It broke my heart when Adriana died, she took all of Christopher’s hatred and only gave back love, she suffered silently for so long just to be murdered after confiding in the only man she thought she could trust…
Her love for Christopher was so deep, so pure that she blabbed his business to any random new friend (Danielle). And nearly had an affair with his boss. And helped Matush, against Christopher's express wishes. Such a trusting, true love.
@Solomon Coop ikr? I went through a divorce and had to give the ex HALF! I looked at that money as not having to put up with her sh*t anymore. Tony pays AND still has to put up with her passive-aggressive torture.
The worst part is when Christopher makes it about himself. “I thought she loved me.” Like she gave up everything for him, despite all the abuse and cheating he has done to her, she still wanted to be with him.
No. "Gave up everything for him" would be if she'd gone to jail for him in season 4, telling the FBI to buzz off. Adriana was Carmela-in-training. She wanted the money, drugs, clothes, status etc. EVERYONE in the Sopranos' Mob lifestyle is corrupt - no exceptions. It's a basic theme of the show.
I totally agree with you I was pissed off when I heard Adriana got killed off I hated she wasted her life for a piece of shit like Christopher who didn’t deserve her at all .....a beautiful girl like that deserves so much better....R.I.P Adriana 😞🙏🏾💔
Meh, he had a point. If Adriana really loved him, she would have done the couple of years for the drugs. The feds were bluffing with the length of sentence. She was stupid. What she should have done when the feds got her was say nothing but "get me a lawyer".
Not sure if it was this episode or Test Dream.. but those two episodes together just went "next level" to a place that put this series, from what was already the best show EVER, to another level entirely...
Yes, what is it with these pundits who keep defending Adriana as "a sweet girl"? She's Carmela - except childless, on drugs and talking to the FBI. EVERYONE in the Sopranos' Mob lifestyle is a lying d-bag. NO exceptions.
@@jcarty123 Just white knights, basically. Adriana wasn't innocent at all. Stupid, maybe. But innocent? NOPE. She was the niece of the boss of a family. She knew perfectly well what Chris was. She was excited when he got made. She had it coming to her.
Tony calling Ade from a payphone was a dead giveaway to me. He doesn't want to leave any trace of his involvement in her disappearance, especially now that he knows she's an FBI informant.
Eh for a brief moment it was totally believable that Chrissy, being a depressed junkie, would have seen that poor family, realized his life would be like that as a nobody in witness protection, and try to commit suicide. I realized during the car ride it was a trap. Ade should have run!
This was a great episode. Drea de Matteo and Michael Imperioli were fantastic in their acting. Christopher's glare at Adriana before losing control and choking her reminded me of Michael Corleone glaring at Kay for aborting his child in Godfather II. The two of them crying reminded me of Henry Hill and Karen breaking down crying in Goodfellas after being left penniless since she flushed the drugs down the toilet.
One of the most powerful scenes in the series. I fell asleep one time listening to this episode on headphones and remember having a terrible half-lucid dream with a lot of the dialog from the episode incorporated into whatever was happening in my head. I remember struggling awake while Christopher was screaming and crying (to paraphrase): "what have you done/we're fucking doomed". It was more awful than cool, and it just goes to show that scene is just absolutely raw and terrifying. Imagine having that news dropped on you, how your mind would be racing, that fight-or-flight response filling your bowels with ice water. Goddamn.
It really was the best performance either of them gave in the whole series, especially Drea di Matteo, since her character and story line gave her little occasion to show she had that kind of depth.
It’s one of the sadder episodes in the show because even though Chris betrays Adrianna you can tell he’s never quite the same afterwards. He knows he stuck with the wrong person.
It's hard to tell just how much it affected him because he was such a fuckup already. He probably would have found another reason to get back into drug use sooner or later and he also still believed that she fucked around with Tony so maybe he'd have killed her himself eventually.
It's gonna be even more emotional when we reach that farm house and Toni B opens the door home one last time just to find Stony standing across the porch with shotgun aimed, it's a sad state of affairs in Newark and Tony was never the same after he killed Tony B.
I actually can't with the amount of people saying "shE wAs A RAt, sHe DeSErveD iT." This is easily one of the most horrifying deaths on the show; Ade may have been materialistic and a bit hypocritical, but overall she was a genuinely sweet, naive person who fell in love with the wrong guy. She was cornered by the FBI and forced to talk, but as the FBI literally says in this episode, she never even gave them any serious information. Also bear in mind that Ade was only Chrissy's girlfriend, she never swore any oaths or codes of silence like made guys do, and she probably didn't even understand the consequences of talking to the FBI. All this to say, this "Adriana deserved it" Tony wannabe bullshit is just ridiculous and shows that the point of the show, and this storyline, flew completely over your head.
Yes, well said. If you don't come away from this show understanding that Tony, and almost every mobster, are actually spineless, pathetic, greedy, cowardly, sociopathic killers without honor, then you missed the entire point. Doesn't mean we cant still like Tony and the others. But I always find myself talking to the TV and saying 'You fucking peice of shit' so many times at the things Tony does.
Dunno if she deserved it for being a rat, but if you decide to date a serial killing psychopath, it's hard to complain when the tables inevitably turn on you
Adrianna made it clear in the episode with Massive Genius that she didnt want to be "like Carmella". She didnt want to be a mob wife. She wanted to be part of the action with Chris. Chris mostly kept her out of it but gave her a night club front to run for the mob. She was involved but not as much as the FBI thought she was. She also appears to have been selling drugs. She had a sweet personality but she was really naïve. Hard to believe she had 2 uncles in the mob and didnt understand what the mob life was about. She ABSOLUTELY knew what talking to the FBI meant for her. She knew what kind of guy Chris was and what his friends were really like. She was greedy, shallow, and and stupid. The FBI was utterly incompetent in the way they handled her. She played with fire and got burned. Should have listened to her mom. Im not saying she "deserved" it but "associates" who talk to LEO's get whacked just like made guys do and she knew this. Its why she puked all over the interrogators. Chris also failed her by not teaching he what to do and not do if picked up by law enforcement.
@@hullbreach33 Really good points. She was by no means "innocent," as a lot of people call her, but I do think she had more redeeming qualities than most of the other characters. Your only point that I would argue is that she knew what kind of guy Chris was; she knew he was a killer, and that he was in the mob, but I highly doubt that she was aware of the extent of his sociopathy. She likely thought that Chris had only occasionally killed other people in the mob, people who "deserved it," and was completely oblivious to what happened with the waiter or the involvement of innocent people in their business. Overall, she was materialistic and greedy but not as much as other characters, as she was willing to give up "the life" to go into witness protection with Christopher. She is absolutely not the saint some people make her out to be but compared to the other characters, she is definitely the least evil.
@@cecilia362 I agree. compared to Tony or even Chris, she was a saint. She "knew" what kind of guy Chris had to be based on the other mobsters but her love blinded her. She was in denial about Chris. Its fairly easy to see how a young woman like her could get involved like that but her story should be a cautionary tale.
Adriana's death scean was gripping because it took the audience inside what's its like to be set up to be wacked first hand. And that also these guys are all irredeemable , whether like them or not
Tbh pussys death took the cake on that. Funny how both of them are set up, informants to the fbi and made to believe they were in safe place before their demise.
