I wondered if they were going to let the Russian storyline drop. I fully expect a comeback.

BackOv, this whole junkie thing with Christopher has to be leading somewhere because remember Tony has made Chris his right arm man as far as tasks go.....so Tony can be more igcognito.

Slow start for sure, shame tho, they could have made every episode great and it was so lame up and until yesterday :(

Expect us all to get another cubby looking at Tony's newest gf!

I second that. Hubba-hubba.:Graucho

Ok, am I the only one that noticed at the end, after Tony woke up at Bada-Bings... As he looked into the mirror he saw a photo of the russian stripper that Ralph killed?

they dont have the sopranos here in thailand =-( grrrrr

ill have to start looking for pirated copies of it on kazaa

Here are my predictions:

War with the NY Mob.
Tony and Carmela's marrage becomes unraveled.
Furio fucks Carmela and get's whacked.
The Russian from the Pine Barrons comes back - with his Russian Mob friends.

With talks about next season maybe being the last one, there are some many different ways that this could all play out.

But you have to take into consideration that this show is notorious for building up a situation, only for nothing to happen.

I believe last night was #9 out of 13. So, 4 more episodes to go ...

Exactly. See you can't watch The Sopranos like that. It doesn't tell the story where every episode is built on the last one. It's kinda how some of the X-Files shows were. Some episodes are just 'slice of life' type shows where you get a feel of what they go through day to day but they don't necessarily have to be part of the backbone of the big picture. Like I think David Chase said on the Season 1 DVD, they weren't even gonna carry out the 'Where's Pussy?' angle to start Season 2, but it became like a cliffhanger phenom that he didn't expect so they decided to write it out. Also like the Massive Genius angle with the big lawsuit with Hesch and the family. Or they could have carried out Dr. Melphi's rapist angle. Some things don't matter that much in the big picture.

I do not think Tony will get whacked to end next season personally. The whole show has dealt with him trying to cope with his lifestyle and finding a way out. Early seasons Carmella stressed him for them to leave and go into the 'program' after he got shot. That was not a viable out for him. Now as we come to the end he's seeing this new possibility of only trusting true family (blood) to get out alive and retire in Florida or something.

I see the Furio situation the same as Chris wanting to leave to Hollywood. He's at a crossroad where he could do something dumb, or stay with the family. And I think Furio will do what's right.

It's going to be an interesting next 4 or 5 eps, whatever it is..

And hey, is it just me, or is Tony's new gooma Valentina (Leslie Bega) the hottest piece of ass on that show? DAMN!

Cheers,
Backov

Damn that was nasty! Great episode though...can't wait until next week. :BangBang: