This show was just so layered and so nuanced and the level of ambiguity just kept you thinking long after it finished..just pure perfection ..absolutely amazing show.
YES! You said it so incredibly well! No matter how many times I've watched it, there's always something new to learn and some additional layer to unpeel. It's what keeps me always coming back for more and what makes it such an amazing show.
Fuckin outstanding indeed. I love the little mysteries like Chris's near death experience, Pussy's ghost and such. I know it's a popular take but I'm pretty sure Tony was whacked in front of his family in the end. "You don't hear it when it's coming", "3 o'clock"
I always think of FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso's comment to Agent Lipari: "These things can work two ways, Skip. You can find yourself getting too close." Agent Sanseverino definitely chose the NOT getting close way of handling things, but then we see the extreme opposite end of the spectrum with Agent Ciccerone ("Danielle").
@@SopranosBlueprint Excellent point! Do you think if she'd been a tiny bit closer/compassionate with Ade she might have been able to read her better and not let her try to flip Christopher?
Yep! No one wanted to actually SEE her be killed - not David Chase, not Stevie Van Zandt, and even the “Long Term Parking” episode writer, Terence Winter, said he scripted the scene so she’d crawl out of camera view because he just couldn’t bear to see her actually get shot. Goes to show how powerful of a show it is!
@@SopranosBlueprint seeing her shot personally I don't think could have made that scene more brutal. The sound of her terrified heavy breathing so scared she is crawling as fast as she could knowing she is going to be killed it was soul jarring.
@@teresasmith8946 Good point. Also, re: the crawling, awhile back I noticed how Lorraine is crawling in a similar fashion when she’s about to be shot - to me it illustrates their overall vulnerability and perhaps the idea that they were even more defenseless as women getting caught up in “this thing of ours.”
I found it hard to believe Adrianna was so bad at dealing with a little pressure from the Feds. They really didn’t have much on her at first and if she had just lawyerd up and kept her mouth shut she would have been okay. Seems she would have had the street smarts to not panic considering she was in that life by Blood. At least two of her uncles were mobsters (Richie and Jackie) and her mom had been married to a mobster. Christopher shouldn’t have had to even coach her on what to do but it would not have hurt if he did.
This was where the show, along with the Agent Harris plot, started to show the feds as being just as morally corrupt as the mob. They essentially overcharged someone who was a non-associate of the family, in order to try to flip a low-level member of the family, to try to get at the head of the family. They got Adriana killed, and in the end, it was for nothing.
David Chase stated that it was intended for season three to center around Tony trying to mend the relationship with his mother to prevent her from testifying against him. Unfortunately, the actress passed before they could film.
Yeah, it’s interesting to think about what else was impacted by that - not just season 3, but the rest of the series. I know Janice’s role would’ve been smaller, or at least from what was known at the time.
I don’t think Chris had it in him to flip. He vented to a friend and barely told him anything. Just a bunch of “I know so much that could end them” and he killed him right after because he had said too much.
Yeah, I could see that. He certainly had many venting sessions over the years where Tony and co. were the objects of frustration. I think his one big make or break moment in terms of getting away from Tony was in Long Term Parking, which we know he turned down. I think he would’ve resented Tony well into the future but not completely turned on him (once he decided not to in LTP).
That's the thing though, he killed him and we never heard anything about him after, he was a famous writer how come tony never heard of his death? It's possible that the Feds covered the murder when Christopher went to them in order to protect him, Killing JT would have brought a lot of heat from tony towards Christopher.
@@Mo.Sherin That’s also a good point and it actually makes me think a little about another murder on the show, when Eugene went into the restaurant and shot the guy pretty much in plain sight. Of course we know Eugene’s fate later that episode so it’s not like he was going to be prosecuted, but it’s hard to believe a shooting as in the open as that wouldn’t have led to any repercussions or consequences, or at the very least an investigation. But maybe the FBI would’ve looked the other way like they mostly did with the Matt Bevilaqua murder.
Funny how the FBI are first portrayed as high tech Keystone Cops comic relief. But as the series progresses, their constant diligence pays off at slowly wearing down the mob. Should be noted how cold blooded they were with Adriana, after learning of her 'disappearance' they just shrugged it off 'oh well'. Shame how they scared, connived and used her.
Absolutely! Remember right after she throws up in the FBI office, Chief Cubitoso says "Get the waste basket." And in S3, E1, when Skip mentions in the meeting that they should assume Puss is dead, we see him tossing something into the trash as he's talking. They were all so disposable.
Jimmy Alteri may have not been a rat and was just extremely stupid. He basically forced everyone to think he was a rat with what he said, and he’s stupid enough not to notice
Speaking of which…do you think Tony was full of it with Barry Haydu? Your comment made me think of (in addition to Christopher’s “That’s the guy I’m going to hell for” line) the moment he tells Ade in “Pie-O-My” about the special thing Tony did for him that had been “ruining his life.” I think Tony played him there & Barry was just someone Tony no longer found useful, as opposed to the person who was responsible for Dickie’s death.
