Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood
- Episode aired Mar 4, 2001
- TV-MA
- 50m
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8.6/10
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The FBI has trouble finding a new informant, so they attempt to bug the Soprano home.The FBI has trouble finding a new informant, so they attempt to bug the Soprano home.The FBI has trouble finding a new informant, so they attempt to bug the Soprano home.
Michele DeCesare
- Hunter Scangarelo
- (as Michele De Cesare)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe song played throughout the episode is the "Peter Gunn Theme" by Henry Mancini, and "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. It was mashed together by Kathryn Dayak from HBO.
- GoofsEarly in the episode Tony and his crew are having a group lunch. The camera shows Furio at the sink, while Tony is talking. The camera switches to Tony talking to his crew. Then, the camera switches to the crew again eating, although now Paulie is at the sink talking to the crew and Furio is eating.
- Quotes
Tony Soprano: [to the FBI agents sitting in a car in front of his house] Listen, I'll save you some gas. I'm just going down to the stationery store and I'll be right back. You don't gotta follow me like yesterday, all right?
- ConnectionsEdited from The Sopranos: Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office (2000)
- SoundtracksEvery Breath You Take/Theme from Peter Gunn (Mr. Ruggerio's Remix)
(uncredited)
Written by Sting and Henry Mancini
Remixed by Kathryn Dayak
Featured review
Exhilarating start of new season
The Sopranos does have some funny moments, that's undisputed. Most of the time, though, those moments are a brief intermission in an otherwise endless stream of darkness. Not so in the premiere of Season Three, which is probably the single most amusing episode of the show.
Starting where the previous season's finale ended (the execution of Pussy Bonpensiero), Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood sees the FBI nowhere closer to apprehending Tony. One option would be to make Livia testify, but that idea is quickly rejected. At this point, the only way out is to install a bug in the Sopranos' home. Of course, in order to pull that off, they will need a long enough time-frame in which the house is completely empty, with Carmela playing tennis, the housekeeper having lunch with her husband, Meadow studying at Columbia and A.J. doing whatever the hell he does all day. As for Tony, he might be in bigger trouble with Patsy Parisi (Dan Grimaldi) than the feds, since the former is (rightly) convinced the boss had something to do with the whacking of his twin brother.
Even that possible hint of brutality, however, climaxes into a disturbingly funny scene, so grotesque it almost distracts from the main story, which represents a refreshing departure from the show's traditional format: rather than an old-school gangster flick, this episode is a caper à la Ocean's Eleven, the Bureau's operation channeling the lighter spirit of intelligent crime comedies ("Entering the sausage factory" one guy says of Tony's house). Just don't get used to it: starting with Episode 2, it's back to bloody business as usual, so enjoy the fun while it lasts.
Starting where the previous season's finale ended (the execution of Pussy Bonpensiero), Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood sees the FBI nowhere closer to apprehending Tony. One option would be to make Livia testify, but that idea is quickly rejected. At this point, the only way out is to install a bug in the Sopranos' home. Of course, in order to pull that off, they will need a long enough time-frame in which the house is completely empty, with Carmela playing tennis, the housekeeper having lunch with her husband, Meadow studying at Columbia and A.J. doing whatever the hell he does all day. As for Tony, he might be in bigger trouble with Patsy Parisi (Dan Grimaldi) than the feds, since the former is (rightly) convinced the boss had something to do with the whacking of his twin brother.
Even that possible hint of brutality, however, climaxes into a disturbingly funny scene, so grotesque it almost distracts from the main story, which represents a refreshing departure from the show's traditional format: rather than an old-school gangster flick, this episode is a caper à la Ocean's Eleven, the Bureau's operation channeling the lighter spirit of intelligent crime comedies ("Entering the sausage factory" one guy says of Tony's house). Just don't get used to it: starting with Episode 2, it's back to bloody business as usual, so enjoy the fun while it lasts.
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- MaxBorg89
- Apr 20, 2008
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