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* NumberTwo: Tony anoints Chris as his second-in-command and heir apparent.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Chris pledges UndyingLoyalty to Tony, partly for Tony's role in helping Chris [[{{Revenge}} avenge]] his father.
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Chris pledges his UndyingLoyalty to Tony, and on this basis.
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* MouthOfSauron: Tony revives his plan to make Chris his Mouth, and justifies it on the need to minimize his exposure to SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands.
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* MistakenForJunkie: Completely subverted. Both Tony and Furio pick up that something's off about Chris when he shows up high for a meeting.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A.J. is adamant he's never going to join the armed forces. Talk about {{Irony}}.
* GilliganCut: Chris prying himself away from his drugs cuts to A.J. drinking and smoking with his friends.
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* IronicEcho: Now even A.J. gets into telling others that his father is in "waste management", just like Meadow in seasons earlier. Except his audience knows Tony is in the mob, but have the mistaken notion that "waste management" is a recent move into going legit, instead of a long-established front.
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* DescentIntoAddiction: Both Adriana and Chris slide harder into heroin abuse together in response to the stresses in their lives.
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* ManipulativeBastard:Artie accuses Tony of planning for him to be scammed so he could clear his tab of at Vesuvio.
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AJ and a friend visit Devon's home and are surprised to find that she is enormously wealthy and lives in a gated-off mansion complete with security. AJ is embarrassed, asking why Devon didn't mention this when he was going on a tirade about the excessiveness of his own wealth. Later, AJ's friends question why his family isn't especially wealthy despite their mafia connections, and AJ can't answer.
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My God what have i done:Tony is genuinely regretful for mistreating Gloria when he learns she killed herself however this is something of a deconstruction as his attempts to pet the dog following her death are largely revealed to be an attempt on his part to talk himself out of the idea that he's a bad person.
Manipulative Bastard:Artie accuses Tony of planning for him to be scammed so he could clear his tab of at Vesuvio.
Nepotism:Tony tells Chris he will only give orders through him in the future as he only trusts his blood
Pragmatic Villainy:Ralph refuses to lend Artie money because he knows the preferential treatment Artie gets from Tony will keep him safe from any repurcussions if he fails to honor his debt.
With Friends like These:after his best friend tries to kill himself Tony berates him and feels sorry for himself.
My God what have i done:Tony is genuinely regretful for mistreating Gloria when he learns she killed herself however this is something of a deconstruction as his attempts to pet the dog following her death are largely revealed to be an attempt on his part to talk himself out of the idea that he's a bad person.
Manipulative Bastard:Artie accuses Tony of planning for him to be scammed so he could clear his tab of at Vesuvio.
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Artie and Charmaine Bucco still struggle financially with Vesuvio's, drawing minimal patrons while Tony and his guys eat their there regularly on a rapidly growing unpaid tab. Artie is drawn to Elodie, the new French hostess, who ropes him into making a business deal with her brother Jean-Philippe, investing in a brand of French vodka called Armagnac. Charmaine is skeptical, noticing immediately how Elodie plays on Artie's attraction to her in order to get her way. Disregarding Charmaine, Artie looks to borrow money from one of his connected acquaintances in order to make the investment, but avoids Tony at first. He goes to Ralph Cifaretto, who turns him down because Tony would protect Artie if he didn't pay back.
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Artie and Charmaine Bucco still struggle financially with Vesuvio's, drawing minimal patrons while Tony and his guys eat their regularly on a rapidly growing unpaid tab. Artie is drawn to Elodie, his the new French hostess at Vesuvio, hostess, who ropes him into making a business deal with her brother Jean-Philippe, investing in a brand of French vodka called Armagnac. Charmaine is skeptical, noticing immediately how Elodie plays on Artie's attraction to her in order to get her way. Disregarding Charmaine, Artie looks to borrow money from one of his connected acquaintances in order to make the investment, but avoids Tony at first. He goes to Ralph Cifaretto, who turns him down because Tony would protect Artie if he didn't pay back.
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Artie's investment in Armagnac falls through, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests Artie visit Jean-Philippe personally to collect on his investment. Artie's attempt to strong-arm Jean-Philippe is 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, calling Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie but have to pump 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. He sends Furio to collect from Jean-Philippe.
