History Recap / TheSopranosS1E8TheLegendOfTennesseeMoltisanti

* NWordPrivileges: Defied by Dr. Melfi, who argues rather vehemently with her own family members that words like "Ginzo" and "Guinea" should never be used with reference to Italian Americans, even among Italian Americans themselves.

** Chris mentions that his cousin's girlfriend, Amy, [[Recap/TheSopranosS2E7DGirl works in film development]].

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Brendan Filone's rank and role in the crime family is exaggerated by the news, much to Christopher's annoyance.

* PornStash: A.J. is revealed to have one of these on his computer.

** The scene where Tony makes a genuine attempt to help his nephew with his depression is used to contrast Richard's simplistic view of him as a pure evil monster.

** One scene in the episode has Chris shoot an innocent person in the foot after the latter fails to follow his orders. The inverse happens in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' with the character Spider (also played by Michael Imperioli) having the same thing happen to him.

That night, Melfi attends a family dinner with her estranged husband, Richard, and her parents. When her son, Jason, makes a crude remark, Melfi corrects him on the usage and says that she has a patient who would take offense to it. The conversation turns to whether her patient is in the mob, and they tell her to transfer him to another psychiatrist. After Richard rants against Italian-American Mafiosi for negatively impacting culture and causing Italian-Americans for being stereotyped as criminals, Melfi says that they shouldn't talk about any of her patients and tells them to drop the matter.

* CulturalPosturing: Plenty of it from Tony when the family is enjoying takeout Chinese food, and played for laughs. He's insistent that it was really Antonio Meucci who invented the telephone when AJ asks if Alexander Graham Bell was Italian in rather bewildered fashion. And of course, Italians invented pasta, which can't be eaten without a fork. They couldn't possibly have adapted the making of pasta to use wheat after Marco Polo observed the Chinese making rice noodles.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: Chris shoots the bakery store keeper in the foot.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Chris is elated when his name appears in the newspaper as a notorious Mafiaso. It'll will bring him no end of grief for the next several seasons when the FBI do in fact make him a prime investigative target.

* BerserkButton: Tony loses his cool after Chris claims that he's feeling down over not being respected, punching him several times, cutting him off and telling him to get his head together. He later yells and curses at Melfi for making him pay for a missed visit.

* DisproportionateRetribution: The bakery store keeper was being a {{Jerkass}} to Chris by forcing him to wait longer behind somebody who left and came back, and mouthing off to Chris. But Chris [[AgonyOfTheFeet shooting the keeper]] in the foot was just plain going overboard.

* EvilIsPetty: Chris shoots the bakery store keeper in the foot just because the keeper made him wait longer in line and mouthed off at him.

* FriendlyEnemy: Agent Harris, who (despite being with the FBI) is considerate about Tony's family, knocks before entering, and has another agent (who dropped one of Carmela's expensive bowls) clean up the mess and reimburse them for the damages. Despite Tony's initial anger, the most he can muster up about Harris afterwards is the fact that he even showed up at all.

* ItGetsEasier: Big Pussy takes on the role of EvilMentor for Chris, assuring him that his nightmares will fade away as he commits more murders and becomes more comfortable with the act. Also has shades of {{Foreshadowing}} as Chris will have the highest onscreen body count of any character in the series, and with each murder he becomes progressively more capable of doing it without blinking or hesitating.

** The bakery store keeper is admittedly one himself when he forces Chris to continue to wait in line behind somebody who left and came back, and mouths off when Chris tries to call him on it.

* KickTheDog: All of the Sopranos get this when they (and all the other mob associates) take back the presents they had bought for Larry Barese's daughter, ''in the middle of the wedding''. It is explained afterwards that all of the presents were bought without receipts. Barese's daughter is seen crying while Big Pussy yanks his wedding card (and cash donation) out of the registry.

* OhCrap: A.J. is unconcerned about the FBI raiding the house, until Meadow points out that they'll find all the porn he downloaded.

* TemptingFate: Chris is bothered by the fact that he seemingly gets no recognition for Emil's murder, but becomes jubilantly happy after he discovers his name being mentioned in a major newspaper, in a piece talking about the Mafia...