Fun fact: Drea De Matteo (Adrianna) was also in Sons of Anarchy. At one point in the show, another female character thinks the protagonist, Jax, is going to kill her; seeing her fear he says, "you think I brought you here to Adrianna you?" :) I love meta references like that. Also, in Breaking Bad, the Schraders have the Deadwood DVDs on their shelf, and the woman who plays Skyler, Anna Gunn, also starred in Deadwood
@@christophawscanopy5692 They actually show the Matrix cover to the camera with Joe Pantoliano on it. This not to mention they're constantly mentioning The Godfather - Dominic Chianese played Johnny Ola in the Part 2
curb your enthusiasm was on Juniors TV during an episode of the Sopranos and then on a curb your enthusiasm episode Larry is asking his wife were the Sopranos DVD box is.
I remember our Sunday night Sopranos watch group, when this aired, we were sitting on the edge of our seats. I mean you kind of knew, but you really didn’t……until gave the line, “he’s gonna be fine” with that tiny tiny grin.
At the end of the phone call, when Tony, Sil and Adriana are supposed to go to hospital to visit Cristopher, Tony says to Ade: "I'll see you up there." Tony's way of saying goodbye, but not farewell.
Equally disturbing was how Silvio manages to keep up a pretense of 'normalcy' while with her, and only drops the facade once he stops the car and she knows the jig is up.
Not going into witness protection with Ade was one of(if not THE) biggest mistakes ever made on this show. Christopher basically destroyed his life by confessing to Tony and Tony was the one who would end up killing Christopher
No. Christopher destroyed his life already back in season 1 when he first chose to be a thief and murderer. The Sopranos is Greek tragedy. The characters all chose to solve their problems in the worst way possible. Kill... be a killer's gf... etc. Their fates, though sad, were determined early when they chose (CHOSE) to become awful people. It's a key theme of the show and I can't believe it has flown over so many viewers' heads. If Christopher had gone into witness protection with Adriana: she just would have found more ways to keep betraying him & screwing him over. They were both awful people and "a mistake" for each other.
@@jcarty123 you say that Adriana would continue to betray Chrissy as if he didn’t sleep with many women over their relationship and beat the crap out of her every so often 🙄
@@jeremyjones7436 Nope! That's just your hallucination. In my book, they're both scum. A basic theme of the show, in case you missed it, is: The criminal life corrupts everyone in it. And I already said that, but I guess reading isn't your strong suit either, oh well.
I remember people were so distraught over Adrianna's death that they started slinging ridiculous conspiracys that maybe Silvio didn't kill her and just shot into the ground to scare her off. Though I guess that's the genius of not showing the audience everything since it adds a level of intrigue and mystery that people can speculate on long after the show is over. A tactic we'll see again in the last episode >_>
Great theory but the reason why they didn't show Adrianas death was because it's probably most disturbing undeserved and probably the second most depressing death in the series. So that's why we don't see her death cause it's really shocking
They did a good scene play in thinking maybe she survived when right after the FBI were discussing what happened to Ade and the scene it cuts to the woods and leaves crunching and has us thinking that was where she was shot and survived, but it was just Tony and Carmella discussed the spec house there
I do love the scenes between Johnny and Tony in that Tony still thinks he's talking to his old pal Johnny Sack but the new reality is he's now talking to Don Sacrimoni and so things aren't going to be like they were.
Never heard the cat theory, looking forward to learning more. One thing I noticed about Adreanna crawling away was that Loraine Claruzzo (spelling?) Crawled away in the same fashion just before being taken out by Johnny Sac's men for continuing to kick up to Carmine Jr. instead of John. Incidentally these are the only two mob ordained hits against women in the series that I recall.
@@minchrono24lover27 Tell me why exactly they made such a big deal about that cat in the last episode, specifically looking at Christopher’s photo. You really think these things are random?
My heart always broke for Adriana. I knew Chris would give her up to Tony. Ugh, she really deserved better. The FBI treated her horribly. The first time the feds detained her, they essentially told her that both her and Chris would be disappeared by Tony if she didn’t cooperate. They threatened/insinuated if she was arrested for selling drugs out of the club, Tony would find out about how Ade brought an undercover fed into his home during Sunday dinner. The whole situation was so fucked up. I love Ade. She was the kindest character on the whole show, if they had gone into witness protection, Chris would’ve still been alive.
Yeah, they weren't shit for entrapping Adriana like that. In my book, you don't get points for picking on easy targets. But I guess it made too much sense for them to flip somebody who was actually in the life and actually knew something instead of the way they trapped Adriana. I'm sure Ade would've still been alive had she not gotten used as bait by the feds in their cheap pursuit of catching a big fish.
Feds being Feds! They treat anyone like pieces of garbage. They are no better than the very mafia themselves ..but hey thats the world we live in i guess.
he had made real money from the football bets , yet he was a junkie spending his money on dope you see in season 6 when he get his shit he got john's Maserati , got that big house with his wife
I totally believe that the cat is Ade. Her outfits were almost consistently cat or tiger or leopard print, plus, she also sings that “Meow” song by Defiler in front of Massive Genius in season 1. And of course, the cat liked to stare at that picture of Chris. I feel like the cat at least symbolizes Adriana’s spirit. 🐈
I’m rewatching sopranos and I found this channel at the same time these videos came out! I literally just watched this episode last night. I’m gonna line them up now until the end .
I heard a neat fact about this episode about that one shot where Adriana is driving alone, seemingly escaping the mob then snaps back to reality where she's in the car with Sil. Apparently, she DID escape the mob and escape happily ever after originally, but it was decided that she would be killed after that sequence had been filmed. So they recycled the shot into a daydream, with Ade hoping for a future that isn't possible. Not sure as to how true this is because I can't find where I originally heard it, but it's an interesting idea to play around with.
I do know that the scene where Chris goes to Tony's to tell him about Adriana was originally shot for this episode. According to Michael Imperoli, on Talking Sopranos podcast, he said it was actually Drea's (Adriana) idea to leave that scene out, so the audience would know as much as Adriana knew after Tony's phone call.
If that's true then Ade basically knew the car ride was to her death but she loved Chrissy enough she didn't want to take the chance of not seeing him if he did need her help, but secretly, she knew what was up and wished she had just jumped in her car and drove to the airport after Tony called.
Moral of the story; Tony B is a really shitty hitman. Kills one person, gets spotted. Kills one person and leaves the (very powerful) witness alive. Also, I firmly beleive that the cat in season 6 hears a wire that was planted in the picture. The picture that Carlo gave Tony to put up in the Bing.
I took it more of like a spiritual thing, not saying that the cat was literally chris reincarnated, but maybe like the cat sensed what happened to christopher or was like a part of him or something? Idk, the wire thing never occured to me but its an interesting theory. Its like when my cat just sits in a corner staring at a wall for no reason (Edited because I literally just watched this video to the end) Didn’t even hear about the whole theory that its actually adrianna who the cat is
The walking on all fours in a forest was probably a reference to her surname. "La Cerva" means "deer". The cat was probably Christafaa. It was haunting Paulie. If it were Adriana, it would have haunted her murderer Sil.
First time the feds picked up Adriana she should have simply called Neil Mink,gotten bailed out. Fought the case and even if she had to do some time her bf is a made guy.She woulda been ok.
