History Recap / TheSopranosS5E3WheresJohnny

In New York, conflict continues to simmer between Johnny Sack and Little Carmine's factions. Shylock Lorraine Caluzzo, who kicks up to Carmine, is confronted by Sack's right-hand man Phil Leotardo while out collecting debts. Phil has his subordinates tie down a pleading Lorraine and her boyfriend Jason Evanina then attempts to shoot Lorraine through a phone book but spares her as the bullet failed to pass through. Later, Lorraine and Angelo Garepe sit down with Tony and Junior Soprano, discussing how to handle the Johnny Sack situation. Tony recommends a "triumvirate", with both Johnny and Carmine acting as boss along with Angelo as a third head. Angelo is reluctant, as he hoped to enjoy a peaceful retirement after leaving prison. Junior, meanwhile, is quiet and moody throughout the sit-down, offering little of value.

Tony meets with Johnny Sack to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Lupertazzi family. Johnny is in a foul mood and shows nothing but contempt for his opponents, viewing Little Carmine as a spoiled idiot and Lorraine Caluzzo as a whore. When Tony briefly broaches the possibility of a power triumvirate, Johnny bristles and Tony quickly lies that it was Angelo Garepe's idea. Johnny turns on Tony, blaming him for empowering Little Carmine by involving him in the spat between New York and Jersey a year ago. They leave the meeting on a bitter note.

-->What is this, THE FUCKING U.N. NOW?!?

* WeWait: Tony wants nothing more than for the Jersey mob to stay out of the New York SuccessionCrisis, if for no reason other than to minimize any damage to the Jersey family itself. But he also cites to Chris the potential benefits of staying out of it. The New York family may end up weakening itself through its own EnemyCivilWar, and the Jersey mob will be in a better position to 'pick up the crumbs'.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Both Tony and Janice have legitimate arguments when they lay into each other.
** It was convenient for Janice to run off to Seattle and become a GranolaGirl, and come back only when Livia's passing and her estate [[{{Greed}} becoming available]] is suddenly on the horizon.
** Even if Tony has beef with Uncle Junior, he can still at least make some kind of provision for Junior's care.

** The audiobook that Paulie listens to in his car is ''Literature/TheArtOfWar''. Paulie's curiosity about Sun Tzu was brought up in the previous episode.

* WeWait: Tony wants nothing more than for the Jersey mob to stay out of the New York SuccessionCrisis, if for no reason other than to minimize any damage to the Jersey family itself. But he also cites to Chris the potential benefits of staying out of it. The New York family may end up weakening itself through its own EnemyCivilWar, and the Jersey mob will be in a better position to 'pick up the crumbs'.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Lorraine forces the bartender to pay the full amount owing by emphasizing that just because she happens to be a Mafiosi it doesn't mean her implied threats should be taken any less seriously.

* RecognitionFailure: The cops that find Uncle Junior find themselves amused when the ScatterBrainedSenior wandering lost before them claims to be [[TheDreaded the infamous]] [[TheDon Corrado Soprano]]. Turns out he got at least that part right.

* {{Jerkass}}: Uncle Junior's RunningGag of how Tony S "never had the makings of a varsity athlete" is an intentional effort to get underneath Tony's skin to the maximum degree possible.

-->What is the, THE U.N. NOW?!?

Junior's mental state is shown to be deteriorating. Seeing an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' on television, he confuses Creator/LarryDavid and Jeff Garlin for himself and Bobby Baccala, respectively. Later, at a family dinner with Tony, Janice, Barbara, and their families, Junior repeatedly references that Tony "never had the makings of a varsity athlete", upsetting Tony and seemingly ignoring his reaction. Tony storms out just as Barbara and Tom arrive, with Junior unfazed by the encounter.

* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: The first distinct clue that Uncle Junior really is becoming a ScatterBrainedSenior is when he watches an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''. He's convinced that he himself is on television when it's really ''Creator/LarryDavid'', and that the large man next to him is Bobby.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Now that Uncle Junior is back home, Bobby expresses to Tony S the desire to get out there and earn. He's going to learn the hard way that there's drawbacks, and multiple times.

** Janice knows exactly where Uncle Junior's wallet it, a nod to when Uncle Junior let on to Richie that he suspected Janice of stealing from his wallet when she was a little girl.

* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Johnny Sack takes the fear angle in this trope to try and force the New York earners to get on his side instead of Little Carmine's. It's made more effective in the short term when you have [[AxCrazy Phil]] as your [[TheDragon Dragon]].

