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3->''"[[TitleDrop All due respect]], you got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fuckin' thing. It's too much to deal with almost. And in the end, you're completely alone with it all."''
4-->-- '''Tony Soprano'''
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6Phil Leotardo, Johnny Sack, and Jimmy Petrille reclaim Billy Leotardo's dead body from the morgue. Phil wants a long and slow death for Tony B. He and a henchman look for Chris as an attempt at partial satisfaction. Phil intimidates Chris' mother, who runs away crying, while his own henchman reminds him that family members of Mafiasos are off-limits according to the rules. Phil then shows up at the Crazy Horse and uses his cane to beat Benny Fazzio to within an inch of his life in the parking lot.
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8The rest of the Jersey mob is becoming increasingly unhappy with Tony S. The New York mob is squeezing them financially, and they also feel that Tony S won't protect them by giving up Tony B, especially after the beating Benny suffered. Tony S struggles immensely with whether to give up Tony B, knowing that Phil likely plans to torture his cousin to death.
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10Carmela and Tony S also struggle with what to do about A.J. Carmela also begins planning the new house with Hugh. She's also curious as to why Adriana hasn't been around for a while, so she calls Chris. Chris lies to her and tells her that Adriana broke up with him and moved away. A.J. starts to show a talent for planning parties and events. Carmela and Tony latch onto it as a hope that A.J. can somehow make something of himself.
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12Tony S heads over to Paulie's home to confront him over perceived disloyalty. There he notices that Paulie salvaged the painting of Pie-Oh-My and Tony, with Tony repainted to wear a uniform like Napoleon. Tony berates Paulie, leaves with the painting, and then tosses it into a nearby dumpster. But then Tony ponders the details of the Napoleon retouches to the painting and realizes that he has a responsibility to his own men.
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14Tony B drives to Uncle Pat's farm after shopping for groceries. Tony S ambushes his cousin and kills him with a shotgun blast, both to protect the rest of the Jersey mob from any fallout with New York and to spare his cousin from being tortured to death by the New York mob.
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16Johnny Sack calls Tony S afterward. Both Johnny and Phil are furious that Tony S gave Tony B a quick kill. Tony S tries to appease them by offering Phil a share of the profits from the casino that Tony B used to run. Tony S and Sack later meet up at the latter's residence and manage to work out a peace agreement, one that will require the brutally violent Phil to quell his own desires for vengeance. The two mobsters expresses mutual relief at being able to settle their feud admirably, but their reconciliation is cut short as Tony looks over Sack's shoulder and spots a group of armed men approaching the house; he immediately flees the scene. The men turn out to be part of an FBI raid, and they arrest Sack, taking him away in handcuffs.
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18Tony, meanwhile, manages to escape by making a frantic run through the woods and suburbs surrounding Johnny's estate, during which he throws away his handgun away in panic. He calls up his lawyer, Neil Mink, who informs him that the Brooklyn FBI wasn't there for Tony as their warrant focused exclusively on Johnny Sack. Mink also informs Tony that Jimmy Petrille had turned informer, leading to Sack's arrest. He finally returns home, where a worried Carmela notices his unkempt appearance and asks what happened to him.
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20!!Tropes:
21* ActorAllusion: Vinny Vella plays Jimmy Petrille. His being TheMole for the FBI leads to Johnny Sack's arrest. Vella also played Artie Piscano in Film/{{Casino}}. Piscano's careless keeping of detailed records, despite being told by his bosses not to, and running his mouth off with a wire set up on his grocery store, leads to the downfall of the mobster-run casinos in Las Vegas.
22* AllForNothing: After Tony makes his escape from the feds arriving at Johnny Sack's house, he learns from Mink that the feds were only there to arrest Johnny and Tony was not mentioned in the indictment. So Tony ran a long distance through the snow, woods, and a brook, getting soaked and almost bitten by a dog in the process, for no reason.
23* AmoralAttorney: Neil Mink gives legal advice to Tony S after the latter runs like hell from Johnny Sack's house.
24* AngryGuardDog: Tony S narrowly avoids getting bitten by one while running away from the FBI agents.