Idk which episode has me feeling more depressed after; this one or "Employee of the Month". Probably my second favourite episode in the series. RIP Adriana, you shouldn't have crawled under Silvio's bullets for warmth Edit: Cozzette "crawling for warmth" may have actually been foreshadowing Ade's death
And "University" with Tracey. Especially when Ralph sweet talked her into believing he wanted to raise his kid with her as a joke and then beat her to death after she stood up for herself.... That whole episode was just a sad story.
I thought adriana crawled at the end and sil whacked her in the woods was to symbolize a deer being killed since la cerva means A Deer in italian. The cat angle is good too, never thought of that but since it stared at christopher it makes sense.
I still remember seeing this episode for the first time and thinking Adrianna had taken off and was free for those few seconds it showed her car with the song going , " have you ever wanted to get away , to California " or something.
It’s heartbreaking. I remember watching that episode the night it premiered and it was all anyone was talking about for a week. It’s still so brutal and effective.
This is not only my favourite episode in the series, but probably my favourite episode in fiction along with the view from halfway down. I could talk about this episode for hours and hours
As badly as I feel for Adriana in this episode, I also feel for Sil. That moment when Adriana starts crying and Sil has to comfort her is heartbreaking. This seems to be a hit Sil does not want to do. The acting is incredible
Wasn't in this episode where Uncle Junior almost solves the Tony B problem for Tony S? but he cant because he is starting to go senile. Tony S asks Junior what should he do about Tony B; what Junior said the 2 guys Tony B hit where not made guys so Tony B broke no rules... but then Junior goes back to forgetting the conversation. Junior was a better conselier than Silvio.
Adriana also "meows" when playing a demo tape for the rap guy who tries to get money out of Hesh. Also she wears leopard underwear while playing tennis. so maybe all that was a foreshadow to her being the cat.
Great video as always! Interesting what you said about Chris seeing the family at the petrol station, my thoughts were that he saw that family together with their little possessions but they were together therefore happy and he was contemplating going that way (into witness protection with Adrianna)
I don't know if Carmela going back to Tony is her realizing that there isn't much out there for her, as it being that Tony made it nearly impossible for her to get a lawyer, and the one that she did find backed out when his forensic account realized whose accounts he would be auditing.
Yes with a person that sweet, it's hard to pick her best, most loving moment. Was it when she tried to send the FBI after a girlfriend she was mad at? Was it the times she lied to Christopher, about big stuff? Was it her admission (car with Agent San Severino) that she'd kill him? Was it when she nearly had an affair with Tony? Was it when she was drugged-out at Livia's wake? Was it when she helped Matush hide a body, then made speeches defending him? Was it when she watched Christopher beat up a guy and did nothing? Or when she was giddy as she accepted Crazy Horse, diamond bracelets, and other blood-money gifts from him?
Love your work Kino. Really enjoyable. All these years later, I still haven’t had a dramatic kick in the guts like when it cuts to Adriana driving away on her own…..and then…..(no daydream) ..back to her sitting in the passenger seat with Sil 💎
I was barely holding back my tears but when the ending song came on I lost it. I’ve never felt that way from a show or movie before ever, I was devastated for a couple days after watching that episode
This episode left me the same way I felt after watching them Red Wedding episode on Game of Thrones. What they did to Adrianne left me with such a bad taste in my mouth that I almost stopped watching this show. I continued watching the show, but I wished the worst for Silvio, Tony, Christopher, and all the FBI agents involved.
This is when Carmella becomes the real gangster. Firstly, in order to restore their relationship, she exhorts Tony for money. Secondly, she insists that the affairs are not to be public and sleazy, in other words, she demands respect. She doesn't care about the immorality she only cares about the appearances and how she can benefit. She must have learned lots from Tony and then strongarms him. That's a boss.
I've watched the sopranos probably 6-8 times in its entirety, my gf hasnt seen it since I introduced it to her this year, she kept talking about how much she loves adriana, and we watched this episode last night and... it was rough.
I'm getting tears in my eyes just watching this, I honestly hated this episode so much b/c of what happened to Adriana. I really loved her character and was horrified that Chris would give her up like that & allow her to be murdered. This is the episode that really changed my opinion of Christopher definitely but kind of the show in general. I still loved it, don't get me wrong, but...not sure how to explain it. I finally realized just how dark it was and kind of evil. Which is probably naive of me to not have realized it sooner. But literally all Adriana wanted was to be with Christopher, she loved him SO much and to think in her last moments she'd know how he betrayed her in the ultimate way just really broke my heart. It kind of changed my opinion of Tony and Sil too, I just really hated everyone that was involved. I mean I know she did work with the Feds but she wouldn't even wear a wire for Christsakes and really didn't give them anything. I feel like she was as loyal as she could be and she was such a sweet person. Well, Christopher didn't deserve her that's for damn sure. I can believe the cat is her, I've heard people say the cat was Christopher (or were they saying that in the show?) Makes much more sense that it would be Adriana.
All loyalties were situational and people can be both good and evil. Tony and Sil love their families and have done good things, but they have also committed horrible murders without caring. Sil is funny and makes us laugh, yet he also beat Tracee too.
Sorry for the double comment, but I've never heard the cat theory before and it's intriguing. Although it seems like they would have had the cat fuck with Sil if it was supposed to represent Adriana. But Paulie was the only one that seemed to care that the cat was fixated on Chrissy's pic. Then again, Paulie did have the most volatile relationship with Chris. We also know that Paulie has always been susceptible to the supernatural, and it's hilarious, so I see why they choose Paulie to be the one that gets upset. Interesting, great episode, can't wait for Sept!
Another gem in the bag Kino 👍👍 this was probably one of the sadder episodes in the series. Ever since we got to see Adriana's character grow I knew that somewhere down the line she would be the collateral damage but not in the fashion we all saw. Its funny and Not funny that Valentina was the 3rd girl I believe to have her heart broken by Tony and then threaten him with Suicide? Idk if Irina said the same but.. Tony Soprano bro smh
* S P O I L E R * - - - When Silvio killed Adriana i just had to stop the episode, i never cry or get emotional when characters are killed off but this was so hard to watch, crawling and begging for her life, she really was one of the most innocent characters
I remember being devastated after I saw that episode. I had hate 4 chris and Tony 4 awhile. I watched the DVD commentary and Drea Di mateo did the commentary on this episode and she said how she saw Adrianna as such a good person and how she didnt even see herself as Adrianna. That she wasn't nearly as nice and innocent as the character and she felt mad at Tony and Chrissy and wasnt rooting 4 them anymore. It was pretty cool listening 2 her take on the episode.
I never understood the reactions to Ade being wacked. She was not an innocent unknowing person. She knew exactly who and what Christopher was and she chose that life just like he chose it. She knew where the money came from and what kind of crimes Chris committed to earn such money. She was use to playing the beautiful innocent role to get what she wanted in life but her charm didn't work on the Feds.
She came from a mobbed-up family. She was the niece of Jackie (Sr.) and Richie Aprile. Of course that means that she was also Jackie Jr.'s cousin, which probably helps explain why she was, well, kinda stupid.
