No but I do think that when Adrianna gets whacked Christopher will go after Tony.

Perhaps that's the series finale ....

Were we told before that Patsy Parisi is working with the Feds or did this episode introduce that?

That wasn't Patsy Parisi.. it was Ray Curto. And it's new info.

I'm pretty sure he was identified as an informant last season.

This is why I'm hoping John Kerry wins the election. Well, that and the total absense of ethical and human behaviour in the current administration

True, it isn't new information that he worked with the FBI. I think it was in Season 3 that we saw him talking to feds after Livia's funeral. We didn't hear anything about it during Season 4, so many (including me) had forgotten. Remember, his son has MS - so it may explain why he flipped.

I thought Steve Buscemi looked like David Byrne from the Talking Heads in that big white suit...

After viewing the second half of the ep. for a second time tonight, I am ready to draw the following conclusion: Adrianna and Blundetto will either get whacked at the end of the season or being key instruments in the downfall of the family.

-While any normal person of gangster would cringe in fear once they had Tony Soprano in their face, Blundetto never batted an eye and merely said: "You're crowding me."

-In the last scene of the ep., Adrianna has come to grips with her position being what she makes of it, and instead of being a victim will use it for power purposes. Given the way she so smugly exhaled her smoke after ratting out the bookie, I would be willing to say that she will inevitably abuse it and it will destroy her.

for the most part, how are you guys at predicting what happens on future episodes? I don't want to search through hundreds of threads to find the weekly episode.

i was gonna ask, "when did steve buscemi become john waters?"

I defenatly see a connection.

Can someone remind me who Ray Curto is and what he did in prior seasons?

Ray Curto was, in the first season, the head of a 'crew' like Tony, Uncle Junior, Jimmy Altieri, and a couple of other guys. He has an extremely sick son, which is a) why he wasn't interested in becoming the boss after Jackie Aprile's death, and b) probably how the 'Feds' got to him - he got greedy and overreached.

No, no, no. In "Two Tonys", it was revealed that Janice has married Bobby - she also says to Tony something about "not in my house!" I believe Bobby lives in the same neighborhood as Livia because Janice was spying on who was dropping by and with what after Bobby's wife died (remember she caught JoJo Palmice in "Pie-o-My" courting Bobby with food?). Therefore it would make sense that the houses look a little similar.

However, Tony never sold his mother's house - Janice was still living there at the end of season 4. SO I would guess that Tony now lives there alone.

Wow - those of you who took a pass on season 4 are going to be scratching your heads about a lot of characters and background info. Not a lot HAPPENED plotwise, but there was a ton of important information dealt out....

So, they have a 70+ inch widescreen, a fantastic seating setup, and surround sound...

...and there watching VHS?!?!?!?!?!?!


BTW...I think that Bushemi's role in the show is to stay straight...and be a constant reminder to Tony that its possible, that his best childhood friend has turned it around....and its will eat Tony alive.

Plus, it seems that Bushemi took a bullet for Tony bu going to jail, notice the convo outside 'the Bing' and the deliberite use of the Band of Brothers (We stand alone together) clip of Babe Heffron talking about the guy in WWII who died in Heffrons place. Tony got all choked up, it might mean something.

It seems the whole 'Im the boss' crap cant be pulled on Bushemi, because technically he's only a friend and relative

I thought it was funny how his mom said he was trying on his old suits from before he went to prison in the 80's and then walked out and looked like Miami Vice.

Then I laughed even harder at the party when he was asked (I think by Paulie) "Where's Tubbs?"

Tubbs is a Miami Vice character or reference? Didn't watch it.

He was a character in MV.

That's exactly how I feel. I watched the entire first four seasons in a little less than two weeks, so I was used to seeing a couple hours of Sopranos a night. Now the new episodes just don't seem to be enough. I thought "Rat Pack" was pretty slow, but it did have some new developments that could be interesting. I didn't like the fact that Buschemi is trying to stay straight, but it is a good point that would eat Tony alive. I know I'm Jonny-come-lately, but it's been a busy week.

Paulie!?! It was the one and only Artie Bucco who launched that zinger! Artie rocks!

Thanks, I was laughing so hard I forgot who said it. I was trying to think who was there and for some reason all I remembered was Paulie. We don't see Artie too much anymore.

I understand all that, that Bobby and Janice were married between seasons, Tony never sold the house, etc. What I'm asking is whether or not Tony is living there alone. It looked like that's where they were having Sunday dinner in "Two Tonys".

I've seen every episode of season 4 twice, BTW.

Resurrecting this thread as I'm watching the shows for the 1st time (I don't get HBO) on DVD. I was surprised that no one mentioned Tony B.'s (Buscemi) "Grandpa Munster" remark, goofying on Pauly's hair. I was in stitches.