By Kim
Christopher screens Cleaver for cast and crew (and investors), and the whole gang attends. Tony (and everyone else) notices that the mob boss in the movie (played by Daniel Baldwin) bears a striking resemblance to Tony, right down to his affair with the protagonist's fiancée. Carmela gets pissed off at the intimation that Tony had an affair with Adriana. Carm confronts Christopher about the movie, and Christopher tells her she's crazy, insists that Tony didn't sleep with Adriana, and reminds Carmela that Adriana left Christopher for another man. Christopher convinces Tim "J.T." Daly (via a clunk to the side of the head with a Humanitas Award) to pretend he came up with the whole boss/fiancée subplot. J.T. finds Tony and claims that he based the plot on an old movie, not on any real-life events. Tony talks to Melfi about his feelings of betrayal and hurt over the fact that he treated Christopher like a son, and Christopher seems to hate him. The episode ends in Godfather-like fashion, with Carmela and Tony serving as godparents to Christopher and Kelly's baby, even though Tony and Christopher are clearly still wary with one another.
At the after-party, Tony tries to find out from Phil who the New York boss will be. Phil sort of endorses Gerry the Hairdo, but Tony hears that Doc Santoro (the one from last week whom no one likes) is in line. Gerry gets whacked by one of Doc Santoro's goons while eating dinner with Silvio. Tony talks to Little Carmine about the lack of leadership and tries to convince Little Carmine to go for boss. Little Carmine isn't interested and relates that his wife actually convinced him to quit the Family business, and now he's happy. Phil Leotardo celebrates his late brother's birthday and gets pissed off over his whacking all over again, as well as over the many recent deaths in the New York family. Phil decides there can't be any more deaths.
Johnny Sack is suffering from lung cancer, which has spread, and his doctor gives him three months to live. An orderly, who is also an oncologist when not serving time for killing his wife and a few others who got in the way, starts advising Johnny on his treatment, and he thinks Johnny could have a lot longer to live. Johnny starts telling mob tales in prison, and also takes up smoking again. Ginny gets pissed and blames his cancer on his negative attitude. Later, Doc Orderly admits that Johnny is dying, and John dies surrounded by Ginny and his daughters. Ginny's brother informs Tony and the crew, and they raise a toast to Johnny Sack. RIP, Mr. Sacramoni.
The latest trend in television seems to be opening the episode by showing a "show within a show" but trying to fake out the audience. Like in that recent episode of Lost where Nikki was a stripper who could save the world, but it turned out to be a TV show? And now we're opening this show with Daniel Baldwin, armed, creeping around an automotive repair place looking for someone named Frankie. He comes upon a very dead guy hanging from the rafters, dripping blood. As he stares, a hydraulic lift behind him lowers, and a zombie-looking dude gets out of the trunk of a car and intones, "Welcome to the chop shop, cugine." Daniel Baldwin shoots the zombie, but that doesn't have any effect, and we finally cut to Christopher, Little Carmine, and three other guys (including the director of the movie within a movie, played by John Woo) watching this movie in an editing suite. The film ends with Daniel Baldwin getting a cleaver to the head, the blood spattering on a windshield, behind which hangs a crucifix. Artsy.
Christopher stops the tape and says, "Fuck Ben Kingsley!" Yeah! Fuck him. Wait, was he supposed to play the Daniel Baldwin part? Because they seem like very different types to me. The investors debate whether or not to film one more scene to up the gore quotient. The director comes up with a suggested murder scene, and Christopher says that he'll have to get more money from Tony in order to film it. Christopher's phone rings, and it's Tony in his robe in the basement! I think we've seen more Tony in his robe in the last two episodes than in the rest of the last two seasons combined. Anyway, Tony is nagging Christopher about some business he was supposed to handle, and Christopher is spewing movie language back at him. Christopher promises to handle it, and he hangs up as he explains that Tony doesn't "give two shits about production."
