History Recap / TheSopranosS5E8MarcoPolo

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Carmela ends up giving Mary one, the substance of which is accusing Mary of being a BoomerangBigot.

-->-- '''Tony Blundetto'''

** Tony B still has this vibe going on as he holds Meadow under a MaleGaze.
** Implied again when he looks uncomfortably at Tony S having a little closeup fun with Meadow.

-->'''Mary'''[to Dr. Fegoli]: I'm sorry for everything. What can I say?
-->'''Dr. Fegoli''': Get my boy home safe.
-->'''Carmela''': You're sorry? For what? No, no. I wanna hear.
-->'''Mary''': Oh, please, Carmela. The off-color jokes, the sausage twirling...These are cultured Italians. Russ is a success, a diplomat. This was a shock for them.
-->'''Carmela''': He's such a diplomat he insults his host? You heard what he said to Tony. He's a pompous man. He always was.
-->'''Mary''': Let's talk about this another time.
-->'''Carmela''': That's why you didn't want Tony here. It had nothing to do with our situation. All along, it was so that your cultured Italian friends, who were born and raised on Arthur Avenue, I might add, wouldn't meet Tony the gavone.
-->'''Mary''': He made us all look like gavones.
-->'''Carmela''': Whatever we are, I am proud of it, unlike you obviously.
-->'''Mary''': I have always been proud of my heritage.
-->'''Carmela''': Bullshit. You told Aunt Rose you were glad [=DeAngelis=] didn't end in a vowel.
-->'''Mary''': I never said that!
-->'''Carmela''': And when Meadow came out..."Oh my God, she's so dark."
-->'''Mary''': You're drunk. I'm going home.
-->'''Carmela''': There are Italians all around with their closet self-loathing. I just never wanted to believe my mother was one of them. What the fuck are you crying about? Your secret is out.

* SoapboxSadie: Meadow points out the double standards of the US Judicial system when it comes to minorities. Tony S. calls her "my little bleeding heart", as in "bleeding heart liberal".

* SpottingTheThread: Dr. Fegoli notes that the best of the Beretta guns, including the Giubileo shotguns, are never exported. He has thereby figured out instantly that Tony is [[TheMafia a mobster]] who has the connections to get that kind of gun into the States. Mary's worst fears are realized, which eventually leads to Carmela giving her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Of the BoomerangBigot variety on account of Mary. Mary considers Dr. Fegoli, the holder of a doctorate and a diplomat, the rare Italian American she can't feel embarrassed about. Part of her motivation for pressuring Carmela into not inviting Tony was she didn't want Tony to embarrass her in front of Dr. Fegoli.

* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Tony B initially struggles with and refuses a hit job on Joey Peeps. But he takes up Rusty on the offer, because he wants very much to improve his material situation, especially for his kids. He subsequently shoots Joey dead in his car, along with a [[DisposableSexWorker prostitute]].

-->'''Tony''': So your a doctor like Kissinger’s a doctor?

* OneOfTheBoys: Angie has effectively become of the guys after having taken over Big Pussy's body shop. Given that we haven't seen her for a while, it also has shades of AscendedExtra and TheBusCameBack.

* DisposableSexWorker: Implied to a degree. Tony B has to work himself up to taking out Joey Peeps, with whom he had friendly acquaintances. He shows no hesitation in also taking out [[TheOldestProfession the prostitute]] as well once he gets around to killing Joey Peeps. The murder is underscored by Rusty's earlier comment about how deplorable the act of killing a woman is -- this chivalry clearly applies not at all to paid girls.

** In "[[Recap/TheSopranosS4E1ForAllDebtsPublicAndPrivate For All Debts Public and Private]]", the late Carmine told Tony, "A don doesn't wear shorts." Tony is wearing shorts.

-->-- '''Jason Blundetto'''

Tony Blundetto meanwhile is not making as much as he'd hoped running airbags for Tony S. Tony B gets courted by Rusty Millio and Angela Garepe, supporters of Little Carmine, for a hit job on Joey Peeps. Tony B struggles with whether he's willing to go as far as murder in order to make ends meet. The sight of the luxuries that the Soprano family has enjoyed, including the house, gets to Tony B and his kids, who steal from their cousin A,J. because he already "has so much". It becomes a tipping point for Tony B to accept the hit job.

* DeathBySex: Tony B shoots Joey Peeps dead while he's driving home a prostitute whose services he'd been previously enjoying.

-->'''Mary''': I'm sorry for everything. What can I say?