History Recap / TheSopranosS4E3Christopher

* GetOut: Janice throws Ralph down the stairs, then out of the house for [[DisproportionateRetribution wearing his shoes in the house]]. Her real motivation behind this is so she can start moving in on the new widower around the corner, Bobby.

* GetOut: Janice throws Ralph down the stairs, then out of the house for [[DisproportionateRetribution wearing his shoes in the house]]. But really so she can start moving in on the new widower around the corner, Bobby.

* DisapprovingLook: Carmela and the other [[MafiaPrincess Mafia wives]] have a table unto themselves. The guest speaker delivers a speech that emphasizes that most Italian Americans [[StopBeingStereotypical are too good and honest and hardworking]] to justify TheMafia stereotypes. Some of the other ladies in the room, notably Charmaine, turn around and begin glaring at Carmela and company. Rosalie even [[FlippingTheBird Flips the Bird]] at one of them.

* DisapprovingLook: Carmela and the other [[MafiaPrincess Mafia wives]] have a table unto themselves. The guest speaker delivers a speech that emphasizes that most Italian Americans [[StopBeingStereotypical are too good and honest and hardworking]] to justify TheMafia stereotypes. Some of the other ladies in the room, notably Charmaine, turn around and begin glaring at Carmela and company. Rosalie even [[FlippingTheBird Flips the Bird]] at one of them.

Soprano associates continue their attempts to halt the Columbus Day protests. Without Tony's blessing, Silvio attempts to break up a protest where an effigy of Columbus is being hanged, bringing along Patsy Parisi, Little Paulie Germani, Artie Bucco, and others. A violent fight breaks out during which Little Paulie is injured and Artie hides in the car. Tony chastises Silvio for potentially drawing attention to the family business with this incident but makes an effort to break up the protests through his influence over Assemblyman Zellman. Meanwhile, Ralph attempts to blackmail the protest organizer, Del Redclay, with the information that Native American movie icon Creator/IronEyesCody was actually Italian-American. Meanwhile, Ralph invests in a racehorse called Pie Oh My, to which Tony takes a liking. While visiting the stables with Hesh Rabkin, the topic of the Columbus Day protests comes up, and Hesh seems to abruptly end his friendship with a Cuban friend named Reuben over identity politics.

Soprano associates continue attempting to halt the Columbus Day protests. Without Tony's blessing, Silvio attempts to break up a protest where an effigy of Columbus is being hanged, bringing along Patsy Parisi, Little Paulie Germani, Artie Bucco, and others. A violent fight breaks out during which Little Paulie is injured and Artie hides in the car. Tony chastises Silvio for potentially drawing attention to the family business with this incident but makes an effort to break up the protests through his influence over Assemblyman Zellman. Meanwhile, Ralph attempts to blackmail the protest organizer, Del Redclay, with the information that Native American movie icon Creator/IronEyesCody was actually Italian-American. Meanwhile, Ralph invests in a racehorse called Pie Oh My, to which Tony takes a liking. While visiting the stables with Hesh Rabkin, the topic of the Columbus Day protests comes up, and Hesh seems to abruptly end his friendship with a Cuban friend named Reuben over identity politics.

* HeritageDisconnect: Doug Smith's Native American heritage is questionable to begin with, but it becomes obvious that [[ItsAllAboutMe he's only in it]] for the perks that being chief and head of a casino provides him. Tony even shows a definite HyperAwareness by lampshading that Smith staking a claim to Mohonk ancestry apparently coincides with the passing of legislation authorizing the casino.

In the interest of putting the Columbus Day situation to bed, Tony speaks to an Indian chief - a white-skinned, blue-eyed man named Doug Smith who has minimal Native American ancestry - about quelling Del Redclay. Smith ultimately does nothing to prevent the protests, but invites Tony, Silvio and others to his casino with exclusive treatment. After this, as the protests continue through Columbus Day, Silvio plots to escalate the situation with Redclay. Tony finally shuts Silvio down completely, dismissing his obsession with Columbus and Italian heritage in favor of a more individualistic view of life. Tony also reveals that the whole situation with Smith now has them indebted to arrange for Frankie Valli to book a show at Smith's casino, and assigns Silvio to the task.

