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Originally Posted by socalwingfan
That was a great episode - that head stomp was brutal. Looks to me like Tony has realized AJ is as messed up as he is and is going to take him under his wing. I have a feeling Meadow is going to get clipped in the NY/NJ feud
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Great episode... I really didn't like the ones that go out of their way to make Tony Soprano a one-dimensional villain. He's a memorable character, and those people are very complicated. This episode proved it.
A lot of people don't understand... guys like Tony aren't sociopaths... not to say some of them aren't. They mostly just play by a totally different rule book. Its like a subculture with different norms, beliefs, values and laws.
They don't think they are doing anything wrong because in their world, it isn't wrong, its a necessary evil. Tony ruthlessly attacked Coco because he disrespected and threatened his daughter. How many guys here would want to do the same thing to someone who accosts their daughter? I know I would, and I wouldn't be too remorseful about it (assuming I have a daughter). I would however, be in handcuffs, and so you probably won't read any headlines of me stomping some disrespectful ######bag. Tony on the other hand, can do these things because of the subculture of which they live, and he did. Tony crying with his son clinched it to me that he isn't this deranged sociopath, like Dr. Kupterberg(sp) was trying to say to Dr. Melfi, but that they are damaged, mentally duressed, but very human people, living in an isolated society.
Very moving episode.
What was with Phil though? Am I the only one who thinks Carmine was sent to lure Tony into a trap? But "cooler heads" prevailed?