Dogmatic

Sopranos Series 6 Episode 10

From the outset and on first viewing, I found this week’s episode of the Sopranos to be a little on the disappointing side. With the season about to end in a couple of episodes, surely some of the lingering and foreboding story-lines would begin to see some sort of resolution or we would see the crescendo of an almighty climax approach. Maybe my impatience is clouding my judgement on this one. I may feel differently about if if I watch it again but god-dammit, I wanted more from this episode and selfishly (a trait that is evident in all the characters of the show) I didn’t get it.

Selfishness was running rampant in tonight’s episode. Janice (ugh she is infuriating!) bleating and moaning for more. Carmella whining about her spec-house… (she’d be more than happy for Tony to use mob persuasion on building inspectors as long as she can get what she wants). Leotardo pining for the old-school. Christopher moaning about the Maserati he paid $25,000 (!!!!) for being impounded. And finally Vito missing the old neighborhood. Missing it so much that he feels it is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven. He abandons his new life and job in New Hampshire and fast-tracks it back to Jersey hitting another car in the process. Rather than file a police report, he murders the driver in cold blood.

Are things on the skids between Meadow and Finn? Ever since Vito has been AWOL, Finn’s been ignoring Meadow which leads to suggest the only reason he ever proposed to her was to protect himself from Vito after witnessing his co-curricular activities. With Vito now back in Jersey, could a showdown between them occur.

And in other developments, Bacala is inches away from being killed by a pack of black teen hoodlums. Paulie’s biopsy came back positive. He’s getting radiation treatment to battle the cancer. Only Tony knows. And John Sacrimoni accepts a plea bargain of a 15-year jail sentence in exchange for admitting his connection to organized crime. (And wasn’t Leotardo pissed off about that admission!)