Penultimate Sopranos spoily thing

[spatch]

Of all the things that happened in this week's Sopranos, what was the scene that shocked me the most?



Dr. Kupferberg revealing at the dinner party that Dr. Melfi was treating Tony Soprano.

Watching Bobby Bacala get his (and knowing his hit was coming as soon as we saw him in the train store without answering his cellphone) was sad but inevitable. Watching Sil and Patsy get hit was another inevitable surprise (the motorcyclist afterwards I think was added to help make the scene more visceral) and watching Tony stare at his door in the safe house, machine gun in hand, just sealed it all up. We knew the House of Soprano was going to fall eventually -- well, it started with Chris' death, didn't it? -- and this episode just hastened the fall.

But still. What got me the most worked up? Dr. K committing a serious breach of ethics and betraying two instances of doctor-patient confidentiality (Melfi/Soprano, Kupferberg/Melfi) ... though honestly, I'm not sure Melfi should've named her patient to Dr. K to begin with. Anyway.

Maybe they'll take the house falling metaphor to a literal extreme next week and Carm's spec house will fall over. (Maybe one side wall will topple over onto Buster Bluth.) Solid as a rock!

Comments

[ilovehpl.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that horrible! "It's ok, we're all friends here!" I never understood why she would be his patient in the first place, he's always been annoying and inappropriate but that was too much.

It also kind of killed me that Bobby was about to spend $8,000 on a model train and Janice was begging for money to keep Uncle Junior out of the state institution. $8,000 wouldn't go far at a private hospital, but still.

It would be so wonderful to see Buster Bluth in the last episode.

[spatch]

Yeah, $8000 wouldn't go very far. Tony was complaining that AJ's treatment at the private facility was costing $2000 a day (I think he also said "4000" at one point.)

Hmm. Was Janice fronting any money for Uncle Ju herself? I thought she'd approached Tony only after speaking to Junior's accountant and got the news he was insolvent and that he couldn't afford to continue to live in the institution. Wonder what she'll do with Bobby's money and (presumable) life insurance payout.

Tony's parting words to her, though, must have stung and echoed pretty harsh back at him afterwards. Note how he didn't join Carm and Meadow to console Janice, though honestly that's excused by the fact that IT'S TIME TO GO ON THE LAM.

I loved his little fishing trip flashback at the end, too.

[ubiquity75.livejournal.com]

I actually like where the show has gone since Livia's demise. Sure, it was the major plot and focal point of the show in the early days and the Tony-Livia and Tony-Melfi interactions were key, but my GOD this season has made me remember why I LOVE this show. If the show had never evolved from those relationships, it wouldn't have been nearly as interesting and exciting.

It's just brilliant. There is nothing like it, before, and there won't be, after.