* BondageIsBad: Well, BDSM, at any rate. Played very straight with Janice and Ralph, who's, um, love scene is definitely presented to make you think less of them both.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Janice is seeing a [[TheShrink Shrink]] of her own. The first session itself, right down to detailed references to her [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys questionable taste in men]], and an OedipusComplex towards either Johnny Boy or Tony himself, is a dead ringer for several sessions Tony has had with Dr. Melfi.

* HonorBeforeReason: How Silvio flies into another episode of acting quite out of character. His behavior and role has up until now been utterly cold and rational as TheConsigliere. Here we seem him fly hard in a direction not unlike going from TheSpock to TheMcCoy almost overnight. His ethnic pride in being Italian American and the Native American protests really send him in directions ruled by his emotions that he otherwise would never go in. If he stopped to apply his usual cold calculating thought processes to them, he'd realize that they'd have troubling repercussions for the business. Even Tony lampshades it: "What the fuck's with you? I count on you to be the most level-headed guy I got!"

* LamePunReaction: How Del Redclay and his T.A. react when Ralph makes an obvious pun about "spear-headin" a protest.

** Silvio has a turn with this for the second straight episode. He has arguably been Tony's most [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and [[ConsummateProfessional reliable]] underling. But his pride in being Italian American combined with the Native American protests stir him into letting [[TheMcCoy his emotions]] drive his actions, and at the expense of [[TheSpock rational performance]] of his role as TheConsigliere. [[note]] knowing the episode was originally written with Paulie in mind for Silvio's role, but the script was changed to accommodate Tony Sirico's unavailability, goes a long way towards explaining this. [[/note]]

** Janice pushing Ralph down the stairs so she can pursue better options.

** Imagine any negative stereotypes you can possibly think of with respect to Native Americans, lazy, ungrateful for handouts, {{Addled Addict}}s, etc. Silvio and the others bring up all of them to express their resentments towards the Columbus Day protesters. Even [[NiceGuy Bobby]] of all people gets into it.

* ShaggyDogStory: What Silvio's ''agita'' over Columbus Day turns out to be, since when it came right down to it, he forgot which day it was and was out of town gambling at an Indian casino when the march he was so opposed to happened.

** How Ralph attempts to get leverage over Del Redclay. It's based on a threat to reveal that Iron Eyes Cody was actually Italian American without a drop of Native American blood. Although Redclay blows off Ralph, he afterwards admits to being worried about the PR implications.

* ThreatBackfire: Del Redclay ultimately blows off the threat to expose Iron Eyes Cody, likening it to Italian Americans finding out that Creator/JamesCaan isn't Italian. It wouldn't exactly be an earth shattering scandal if the public at large knew.

** Rosalie has lost Jackie Sr., Richie, Jackie Jr. and now Karen. [[FeelingTheirAge Feeling older]] doesn't help either.

'''Season 4, Episode 03'''
!Christopher

As Columbus Day approaches, Soprano family members and associates learn of planned protests by Native American activists. Silvio in particular is offended by the prospect that the activists would desecrate the image of an Italian historical figure, placing great stake in his heritage. The Soprano wives attend a dinner hosted by Father Intintola, where a speaker comments on stereotypes that all Italian-Americans are criminals. This draws looks from the crowd, to the chagrin of Carmela, Rosalie and particularly Gabriela Dante, Silvio's wife. After the dinner she tells off Father Intintola, accusing him of staging the event to publicly embarrass Carmela because of resentments over their awkward history.

Soprano associates continue attempting to halt the Columbus Day protests. Without Tony's blessing, Silvio attempts to break up a protest where an effigy of Columbus is being hanged, bringing along Patsy Parisi, Little Paulie Germani, Artie Bucco and others. A violent fight breaks out during which Little Paulie is injured and Artie hides in the car. Tony chastises Silvio for potentially drawing attention to the family business with this incident, but makes an effort to break up the protests through his influence over Assemblyman Zellman. Meanwhile, Ralph attempts to blackmail the protest organizer, Del Redclay, with the information that Native American movie icon Creator/IronEyesCody was actually Italian-American. Meanwhile Ralph invests in a racehorse called Pie Oh My, to which Tony takes a liking. While visiting the stables with Hesh Rabkin, the topic of the Columbus Day protests comes up, and Hesh seems to abruptly end his friendship with a Cuban friend named Reuben over identity politics.

Still feeling undervalued by Tony, Paulie Walnuts tries to ingratiate himself to John Sacrimoni and New York by informing him of the fat joke Ralph Cifaretto made about his wife Ginny. Johnny is infuriated, but keeps the information to himself for the time being. However, when he runs into Ralph at Karen Baccalieri's funeral, he brushes him off without speaking to him.

