The Sopranos: "University"
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- The Sopranos Season 3 Episode 6 "University" review.
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Tony's sincere warnings:
Tracy don't involve further with ralph,
Jackey study, don't involve in mafia,
Chrissy don't get high, keep it together,
Dave don't gamble.
but no one listens and ended up being dead or bankrupt
FACTS
or he kills them 😂
@@jtothey1993 😀
@@naveenappala2527 🙂
ironic
I love that it was Christopher who recommended Spartacus to him, because he has excellent taste. The first thing he says is "This Moltesanti kid doesn't know what he's talking about"
They didnt have flattops in ancient Rome!
Spartacus was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshit
@@dondajulah4168 100% real and the event in real life was called the Third Serville War. Now the movie Gladiator, THAT was 100% bullshit. I literally was rolling on the floor laughing when Commodus called for the Praetorian Guard to kill Maximus...an extremely popular general in his own camp! WTF??? In real life they would have immediately killed Commodus as to do otherwise would mean their (Praetorian) own immediate death at the hands of Maximus soldiers. Plus, Aurelius had his own Praetorian Guard (Commodus did not as he was neither Emperor or a high general) who he would have ordered to follow Maximus and, Maximus would have had his own Praetorian Guard as all high generals had following the Flavian Dynasty. In fact, the real Commodus was assassinated by his wrestling coach (yep, he had one of those) on order of the Praetorian Guard. The whole movie was just horrible shit.
@@dondajulah4168 It's Stanley Kubrick's classic. Though he himself didn't want to do it, Kirk Douglas kind of made him do it out of friendship, so there isn't that much of Kubrick's style in this film. Nevertheless the movie is epic.
@@tedwojtasik8781 it's a joke related to one of the lines from the show
I always loved the counter-point of College vs. University. While both violent in their own way. College was Hopeful about the possibilities of the future and University was depressing and stark about the reality of the real world
Never forget - Sil is very clear: you are only as good as your last envelope - he reminds us over-and-over.
Noah was truly one of the most unlikeable characters, up there with Janice. He’s like the quintessential 90s guy and totally insufferable.
Janice at least has some substance to her character. The Noah character kind of feels hamfisted.
You disagree that Cagney was modernity?
what was so 90s about him?
You mean quintessential leftist beta male
He was poorly written. His interaction with Tony was like something out a a shitty B movie.
A pregnant girl in her mid-twenties being brutally beaten to death does come across as a bit disturbing, I'd say.
Easy come easy go
She was 20
She was younger than that. She was 20
I first saw that scene when I was a teen. A young pregnant woman being beaten to death (by her boyfriend no less), and a lot of the men's lack of care about the fact all really disturbed me then. I think it was the warped callousness of the men that bothered me the most. Her death was such a tragic injustice and it seemed like no gave a shit at all.
She was a whuwa 🤷♂
I like how in the final scene georgie is explaining the vip room rules to a stripper we can assume is new, implying tracee already got replaced and the story is about to repeat itself. It doesn't matter what happens to these girls, they are disposable and replaceable, there will always be a new tracee knocking on the bada bing's door
Especially the end where it showed all the other strippers dancing to the sad song. Tracee's situation is a ton of women's situation around the world.
I'm glad this episode came about to show the low respect a lot of men have for women and how shittily they may treat women when the women aren't giving them what they want. Misogyny is still a prevalent issue in our society, amongst all classes (as this episode shows). We see victims of it in person in this episode. We see them as fully fleshed out individuals who are treated like shit, not fellow people.
Men have it easy?
@@kurliigurlii to show the low respect a lot of men have for strippers and sex workers*, that I can agree with.
@@thebadwolf3088 I don't think psychopaths make up "a lot of men"
I'd totally forgotten what an absolute lad Noah was, the perfect example of privileged American prep boys. And when it goes wrong daddy always saves the day
Absolute lad is a compliment
absolute chad*
@Andrew Mendez Not even close.
He's a disgrace!
He's pretty much the epitome of a Beta Male (incel)
Tracee is a fantastic character, and she was only in one episode. Might be my favorite one off character in the series. Her story was so tragic.
