Have the experts shown up to try to spoil everything yet?

Tony was never likeable.  He was funny in an R rated Jackie Gleason sort of way, and that is what kept the audience interested in him.  He was able to ride that all the way through to season 6B.  Once the humor left, Tony was fully exposed. That is what made the show so great.

mrcecil, at least Meadow didn't mention lupus.

Go ahead.  Skin cancer!

Tony also mentions playing the senility act to Junior in Season 4 after he tumbles down the courthouse steps.  Always struck me as turning into a self fulfilling prophecy.

Plus you gotta love the way Christopher says "Law and Order, the SUV."

Wait until the next episode where Tony comes back, as I understand it, a zombie of sorts.

That's right.  It does sound fairly close to Edie Falco though.

I must be lucky, because I have the box set and it seems fine.  And it does get used.  Still, you are right about the cardboard pockets

Thank you Delvis.  I tried that line on another site…total DEBacle.  They were very allegorical.

It's cool to see ZMF back on the scene.  Looking forward to these reviews of The Shield.

One of several that I have in my subspecies.

It also wasn't rural, it was set in Beverly Hills.

Well, they may never do a show like John From Cincinnati again. 

That was funny.  The model train maker.

He also runs the card game that Jackie Jr. tries to rob.

Or a production assistant.

Centrum vitamins…

Particularly in that town, where it was pretty apparent that Johnny Cakes wasn't the only gay man who lived there.  I kinda got the impression that the entire volunteer fire department was gay.

I'd forgotten that this season also has the big reveal that Neil Young owns Lionel.