25* BatmanGambit: Tony S decides to TakeAThirdOption and gives Tony B a MercyKill. He knows that Johnny Sack and Phil will both be furious over it, but Tony S correctly wagers that they can be appeased with profits from the casino that Tony B used to run.
26* BlackComedy:
27** An unintentionally funny example on Phil's part: "...before they put on all that pancake and shit!"
28** Benny tells Phil that he's on his "way to the hospital". Phil's reply: [[DeadlyEuphemism "Well, that's up to you!"]]
29* BlatantLies:
30** When Chris tells Carmela that Adriana dumped him and moved away to parts unknown.
31** Tony S tells his men that he doesn't know where Tony B is.
32** And of course, he didn't know that Chris and Adriana "broke up".
33** Tony S tells Dr. Melfi that A.J. is now focusing more on academics.
34** A.J. is working on a college application, and couldn't possibly have been spending hours on the phone with friends.
35* TheBusCameBack: Larry Barese comes back, although he's still a [[OutOfFocus very minor character]].
36* ButtMonkey: Both Johnny Sack and Sal Vitro get a face full of snow when they get arrested. Also Benny, whose car gets wrecked and is then beaten to a pulp by an irate Phil.
37* CallBack:
38** [[TheOldestProfession The prostitute]] thanks Tony B for making her toe pain go away with a [[ChekhovsSkill massage]]. It would have been a ContinuityNod but for the fact that it lampshades that Tony B is in his predicament because of how he stepped through more than one HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, and because he put RevengeBeforeReason.
39** Carmela remembers when Adriana [[Recap/TheSopranosS5E2TheRatPack was out of sorts during movie night with the girls]]. It fuels Carmela's curiosity about where Adriana has gone, obliging Tony S to make use of the new house as a ChekhovsGift.
40* CaneFu: Phil uses his walking cane as an ImprovisedWeapon for his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Benny.
41* TheChainsOfCommanding:
42** Tony S tells Silvio that he has [[YouDoNotWantToKnow no idea]] what it's like to be "number one". Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} when Silvio soon finds out for himself firsthand.
43** Tony S really struggles with the Chains in this episode, on account of the SadisticChoice described below.
44** Tony S also has an "I told you so" moment with Johnny Sack, now that Sack has some experience under his belt and the realization that dealing with the Chains, and [[TheStarscream Starscreams along the way]], come with the territory of being TheDon.
45* ChaseScene: When FBI agents arrest Johnny Sack, Tony S manages to escape, but throws away his handgun in the process. It becomes a ChekhovsGun next season.
46* ChekhovsGun: Tony S throws his handgun away into the snow while running away from the FBI agents. It becomes legally significant next season.
47* [[CigaretteOfAnxiety Cigar of Anxiety]]: Tony S continues to puff away on them as he struggles with the SadisticChoice he has to make about Tony B.
48* CloseToHome: Tony S really goes ape at the sight of Paulie's picture, because it's a painful reminder of [[Recap/TheSopranosS4E5PieOhMy Pie-Oh-My]].
49* CombatBreakdown: A couple of kids fight at A.J.'s WildTeenParty, but it basically just amounts to rolling around on the ground with each other.
50* TheConsigliere: Silvio takes up a WithDueRespect conversation with Tony S (described below).
51* ContinuityNod:
52** Larry remarks that Tony S should have had Tony B sent back to jail instead of [[Recap/TheSopranosS5E4AllHappyFamilies Feech Le Manna]].
53** Tony S stepping into rotting eggs near the dumpster [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything plays like a reenactment]] of when Valentina tricked Ralph into [[Recap/TheSopranosS4E5PieOhMy stepping into horse manure]].
54** Sal Vitro is still working Johnny Sack's lawn.
55** Mr. Wegler [[Recap/TheSopranosS5E6SentimentalEducation isn't A.J.'s college advisor]] anymore.
56* CountryMatters:
57** Phil calls Chris' mom one.
58** Tony calls Adriana one as well, [[SpeakIllOfTheDead when he discusses her with Chris]].
