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Hi,
I can't wait until next Sunday!
Well, this one threw up a lot of questions that presumably will be
answered in the next episode.
Some people don't like the solid psychological footing of Sopranos, but
I think that the psychological under-pinnings make Sopranos better than
Godfather in terms of realism. For example, real people do things like
drive to the house of love interest, stop and think for a while and
just drive off. Some may consider that scene dead air, but that's how
human beings act. Also, Furio thinking better of killing Tony is another
realistic portrayal of human motivations. It is the involuntary,
spontaneous actions which betray our true thoughts and emotions much
more so than our practiced lies.
There wasn't one dominant theme in this episode (like Death was in the
last one).
Are Carmine and Carmine Junior playing Johnny Sak or is Johnny Sak
playing Carmine? Was the scene at the golf course staged to befuddle
Johnny Sak? The story about the French minister who was jailed by
Louis XIV was suspiciously too sophisticated for Carmine Junior who
even mispronounced Versailles. Did Carmine feed that story to his
son to tell Tony? Either way, Johnny Sak is definitely trying to look
for an angle. He first tells Carmine to break Tony's back and then
talks to Tony secretly about something happening to Carmine ... God
forbid.
Cousin Brian is in bad shape. He will not last long, especially since
he's played by a bad actor (like Aprillo Jr. last season).
I don't think Carmela's and Furio's infatuation could have ended any
other way. Carmela is an attractive woman, and she sends out earnest,
pleading signals which are materially different from signals a woman
sends out when she just wants a casual fling. Any other outcome will have
smelt of day-time soap opera.
It certainly didn't take Meadow long to catch on to Carmela's real
reason for unhappiness, when she heard about her visits to Furio's house,
in AJ's room. She asks Tony if life changes are what he REALLY thinks is
bothering Carmela.
Paulie is just as socially inept as his mother. A lot of people like
Paulie will not verify facts such as Johnny's suggestion that Carmine
hears about his contributions. First, Paulie WANTED to hear something
to that effect, and simple minded self-deceiving people can be easily
con'ed just by being told exactly what they want to hear. Second,
verifying his good standing with Carmine could have uncovered the fact
that he's been duped all this time. That would be the opposite of what
he wants to hear. So, part of him tells himself that the unpleasant
truth may be uncovered by due dilligence and follow through. So, self
deceivers will often believe what they want to believe inspite of all
evidence to the contrary.
Well, when Silvio tells Paulie that things could be different if
responsibility is accepted for one's actions, Paulie responds with the
usual defense mechanism of reacting violently. This is hall-mark of
self-deceit and unwillingness to think about one's problems.
When Paulie finds out just how screwed he is, true to form he sinks
deeper into depravity. To a lesser extent, a lot of people deal with
problems in a similar way, for example by resorting to alcoholism, which
only makes their lives worse. Again, turning the cold light of reason
upon oneself and being truthful with oneself is the one true way to fix
one's problems.
Also, it is completely realistic for Carmela to be jealous of Meadow.
Tony's last question was stated oddly. It was "She's a smart,
attractive, independent woman. Isn't that what you wanted?" Well, I
think Carmela's affirmative answer was that she wanted to be a smart,
attractive and independent woman HERSELF.
So many questions ... So THAT'S why the next episode will be EXTRA long!
:-)
thanks
Jae
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