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The Strong, Silent Type (The Sopranos episode)
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"The Strong, Silent Type" is the forty-ninth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos
and was the tenth of the show's fourth season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter
, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
from a story by David Chase
. It was directed by Alan Taylor
and originally aired on Sunday November 17, 2002.
, about a week after Tony
killed Ralph, the usual crew is hanging about, playing
pool. Christopher Moltisanti
walks in with a large parcel in one hand as the rest of them are discussing Ralph's disappearance. Tony decides to call Ralph in front of his crew, feigning ignorance about Ralph's fate; a dense cloud of cigar smoke obscuring Tony's face as he makes the call symbolizes his donning of a figurative mask.
The parcel Christopher brought in turns out to be the painting of Tony and Pie-O-My that Tony had ordered previously. Distraught, Tony flees the Bada Bing. Almost in tears as he drives down the highway, he calls back to the 'Bing and orders the painting destroyed. Later, Paulie, unaware of Tony's order, sees Benny Fazio and Little Paulie trying to burn the painting and rescues it from destruction, saying it would be an honor to have a painting of Tony hanging in his house. When Paulie hangs it in his living room, Tony's eyes haunt him. Paulie later has the painting modified to garb Tony in the uniform of a "Napoleon-like" 18th century general.
Ralph's disappearance is starting to become an issue. At a dinner with Silvio Dante
and Patsy Parisi, Ally Boy Barese verbalizes what some are thinking: Tony
killed Ralph because of a horse. After Silvio leaves the table, Ally Boy summarizes that any boss who kills a member of his crew over a horse should be killed, and that if it were the case that Tony committed such an act, Silvio would be first in line to "pull his plug."
Meanwhile, Tony visits Ralph's comatose
son in the hospital and later has a session with Dr. Melfi
. As Tony relates his pain over losing Pie-O-My, Melfi comments that he seems to grieve more for animals than for humans. Further, she points out that his sadness about the ducks leaving his swimming pool was an inner metaphor for his worries and fears about losing his family. Dr. Melfi questions whether the death of the horse can be attached to another internal conflict.
When Furio Giunta
returns from Naples
, he has gifts for A.J.
and Meadow
but nothing for Carmela
. Later, Carmela visits Furio at his house, under the pretext of giving interior decorating tips (with A.J. once again acting as an unwitting chaperon) and receives a jar of homemade balsamic vinegar
from Furio that he brought back from Italy. When Carmela tells Rosalie Aprile about her feelings, the widow advises that if Carmela hasn't had sex with Furio yet, she shouldn't, if only to keep Tony from exacting revenge on Furio.
At a meeting, Johnny Sack
demands that Tony let New York in on the HUD
scam. When Tony refuses, Johnny asks him, "You sure you wanna go down this road, Tony?"
Again at the Bada Bing
, Tony calls a meeting of Paulie Walnuts, Silvio Dante
, Vito Spatafore
, Carlo Gervasi, and other key family members. Once everyone is seated and listening, Tony states that he thinks he knows what happened to Ralph and that if he's right, he won't be coming back. Tony asserts Johnny Sack
had Ralph killed over the HUD scam. Tony mentions payback will be exacted later on. Others speculate and question the "Ginny Sack joke" and whether or not it had any bearing on Ralph's disappearance. Tony asserts that he's sure it didn't help matters.
Adriana La Cerva
meets her FBI handler, Agent Robyn Sanseverino, and feeds her as little information as possible. Sanseverino, knowing about Christopher's heroin habit
, suggests that Adriana push for him to go into rehab and gives her the same Hazelden Foundation pamphlets that the FBI has been sending Christopher through the mail. At the sight of a cute lap dog, Adriana breaks out in tears. (Christopher had earlier, in a heroin induced stupor, sat on her beloved dog Cosette, killing it). Later, when Adriana does give him a pamphlet for a rehab clinic, he hits her and knocks her to the floor for daring to imply that he is some lowlife drug addict. Yet earlier in the day, Christopher had been carjacked and robbed while attempting to purchase heroin in a low-income barrio
.