Johnny Sack, with a shaved head and an oxygen tube in his nose, sits in a waiting room, um, waiting. He meets with a doctor and is told that his lung cancer has metastasized into his kidneys and his brain. Yikes. Johnny asks why he bothered having surgery, radiation, and chemo. The doctor explains that those were the only options they had at the time, but now Johnny's at stage four. Johnny confirms that there's no stage five. Johnny asks how long he has to live, and the doctor tries to hem and haw before finally spitting it out: "Three months." Johnny takes this news stoically and announces that he and the accompanying prison guards need to fly back to the prison in Springfield. In the car, one of the guards asks Johnny how he's doing, and Johnny says that it's ironic, because he finally quit smoking when he got to prison, and now it turns out that it didn't matter. They return to the prison, where Ginny and Allegra visit. Johnny's looking quite ashen. Ginny asks what the doctor said, and Johnny tries to avoid her question for as long as possible. Finally, he starts crying and admits that he's very sick. Ginny starts crying, and they hug until the guard tells them that they can't have physical contact. Allegra tries to hug her father and the guard yells at them again. Jesus, it's not like the contact is sexual, although I guess she could be passing him a weapon or something. Johnny asks them to come back and see him the day, and they leave. He stands in his hospital gown and pajamas and wheels his oxygen tank over to another patient, where he bums a cigarette and lights it up. Do they allow smoking indoors anywhere anymore? Especially so close to oxygen tanks? I really thought there was going to be an explosion.
Family dinner at the Sopranos' homestead. Tony and Carmela, Meadow, AJ, Blanca, and Blanca's kid stuff their faces. Meadow wonders what they should wear to Christopher's movie premiere, and Carmela thinks that it's kind of formal. I could see her wearing a fur coat. Carmela tells Tony that the after-party is in "the Meat Packing district" which is "very chic now." You know she just saw that on Sex And The City. Tony makes a homophobic joke about meat packers, which causes AJ and his stupid chinstrap beard to chuckle. Blanca gives AJ a pissy look. Carmela announces that Kelly is having her wedding dress made into a christening gown for the baby, which Meadow thinks is sweet. Tony has gas or chokes on his food or something, and everyone looks at him, worried, but then they all resume eating when he seems fine. AJ asks Meadow whether she's taking a date to the screening, and Meadow says that she will if she can meet "a normal guy." Blanca mutters, "I heard that." What is her problem? That's so rude, at AJ's parents' dinner table. Meadow says that she doesn't want to discuss Finn, so they are apparently broken up for good. Carmela starts suggesting other guys Meadow could date, and AJ says that he is excited to hang out with "celebs" at the premiere. Who actually says the word "celebs" out loud? I've seen it written many times, but I don't know if I've ever heard it said out loud. Anyway, Blanca bitches that AJ probably thinks he's going to sleep with Paris Hilton. He looks at her like, "What?" Blanca yells at her son and then stomps off to the bathroom. Carmela asks if AJ and Blanca had a fight, and AJ shrugs, "I don't know!" Oh, AJ. So out of your league. Also, what is Blanca's deal? When did she turn into such a bitch?
In the prison hospital, Johnny Sack reads in bed as the doctor leaves the room. An orderly opines that Johnny Sack should be on heparin, and the doctor reminds the orderly (it sounds like it's not the first time) not to interfere with the patients' treatment. The orderly, played by Sydney Pollack, comes over to change Johnny's sheets and admits that before he was in prison, he was one of the country's leading oncologists. Pollack cuts to the chase and says that the reason he's in prison is that he killed his wife because he thought she was cheating. He matter-of-factly continues, "I shot her four times, twice in the head. I killed her aunt, too. I didn't know she was there. And the mailman. At that point, I had to fully commit." Heh. Johnny claims that he's "part of a certain Italian-American subculture." Doc Orderly says that he knows who Johnny is, but he was wondering why he's in the hospital. Johnny gives his diagnosis, and Doc Orderly introduces himself as Warren Feldman. He checks out Johnny's chart and is impressed that Johnny is seeing a Dr. Rosen in Cleveland. Johnny says that the prison let him fly out at his own expense. Feldman asks what prognosis he was given, and Johnny says he was told he has three months to live. Feldman is shocked and explains that with all the treatment Johnny has had, he should have one to three years of life left. Johnny wonders why his original doctor would lie, and Feldman says that if he's given three months and then lives a year, his doctor will look like a hero. I don't think that's how doctors work, but what do I know?
