Best Episodes - The Sopranos
Just finished a Sopranos rewatch and wanted to put together a list of my personal favorite episodes of this amazing show. These are the episodes that I would rate 9 or above in order of preference.
Personal season ranking:
5>6B>3>2>1>4>6A
Most episodes by season:
8 episodes - Season 5
7 episodes - Season 2, Season 6B
6 episodes - Season 1, Season 3
5 episodes - Season 6A
4 episodes - Season 4
“Best performance “ episodes:
12 episodes - James Gandolfini
5 episodes - Edie Falco
4 episodes - Michael Imperioli
3 episodes - Vincent Curatola
2 episodes - Tony Sirico, Joe Pantoliano, Aida Turturro, Lorraine Bracco
Personal season ranking:
5>6B>3>2>1>4>6A
Most episodes by season:
8 episodes - Season 5
7 episodes - Season 2, Season 6B
6 episodes - Season 1, Season 3
5 episodes - Season 6A
4 episodes - Season 4
“Best performance “ episodes:
12 episodes - James Gandolfini
5 episodes - Edie Falco
4 episodes - Michael Imperioli
3 episodes - Vincent Curatola
2 episodes - Tony Sirico, Joe Pantoliano, Aida Turturro, Lorraine Bracco
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- DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliTony makes a request to Johnny Sack on behalf of his cousin, and Adriana makes a request to the FBI, followed by one to Chris.10/10
Best performance: Drea de Matteo
Season 5 - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoJunior's trial comes to an end, but Tony's trials are just getting underway. Also, the Sopranos almost purchase a house on the beach.10/10
Best performance: Edie Falco
Season 4 - DirectorSteve BuscemiStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoWhile Silvio has the flu, Chris and Paulie run his collections for him, which results in the pair getting lost in the woods and nearly freezing to death while Tony's affair with Gloria goes sour as does Meadow's relationship with Jackie Jr.10/10
Best performance: Tony Sirico
Season 3 - DirectorAlan TaylorStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoThe allegiance of those closest to Tony is put to the test. A case of mistaken identity has serious ramifications.9.5/10
Best performance: Lorraine Bracco
Season 6B - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony gets sick from food poisoning and blames Artie's restaurant. Pussy, meanwhile, reaches the end of the line.9.5/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 2 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliRalph's callous behavior finally steps over the line, while Chris gets deeper into his heroin addiction and Uncle Junior's mental capacity begins to become in question.9.5/10
Best performance: Joe Pantoliano
Season 4 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoGloria grows increasingly demanding until Tony realizes who she is, and Jackie Jr. ends up in very serious trouble when Chris realizes who he is.9.5/10
Best performance: Annabella Sciorra
Season 3 - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony starts cleaning house, while Artie feels torn between keeping the peace in his household, and getting even with Tony for destroying his restaurant.9.5/10
Best performance: Nancy Marchand
Season 1 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoRichie and Janice get engaged, but Richie's violent temper finally takes him too far. Tony, meanwhile, breaks up with Irina, much to her dismay.9.5/10
Best performance: Aida Turturro
Season 2 - DirectorAlan TaylorStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoA tragedy rocks the family, and Tony takes a solo trip to Las Vegas when the grieving gets too hard to handle.9.5/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 6B - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony realizes that he must take care of family messes himself in order to keep the peace within his own clan.9.5/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 5 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoA car crash puts Tony and Adriana in a compromising position, and Cousin Tony tries to keep Chris from getting the wrong impression and the wrong information.9.5/10
Best performance: Michael Imperioli
Season 5 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony fails to reason with Phil as more problems increase with Anthony Jr as his depression worsens.9.5/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 6B - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoGene Pontecorvo makes a final break from the mob life, while Junior's paranoid delusions could be the end of Tony.9.5/10
Best performance: Robert Funaro
Season 6A - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoDr. Melfi is attacked and when the authorities lets her down, she considers asking Tony to help. Janice has a dispute with Svetlana. Ralphie gets passed over for a promotion and Jackie Jr. gets involved in the family's crime activities.9.5/10
Best performance: Lorraine Bracco
Season 3 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoWhile visiting colleges with Meadow, Tony spots a snitch. Carmela, meanwhile, discovers something about Dr. Melfi.9.5/10
Best performance: Edie Falco
Season 1 - DirectorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliTony and his family have to stay in hiding until Phil Leotardo is dealt with. His family doesn't like the lifestyle they have been forced to adopt. AJ and Meadow move onto the next step in their lives. Tony confronts Junior one last time.9.5/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 6B - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoThe stress Tony is going through begins to take its toll, and the hit Junior has ordered doesn't help.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 1 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliCarmela and Tony go away to Bobby's cabin upstate New York for Tony's birthday up where a fight emerges between Tony and Bobby over Janice. Meanwhile A.J. is throwing a party at the Soprano home.9.0/10
Best performance: Steve Schirripa
Season 6B - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoRalphie issues his final decision on the fate of Jackie Jr., Anthony Jr., faces military school after getting expelled, Paulie and Ralphie have a financial conflict while the FBI assigns Adriana a new "friend."9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 3 - DirectorAlan TaylorStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoIn the midst of suspicions that he killed Ralph, Tony tries to intervene to get Chris clean and sober.9.0/10
