Sopranos Series 6 Episode 5
Come on now! Which show is gonna give you a mob wedding, a mafia boss wailing like a baby, an extremely obese wife fainting and falling backwards like a giant domino, another mob boss beating an underling to a pulp and then said show gratouisly winds things up with a mobster all decked in gay leather-gear dancing up a storm in a macho gay club - all in the space of 50 glorious minutes?
Another amazing episode of the Sopranos graced our TV (and computer screens!) this week as the Steve Buscemi directed episode ‘Mr & Mrs John Sacrimoni Request…’ hit the airwaves and clogged the torrent bandwidth of the WWW to a standstill.
It’s all about respect, and by episodes’ end Johnny Sack had lost some and Tony Soprano had gained it in spades! As Tony was beginning to feel undermined by his crew with every passing day - he knew he had to set an example or lose his leadership completely. Humiliated at the church entrance when he nearly collapsed when removing his shoes, Tony could feel every eye staring at him as one of his goons had to help him. In this weak and fragile state, he is seen as not being a suitable boss and leader and is surprised at the attitude and backchat he receives from his posse.
What to do? Well you pick the strongest and most intense member of your entourage and you give him a beating that neither he or the rest of your crew will ever forget. You show them who’s the boss in a way that they understand by burning a lasting impression in the very sinews of their collective minds! The Alpha-male has reclaimed his throne but the once dapper and intense Johnny Sack is now seen as a whimpering, disheveled man casting doubts into the mind of many of his most loyal soldiers…
He’s an emotional man the ole Johnny Sack, he loves his daughter.
Great write-up to yet another brilliant Buscemi-directed episode. He delivered in spades with his direction. His episodes always have the best elements of what made the show great from the very beginning.
it seems as if Chris is being set up to rat out the arabs to the feds. The feds mentioning that they were on the counter terrorism force, that if Chris had any info to give them he should call, and then the two middle eastern guys looking to buy guns and Chris questioning them about their intentions- I think this will develop into a plot element.
Classic fucking episode! I dont know whether Vito did the deed or not. I think he will try to take some people out with him when he goes, they have foreshadowed him like crazy this season.
There is really a lot going on this year. I thought Tony was wanting to get out and that they would play off of him not letting one of his main guys out in the first episode, but with him kicking the shit out of muscles … looks like John Sacs crying episode brought him back.
Tony wasn’t sizing up Pauly or Bobby for a possible fight, he was checking out how much more fit they were than he was. Tony clearly feels that he is in poor physical condition and this translates into perceived weakness on the part of his crew. When he walked into the pork store, nobody jumped to or gave him any indication that they really gave a shit that the skipper was in the room. Some tokens, sure (a sandwich, the hugs and kisses) but no real respect. So Tony calls out the one guy he is sure will lose his temper and take a swing. Tony beats him down and reasserts his position among the crew. And then of course, pays for his exertion by puking blood in the bathroom. But his smile in the mirror says that it was worth it.