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Postby WAC » Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:56 pm

Chris on heroin, Paulie watching Lawrence Welk with his mom, and Tony with the baby is all good stuff
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Postby Gnarls » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:16 pm

I feel alive again re-watching this show
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Postby Gnarls » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:18 pm

"Oh, Monsignor Jughead was here?"
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Postby thrasher » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:44 pm

I think 6a as a whole still gets unfairly looked down on based on the opinions of people who were into the show for the wrong reasons.

still though I probably think the guy who played vito wasn't really an accomplished enough actor to carry that storyline so it was kind of a jarring shift at the time
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:46 pm

6a is great, honestly I don't think there's a weak season
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:01 pm

WAC wrote:Chris on heroin, Paulie watching Lawrence Welk with his mom, and Tony with the baby is all good stuff


Paulie seeing the VIrgin Mary in the Bing is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying
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Postby Cone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:01 pm

I wish I had the time / dedication to watch this show from start to finish again.

I’ve rewatched the first two seasons like 3 times each.
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Postby Pops Freshenmeyer » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:02 pm

both 6a and 6b is the height of the show

6a backlash was for all the wrong reasons for sure, though maybe it works better binged now i dunno
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Postby bruceagain » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:02 pm

fucking paulie walnuts
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Postby Buzz Fledderjohn » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:05 pm

i'm winding down my first full rewatch and 5 and 4 are both better than 6a, and 6b is still probably the best, but it's really hard to decide where 1 2 and 3 fall into that. hard to compare them to 6a and 6b especially.
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Postby bruceagain » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:06 pm

paulie in an emotionally charged scene referring to "sharper's image", is a distillation of what makes this show rock my jock
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Postby Self Destructive Zone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:07 pm

it helps that when rewatching we aren't waiting a week between episodes. i think 5-6a were disliked at the time because it felt like they were treading water, when in hindsight those dudes being stuck in their patterns was intentional and good
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Postby Pops Freshenmeyer » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:09 pm

:25 - :46 is just the best
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:11 pm

I remember when 6a first aired the conversation in the media/online was dominated by the Vito storyline but when you rewatch it really doesn't take up that much storyline. And it is such a good, tragic little short story of the kind that the Sopranos was a fucking maserclass in.
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:12 pm

object wrote:Tony picking apart Paulie's personality, ticks and mannerisms towards the end was so nasty.


Remember When is such a fucking brutal episode, it's amazing
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Postby Self Destructive Zone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:15 pm

Buzz Fledderjohn wrote:i'm winding down my first full rewatch and 5 and 4 are both better than 6a, and 6b is still probably the best, but it's really hard to decide where 1 2 and 3 fall into that. hard to compare them to 6a and 6b especially.



I feel like the first two season are almost a different show. the first two seasons have some wacky moments and are mostly fun. the show really started taking the moral weight of their decisions seriously around 3 and it gets dark in the best way
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:18 pm

People underestimate Season 2 a bit imo, the Davey Scatino arc is incredible
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Postby Peptobysmal » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:19 pm

jarsilver wrote:MEADOW: What I said was "The state can crush the individual."

TONY: New Jersey?



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Postby thrasher » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:25 pm

Feech La Manna wrote:People underestimate Season 2 a bit imo, the Davey Scatino arc is incredible

yeah 2 was my favorite for a long time, and "bust out" is one of my fav episodes
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Postby Self Destructive Zone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:27 pm

i often think about tony standing up to livia and then her calling him cruel and laughing when he falls down the steps.
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Postby Gnarls » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:27 pm

University is masterful in the way it stratifies The Tannenbaums —> The Sopranos —> Caitlin’s rich family —> The Dantes/Rosalie Aprile —> Ralphie —> Georgie —> Tracee

Tracee’s lines about making genuine change as she overcomes childhood trauma and Tony’s flippant dismissal, they hit so much harder knowing that Tony will never use therapy to a meaningful end


people here used to think Noah was a bad character
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Postby Self Destructive Zone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:28 pm

i know everyone hates university because of meadow's rommate, but it was the first episode i had ever seen. i had been under the impression that it was a "mob show" and didn't take itself too seriously. i was fucking traumatized by the ending

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Postby a-10 warthog champion » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:29 pm

im glad i didnt watch this show until i had spent ten years of my life with someone from jersey
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Postby Gnarls » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:32 pm

The first two seasons are almost funny to a fault. Season three is the sea-change where you’re constantly reminded that Tony is not your friend.
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:32 pm



I think about this sequence about once a week
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:34 pm

Gnarls wrote:The first two seasons are almost funny to a fault. Season three is the sea-change where you’re constantly reminded that Tony is not your friend.


Scatino!
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:35 pm

Also the Bevilaqua and Big Pussy executions are some extremely bleak shit. For some reason the bit about the diet soda has really stuck with me.
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Postby bruceagain » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:36 pm

object wrote:Tony picking apart Paulie's personality, ticks and mannerisms towards the end was so nasty.

paulie is just such a tragic character used so well
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Postby Feech La Manna » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:38 pm

the end of this scene from the finale

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Postby Self Destructive Zone » Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:38 pm

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