* {{Irony}}, with some BookDumb mixed in: Paulie has for the past while now been making a big deal about absorbing pearls of wisdom from Sun Tzu (whom he calls "Sun Tuzu"). He's shown driving to an audio recording of Tzu's teachings, nodding his head with an appreciate meditative look as the words "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight" play out. The moment he sees Gary and the other La Manna gardener in what he considers Sal Vitro's territory? He pulls up, lays a ShovelStrike on the other gardener's head, and forces Gary into NotTheFallThatKillsYou. And it doesn't even remotely occur to him that those actions were cautioned against by the words of Sun Tzu that he had heard just moments beforehand.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Johnny lets on that he didn't mind having [[TheDragon Phil]] shake down [[LoanShark Lorraine]] on the rationale that she always went with homicidal solutions to problems instead of reasonable alternatives. In other words, he sees it as her getting some deserved LaserGuidedKarma.

** Even if Tony has a beef with Uncle Junior, he can still at least make some kind of provision for Junior's care.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Tony tries to win Johnny Sack over to sharing decision-making power with Angelo and Little Carmine. But Johnny [[AmbitionIsEvil wants the throne all to himself]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: In final scene, Tony demands to know why Junior won't say nice things about him and tell Tony he loves him.
* WeWait: Tony wants nothing more than for the Jersey mob to stay out of the New York SuccessionCrisis, if for no reason other to minimize any damage to the Jersey family itself. But he also cites to Chris the potential benefits of staying out of it. The New York family may end up weakening itself through its own EnemyCivilWar, and the Jersey mob will be in a better position to 'pick up the crumbs'.

** Bobby to Janice when she can't be bothered to watch Junior's place, after Junior has gone missing.

* YouAreWhatYouHate: Janice takes noticeable steps towards becoming just like Livia. She moans about how nobody appreciates the effort she puts into housework, cooking and watching the kids. Her taking the chocolate milk away from Bobby Jr. and dumping it down the sink deliberately invokes Tony's flashbacks of how Livia treated him when he was a kid.

'''Season 5, Episode 03'''
!Where's Johnny?

In New York, conflict continues to simmer between Johnny Sack and Little Carmine's factions. Shylock Lorraine Caluzzo, who kicks up to Carmine, is confronted by Sack's right hand man Phil Leotardo while out collecting debts. Phil has his subordinates tie down a pleading Lorraine and her boyfriend Jason Evanina, then attempts to shoot Lorraine through a phone book, but spares her as the bullet failed to pass through. Later, Lorraine and Angelo Garepe sit down with Tony and Junior Soprano, discussing how to handle the Johnny Sack situation. Tony recommends a "triumvirate", with both Johnny and Carmine acting as boss along with Angelo as a third head. Angelo is reluctant, as he hoped to enjoy a peaceful retirement after leaving prison. Junior, meanwhile, is quiet and moody throughout the sit-down, offering little of value.

Junior's mental state is shown to be deteriorating. Seeing an episode of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' on television, he confuses Creator/LarryDavid and Jeff Garlin for himself and Bobby Baccala, respectively. Later, at a family dinner with Tony, Janice, Barbara and their families, Junior repeatedly references that Tony "never had the makings of a varsity athlete", upsetting Tony and seemingly ignoring his reaction. Tony storms out just as Barbara and Tom arrive, with Junior unfazed by the encounter.

* BeserkButton: Tony really doesn't like Uncle Junior reminding him that he "never had the makings of a varsity athlete".

* EnemyCivilWar: Phil's mock execution of [[LoanShark Lorraine]] signals that the war has already started for the New York family, with each side staking claims to the upstairs kicks from the earners.

* AbsenteeActor: This is the only episode where Carmela doesn't appear.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Phil lets on that he didn't mind having [[TheDragon Phil]] shake down [[LoanShark Lorraine]] on the rationale that she always went with homicidal solutions to problems instead of reasonable alternatives. In other words, he sees it as her getting some deserved LaserGuidedKarma.

* {{Irony}}, with some BookDumb mixed in: Paulie has for the past while now been making a big deal about absorbing pearls of wisdom from Sun Tzu (whom he calls "Sun Tuzu"). He's shown driving to an audio recording of Tzu's teachings, nodding his head with an appreciate meditative look as the words "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." The moment he sees Gary and the other La Manna gardener in what he considers Sal Vitro's territory? He pulls up, lays a ShovelStrike on the other gardener's head, and forces Gary into NotTheFallThatKillsYou. And it doesn't even remotely occur to him that those actions were cautioned against by the words of Sun Tzu that he had heard just moments beforehand.

