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* TranquilFury: Tony can barely contain himself as he listen to Meadow describe Coco sexually harassing her.

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* TranquilFury: Tony can barely contain himself as he listen listens to Meadow describe Coco sexually harassing her.
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** Tony in turn [[PistolWhipping Pistol Whips]] the hell out of Coco, and then [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] his teeth out.
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: A very downplayed and unusual example. Tony is having a joint therapy session with Carmela and A.J. He notices one of Coco's bloody teeth lodged in the ankle cuff of his pants. He discreetly brings his leg into a sitting crossed over position and gets rid of the tooth while Carmela and A.J. aren't looking at him directly.
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* ShoutOut: Tony [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomping]] Coco's teeth out on the wooden step is practically a reenactment of when Derek did the same thing to a Black gangbanger on concrete during ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''.
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** The restaurant staff don't lift a finger on behalf of their boss, Coco, even as he's being [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutalized]] by Tony. To be fair, the staff knew that Mafia was going on before their eyes, and that it would have been dangerous to involve themselves.

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** The restaurant staff don't lift a finger on behalf of their boss, Coco, even as he's being [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutalized]] by Tony. To be fair, the staff knew that Mafia business was going on before their eyes, and that it would have been dangerous to involve themselves.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: You have to hand to Patrick, it took balls on his part to be willing to stand up and have a go with a much larger and stronger Coco in Meadow's defense.

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: You have to hand it to Patrick, it took balls on his part to be willing to stand up and have a go with a much larger and stronger Coco in Meadow's defense.
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Tony and Carmela have a joint therapy session with A.J. A.J. reveals that his issues are in large part because Livia told him there's no point to life, and no happiness to expect.


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* CallBack: A.J. reveals during his joint therapy session that Livia planted the seeds for him to become an apathetic StrawNihilist by telling him: "It's a big nothing."

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* BlameGame: Tony and Carmela get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s BungledSuicide.

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Tony and Carmela get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s BungledSuicide.BungledSuicide.
** It becomes a three-way fingerpointing affair when Carmela and Tony participate in a joint therapy session with A.J.



* NeverMyFault: And Tony at other times blames Carmela for coddling A.J. and A.J. himself for the BungledSuicide.

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* NeverMyFault: NeverMyFault:
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And Tony at other times blames Carmela for coddling A.J. and A.J. himself for the BungledSuicide.BungledSuicide.
** And A.J. blames his parents for his issues during his joint therapy session.

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* BystanderSyndrome: A.J. admits to his psychiatrist that he felt powerless to stop the two Jasons from beating the Somalian cyclist [[Recap/TheSopranosS6E18KennedyAndHeidi last episode]].

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A.J. admits to his psychiatrist that he felt powerless to stop the two Jasons from beating the Somalian cyclist [[Recap/TheSopranosS6E18KennedyAndHeidi last episode]].episode]].
** Butchie [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Knew When To Fold 'Em]] when Tony stopped by the restaurant to pay Coco a visit.
** The restaurant staff don't lift a finger on behalf of their boss, Coco, even as he's being [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutalized]] by Tony. To be fair, the staff knew that Mafia was going on before their eyes, and that it would have been dangerous to involve themselves.



* DirtyCoward: Butchie [[Recap/TheSopranosS6E12Kaisha previously]] acted like TheNapoleon towards Tony when he had several other New York mobsters watching his back and Tony was by himself. When Tony shows that he's deadly serious and PistolWhipping Coco, and Butchie is the only other one there? Butchie backs down like a whipped dog.



* GoryDiscretionShot: Coco's head is hidden

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Coco's head is hidden behind Butchie's table when Tony [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps his teeth out]]. The most we see are a few of Coco's teeth hitting the floor of the restaurant. And we never see what condition he's in afterwards, although we are informed that he barely survived the assault.


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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Butchie backs down whenever Tony threatens him, even as Tony is PistolWhipping Coco and then [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] Coco's teeth out.

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* CurbStompBattle: A very literal example. Tony [[PistolWhipping Pistol Whips]] Coco into a bloody mess on the floor. Tony then forces a barely conscious Coco to bite the edge of a wooden step, and then stomps his bloody teeth out.



** Tony gives severe PapaWolf retribution to Coco in the form of PistolWhipping and [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomping]] his teeth out for sexually harassing Meadow.