59* DiabolusExMachina: Just as Johnny Sack and Tony finally patch things up and look to go back to normal business and making money again, Johnny is arrested by the FBI thanks to their mole Jimmy Petrille. With John in prison and awaiting trial, his decidedly less pragmatic and more AxCrazy [[TheDragon dragon]] Phil Leotardo is free to take the reins of Acting Boss.
60* DiesWideOpen: Tony B's eyes are wide open in death, and his facial expression still screams EtTuBrute.
61* DisposingOfABody: Tony S gives Chris the task of burying Tony B's body.
62* DistractedFromDeath: Initially subverted but then eventually played straight. Carmela becomes more and more curious as to what happened to [[KilledOffForReal Adriana]]. And Tony initially struggles to quell that curiosity.
63* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title could describe: Tony's striving to gain Johnny's respect; Johnny's striving to gain Tony's respect, and Tony's striving to keep the respect of his family.
64* TheDreaded: Just the sight or sound of Phil can make dedicated mobsters like Chris or Benny piss in their pants.
65* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Uncle Junior relates that Harold Melvoin has had a stroke, meaning he won't be around as the AmoralAttorney anymore. [[{{Foreshadowing}} And just in time]] for Uncle Junior to go full throttle [[ScatterbrainedSenior into a different arc]].
66* DrunkWithPower: Tony S flat out tells Johnny Sack that he'll become a swollen head on a power trip if his tenure as TheDon of the New York family will be marked by letting Phil his [[TheDragon Dragon]] go full AxCrazy without any restraint.
67* EtTuBrute:
68** The last things that go through Tony B's head (besides the buckshot from the shotgun) is the sight of Tony S with the shotgun aimed straight at him and the realization that Tony S is about to kill him.
69** Chris still feels betrayed by Adriana having become TheMole.
70* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
71** Phil is devastated at the sight of his younger brother lying dead on a morgue slab.
72** Tony S really struggles with what to do about his own cousin Tony B, who is marked for a CruelAndUnusualDeath by Phil. Part of Tony S' struggles stem from the fact that even giving Tony B a MercyKill may not be enough to get the [[AndYourLittleDogToo Jersey mob]] out of the crosshairs of the New York mob.
73** Tony S does his utmost to [[{{Protectorate}} protect]] [[LikeASonToMe Chris]] from [[AxCrazy Phil]]. He then comforts Chris and gives him a ManHug once the crisis has more or less elapsed.
74* EvenEvilHasStandards:
75** Phil's henchman reminds Phil that family is off-limits when members of TheMafia have beef with each other. Could also double as {{Foreshadowing}} for the [[Recap/TheSopranosS6E21MadeInAmerica series finale]].
76** Carlo thinks it's unfair that Tony S's refusal to give up Tony B has resulted in Christopher becoming a target for Phil to get RevengeByProxy.
77* EveryManHasHisPrice: Johnny Sack and Phil are initially furious over Tony S giving Tony B a MercyKill. But Tony S starts to smooth things over by offering Phil a share in the profits from the casino that Tony B used to run.
78* FatherToHisMen: Tony S decides to give Tony B the MercyKill, in part out of a realization that his own men will be made to suffer for it should the situation continue to go unresolved. He regains the respect of his men when they learn that he finally got around to dealing with it.
79* {{Foreshadowing}}:
80** Carmela tries to provide Chris with encouragement by telling him there's [[ReplacementGoldfish "other fish in the sea"]].
81** Johnny Sack indicates that he's seeing a doctor for lipid and bone density tests .
82* HalfTruth:
83** Tony S on Adriana: "You never know about people".
84** Tony S calls up Johnny Sack and tells him the location of Uncle Pat's farm. He doesn't mention that he already gave Tony B a [[MercyKill quick death]].
85* HatesSmallTalk: Tony commands Silvio to cut the preamble.
86* HiddenDepths: A.J. starts to show a talent for "event planning". Carmela even [[ShoutOut mentions]] that A.J. has had an obsession with the [[Film/FiftyFour Studio 54 movie]]. It fuels [[HopeSpot hope]] for Carmela that A.J. can somehow make something of himself.
