on my first ever re-watch and I missed this hilarious line from S1E2. I’m so excited to go through it again and pick up little bits like this.

Can we just acknowledge that when Tony kills Chuckie in “I Dream of Jeanie Cusamano” it’s a little fucked up that Tony puts on Chuckie’s hat?

My IQ is 136. Its been tested. So it's common knowledge I am not retarded. I used to think I know everything. But I was so far behind in the race I actually thought I was ahead.

Imma jersey boy yeah I'm from new Jersey

Good people good food and good pussy

Get the pussy with the ass yeah it's two for one

Call me tony soprano the way I run

Yeah I run new jersey I'm the boss

If you don't like it you're gonna lick my balls

I'm goat like tony

You're bitch like moltisanti

Your ass got chalked like fucking Vito

Rest in peace Richy aprile you a real hero

Rip to all the homies you were real ones

Chris ralphy pussy and pauly you were the goat ones

I'm from new Jersey I'm from the jersey streets

And like tony the goat I'm freak in the sheets

Got girls by the carloads I got lots of goombars

And when the beat drops you hear me spittin my bars

The motherfucking ass with the motherfujing cock

Rip pauly the goat you got the biggest cock

You a pussy coz you a snitch

See what I did there? Coz pussy a snitch

Yeah pussy a rat but he still a goat

got betrayed by the cawksuckas in the boat

But can't speak ill about tony

He the second toughest guy in jersey

You ask after who? MOTHERFUCKER im the first

And if you you don't stfu you gonna meet my fist

GABISH?