@@SopranosBlueprint Barry Haydu absolutely did not kill dickey. Barry didn’t know or hear of him. You could see in Chrissy’s car that tony was playing him hard to the left and Chrissy bought it. But even when Chris killed him he kinda knew. He even told Barry “either way it wouldn’t matter”. But he chose to believe it because it’s what tony said.
@@SopranosBlueprint I think, that Tony thinks that Barry possibly killed Dicke and sees this as a way to tie Chris into him more, or just a roundabout way of having Chris kill someone that he no longer needed. I personally think Tony never found out the truth on Dickie's death, that his Uncle Jun saw to it making sure that he wouldn't.
I can see what you’re sayin, though I also think everything that went down in S6 between Christopher & Tony generated a lot of resentment, with the shit hitting the fan in “Walk Like a Man” & Christopher feeling more betrayed than ever in his own way.
I see whatchu mean but he kind of admitted to the whole Mafia thing. It’s shocking just like Phil was surprised when John wanted to talk to the government.
@@prashantmaganti no one ever knows what one will do till their put to the test....Tony even mentioned this....chris was....he went to Tony about adriana and it don't get more raw than that....tony on the other hand ain't even in trouble yet and he's already asking the feds for help with future cases....chris is Dickies son...never was even brought up by him but he is def built like him...it shows through.....chris was no rat
It's driving me insane, what is the music score @5:04 when Tony looks inside Pussy's cigar box. It seems like it's from an old TV mystery show or something.
You missed one rat :: Tony Soprano! When Feech La Manna was becoming a problem for Tony, he arranged for Feech to store stolen TVs in his garage. They were found by a parole officer and Feech went back to prison. Tony clearly orchestrated the visit by the PO.
@@z33z11I think Tony gave the FBI that information in exchange for what he hoped would be leniency if/when Tony was indicted, along with a heads up if any of them were in danger.
@@z33z11 That was bc of the post 9/11 fear griping Tony (watching the news at the farm about a bomb could get into the NJ ports) plus the history of The Mafia helping against a common enemy when there are non domestic threat= Luciano and such in WWII. But hell it’s all perspective & omertà being far from absolute at this point.
Eugene’s wife knew he’s in the LCN and loved the easy life she had with the ill gotten money but as soon as she can’t get a home in Florida to move down there she takes a tantrum and won’t accept a vacation home there. Then insults him that tony is his master and just brushes him off. She should of backed her husband up and accepted a vacation home there, that’s one foot in Florida and maybe someday a way out. She’s partly to blame for his suicide
Livia wouldn't have testified willingly not because she's Tony's mother but because of Omerta, she respected the life, but they might have tricked her easily.
Yes, very good point. I guess it may have depended on her cognitive abilities at that point...even if her memory issues were entirely a sham (from season one), the FBI could've perhaps still found a way of tricking her into implicating Tony, whether over the tickets or something that hadn't yet occurred. That massive stroke was a lucky break.
If you aren’t already a lawyer Ms.Blueprint, then you should be. I never put all of this together. There’s a lot of snitches and corpses. Very good job👍🙂
I'm wondering how they came up with the name Adriana La Cerva. La Cerva means 2 things in Italian. Mostly it is a female deer or as we call it a Doe. Also it's a reference to the posterior or backside of an animal. She did have a nice posterior but she was graceful like a deer also, so maybe it was a combination of the 2.
This morning I had an epiphany about a video idea 💡 Could you do a video about Stefano & perhaps the underlying reasons of why he didn’t have an envelope ✉️?! I’d be truly interested in what you come up with.
Thank you so much! My channel is fairly new (a little over a year - with the first couple of months consisting of my learning how to screen record properly) 😆so that may be why you haven't seen it until now. Glad you're here!
11:21 - An interesting thing about this scene is that the actress who played Livia (Nancy Marchand) had passed away before this scene was filmed. It was pieced together using previous lines from earlier episodes. You can tell because the lighting on her face isn’t quiiiiite right, and if you’ve seen the series as many times as I have, you can remember when she said the same thing (“like a MUTE”) in an earlier episode.
Yes!! I always can picture the season 1 scene where she says that when I hear it being said in “Proshai, Livushka. “ I also like how the two books Tony brought to Livia were The Horse Whisperer and The Omerta - pretty relevant topics in the Soprano world! 😎
In real life Larry would’ve gotten clipped over telling. Even tho he saved Tony and Paulie it doesn’t matter. Larry talked to the police and telling on a dead guy is still cooperating!!!
@@SopranosBlueprintHe was kicked out of witness protection just like Henry Hill because he started selling drugs. I believe Tony was telling that to Christopher over phone conversations. Alot Mob guys would get kicked off the program because of criminal shenanigans. As a person from the street life its really hard to become a normal citizen working a 9 to 5 when your a hustler getting fast cash and not working a Job.