As Bobby grieves and cries openly at Karen's funeral, the mob wives comment that he was the only made man in Jersey who never took a goomah. This leaves an impression on Janice Soprano, who is seeing Ralph on the side while he continues to date the widow Rosalie Aprile. Rosalie takes Karen's death roughly as well, and the emotionally detached Ralph grows increasingly disinterested with her, feeling more attracted to Janice, who indulges his sexually submissive side. Ralph and Rosalie finally break up. Janice, meanwhile, speaks to her therapist about her disillusionment with Ralph, and the therapist encourages her to break up with him with the civility she is "known for". As Ralph rushes to Janice's house to announce that he is now committed fully to her, Janice quickly loses her temper with him and pushes him down the stairs.

In the interest of putting the Columbus Day situation to bed, Tony speaks to an Indian chief - a white-skinned, blue eyed man named Doug Smith who has minimal Native American ancestry - about quelling Del Redclay. Smith ultimately does nothing to prevent the protests, but invites Tony, Silvio and others to his casino with exclusive treatment. After this, as the protests continue through Columbus Day, Silvio plots to escalate the situation with Redclay. Tony finally shuts Silvio down completely, dismissing his obsession with Columbus and Italian heritage in favor of a more individualistic view of life. Tony also reveals that the whole situation with Smith now has them indebted to arrange for Frankie Valli to book a show at Smith's casino, and assigns Silvio to the task.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Played with and a matter of perspective.

* NotSoAboveItAll: The CoincidentalBroadcast of the Montel Williams show sees Montel side with Gotti against Redclay on the basis that Redclay is being too sensitive, and not appreciating the good that Columbus' discovery has led to. Williams in his own turn becomes offended and sensitive when Gotti uses the term [[LoadedWords "Middle Passage"]].

** An example that overlaps with the NotSoDifferent noted above. The Native American protesters try to draw attention to historical atrocities against their people, with UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus as the symbol of their outrage. But then their own actions are often very harmful and violent.

* NotSoDifferent: The Native Americans are not portrayed as significantly more moral or law-abiding than the mobsters in this episode.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Paulie, motivated by simmering resentments against Tony, tells Johnny Sack about Ralph's [[FatComicRelief fat joke]] at Ginny's expense, as well as Tony's score off the [[RealEstateScam Freelingheysen Avenue]] property. The former kicks off a brief EnemyCivilWar, while the latter costs Tony money.
* MouthOfSauron: Carmine doesn't even bother speaking to Tony directly about the [[RealEstateScam Freelingheysen Avenue]] property score, even as he's sitting a few seats away at the same dinner table as him. He has Johnny Sack do it for him.

** Silvio has a turn with this for the second straight episode. He has arguably been Tony's most [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and [[ConsummateProfessional reliable]] underling. But his pride in being Italian American combined with the Native American protests stir him into letting [[TheMcCoy his emotions]] drive his actions, and at the expense of [[TheSpock rational performance]] of his role as TheConsigliere.

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Janice and Ralph are carrying on kinky role play behind Rosalie's back. Rosalie's [[InterruptedIntimacy calling Ralph in the middle of it]] lampshades that Ralph hasn't officially broken up with her yet.
** There's plenty of budding UnresolvedSexualTension between Furio and Carmela, to the point that Carmela is on a very real level emotionally cheating on Tony. Heck, the scene where she's sharing pastries and coffee with Furio could easily be slipped into any RomanticComedy or ChickFlick and not look out of place as an intended date scene.
** [[InvertedTrope Not Bobby]], apparently. This perks up Janice's interest in him, the [[TheWoobie poor bastard]].

Soprano associates continue attempting to halt the Columbus Day protests. Without Tony's blessing, Silvio attempts to break up a protest where an effigy of Columbus is being hanged, bringing along Patsy Parisi, Little Paulie Germani, Artie Bucco and others. A violent fight breaks out during which Little Paulie is injured and Artie hides in the car. Tony chastises Silvio for potentially drawing attention to the family business with this incident, but makes an effort to break up the protests through his influence over Assemblyman Zellman. Meanwhile, Ralph attempts to blackmail the protest organizer, Del Redclay, with the information that Native American movie icon Iron Eyes Cody was actually Italian-American. Meanwhile Ralph invests in a racehorse called Pie Oh My, to which Tony takes a liking. While visiting the stables with Hesh Rabkin, the topic of the Columbus Day protests comes up, and Hesh seems to abruptly end his friendship with a Cuban friend named Reuben over identity politics.