Best performance: Michael Imperioli
Season 4 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNoah's and Meadow's relationship is disrupted by her roommate, while Ralphie starts getting rough with one of the strippers from the Bada Bing causing Tony to intervene and questionably violating one of the mafia codes of conduct.9.0/10
Best performance: Joe Pantoliano
Season 3 - DirectorHenry BronchteinStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoChris awakens from his coma with a message from the afterlife for Tony and Paulie. Carmela, meanwhile, wants Tony to get a "cut", specifically a vasectomy.9.0/10
Best performance: Edie Falco
Season 2 - DirectorDavid NutterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoThe family tries to cope with Tony's hospitalization and deteriorating condition, while Tony begins to hallucinate a new life parallel to his own.9.0/10
Best performance: Edie Falco
Season 6A - DirectorAlan TaylorStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoJohnny Sack finds out he only has 3 months to live. Meanwhile, 'Cleaver' premieres and is a hit, while Carmela has mixed emotions about it, saying too much of it is based on Tony.9.0/10
Best performance: Vincent Curatola
Season 6B - DirectorTerence WinterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoChristopher's father-in-law is the unwitting catalyst of a new feud between Christopher and Paulie. AJ struggles with depression.9.0/10
Best performance: Michael Imperioli
Season 6B - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoPhil takes out his revenge on Vito, while Tony grows frustrated with Anthony Jr's lack of ambition or work ethic.9.0/10
Best performance: Frank Vincent
Season 6A - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoCousin Tony heads off to avenge the death of his good friend, while a dream reveals to Tony what he must do to prevent a full-scale war.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 5 - DirectorJack BenderStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoWhile the gang begins to turn on itself, Tony finds himself at the threshold, while Christopher gives another try to enter the movie business, however this time as a producer rather than a screenwriter.9.0/10
Best performance: Edie Falco
Season 6A - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony finds out that his cousin wants a bigger share of responsibilities, while Finn makes an embarrassing discovery about Vito.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 5 - DirectorHenry BronchteinStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoFollowing the arrest of two of his men, Tony suspects a traitor. Efforts to discover who, however, are stymied.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 1 - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliAn uncomfortable party leads Tony and Carmela to a partial reconciliation, while cousin Tony gets an offer he decides not to refuse.9.0/10
Best performance: Steve Buscemi
Season 5 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoRebellion by some of the lower soldiers ends in bloodshed, while Carmela starts intimidating her neighbors to help Meadow's chances at Georgetown.9.0/10
Best performance: David Proval
Season 2 - DirectorMike FiggisStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoChris and cousin Tony do some digging to make sure old secrets stay buried, while Janice puts her marriage in jeopardy with her fierce temper.9.0/10
Best performance: Aida Turturro
Season 5 - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniMichael ImperioliDominic ChianeseWith Carmine's passing and Feech's arrival, turf wars are breaking out around New Jersey. Junior's mental health, meanwhile, starts to decline.9.0/10
Best performance: Dominic Chianese
Season 5 - 1999–200749mTV-MA8.6 (8.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoThe FBI begins closing in on the DiMeo family. Tony and Carmela are angry over all the attention Italians get from the authorities, while Chris fumes that he's not getting enough attention.9.0/10
Best performance: Michael Imperioli
Season 1 - 1999–200753mTV-MA8.8 (6.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorSteve BuscemiStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoJohnny Sack is granted permission to attend his daughter's wedding. Tony improves his personal security and Vito's secret double life is exposed.9.0/10
Best performance: Vincent Curatola
Season 6A - DirectorJohn PattersonStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony's old school friend digs himself into trouble with his gambling, while Tony's family problems only continue to grow.9.0/10
Best performance: Steven Van Zandt
Season 2 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoAn unexpected death brings the whole family together one more time, and old tensions resurface while at the funeral.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 3 - DirectorTimothy Van PattenStarsJames GandolfiniEdie FalcoMichael ImperioliTony, Paulie and Chris travel to Naples to conduct a business deal, while Pussy becomes more stressed over trying to balance his secret lives.9.0/10
Best performance: Tony Sirico
Season 2 - DirectorJack BenderStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoA joke sparks a series of hit contracts, while Carmela finds herself happier than perhaps she should be that Furio will be around for good.9.0/10
Best performance: Vincent Curatola
Season 4 - DirectorNick GomezStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoTony encourages an unwanted son-in-law to divorce, Carmela learns another secret of Tony's, Meadow experiments with speed to study for the SATs, and Chris and Brendan find out the price of disrespecting Junior.9.0/10
Best performance: James Gandolfini
Season 1 - DirectorAllen CoulterStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoAnthony continues to cause problems at home, while Pussy's divided loyalties cause him greater anguish.9.0/10
Best performance: Vincent Pastore
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