Carmela receives a visit from a bruised Adriana and hears about how Christopher
's heroin addiction has left him increasingly unstable, unreliable and erratic. Tony rejects the advice of Junior
, who compares Christopher to a beloved dog who gets rabies and must be put out of its misery. Instead, they organize an intervention
. When Christopher wakes up one morning, his apartment is filled with friends and family. The opening exercise involves everyone telling Christopher how his drug use has affected their lives. Christopher frequently interrupts and verbally attacks those speaking to him. When Paulie Walnuts tells him to shape up, Christopher starts making veiled references to their Pine Barrens
fiasco. This enrages Paulie, but only confuses the intervention counselor. Tony, still recovering from the Pie-O-My and Ralphie incidents, becomes enraged when Adriana reveals that Christopher, in addition to suffering from heroin-induced erectile dysfunction
, accidentally killed Cosette. Finally, when he calls his own mother a "whore", Christopher takes a beating from Silvio and Paulie, spinning the intervention out of control. Before really getting started, the intervention ends with Christopher being taken to the emergency room with a hairline skull fracture.
At the hospital, Tony tells Christopher that the only reason Chris is alive is because, "You're my nephew and I love you". He arranges for Christopher to go to a clinic in Pennsylvania
and demands that he not leave until he is clean and sober, telling him that Patsy will be staying at a motel
less than a mile away, watching him. Although Tony states the spoken purpose of Patsy's positioning near the clinic is to report to Tony if Christopher is in need of anything; Christopher realizes the tacit warning: Patsy has orders to kill him if he leaves rehab before attaining sobriety, nephew or no nephew.
Tony later pays a visit to Uncle Junior but find him napping. Svetlana Kirilenko is there, but without her prosthetic leg, and is using crutches. They exchange small talk on the couch. Svetlana discusses the differences between Americans' and others' world outlooks: Americans don't expect anything bad to happen and are surprised when it does, while the rest of the world expects the worst and are not disappointed. Tony remarks that Svetlana, in partial shadow with her blond hair and cigarette smoke wafting about her, reminds him of "Greta Garble" (Greta Garbo
). They look at each other intently, kiss passionately and then have sex on Uncle Junior's couch. Afterwards, Svetlana suggests that seeing each other again might not be a good idea, and Tony, not used to rejection, leaves the house bemused and angered.
The episode closes with scenes of both Tony and Furio eating alone at their respective homes without Carmela, their mutual love interest (unbeknownst to Tony). Paulie, also home alone, hangs the painting of Tony and Pie-O-My over his fireplace
. Tony has now been redone as a 18th century general, "Napoleon-like" as Paulie wanted. Paulie sits with his back to the painting and turns the television to a Yankees
game. However, the eyes of Tony in the painting still bother him, which prompts him to turn around and regard it with a rather disturbed look.
spring training, but later Paulie is watching a regular season Yankees game against the Red Sox.
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
and was the tenth of the show's fourth season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter
Terence Winter
Terence Winter is an American writer and producer of television and film. He is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire...
, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
Mitchell Burgess
Mitchell Burgess is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer. He worked extensively on the HBO hit-series The Sopranos. He was a creator and executive producer for Blue Bloods. He frequently works with his wife Robin Green.-Career:...
from a story by David Chase
David Chase
David Chase is an American writer, director, and producer of television series. Chase has worked in television for more than 30 years; he has produced and written for shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created two original series; the first, Almost Grown,...
. It was directed by Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor (director)
Alan Taylor is an American television and film director, television producer, and screenwriter. Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most notably on HBO...
and originally aired on Sunday November 17, 2002.
Guest starring roles
- Tom AldredgeTom AldredgeThomas Ernest "Tom" Aldredge was an American television, film and stage actor.-Life and career:Aldredge was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Lucienne Juliet and W. J. Aldredge, a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps...
as Hugh De Angelis - Sharon AngelaSharon AngelaSharon Angela is an American film, television actress, screenwriter and director. Angela is probably most well known for her portrayal of Rosalie Aprile on the HBO series, The Sopranos....
as Rosalie Aprile - Leslie BegaLeslie BegaLeslie R. Bega is an American theatre, film and television actress; known for performances in Head of the Class, David Lynch's Lost Highway, and a recurring cast member in CSI: NY and The Sopranos. Also featured as a dancer in the breakdancing films Breakin and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo...
as Valentina La Paz - Carl CapotortoCarl CapotortoCarl Capotorto is an American actor, known for his portrayal of Little Paulie Germani on The Sopranos. He is also the author of Twisted Head: An Italian-American Memoir.-External links:*...
as Little Paulie Germani - Max CasellaMax CasellaMax Casella is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the television series The Sopranos, Doogie Howser, M.D., and as the voice of Daxter in the Jak and Daxter video game series.-Life and career:...