On one hand, she's not that innocent. On the other hand, a) she was ignorant of the law and talked into thinking she had to cooperate by the FBI when she never had to b) she refused to wear a wire when most of these mob pricks, if cornered, would have. Ray did. Pussy did. Hate to say it but if the Feds ever picked up Sil, Paulie, Patsy or any of the other crooks and offered them a deal to avoid a life sentence, they'd totally wear the wire.
i watch every upload as soon as they come out, and i appreciate the work you do on these videos, but.. i do kind of wish you went a *little* deeper with them, whether it be analysis or even more of your thoughts / opinions. i just wonder who these videos are really for, because you don't really add much to the episode for people who have already seen the show, but if they're for people who haven't seen the sopranos, then why wouldn't they just... watch the whole episode? not trying to be rude or disrespectful, just my thoughts as a viewer who's been here from when you were covering the first season. i'm happy to see you've grown so much, and again i appreciate your work, but it would be nice if things weren't so surface level.
I guess Svetlana counts (I know she's the one who ended it). But he even saw her after Irina ratted them out, and was more or less cordial, despite being angry
When Chris strangles Ade in this episode, it felt so much more visceral than any of the other times he'd hurt her. I really thought he was going to kill her right there. There'd been close calls before, but nothing like that. On a side note, I can't help but feel that Johnny Sack wasn't a very good boss any more than Tony himself was. Honestly, if he'd just agreed to Tony's terms here, he could have gotten what he wanted without any needless conflict and everyone would have gone home happy (except for Phil, but fuck Phil). Instead, he just had to go the extra mile to be a dickhead and make things worse with New Jersey. And I realize, Tony wasn't exactly in the right here either, but two wrongs don't make a right, and both Tony and Johnny, but especially Johnny, come out of this episode looking worse to me.
this. There was no need to placate Phil, a real boss would have accepted this as the best option. Tony wouldn't have let him do those hits if he had any control over it, but he didn't. John was being unreasonable
It was still sad to see Adrianna go, but she's not completely innocent. She knew who these people were. Ultimately, her undoing was loving Christopher and these people at expense of her own well being. Consider Raymond. He was ratting people as far back as season 3 without any remorse whatsoever. If Adrianna realized what a scumbag Christopher was as well as the others she could've provided real damaging information to the FBI to save her own hide.
Just when Adrianna thought she was out. Silvio dragged her right back in.
Just this "one" time, I'll let you ask me about my affairs
well technically he dragged her right back out ;)
Walt Whitman over here
@@melgibsonsinternalrage2924 oohh will you take it easy over there, fuckin judge roy bean
Win
We all know Adrianna’s death wouldn’t have been so cinematic if Patsy did the hit
Brilliant!
We buried her on a hill under a tree with pine cones
@@C0rnvillain You're gonna build Beansie a ramp.
Lmao
@@christophawscanopy5692 someone leave a cage open at turtle back zoo?
It broke my heart when Adriana died, she took all of Christopher’s hatred and only gave back love, she suffered silently for so long just to be murdered after confiding in the only man she thought she could trust…
She didn't exactly suffer "silently" if you catch my drift, but you make a good point.
Yeah, she fucked up
@@the_local_bigamist yeah true that diarrhea and vomiting was loud af
Yes. She was so sweet and innocent and not interested in material things. All she really wanted was a simple heart on a gold chain.
Her love for Christopher was so deep, so pure that she blabbed his business to any random new friend (Danielle). And nearly had an affair with his boss. And helped Matush, against Christopher's express wishes. Such a trusting, true love.
Carmela "I need 600K"
Tony: Alright Silvio will bring you by the bank before he gives Adrianna a ride to see Christofa
@Solomon Coop ikr? I went through a divorce and had to give the ex HALF! I looked at that money as not having to put up with her sh*t anymore. Tony pays AND still has to put up with her passive-aggressive torture.
I never actually realised that Carmella basically made Tony pay his way back in! Wow. Sharp as a fucking cue-ball.
According to Hesh 600k is all Tony is worth minus assets
@@miaouew heshs' wife was murdered breaking bad style.
@@miaouew here here is some in advance...
Chris *literally* went out for cigarrettes and NEVER CAME BACK...
Just like her dad
he went back. packed a suit with some of her clothes after and get rid of her car lol
oh yeah: and also took her jewelry 😂 to most likely pawn
The worst part is when Christopher makes it about himself. “I thought she loved me.” Like she gave up everything for him, despite all the abuse and cheating he has done to her, she still wanted to be with him.
No. "Gave up everything for him" would be if she'd gone to jail for him in season 4, telling the FBI to buzz off. Adriana was Carmela-in-training. She wanted the money, drugs, clothes, status etc. EVERYONE in the Sopranos' Mob lifestyle is corrupt - no exceptions. It's a basic theme of the show.
I totally agree with you I was pissed off when I heard Adriana got killed off I hated she wasted her life for a piece of shit like Christopher who didn’t deserve her at all .....a beautiful girl like that deserves so much better....R.I.P Adriana 😞🙏🏾💔
@@jcarty123 "Carmela-in-training" LMAO, gonna borrow this line. 100% right.
He's coping
Meh, he had a point. If Adriana really loved him, she would have done the couple of years for the drugs. The feds were bluffing with the length of sentence. She was stupid. What she should have done when the feds got her was say nothing but "get me a lawyer".
Valentina: "I'm going to kill myself"
Tony: I gotta take this"
Average Tony moment😂😂😂
“I’ll see ya up there”
Tony’s last words to ade. Truly chilling
Yeah, I'll see yah up there. I don't know. Probably around three o clock.
Not sure if it was this episode or Test Dream.. but those two episodes together just went "next level" to a place that put this series, from what was already the best show EVER, to another level entirely...
Agreed
@@DD-zh4by You’re a narcissist my man.
@@DD-zh4by bite, me.
They had the makings of a varsity shinebox..he did 20 fucking years.. his kid brotha. Oof maroné!?
I think you can add 'All Due Respect' to that too. Those three episodes are just an amazing ending to that season. Just incredible.
"He would rather have those comforts"
Reel footage of Tony kicking the shit out of him
Yeah the footage of Tony kicking Chris while he's down kind of sums up their relationship.
I liked that too
Yes, what is it with these pundits who keep defending Adriana as "a sweet girl"? She's Carmela - except childless, on drugs and talking to the FBI. EVERYONE in the Sopranos' Mob lifestyle is a lying d-bag. NO exceptions.
@@jcarty123 Just white knights, basically. Adriana wasn't innocent at all. Stupid, maybe. But innocent? NOPE.
She was the niece of the boss of a family. She knew perfectly well what Chris was. She was excited when he got made. She had it coming to her.
@@Aivottaja "We've all got it comin', kid." - Wm. Munny, "Unforgiven."
Tony calling Ade from a payphone was a dead giveaway to me. He doesn't want to leave any trace of his involvement in her disappearance, especially now that he knows she's an FBI informant.
You got a problem besides those fucking pants
Unless they were tapping Adriana's phone.
@@Aivottaja underrated reply. they could have 100% been doing so or at least in real life they would have. He called her on their home phone.
Eh for a brief moment it was totally believable that Chrissy, being a depressed junkie, would have seen that poor family, realized his life would be like that as a nobody in witness protection, and try to commit suicide. I realized during the car ride it was a trap. Ade should have run!