* GoryDiscretionShot: Coco's head is hidden



** Tony walks into Coco's restaurant, [[PistolWhipping

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** Tony walks into Coco's restaurant, and [[PistolWhipping Pistol Whips]] the hell out of him. He then straddles Coco's teeth over the edge of a wooden step, and literally [[CurbStomp Curb Stomps his teeth out]].
* PapaWolf: Tony [[PistolWhipping Pistol Whips]] Coco to a bloody mess, and then [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] his teeth out, for daring to make lewd comments to Meadow.
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** Tony walks into Coco's restaurant, [[PistolWhipping


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* PistolWhipping: Tony's method of giving Coco the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
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* SmugSnake: While Dr. Kupferberg does have a valid point to make to Dr. Melfi, he is being rather smug and self-righteous in how he delivers it. And Dr. Melfi tries to call him on it too.
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Dr. Melfi in turn is having a session with Dr. Kuppferberg. He tells her a study about how psychiatric talk therapy actually enables sociopaths to become better criminals rather than breaking them out of their destructive behaviors.


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* ChekhovsClassroom: Dr. Kuppferberg tells Dr. Melfi about a study that indicates psychiatric talk therapy actually enables sociopaths to become better at their destructive behavior, rather than helping them break out of it.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Meadow was reluctant to tell Carmela and Tony about dating Patrick Parisi for fear of getting this kind of reaction.
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* DoubleSpeak mixed with plenty of HalfTruth and Understatement: You could insert translation subtitles for when Tony reassures Meadow as follows:

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* DoubleSpeak mixed with plenty of HalfTruth and Understatement: {{Understatement}}: You could insert translation subtitles for when Tony reassures Meadow as follows:
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* SlasherSmile: Tony is wearing a big one once he's decided what exactly he's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown going to do to Coco]].
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-->It's alrights. It's ok. ''(I got this taken care of)''

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-->It's alrights.alright. It's ok. ''(I got this taken care of)''
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* DoubleSpeak mixed with plenty of HalfTruth and Understatement: You could insert translation subtitles for when Tony reassures Meadow as follows:
-->It's alrights. It's ok. ''(I got this taken care of)''
-->He's an idiot. ''(For ever thinking of perving on my daughter)''
-->But he's harmless. ''(At least compared to me he is)''
-->I'll talk to somebody. ''(I'll get in a few 'Motherfucker!'s and 'My fuckin' daughter's while I'm pounding his face in.)''
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* BigWhat: Tony is incredulous when he hears about Coco's "tuck her in at night" comment. "Tuck you in??!!"

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Meadow is on a date in a Little Italy cafe with Patrick Parisi, Paty's son. Coco notices her, and harasses her with several lewd remarks that upset her greatly.

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Meadow is on a date in a Little Italy cafe with Patrick Parisi, Paty's son. Coco notices her, and harasses her with several lewd remarks that upset her greatly.
greatly. Tony becomes beside himself with rage when Meadow reluctantly tells him about the incident.


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* LivingLieDetector: Tony knows something is up despite Meadow initially saying nothing's the matter.


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* TranquilFury: Tony can barely contain himself as he listen to Meadow describe Coco sexually harassing her.
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** A.J. actually starts to take an interest in reading and secular knowledge.

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** A.J. actually starts to take an interest in reading and secular knowledge. But it leads to his DespairEventHorizon and BungledSuicide.
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Meadow is on a date in a Little Italy cafe with Patrick Parisi, Paty's son. Coco notices her, and harasses her with several lewd remarks that upset her greatly.


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** Coco the DirtyOldMan sexually harasses Meadow while she's on a date with Patrick Parisi.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Sexually harassing Meadow was just plain stupid on Coco's part, drunk or not. But it was apparently helped along by the Sambuka that Meadow smelt on his breath.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: You have to hand to Patrick, it took balls on his part to be willing to stand up and have a go with a much larger and stronger Coco in Meadow's defense.


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* DirtyOldMan: Coco comes over and makes several lewd remarks to Meadow, which upsets her greatly.


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* TheReveal: Meadow's "mystery date" is revealed to be Patsy's son, Patrick Parisi.


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* TemptingFate: How could Coco possibly think it was a good idea to perv on Tony's beloved daughter?
* TooDumbToLive: Even if the New York family was more powerful than the Jersey family, Coco couldn't possibly be anything other colossally stupid for thinking he could sexually harass Meadow without stirring Tony's PapaWolf instincts UpToEleven. He was lucky Tony let him lie on the floor barely alive after getting [[CurbStompBattle his teeth smashed out on the step]].