Holy shit really?!?! I didn’t even notice that. I thought she was in more, I guess her character had quite the impact
My favourite one off character was Bobby' dad. Ruthless to the core, too bad he was only in one episode
She was in at least 4-5, IMDB is bullshit, I can't believe her arc all happened in one episode. She confides with Tony and brings him bread, plays hooky from the Bing with Ralphie, does a private backroom whore party (when Georgie gets accosted by Ralph) gets beaten to death by Ralph and there was even more, like auditioning as a dancer, that's supposed to all be in one 50 min episode??
My favorite one off character was the guy who asked if the Bing was open also in that episode.
My favorite one off is the dude who yells "oh shhhiit" when Phil's head get crushed by his own car, after he got whacked.
Even Ariel who plays Tracee and Jamie-Lynn who plays Meadow were born only four days apart.
Ariel was a much better actress IMO. One episode only and I will never forget her.
@@Gemmarose9012 She was the finest girl on the show imo.
@@thaistomp She looked like a 12 year old school girl
Watch it my friend
@@michaelross1452 I do what I like and I say what I like 😎🤫
@@thaistomp Its a Sopranos qoute dummy
Meadow cared about Caitlin. She took a scalpel before she left from the dorm.
It was an exato knife you moron
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Not everyone knows what an Exacto (yeah, you couldn't even spell it, genius) is, ya phuccwit! Be careful throwing insults when you can't even spell at a year 6 level, Einstein...
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Close enough
@@RogueBoyScout Apparently, it's actually X-Acto.
It’s actually X Æ A-Xii
I think Noah was just a prick. Realized that Meadow was going to cost him his goals and really didn't want the other girl bothering him anymore.
That doesn't make him a prick. He has his priorities in order.
My estimation of Noah Tannenbaum as a man just fucking skyrocketed
@@Reggie757 The two are not mutually exclusive.
"I think Noah was just a prick. Realized that Meadow was going to cost him his goals..."
...and, though I don't think there's any deliberate connection on the part of the writers, that's one of the reasons why many "liberated" females choose to get done what Tony suggests to Tracee, which he says would mean "doing this kid and the next few generations a favor".
Meadow is 4 da streetz!!!
If Meadow flunks out of Columbia she can always get work at the Bing.
They all die at the end.
She had a rocking body lol
Lmao
@@aheroictaxidriver3180 explain
@Emilio Robinson not even close to a virgin buddy lol.
And if it's a boy we'll name him Borko...that way he can grow up to be a copyright infringing uploader like his father
Who well like owdda ruspic ffwa his fadda.
Oooh! Cmon.. cmon! We are just fucking around.
😆 😆 😆
" Micheal Jackson and Lisa-Marie Pressley are having a baby. Michael said if it's a girl he's going to name her 'Nancy', and if it'a a boy he's going to, um, ah, have sex with it."
@@aloysiusdevadanderabercrom6401 He laid on top of her?
I always found it interesting and disturbing, how it cuts from the scene of Ralphie laughing whilst his girl is being hit by Silvio and then transitions to him at Tony's dinner table with the exact same laugh.
Relationships in Sopranos peak and end all within one episode. Poor Meadow, loses her virginity and gets dumped immediately.
Anyone who ever feels sorry for Meadow is a dunce, Captain Oblivious.
Only takes 1 episode to connect to new characters though. That's very rare these days.
the pussy was obviuosly trash lmao
@Emilio Robinson lol what do you mean virgin your dad says im great in bed
Paid the toll
I think the scene with Tracee being brutally beaten to death by Ralph is extremely difficult to watch..
The episode that caused some viewers to cancel HBO. And some women to be turned on....
I found Meadow lying down with that charcoal briquette extremely difficult to watch.
But she was a hooah
So its Ralphie's fault she was a klutz?
its brutal and I agree hard to watch. It just sad and disturbing.
The biggest mystery of the entire series wasn't, was Tony whacked and by whom, but rather, how the hell did Caitlin ever get into Columbia University?
Her mother was Lori Loughlin.
@@JakeandElwoodBlues That would explain it because I don't see how that hayseed would have been allowed to even leave her own state! LOL
bruh that what happens sometimes, people get to Uni and just can't adjust
Because her problems appear to be emotional, not intellectual.
How did Meadow get in? She was rarely portrayed as anything other than an irresponsible brat until season 6. Plus, I'm not so sure Ivy League school would accept children of well known mobsters.
