The Sopranos (TV Series)

The Blue Comet (2007)

Lorraine Bracco: Dr. Jennifer Melfi

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• Dr. Jennifer Melfi : That Departures magazine out there. Did you give any thought at all to someone else who might wanna read before you tore out the entire page?

  Tony Soprano : What?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It's not the first time you've defaced my reading materials.

  Tony Soprano : You saw that, huh? People tear shit outta your magazines all the time, they're a mess. I try to read 'em.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I don't think I can help you.

  Tony Soprano : Well, change 'em. Bring in some new shit.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I mean therapeutically.

  Tony Soprano : What are you talkin' about? I've only missed three appointments since we had that heart-to-heart.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : The new big thing these days is called psychodynamic therapy combined with Anafranil.

  Tony Soprano : Who?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : A medication. There's a doctor in Bloomfield you could see.

  Tony Soprano : Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, OK? Now what the fuck is this? You're, uh, firin' me 'cause I defaced your Departures magazine.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm giving you my considered medical opinion.

  Tony Soprano : OK, I should've asked you for the steak recipe. And missin' sessions, unfortunately, is part of my condition.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : What do you know about your condition? You miss appointments because you don't give a shit. About commitments, about what I do, about the body of work that's gone into building up this science!... Go ahead, tell me again I sound like your wife.

  Tony Soprano : Well, if the shoe fits.

  [Dr. Melfi stands up] 

  Tony Soprano : We're making progress! It's been seven years!

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Do you want some names?

  Tony Soprano : [stands up]  OK, listen, I'm gonna tell you somethin' and you're not gonna like it. But we can say anything in here, right?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Go ahead!

  Tony Soprano : I'm chalkin' this all up to female menopausal situations.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You're not my gynecologist.

  Tony Soprano : Well, you don't need a gynecologist to know which way the wind blows.

  [Dr. Melfi opens the door] 

  Tony Soprano : So, wait a minute. You tellin' me after all this time, after everything we've shared in here, you're cuttin' me loose just as my son got outta the hospital for tryin' to kill himself?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Since you are in crisis, I don't wanna waste your time.

  Tony Soprano : You know, I gotta be fuckin' honest. As a doctor, I think what you're doin' is immoral.

  [Tony walks out to the waiting room. He exaggeratedly places the page back in the magazine, looks at Dr. Melfi angrily and leaves. She closes the door] 

• Tony Soprano : [referring to her salary]  So, what'd you clear a year around here? I don't mean to pry, just round numbers?

  Tony Soprano : [when she doesn't respond]  I'm only asking because I told you Meadow's taking pre-med classes... she's not gonna be a doctor: she told us. It's kind of sad, isn't it?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Depends

  Tony Soprano : It's a nice thing to be, helping sick babies

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Her change of heart bothers you?

  Tony Soprano : Her mother too, much more than me. I mean all that worry, to get into Columbia University, and this and that. In the end, she'll get married, squeeze out some kids, after what? Couple years in the work force?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm still working

  Tony Soprano : Yeah, but your divorced. Criminal law is what she's taking up and I told Carmela, it's not the end of the world

  Tony Soprano : [becoming teary eyed]  She's interested in civil rights, Muslims, blacks. Hopefully she'll wind up at a big firm, white collar crime, it's just... Doctor Soprano, sounds nice. Your parents must've been very proud?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I think so

  Tony Soprano : [before pointing at her]  Look at all the people like me you've helped. Of all the human suffering done in this world, you've done something important, like those people trying to help my son... God bless them: two thousand dollars a day in that place but if it helps and as you know my plumber's union insurance only covers ten percent of mental... his really hurting, AJ

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And you?

  Tony Soprano : Although maybe you know, forget his hurt, maybe I should just... .

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [interrupts him]  Put your shoe up his ass?

  Tony Soprano : Yeah, yeah, frankly, we've talked about this

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And talked about it

  Tony Soprano : Huh? Anyway, Carmela...

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [interrupts him]  Coddled him

  Tony Soprano : My old man...

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [interrupts him]  Are you a shining example for the huge collection of wing tips and loafers that must be lodged up your lower bowel?

  Tony Soprano : [confused]  What's the matter with you? Is it because I said you being divorced?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [referring to Tony previously mentioning his father]  You were saying?

  Tony Soprano : He's my only son

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : His young: most of the time, they pull out of this

  Tony Soprano : But I've been depressed for years, what if he don't "pull out"?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [referring to Tony's contempt for his son but still loves him]  So, the boy who never cared about anything, now cares too much?

  Tony Soprano : Yeah, I guess?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And the daughter like all females, ultimately, somehow disappoints?

  Tony Soprano : I didn't say that

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Oh

  Tony Soprano : What's with the tone?

  Tony Soprano : [suspiciously]  You sound like your glad I'm taking it on the chin?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Maybe your projecting hostile feelings?

  Tony Soprano : Bullshit. If we had instant replay, you'd see it in two seconds

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Well, we don't have instant replay

  Tony Soprano : I know that. Jesus Christ, you sound like my fuckin wife

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Your fuckin wife?

  Tony Soprano : [dismissively]  You know what I mean