as Benny Fazio - Dane Curley as Justin Cifaretto
- Joseph R. GannascoliJoseph R. GannascoliJoseph R. Gannascoli is an Italian-American actor and celebrity spokesman most notable for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series, The Sopranos.-Early life:Joseph R. Gannascoli was born and raised in Brooklyn....
as Vito SpataforeVito SpataforeVito Spatafore, Sr., played by Joseph R. Gannascoli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a member of the DiMeo Crime Family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore with two children, Francesca and Vito, Jr., and was a closeted homosexual... - Dan GrimaldiDan GrimaldiDaniel "Dan" Grimaldi is an American actor who is known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos.-Career:...
as Patsy Parisi - Alla Kliouka SchafferAlla Kliouka SchafferAlla Kliouka Schaffer is a Russian actress, and former wife of Ken Schaffer. Her American TV work includes playing Svetlana Kirilenko on the HBO T.V. series The Sopranos.-External links:*...
as Svetlana Kirilenko
- Elias KoteasElias KoteasElias Koteas is a Canadian actor of film and television, best known for his roles in The Prophecy, Fallen and the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.-Early life:...
as Dominic Palladino - Marianne LeoneMarianne Leone CooperMarianne Leone is an American film and television actress, screenwriter, and essayist. She is likely best-known for her recurring role as Christopher Moltisanti's mother on The Sopranos....
as Joanne Moltisanti - Richard Maldone as Ally Boy Barese
- Marissa Matrone as Ronnie Capozza
- Arthur J. NascarellaArthur J. NascarellaArthur J. Nascarella is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of films, most often playing a mobster or police officer. Among his notable film credits include a corrupt cop in Cop Land , a hypocritical ambulance captain in Bringing Out The Dead and a fed-up casino boss in The Cooler; he has...
as Carlo Gervasi - Suzanne ShepherdSuzanne ShepherdSuzanne Shepherd is an American actress and theater director. She is best known for her portrayal of Karen's overbearing mother in the film Goodfellas, and Carmela's overbearing mother in the television program The Sopranos. Shepherd studied acting with Sanford Meisner, and later went on to teach...
as Mary De Angelis - Maureen Van ZandtMaureen Van ZandtMaureen Van Zandt is an Italian-American television actress best known for her small role Gabriella Dante, a close friend to Carmela Soprano on the HBO series, The Sopranos....
as Gabriella Dante - Karen YoungKaren Young (actress)Karen Young is an American actress.Born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, Young studied at Rutgers University. After graduation she moved to New York City and became an actress, appearing in such films as 9½ Weeks, Jaws: The Revenge, Daylight, Mercy and Hoffa. Her ex-husband is Tom Noonan...
as Agent Sanseverino
Episode Synopsis
At the Bada BingBada Bing
The Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan in The Godfather. The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go...
, about a week after Tony
Tony Soprano
Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr. is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, on which he is portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely...
killed Ralph, the usual crew is hanging about, playing
pool. Christopher Moltisanti
Christopher Moltisanti
Christopher "Chris" Moltisanti, played by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was Tony Soprano's protégé and a Capo in the Soprano crime family.-Biography:...
walks in with a large parcel in one hand as the rest of them are discussing Ralph's disappearance. Tony decides to call Ralph in front of his crew, feigning ignorance about Ralph's fate; a dense cloud of cigar smoke obscuring Tony's face as he makes the call symbolizes his donning of a figurative mask.
The parcel Christopher brought in turns out to be the painting of Tony and Pie-O-My that Tony had ordered previously. Distraught, Tony flees the Bada Bing. Almost in tears as he drives down the highway, he calls back to the 'Bing and orders the painting destroyed. Later, Paulie, unaware of Tony's order, sees Benny Fazio and Little Paulie trying to burn the painting and rescues it from destruction, saying it would be an honor to have a painting of Tony hanging in his house. When Paulie hangs it in his living room, Tony's eyes haunt him. Paulie later has the painting modified to garb Tony in the uniform of a "Napoleon-like" 18th century general.
Ralph's disappearance is starting to become an issue. At a dinner with Silvio Dante
Silvio Dante
Silvio Manfred Dante, often referred to as "Sil", played by Steven Van Zandt, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is the consigliere to Tony Soprano in the Soprano crime family. Silvio has one of the lowest profiles on the show. He is usually a behind the scenes figure...
and Patsy Parisi, Ally Boy Barese verbalizes what some are thinking: Tony
Tony Soprano
Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr. is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, on which he is portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely...
killed Ralph because of a horse. After Silvio leaves the table, Ally Boy summarizes that any boss who kills a member of his crew over a horse should be killed, and that if it were the case that Tony committed such an act, Silvio would be first in line to "pull his plug."
