More Sopranos Musings

I just realized that I have yet to weigh in on this week's episode of The Sopranos. Here are my thoughts:

. The "Tony-in-a-coma" storyline can't last much longer. Yes, it's chock full of symbolism, and the writers are obviously working in some richly woven images, but one can only take so much abstract absurdism. We're going to have to have Tony back in action soon.

.That said, there is something to be said for the juxtaposition of "real world" and "coma world" in last week's episode. Tony is clearly somewhere WEIRD, either hell/purgatory, his own hallucination, or somewhere in between. As always, the writing is excellent.

.Somebody needs to whack Janice. She is the most annoying character sincer Livia.

.The funniest line last week was an offhanded one, delivered by (I think) Silvio...when the assembled family (and "family") members were discussing the shooting of Tony by Uncle June, someone just deadpanned "Goddamn Junior." For some reason that struck me as funny. Maybe it was the delivery.

.AJ needs a good smack in the head. And a haircut.

.Meadow is going to play a crucial role in the development of things...not sure if she will embrace the mob life, or run from it, but I suspect that she will be a catalyst for many interesting developments to come.

.I am not one of the "Adrianna is alive" theorists. She's dead. Of course, on The Sopranos, being dead doesn't automatically put you out of business.

.Little fat Vito also needs to be whacked. Maybe he'll make a pass at Paulie or Christopher and they'll just put a bullet in him and get it over with. (My hope here has nothing to do with not liking fat people or gay people. Vito is just an asshole.)

.Junior is crazy, but maybe not as crazy as he wants everyone to think. I think the shooting was done in a spell of Alzheimer's-induced mania, but I also think he plays it for all it's worth.

.Finn is not going to last long. He will dump Meadow and run for the hills before long.

The upcoming episode will hopefully answer a few questions, but they will probably be replaced with still more. If anyone has more comments or predictions, please post them.

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