That italian ninja school is really good, Tony appear of nowhere, a 150kg man appear of thing air and kill the rat with a garrote, and not lest forget the waggle ninja Vito.
If Chris flipped something would of come of it especially after his death, as a CI at the least the Feds would have had him autopsied or at least brought Tony in for interrogation, he was always good vs the FBI but maybe the bombshell would rattle T enough to fuck up like they tried with the Tonys Mom’s recordings.
Absolutely! The FBI dealt with them so ineffectively, and the fact that they weren’t able to get any useful info from Ray Curto yet thought Adriana would somehow have inside info was such desperation.
I think Carlo had a grudge against Tony by the end of the series. Remember Tony berated him during the Vito situation, telling him to start sucking... You know, so maybe he could be as good of an earner as Vito.
Yeah, I’d never consider Silvio. He was loyal to Tony through the end, though I can’t speak with that confidence about any of the others in his crew left standing by that point.
Right - we have no way of proving he was a rat, but he is somebody who was pretty fed up with what he saw as the different standards given to diff. guys based on whether or not they were members of _both_ of Tony's families. But yes we have no proof for sure.
Yess...i said that the day i watched this to one of the 15 people that were over that that line didn't make any sense...guys are getting out after 20 years.... I still think that writing was on purpose that's just Tony being like an immature or judgmental in his way planting a seed and brushing them off as gonna be in the way
The one thing that bothers me a little in Sopranos, well, most moving pictures really, is that when people lie, they do it so good, and so ordinary, even when they're obviously guilty, just like Pussy. In reality, when people lie, its often obvious.
Interesting observation. With regard to Puss, there’s one scene in “Nobody Knows Anything” (S1, E11) where Tony shows up at Puss’s place in the afternoon (3:00, no surprise there!) trying to find out what’s going on with him, and the way Puss says “Things are happening, Tony” etc. etc., seems so suspicious - I feel like Tony was in such denial that he would’ve accepted anything Puss said, short of “I’m working with the FBI.” In terms of their lack of guilt when lying, I think they get so used to it that it doesn’t really affect them like it would for other people.
@@SopranosBlueprint It comes down to context, when you lie all the time in casual convo, it looks natural, but when you're in the moment, in specific conversation, when people confront you, you break down, you stumble, and its visible. Tony was in denial in that scene, no doubt. But the writing is so good, it could've been about other things.
Lot of the wives in this show caused the mens downfall. Only Sil had a loving and supporting wife. Hey Blueprint, I need a wife like you for a green card
maybe i have this mob mentality but i cannot feel any sympathy for any rat in this show, they were a threat to the family and they got what was coming, almost all of them took an oath and they broke it, the only one i actually felt bad for was Adriana, she was trapped by the feds in such a shitty way, but i mean she couldnt handle 5 years in the can for her husband, she died in the bed she made for herself
Yeah, I can definitely see where you're coming from. I think besides Adriana, the person I feel the worst for is Eugene, but perhaps it's more because I feel badly for his family that he left behind.
Christopher was right though! He could’ve ended everything with one phone call literally everything. He could’ve saved Adriana‘s life his own everything however, as he’s pumping gas, he sees an average Joe and doesn’t want to live like that. I don’t blame him. He saw a man struggling counting his change, trying to pump gas, knowing that he probably won’t have money to get any other type of pleasure in his life other than that gas. Christopher knew that he would have to go and live the civilian life which he wasn’t accustomed to. But I feel that Christopher sold himself a little too short. Even though he didn’t deserve it, in season, one or mid season two, he got his series 7 license for stockbroker where they had a pump and dump scam he could’ve definitely used that to start a pretty lucrative career but he would’ve known anything but it was definitely got him in the door
Would you be anything other than cold, callous, and lacking in sensitivity if you were law enforcement and you've got a cold blooded killer in the palm of your hands? Eugene was more than happy to kill yet another person in order to get Tony to release him from the mafia life. So if course the FBI etc would literally bleed them dry for any information they can get. I remember watching an interview with Anthony Casso. Despite being in prison and getting emotional over his daughter, he was still adamant that he felt no remorse or guilt for the people he murdered or their families.
it's a good video, but jesus the CGI Livia, I get why they did it and Rest in Peace Nancy Marchand, but jesus each time ya see it, in this day n age with the image rendering it feels like a bad youtube poop
Yeah, I can imagine it would be more sophisticated today! I remember the first time I watched, for a split second, I was like, “Why is Livia’s head so small?!” and then realized it was not, in fact, actual Livia in the flesh. RIP to the amazingly talented Nancy Marchand ♥️🙏🏼
You do realize that Jimmy Altieri most likely wasn’t a rat. That was a mistake Tony Soprano made because he’d rather believe it was Jimmy that Vin was taking about rather than Big Pussy Bonpensiero. Although it’s possible Jimmy was a rat, the storyline suggests otherwise
The storyline is pretty ambiguous, he did call that meeting to discuss shit that had already been discussed, got out real quick from that gun charge that pussy ran from, only to show up acting weird as hell asking Tony a bunch of questions. Then when they whacked him, he initially tries to”pull rank” askin Chris and Silvio if they “forgot he was a captain”, then when they tell him to “call for help on his radio”, his eyes go wide and he’s almost speechless. So not at all DEFINITIVE but, it’s definitely not totally clear one way or the other.
