History Recap / TheSopranosS4E6EverybodyHurts

* {{Unperson}}: Tony's motives for forcing Artie into the mugging cover story have shades of this. He asks who else knows, like Father Intintola or Charmaine or anyone else in their circles. Tony has no delusions about being regarded as a saint by those who know him. But he is concerned that those in their respective circles would find it a new low on his part to be playing LoanShark over somebody he had been ChildhoodFriends with. It's possible he's also concerned that if his captains find out he spared Artie he would be seen as weak.

* BatmanGambit: Tony doesn't hesitate to give Artie the loan, with the ultimate benefit to Tony being the cancellation of the hefty tab he and the other mobsters have accumulated at the Vesuvio restaurant. It depends on educated guesses that Jean-Phillipe is pulling a [[TheCon scam]] and that Artie is [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter gullible]] enough to fall for it. Tony and the gang would have still owed the tab to Artie had Artie TookALevelInCynic, or Tony would have [[ForgottenFallenFriend lost his friend since childhood]] had Artie succeeded in his [[BungledSuicide suicide attempt]]. That Artie could feel DrivenToSuicide was the point that was outside of Tony's calculations when he initiated the gambit.

Artie's investment in Armagnac runs into some problems, however, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When a concerned Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests to Artie to handle his business like he usually does it; go to Jean-Philippe personally and collect on his investment. Following Tony's advice, Artie goes to Jean-Philippe's apartment, where he is greeted by a distraught Jean-Philippe, who explains to him that the investment failed and the business partner ended up backing out, the problem being that no one could figure out an effective way to actually promote Armagnac. A frustrated Artie demands his money back, but Jean-Philippe tells him that is impossible as he has spent it, and that is a normal risk in business ventures. Artie moves on to attempt to outright strong-arm Jean-Philippe to give him the money back, but this ends up as a total disaster, as he awkwardly attempts to intimidate him, then starts a fight which he quickly loses as Jean-Philippe rips out his earring and throws him out of the apartment. Fearing Tony's retribution if he doesn't get the money, and full of self-loathing at his humiliating failure, Artie attempts suicide with a bottle of pills, then calls Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie by pumping his stomach. Visiting Artie in the hospital, Tony coaches him to blame the incident on a mugging. When Artie brings up the loan he lost, Tony agrees to forgive it and settle the matter by clearing his substantial tab at Vesuvio's. Artie realizes that Tony planned for this contingency, and accuses him of manipulating the situation from the start. Tony, offended, calls Artie a disgrace for his suicide attempt, and storms out. In his next session with Dr. Melfi, he seems to have put the guilt over Gloria's suicide behind him in light of recent events, but references that he made a donation to the suicide hotline in her name. Later, he sends Furio to collect from Jean-Philippe.

* BareYourMidriff: Elodie is willing to use this tactic as part of her HoneyTrap ploy.

* CombatPragmatist: Jean-Phillipe finally gets the better of Artie by pulling out his earring.

* ManipulativeBastard: Artie accuses Tony of planning for him to be scammed so he could clear his tab at Vesuvio.

* FishOutOfWater: A.J. and Devin immediately feel this way upon seeing what part of town Meadow's Law Center is in.

* BatmanGambit: Tony didn't hesitate to give Artie the loan, with the ultimate benefit to Tony being the cancellation of the hefty tab he and the other mobsters have accumulated at the Vesuvio restaurant. It depended on educated guesses that Jean-Phillipe was pulling a [[TheCon scam]] and that Artie was [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter gullible]] enough to fall for it. Tony and the gang would have still owed the tab to Artie had Artie TookALevelInCynic, or Tony would have [[ForgottenFallenFriend lost his friend since childhood]] had Artie succeeded in his [[BungledSuicide suicide attempt]]. That Artie could feel DrivenToSuicide was the point that was outside of Tony's calculations when he initiated the gambit.

Artie's investment in Armagnac runs into some problems, however, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When a concerned Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests to Artie to handle his business like he usually does it; go to Jean-Philippe personally and collect on his investment. Following Tony's advice, Artie goes to Jean-Philippe's apartment, where he is greeted by a distraught Jean-Philippe, who explains to him that the investment failed and the business partner ended up backing out, the problem being that no one could figure out an effective way to actually promote Armagnac. A frustrated Artie demands his money back, but Jean-Philippe tells him that is impossible as he has spent them, and that is a normal risk in business ventures. Artie moves on to attempt to outright strong-arm Jean-Philippe to give him the money back, but this ends up as a total disaster, as he awkwardly attempts to intimidate him, then starts a fight which he quickly loses as Jean-Philippe rips out his earring and throws him out of the apartment. Fearing Tony's retribution if he doesn't get the money, and full of self-loathing at his humiliating failure, Artie attempts suicide with a bottle of pills, then calls Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie by pumping his stomach. Visiting Artie in the hospital, Tony coaches him to blame the incident on a mugging. When Artie brings up the loan he lost, Tony agrees to forgive it and settle the matter by clearing his substantial tab at Vesuvio's. Artie realizes that Tony planned for this contingency, and accuses him of manipulating the situation from the start. Tony, offended, calls Artie a disgrace for his suicide attempt, and storms out. In his next session with Dr. Melfi, he seems to have put the guilt over Gloria's suicide behind him in light of recent events, but references that he made a donation to the suicide hotline in her name. Later, he sends Furio to collect from Jean-Philippe.