Good call. I didn't catch that the first time, but it is a dead giveway.
This was a great episode. Drea de Matteo and Michael Imperioli were fantastic in their acting.
Christopher's glare at Adriana before losing control and choking her reminded me of Michael Corleone glaring at Kay for aborting his child in Godfather II. The two of them crying reminded me of Henry Hill and Karen breaking down crying in Goodfellas after being left penniless since she flushed the drugs down the toilet.
this marriage is an ABORTION!
One of the most powerful scenes in the series. I fell asleep one time listening to this episode on headphones and remember having a terrible half-lucid dream with a lot of the dialog from the episode incorporated into whatever was happening in my head. I remember struggling awake while Christopher was screaming and crying (to paraphrase): "what have you done/we're fucking doomed". It was more awful than cool, and it just goes to show that scene is just absolutely raw and terrifying. Imagine having that news dropped on you, how your mind would be racing, that fight-or-flight response filling your bowels with ice water. Goddamn.
It really was the best performance either of them gave in the whole series, especially Drea di Matteo, since her character and story line gave her little occasion to show she had that kind of depth.
it was ok in the end, Karen changed her name to Melfi and started psychotherapy
Is it just Urban Legend or did Michael break his wrist when he hit Kay in GFII?
It’s one of the sadder episodes in the show because even though Chris betrays Adrianna you can tell he’s never quite the same afterwards. He knows he stuck with the wrong person.
Very true. He rushes into a marriage, has a kid and buys a house and still hates his decision
Chris was such a tragic character
It's hard to tell just how much it affected him because he was such a fuckup already. He probably would have found another reason to get back into drug use sooner or later and he also still believed that she fucked around with Tony so maybe he'd have killed her himself eventually.
Tony also doesn't really value the fact Chris gave up on her, in fact gets bullied for it.
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The scenes during the car ride were amazing. She knew what was coming and that she missed her chance to escape.
And the litte fantasy of her escaping in her T-Bird, luggage at her side, then we see she's actually with Sil..So sad.
TV in it's most real and tragically scary beauty.
She died as she lived: in a fog of half-knowing, or knowing-but-not-dealing.
@@jcarty123 Describes me at many times.
@@jcarty123 well said. This is exactly it 😔
Most emotional episode of the whole show. Especially the ending song 'Wrapped in my Memory'.
It's gonna be even more emotional when we reach that farm house and Toni B opens the door home one last time just to find Stony standing across the porch with shotgun aimed, it's a sad state of affairs in Newark and Tony was never the same after he killed Tony B.
Yeah that ending is brutal. I remember watching it at the time and being like 🤭.
Both "Wrapped in my memory" and "Leaving California" were excellently used. Rip Shawn Smith.
I actually can't with the amount of people saying "shE wAs A RAt, sHe DeSErveD iT." This is easily one of the most horrifying deaths on the show; Ade may have been materialistic and a bit hypocritical, but overall she was a genuinely sweet, naive person who fell in love with the wrong guy. She was cornered by the FBI and forced to talk, but as the FBI literally says in this episode, she never even gave them any serious information. Also bear in mind that Ade was only Chrissy's girlfriend, she never swore any oaths or codes of silence like made guys do, and she probably didn't even understand the consequences of talking to the FBI. All this to say, this "Adriana deserved it" Tony wannabe bullshit is just ridiculous and shows that the point of the show, and this storyline, flew completely over your head.
Yes, well said. If you don't come away from this show understanding that Tony, and almost every mobster, are actually spineless, pathetic, greedy, cowardly, sociopathic killers without honor, then you missed the entire point. Doesn't mean we cant still like Tony and the others. But I always find myself talking to the TV and saying 'You fucking peice of shit' so many times at the things Tony does.
Dunno if she deserved it for being a rat, but if you decide to date a serial killing psychopath, it's hard to complain when the tables inevitably turn on you
Adrianna made it clear in the episode with Massive Genius that she didnt want to be "like Carmella". She didnt want to be a mob wife. She wanted to be part of the action with Chris. Chris mostly kept her out of it but gave her a night club front to run for the mob. She was involved but not as much as the FBI thought she was. She also appears to have been selling drugs. She had a sweet personality but she was really naïve. Hard to believe she had 2 uncles in the mob and didnt understand what the mob life was about. She ABSOLUTELY knew what talking to the FBI meant for her. She knew what kind of guy Chris was and what his friends were really like. She was greedy, shallow, and and stupid. The FBI was utterly incompetent in the way they handled her. She played with fire and got burned. Should have listened to her mom. Im not saying she "deserved" it but "associates" who talk to LEO's get whacked just like made guys do and she knew this. Its why she puked all over the interrogators.
Chris also failed her by not teaching he what to do and not do if picked up by law enforcement.
@@hullbreach33 Really good points. She was by no means "innocent," as a lot of people call her, but I do think she had more redeeming qualities than most of the other characters. Your only point that I would argue is that she knew what kind of guy Chris was; she knew he was a killer, and that he was in the mob, but I highly doubt that she was aware of the extent of his sociopathy. She likely thought that Chris had only occasionally killed other people in the mob, people who "deserved it," and was completely oblivious to what happened with the waiter or the involvement of innocent people in their business. Overall, she was materialistic and greedy but not as much as other characters, as she was willing to give up "the life" to go into witness protection with Christopher. She is absolutely not the saint some people make her out to be but compared to the other characters, she is definitely the least evil.
@@cecilia362 I agree. compared to Tony or even Chris, she was a saint. She "knew" what kind of guy Chris had to be based on the other mobsters but her love blinded her. She was in denial about Chris. Its fairly easy to see how a young woman like her could get involved like that but her story should be a cautionary tale.
Adriana's death scean was gripping because it took the audience inside what's its like to be set up to be wacked first hand. And that also these guys are all irredeemable , whether like them or not
Whether. Spell it correctly. What you go to slip and fall school ?
@@jimmydean5663 Thanks for correcting my auto spell Jack Ass
@@vaughnalston2993 You're welcome. Now go home and..
@@jimmydean5663 ...get your Speak and Spell
Tbh pussys death took the cake on that. Funny how both of them are set up, informants to the fbi and made to believe they were in safe place before their demise.
Fun fact: Drea De Matteo (Adrianna) was also in Sons of Anarchy. At one point in the show, another female character thinks the protagonist, Jax, is going to kill her; seeing her fear he says, "you think I brought you here to Adrianna you?" :)
I love meta references like that. Also, in Breaking Bad, the Schraders have the Deadwood DVDs on their shelf, and the woman who plays Skyler, Anna Gunn, also starred in Deadwood
BOOM!!
Christophaw mentions goodfellas
They mention Scarface a bit and have Robert Loggia.
@@christophawscanopy5692 They actually show the Matrix cover to the camera with Joe Pantoliano on it.
This not to mention they're constantly mentioning The Godfather - Dominic Chianese played Johnny Ola in the Part 2
curb your enthusiasm was on Juniors TV during an episode of the Sopranos and then on a curb your enthusiasm episode Larry is asking his wife were the Sopranos DVD box is.
I remember our Sunday night Sopranos watch group, when this aired, we were sitting on the edge of our seats. I mean you kind of knew, but you really didn’t……until gave the line, “he’s gonna be fine” with that tiny tiny grin.