This was by far the best episode of the entire series for me
LIVING ON A THIN LINE
Ralph I’d is like Kino. Gets big quick, gets too cocky, murdered by their boss, in this case Borko
Deathcon 5 ova here
@@jacobdorvinen1073 we're lookin after CARMELLA, here!
Great analysis! The contrast between Meadow and Tracey makes sense as they're both the same age. I didn't realise the story is also parallel between Meadow and Tony, whereby both facing similar issues in relation to providing support for a vulnerable person. Moreover, the behavioural difference of the mobsters in separate environments, i.e., the criminal and family life is so well reflected. It's subtle yet confrontational and provocative. I completely agree it's one of the best written episodes of the show. Thanks Kino, despite having seen the Sorpanos several times over, I've actually missed the full depth of this episode until your video.
If this is one of the best written episodes, a simple parallel trajectory leading to divergent endings, the series is totally overrated.
Tracee
@@amadhaun22 thankfully ypur comment fell flat exactly where it belongs 😂😆
yeah, i never picked up on the tony/meadow comparison here either. i found that kind of neat
Fun fact: Terrence Winter, who wrote this episode, wrote the script for "The Wolf of Wallstreet"
Dude's a beast
He also made boardwalk empire
That song Living On A Thin Line, which plays at the beginning and the end of the episode, really shows how cold and uncertain the world of the Sopranos is.
Yeah, sopranos was spot on with choices like these, brilliant song.
I went to grad school in NYC and what happened to her roommate is very real. Several of my friends just couldn’t take it after just a few months. They either left or had nervous breakdowns. I loved living there personally.
Ralph beating that girl to death-the same girl who was carrying his baby- was the most disturbing scene in the whole series IMO
1 she hit him
2 she was a who-ah
3 that wasn't Ralph's kid she was carrying.
Adriana crawling away crying and begging for her life was equally disturbing 😢 not a competition though, both were just awful.
This is the most devastating storyline in the series IMO. The poor girl. And Noah is a total creep who needs his ass kicked.
Just thought of this: Kind of ironic how Ralph's problem with the Spartacus movie was that Kurt Douglas' haircut wasn't realistic - when Ralph himself wears a full wig right up until the last frame we see him in.
KIRK DOUGLAS.
I will never forget watching this episode for the first time. That scene was intense
Kyle Marsden of Philadelphia who often goes to the Delaware shore?
Were you one of the tens of thousands that quit there HBO subs right after?
@@Shatamx Are you for real? Lol I have never heard that
No not at all, I was watching on Amazon
For me, it was the scene where Sil killed Adriana
Nicely done.
Meadow learned that the world doesn't revolve around her.
And she got dumped by a black guy at that.
@@JM-fo1te her bike ran off with 2 black dudes too.
I always just assumed Noah just wanted Meadow for sex and once he got it dumped her.
If that were the case, I don't think he would've introduced her to his father after; something people normally do when they're serious about someone.
@@Vanished_Mostly Good point.
We’re clearly not supposed to really know why he dumps her. But it likely has to do with his obsession with grades and status and seeing Meadow (and Caitlin) as a potential “distraction”.
Big agree
Or maybe it just came down to him realizing because of Tony it would never work out long term so decided to end it before either of them got too attached.
The episode is full of parallels between Meadow and Tracy. The sacred and the propane
And propane accessories.
Noah breaks up with Meadow cos he's a shallow player - no more, no less. He chooses the library as he's confident she won't make a scene there. Disturbing episode all round, though. Memorable for it's highlighting of social inequalities.
He's manipulative, hmmm..
At least he had the decency to do it face to face, which is more gracious than what can be expected today.
@@SouthernOregonOrgani Ok. He gets a 4 out of 10. 😉
Carm’s Yahoo mug was my favorite character in the show. Wish they did more with him.
In one walk of life you get to go to college and be virtuous, in another you get to be a stripper and get beat to death. Roll of the dice 🎲
Lol I always die laughing when Sil calls Tracy "betty crocker"
Man, this episode was brutal. Goes from funny to dark so quickly.
The dislike is from Noah who is still pissed off at that grade
id a love to seen tony beat his ass
Johnny Cage oh I bet you would.
@@area51ville me too, the little 90 pound coward asked for it.....in Tony's house.