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Albert mentioning Coco's name in front of Meadow condemns him to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and CurbStompBattle at Tony's hands.
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* ContinuityNod: When Carmela visits A.J. in the psych ward, she notices a blond girl constantly pulling at her hair. [[Recap/TheSopranosS3E6University Just like Meadow's college roommate, Caitlin]].

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A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards while Carmela and Meadow are sobbing. Tony goes back to Satriale's afterwards. The other mobsters are initially silence. But they eventually try to make Tony feel better by relating how their own children have their own issues and struggles. Tony and Carmela afterwards get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s attempted suicide.

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A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards while Carmela and Meadow are sobbing. Tony goes back to Satriale's afterwards. The other mobsters are initially silence. But they eventually try to make Tony feel better by relating how their own children have their own issues and struggles. Tony and Carmela afterwards get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s attempted suicide.
suicide. Tony afterwards admits to mixed feelings about the whole affair to Dr. Melfi.


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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Tony again relates to Dr. Melfi that softer more modern approaches to raising children are not conducive to instilling discipline and maturity. It's a given that he sees Carmela as having been to coddling towards A.J.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Tony blames himself for A.J. feeling DrivenToSuicide.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Tony sometimes blames himself for A.J. feeling DrivenToSuicide.


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* NeverMyFault: And Tony at other times blames Carmela for coddling A.J. and A.J. himself for the BungledSuicide.
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* TakeBackYourGift: Although there isn't a breakup, Carmela takes off her gift watch from Tony and throws it on the floor.

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A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards while Carmela and Meadow are sobbing. Tony goes back to Satriale's afterwards. The other mobsters are initially silence. But they eventually try to make Tony feel better by relating how their own children have their own issues and struggles.

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A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards while Carmela and Meadow are sobbing. Tony goes back to Satriale's afterwards. The other mobsters are initially silence. But they eventually try to make Tony feel better by relating how their own children have their own issues and struggles.
struggles. Tony and Carmela afterwards get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s attempted suicide.


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* BlameGame: Tony and Carmela get into a massive argument where they blame each other for A.J.'s BungledSuicide.


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* InTheBlood: Tony ascribes A.J.'s issues with depression and anxiety on the Soprano family curse.

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He comes down to the kitchen to eat, and Carmela kisses him goodbye before leaving. He attempts to commit suicide by tying a cinder block to his ankle, tying a plastic bag over his head, and then casting the block into the pool. But the rope to the block is too long to hold his head under water. He ends up tearing the plastic bag off, and thrashing and screaming for help. Tony arrives home and hears A.J. He dives into the pool and saves A.J.'s life once he realizes what's going on. A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards.

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He comes down to the kitchen to eat, and Carmela kisses him goodbye before leaving. He attempts to commit suicide by tying a cinder block to his ankle, tying a plastic bag over his head, and then casting the block into the pool. But the rope to the block is too long to hold his head under water. He ends up tearing the plastic bag off, and thrashing and screaming for help. Tony arrives home and hears A.J. He dives into the pool and saves A.J.'s life once he realizes what's going on.

A.J. is admitted to a pychiatric ward afterwards.
afterwards while Carmela and Meadow are sobbing. Tony goes back to Satriale's afterwards. The other mobsters are initially silence. But they eventually try to make Tony feel better by relating how their own children have their own issues and struggles.

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* PetTheDog: Tony, when he saves A.J.'s life and then comforts him.

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Tony, when he saves A.J.'s life and then comforts him.him.
** The other Jersey mobsters break out of their awkward silence and genuinely try to comfort Tony over A.J.'s BungledSuicide.



* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: The way Bobby reacts to even the prospect of touching asbestos, you'd think it was the same thing as touching radioactive waste. Asbestos apparently has {{Phlebotinum}} properties in-universe.

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The way Bobby reacts to even the prospect of touching asbestos, you'd think it was the same thing as touching radioactive waste. Asbestos apparently has {{Phlebotinum}} properties in-universe.in-universe.
** Paulie goes CloudCuckoolander while trying to comfort Tony. And apparently every trace of toxin in Earth's biosphere can [[DrivenToSuicide drive kids to suicide]].

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