That was the wickedest grin in the whole series.
As for Adriana 's spirit and the cat , don't forget her doing those "meows" when she was jamming out to that loser band she tried to manage.
As far as I'm concerned, blows away Matchbox 20.
@@MsBee Yeah they never sounded THAT bad to me either but that "meow song" was kinda stinky from what we get to hear of it, LOL!
@@JuanRamirez-xh3kc Haha I was quoting Ade in that same episode lol but yeah not horrible, but a hit is a hit, and that is not a hit!
@@MsBee LOL!
Manuj*
At the end of the phone call, when Tony, Sil and Adriana are supposed to go to hospital to visit Cristopher, Tony says to Ade: "I'll see you up there." Tony's way of saying goodbye, but not farewell.
She's probably waiting for him in that mansion.
Equally disturbing was how Silvio manages to keep up a pretense of 'normalcy' while with her, and only drops the facade once he stops the car and she knows the jig is up.
Not going into witness protection with Ade was one of(if not THE) biggest mistakes ever made on this show. Christopher basically destroyed his life by confessing to Tony and Tony was the one who would end up killing Christopher
Man. Imagine christophaw going with ade and henry hilling it and releasing books later down the road.
No. Christopher destroyed his life already back in season 1 when he first chose to be a thief and murderer.
The Sopranos is Greek tragedy. The characters all chose to solve their problems in the worst way possible. Kill... be a killer's gf... etc. Their fates, though sad, were determined early when they chose (CHOSE) to become awful people.
It's a key theme of the show and I can't believe it has flown over so many viewers' heads.
If Christopher had gone into witness protection with Adriana: she just would have found more ways to keep betraying him & screwing him over. They were both awful people and "a mistake" for each other.
Can't you give a spoiler warning before giving a spoiler?
@@jcarty123 you say that Adriana would continue to betray Chrissy as if he didn’t sleep with many women over their relationship and beat the crap out of her every so often 🙄
@@jeremyjones7436 Nope! That's just your hallucination. In my book, they're both scum. A basic theme of the show, in case you missed it, is: The criminal life corrupts everyone in it. And I already said that, but I guess reading isn't your strong suit either, oh well.
I remember people were so distraught over Adrianna's death that they started slinging ridiculous conspiracys that maybe Silvio didn't kill her and just shot into the ground to scare her off. Though I guess that's the genius of not showing the audience everything since it adds a level of intrigue and mystery that people can speculate on long after the show is over. A tactic we'll see again in the last episode >_>
Great theory but the reason why they didn't show Adrianas death was because it's probably most disturbing undeserved and probably the second most depressing death in the series. So that's why we don't see her death cause it's really shocking
@@mattiriihelainen280 Agreed, PEEPS is the most depressing death in the series. I almost stopped watching the show after that happened. :'(
@@shrim1481 Most tragic death on screen
They did a good scene play in thinking maybe she survived when right after the FBI were discussing what happened to Ade and the scene it cuts to the woods and leaves crunching and has us thinking that was where she was shot and survived, but it was just Tony and Carmella discussed the spec house there
@@shrim1481 Peeps? His family name was Pepperelli!
The ending still gets me in the feels every time. The camera doesn't show Adriana but the music clearly indicates a dedication to her.
This kino, more creative than Spielberg
God damn it, I said no apologies.
I do love the scenes between Johnny and Tony in that Tony still thinks he's talking to his old pal Johnny Sack but the new reality is he's now talking to Don Sacrimoni and so things aren't going to be like they were.
The scene with Christopher and Ade is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen.
Adrianna crawled under that dirt for warmth.
That was terrible…..
here’s a upvote
this aint the walking dead
last time I was this early
Phil Leotardo was still in the can
Never heard the cat theory, looking forward to learning more. One thing I noticed about Adreanna crawling away was that Loraine Claruzzo (spelling?) Crawled away in the same fashion just before being taken out by Johnny Sac's men for continuing to kick up to Carmine Jr. instead of John. Incidentally these are the only two mob ordained hits against women in the series that I recall.
cat theory is an absolute reach lol, this is what happens when there's nothing new to watch.
@@minchrono24lover27 Tell me why exactly they made such a big deal about that cat in the last episode, specifically looking at Christopher’s photo. You really think these things are random?
again with the scenarios
My heart always broke for Adriana. I knew Chris would give her up to Tony. Ugh, she really deserved better.
The FBI treated her horribly. The first time the feds detained her, they essentially told her that both her and Chris would be disappeared by Tony if she didn’t cooperate. They threatened/insinuated if she was arrested for selling drugs out of the club, Tony would find out about how Ade brought an undercover fed into his home during Sunday dinner. The whole situation was so fucked up.
I love Ade. She was the kindest character on the whole show, if they had gone into witness protection, Chris would’ve still been alive.
Yeah, they weren't shit for entrapping Adriana like that. In my book, you don't get points for picking on easy targets. But I guess it made too much sense for them to flip somebody who was actually in the life and actually knew something instead of the way they trapped Adriana. I'm sure Ade would've still been alive had she not gotten used as bait by the feds in their cheap pursuit of catching a big fish.
Feds being Feds! They treat anyone like pieces of garbage. They are no better than the very mafia themselves ..but hey thats the world we live in i guess.
Near two decades after I watched it, Aid's execution haunts and fascinates me.
Nobody's got aids!
@@the_local_bigamist I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT FUCKING WORD AGAIN!
I wasn't really sure if it should be "Aid" or "Ade" but I figure she's not fucking soft beverage of choice.
La Cerva means Deer in Italian and she goes running on all 4s. Always thought that was cool. Kinda of like a Bambi thing.
@@thetalisman963 did you ever notice that she often wore cat-print. The there's the cat in the last season....?
It's funny, but Christopher didn't even start making real money until he became a captain. I mean, he was living in a one bedroom basement apartment.
he had made real money from the football bets , yet he was a junkie spending his money on dope you see in season 6 when he get his shit he got john's Maserati , got that big house with his wife
This one episode crushed my heart. One of my favorite characters gone
I totally believe that the cat is Ade. Her outfits were almost consistently cat or tiger or leopard print, plus, she also sings that “Meow” song by Defiler in front of Massive Genius in season 1. And of course, the cat liked to stare at that picture of Chris. I feel like the cat at least symbolizes Adriana’s spirit. 🐈
I’m rewatching sopranos and I found this channel at the same time these videos came out! I literally just watched this episode last night. I’m gonna line them up now until the end .
Your friend borko , someone needs to tell him he’s dead
I heard a neat fact about this episode about that one shot where Adriana is driving alone, seemingly escaping the mob then snaps back to reality where she's in the car with Sil. Apparently, she DID escape the mob and escape happily ever after originally, but it was decided that she would be killed after that sequence had been filmed. So they recycled the shot into a daydream, with Ade hoping for a future that isn't possible. Not sure as to how true this is because I can't find where I originally heard it, but it's an interesting idea to play around with.
I do know that the scene where Chris goes to Tony's to tell him about Adriana was originally shot for this episode. According to Michael Imperoli, on Talking Sopranos podcast, he said it was actually Drea's (Adriana) idea to leave that scene out, so the audience would know as much as Adriana knew after Tony's phone call.