87* HolierThanThou: Johnny Sack does come across as rather self-righteous in this episode. And when he invokes KissingCousins as a justification for having Lorraine killed, Tony calls him on it: "What are you? The friggin' Cardinal?"
88* HopeSpot: After killing Tony B and offering compensation for Phil, Tony S and Johnny Sack seem to have reconciled, with Johnny even offering Tony inside his home for a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, the FBI then shows up and arrests Johnny, meaning Phil is now in charge of New York.
89* {{Hypocrite}}: Chris is convinced that Tony S is bestowing [[{{Nepotism}} Nepotistic]] favor to Tony B, notwithstanding the numerous breaks he's gotten for being Tony S' nephew. Silvio calls him out on it.
90* ImproperlyParanoid: There's a reason why Tony S got away from the FBI agents. They weren't even after him in the first place. His panicked efforts to run away cause him to make a key blunder by leaving behind a ChekhovsGun that will come back to haunt him next season.
91* ImprovisedWeapon: Phil uses his cane for his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Benny.
92* IronicEcho: Tony S throws "due respect" back at Silvio.
93* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Phil mixes in demands to know where Tony B is while [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating]] Benny to a bloody pulp with his cane.
94* KickTheDog: Phil is a total HateSink and {{Jerkass}} when he puts the gears on Chris' mom.
95* KissingCousins: Johnny Sack brings up that Little Carmine and Lorraine used to have relations with each other as second cousins as an additional justification for killing her.
96* LonelyAtTheTop: Tony S tells Silvio that this is what being a Mafia boss amounts to.
97* MaintainTheLie: Silvio knows that Tony S has [[SpottingTheThread discovered Tony B's location]], but keeps his mouth closed when Tony S [[BlatantLies claims]] to the rest of the Jersey mobsters that he doesn't know where his cousin is.
98* ManHug: Chris and Tony S embrace after emerging from relatively unscathed from recent events. Tony even sheds a few ManlyTears.
99* MementoMacGuffin: The painting of Tony S and [[Recap/TheSopranosS4E5PieOhMy Pie-Oh-My]] ends up helping Tony S decide on which SadisticChoice he needs to make.
100* MercyKill: Tony S decides to TakeAThirdOption and gives Tony B a quick death with a shotgun blast.
101* TheMole:
102** Raymond Curto is seen giving info on a deal between Tony S and Vito to his handler.
103** And it turns out that Jimmy Petrille being one has led to Johnny Sack's arrest.
104* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Briefly, it appears that Tony managed a somewhat impressive escape from the FBI. Then he finds out he wasn't the target of the arrest and they had just let him go.
105* {{Nepotism}}:
106** Tony S' men become more and more resentful that they're going to bear the brunt of the New York family's fury just because Tony S won't deal with Tony B. They also perceive favoritism towards Chris as well.
107** Chris is especially resentful, notwithstanding his own [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].
108* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Phil uses his [[CaneFu cane]] as an ImprovisedWeapon to beat Benny to a bloody pulp.
109* OhCrap:
110** Chris, when he hears [[TheDreaded Phil's]] voice outside his mom's place.
111** Benny, when he sees Phil in the club.
112** Tony B, when he sees Tony S with a shotgun aimed straight at him.
113* TheOldestProfession: Tony B gets by with a prostitute or two while hiding out at Uncle Pat's farm.
114* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A minor example occurs when Carmela speaks with Chris on the phone about Adriana. Carm takes Chris' morose attitude and complaints about Adriana as him being hurt over her leaving, when in reality Chris is indeed upset, but over Adriana having been TheMole and her subsequent execution.
115* PaperThinDisguise: Chris is apparently convinced that wearing a fedora and CoolShades is enough to throw the New York mobsters off his scent.
116* PetTheDog:
117** After seeing what Phil did to Benny, Tony S decides it's time for Benny to become a made man.
118** A rather morbid example. Tony S is well aware that Chris had issues with Tony B. So he gives Chris the honor of burying Tony B to get some measure of satisfaction out of things. He also gives Chris a ManHug.
