History Recap / TheSopranosS6E6LiveFreeOrDie

'''Carlo:''' "Social club"? He's gotta go!\\

* {{Protectorate}}: Paulie makes a point of assuring Finn that no harm will come to him from Vito.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Unlike the rest of the mobsters, Patsy explicitly says he doesn't care one way or another if Vito's gay.

Meadow and Finn get into an argument. Meadow accuses Finn of being ashamed of being Italian when he fails to share her outrage over how Johnny Sack was treated during his daughter's wedding. Finn in turn counters that justifying the actions of her crime family is hypocritical, especially now that both of them know the Jersey family will seek to murder Vito for being gay. Meadow says, "This is untenable" and leaves, strongly implying that she and Finn have now broken up.

Phil in his own turn vows to murder Vito, for the additional reason that Vito is married to Phil's own cousin, Marie. Phil thus views the whole matter as bringing shame on his family.

Tony struggles with his hang-ups over Vito during a therapy session with Dr. Melfi. He personally dislikes homosexuality. But he's relatively more tolerant compared to many of the other mobsters, including the murderously intolerant Carlo. He's ambivalent over matters such as the necessity of homosexuality in male prisons, the culture of tolerance for gender and sexuality-non-conforming people, and his desire to retain Vito as his top earner.

** Rosalie then informs Carmela that Angie herself [[TotallyNotACriminalFront "puts money on the street"]] in partnership with the mobsters. Rosalie even lampshades that Angie has become "one of them" instead of "one of us".

** Rosalie then informs Carmela that Angie herself [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub "puts money on the street"]] in partnership with the mobsters. Rosalie even lampshades that Angie has become "one of them" instead of "one of us".

** He also packs a photo of him and Marie, which indeed confirms that he [[IWasQuiteALooker Was Once Quite A Looker]]. That suggests that he still has romantic feelings for Marie in spite of his homosexuality.

** Chris truly wants to live up to the billing of HeteronormativeCrusader. He volunteers himself to give Vito a CruelAndUnusualDeath preceded by a CripplingCastration.

** Carlo also tries to suggest that Vito needs to be taken out for the sake of the DiMeo crime family's honor.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Patsy breaks out laughing at Chris's "greasing the union" joke.

* VisualTitleDrop: Vito notices a New Hampshire license plate that reads: "Live Free or Die". It also doubles as a [[AnAesop newfound Aesop]] for Vito.

* ManlyGay: Johnny Cakes, and Vito notices right away.

* TheMutiny: Both Carlo and Silvio as TheConsigliere warn Tony that he will face one if Vito is allowed back into the fold.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Val gets into his car and DrivesLikeCrazy away from Benny and a couple of other mobsters once he knows that word of his homosexuality has gotten out.

* PragmaticVillainy:
** Tony doesn't want Vito to be killed because he's a good earner who makes Tony a lot of money.
** Silvio isn't as personally outraged by Vito's sexuality as [[HeteronormativeCrusader Chris, Paulie, or Carlo]], but he still wants Tony to deal with him harshly because he thinks Tony will lose respect and income if he's lenient.

Vito makes his way to a hotel and spends the night in a room. He goes to the hotel restaurant in the morning and immediately becomes attracted to the cook named Johnny Cakes.

Tony struggles with his hangups over Vito during a therapy session with Dr. Melfi. He personally dislikes homosexuality. But he's relatively more tolerant compared to many of the other mobsters, including the murderously intolerant Carlo. He's ambivalent over matters such as the necessity of homosexuality in male prisons, the culture of tolerance for gender and sexuality-non-conforming people, and his desire to retain Vito as his top earner.