* {{Irony}}, with some BookDumb mixed in: Paulie has for the past while now been making a big deal about absorbing pearls of wisdom from Sun Tzu (whom he calls "Sun Tuzu"). He's shown driving to an audio recording of Tzu's teaching, nodding his head with an appreciate meditative look as the words "He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." The moment he sees Gary and the other LaManna gardener in what he considers Sal Vitro's territory? He pulls up, lays a ShovelStrike on the other gardener's head, and forces Gary into NotTheFallThatKillsYou. And it doesn't even remotely occur to him that those actions were cautioned against by the words of Sun Tzu that he had heard just moments beforehand.

* EvilIsPetty: Uncle Junior's preoccupation with Tony S "never having the makings of a varsity athlete" reflects years of resentment and spite built towards Tony.

** In [[Recap/TheSopranosSE1Pilot the pilot episode]], when Tony describes Uncle Junior to Dr. Melfi, he says his uncle embarrassed him by telling all his girl cousins he didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete. Junior greatly annoys Tony by repeating this once again to the Sunday dinner guests in this episode.
** The audiobook that Paulie listens to in his car is The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Paulie's curiosity about Sun Tzu was brought up in the previous episode.

Junior's mental state is shown to be deteriorating. Seeing an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" on television, he confuses Larry David and Jeff Garlin for himself and Bobby Baccala, respectively. Later, at a family dinner with Tony, Janice, Barbara and their families, Junior repeatedly references that Tony "never had the makings of a varsity athlete", upsetting Tony and seemingly ignoring his reaction. Tony storms out just as Barbara and Tom arrive, with Junior unfazed by the encounter.

** Phil is quite amused by Lorraine's [[AintTooProudToBeg offer of blow jobs]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Both Feech and Paulie start off the lawn gardening dispute in the way they know best, by [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown laying out beatdowns]] on the gardeners caught in the middle of the dispute.
* EnemyCivilWar: Phil's [[KickTheDog mock execution]] of [[LoanShark Lorraine]] signals that the war has already started for the New York family, with each side staking claims to the upstairs kicks from the earners.

* GroinAttack: How Feech leads off his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] on Sal.

** Johnny Sack lets on that he ordered [[TheDragon Phil]] to perform the [[KickTheDog mock execution]] on [[LoanShark Lorraine]] because of her tendency to always think that MurderIsTheBestSolution. And yet that's exactly the route Johnny is taking in his [[AmbitionIsEvil power grab]] [[SuccessionCrisis against]] [[TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone Little Carmine]].

* IWarnedYou: [[TheDragon Phil]] to [[LoanShark Lorraine]], "Next time, there won't be a next time."

* LazyBum: Tony isn't quite comfortable with letting Bobby in on more of the action, thinking it'll turn Bobby into a FishOutOfWater. So he tries to [[TakeAThirdOption get around it]] by trying to get Janice to bring in some earnings herself into Bobby's household. But given that this is [[ItsAllAboutMe Janice]] we're talking about ...

* MadeASlave: [[ButtMonkey Sal Vitro]] to a degree. Like it wasn't bad enough that Feech [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the shit out of him and broke his arm]], now he has to do Tony S' and Johnny Sack's grass free of charge.
* AManIsAlwaysEager: The look Joey gives Phil suggests he's actually seeking permission to take up Lorraine [[AintTooProudToBeg on her offer of a blow job]].

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** Feech on Sal.

* PetTheDog: Tony does this by inviting Artie to live with him.

* RecognitionFailure: The cops that find Uncle Junior find themselves [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amused]] when the ScatterBrainedSenior wandering lost before them claims to be [[TheDreaded the infamous]] [[TheDon Corrado Soprano]]. Turns out he got at least that part right.

** How Johnny Sack reacts to Tony's attempts to broker the [[WeCanRuleTogether power-sharing agreement]].
** And again when Chris offers him [[UnwantedAssistance unwanted advice]].

* VoiceOfReason: Tony tries to broker an end to the EnemyCivilWar by suggesting the [[WeCanRuleTogether power-sharing arrangement]]. But Johnny Sack [[AmbitionIsEvil will have none of it]].

** Tony B gives one to Feech for [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the shit]] out of Sal.

* WouldHitAGirl: Phil begins his [[KickTheDog mock execution]] of [[LoanShark Lorraine]] by giving her a BitchSlap.
* YoureNotMyFather: Tony could not care less when Bobby tells him that [[ScatterbrainedSenior Uncle Junior]] has wandered off and gone missing.

* PetTheDog:Tony does this by inviting Artie to live with him.