119* PragmaticVillainy: Tony S finally manages to persuade Johnny Sack that it's time to end the CycleOfRevenge seen throughout season 5 and get back to doing business and making money. Unfortunately for him, Sack is immediately arrested by the FBI afterward.
120** Vito also gets in on this, arguing against more reprisals against New York because it would be suicidal to escalate things further when the last strike (Billy Leotardo's murder) was so devastating.
121* {{Pride}}: Tony S is hesitant to give up Tony B to Johnny Sack because it amounts to [[KneelBeforeZod Kneeling Before Sack]]. And that's after Tony S had told Sack to [[PrecisionFStrike go fuck himself]].
122* ProfessionalButtKisser: Paulie squirms when Tony S gets upset over the painting of Pie-Oh-My and himself by telling Tony S that it's an honor to have a picture of the boss himself and that the picture depicts Tony S as the [[FatherToHisMen "General"]].
123* {{Protectorate}}: Tony S has the Jersey mob establish one over Chris, as Phil intends to kill Chris as a matter of RevengeByProxy.
124* PsychologicalProjection: Dr. Melfi points out that this is a large part of Tony's current struggles. He feels [[GuiltComplex guilty]] over Tony B having [[ICouldaBeenAContender gone to jail instead of him]]. Therefore, his real motivation for avoiding giving up Tony B to the New York mob is to avoid fueling his own guilt that goes years back. He's angry about A.J. not being given more time by the football coach because he really wanted to hear the coach tell A.J. that he's special. That in turn would validate Tony S' [[Recap/TheSopranosS5E11TheTestDream dream where Coach Molinaro told him he was special]].
125* RecoveredAddict: Chris manages to get himself off the heroin, [[{{Foreshadowing}} for now ...]]
126* RevengeByProxy:
127** Phil makes an attempt on Chris as a stand-in for Tony B.
128** Phil uses his [[CaneFu cane]] as an ImprovisedWeapon to give Benny a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. He stops when he notices some potential witnesses are starting to walk up, and says: "It's a start".
129* RousingSpeech: Tony S tries to give one to his men on the basis that he's protecting Tony B from a CruelAndUnusualDeath, and that he would protect any of them from the same. The men pretend to go along with it, but their resentment over perceived {{Nepotism}} only increases.
130* RuleOfSymbolism:
131** Tony S is watching a History Channel documentary on UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel, describing him as a FatherToHisMen, and who returned home during ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarI'' to marry his [[HighSchoolSweethearts sweetheart]]. The latter bit plays out just as Carmela pulls up to sit on the sofa beside him.
132** The documentary also claims that Rommel had a "sixth sense of sizing up the situation".
133** The painting of [[Recap/TheSopranosS4E5PieOhMy Pie-Oh-My]] and Tony S dressed up like Napoleon beckons to Tony to be a FatherToHisMen.
134** At the end of the episode, Tony's emergence from the rustling bushes reaffirms the use of the bear as a symbol of Tony's dominating presence in his house. Based on the emerging location of the bear in earlier episodes, there is uncertainty as to the identity of the rustling figure.
135* SadisticChoice: Tony S has three choices, and all of them have the potential to backfire on him horribly.
136** Give up Tony B, [[ThickerThanWater his own cousin]], to the New York mob for ColdBloodedTorture and a CruelAndUnusualDeath. Tony S almost makes this choice when he calls up Johnny Sack, but then hesitates, wavers, and hangs up.
137** Refuse to give up Tony B, but face ongoing hostility from the [[GreaterScopeVillain New York mob]], and possibly TheMutiny from his own men if they become convinced that he won't protect them.
138** TakeAThirdOption and give Tony B a MercyKill. Problem is, there are no assurances that the New York family will actually accept it as a valid Third Option. Tony S ultimately decides to roll the dice on the Third Option.
139* SarcasmMode:
140** Patsy, after Tony S has left the party: "Thank you. That was great."
141** A.J. to Carmela: "Could you amp up the drama a little?"
