Life seems to be going well for Tony, whilst Gene Pontecorvo is facing a lot of pressure.
This quite a hard hitting episode that sets the scene very well for series 6.
The plot is full of irony and typical Sopranos dark humour. Tony's home and business lives are in focus and the writers do a brilliant job of contrasting how content he is, whilst various potentially threatening situations are going on in the background. It all builds towards two key scenes that are quite shocking and brutally portrayed by the filmmakers.
Typical Sopranos themes such as consumer excess, "regularness" of life, contrasting lives between characters and parental relationships are all quite prevalent.
As ever, James Gandolfini leads it brilliantly and is supported well by the rest of the cast, with Robert Funaro standing out.
It contains excellent filmmaking throughout, but the two big visual sequences towards the end as so well done the stay with you.
This quite a hard hitting episode that sets the scene very well for series 6.
The plot is full of irony and typical Sopranos dark humour. Tony's home and business lives are in focus and the writers do a brilliant job of contrasting how content he is, whilst various potentially threatening situations are going on in the background. It all builds towards two key scenes that are quite shocking and brutally portrayed by the filmmakers.
Typical Sopranos themes such as consumer excess, "regularness" of life, contrasting lives between characters and parental relationships are all quite prevalent.
As ever, James Gandolfini leads it brilliantly and is supported well by the rest of the cast, with Robert Funaro standing out.
It contains excellent filmmaking throughout, but the two big visual sequences towards the end as so well done the stay with you.