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Artie's investment in Armagnac falls through, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests Artie visit Jean-Philippe personally to collect on his investment. Artie's attempt to strong-arm Jean-Philippe is 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, calling Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie but have to pump 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. He 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.
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Christopher slips further into heroin addiction as Adriana partakes along with him. After they shoot up, Chris gets an unexpected call from Tony, asking to meet with him. During this meeting, Tony finally reveals his game plan to Christopher, explaining that he'll be giving his orders primarily through him from now on. Tony also notices Christopher's intoxicated state, but Christopher writes it off as some wine he drank.
Artie Bucco is drawn to Elodie, his new French hostess at Vesuvio, who ropes him into making a business deal with her brother Jean-Philippe, investing in a brand of French vodka called Armagnac. Charmaine is skeptical, noticing immediately how Elodie plays on Artie's attraction to her in order to get her way. Disregarding Charmaine, Artie looks to borrow money from one of his connected acquaintances in order to make the investment, but avoids Tony at first. He goes to Ralph Cifaretto, who turns him down because Tony would protect Artie if he didn't pay back.
AJ dates a girl named Devon Pilsbury, and spends time with a group of friends who are intrigued by his mob-connected family. When the topic of front businesses like the olive oil company from The Godfather comes up, AJ remembers that his dad owns a strip club and tries to direct his friends to it. They end up at Satriale's instead, and leave shortly. Later, AJ and Devon are interrupted while making out at his house, but Carmela comes home, interrupting them. AJ calls Meadow, hoping to use her dorm room to have sex with Devon, but she misunderstands his wording and invites him to the South Bronx Poverty Law Center where she works, instead. AJ and Devon are exposed to a much rougher and lower class lifestyle, prompting AJ to muse about the wealth and privilege of his family.
Carmela considers setting Furio up with a recently single friend of hers. While discussing the matter in bed with Tony, she briefly mentions that she visited Globe Motors recently and found out that Gloria Trillo committed suicide. Tony is blindsided by this. He visits Globe Motors, looking for more answers to why Gloria killed herself, but only discerns from the manager that she "didn't have much luck with men", as well as the detail that she hanged herself from a chandelier. In therapy with Melfi, Tony is angry that she never told him, and first blames Melfi for Gloria's death, lashing out at her, then reveals that he assumes it was his fault. Melfi argues against both interpretations, feeling hurt at Tony's accusations, but also pointing out that he has no real basis to assume the blame for Gloria's death. Regardless, Tony's mental state worsens and he begins to drink excessively.
Tony visits Artie, offended that he avoided asking him for the Armagnac loan. In light of his guilt over Gloria's death, he wonders if this makes him some kind of toxic person. Tony loans the money to Artie as a friend, and when Artie gives him a bottle of Armagnac he leaves and chugs the drink right outside Artie's house. Tony has a nightmare in which he arrives at Gloria's home for dinner to find her wearing a scarf around her neck. The chandelier at her home also weighs heavily on the ceiling, causing flakes of plaster to fall into a bottle of Armagnac on the table, and Gloria goes to her oven to stir some unknown substance when it dings. Finally, Gloria offers to remove the scarf and show Tony her neck, but he wakes up just as she does this.
A guilt-riddled Tony begins doing good deeds for all those around him. He finally sits down with Carmela and her cousin Brian the financial advisor to sign the living trust he had been avoiding, and even puts Brian in touch with Patsy Parisi to supply him with nice suits as a favor. He then arranges to take Carmela to a Billy Joel concert, bringing Brian and his wife as well as Furio and Carmela's friend Liz, who she hoped to set up with him, though her matchmaking efforts are eventually unsuccessful. Tony also treats Janice to dinner in a rare show of kindness to her, and congratulates her on the budding relationship with Bobby Baccala, genuinely praising him as a good man despite Janice's expectation that he will again interfere with her love life.
Artie's investment in Armagnac falls through, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests Artie visit Jean-Philippe personally to collect on his investment. Artie's attempt to strong-arm Jean-Philippe is 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, calling Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie but have to pump 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. He sends Furio to collect from Jean-Philippe.