Tony wears his robe down to the end of the driveway to pick up the paper. An FBI car pulls up, and the Feds (Agents Harris and Godard) get out and ask to talk to Tony. They're working on the Joint Terror Task Force now, and they know Tony is closely involved with the ports. If Tony could give them any info on terrorist activity, they would be grateful, but they don't explain exactly how they would express their gratitude. They say that they gave Christopher the same pitch. Tony doesn't seem interested, but then one of the guys reminds him that Meadow has to use the tunnels to get to New York for her pre-med classes -- I guess reminding Tony that his family is vulnerable to terrorist attack, and probably also that the Feds track his and his family's activities quite closely. Tony turns and stomps back up the driveway. He storms into the house and starts screaming to Carmela that he's not picking up the paper anymore, and that their housekeeper should do it. Carmela asks what happened, and Tony just says, "It's too dangerous. Has been for years."
The screening for Cleaver is taking place in a big New York City theater. Little Carmine stands in front of a microphone at the front of the auditorium and welcomes the audience. Oh, this should be good. He begins, "Much like a child, a film has many parents." How many parents does Little Carmine think he has, exactly? Oh, wait. It gets better. "That is to say, many individuals who act like parents. Or that by aversion, the film is their baby." What does that even mean? By aversion? Normally, I can figure out what word he is replacing with his malaprop, but I'm at a loss here. Little Carmine introduces the film's other parents: Christopher and the director. Christopher takes the microphone and gives a shout-out to "the man, who, without him, this whole thing would be impossible." JT is sitting in the audience, looking hopeful, but Christopher was actually talking about Tony. Everyone cheers for Tony. Christopher thanks the other investors, and then Kelly and the baby. He reminds everyone to turn their cell phones off and hugs Little Carmine. The director walks up to say a few words, unfolding a little piece of paper with his speech written on it. Except a tech guy comes up and removes the microphone and the lights go down. Aw! Poor director! No respect!
All the Family members are in the audience watching the movie: Janice, Rosalie, Silvio and Mrs. Silvio, and Paulie. On the screen, Daniel Baldwin is meeting with some guys in his basement while he's wearing a white bathrobe. Sound familiar? Baldwin gets pissed off and throws a jar at the wall. Carmela leans over and tells Tony, "That's you! No, it is!" Tony leans forward and jokingly pretends he's going to hit Christopher over this portrayal. Paulie's cell phone rings loudly, and he takes the call right in the middle of the movie, because who's going to tell him to stop? Speaking of the movie, on the screen, Daniel "Tony" Baldwin is making a move on the hero's fiancée. Rosalie turns around and gives Carmela a look like, "Are you seeing this? And do you know what this means?" Because she's Rosalie, she conveys all of that with a well-raised eyebrow. Love her.
At the after-party, one of Carmine's kids compliments the symbolism at the end of the film, and Carmine agrees that it represented "the sacred and the propane." How do people not laugh in his face? I guess the ability to have you killed does buy him some things in life. AJ bitches that lots of people are wearing T-shirts while he's in a suit. Blanca bitches that she's starving, and AJ says that he asked her if she wanted popcorn. He says this instead of just saying, "Then get some food? What am I, your maid? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be here!" Wait, why am I sticking up for AJ? Blergh! Carmela heads inside to fix Tony a plate, and she's followed by Meadow and Blanca.
Christopher walks up to Tony, who points at him faux-menacingly about how he portrayed the boss in the film. Tony hugs Christopher and says that he should be proud that he made a movie, something that people will still be watching in a hundred years. Really? Will people still be watching Cleaver? Christopher says he scored a bunch of cases of vodka and had some put in Tony's trunk. So are these two cool with each other now? Or are they just trying to pretend like they are? Tony and Christopher watch as the remaining members of the New York family get their photo taken together with Daniel Baldwin.
Later, Larry Boy Barese and his date are regaling the others with tales of what it's like to be on a movie set, including the fact that the actors don't just make up their own lines! They have a script! Even Robert DeNiro! Come on. No one is so dumb that they don't understand that movies have scripts. A United States Marshal rolls up and arrests Larry Boy for violating his bail terms, and he's dragged out of the party. There's some general murmuring, but no one looks all that shocked.
Christopher excuses himself to go talk to Daniel Baldwin's manager, and Phil comes over to talk to Tony. Phil says he talked to Ginny and that everything's a mess with Johnny Sack's health. Phil runs down all of the recovery he had to go through, and Tony says that spicy food puts him back in the emergency room. They really have turned into old people -- they probably used to try to one up each other with stories of women they fucked, or alcohol they drank, or guys they beat up. Now, they are trying to one up each other with their ailments. Overall, though, Tony thinks they are lucky, and he asks if Phil is going to straighten out his family now. Phil says that running a family is for young men. Tony complains that the envelopes are light every week. He hears that Gerry "the Hairdo" is the favorite to take over. Phil says that Gerry is his protégé, and he wouldn't stand in the way if Gerry wanted to take over. Tony doesn't think that's such a ringing endorsement. Doc Santoro comes over with Daniel Baldwin and asks Tony to fix a ticket Baldwin got on the New Jersey turnpike. Tony, Phil, Doc, and Danny pose for a photo. I'm surprised that so many of these guys want to pose for photos together. It seems like they're just giving the Feds updated photos to hang on their giant posterboards to help them connect the dots.
