... expectation does indeed breed disappointment because it seems like I am the only person I know who's actually loving the current run of The Sopranos. Last week there was "no killing"... no real "gangster shit"to speak of... and this week there "wasn't enough" even though the first 5 minutes featured a bonafide bloodbath (and Paulie gettng kicked in the nuts) and mobsters bitching about divy-ing up the spoils. Was it the 2.5 year hiatus that's responsible for the audience loosing the thread, that drove up the expectations to unreachable levels (what I call the "Episode I Syndrome")? Were Americans living a little TOO vicariously though the Sopranos that they can't appreciate the show for what it is (and has been since the beginning for those paying attention)? Discuss amongst yerselves.
And for the record Joe Vip, the matre'd at the Finnearty family reunion was TOTALLY supposed to be Tony's whacked cousin from last season... even if they didn't list him as "Tony Blundetto" next to Steve Buscemi in the credits. Jesus H. Christ! That was clearly Tony's idealized vision of Livia in the doorway, and that was clearly the afterlife, and like pretty much everything else on that goddamned show Buscemi's cameo has significance! To suggest otherwise is crazy. CRAZY.
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I actually wondered if it was the sight of Mom that made him hesitate to go in instead of hearing Meadow's voice.
And OF COURSE it was cousin Tony waiting to let him in. Again, I wonder if he hesitated because he couldn't really trust his cousin considering he recently shot him in the face and all.
David Chase commented in regards to the season by stating that everything you see in the show has a deeper meaning. The wackings and mob-related stuff are fun, but it's just the first layer of the onion that Chase is peeling away for us.
Actually I've always felt that The Sopranos was extraordinarily layered and dense in it's execution from the get go (although I will concede that the longer the gaps between seasons the more wraught the seasons become). Your theory about Livia is also a keen observation because that could totally have a bearing on Tony's decision about going into the hereafter. I salute you.
I'm really enjoying this season of "The Sopranos" so no, you're not the only one.
And how could someone NOT realize that the whole "family reunion" at the inn wasn't the afterlife calling Tony? As soon as you saw Steve Buscemi and he was trying to usher him into the inn, that was a no brainer.
Joe Vip, while being a guru of sorts, can still be one stubborn motherfucker. I'll browbeat him some more tomorrow.
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