The Sopranos 5x13 Reaction
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do you two have pay pal i want to send all my money to you i worship you
Great reaction as always you two goddesses! 😘💕❤️
Please Godfather 2 sometime in the near future! 🙏
Don't blame them for taking breaks, I did the same. It's a heavy show with much to digest. FYI Season 6 is 21 episodes and has a break between episode 12 and 13. It's kind of two seasons, kind of not. I feel like it's gonna be so good for reactions, but it's not one to power through.
Milena already took the break though. These last 3 Sopranos videos were recorded in advance.
By this point in the show, I hated Paulie, but I did feel bad for him when Tony came over and threw out the painting. To be fair, I think Tony handled the situation with Tony B as well as he could. He was ready to give him up until Johnny insinuated that Phil would torture him, which was completely unnecessary. Tony also had a point; this whole cycle of bloodshed started with Johnny whacking Lorraine. Anyways, I'm excited that we're entering the final season now! Three of my personal favourite episodes are there and I can't wait for us to get into it.
Deleted scene: Paulie again retrieves the painting from the dumpster, wipes off the egg, and hangs it back on his wall.
Good episode but pretty muted for a season finale. Especially compared to the other season finales. Tony saying "I made all the wrong choices" pretty much sums up what the entire season seemed to be doing with him. It dug the most into his past but gave us discomfiting answers as to whether some of the events would have meaningfully made him "better" even if he made the right choices. The conversation between Tony and Chris while very mercenary at the start (which as stated in the discussion makes sense for the type of people they are), there was clear emotion with the last embrace. With AJ, in addition to smiling, there's also a contrasting character trait that is very telling. Similar to back in season 3 when his friends initiated the vandalization of the pool. Honestly not as big of a fan of the bear symbolism compared to the previous animal ones like the ducks and the horse. I think the lingering shot of the house at the end of the episode as well as all of the desolate trees he walks by (a shift from trees with autumn leaves from the previous episode associated with Adriana) has a lot more possible readings and depth, though some would still be compounded with the bear.
Personally, the bear symbolism is one of my favs, it bookends the season nicely. A much more subtle one is Tony B as the dog. Both Tony B and Tony's dog were close to him when he was young, before they each "had to go away". While Tony is told the story that his childhood dog "went off to live on a farm" as a euphemism for death, Tony B did literally run off to the farm to live (as in survive), where he was killed. In the two cases, the farm represents death: one metaphorically, one literally. Add to that that the farm is used as a burial place for their various mob-corpses, it ties together quite nicely with the farm as a kind of "terrestrial afterlife" of sorts. Of all the many shootings in the show, this is the only one (as far as I remember) where the gunman wears rubber gloves. Tony's surgical latex gloves are shown very clearly, and evoke an operation taking place (putting down the dog), and also unusually with a shotgun (rather than the universally used pistol) like a farmer would use. Also of course Phil refers to Tony B as an animal (though not a dog specifically). It's much less clear than the stuff that gets spelled out like the ducks and the bear and the horse, and arguably I'm just reading too much into it, but I think there's something intentional there.
Apologies for being a bit pedantic, but the word conscience is different from the word consciousness. I only bring it up because I've noticed it a couple times recently. Regarding the discussion about Chris, it's better to say, 'my conscience would not let me sleep.' You guys are so impressive with your English skills that I hate to say anything, but having taught English in the past I can't help it. 😂
To be fair, "my consciousness would not let me sleep" is weirdly correct.
RIP to the much anticipated Johnny vs Tony war lol
Still waiting for Godfather Part 2 😬
Btw, just in case it wasn't clear, when Johnny Sack threatened Tony's family he didn't mean his literal family (Carm, Meadow and AJ) but his criminal family. There was an unwritten rule in the american Mafia that family members of wiseguys were not to be touched by other made men or associates, they were civilians. This isn't like Breaking Bad. If Johnny had actually meant Tony's actual family, then not only it would cause an immediate war but Johnny would probably lose most of his support in order to not set a dangerous precedent. Maybe I misunderstood Milena, though.
Yeah, it's also tied to the fact that Johnny invited Tony to his house for a chat where Ginny is. Also, Phil threatening Chris's mother and the other dude had to stop him. Idk if there's an actual rule like this in real mobs but it seems to be one of the few carry-overs from traditional mob films that the show didn't deconstruct, at least entirely.
You know what.. I hope you girls take your time with the last season because once you are done with this show, you will definitely miss all these characters and their stories. I will say this again but whatever show is next, it has some big shoes to fill..
It kinda breaks my heart that we are quickly approaching the end.
I always loved the scene at the end when the FBI storms Johnny's house. These guys think they're so important and powerful, viewing themselves as generals and leaders, and yet when the time comes they have no recourse but to run at the drop of a hat. I'm assuming you two have already started season six given the way you recorded this episode a while ago, but in case you didn't: It wasn't the entire Lupertazzi family arrested all at once, it was Jimmy Petrille's crew. Petrille is a capo, so it would be like if Paulie was an informer and turned in all of the guys who worked for him. He'd have enough evidence to get Tony arrested as well, but he wouldn't single-handedly get the entire family arrested all at once. They also talked about just how LONG Petrille was informing for the FBI. This is why Tony is still walking around free despite all the horrible things he's done: it takes time to build up a case. Ray Curto has been informing on Tony for years at this point and they're still not ready to move forward with an indictment because they need to build a comprehensive case.
"And they'll lay you down, low and easy!"
Incredible cameo by Sal Vitro in this one. Dude had a *rough* season.
When Tony said we are a family.. why did Lola look at us straight up the camera to us like we said it lol@11:57
The song we hear throughout the episode is Glad Tidings by Van Morrison, and it’s one of my favourite needle drops in the show. A fantastic song but the lyrics tie perfectly into this episodes plot with New York and Tony B: ‘And we'll send you glad tidings from New York Open up your eyes so you may see Ask you not to read between the lines Hope that you will come right in on time And they'll lay you down, low and easy‘.
I always love when they work in Van Morrison. The music choices are always so spot on.
I saw a clip of an interview where the actress who plays Adriana said she has her son edit her OnlyFans pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viF3hBDijlA
Oh, finally. I was startin' to grow mushrooms outta my ass.
Now that's an image.
Will you react to the Wise Guy documentary when you finish the show? It's not a documentary that adds a lot of new information for an old fan, but when I watched it I thought it's perfect for someone who just finished the show and wants to learn some background things about this thing of ours. And it has some interesting thoughts that cast and crew members share, especially David Chase. Plus it has Chase's eulogy for Gandolfini which is probably the most heartbreaking Sopranos-related thing I've ever seen.
I don't think they will, they've never reacted to a documentary ((as far as I know but correct me if I'm wrong) and I doubt The Sopranos will be the exception, but regardless I don't think it would make for a great reaction. That said, I do hope they watch it on their own time. It gives great insight into some core aspects of the show and the people involved in it.