@@booognish You are right, it’s not clear whether or not Jimmy’s a rat, which is why it should not have been presented as if it was a forgone conclusion. Sure there are things we can point to that will suggest he might have been, but there are many things I can also point out to suggest he wasn’t. The truth is, it’s not clear one way or the other the way it was with Big Pussy, Raymond, Eugene, etc. Also, it was clear that whether or not he was a rat, the reason he was killed is because Tony thought Vin mistook Pussy for Jimmy. He would rather believe Jimmy betrayed him than Pussy. Yes it could be that Jimmy was a rat anyway, but there was certainly nothing even close enough in the storyline for this to be presented as if it were fact rather than speculation. I honestly don’t know or care if the character of Jimmy was a rat, but it was one of those things that David Chase left up in the air for people to discuss their theories on, not something presented as a fact. It’s like what happened to Furio, the Russian in forest, or Tony in the last episode, you simply don’t know and can only speculate.
He’s obviously a rat lol wtf. “So uhhh what are you gonna do about that Colombian money?” He also got out of jail for an illegal gun when he’s already out on bail for another crime. AND Skip, Pussy’s handler alludes to Jimmy being a rat. Finally, when Jimmy has a gun to his head and Sil calls him a rat, he doesn’t even attempt to defend himself. If he wasn’t a rat wouldn’t he be incredulous and blindsided by the accusation? It’s possible he wasn’t a rat because the show didn’t confirm it outright, but to say he “most likely” wasn’t a rat is absurd
The amount of rats in the inner circle yet tony still avoids jail is the most unrealistic part of the show. Maybe if it were a big newyork boss i could buy it but an glorified crew? Come on. Lol. This takes places post 9/11. It is canon that john gotti real life arrest exist in this show which implies the fbi had more than enough resources and laws to catch small fries like tony. Lol
What always sticks out to me along those lines is how Ray was a Captain and in the inner sanctum for so long to the point that Old man DiMeo allegedly wanted Ray to step up and be the next boss, yet Ray didn't have enough inside information to implicate Tony, or at least not until the day he died in Agent Sanseverino's car? I guess it's possible he was playing them for awhile, but he seemed pretty eager to help from the scenes we saw him with the FBI.
The problem I have always seen with Adriana is she never should have known a thing. Christopher should never have said one word about the business. No one should ever have said anything to her. That way if they would have tried to press her into wearing a wire they would have heard nothing. She would have asked Chrissy how was his day and his reply should have been none of your f**ing business. Everyone else they were made men or associates. They were the lowest of the low for being rats. I blame Chris and anyone else for her death.
That was so unfortunate how that all went down. “His master’s voice” - Eugene was being pulled and ordered around by so many different people with nothing really in return besides more agita.
@@SopranosBlueprint Yes, it's perturbing to find myself sympathizing with these guys as I follow their character arc. He was such a sorrowful figure in that episode, but then you think back how he almost took one of Little Paulie's eyes with a sucker punch at the construction site. I have to tell myself, "These are ALL bad guys!"
@@SopranosBlueprint well, I heard she smashed her lunchbox in to a girl's head at school for not handing over a twinkie. Just kidding. The surviving families always got the worst of it, didn't they? That's why your video on Angie was so good. She made lemonade out of lemons.
Even though I had a lot of sympathy for Adriana & liked her character a lot, she was a total airhead. Sorry, but that's the way I feel about her. When confronted by the FBI she should have said 4 simple words; "I want a lawyer". Secondly, she should have gone directly to Tony & tell him of the encounter. But, I get it. That wasn't the way her story was meant to play out. It was very sad the way it ended for her.
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This show was just so layered and so nuanced and the level of ambiguity just kept you thinking long after it finished..just pure perfection ..absolutely amazing show.
YES! You said it so incredibly well! No matter how many times I've watched it, there's always something new to learn and some additional layer to unpeel. It's what keeps me always coming back for more and what makes it such an amazing show.
A man can watch the serie 100 times and find something new every time 100% assured
Fuckin outstanding indeed. I love the little mysteries like Chris's near death experience, Pussy's ghost and such. I know it's a popular take but I'm pretty sure Tony was whacked in front of his family in the end. "You don't hear it when it's coming", "3 o'clock"
@@Gu1d-0 💯 Tony got popped and I've added up that Paulie had him clipped
Loved how Chase shows how bad the FBI is: Agen Sanseverino lost three of these rats.
Sanseverino lost Ade and sweet pontecorvo. You can’t put the stroke/heart attack guy on her.