If that's true then Ade basically knew the car ride was to her death but she loved Chrissy enough she didn't want to take the chance of not seeing him if he did need her help, but secretly, she knew what was up and wished she had just jumped in her car and drove to the airport after Tony called.
Moral of the story; Tony B is a really shitty hitman. Kills one person, gets spotted. Kills one person and leaves the (very powerful) witness alive.
Also, I firmly beleive that the cat in season 6 hears a wire that was planted in the picture. The picture that Carlo gave Tony to put up in the Bing.
I took it more of like a spiritual thing, not saying that the cat was literally chris reincarnated, but maybe like the cat sensed what happened to christopher or was like a part of him or something? Idk, the wire thing never occured to me but its an interesting theory.
Its like when my cat just sits in a corner staring at a wall for no reason
(Edited because I literally just watched this video to the end) Didn’t even hear about the whole theory that its actually adrianna who the cat is
They sweep for bugs though.. Woulda been found...
Woah...that's pretty good...I like that. But Carlo's kid doesn't get pinched until later, no?
The walking on all fours in a forest was probably a reference to her surname. "La Cerva" means "deer". The cat was probably Christafaa. It was haunting Paulie. If it were Adriana, it would have haunted her murderer Sil.
Adriana just needed to cop to the coke charge and would be out of jail in less than 2 years with a good lawyer and no criminal record
First time the feds picked up Adriana she should have simply called Neil Mink,gotten bailed out. Fought the case and even if she had to do some time her bf is a made guy.She woulda been ok.
Adriana’s murder was one of the most evil on the show. It was, indeed hard to watch. Chris never treated her well either.
6:47 I love the line *"He would rather have those comforts..."* as Tony's beating the shit out of Christopher, really comforting lifestyle lol.
Gotta love Tony's Mia Culpa and Tony doesn't say he's not cheating on Carmela anymore, just that she won't find out about it anymore. What a guy
Made for each other.
@@carladaquila8190 all she ever wanted was a little gold heart chain and a Toyota
Idk which episode has me feeling more depressed after; this one or "Employee of the Month". Probably my second favourite episode in the series. RIP Adriana, you shouldn't have crawled under Silvio's bullets for warmth
Edit: Cozzette "crawling for warmth" may have actually been foreshadowing Ade's death
She crawled under christophaws canopy and smoked a cigarette both hands behind her back.
And "University" with Tracey. Especially when Ralph sweet talked her into believing he wanted to raise his kid with her as a joke and then beat her to death after she stood up for herself.... That whole episode was just a sad story.
I thought adriana crawled at the end and sil whacked her in the woods was to symbolize a deer being killed since la cerva means A Deer in italian. The cat angle is good too, never thought of that but since it stared at christopher it makes sense.
Aide waited too long. When the devil came knocking, and she was still there.
One of the best episodes of the series and one of the saddest Adrianna was such a sweet girl
I still remember seeing this episode for the first time and thinking Adrianna had taken off and was free for those few seconds it showed her car with the song going , " have you ever wanted to get away , to California " or something.
It’s heartbreaking. I remember watching that episode the night it premiered and it was all anyone was talking about for a week. It’s still so brutal and effective.
This is not only my favourite episode in the series, but probably my favourite episode in fiction along with the view from halfway down. I could talk about this episode for hours and hours
As badly as I feel for Adriana in this episode, I also feel for Sil. That moment when Adriana starts crying and Sil has to comfort her is heartbreaking. This seems to be a hit Sil does not want to do. The acting is incredible
He looked pretty pissed tbh, didn't see it the first time but watched it again and you see a glimmer of hatred in his eyes as he's driving
why would u feel bad fir sil😂
No he was definitely pissed. He even called her a c*nt right before he killed her.
Man what a heart-breaking episode
Wasn't in this episode where Uncle Junior almost solves the Tony B problem for Tony S? but he cant because he is starting to go senile.
Tony S asks Junior what should he do about Tony B; what Junior said the 2 guys Tony B hit where not made guys so Tony B broke no rules... but then Junior goes back to forgetting the conversation. Junior was a better conselier than Silvio.
Damn your right!
I prefer to think the Cat is the reincarnation of Chris as I refer to the cat as "Catsopher Moltansanti."
Shout out to you kino you do such a terrific job on breaking down each episode man I never realized how much was going on in this episode
Adriana also "meows" when playing a demo tape for the rap guy who tries to get money out of Hesh. Also she wears leopard underwear while playing tennis. so maybe all that was a foreshadow to her being the cat.
Great video as always! Interesting what you said about Chris seeing the family at the petrol station, my thoughts were that he saw that family together with their little possessions but they were together therefore happy and he was contemplating going that way (into witness protection with Adrianna)
I don't know if Carmela going back to Tony is her realizing that there isn't much out there for her, as it being that Tony made it nearly impossible for her to get a lawyer, and the one that she did find backed out when his forensic account realized whose accounts he would be auditing.
To see her GO! To see her GO!
Poor Ade, she was such a sweet soul. Was genuinely saddened by her death. Another great vid, Don Kino.
Yes with a person that sweet, it's hard to pick her best, most loving moment. Was it when she tried to send the FBI after a girlfriend she was mad at?
Was it the times she lied to Christopher, about big stuff? Was it her admission (car with Agent San Severino) that she'd kill him?
Was it when she nearly had an affair with Tony? Was it when she was drugged-out at Livia's wake?
Was it when she helped Matush hide a body, then made speeches defending him?
Was it when she watched Christopher beat up a guy and did nothing? Or when she was giddy as she accepted Crazy Horse, diamond bracelets, and other blood-money gifts from him?
It’s okay though Adriana got a 2nd chance at life . . . This time with a motorcycle club
Love your work Kino. Really enjoyable.
All these years later, I still haven’t had a dramatic kick in the guts like when
it cuts to Adriana driving away on her own…..and then…..(no daydream) ..back to her sitting in the passenger seat with Sil 💎
I was barely holding back my tears but when the ending song came on I lost it. I’ve never felt that way from a show or movie before ever, I was devastated for a couple days after watching that episode
I really wanted her daydream to be true where she’s driving away with a luggage, but it cuts to her in the car with Silvio. Great episode thanks.
Felt so bad for Ade. Should've left when she had the chance
Yeah, poor poor rat.
@@maplebear6527 oh look an internet mobster wanna be!
Kino is nailing it on each upload!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤ I'm glad I left the 🔔 on! 😁
Wow you put new video like every Day!
Thank you!
The “shot” of Aid dying is the same as the way Carmine’s cousin is killed. Both crawling away
I was so upset and shocked she was taken out.
This episode left me the same way I felt after watching them Red Wedding episode on Game of Thrones.
What they did to Adrianne left me with such a bad taste in my mouth that I almost stopped watching this show.
I continued watching the show, but I wished the worst for Silvio, Tony, Christopher, and all the FBI agents involved.
This is when Carmella becomes the real gangster. Firstly, in order to restore their relationship, she exhorts Tony for money. Secondly, she insists that the affairs are not to be public and sleazy, in other words, she demands respect. She doesn't care about the immorality she only cares about the appearances and how she can benefit. She must have learned lots from Tony and then strongarms him.