@@area51ville it'd be like Ralph beating Tracy
Still to this day the only scene I can't watch and have to skip over . The only upside is it made Tony killing Ralph ultra satisfying
But... she was just a hooo-ah!
Makes me mad that what finally drove Tony to off him was a horse
These vids are great, Kino.
You really point out how The Sopranos is one big morality play.
I see pure kino, I click
I disagree on one thing with this video. Tony and Meadow had two different reactions to seeing someone in need. Meadow tried to help her roommate and she went crazy and clingy to her.. Tony refused to help Tracie and she turned out to be abusing her child and clingy to Ralph which got her killed. If Tony tried to help her she would have probably come to his house or ended in a big fight at the club. Tony felt guilt because he knows if he helped she would still be alive, but it would have hurt him.
Tony did help her by telling her to abort the kid and get away from Ralphie as she already has a kid and is only 20, he didn't have to do that. Now it's her fault to kinda not follow what Tony said.
@@ayushmanrajawat2828 You are greatly overstimating the guilt in these type of situations
Finally a guy without a foreign accent who doesn't overanalyze the show but just describes it as is.
but like… it’s the sopranos. it’s made to be highly analyzed. this guy’s basic summarization is great in that it helps keep the very complex storylines in line for people, but if you think there’s a such thing as “over analyzing” the sopranos, i don’t think you understand the sopranos
speaking of Terry Winter... think boardwalk empire should be next when you’re done with the Sopranos
Yes please do Boardwalk Empire also!
This please.
Great idea
Thats what i did, but it obv wasnt as good.
Plenty of Sopranos cast in Boardwalk Empire. Another strange one is NBCs Blacklist. That show has even more ex-Sopranos cast than Boardwalk.
The episode comes at a point in the series when it's drawing huge, new audience numbers and beginning to have an impact on viewers' lives. The character of Tracey contrasted with that of Meadow reminds young females that working as a stripper is even less fun than college.
Me: That psycho Ralph killed an innocent girl! 😢
Paulie Gaultieri: That too
In general, I don’t adore season 3 as much as some others do. The arcs don’t really start formulating until the second half. And while Pine Barrens, Amour Fou and Employee of the Month are good episodes, they’re not absolute top tier episodes for me. However, University is a mini masterpiece to me. It lays some of the groundwork for how the writers will approach the rest of series. And it even helped lay the groundwork for something like Mad Men.
I always thought it was Noah’s dad that influenced him to cut things off.
Definitely
You sure it wasn’t Tony who caused it?
@@NinjaBuddha503 no, it wasn't he only broke things off because of her friend and Tony and him had a problem at the beginning but they still stayed together he only left her ones he got a c because he isn't mentally well break of contact with your girlfriend because her friend annoys you is very odd but, no It was not Tony who caused it
The show doesn't say it, but the moulignan bangs the roommate. Her sudden better mood, Noah leaving Meadow, restraining order because she's in love with noah.
I think so too. he's a douche
In Ralphs deffense- They really didnt have flat tops in ancient Rome😬
Well, that's nice because Kirk Douglas did not have a flat-top in Spartacus. Douglas combed his hair back and placed some of it in a pony tail which people did in fact do during the 1st century bc in Rome. Most of what people are taught about Roman culture is 100% wrong. Some had long hair, some short, some bald. Statues and buildings were not stark white but painted very colorfully. The Emperor (one the Republic was dissolved) did not have absolute power, if they F'ed up they were likely to be assassinated, they still had to work with the Senate and the people in general.
@@tedwojtasik8781 Ralph Bunch ova' here
"Strength, and honor"
"Scotch, and whiskey!"
While your on the way to the bar
Noah blaming Meadow for her crazy roommate is so catty and lame.
I took it as a catty, lame excuse. He was gonna dump her anyway.
I will never forget how disturbed I was with that scene.
2:55 id say its a mix of all 3. He smashed Caitlyn, and then his Dad told him Meadow was a Mob Daughter and bad influence which made him think about her negativity that in turn made him realize the relationship isnt worth it to him.
idk how u do it but these always drop with the best timing lmaooo best time to have a blaze and enjoy this glorious series
One of my favorite episodes in the series and without a doubt the best opening 45 seconds of any Soprano's episode ;)
I recognize that actor that plays Noah. Wasnt he in those Tarzan movies? I think the actors name is Jamal Ginsburg.
yeaaa then he played the hasidic homeboy!