* WhamShot: A bit of a low-key one, with Carmela unhesitatingly helping Tony hide a bunch of weapons ends any lingering questions about her being a fully willing and complicit partner to his criminal activities.

'''Season 1, Episode 08:'''
!The Legend Of Tennessee Moltisanti

Chris is having a dream in which he sees bizarre and confusing visions while sitting at a table at Satriale's. He rises from the table and moves through the restaurant, seeing Adriana being fed sausage by a human hand and [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E1Pilot the wrapped-up corpse of Emil Kolar]], who chastizes him for not cleaning up the murder properly and leaving three bullets inside his head. He wakes up with a start and mulls over what to do.

Tony's crew attends the wedding of Larry Boy Barese's daughter and deliver presents to the prospective bride. Tony congratulates Larry, who in turn reveals to him that he's heard that the FBI is planning to conduct a series of raids against all known mob associates and serve federal indictments. Larry says he doesn't know when the raids will occur, but warns everyone to get rid of any incriminating evidence tied to them.

He does so and sees a news report talking about the indictments coming down on the family, and a reference to [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E3DenialAngerAcceptance the recently-deceased Brendan Filone]] as a foot soldier. Chris feels anger at Brendan being more highly regarded in death than him, due to the news reporting the latter as an associate and soldier. The rest of the crew watches the report at their homes at the same time.

That night, Melfi attends a family dinner with her estranged husband, Richard, and her parents. When her son, Jason, makes a crude remark, Melfi corrects him on the usage and says that she has a patient who would take offense to it. The conversation turns to whether her patient is in the mob, and they tell her to transfer him to another psychiatrist. After Richard rants against Italian-American mafiosi for negatively impacting culture and causing Italian-Americans for being stereotyped as criminals, Melfi says that they shouldn't talk about any of her patients and tells them to drop the matter.

Tony distracts his mother by having Carmela invite her out to brunch. After they leave, Tony brings the illegal items he took from the home and plants them inside storage boxes in her closet. Afterwards, he goes for an appointment with Melfi, [[SpottingTheThread who figures out]] that he has involvement with the indictments.

Still bothered by the Kolar situation, and after talking with Paulie and Big Pussy about it, Chris and Georgie dig up the burial site and exhume the body. He and Georgie eventually decide to move the body to [[{{Foreshadowing}} Pine Barrens]]. Afterwards, Tony meets with him and sucker-punches him in the head before ranting about his recent exploits. He points out that he knows about him and Georgie digging up the body, and wonders if he has depression or is thinking about suicide. Chris says he doesn't, and he just wants to be respected for his work.

Junior meets with Livia the next day at Green Grove. During their conversation, Junior says that there may be [[TheMole a mole]] in the organization, and not to let Tony know. In turn, Livia reveals that [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E7DownNeck she knows Tony has been going to therapy]]. Junior is bothered by the information, and pledges to look into it further...

Tony's crew attends the wedding of Larry Boy Barese's daughter and deliver presents to the prospective bride. Tony congratulates Larry, who in turn reveals to him that he's heard that the FBI is planning to conduct a series of raids against all known mob associates and serve federal indictments. Larry says he doesn't know when the raids will occur, but warns everyone to get rid of any incriminatng evidence tied to them.

* EschewedPriorities: Instead of worrying that he may be targeted by the FBI, Chris is angered at the news report not mentioning him whatsoever and describing Brendan as a Mafia soldier.

That night, Melfi attends a family dinner with her estranged husband, Richard, and her parents. When her son, Jason, makes a crude remark, Melfi corrects him on the usage and says that she has a patient who would take offense to it. The conversation turns to whether her patient is in the mob, and they tell her to transfer him to another psychiatrist. After Richard rants against Italian-Americans for negatively impacting culture, Melfi says that they shouldn't talk about any of her patients and tells them to drop the matter.

* EvilIsPetty: Chris [[AgonyOfTheFeet shoots the bakery store keeper in the foot]] just because the keeper made him wait longer in line and mouthed off at him.