* BatterUp: The street brawl features at least one bat-wielding Italian-American. [[SarcasmMode It's probably a tribute to]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio Joe D]].
* CelebrityParadox: Doug Smith's price for 'trying' to deal with Del Redclay is that Tony has to get [[{{Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons}} Frankie Valli]] to sing at Smith's NativeAmericanCasino. Want to guess who plays Rusty Millio starting season 5?

* CoincidentalBroadcast: An episode of the Montel Williams show comes on as Carmela and Furio are sharing coffee and pastries. The episode features both Del Redclay and an Italian anti-defamation advocate, each providing the vastly different views of ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' by way of {{Exposition}}.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Silvio gets sort of one in this episode, as his intense pride in being Italian American combined with the Columbus Day protests drives him into actions and decisions [[{{OOCIsSeriousBusiness}} that are quite out of character for him]].

* DisapprovingLook: Carmela and the other [[{{MafiaPrincess}} Mafia wives]] have a table unto themselves. The guest speaker delivers a speech that emphasizes that most Italian Americans [[{{StopBeingStereotypical}} are too good and honest and hardworking]] to justify TheMafia stereotypes. Some of the other ladies in the room, notably Charmaine, turn around and begin glaring at Carmela and company. Rosalie even [[{{FlippingTheBird}} Flips the Bird]] at one of them.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Janice is seeing a [[{{TheShrink}} Shrink]] of her own. The first session itself, right down to detailed references to her [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} questionable taste in men]], and an OedipusComplex towards either Johnny Boy or Tony himself, is a dead ringer for several sessions Tony has had with Dr. Melfi.

* ForDoomTheBellTolls: Karen tells the other [[{{MafiaPrincess}} Mafia wives]] that she's gotta go to pick up a new crown. Just as she and the others get into their cars, the church bell rings loudly, but then gradually fades out. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Want to guess what happens next?]]

* HeritageDisconnect: Doug Smith's Native American heritage is questionable to begin with, but it becomes obvious that [[{{ItsAllAboutMe}} he's only in it]] for the perks that being chief and head of a casino provides him. Tony even shows a definite HyperAwareness by lampshading that Smith staking a claim to Mohonk ancestry apparently coincides with the passing of legislation authorizing the casino.
* HonorBeforeReason: How Silvio flies into another episode of [[{{OOCIsSeriousBusiness}} acting quite out of character]]. His behavior and role has up until now been utterly cold and rational as TheConsigliere. Here we seem him fly hard in a direction not unlike going from TheSpock to TheMcCoy almost overnight. His ethnic pride in being Italian American and the Native American protests really send him in directions ruled by his emotions that he otherwise would never go in. If he stopped to apply his usual cold calculating thought processes to them, he'd realize that they'd have troubling repercussions for the business. Even Tony lampshades it: "What the fuck's with you? I count on you to be the most level-headed guy I got!"

* IResembleThatRemark: The mob wives are offended that Father Intintola would have as a speaker someone who speaks so disparagingly of ... guys like their husbands.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Tony decides to pull the plug on the whole Columbus Day thing after Del Redclay essentially causes a ThreatBackfire. Silvio would like to expose Redclay as [[{{SexualExtortion}} sleeping with his own graduate student]]. But Tony remains firm that it's time to put the whole thing to bed.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Paulie, motivated by simmering resentments against Tony, tells Johnny Sack about Ralph's [[{{FatComicRelief}} fat joke]] at Ginny's expense, as well as Tony's score off the [[{{RealEstateScam}} Freelingheysen Avenue]] property. The former kicks off a brief EnemyCivilWar, while the latter costs Tony money.
* MouthOfSauron: Carmine doesn't even bother speaking to Tony directly about the [[{{RealEstateScam}} Freelingheysen Avenue]] property score, even as he's sitting a few seats away at the same dinner table as him. He has Johnny Sack do it for him.