I always think of FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso's comment to Agent Lipari: "These things can work two ways, Skip. You can find yourself getting too close." Agent Sanseverino definitely chose the NOT getting close way of handling things, but then we see the extreme opposite end of the spectrum with Agent Ciccerone ("Danielle").
@@SopranosBlueprint Excellent point! Do you think if she'd been a tiny bit closer/compassionate with Ade she might have been able to read her better and not let her try to flip Christopher?
Yep. Chase had a way of showing how just about every profession, occupation, and institution eventually become compromised.
The FBI's incompetence is the biggest plothole in this show, there's no way Tony should've lasted past Season 1 without getting indicted.
I felt the worse about Adrianna. I think even the creators said it was tough bc out of all the characters she was undoubtedly the least evil
Yep! No one wanted to actually SEE her be killed - not David Chase, not Stevie Van Zandt, and even the “Long Term Parking” episode writer, Terence Winter, said he scripted the scene so she’d crawl out of camera view because he just couldn’t bear to see her actually get shot. Goes to show how powerful of a show it is!
@@SopranosBlueprint seeing her shot personally I don't think could have made that scene more brutal. The sound of her terrified heavy breathing so scared she is crawling as fast as she could knowing she is going to be killed it was soul jarring.
@@teresasmith8946 Good point. Also, re: the crawling, awhile back I noticed how Lorraine is crawling in a similar fashion when she’s about to be shot - to me it illustrates their overall vulnerability and perhaps the idea that they were even more defenseless as women getting caught up in “this thing of ours.”
I found it hard to believe Adrianna was so bad at dealing with a little pressure from the Feds. They really didn’t have much on her at first and if she had just lawyerd up and kept her mouth shut she would have been okay. Seems she would have had the street smarts to not panic considering she was in that life by Blood. At least two of her uncles were mobsters (Richie and Jackie) and her mom had been married to a mobster. Christopher shouldn’t have had to even coach her on what to do but it would not have hurt if he did.
This was where the show, along with the Agent Harris plot, started to show the feds as being just as morally corrupt as the mob. They essentially overcharged someone who was a non-associate of the family, in order to try to flip a low-level member of the family, to try to get at the head of the family. They got Adriana killed, and in the end, it was for nothing.
David Chase stated that it was intended for season three to center around Tony trying to mend the relationship with his mother to prevent her from testifying against him. Unfortunately, the actress passed before they could film.
Yeah, it’s interesting to think about what else was impacted by that - not just season 3, but the rest of the series. I know Janice’s role would’ve been smaller, or at least from what was known at the time.
I don’t think Chris had it in him to flip. He vented to a friend and barely told him anything. Just a bunch of “I know so much that could end them” and he killed him right after because he had said too much.
Yeah, I could see that. He certainly had many venting sessions over the years where Tony and co. were the objects of frustration. I think his one big make or break moment in terms of getting away from Tony was in Long Term Parking, which we know he turned down. I think he would’ve resented Tony well into the future but not completely turned on him (once he decided not to in LTP).
That's the thing though, he killed him and we never heard anything about him after, he was a famous writer how come tony never heard of his death? It's possible that the Feds covered the murder when Christopher went to them in order to protect him, Killing JT would have brought a lot of heat from tony towards Christopher.
@@Mo.Sherin That’s also a good point and it actually makes me think a little about another murder on the show, when Eugene went into the restaurant and shot the guy pretty much in plain sight. Of course we know Eugene’s fate later that episode so it’s not like he was going to be prosecuted, but it’s hard to believe a shooting as in the open as that wouldn’t have led to any repercussions or consequences, or at the very least an investigation. But maybe the FBI would’ve looked the other way like they mostly did with the Matt Bevilaqua murder.
Poor Chris.. He just wanted to have many flicks made under his subspecies.
@@Gu1d-0 and thanks to Tony his coach turned into a pumpkin
Funny how the FBI are first portrayed as high tech Keystone Cops comic relief. But as the series progresses, their constant diligence pays off at slowly wearing down the mob. Should be noted how cold blooded they were with Adriana, after learning of her 'disappearance' they just shrugged it off 'oh well'. Shame how they scared, connived and used her.
Absolutely! Remember right after she throws up in the FBI office, Chief Cubitoso says "Get the waste basket." And in S3, E1, when Skip mentions in the meeting that they should assume Puss is dead, we see him tossing something into the trash as he's talking. They were all so disposable.
That’s how it works, people to them are means to a goal
It’s almost like government agencies don’t give a shit about their citizens!
@@KealGG yep, they don’t, and when they do it’s only to save their face in the media portrayals
The feds were cold-blooded, yes. But all of these rats, including Adriana, chose a criminal lifestyle. These mobsters do worse to people every day.
Jimmy Alteri may have not been a rat and was just extremely stupid. He basically forced everyone to think he was a rat with what he said, and he’s stupid enough not to notice
Chris was a lot of things, but a rat was not one of them, it can be argued that he was the most loyal to Tony. He said he's going to hell for him..