Meanwhile, Tony visits Ralph's comatose
Coma
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
son in the hospital and later has a session with Dr. Melfi
Jennifer Melfi
Jennifer Melfi, M.D., is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the psychiatrist of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. She is portrayed by Lorraine Bracco.-Character description:...
. As Tony relates his pain over losing Pie-O-My, Melfi comments that he seems to grieve more for animals than for humans. Further, she points out that his sadness about the ducks leaving his swimming pool was an inner metaphor for his worries and fears about losing his family. Dr. Melfi questions whether the death of the horse can be attached to another internal conflict.
When Furio Giunta
Furio Giunta
Furio Giunta, played by Federico Castelluccio, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was an Italian mobster working for Tony Soprano.-Biography:...
returns from Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, he has gifts for A.J.
Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Anthony John "A.J." Soprano, Jr. , played by Robert Iler, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Usually just called "A.J.", he is the son of Carmela and Tony Soprano. He is a prototypical underachiever and is a constant source of stress and anxiety for his parents...
and Meadow
Meadow Soprano
Meadow Mariangela Soprano , played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.-Character:Meadow is the first-born child of Tony and Carmela Soprano...
but nothing for Carmela
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis, played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano and the program's most prominent female character.-Character biography:...
. Later, Carmela visits Furio at his house, under the pretext of giving interior decorating tips (with A.J. once again acting as an unwitting chaperon) and receives a jar of homemade balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegar is a condiment originating from Italy.The original traditional product , made from a reduction of cooked white Trebbiano grape juice and not a vinegar in the usual sense, has been made in Modena and Reggio Emilia since the Middle Ages: the production of the balsamic vinegar is...
from Furio that he brought back from Italy. When Carmela tells Rosalie Aprile about her feelings, the widow advises that if Carmela hasn't had sex with Furio yet, she shouldn't, if only to keep Tony from exacting revenge on Furio.
At a meeting, Johnny Sack
Johnny Sack
John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni, played by Vince Curatola, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was the longtime underboss and later the boss of the powerful Brooklyn-based New York City Lupertazzi crime family...
demands that Tony let New York in on the HUD
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known as HUD, is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government...
scam. When Tony refuses, Johnny asks him, "You sure you wanna go down this road, Tony?"
Again at the Bada Bing
Bada Bing
The Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan in The Godfather. The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go...
, Tony calls a meeting of Paulie Walnuts, Silvio Dante
Silvio Dante
Silvio Manfred Dante, often referred to as "Sil", played by Steven Van Zandt, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is the consigliere to Tony Soprano in the Soprano crime family. Silvio has one of the lowest profiles on the show. He is usually a behind the scenes figure...
, Vito Spatafore
Vito Spatafore
Vito Spatafore, Sr., played by Joseph R. Gannascoli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a member of the DiMeo Crime Family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore with two children, Francesca and Vito, Jr., and was a closeted homosexual...
, Carlo Gervasi, and other key family members. Once everyone is seated and listening, Tony states that he thinks he knows what happened to Ralph and that if he's right, he won't be coming back. Tony asserts Johnny Sack
Johnny Sack
John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni, played by Vince Curatola, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was the longtime underboss and later the boss of the powerful Brooklyn-based New York City Lupertazzi crime family...
had Ralph killed over the HUD scam. Tony mentions payback will be exacted later on. Others speculate and question the "Ginny Sack joke" and whether or not it had any bearing on Ralph's disappearance. Tony asserts that he's sure it didn't help matters.
Adriana La Cerva
Adriana La Cerva
Adriana La Cerva played by Drea de Matteo, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.-Character history:...
meets her FBI handler, Agent Robyn Sanseverino, and feeds her as little information as possible. Sanseverino, knowing about Christopher's heroin habit
Addiction
Historically, addiction has been defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances which cross the blood-brain barrier once ingested, temporarily altering the chemical milieu of the brain.Addiction can also be viewed as a continued involvement with a substance or activity...
