History Recap / TheSopranosS2E2DoNotResuscitate

At an inner-city construction site, a Reverend is railing to a crowd of workers about their union's failure to employ more minority employees. The employees look on in shock as the crowd begins to chant for more work. In the aftermath, the head of the firm meets with Tony, who agrees to send a handful of his own men to break up the protests and sort the situation out. Tony goes back to Satriale's and meets with Bobby, who is a shy, respectful man. Tony tells him to relay to Junior that he'll be able to keep 5% of his businesses and his title as official boss, but that the rest of his holdings now belong to Tony. Despite Tony's [[ButtMonkey mistreatment]] of Bobby, the latter agrees to relay the message.

* CountryMatters: When Uncle Junior curses after taking a fall in the shower.

* ShoutOut: After Livia finds out about Janice's plans regarding the DNR (and that Janice will be moving in with her), she confronts her daughter, saying: "I've seen that movie with Creator/RichardWidmark." This is most likely a reference to the film ''Film/KissOfDeath'', in which Widmark's character (a gleefully psychotic killer) pushes a wheelchair-using elderly woman down a flight of stairs to her death. This is reinforced by the fact that during this scene, Janice briefly hallucinates an image of Livia falling down the stairs on an "In case of fire use stairs" sign on the hospital wall. It may alternatively be seen as a reference to the 1978 film ''Literature/{{Coma}}'', also starring Widmark.

* ShoutOut: After Livia finds out about Janice's plans regarding the DNR (and that Janice will be moving in with her), she confronts her daughter, saying: "I've seen that movie with Creator/RichardWidmark." This is most likely a reference to the film ''Film/KissOfDeath'', in which Widmark's character (a gleefully psychotic killer) pushes a wheelchair-using elderly woman down a flight of stairs to her death. This is reinforced by the fact that during this scene, Janice briefly hallucinates an image of Livia falling down the stairs on an "In case of fire use stairs" sign on the hospital wall. It may alternatively be seen as a reference to the 1978 film ''Film/{{Coma}}'', also starring Widmark.

* TitleDrop: By the Nurse to Janice while explaining choices that need to be made with respect to Livia.

* EtTuBrute: Livia seemed to be warming to Janice during Janice's earlier visit. Then she hears about the DNR from A.J. Livia becomes much colder during Janice's second visit, and follows up by trying to inform Carmela that she intends to cut both Janice and Tony out of her estate.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Sean and Matthew attempt to warmly greet Tony at the construction site confrontation, only for the latter to turn around and rail at them for acknowledging him in the first place.

Junior meets Tony at his doctor's office after being officially released, now sporting an electronic bracelet on his knee, and tells him that the Feds are prohibited from putting surveillance bugs in medical buildings. They exchange terse words about the latter's reduced earning power before once again moving on to the subject of Tony making peace with Livia. Tony tells him that [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E13IDreamOfJeannieCusamano he heard evidence of the wiretaps being used on Livia at Green Grove]], and disputes Junior's claim that she doesn't know what she's saying half the time. In an attempt to change the conversation, Junior lets it slip that the owner of Green Grove, Freddie Capuano, has been gossiping about the family's business behind their back and is the other person who has been spreading rumors about Tony [[{{Matricide}} trying to kill his mother]].

The owner of the construction site, Jack Massarone, arranges with Junior and Tony to hire a group of dissenters who will break up the ongoing protests and allow the employees to get back to work. The next morning, Tony meets with Big Pussy and they stake out the protests, but they are soon interrupted by [[Recap/TheSopranosS2E1GuyWalksIntoAPsychiatristsOffice Sean and Matthew]], who see Tony in his vehicle and go to greet him. Tony gets angered with this display and drives away, angrily telling them that they're not supposed to be seen acknowledging him.

* CountryMatters: When Uncle Junior curses after taking a fall in the shower.

** Livia pulls one on Janice that uses ObfuscatingStupidity, now that she knows what Janice is really up to. She vaguely mentions some lost money in the house and not quite remembering where it is, and immediately piques Janice's interest. [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou She's given Janice an incentive to let Livia remain alive, and taken away any incentive to invoke the DNR that she heard about from A.J.]]

