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I don't think Tony ever truly recognized who his father was, his relationship with him and what Johnny ultimately did (along with Livia) to fuck him up.

Tony also gets Picocasta's wife's name wrong when he runs into him in "Meadowlands" even though their kids used to be good friends.

At some point late in the fourth season, Janice is talking to Junior about Bobby and says "My father always said that someday Bobby would be your linchpin." Junior looks at her like she's out of her mind and replies "My brother said that? Bobby was still working as a waiter at (something) when Johnny died." I

The scene with Tony and Carmine Jr. in bed has one of the funniest lines in the series, at least to me. After Tony crawls away as quickly as he can, Carmine says "I'm lonely, I miss my Violet" to which Tony replies "What violin?!" That never fails to crack me up.

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And I'm surprised nobody's mentioned "Thru and Thru" by the Stones from "Funhouse". It's such a haunting song that plays first at the beginning of the episode, then at the end during the montage that cuts between Meadow's graduation and all the businesses and people that the Soprano Family has destroyed through their

Paulie's always been a Cadillac man. Think of how upset he was when he found out his Caddy was missing at the end of "Pine Barrens". I think it's the new (at the time) CTS that he uses to tear up Christopher's landscaping in "Walk Like a Man".

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Baked Bean Teeth, I was going to post exactly that. With Junior, Tony realized it was strictly business. Now a normal person might say "business or not, killing a nephew is still personal" but that's not the way these guys think. And if you remember, Junior was not happy with the decision at all. He was vomiting

How come I'm not sellin' pots in Peru?

Junior is the actual Boss of the family until sometime between seasons five and six, Tony is the "Street Boss" even though he's controlling everything. Basically, Tony kept the arrangement that he had with the Capos in season one going for years. Junior as a "lightning rod" with a figurehead position while Tony is

They're both loathsome. Tony is trying to tear down the actual progress Janice has built up, even though she was seemingly becoming a better person for a little while; while Janice is almost arrogant that she's discovered ways to control her anger, until the child she abandoned to live on the street is brought up.

Bobby must have been quite the letdown for Janice after the crazy shit Richie and Ralphie were into.

I honestly thought all this time that it was Livia, I didn't realize others saw Gloria on the stairs.

Sfogliatelle, damn you!

And I agree that the first Barbara was much better than the second. The second one seemed too well-adjusted…until "Where's Johnny?" when she starts freaking out because Tony and Junior are yelling at each other. Maybe it's just me, but I sincerely doubt that this woman that lived in a house with Johnny, Livia, Tony

Speaking of "Cold Cuts" I love the fact that Janice never once mentioned to "her children" (Bobby Jr. and Sophia) that she has a biological child out there somewhere. I wonder if she would have even told Bobby had the Baccalieris not already known the Soprano family.

I'll take a stab at this one and suggest he's doing a lot better now that he no longer resembles a sieve.

Every time people stop paying attention to her, she reverses her position on the incident that made her famous in the first place. Two years and nobody has done a "Where is Amy Fisher now?" piece? Better go on Entertainment Tonight with Mary Jo to apologize and beg for forgiveness. Another two years and she's still

Captain Cool, don't you realize we can't make fun of Bret Michaels anymore because he almost died of a stroke? We must all pretend that he didn't spend several years trying to find true love and the perfect mother for his two daughters on his own televised reality show where he searched first a whorehouse, then the