Do I have to ask for that booth when I go?Erm, I mean, did you have to ask for that booth when you went?

Do I have to ask for that booth when I go?Erm, I mean, did you have to ask for that booth when you went?

Why would he want to shoot Tony from behind? Like, what would the advantage be? Face-to-face shootings were good enough for Bobby, Silvio, that guy from "Remember When", Jerry Torciano, the guy Eugene killed in "Members Only", Mikey Palmice, Brendan Fillone, Big Pussy, and on and on and on, but not Tony?. If a guy's…

Why would he want to shoot Tony from behind? Like, what would the advantage be? Face-to-face shootings were good enough for Bobby, Silvio, that guy from "Remember When", Jerry Torciano, the guy Eugene killed in "Members Only", Mikey Palmice, Brendan Fillone, Big Pussy, and on and on and on, but not Tony?. If a guy's…

I remember listening to that podcast… but I would still wager it was discussed in terms of it being a mental touchstone for Tony.

I remember listening to that podcast… but I would still wager it was discussed in terms of it being a mental touchstone for Tony.

*Love the wintry shot of Butchie in Little Italy. Haunting and eerie.

*Love the wintry shot of Butchie in Little Italy. Haunting and eerie.

The worst were the people who would claim that the Members Only Guy walking into the restroom was Chase tipping his hat to the Godfather, which was remarkly dumb because for one, I can't imagine Chase ending his magnum opus with a reference to another movie, and secondly, in the Godfather, there's a unique, distinct…

The worst were the people who would claim that the Members Only Guy walking into the restroom was Chase tipping his hat to the Godfather, which was remarkly dumb because for one, I can't imagine Chase ending his magnum opus with a reference to another movie, and secondly, in the Godfather, there's a unique, distinct…

I must confess, the night of the finale, it did not dawn on me, or anyone in my family for one single second, that anything momentous happened to Tony at Holsten's. I thought it was a tremendous piece of filmmaking (that borrows more than a little from Strangers on a Train, but that's another story) that was all about…

I must confess, the night of the finale, it did not dawn on me, or anyone in my family for one single second, that anything momentous happened to Tony at Holsten's. I thought it was a tremendous piece of filmmaking (that borrows more than a little from Strangers on a Train, but that's another story) that was all about…

This, even moreso than the big, Godfather-esque hits in Blue Comet, feel like Chase actually giving the a certain vocal section of the audience exactly what they want. "Hey, you know Phil, the nastiest cocksucker in a show full of them? He's getting shot point blank in the headn. And here's his head getting crushed by…

This, even moreso than the big, Godfather-esque hits in Blue Comet, feel like Chase actually giving the a certain vocal section of the audience exactly what they want. "Hey, you know Phil, the nastiest cocksucker in a show full of them? He's getting shot point blank in the headn. And here's his head getting crushed by…

Liked for intrigued/hungry, which is the perfect description for what Tony Hales does.

Liked for intrigued/hungry, which is the perfect description for what Tony Hales does.

Funnier. The idea that Lucille probably grew up dirt poor makes her contempt for non-millionaires all the more awesome.

Funnier. The idea that Lucille probably grew up dirt poor makes her contempt for non-millionaires all the more awesome.

I coulda swore that Hesh shows up in that Barry Lyndon-y shot in the finale.

I coulda swore that Hesh shows up in that Barry Lyndon-y shot in the finale.