Geraldo Rivera hosts a TV show featuring various mob experts debating the future of the New York family. I feel like there are a lot of inside jokes going on in this segment; I don't know who the two "experts" are supposed to represent in real life, but I feel like the writers of the episode are trying to mock some enemies. One expert, who seems to be positioned as the less informed one, explains that Phil Leotardo was the acknowledged successor to Johnny Sack for a long time. The other expert thinks that Gerry and Doc Santoro are the current frontrunners. Melfi's psychiatrist, Elliott, is watching the show, and he claims to his lady friend that he called this Santoro thing a year ago. Seriously. I must be missing something because I felt like that whole scene was one big joke that I didn't get. That people on the outside see the machinations of the two families as a sporting event? I don't know.
Ginny's brother Anthony visits Johnny in prison. Johnny explains that Ginny doesn't have a mind for business, so he wants to put Ginny on a monthly stipend with his life insurance payout. Anthony is immediately suspicious when Johnny mentions that not all of his doctors agree about how long he has left. Johnny explains that Feldman told him he could have longer than three months. Johnny then starts to wonder how he'll be remembered after he dies, and Anthony says John is a wonderful husband and father. John was thinking more about how he'd be remembered on the street. Anthony says that people liked and respected Johnny, and that they don't hold it against him that he admitted to the existence of the Mafia in open court. But Anthony admits that people felt that Johnny changed when he became boss, and that he became trigger-happy and a hothead. Are people really over Johnny admitting that the Mafia exists? Because people seemed really pissed about that at the time. John says that being boss is "a thankless job."
Tony pours himself some coffee in the kitchen. He asks Carm why she's acting so pissy, and she explains that she's mad about how the boss in the movie acted, since he was clearly based on Tony. Tony doesn't get it, and Carmela explains that the boss had an affair with the hero's fiancée, which implies that Tony fooled around with Adriana. Tony can't believe they're going down this road again. Carmela says that Rosalie pointed it out to her, so other people must have noticed as well. Tony tries to argue that it's just a movie, but Carmela tells him that it's "a revenge fantasy" that ends with the boss's head being split in two by a meat cleaver, so Tony has to realize how Christopher feels about him.
Tony heads to the Bing, where he asks Silvio about the movie. Silvio says that "Chrissy's the last person [he] would have confused with Marty" but it was pretty good. Tony asks if Christopher is around, and Silvio reminds him that Christopher doesn't come around any more. Tony carefully broaches the subject of Daniel Baldwin's character. Silvio pauses and says that the character was "a mean fuck." Silvio then gets very involved in solving the Jumble in the paper or something. Can't you just picture Silvio trying to do the Jumble? And he'd ask Paulie for help, and Paulie would be no help at all, and would just suggest words that were misspelled or didn't even exist? And then Silvio would figure it out and read the final clue to Paulie, and Paulie could complain about how the clue made no sense and probably go beat up the newspaper editor.
Christopher meets with his new sponsor, Shooter McGavin! Love him. Anyway, Christopher explains that he feels like he's living someone else's life now, since he's sober and has a wife and a kid, and he's happy. Shooter encourages Christopher to savor the moment. Christopher looks out the window and points out a Fed following him around. The sponsor seems kind of interested in that aspect of Christopher's life, which makes me suspicious. Shooter reminds Christopher of how fucked up he was a few months ago when he showed up at a meeting. Christopher complains that his friends don't understand why he can't hang out at the Bing anymore, and they don't care what a temptation all the alcohol is for him. I wonder if Shooter is working with the Feds; I just got a feeling.
John is talking to Feldman and some of the other prison hospital patients, telling old mob stories about what a bad-ass Carmine Sr. was. Ginny shows up and ruins the party, yelling at Johnny for smoking. Johnny asks what the difference is now. Ginny thinks that miracles happen, and also that John's negative thinking probably brought on his cancer in the first place. I think somebody's been reading The Secret. John thinks that's a bunch of crap, and he lights up another cigarette even as he's coughing. Ginny throws up her hands and walks out.