Speaking of which…do you think Tony was full of it with Barry Haydu? Your comment made me think of (in addition to Christopher’s “That’s the guy I’m going to hell for” line) the moment he tells Ade in “Pie-O-My” about the special thing Tony did for him that had been “ruining his life.” I think Tony played him there & Barry was just someone Tony no longer found useful, as opposed to the person who was responsible for Dickie’s death.
@@SopranosBlueprint Barry Haydu absolutely did not kill dickey. Barry didn’t know or hear of him. You could see in Chrissy’s car that tony was playing him hard to the left and Chrissy bought it. But even when Chris killed him he kinda knew. He even told Barry “either way it wouldn’t matter”. But he chose to believe it because it’s what tony said.
@@cleancutslawncare Agreed. Even the way Tony said “Maybe…maybe…yeah…yeah probably” was so sketchy.
Chris was just a hot head. He no longer loved his fiance. Also he proved his loyalty already.
@@SopranosBlueprint I think, that Tony thinks that Barry possibly killed Dicke and sees this as a way to tie Chris into him more, or just a roundabout way of having Chris kill someone that he no longer needed. I personally think Tony never found out the truth on Dickie's death, that his Uncle Jun saw to it making sure that he wouldn't.
Christopher was never a rat and never gonna be a rat...he vented sure but he had more respect and commitment to the mafia code than Tony himself.
I can see what you’re sayin, though I also think everything that went down in S6 between Christopher & Tony generated a lot of resentment, with the shit hitting the fan in “Walk Like a Man” & Christopher feeling more betrayed than ever in his own way.
Denial is also a river in africa
Tony on the other hand was a confirmed rat
I see whatchu mean but he kind of admitted to the whole Mafia thing. It’s shocking just like Phil was surprised when John wanted to talk to the government.
@@prashantmaganti no one ever knows what one will do till their put to the test....Tony even mentioned this....chris was....he went to Tony about adriana and it don't get more raw than that....tony on the other hand ain't even in trouble yet and he's already asking the feds for help with future cases....chris is Dickies son...never was even brought up by him but he is def built like him...it shows through.....chris was no rat
It's driving me insane, what is the music score @5:04 when Tony looks inside Pussy's cigar box. It seems like it's from an old TV mystery show or something.
Oh, that’s some random mystery audio sound effect I added for dramatic effect 😆
The fact this sounds like your speaking over the phone gives this a nostalgic 90s feel about it.
Hahah 😅 forgive me, I’ve gotten a much better microphone since I first published this!
Great channel you have, I thought I’d seen it all with with the other motley crew of sopranos channels but I am loving this new discovery!
Thank you!!! So glad you enjoyed the video and hope that you enjoy the many more that are soon to come!
You know sopranos blueprint, it wasn't long ago when you used to wait in the car and as far as I'm concerned, YOU SHOULD STILL BE THERE!
She should still be getting Borko sambucas.
You missed one rat :: Tony Soprano! When Feech La Manna was becoming a problem for Tony, he arranged for Feech to store stolen TVs in his garage. They were found by a parole officer and Feech went back to prison. Tony clearly orchestrated the visit by the PO.
Tony was never a rat
@@K54-o4y He literally gave the FBI information on the Arab guys at the bing.
@@z33z11 he literally gave a CORRUPT COP FRIEND info, he didn't give the FBI information
@@z33z11I think Tony gave the FBI that information in exchange for what he hoped would be leniency if/when Tony was indicted, along with a heads up if any of them were in danger.
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That was bc of the post 9/11 fear griping Tony (watching the news at the farm about a bomb could get into the NJ ports) plus the history of The Mafia helping against a common enemy when there are non domestic threat= Luciano and such in WWII. But hell it’s all perspective & omertà being far from absolute at this point.
For someone talking about sociopath, murderers and mobster, you got a real calming voice.
Haha - I do appreciate that!! Glad you thought so 😃
Seems you hit the algorithm, congrats. Always glad to find some new Sopranos vids.
Welcome! I’m pleased the algorithm brought you to my page and hope you enjoy this and plenty other videos to come. 😃
Eugene’s wife knew he’s in the LCN and loved the easy life she had with the ill gotten money but as soon as she can’t get a home in Florida to move down there she takes a tantrum and won’t accept a vacation home there. Then insults him that tony is his master and just brushes him off. She should of backed her husband up and accepted a vacation home there, that’s one foot in Florida and maybe someday a way out. She’s partly to blame for his suicide
Yes, Eugene’s ending is so tragic. When he makes the comment to Tony about his aunt being the only one who ever made him feel special, it crushes me.
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he should not have smeared teddys blood on the map before he got pulled over.
They all forgot about OMERTA and the famous words of Jimmy Conway "Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut".
Well done ! My favorite. Show explained.
Thank you!! It's my absolute favorite show, too, and I love diving deep into the weeds on topics like this. Glad you enjoyed it!
