TV: May 2007 Archives

If there was ever any doubt that Tony Soprano is a murderous, selfish pig . . . last night's episode clearly removed that from my mind.


He's an easy guy to like from time to time - just as any good, well-intentioned sociopath trains himself to be. A charmer on the surface . . . but watch your back. Tony always has had this thing about weakness.

Chris did the worst possible thing he could have done when he mentioned the drugs last night. Who knows, had he not brought them up Tony might have helped him. In the end, however, we can see that this is eating him up from the inside-out. He has guilt dripping from every possible part of his body.

But don't let it fool you. Tony's life of debauchery and self-indulgence hasn't missed a beat. You would think that the guys dumping their asbestos into the wetlands would leave a trail of some kind?

Tony's getting a bit careless. Don't you think?

I've been waiting for The Sopranos to start getting a little better. Obviously they are trying to build a lot of tension for a really climactic ending.

Chris is a little over the top. But, you have to hand it to him. To be that drunk and still be able to place a shot right into a guy's forehead. I would have expected him to miss by a mile. The question is, when is he going to try that on someone else like Paulie or perhaps even Tony? I think they are trying to get us to expect that Chris may go to the feds to get even with Tony.

Adriana keeps coming up. While I was watching I couldn't help but expect that Chris was going to spill the beans about her several times. But he didn't. But will he?

I never expected AJ to split with his girlfriend. It's really got him all screwed up. After last night, we see that he does kind of enjoy the suffering of others a little more than I expected. I had predicted that AJ might go into the family business. After seeing his reaction when he and his buddies decided to punish a guy who owed a little money - I may have been wrong about him not having the constitution to for this line of work. And if you remember from last season, AJ does like the mobster life. He likes the respect it commands, the money, the drugs, and the women. You do have to kind of wonder a bit, however. With all the emotional turmoil that Tony has been going through with Chris and his desire to go into the movie business, his fistfight with Bobby, and the lack of anyone to really be his protege . . . Tony may welcome AJ because I really think he's looking for something like this in someone he thinks he can trust.

Tony's conversation with the feds was a little strange. I wonder where that's going to take us? Any thoughts? Predictions? I'm not sure what to think at this point. But I expect the retaliations and violence is going to start picking up considerably. Who's going to be left standing is anyone's guess as far as I'm concerned.