* NativeAmericanCasino: Tony and the guys spend a day in one, with the entry free of charge. Of course, the latter bit is part of a [[{{YouOweMe}} ploy]] by Doug Smith.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Subverted. Tony is angered over the media attention given to the EscalatingBrawl between the Italians led by Silvio and the Native Americans, particularly with Patsy being publicly arrested for public disturbance. It raises more than one [[{{PragmaticVillainy}} pragmatic concern]] for Tony. One, he feels the publicity compromises the ability of the mobsters to remain HiddenInPlainSight. Second, the media circus itself might contribute to Uncle Junior's legal problems, just as his trial is getting started, in the form of ConvictedByPublicOpinion.

* NotSoAboveItAll: The CoincidentalBroadcast of the Montel Williams show sees Montel side with Gotti against Redclay on the basis that Redclay is being too sensitive, and not appreciating the good that Columbus' discovery has led to. Williams in his own turn becomes offended and sensitive when Gotti uses the term [[{{LoadedWords}} "Middle Passage"]].

** Silvio has a turn with this for the second straight episode. He has arguably been Tony's most [[{{UndyingLoyalty}} loyal]] and [[{{ConsummateProfessional}} reliable]] underling. But his pride in being Italian American combined with the Native American protests [[{{HonorBeforeReason}} stir him into]] letting [[{{TheMcCoy}} his emotions]] drive his actions, and at the expense of [[{{TheSpock}} rational performance]] of his role as TheConsigliere.
** A.J. starts to show a glimmer of intellectual capacity and critical thought when he actually starts reading about ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' and questioning how members of his own Italian American community have valorized the explorer.
* PatrioticFervor: A major and recurring theme in this episode, with plenty of other examples besides the obvious one that pits the main characters and the Native American protesters against each other. Heck, even Hesh, who previously told [[{{SelfDeprecation}} Self Deprecating jokes]] that played into GreedyJew stereotypes in order to score points with his Mafia buddies, has a moment of Jewish pride that results in a [[{{WeUsedToBeFriends}} severed friendship]].

** An example that overlaps with the NotSoDifferent noted above. The Native American protesters try to draw attention to historical atrocities against their people, with ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' as the symbol of their outrage. But then their own actions are often very harmful and violent.

** Tony and the rest of the crew regard the Native American protests against Columbus Day as an example of the trope. These protests are actually a [[{{TruthInTelevision}} pretty frequent thing]]. And it's not without reason that the protesters make an association between Columbus Day and historical atrocities inflicted on their ancestors as well as current conditions. [[{{CorruptPolitician}} Assemblyman Zellman]] won't touch it precisely out of fear of a political correctness blowback, "sensitive stuff".

** Imagine any negative stereotypes you can possibly think of with respect to Native Americans, lazy, ungrateful for handouts, {{Addled Addict}}s, etc. Silvio and the others bring up all of them to express their resentments towards the Columbus Day protesters. Even [[{{NiceGuy}} Bobby]] of all people gets into it.
** Even Tony takes up the argument over the SuppressedHistory of ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' with A.J. In the course of the argument Tony ascribes to the viewpoint that the Indigenous peoples Columbus did enslave were just a bunch of [[{{TheSavageIndian}} primitive savages]] not worth making a fuss over, therefore there was no injustice that could have been committed, therefore Columbus couldn't possibly be anything less than a Hero. It verges on InsaneTrollLogic by today's standards.
* PunishmentDetail: Tony over the course of the episode becomes irate at Silvio for tying the crime family to the Columbus Day parade in ways that were questionable for the family business. So Silvio is assigned the task of contacting [[{{Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons}} Frankie Valli]] to play at Chief Smith's NativeAmericanCasino.
* RunningGag: Like it wasn't bad enough that [[{{ButtMonkey}} Georgie]] [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatdown}} got the shit beat out of him]] by [[{{BadBoss}} Tony]] like how many times? Now the cops give him a good beating too during the protest demonstration.

* ScrewYourUltimatum: How Del Redclay responds to Ralph's [[{{ShameIfSomethingHappened}} threat]] to expose Iron Eyes Cody. "Knock yourself out."
* SelfMadeMan: Tony invokes this trope, along with some praise for ''Creator/GaryCooper'', to try and talk Silvio into easing down a notch or two from his [[{{PatrioticFervor}} ethnic pride as an Italian American]].