Im considering making a channel called impure Kino where I do soprano episode reviews in a thick Jersey accent
You'd have to misinterpret everything though
That's just talking sopranos
I would like to see that it might be like talking sapranos hut you could add your own spin to it
@@yugatrasclart4439 lol
NYC guido voice only
This is probably my favorite episode in the whole show. It’s such a gut-wrenching storyline.
I just watched this episode for the third time and there’s so many scenes that end with Tracy but then cut to Meadow, showing the similarities between them that Tony sees.
I find it really disturbing how many characters (and even ppl in the comment section) are overlooking the fact that despite being "a whore" that she was pregnant. It's a double homicide, just truly brutal, especially if it was really Ralph's child
i saw a comment about how this episode is an allegory for how men don’t value women in society (which it obviously is), and someone straight up responded saying it’s actually just about how men don’t value prostitutes. the complete inability of some men to even attempt to understand the humanity in women is beyond me.
It wouldn't have mattered if she was a nun, not in the life, you don't matter.
“THEY DIDN’T HAVE FLATTOPS IN ANCIENT ROME!!!!”
I feel like Noah was in the right to break up with Meadow, even he wasn't forthcoming with his actual reasons for doing so. She was a terrible girlfriend and friend to him, and her pro-mafia apologia (though it's admittedly more subtle and conflicted in this season compared to later seasons with Finn) made her a bad influence, too. No actual friend would willingly allow harm to come to their friends the way Meadow did with Noah. She knew how deeply racist Tony is and yet she let him be alone with Noah, which any thinking person would know would give Tony the chance to hurl racist abuse Noah's way.
We would later see Meadow be unusually forgiving of her mom airing very homophobic opinions in the presence of other friends, so there is a pattern with her enabling her family's awful beliefs and conduct (at the expense of her friends' safety, esp Noah and Finn). She claims to be progressive and caring in her volunteering and sometimes even tries to be a good friend to Caitlin, but when it comes down to it, she prefers to serve and/or placate the family's reactionary class interests over actually taking a principled stand and protecting her friends from her violent family. I'm not saying this is new information (Meadow being a bad person is not news in a show known for its villainous characters), but I see a lot of people voicing their dislike of Noah when I feel there is less emphasis among the fandom just how toxic a person Meadow is, specifically in this relationship.
Good insight Hillary. Meadow's professed progressive beliefs were a way for her to forge an identity away from her parents, a simple childish rebellion.
Meadow would never actually reject the values (and wealth) that her family provided. Just as Noah would never reject his family's values, for the same selfish reasons.
Also Noah had sex with Caitlin, showing that he did not care about Meadow, just as Meadow did not care about him, or Finn for that matter.
Meadow's passive-aggressive behavior towards her love interests, throwing both Noah and Finn to the abuse that she knew would surely occur, to Noah at the house after being caught playing footsie with Meadow, and to Finn at the construction site, showed that Meadow would use her father's position for her own psychological benefit.
Meadow knew that her father would attack Coco after the incident in the restaurant. Coco deserved it but Meadow set it up. Meadow is just as narcissistic and manipulative as her father.
Third theory: Noah's a skrait up bloodhound who likes hunt down and collect them V-cards like their pokemon. He got what he needed outta Meadow and he's now moving on.
Also, I like Ralph. I'd say he's probably my favorite character. Especially Cocaine Ralph.
Ralph would constantly fluctuate between me sympathizing with him and loving his humor and me absolutely hating his ass being devoid of any sanity. Also yeah Noah's proly just a fucboy 😂😂
Exactly. Ralphie was pure weasel; he sowed chaos. 1000x better than that animal Blundetto.
@@isaacster5027 dude I know! 😂😂😂 On my first watch, when he prank calls Marianucci and says "he was caught suckin a cub scout's d-" that shit had me dying dude lol also in that scene when Vito's laughing, the way he slaps the bar and just falls apart losing it, I bet you that laugh was genuine and unscripted lol THEY DIDN'T HAVE CUB SCOUTS IN ANCIENT ROME!
@@aheroictaxidriver3180 I can't even say his name!