I really like your video technic - good delivery -- thanks
Thank you! I just recently started the audio voiceovers - glad to hear it's being well-received and sounds good to others. Plenty more to come!
Livia wouldn't have testified willingly not because she's Tony's mother but because of Omerta, she respected the life, but they might have tricked her easily.
Yes, very good point. I guess it may have depended on her cognitive abilities at that point...even if her memory issues were entirely a sham (from season one), the FBI could've perhaps still found a way of tricking her into implicating Tony, whether over the tickets or something that hadn't yet occurred. That massive stroke was a lucky break.
What happen to Adriana broke my heart. I loved The Sopranos what a epic story.
Me too! And it truly is epic. I learn something new every time I watch it, no matter how many times I’ve seen an episode. ❤
Whatever happened there...
@@NextGenTrophys The shooting...God rest his soul...I mean hers, in this case 😬
@Bayonet Fixer Whatever happened there? WHATEVER HAPPENNED THERE??
I can't stop listening to your voice you sound great amazing video awesome channel big fan
Thank you so much for the kind words!! Always love connecting with other Sopranos fans, so I’m glad you’re here 👍🏼👍🏼
First time visiting your channel and wow, do you sound like Annabella Sciorra! I was waiting for you to throw a roast beef at my head.
Usually I just engage in what's called "threat behavior"...but watch out for those London broils. 😃
Damn, I clicked for the comment section but these are some great insights. Your commentary is on point.
Appreciate your thoughts! Glad it was worth your while.
under rated channel!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you like some of the others, too!
After seeing this, it dawned on me that there might have been more rats than non-rats in the family.
This was a great summation. TNX!
If you aren’t already a lawyer Ms.Blueprint, then you should be. I never put all of this together. There’s a lot of snitches and corpses. Very good job👍🙂
Woah there white knight
@@gdicommando4456 Idk how you got white knight from this comment. He could have wrote that comment to a guy and not changed a word.
Thank you! As a matter of fact, I actually am! 😊
I'm wondering how they came up with the name Adriana La Cerva. La Cerva means 2 things in Italian. Mostly it is a female deer or as we call it a Doe. Also it's a reference to the posterior or backside of an animal. She did have a nice posterior but she was graceful like a deer also, so maybe it was a combination of the 2.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ova here.
Like your analysis👌
Great analysis and review! Thanks. I’m now a subscriber!
So glad you enjoyed the video and pleased to have you as a new subscriber!!
Chris, the one they were the most worried about never ratted like the others !
Great vid !
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊😊
New sub and can't believe I haven't seen you before, Kino and Bully taking all the traffic eh? 🤣. Best wishes from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧 📚 🔥 ☘️
This morning I had an epiphany about a video idea 💡 Could you do a video about Stefano & perhaps the underlying reasons of why he didn’t have an envelope ✉️?! I’d be truly interested in what you come up with.
Idk how I never came across this channel but I really enjoyed the video.
Thank you so much! My channel is fairly new (a little over a year - with the first couple of months consisting of my learning how to screen record properly) 😆so that may be why you haven't seen it until now. Glad you're here!
Why and how we’re not getting these shorts of Ghost’s Rats connected to a montage of the Rats from Sopranos is beyond me.
Stay tuned 😁
Never considered them in one thought, very nice video, very concise!
What's French-Canadian for "I grew up in the Year of The Rat?"
"J'ai grandi durant l'année des rats tabarnack"
@@maxaudet5177 Merci beacoup
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That's a good try Max but it's not quite right. The correct translation is "Sacre bleu! Ah grew up in ze year of ze rat!!"
Parvati, she’s a cheese now 🧀
You forgot Jimmy Petrille, the man who gave up Johnny Sacramoni
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11:21 - An interesting thing about this scene is that the actress who played Livia (Nancy Marchand) had passed away before this scene was filmed. It was pieced together using previous lines from earlier episodes. You can tell because the lighting on her face isn’t quiiiiite right, and if you’ve seen the series as many times as I have, you can remember when she said the same thing (“like a MUTE”) in an earlier episode.
Yes!! I always can picture the season 1 scene where she says that when I hear it being said in “Proshai, Livushka. “
I also like how the two books Tony brought to Livia were The Horse Whisperer and The Omerta - pretty relevant topics in the Soprano world! 😎
Complicating the Livia Soprano situation is that the actress died and they had to work around any other plot lines for that character.
Now a days EVERYONE is "wearing a wire" 24/7 with their cell phones. It must be tough being a gangster in the modern age.
Very true!! It’s nearly impossible to be “off the grid” nowadays, and like you said, we’re all walking around with at least one in our pockets or bag.
His master's voice also references the old RCA logo. So that is likely part of the insult as well. He's a dog that comes whenever he's called.
I still always feel badly for him in the end :(
In real life Larry would’ve gotten clipped over telling. Even tho he saved Tony and Paulie it doesn’t matter. Larry talked to the police and telling on a dead guy is still cooperating!!!
Great video!