** Gabriella is fuming after Father Intintola's [[{{IResembleThatRemark}} choice of a keynote speaker]]. So she enters his office and implies that she and the other [[{{MafiaPrincess}} Mafia waves]] can convince their husbands to cut off the financial support that keeps his parish going.
** How Ralph attempts to get leverage over Del Redclay. It's based on a threat to reveal that Iron Eyes Cody was actually Italian American without a drop of Native American blood. Although Redclay [[{{ScrewYourUltimatum}} blows off]] Ralph, he afterwards admits to being worried about the PR implications.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Janice moves from having a [[{{AllGirlsWantBadBoys}} thing for bad boys like Richie and Ralph]] to becoming fascinated with Bobby after seeing his genuine love for Karen and his devastation at losing her.
* SuppressedHistory: ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' is the subject of the History when it comes to this episode's use of the trope. It's a given that the Italian characters have a more flattering view of Columbus (possibly excepting Furio and A.J.), while the Native American protesters have a more negative view of the man. Whether he was the great hero and mover and shaker the main characters view him as, or whether he was the racist murderer and rampager and slave trader the protesters cast him as, is not a question that the show even tries to provide any answers for. It's enough to bring out the different viewpoints by way of gradual {{Exposition}} in order to set up the story arc for this episode.

* ThreatBackfire: Del Redclay ultimately blows off the threat to expose Iron Eyes Cody, likening it to Italian Americans finding out that ''Creator/JamesCaan'' isn't Italian. It wouldn't exactly be an earth shattering scandal if the public at large knew.

** Rosalie has lost Jackie Sr., Richie, Jackie Jr. and now Karen. [[{{FeelingTheirAge}} Feeling older]] doesn't help either.

* YouOweMe: Chief Doug Smith plays Tony like a fiddle: he completely fails to do anything about the demonstration, but the fact that he "tried" now [[HonorAmongThieves obligates]] Tony to do what he can to get [[{{Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons}} Frankie Valli]] to sing at the NativeAmericanCasino.

** Janice and Ralph are carrying on [[{{BondageIsBad}} kinky role play]] behind Rosalie's back. Rosalie's [[{{InterruptedIntimacy}} calling Ralph in the middle of it]] lampshades that Ralph hasn't officially broken up with her yet.

** [[InvertedTrope Not Bobby]], apparently. This perks up Janice's interest in him, the [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]].

'''Season 4, Episode 3'''

* ADayInTheLimelight: Silvio gets sort of one in this episode, as his intense pride in being Italian American combined with the Columbus Day protests drives him into actions and decisions [[{{OOCIsSeriousBusiness}} that are quite out of character for him]].

* CharacterTitle: Inverted. The "Christopher" in the title refers to Columbus, not Moltisanti, who barely appears in this episode (although Michael Imperioli did write the teleplay).

* [[{{PoliticallyIncorrectVillain}} Politically Incorrect Villains]]:
** Imagine any negative stereotypes you can possibly think of with respect to Native Americans, lazy, ungrateful for handouts, [[{{AddledAddict}} Addled Addicts]], etc. Silvio and the others bring up all of them to express their resentments towards the Columbus Day protesters. Even [[{{NiceGuy}} Bobby]] of all people gets into it.

* SelfMadeMan: Tony invokes this trope, along with some praise for ''Creator/GaryCooper'', to try and talk Silvio into easing down a notch or two from his [[{{PatrioticFervor}} ethnic pride as an Italian American]].

* TearJerker: DisposableWoman or not, you can't help but feel for Bobby. He's obviously ''devastated''.

* [[{{UsefulNotes/Italy}} Useful Notes on Italy]]: Furio provides some exposition to his Italian American friends. North Italians look down their noses at Southern Italians, and have for centuries. And the way he describes it will sound [[{{DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything}} eerily similar]] to how race relations in America could be described. Furio himself, and a great many Italians from the southern part of the land of the sun, therefore do not necessarily view ''UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus'' as a hero worthy of acclaim or adoration, as he was from Genoa.

** [[InvertedTrope Not Bobby]], apparently. This perks up Janice's interest in him, the [[{{Woobie}} poor bastard]].

* HelloNurse: Ralph has this reaction to Del Redclay's T.A. She has a {{Squick}} reaction.

* {{Hunk}}: It turns out that Furio [[HiddenDepths isn't just]] a LongHairedPrettyBoy and Mafia thug. He can also do hard sweaty work renovating his new house and starting his own winery and garden. Seeing it only makes Carmela that much more attracted to him.

* {{Hunk}}: It turns out that Furio [[HiddenDepths isn't just]] a LongHairedPrettyBoy and Mafia thug. He can also do hard sweaty work renovating his new house and starting his winery and garden. Seeing it only makes Carmela that much more attracted to him.