That's a boss.
My second time watching the series, and everything just hurts so much more.
Just watched every single one of you SopranoLog's up until this point in 3 days. Now I gotta wait for the rest 0_0
I love getting this sopranologs so often, can't wait for september
It was really rough seeing Adrianna die, especially like that
I've watched the sopranos probably 6-8 times in its entirety, my gf hasnt seen it since I introduced it to her this year, she kept talking about how much she loves adriana, and we watched this episode last night and... it was rough.
I'm getting tears in my eyes just watching this, I honestly hated this episode so much b/c of what happened to Adriana. I really loved her character and was horrified that Chris would give her up like that & allow her to be murdered. This is the episode that really changed my opinion of Christopher definitely but kind of the show in general. I still loved it, don't get me wrong, but...not sure how to explain it. I finally realized just how dark it was and kind of evil. Which is probably naive of me to not have realized it sooner. But literally all Adriana wanted was to be with Christopher, she loved him SO much and to think in her last moments she'd know how he betrayed her in the ultimate way just really broke my heart. It kind of changed my opinion of Tony and Sil too, I just really hated everyone that was involved. I mean I know she did work with the Feds but she wouldn't even wear a wire for Christsakes and really didn't give them anything. I feel like she was as loyal as she could be and she was such a sweet person. Well, Christopher didn't deserve her that's for damn sure. I can believe the cat is her, I've heard people say the cat was Christopher (or were they saying that in the show?) Makes much more sense that it would be Adriana.
All loyalties were situational and people can be both good and evil. Tony and Sil love their families and have done good things, but they have also committed horrible murders without caring. Sil is funny and makes us laugh, yet he also beat Tracee too.
"it's really sad to see Adrianna go like that."
"To see her GO?"
This and the next episode solidified this show as one of my all time favorites, this is an incredible episode! One of my personal favorites!
These are absolutely amazing man, thank you!
Sorry for the double comment, but I've never heard the cat theory before and it's intriguing. Although it seems like they would have had the cat fuck with Sil if it was supposed to represent Adriana. But Paulie was the only one that seemed to care that the cat was fixated on Chrissy's pic. Then again, Paulie did have the most volatile relationship with Chris. We also know that Paulie has always been susceptible to the supernatural, and it's hilarious, so I see why they choose Paulie to be the one that gets upset. Interesting, great episode, can't wait for Sept!
Last time I was this early he was Billy Batts!
One of carmellas conditions was tony couldn't have his horse in the house
Another gem in the bag Kino 👍👍 this was probably one of the sadder episodes in the series. Ever since we got to see Adriana's character grow I knew that somewhere down the line she would be the collateral damage but not in the fashion we all saw. Its funny and Not funny that Valentina was the 3rd girl I believe to have her heart broken by Tony and then threaten him with Suicide? Idk if Irina said the same but.. Tony Soprano bro smh
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When Silvio killed Adriana i just had to stop the episode, i never cry or get emotional when characters are killed off but this was so hard to watch, crawling and begging for her life, she really was one of the most innocent characters
Given she covered up a murder, not so.
It’s still so brutal and effective 17 years later
The best thing about watching these videos in order is seeing a list of supporters grow at the end of each video
I remember being devastated after I saw that episode. I had hate 4 chris and Tony 4 awhile. I watched the DVD commentary and Drea Di mateo did the commentary on this episode and she said how she saw Adrianna as such a good person and how she didnt even see herself as Adrianna. That she wasn't nearly as nice and innocent as the character and she felt mad at Tony and Chrissy and wasnt rooting 4 them anymore. It was pretty cool listening 2 her take on the episode.
Tony should have just used the Shaggy Defense.
Wasn't me
She was around for a long time, to see her go was huge
I thought it was Chris who people thought was the cat, at least Paulie believes its Chris right? Or maybe not, been awhile.
You’re right! This guy is not nearly knowledgeable enough to do these- the cat is Chrissy
I never understood the reactions to Ade being wacked. She was not an innocent unknowing person. She knew exactly who and what Christopher was and she chose that life just like he chose it. She knew where the money came from and what kind of crimes Chris committed to earn such money. She was use to playing the beautiful innocent role to get what she wanted in life but her charm didn't work on the Feds.
She knew that Christopher's money had blood on it. She didn't know that it was going to be hers.
She came from a mobbed-up family. She was the niece of Jackie (Sr.) and Richie Aprile. Of course that means that she was also Jackie Jr.'s cousin, which probably helps explain why she was, well, kinda stupid.
@@kchall5 absolutely , you are right. I forgot to mention she was related to the Apriles.
@@scottsodyssey2485 she was related to Vito too I thought? Cousins?
On one hand, she's not that innocent. On the other hand, a) she was ignorant of the law and talked into thinking she had to cooperate by the FBI when she never had to b) she refused to wear a wire when most of these mob pricks, if cornered, would have. Ray did. Pussy did. Hate to say it but if the Feds ever picked up Sil, Paulie, Patsy or any of the other crooks and offered them a deal to avoid a life sentence, they'd totally wear the wire.
i watch every upload as soon as they come out, and i appreciate the work you do on these videos, but.. i do kind of wish you went a *little* deeper with them, whether it be analysis or even more of your thoughts / opinions. i just wonder who these videos are really for, because you don't really add much to the episode for people who have already seen the show, but if they're for people who haven't seen the sopranos, then why wouldn't they just... watch the whole episode? not trying to be rude or disrespectful, just my thoughts as a viewer who's been here from when you were covering the first season. i'm happy to see you've grown so much, and again i appreciate your work, but it would be nice if things weren't so surface level.
Your on a roll my guy keep them coming.
Valentina was the only woman Tony broke up with in person. He usually sent of his lackeys to do it
I guess Svetlana counts (I know she's the one who ended it). But he even saw her after Irina ratted them out, and was more or less cordial, despite being angry
I wanted to watch the godfather 3 so I compromised I watched a silvio Dante compilation
Yooo, was just thinking about you and then boom, the next episode! Lol
When Chris strangles Ade in this episode, it felt so much more visceral than any of the other times he'd hurt her. I really thought he was going to kill her right there. There'd been close calls before, but nothing like that.
On a side note, I can't help but feel that Johnny Sack wasn't a very good boss any more than Tony himself was. Honestly, if he'd just agreed to Tony's terms here, he could have gotten what he wanted without any needless conflict and everyone would have gone home happy (except for Phil, but fuck Phil). Instead, he just had to go the extra mile to be a dickhead and make things worse with New Jersey. And I realize, Tony wasn't exactly in the right here either, but two wrongs don't make a right, and both Tony and Johnny, but especially Johnny, come out of this episode looking worse to me.
this. There was no need to placate Phil, a real boss would have accepted this as the best option. Tony wouldn't have let him do those hits if he had any control over it, but he didn't. John was being unreasonable
It was still sad to see Adrianna go, but she's not completely innocent. She knew who these people were. Ultimately, her undoing was loving Christopher and these people at expense of her own well being. Consider Raymond. He was ratting people as far back as season 3 without any remorse whatsoever. If Adrianna realized what a scumbag Christopher was as well as the others she could've provided real damaging information to the FBI to save her own hide.
That 600k had the makings of a varsity shakedown.
Excellent video. Great all around.