I watched thus series originally back when it was airing on t.v, it started with season 3 pine barrens, from their me and my brother got the DVDs, part 2 of season 6 was especially popular. After bobby beat up Tony in that season, I remember him being on Jay Leno and being introduced as "the man who beat up tony soprano". Fucking awsome times.
Can you do a video on the paranormal symbolism in the Sopranos? When tony sees pussy's ghost, when Paulie sees the Virgin Mary, when Paulie goes to see the Psychic, the cat looking at Chrissy's photo, I'm sure there much more ++
I think it's a topic people often forget about in the Sopranos. !!!
Hiya and thanks for another belter of a piece here, I hadn't remotely thought of the Sopranos since it finished yet somehow now is the moment and your offerings are quite perfect for a trip down memory lane so thanks once again Sir from a wet and gloomy Cambridge, England. 📚
Cheers mate!
" hadn't remotely thought of the Sopranos since it finished " Consider yourself lucky. Some come to RUclips to watch 1 episode and end up spending hours talking about Borko or soda of choice.
Dude your commentary is great. Sounds like myself with the monotone matter of fact way of talking. Love it
Everyone thinks of Tracee as being super innocent and deserving of ultimate compassion but always forget the scene where Tony remarks that she burned her other child with cigarettes or a pipe or something.
okay, but think about it this way: it is made clear that he misstatement of her child was a response to the trauma she’s received her whole life, a form of cycles of abuse being perpetuated. she even took the necessary steps to stop doing that, showing her moral triumph over the evils that keep these cycles going. then, after she is completely disregarded by all the men in her life (tony, sylvio, all the workers at the bing), she is emotionally beaten into the very state that caused the abuse and starts neglecting her child in favor of the worst devil of them all (ralph) because he is the only one who briefly shows her any sort of affection. in all reality, she is a child herself (symbolically shown by her braces) whose ability to fully mature has been stunted by a complete lack of a support system. she should be going through similar things as meadow is at her age, but instead, she has been forced into a pit of absolute despair by the evil men that take advantage of her and essentially control her life, eventually resulting in her untimely death.
@@michaeledwards6683Lame excuse! Plenty of people have trauma and don’t abuse their kids! A man would never get any sympathy for doing that. Regardless how horrible his childhood was. Not to mention we are only going off her word. She was abused as a child?
I always thought this episode was called "Whowa".
Beautiful breakdown, keep it up!
He does like Sparatagus he said it's a great gladiator movie. I'm Sparatagus.
poor tracy, born 15 years too early! onlyfans would have existed and she wouldn't have needed to work anywhere but her room...
Tje thing is. throughput the show we saw a glimpse that Ralph ain't a bad father after all. When his son got shot by an arrow he got a complete 360 and we see the other side of Ralph. He's an assholr as a mob but in late episodes I kinda like him.
"Look at this! It's like an advert for weight watchers! Before... and way before!" Easily one of my favorite episodes. I'm glad I not alone that I think Noah slept with Caitlin. I do like the contrast of lifestyles as well as people. This episode did a good job showing that too, the haves and the have nots, the good side of people they like to show everyone, and the other side. You could see this in the Noah/Meadow relationship, as well as the mob life and their family life.
Always stoked when you drop a new Sopranos episode recap. Good work!
And I’m sure Noah told his dad how Tony threatened him
I love when Paulie was like “ WHAT ARE YOU HOPPED UP ON SUMTHIN?”
All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there's no England now.
All the wars that were won and lost,
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running round,
They're castles have burned.
I see change,
But inside we're the same as we ever were.
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
A. She was a whoo-a
B. She hit me
C. I was doing alot of Coke
Bro some constructive criticism if you don't mind. These videos tend to be dull and only provide information we already know since all they basically do is tell us what happened in the episode. If your target audience is soprano fans, these episode by episode videos would be a whole lot better and get a ton more views if you get into detail and analyze the plot, the characters thinking, the storyline, and link angles from past episodes related. You can also discuss observations of character cues of motivation & intent dwelling on some theories. You have the platform the knowledge and I think you have the time so.. as the shah said to to Butch... " make it happen" thanks
SOCIETY ALERT 📢 0:29
There WERE NO FLAT TOPS IN ANCIENT ROME
I think a gladiator fight to the death between Ralphie and Richie would be awesome.