Janice arrives at Green Grove a short while later and finds Livia, who is still upset with herself. She gives Janice a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about how she didn't understand what her parents went through. She criticizes Janice for [[SpottingTheThread wanting to sell the family home]] and initially sends her out. However, Janice gets back into Livia's good graces by taking a tip from Meadow and playing old musical recordings for her.

The next day, a judge listens to [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E9Boca Harold Melvoin (Junior's lawyer)]] argue that Junior has an existing heart condition and should be released from prison. Despite the pleading of government lawyers on the opposing side, the Judge agrees to release Junior but confines him to house arrest and orders him to wear an electronic bracelet.

Janice arrives at Green Grove a short while later and finds Livia, who is still upset with herself. She gives Janice a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about she didn't understand what her parents went through. She criticizes Janice for [[SpottingTheThread wanting to sell the family home]] and initially sends her out. However, Janice gets back into Livia's good graces by taking a tip from Meadow and playing old musical recordings for her.

Pussy is having his back operated on at a local clinic. When the doctor asks who is coming to take him home, Pussy asks for a man named Skip, and a large man in a tracksuit enters to bring him back. As they drive back home in the car, however, [[TheReveal it's revealed that Pussy is]] [[TheInformant an informant]], who has been coerced by The FBI to go undercover and relay details of Tony's dealings. Pussy chides Skip (who is an agent himself) for asking him to speak with Tony immediately and says that he's playing things cool for the time being so that he doesn't raise any suspicions. Skip tells him that he owes nothing to Tony before dropping him off back home.

The next day, a Judge listens to [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E9Boca Harold Melvoin (Junior's lawyer)]] argue that Junior has an existing heart condition and should be released from prison. Despite the pleading of government lawyers on the opposing side, the Judge agrees to release Junior but confines him to house arrest and orders him to wear an electronic bracelet.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tony has an innocent nursing home director killed for the crime of spreading (truthful) rumours about him.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Bobby's first scene has him meekly greeting Tony and the other capos, agreeing to deliver his message to Junior about the latter's reduced assets, and getting exasperated when Tony repeatedly calls him out on his weight.

* {{Matricide}}: After Livia discovers that Janice now has the power to decide if she should be taken off life support if she goes into a coma, she claims that she doesn't want Janice to come behind her and push her down a flight of stairs. Janice even has an ImagineSpot about this afterwards.
* MyGreatestFailure: After finding out through [=AJ=] that Janice has been talking with a nurse behind Livia's back about giving power to take her off life support if she goes into a coma, the latter has a breakdown and says that she feels her two children have failed her, and pledging to give all of her possessions to A.J. and Meadow in the event she dies.

* [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Mother]]: Tony is emphatic that Livia is dead to him, and states it multiple times to Carmela, Janice and Uncle Junior. It becomes a temporary sticking point in negotiations between Tony and Uncle Junior. He also refuses to allow Livia into her former house when she can no longer stay in the hospital, no matter how much Janice pleads with him.

->''"You know what? Take her. You can have her. The two of you in that house deserve each other. It's worth watching. It'll be like [[WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane "Whatever Happened to Baby Janice?"]]"''

'''Season 2, Episode 02:'''
!Do Not Resuscitate

Tony heads to a meeting with Junior at the prison. As he arrives, he chides his uncle for making him wait three weeks before seeing him. Junior warns him that the guards listen to everything, and that he has nothing to say to him. Tony brings up [[Recap/TheSopranosS2E1GuyWalksIntoAPsychiatristsOffice the recent deaths of people who were close to Junior]], and says that things are different now that he's in charge.

Janice arrives at Green Grove a short while later and finds Livia, who is still upset with herself. She gives Janice a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech blistering speech]] about she didn't understand what her parents went through. She criticizes Janice for [[SpottingTheThread wanting to sell the family home]] and initially sends her out. However, Janice gets back into Livia's good graces after by taking a tip from Meadow and playing old musical recordings for her.