AJ and a friend visit Devon's home and are surprised to find that she is enormously wealthy and lives in a gated-off mansion complete with security. AJ is embarrassed, asking why Devon didn't mention this when he was going on a tirade about the excessiveness of his own wealth. Later, AJ's friends question why his family isn't especially wealthy despite their mafia connections, and AJ can't answer.
Artie Bucco is drawn to Elodie, his new French hostess at Vesuvio, who ropes him into making a business deal with her brother Jean-Philippe, investing in a brand of French vodka called Armagnac. Charmaine is skeptical, noticing immediately how Elodie plays on Artie's attraction to her in order to get her way. Disregarding Charmaine, Artie looks to borrow money from one of his connected acquaintances in order to make the investment, but avoids Tony at first. He goes to Ralph Cifaretto, who turns him down because Tony would protect Artie if he didn't pay back.
AJ dates a girl named Devon Pilsbury, and spends time with a group of friends who are intrigued by his mob-connected family. When the topic of front businesses like the olive oil company from The Godfather comes up, AJ remembers that his dad owns a strip club and tries to direct his friends to it. They end up at Satriale's instead, and leave shortly. Later, AJ and Devon are interrupted while making out at his house, but Carmela comes home, interrupting them. AJ calls Meadow, hoping to use her dorm room to have sex with Devon, but she misunderstands his wording and invites him to the South Bronx Poverty Law Center where she works, instead. AJ and Devon are exposed to a much rougher and lower class lifestyle, prompting AJ to muse about the wealth and privilege of his family.
Carmela considers setting Furio up with a recently single friend of hers. While discussing the matter in bed with Tony, she briefly mentions that she visited Globe Motors recently and found out that Gloria Trillo committed suicide. Tony is blindsided by this. He visits Globe Motors, looking for more answers to why Gloria killed herself, but only discerns from the manager that she "didn't have much luck with men", as well as the detail that she hanged herself from a chandelier. In therapy with Melfi, Tony is angry that she never told him, and first blames Melfi for Gloria's death, lashing out at her, then reveals that he assumes it was his fault. Melfi argues against both interpretations, feeling hurt at Tony's accusations, but also pointing out that he has no real basis to assume the blame for Gloria's death. Regardless, Tony's mental state worsens and he begins to drink excessively.
Tony visits Artie, offended that he avoided asking him for the Armagnac loan. In light of his guilt over Gloria's death, he wonders if this makes him some kind of toxic person. Tony loans the money to Artie as a friend, and when Artie gives him a bottle of Armagnac he leaves and chugs the drink right outside Artie's house. Tony has a nightmare in which he arrives at Gloria's home for dinner to find her wearing a scarf around her neck. The chandelier at her home also weighs heavily on the ceiling, causing flakes of plaster to fall into a bottle of Armagnac on the table, and Gloria goes to her oven to stir some unknown substance when it dings. Finally, Gloria offers to remove the scarf and show Tony her neck, but he wakes up just as she does this.
A guilt-riddled Tony begins doing good deeds for all those around him. He finally sits down with Carmela and her cousin Brian the financial advisor to sign the living trust he had been avoiding, and even puts Brian in touch with Patsy Parisi to supply him with nice suits as a favor. He then arranges to take Carmela to a Billy Joel concert, bringing Brian and his wife as well as Furio and Carmela's friend Liz, who she hoped to set up with him, though her matchmaking efforts are eventually unsuccessful. Tony also treats Janice to dinner in a rare show of kindness to her, and congratulates her on the budding relationship with Bobby Baccala, genuinely praising him as a good man despite Janice's expectation that he will again interfere with her love life.
Artie's investment in Armagnac falls through, with Jean-Philippe neglecting to call him back while Elodie uses her usual flirty behavior as a distraction. When Artie brings this up to Tony, he suggests Artie visit Jean-Philippe personally to collect on his investment. Artie's attempt to strong-arm Jean-Philippe is 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, calling Tony to drunkenly cry and apologize. Tony calls 911, who save Artie but have to pump 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. He sends Furio to collect from Jean-Philippe.
AJ and a friend visit Devon's home and are surprised to find that she is enormously wealthy and lives in a gated-off mansion complete with security. AJ is embarrassed, asking why Devon didn't mention this when he was going on a tirade about the excessiveness of his own wealth. Later, AJ's friends question why his family isn't especially wealthy despite their mafia connections, and AJ can't answer.