Silvio and Gerry have dinner together and discuss who will be the boss of New York. Gerry thinks it's no coincidence that Phil got sick when his turn came up; he doesn't think Phil has the balls to be boss. The guys' dates show up, and Silvio starts talking to his date about some wine they ordered at another restaurant. Suddenly, the sound cuts out, and Silvio's face is splashed with blood. For a second, I thought my HBO feed was screwed up. What the hell? Sil looks up and sees a guy in a baseball cap shooting Gerry. Not The Hairdo! He was the one guy I could identify from the New York family! Plus he had a good nickname. Anyway, everyone in the restaurant runs out, and Gerry "The Hairdo" Torciano is good and whacked.
POLL: Who will be to get whacked? Christopher Doc Santoro Tony Phil Someone other than those listed aboveTony meets with Little Carmine at a golf-course restaurant. Carmine orders a super healthy meal, and Tony orders a Philly cheesesteak. Interesting. Tony starts right in, complaining that Doc Santoro used Silvio as a diversion for the whacking, and that Sil could have been hurt. Carmine realizes that Doc showed a lack of respect. Tony tries to convince Carmine to step up and take control of his family, but Carmine isn't interested. Tony says he could have lived with Phil as boss, but Phil doesn't want it either. Carmine talks about his evening ritual with his wife and kids, and how when he was fighting with Johnny Sack, his wife told him, "I don't want to be the wealthiest widow on Long Island. I want you to quit now." Due to a dream he had, Carmine realized that his father wanted him to be happy, even if that meant he didn't take over as boss. Well, I think that's what Little Carmine wants. Based on the stories Johnny Sack was just telling, I think Carmine Sr. was not that concerned with his son's happiness.
Ginny walks into the hospital and talks to Feldman in the hallway. Feldman says that he knows that Ginny is upset about John's smoking, but he thinks it's Johnny's attempt to "die as he lived" and regain some control over the dying process. Is Feldman a shrink too? Feldman sees the real doctor coming and takes off before he gets in trouble.
Carmela snuggles with Caitlin, Christopher and Kelli's baby. Carm was babysitting while Christopher and Kelli planned the christening. Kelli takes off to use the bathroom, and Carmela spits at Christopher that she's very disappointed in what he did with his movie, because she thinks it was based on Tony and Adriana. Christopher protests that he didn't even write the movie, and besides, the woman in his movie was "an Oriental." Carmela asks if Christopher has heard from Ade, but Christopher says that he wouldn't, since Ade left him for another guy. Carmela says that Ade's mother is "practically delusional" from being upset, and that she's convinced herself that Ade is dead. Christopher reminds Carmela that Ade's mom is an alcoholic. It seems like Carmela is pretty close to asking Christopher outright whether Adriana is dead, but Christopher stops Carmela and tells her that he loves her, but he doesn't like what she's implying about him.
Feldman comes into Johnny's room and brings him a book as well as the news that Gerry got whacked in Brooklyn. Johnny seems in much worse shape than when last we saw him and complains that it's hard to breathe. Feldman turns up his oxygen levels and promises to talk to the doctor. John asks if he's dying. Feldman checks John's chart and says that it's not good, and that he's surprised by the aggressiveness of the cancer. He has to concur with the original doctor's prognosis now. So what was the point of giving Johnny hope, then? I'm a little confused by the whole point of the Feldman subplot, but then again, I have a cold and my thinking is a bit foggy right now. Anyway, John nods and says that he appreciates Feldman's help. Yeah, some help.
Christopher pounds on JT's apartment door. JT lets him in and complains that it's the middle of the night. Christopher stalks in and demands that JT tell Tony that the whole sequence with the boss fucking the fiancée was JT's idea. JT doesn't want to get in trouble. Christopher picks up an award that he calls "Human-eye-duss" and JT corrects him that it's the Humanitas award. As JT explains what it's for, Christopher uses the trophy to clock JT in the temple as he screams at JT not to ever "get fucking snippy on [him] again." Oh, JT. This is why no civilian should ever get involved with the Mafia, ever. If you don't get killed, they just find ways to fuck you over indefinitely. I'm not sure which is worse.