Pussy is having his back operated on at a local clinic. When the doctor asks who is coming to take him home, Pussy asks for a man named Skip, and a large man in a tracksuit enters to bring him back. As they drive back home in the car, however, [[TheReveal it's revealed that Pussy is]] [[TheInformant an informant]], who has been coerced by The FBI to go undercover and relay details of Tony's dealings. Pussy chides Skip (who is an agent himself) for asking him to speak with Tony immediately, and says that he's playing things cool for the time being so that he doesn't raise any suspicions. Skip tells him that he owes nothing to Tony before dropping him off back home.

Chris, Sean, Matt, Bobby and a large group of associates proceed to crash the protest and beat down the protestors with baseball bats. In the aftermath, Tony goes to meet with the son of the Reverend who instigated the protest in the first place, and it's revealed that [[XanatosGambit the whole protest situation]] was planned by both men so they could bilk thousands of dollars from Massarone Construction.

With the situation seemingly handled, Junior is in a good mood and sings to himself while having a shower, but slips and cracks his hip. Tony finds him being attended to by Bobby, and says that they should call an ambulance. However, Junior refuses to do so, forcing Tony to [[BridalCarry carry him in his arms]]. As they leave, he tells Tony that he fears dying and asks him to make peace with Livia.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite their strained relationship Tony rushes straight over to his uncle's house and drives him to the hospital as soon as he hears that Junior has slipped in the shower.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tony has an innocent nursing home director killed for the crime of spreading(truthful) rumours about him.

* ShoutOut: After Livia finds out about Janice's plans regarding the DNR (and that Janice will be moving in with her), she confronts her daughter, saying: "I've seen that movie with Richard Widmark." This is most likely a reference to the film ''Film/KissOfDeath'', in which Widmark's character (a gleefully psychotic killer) pushes a wheelchair-using elderly woman down a flight of stairs to her death. This is reinforced by the fact that during this scene, Janice briefly hallucinates an image of Livia falling down the stairs on an "In case of fire use stairs" sign on the hospital wall. It may alternatively be seen as a reference to the 1978 film ''Film/{{Coma}}'', also starring Widmark.

** Livia pulls one on Janice that uses ObfuscatingStupidity, now that she knows what Janice is really up to. She vaguely mentions some lost money in the house and not quite remembering where it is, and immediately piques Janice's interest. She's given Janice an incentive to let Livia remain alive, and taken away any incentive to invoke the DNR that she heard about from A.J.

** Livia pulls one on Janice now that she knows what Janice is really up to. She vaguely mentions some lost money in the house and not quite remembering where it is, and immediately piques Janice's interest. She's given Janice an incentive to let Livia remain alive, and taken away any incentive to invoke the DNR that she heard about from A.J.

** Livia pulls one on Janice now that she knows what Janice is really up to. She vaguely mentions some lost money in the house and not quite remembering where it is, and immediately piques Janice's interest. She's given Janice and incentive to let Livia remain alive, and taken away any incentive to invoke the DNR that she heard about from A.J.

* BatmanGambit: More then one.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Janice tries to glean from Meadow where Livia's pleasures my lie. Meadow initially struggles with coming up with anything other than an enjoyment of "negativity", but eventually remembers that Livia liked music and records from certain artists. Janice takes that info and immediately puts it into use. She begins playing the music for Livia in an effort to please her mother and weasel her way into taking over Livia's house for free.

* AntiVillain: Bobby, to the point of being a TokenGoodTeammate.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The dinner table scenes really convey the simmering resentments between the family members, especially now that Janice is a regular, and bringing her own brand of [[{{Jerkass}} toxicity]] into the picture.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tony has an innocent nursing home director killed for the crime of spreading(truthful) rumours about him.

* GentleGiant: Bobby Baccalieri.

* ShoutOut: Played with. Reverend James' public outcries about the treatment of Black workers, with a very passionate narrative style and demands for justice, can be evocative of ''UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr'' It's not long before he's revealed as a total {{Hypocrite}}.