Tony and Corrado both find themselves imprisoned by their legal problems.
This is probably the most interesting piece of filmmaking about about the banality of existence I have seen.
Tony is ordered to keep a low profile and is so bored with the 'regularness' of life when not directly involved in mob shenanigans, it effects him both mentally and physically. There are a number of excellent scenes that visually convey this and it is analysed well in the scenes with Dr Melfi. James Gandolfini delivers yet another brilliant performance.
Corrado is similarly trapped in his situation and has a number of dialogue exchanges and sobering experiences about life. Much like Tony there is a mixture of humorous and reflective scenes that work very well. Dominic Chianese gives one of his best performances by once more making a cantankerous, ruthless character very watchable.
This one nicely follows up episodes like 'The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti', and 'D-Girl' that are quite rooted in existential themes. The genius of The Sopranos is that it deals with topics like this is in an entertaining way.
That's not to say it is an episode about nothing important. The arc involving Richie and Janice continues to develop and feels like a calm before the storm. Tony's line about Richie as he looks in at him in a potential new house/prison ties into the above themes well.
The production values are superb as ever with so much of the storytelling here being done visually.
This is probably the most interesting piece of filmmaking about about the banality of existence I have seen.
Tony is ordered to keep a low profile and is so bored with the 'regularness' of life when not directly involved in mob shenanigans, it effects him both mentally and physically. There are a number of excellent scenes that visually convey this and it is analysed well in the scenes with Dr Melfi. James Gandolfini delivers yet another brilliant performance.
Corrado is similarly trapped in his situation and has a number of dialogue exchanges and sobering experiences about life. Much like Tony there is a mixture of humorous and reflective scenes that work very well. Dominic Chianese gives one of his best performances by once more making a cantankerous, ruthless character very watchable.
This one nicely follows up episodes like 'The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti', and 'D-Girl' that are quite rooted in existential themes. The genius of The Sopranos is that it deals with topics like this is in an entertaining way.
That's not to say it is an episode about nothing important. The arc involving Richie and Janice continues to develop and feels like a calm before the storm. Tony's line about Richie as he looks in at him in a potential new house/prison ties into the above themes well.
The production values are superb as ever with so much of the storytelling here being done visually.