History Recap / TheSopranosS5E9UnidentifiedBlackMales

* {{Hyprocite}}: Chris feels Tony S is giving undeserved favor to Tony B by giving him the casino, just because [[{{Nepotism}} they're cousins]]. And after Tony S explicitly pointed out to him [[Recap/TheSopranosS4E10TheStrongSilentType after the]] [[StagingAnIntervention intervention]] that Chris has gotten so many breaks and would be six feet under were it not for his own familial connection with the boss.

Tony S notices that Tony B has a limp while they're enjoying grilled cheese and a baseball game together. Tony later plays golf with Johnny Sack. Sack relates that a witness saw Joey Peep's killer 'limpin' away'. The realization that Tony B may have drawn the Jersey family into the civil war overtaking the Lupertazzi family causes Tony S to have his first panic attack in a long time. He confront Tony B with the accusation, along with the knowledge that he was sighted at the scene with his limp. But Tony B maintains his innocence.

* EmpathicEnvironment: It really starts to rain as Joey's [[DueToTheDead funeral]] concludes. RuleOfSymbolism suggests that the body count has only started.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Somebody in Tony S's crew is tasked with purchasing the gravestone for Joey's funeral. Problem is, Joey is known as Joey "Peeps". So much so that the name "PEEPS" shows up on the gravestone instead of the proper "Pepperelli".

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tony is outraged that the [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname name "PEEPS"]] appears on Joey's gravestone, and considers it [[DueToTheDead disrespectful]] notwithstanding whoever Joey happened to be.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Somebody in Tony S's crew is tasked with purchasing the gravestone for Joey's funeral. Problem is, Joey is known as Joey "Peeps" that the name "PEEPS" shows up on the gravestone instead of the proper "Pepperelli".

* CharacterDevelopment: [[CallBack Remember when]] Meadow was really angry at Tony for his [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] in giving DueToTheDead to Jackie Jr. even as [[Recap/TheSopranosS3E13ArmyOfOne he had ordered]] [[FinishHim Jackie Jr.'s death]]? Meadow had seen right through the [[BlatantLies cover story]] of Jackie Jr. being killed by Black drug dealers. Now Meadow herself spins those very same lies to Finn. Episode to episode, inch by inch, Meadow comes closer and closer to becoming DaddysLittleVillain.

* CultureJustifiesAnything: What prompted Eugene's GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie is that the latter cracked a joke implying that Eugene was homosexual. Vito remaks "I saw that coming'" while Eugene is kicking a down and out Little Paulie. The sequence establishes that homosexuality is severely frowned on within the subculture of TheMafia. It also provides the background for the arc based on Vito's homosexuality [[{{Foreshadowing}} that starts]] this episode.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[CallBack Remember when]] Meadow was really angry at Tony for his [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] in giving DueToTheDead to Jackie Jr. even as [[Recap/TheSopranosS3E13ArmyOfOne he had ordered]] [[FinishHim Jackie Jr.'s death]]. Meadow had seen right through the [[BlatantLies cover story]] of Jackie Jr. being killed by Black drug dealers. Now Meadow herself spins those very same lies to Finn. Episode to episode, inch by inch, Meadow comes closer and closer to becoming DaddysLittleVillain.

* ProfessionalButtKisser: Rusty is not above it in order to cement his status as TheManBehindTheMan. "But you may be a stronger man than your [[TheDon dad]] was." [[InadequateInheritor Seriously?]]

* BeserkButton: Eugene initiated his GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie because the latter cracked a joke implying that Eugene was homosexual. Ties in with the [[CultureJustifiesAnything Cultural Relativism]] set up in the episode as well.

* CulturalJustifiesAnything: What prompted Eugene's GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie is that the latter cracked a joke implying that Eugene was homosexual. Vito remaks "I saw that coming'" while Eugene is kicking a down and out Little Paulie. The sequence establishes that homosexuality is severely frowned on within the subculture of TheMafia. It also provides the background for the arc based on Vito's homosexuality [[{{Foreshadowing}} that starts]] this episode.

* BeserkBattle: Eugene initiated his GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie because the latter cracked a joke implying that Eugene was homosexual. Ties in with the CulturalRelativism set up in the episode as well.

* CulturalRelativism: What prompted Eugene's GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie is that the latter cracked a joke implying that Eugene was homosexual. Vito remaks "I saw that coming'" while Eugene is kicking a down and out Little Paulie. The sequence establishes that homosexuality is severely frowned on within the subculture of TheMafia. It also provides the background for the arc based on Vito's homosexuality [[{{Foreshadowing}} that starts]] this episode.

** Eugene's GrievousBottleyHarm and CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie establishes the CulturalRelativism of TheMafia, and its accompanying severe intolerance for homosexuality. Just in time for Vito's arc based on homosexuality to get started.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: Eugene starts his CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie by smashing a bottle over his head. Also doubles as a ContinuityNod for when the same thing happened to Little Paulie during the [[''Recap/TheSopranosS4E3Christopher Native American protests]].

* GrievousBottleyHarm: Eugene starts his CurbStompBattle on Little Paulie by smashing a bottle over his head. Also doubles as a ContinuityNod for when the same thing happened to LittlePaulie during the [[''Recap/TheSopranosS3E3Christopher Native American protests]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Remember the words "grilled cheese on the radiator" for later on.

* WithThisRing: A young girl at the construction site tries to explain to Finn that a wedding ring makes a real difference between just living together and actually being married, that the ring "has this strange power".

* GoldDigger: Meadow flat out accuses Carmela of being one, and that he life hasn't been anything other than one of DistractedByLuxury.

* YouDoNotWantToKnow: How Tony B tries to add another layer to his [[NotMeThisTime denial]] of killing Joey Peeps, "Even if I was, would you really wanna know?"