, suggests that Adriana push for him to go into rehab and gives her the same Hazelden Foundation pamphlets that the FBI has been sending Christopher through the mail. At the sight of a cute lap dog, Adriana breaks out in tears. (Christopher had earlier, in a heroin induced stupor, sat on her beloved dog Cosette, killing it). Later, when Adriana does give him a pamphlet for a rehab clinic, he hits her and knocks her to the floor for daring to imply that he is some lowlife drug addict. Yet earlier in the day, Christopher had been carjacked and robbed while attempting to purchase heroin in a low-income barrio
Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
.
Carmela receives a visit from a bruised Adriana and hears about how Christopher
Christopher Moltisanti
Christopher "Chris" Moltisanti, played by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was Tony Soprano's protégé and a Capo in the Soprano crime family.-Biography:...
's heroin addiction has left him increasingly unstable, unreliable and erratic. Tony rejects the advice of Junior
Junior Soprano
Corrado John Soprano, Jr., played by Dominic Chianese, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Usually referred to as "Junior" or "Uncle Jun", he is the mentor and surrogate father for capo Tony Soprano. A younger Corrado sometimes appears in flashbacks and is played by Rocco...
, who compares Christopher to a beloved dog who gets rabies and must be put out of its misery. Instead, they organize an intervention
Intervention (counseling)
An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem. The term intervention is most often used when the traumatic event involves addiction to drugs...
. When Christopher wakes up one morning, his apartment is filled with friends and family. The opening exercise involves everyone telling Christopher how his drug use has affected their lives. Christopher frequently interrupts and verbally attacks those speaking to him. When Paulie Walnuts tells him to shape up, Christopher starts making veiled references to their Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens (The Sopranos episode)
"Pine Barrens" is the thirty-seventh episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the eleventh of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter from a story idea by Winter and Tim Van Patten...
fiasco. This enrages Paulie, but only confuses the intervention counselor. Tony, still recovering from the Pie-O-My and Ralphie incidents, becomes enraged when Adriana reveals that Christopher, in addition to suffering from heroin-induced erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction is sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual performance....
, accidentally killed Cosette. Finally, when he calls his own mother a "whore", Christopher takes a beating from Silvio and Paulie, spinning the intervention out of control. Before really getting started, the intervention ends with Christopher being taken to the emergency room with a hairline skull fracture.
At the hospital, Tony tells Christopher that the only reason Chris is alive is because, "You're my nephew and I love you". He arranges for Christopher to go to a clinic in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and demands that he not leave until he is clean and sober, telling him that Patsy will be staying at a motel
Motel
A motor hotel, or motel for short, is a hotel designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles...
less than a mile away, watching him. Although Tony states the spoken purpose of Patsy's positioning near the clinic is to report to Tony if Christopher is in need of anything; Christopher realizes the tacit warning: Patsy has orders to kill him if he leaves rehab before attaining sobriety, nephew or no nephew.
Tony later pays a visit to Uncle Junior but find him napping. Svetlana Kirilenko is there, but without her prosthetic leg, and is using crutches. They exchange small talk on the couch. Svetlana discusses the differences between Americans' and others' world outlooks: Americans don't expect anything bad to happen and are surprised when it does, while the rest of the world expects the worst and are not disappointed. Tony remarks that Svetlana, in partial shadow with her blond hair and cigarette smoke wafting about her, reminds him of "Greta Garble" (Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...
). They look at each other intently, kiss passionately and then have sex on Uncle Junior's couch. Afterwards, Svetlana suggests that seeing each other again might not be a good idea, and Tony, not used to rejection, leaves the house bemused and angered.
The episode closes with scenes of both Tony and Furio eating alone at their respective homes without Carmela, their mutual love interest (unbeknownst to Tony). Paulie, also home alone, hangs the painting of Tony and Pie-O-My over his fireplace
Fireplace
A fireplace is an architectural structure to contain a fire for heating and, especially historically, for cooking. A fire is contained in a firebox or firepit; a chimney or other flue allows gas and particulate exhaust to escape...
. Tony has now been redone as a 18th century general, "Napoleon-like" as Paulie wanted. Paulie sits with his back to the painting and turns the television to a Yankees
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
game. However, the eyes of Tony in the painting still bother him, which prompts him to turn around and regard it with a rather disturbed look.
Goofs
Svetlana says her fiance is in Port St Lucie attending the MetsMETS
The Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard is a metadata standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library, expressed using the XML schema language of the World Wide Web Consortium...
spring training, but later Paulie is watching a regular season Yankees game against the Red Sox.