Am watching series for the first with my husband and loving it. The conversation Carm has with the psychiatrist is gut-wrenching ..he reads her so quickly and gives her a huge reality check. I think Carmela is stuck in the grief cycle. First denial through the early years of their marriage, then anger largely because of Tony's philandering and constant lying, but she also doesn't want to know the whole truth about Tony's work. More denial.
She is stuck in the bargaining stage; the parties with the other mob families, the concern for her children and of course her faith all make it ok for her to stay. She is no different than any other abused wife who stays "because of the kids". The 50k donation to Columbia is her trade off for being Tony's accomplice. Bargaining. I thought I was going to puke when she said she wanted another baby. More bargaining. Next stage is sadness which I don't see Carm in. If she moved into the sadness stage she would take her kids and run without any blood money. Just like the Dr. Advised.
She is stuck in the bargaining stage; the parties with the other mob families, the concern for her children and of course her faith all make it ok for her to stay. She is no different than any other abused wife who stays "because of the kids". The 50k donation to Columbia is her trade off for being Tony's accomplice. Bargaining. I thought I was going to puke when she said she wanted another baby. More bargaining. Next stage is sadness which I don't see Carm in. If she moved into the sadness stage she would take her kids and run without any blood money. Just like the Dr. Advised.