Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office
- Episode aired Jan 16, 2000
- TV-MA
- 50m
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8.2/10
7.8K
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Pussy returns after months in hiding, Chris starts a boiler room stock operation, and Tony's long-lost sister shows up on the doorstep.Pussy returns after months in hiding, Chris starts a boiler room stock operation, and Tony's long-lost sister shows up on the doorstep.Pussy returns after months in hiding, Chris starts a boiler room stock operation, and Tony's long-lost sister shows up on the doorstep.
Lillo Brancato
- Matt Bevilaqua
- (as Lillo Brancato Jr.)
Oksana Lada
- Irina
- (as Oksana Babiy)
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- TriviaEven when he wasn't required on-set, Robert Iler (A.J Soprano), sometimes made a point of being there especially to observe scenes between James Gandolfini and Edie Falco (Tony and Carmela Soprano). Iler claimed he learned more about acting just by watching his two co-stars work together than by any other means.
- Quotes
Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero: [Repeated line to Tony asking him to promise him if he enters his home alive, his going to come out alive] do I got your word?
- ConnectionsEdited into The Sopranos: Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood (2001)
- SoundtracksWoke Up This Morning
(Opening Credits)
Written by Larry Love, Mountain of Love, Sir Eddie Real and Rev D. Wayne Love
Performed by Alabama 3 (as A3)
Courtesy of Geffen Records, Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
Contains a sample from "Standing At The Burial Ground"
by Mississippi Fred McDowell
Contains a sample from "Mannish Boy"
Performed by Muddy Waters
Used courtesy of Sony Music
Contains elements from "Tell Me"
Performed by Howlin' Wolf
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
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Whatever it is I'm gonna be five grand lighter when she rain dances back to the commune
Tony's mental health suffers when friends and family make reappearances in his life.
This is a great first episode that sets the scene perfectly for what is to come in the second series.
I like that there has been an appropriate time jump between the first and second series, plus the establishing exam scene and Sinatra montage are wonderfully entertaining ways to kick it off.
The big story points relate to Janice and Big Puss, along with Dr Melfi's attitude towards Tony. These are the issues that seem to be pushing up Tony's stress levels and they are presented by great visual storytelling and entertaining dialogue.
There is one particularly good scene where Tony drives around various dilapidated areas of New Jersey that links well to his mental anxieties. I like the way he is filmed during the barbeque scene listening to the guys banter together. Plus James Gandolfini's acting and body language when he starts to suss the motives behind his sister's arrival is brilliant.
I think most families unfortunately have a Janice, or even several members who are either sickeningly pretentious or circle like vultures when they sense death is on the horizon for elderly relatives. This is clever character work by the writers as it provides a plausible antagonist who viewers would side with Tony against. Aida Turturro plays her in a wonderfully entertaining way and makes a big first impression.
Themes such as the 'regularness' and monotonous aspects of life are also put across well in scenes involving Christopher and Tony.
This is a great first episode that sets the scene perfectly for what is to come in the second series.
I like that there has been an appropriate time jump between the first and second series, plus the establishing exam scene and Sinatra montage are wonderfully entertaining ways to kick it off.
The big story points relate to Janice and Big Puss, along with Dr Melfi's attitude towards Tony. These are the issues that seem to be pushing up Tony's stress levels and they are presented by great visual storytelling and entertaining dialogue.
There is one particularly good scene where Tony drives around various dilapidated areas of New Jersey that links well to his mental anxieties. I like the way he is filmed during the barbeque scene listening to the guys banter together. Plus James Gandolfini's acting and body language when he starts to suss the motives behind his sister's arrival is brilliant.
I think most families unfortunately have a Janice, or even several members who are either sickeningly pretentious or circle like vultures when they sense death is on the horizon for elderly relatives. This is clever character work by the writers as it provides a plausible antagonist who viewers would side with Tony against. Aida Turturro plays her in a wonderfully entertaining way and makes a big first impression.
Themes such as the 'regularness' and monotonous aspects of life are also put across well in scenes involving Christopher and Tony.
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- Feb 21, 2022
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