Yes😂
sil kept the pimp hand at the ready
Cocked back at all times.
I always had a problem with Meadow’s character. She always had a sophisticated air about her but both her parents were low class. They were “NJ new money”. The name “Meadow” wasn’t authentic and Jamie Lynn Sigler wasn’t even Italian. However, if Carmela wanted to get away from her Italian roots (which is a good theory) then the Meadow character makes sense.
This episode explores and shows similarities in character between Meadow and Tony (Tony even once said Meadow is "all me"). They are both approached by young girls who need help, Tony by Tracee and Meadow by Caitlyn. Tony at first does not even realize Tracee wants his help, but eventally does give her advice to have an abortion which she does not take and in the end gets killed by crazy Ralph. Meadow on the other hand at the beginning is approached by Caitlyn who is clearly in distress and is just looking for some company and compassion, but Meadow just ignores her and leaves her so she can be with Noah. This happens a few more times throughout the episode and Meadow is exposed as a massive hypocrite because she talks the talk, resents her father for being a criminal, she constantly talks about helping others, about how she wants equality for minorities and all that liberal bs, but when she gets the chance to actually do something, she sees this girls cry for help as nothing more than an annoyance in her life and just keeps complaining to everybody how this girl, who is just looking for some company while trying to adapt to a life in big city, is just bothering her. Meadow actually turns out to be worse than Tony because Tony at least shows some remorse and guilt in the end while Meadow remains completely ignorant and does not at any point see anything wrong with her behaviour. She is completely fixated with Noah, and Noah is completely fixated on his grades and is affraid of his father. In the end, Meadow gets the taste of her own medicine when Noah dumps her as she becomes obstacle between him and his grades and treats her the same way she treated Caitlyn
A- She was a whooa!!
B- She hit me!!
Noah clapped Caitlin's cheeks for sure
This was one of the best written, directed and acted in the series. Loved the compare and contrast aspect too. Good analysis.
Poor Tracee, she didn't deserve to die in such a brutal way..........
Tony beat Ralph because he had screwed up before with The Joke, disrespecting a Captain, he disrespects the Bing by hitting Georgie in the eye with a lock and chain and killing someone and Tony has a soft heart for animals and his daughter Meadow. It hit home that a young woman was beat to death that was Meadow’s age. But the real question we should ask, did Ralph have it coming or not? Made or not, biggest earner or not, there are somethings you just can’t do.
Thsi episodes made me really start to appreciate the sopranos because of the dual story lines. Up to that point the show was way too nice to the family. This is the first episode they put someone like meadow on full blast with no mistaking the tone.
Pure Kino's Sopranos videos are the highlight of my week, loved this one
Borko's goons are slacking off!
the real reason tony doesn’t want to associate with tracee because shes the same age as meadow so its probably like tony sees a mental image of meadow whenever he sees or talks to tracee
Kino it's worth mentioning that Ralph's actor lost a gig and HBO lost a lot of subs over this, of course we later see this level of abuse towards Adriana so I guess Chase didn't want to hold back and really cement the regularity of deaths like Tracee.
What do you mean? David Chase was abusive? Can you elaborate?
@@CaracalServal No David Chase wasn’t abusive, I think what the OP meant was due to Ralph’s actions in this episode - the actor lost a gig and HBO lost subscribers because of the abuse shown in the episode.
Lol why the hell did people get offended over this. It's TV progrum, a moovie.
@@alexosborne2354 It's crazy to think that an actor was punished for performing what the script called for. The brutality is not gratuitous, it was necessary to reveal the moral depravity of the mob. There is no decency in practice for LCN.
@@chrisdawson1776 imagine in 2021 what the Woke mob would do
Thanks for letting us screen on your channel Pure Kino
I feel like maybe Bobby is one of the few mobsters who felt bad for Tracee, but we barely see him in this episode. I say that because he's a sensitive person. Especially compared to the others.
Loved this episode, the theme of loss of innocence is brilliantly balanced between Meadow losing her virginity to a guy who doesn't really love her and Tracy being trapped in her awful predicament. It hold one of my favourite pieces of editing in the entire show when we cut from the shot of Tracy walking toward the door of the VIP room, to behind Meadow opening the door oh her dorm.
Her body is MAD RIPE
it's horrible how they really don't care about Tracee or the other girls