142* ScatterbrainedSenior: Tony S goes to Uncle Junior, hoping that he can act as a second [[TheConsigliere Consigliere]] and provide helpful advice. But Junior proves too incapable of even following the conversation to be of any help.
143* SentIntoHiding: Chris takes to lying low after Phil [[RevengeByProxy comes looking for him]].
144* SeriouslyScruffy: Tony S looks rather disheveled, with a twig scratch across his cheek to boot, after running from the FBI agents.
145* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Tony S uses one to grant Tony B a quick death.
146* SmallNameBigEgo: Paulie certainly thinks a lot of himself, proclaiming himself as the most likely target of New York next to Tony S.
147* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Chris and Tony freely berate Adriana, convinced that she was RewardedAsATraitorDeserves.
148* SpoiledBrat: Tony S and Carmela lampshade that A.J. having it easy from day one has killed off any motivation, while Val's son works hard laboring under a not-so-well-off father.
149* TheStarscream: [[TheDon Johnny Sack]] is himself wary of the possibility that Phil won't be content with being a [[TheDragon Dragon]]} or even TheConsigliere.
150* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic:
151** "Glad Tidings" by ''Music/VanMorrison'' is playing while Tony B is driving to Uncle Pat's farm. The lyrics could be interpreted to describe a MercyKill delivered by a loved one. Then there's the particular lyric about [[DeadlyEuphemism "glad tidings from New York"]].
152** It plays again while Tony S is making his way home after running from Johnny Sack's arrest. The second playing invites a more benign interpretation of the lyrics.
153* TakeAThirdOption: Tony S decides to both try to [[FatherToHisMen protect his own men]] from any fallout with New York, and save his [[ThickerThanWater cousin]] from ColdBloodedTorture and a CruelAndUnusualDeath, by giving Tony B a quick death with a shotgun blast.
154* ThwartedEscape: Benny tries to hightail it out of the Crazy Horse after noticing [[TheDreaded Phil]]. Phil and his henchmen catch up to Benny as he's trying to start his car and get away. They then begin to pull him out, and Benny puts his car into drive by mistake, resulting in the car going into the nearby wall instead. He tries desperately to put it in reverse, only for the New York mobsters to pull on him enough to cause him to lose his grip on his drive shaft and then out of the car completely. The NoHoldsBarredBeatdown begins shortly thereafter.
155* TitleDrop: Tony S and Silvio multiple times during their WithDueRespect conversation.
156* TranquilFury: Phil arrives at Uncle Pat's farm with his henchmen. He makes as though to quietly sneak in through the front door, and that's when he notices that Tony S has already given Tony B a MercyKill. The look on his face says it all.
157* TroubleEntendre:
158-->'''Phil''' We're, uh, from Alcoholics Anonymous.\
159'''Joanne:''' What's your name?\
160'''Phil:''' Well, we're anonymous.
161* {{Unishment}}: Carmela and Tony try withholding A.J.'s allowance until he finishes his college applications, but he doesn't care because he just made $300 on the party he threw with his friends.
162* UnsafeHaven: Tony B hopes nobody can find him on Uncle Pat's farm. Turns out Tony S has known for quite some time, and guns down his own cousin at the front door.
163* WildTeenParty: A.J. has one in the backyard of his friend's house.
164* WithDueRespect: [[TheConsigliere Silvio]] has a prolonged conversation with Tony S where he twice names the trope itself word for word. He points out to Tony S that his real hesitation in giving up Tony B is that Tony S is too proud to do something that amounts to [[KneelBeforeZod bending the knee before Johnny Sack]] and after having told Sack to [[PrecisionFStrike go fuck himself]]. Silvio also warns Tony S that if he can't get past it, he will risk TheMutiny from his men.
165* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Tony S reduces it to an individual "with me or against me as the boss" version, when he initially refuses [[TheConsigliere Silvio's]] [[WithDueRespect advice]].
166* WouldHitAGirl: Phil grips hard on Joanne's wrist, and then threatens to ram the Discman up her "box". The "box" comment could also be considered a ShoutOut to Frank Vincent's classic line in ''Film/GoodFellas'', "Now go home and get your fucking shinebox!"

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