So, what did you think of the first episode of the final season? It's been met with mixed reviews, but I'm curious what you thought!Head over to the comments and post your Two Cents about last night's episode.
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Original Airdate: Sunday April 8, 2007
Tony and Carmela travel to the Adirondacks with Bobby and Janice.
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Television Without Pity's Recap
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Remember how Tony dropped his gun in a field while fleeing from the Feds when Johnny Sack got taken in? Well, the writers do, and it all comes back to haunt Tony after a teenager finds the gun. The teen is arrested two years later, and identifies Tony as the gun's owner. Tony's family wakes up to the county sheriff and his posse pounding on the front door, and Tony is taken into custody. The case goes to court and Tony makes bail, but later the county DA drops the charges, and Tony thinks he's gotten off scot-free. Until the Feds announce that they have taken over the case, although Tony's lawyer thinks that the Feds don't have enough for a RICO charge. Yet. Tony and Carmela go to Bobby and Janice's lake house to celebrate Tony's birthday. Janice does very little parenting and a lot of philosophizing about the damage Livia did to her children. Tony even talks to Bobby about being next in line for boss. The long-simmering rage between Tony and Janice explodes during a drunken Monopoly game when Tony can't stop taking potshots at his sister and Bobby defends his wife's honor. Tony and Bobby fight; Tony goes down hard, and then spends the rest of his vacation bitching that the fight wasn't really fair. Tony and Bobby go to visit some Canadians who can get them a deal on prescription pills, and in order to cement the relationship, Tony agrees to whack someone for the Canadians. He forces gentle Bobby do it, and it's apparently Bobby's first whacking, so he's understandably disturbed by the act. Vengeance is Tony's. In other news, Meadow is living at home and planning to be a pediatrician, and Finn is nowhere in sight. AJ is working at a pizzeria and practically shacking up with Blanca and her son. Johnny Sack is still in prison. Christopher makes a brief appearance, so he's still alive, at least. Phil Leotardo is fully recovered from his heart attack and seems intent on keeping the peace with Tony, for now.
The Sopranos... well, I thought the new episode was interesting. I have decided to watch the last season because before the Sopranos turned all melodrama I was an avid watcher. I don't know if it was me, but the tension that was carried throughout the entire episode was masterful. Seeing that the whole episode took place at the lake house, you would think it would have been tame BUT the intensity between Tony and Bobby was palpable - not to mention the intensity in Bobby himself when he makes the mistake of challenging Tony and then has to deal with the adoloscent "retalitory" assignment from Tony. I enjoyed it. I thought it was smart and complex television and a great way to launch the season.
ReplyDeleteI think the show IS Tony and Tony IS the show. Getting on in years, doesn't feel it has much left, doesn't pack the punch it once did and everyone assumes it will die at the end.
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