The Sopranos: Episode 6 (Spoilers... big time Spoilers)
Christopher Moltisanti is dead. After a car accident, with Tony, Christopher, wheezing in the front seat tells Tony he wouldn't pass a drug test and asks for help. Tony--apparently fearful that he couldn't trust Chris, covers Chris's face and kills his own nephew. The moment is incredibly powerful. One of the most powerful (and shocking) of the show. Chris's own weakness combined with Tony's weakness kills him. Only ten minutes into the episode no less. (Notice how the scene was eerily reminscent of Tony's accident with Adriana before she was killed.)
We see that Tony continues to isolate himself, taking greater and more violent steps, despite the guilt he feels--or the guilt he says he doesn't feel. A great dichotomy. He refuses to admit guilt, letting it surface in other ways, such as other people whom Tony doesn't think deserves it getting all the sympathetic attention.
Meanwhile, New York and New Jersey have an argument about garbage and asbestos. Leotardo doesn't want to make a deal with Tony because of Chris's death. He feels his revenge has been taken from him again, just like when Tony killed Tony B.
And Paulie's "mother" Nucci dies of natural causes. Few show at her wake, upsetting Paulie. Again, even in death, Paulie is upstaged by Christopher.
At Chris's wake, AJ's friends treat AJ like his father is treated at wakes, offering thin advice and giving hugs, but showing plenty of respect. After beating up another student, it is becoming clear that AJ is turning into his father and Chris. But later in a scene with his psychiatrist, we see that AJ is not Tony or Chris and the violence affects him, even making him cry.
Tony travels to Vegas to "chill out." He uses Chris's Vegas girlfriend for sex and peyote after telling her that Christopher is dead. She tells Tony that he reminds her of Chris--liking to party. Tony clearly doesn't want to talk about Christopher and at the same time does. He doesn't want to remember the bad about Chris, but does want to talk about how Chris's good shines on Tony as well.
With Christopher dying so early in the episode, we see how Tony reacts to the death. Another episode where we see another side of Tony, and as he sits in the desert--stoned and watching the sunset--he stands up and yells "I get it!" What he gets, I'm not sure. Are these the stoned ramblings of an addict or soemthing bigger?
Peyote was a drug of choice of Native Americans. Could Tony finally understand the Ojibwa saying left on his bulletin board when he was shot? Or was the adjustment of the light in the bathroom and the sun in the desert a reflection of the beacon Tony saw while he was in the coma?
Just a brilliant, tense episode. One of the best episodes ever. This has been a strong season so far.
We see that Tony continues to isolate himself, taking greater and more violent steps, despite the guilt he feels--or the guilt he says he doesn't feel. A great dichotomy. He refuses to admit guilt, letting it surface in other ways, such as other people whom Tony doesn't think deserves it getting all the sympathetic attention.
Meanwhile, New York and New Jersey have an argument about garbage and asbestos. Leotardo doesn't want to make a deal with Tony because of Chris's death. He feels his revenge has been taken from him again, just like when Tony killed Tony B.
And Paulie's "mother" Nucci dies of natural causes. Few show at her wake, upsetting Paulie. Again, even in death, Paulie is upstaged by Christopher.
At Chris's wake, AJ's friends treat AJ like his father is treated at wakes, offering thin advice and giving hugs, but showing plenty of respect. After beating up another student, it is becoming clear that AJ is turning into his father and Chris. But later in a scene with his psychiatrist, we see that AJ is not Tony or Chris and the violence affects him, even making him cry.
Tony travels to Vegas to "chill out." He uses Chris's Vegas girlfriend for sex and peyote after telling her that Christopher is dead. She tells Tony that he reminds her of Chris--liking to party. Tony clearly doesn't want to talk about Christopher and at the same time does. He doesn't want to remember the bad about Chris, but does want to talk about how Chris's good shines on Tony as well.
With Christopher dying so early in the episode, we see how Tony reacts to the death. Another episode where we see another side of Tony, and as he sits in the desert--stoned and watching the sunset--he stands up and yells "I get it!" What he gets, I'm not sure. Are these the stoned ramblings of an addict or soemthing bigger?
Peyote was a drug of choice of Native Americans. Could Tony finally understand the Ojibwa saying left on his bulletin board when he was shot? Or was the adjustment of the light in the bathroom and the sun in the desert a reflection of the beacon Tony saw while he was in the coma?
Just a brilliant, tense episode. One of the best episodes ever. This has been a strong season so far.
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posted by Dave White at 8:14 PM
5 Comments:
See it sounded to me like "I Did It". "I get it" might make a bit more sense though. Of the folks I've talked to about it, half heard it one way, the rest heard it the other.
I thought he said, "I did it," too. Guess we'll find out.
I'm of two minds about this episode. On one hand, it was inevitable that Chris and Tony's relationship would end badly, and this was the true to the characters (remember when Tony told Chris, "Anyone else, they'd get their intervention in the back of the head."). Well, this was Tony doing that.
But...
I remember when Chris got shot in season 2, and I was completely dumbstruck, on edge. This time, it just feels like they're snipping off any loose ends rather than tying them up in satisfactory knots. Also, I hated Tony's trip to Vegas. Part of what made Tony compelling were his shreds of decency despite his lifestyle. We haven't seen any of that this season, almost like all of his human qualities have suddenly disappeared. And the showgirl? It's too late in the series to introduce brand new characters and expect us to care.
But...
I LOVED the stuff with A.J., and think he's going to play a major role in the last 3 episodes. His scene later on in the psychiatrist's office was eerily similar to Tony's sessions with Melfi: A.J. is drawn to violence like his father, but deep down feels like the whole world is full of misery. Just like Jackie Jr., Tony doesn't want this life for his son, but something in A.J.'s DNA simply draws him to it.
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