It would have to be up there with the way Tony went to pieces at the pool after AJ's suicide attempt, with the constant "it's all right baby, it'll be all right baby", etc. Nobody could make Tony show his human side, be it for good or for bad, like AJ.

I agree with you about Grimaldi. His Patsy is, at least to me, one scary fucking dude. He puts you in mind of the kind of guy that will bust your head wide open just for the hell of it. He wouldn't have to even be pissed off about anything, just in that kind of mood. A kind of calm yet seething rage that knows when to…

I agree with you about Grimaldi. His Patsy is, at least to me, one scary fucking dude. He puts you in mind of the kind of guy that will bust your head wide open just for the hell of it. He wouldn't have to even be pissed off about anything, just in that kind of mood. A kind of calm yet seething rage that knows when to…

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On the other hand, Vito was not exactly what you would call a role model for a good gay person to aspire to, so there' that. Most gay characters, at least on network dramas and sitcomes, are all goody-goodies who would never dream of harming a fly, other than through maybe a tad too much snark at times.

On the other hand, Vito was not exactly what you would call a role model for a good gay person to aspire to, so there' that. Most gay characters, at least on network dramas and sitcomes, are all goody-goodies who would never dream of harming a fly, other than through maybe a tad too much snark at times.

Hell, maybe Kupferberg is a "sociopath" as far as that goes. It''s not very ethical to impose a diagnosis on a patient you've never seen, and only know of second hand.

Hell, maybe Kupferberg is a "sociopath" as far as that goes. It''s not very ethical to impose a diagnosis on a patient you've never seen, and only know of second hand.

The way I took that line from Patsy was that he was expressing sympathy for the very same "little guys" he and his crew were trying to take advantage of, putting his actions on a more justifiable level than that of the corporate sharks he was complaining about.

The way I took that line from Patsy was that he was expressing sympathy for the very same "little guys" he and his crew were trying to take advantage of, putting his actions on a more justifiable level than that of the corporate sharks he was complaining about.

It is possible to be evil without being a sociopath.

It is possible to be evil without being a sociopath.

Some fat fuck in see-through socks.

Some fat fuck in see-through socks.

With Melfi, it might have been partially a point of professional pride. Having run into a patient she felt it was beyond her ability to "cure", she latches onto Kupferberg's "diagnosis" as a way out and to salvage her own self-respect.

With Melfi, it might have been partially a point of professional pride. Having run into a patient she felt it was beyond her ability to "cure", she latches onto Kupferberg's "diagnosis" as a way out and to salvage her own self-respect.

Paraphrase, something like, "it's getting hard as hell for a working guy to make it these days."

Paraphrase, something like, "it's getting hard as hell for a working guy to make it these days."

I agree with you, I think it was meant as a foreshadowing. Also, The Godfather II was Tony's favorite movie of the Godfather trilogy, but that scene he and AJ discussed was his favorite scene from the trilogy. Or at least his favorite scene from the first movie.