Silvio talks to Tony and Paulie in the Bing about Gerry's whacking. JT walks in and greets them, pretending that he's looking for Christopher. He sits to the guys and asks what they thought of the movie. Paulie hopes they'll see some money soon, like JT has any control over that. JT launches into this speech about not knowing how the audience will respond to his ideas. He brings up the boss character and lies that he stole the persona for the boss from a character in Born Yesterday. JT lays out the whole plot of the movie and points out how similar it is to Cleaver. Tony asks, "So it was your idea?", and then he asks what happened to JT's head, indicating the bruise. I don't think Tony's buying this story at all. Tony drops some money on the bar and leaves.
At home, Tony eats ice cream in his home theater room and watches Born Yesterday. In the movie, a guy in a bathrobe yells at a lot of people.
Tony visits Melfi and complains about the image of him that Christopher chose to present to the world. He reminisces about holding a baby Christopher in his arms. Melfi points out that Tony talks about Christopher like a son. Tony reminisces about putting Christopher in the basket of his bike while making deliveries for Satriale's. Tony is sad that all he is to Christopher is "some asshole bully." Tony actually tears up as he says that Christopher's dad was a mentor to Tony, and also a friend and a role model. Tony wanted to pass that down, and after all he did for Christopher, Christopher hates him. I think Tony is forgetting some of the bad stuff he did to Christopher. Not that Christopher didn't deserve some of it, and not that he hasn't been an ungrateful prick at times. But I think Christopher feels like he sacrificed the love of his life for Tony and the Family, and he deserves some payback for that. Tony tosses Melfi a copy of the movie and asks her to watch it and see what she thinks. She refuses, since it's Tony's interpretation that matters. Tony thinks it's obvious that Christopher despises him and wants to see him dead. Melfi asks whether it's possible that Tony is reading into this. Tony sighs and says, "I've been coming here for years. I know too much about the subconscious now."
Ginny bleaches Johnny's sneakers for him as he lies in bed, unable to speak. This is a nice shout-out both to the fact that Johnny was so particular about his appearance and to what Feldman said about giving John control over the dying process. John struggles to say something, and he manages to say, "My mother." Ginny asks if he's hallucinating. Allegra (who I think is a nurse) says that sometimes, dying patients see people who have passed. Ginny tries to get John to look at her, and she even frantically offers him a cigarette from her purse to try to get him to revive. And then Johnny breathes his last. RIP, Mr. Sacramoni.
Anthony, Ginny's brother, comes to visit Tony and the guys and tell them that John passed away. Tony offers his condolences. Sil hands everyone shots, and Tony offers the typical, "What are you gonna do?" Paulie quotes the song "Black and White" for no apparent reason, but he also explains that he beat cancer himself, which is good to know. Tony offers up a toast and they all drink to John's memory.
Phil has a birthday party for what would have been his brother Billy's birthday. Phil announces to the assembled family that the bar seat he's standing near was Billy's favorite place in the whole world, and Billy would sit there and talk about his family. Phil places Billy's ashes above the bar and then asks the kids if they know who Leonardo Da Vinci is. One of the boys claims that he wrote The Da Vinci Code, which Phil's wife claims is a hideous book. Another girl correctly identifies Da Vinci, whom Phil calls "a great Italian." Turns out that Phil's family's name was originally Leonardo, but it was changed at Ellis Island to Leotardo, after "a stupid ballet costume." The kids seem bored with the history lesson and ask for cake, which Phil allows.
Phil sits at the bar alone, drinking and staring at his brother's picture. He tells Butchie that he'd like to live his life over, because he compromised everything. He spent twenty years in prison to protect assholes like Rusty and Doc. Phil brings up Tony Blundetto again, and how Phil never really avenged his brother's death. He thinks his family has been taking shit from people since Ellis Island. He shakes his head and says, "No more, Butchie. No more of this." I don't like the looks of this morose Phil Leotardo. It makes me nervous. A song that sounds like a military march ("Evidently Chickentown" by John Cooper Clarke) starts up as the camera pans down the line of photos of fallen soldiers: Carmine Sr, Gerry, Johnny Sack.
Meanwhile, Caitlin Moltisanti is being baptized in a scene that's very reminiscent of The Godfather, insofar as it features someone being baptized with the boss and his wife serving as godparents. Tony and Christopher look at each other for a moment and then hug on the altar. Christopher looks terrified. Tony looks sad. I don't think this bodes well for either of them, especially if Phil is going on the warpath.