Thank you!! Plenty more to come! 😃😃
Youve got a good script for this vid, nice going
Thank you! I really appreciate that 🙂 and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
If I remember correctly, Febby left the witness protection program and started speaking at colleges about his mob days.
Yep! And you’d think he would’ve maybe gone a little farther than a couple states north…at least go to Elvis Country, Febby…
@@SopranosBlueprintHe was kicked out of witness protection just like Henry Hill because he started selling drugs. I believe Tony was telling that to Christopher over phone conversations. Alot Mob guys would get kicked off the program because of criminal shenanigans. As a person from the street life its really hard to become a normal citizen working a 9 to 5 when your a hustler getting fast cash and not working a Job.
This is great!!
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it! Plenty more to come 😃😃
That italian ninja school is really good, Tony appear of nowhere, a 150kg man appear of thing air and kill the rat with a garrote, and not lest forget the waggle ninja Vito.
The sacred and the propane, huh?
7:16 she did though, she kept giving him the eye and then finally tried to force his hand up her thigh.
If Chris flipped something would of come of it especially after his death, as a CI at the least the Feds would have had him autopsied or at least brought Tony in for interrogation, he was always good vs the FBI but maybe the bombshell would rattle T enough to fuck up like they tried with the Tonys Mom’s recordings.
“The Sopranos” did a great job of making mobsters sympathetic characters when juxtaposed with the FBI.
Absolutely! The FBI dealt with them so ineffectively, and the fact that they weren’t able to get any useful info from Ray Curto yet thought Adriana would somehow have inside info was such desperation.
Someone said on a sopranos video that paulie always has a relatable story lol
OOOOOOOH !! EASY KID
Chris would never flip, but maybe Tony did when the feds came to him before Juniors indictment
I love this. Thank you.
You're more than welcome!! Thank YOU! Glad you enjoyed it!
Would you do a review on the Gat memes found on TH-cam?!
you were warned blueprint, the views and subscribers go up to borko.
We coulda had a sit down...
I think Carlo had a grudge against Tony by the end of the series. Remember Tony berated him during the Vito situation, telling him to start sucking... You know, so maybe he could be as good of an earner as Vito.
Did you even watch the show? How about the many characters who ratted out the two unidentified black males
I'm not sure about Chris. But Silvio definitely not. Chris was worried about losing his license more than his life.
Yeah, I’d never consider Silvio. He was loyal to Tony through the end, though I can’t speak with that confidence about any of the others in his crew left standing by that point.
When it comes to ratting this guy Ray Curto was more creative than Spielberg.
Last but not least, I knew I where gunna say chris , no way 🤣🤣🤣
Jeez, what did you sample the audio with, a freakin' potato!?
Made this over a year ago when I was still quite new to this, so please excuse any audio kinks 😎
Like I always tell Sammy the Bull Gravano, “Nobody likes a snitch Sammy.”
He's still around, Gotti isn't.
@@shiroamakusa8075 He rang that bell, the whole way home…
Livia passed away before the scene that’s why it’s CGI…
You sound like meadow. Very nice voice
Chris shouldn’t have to tell Aidrianna anything putting in mind who her family were never mind who she grew up with
Larry boy never really ratted though, he gave up someone who couldn't be questioned.
Right - we have no way of proving he was a rat, but he is somebody who was pretty fed up with what he saw as the different standards given to diff. guys based on whether or not they were members of _both_ of Tony's families. But yes we have no proof for sure.
Great Narration-Allison Pak, channel 6 Got nothing on you
“Allison, *HI*!!!“
amazing vid
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. Just about to post another one - stay tuned!
Excellent upload, Miss. Outfuckingstanding. Best wishes
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Yess...i said that the day i watched this to one of the 15 people that were over that that line didn't make any sense...guys are getting out after 20 years.... I still think that writing was on purpose that's just Tony being like an immature or judgmental in his way planting a seed and brushing them off as gonna be in the way
I remember hearing livia was already dead before her final season so they used cgi and i didn't notice until this video
The one thing that bothers me a little in Sopranos, well, most moving pictures really, is that when people lie, they do it so good, and so ordinary, even when they're obviously guilty, just like Pussy. In reality, when people lie, its often obvious.
Interesting observation. With regard to Puss, there’s one scene in “Nobody Knows Anything” (S1, E11) where Tony shows up at Puss’s place in the afternoon (3:00, no surprise there!) trying to find out what’s going on with him, and the way Puss says “Things are happening, Tony” etc. etc., seems so suspicious - I feel like Tony was in such denial that he would’ve accepted anything Puss said, short of “I’m working with the FBI.” In terms of their lack of guilt when lying, I think they get so used to it that it doesn’t really affect them like it would for other people.
@@SopranosBlueprint It comes down to context, when you lie all the time in casual convo, it looks natural, but when you're in the moment, in specific conversation, when people confront you, you break down, you stumble, and its visible. Tony was in denial in that scene, no doubt. But the writing is so good, it could've been about other things.
Lot of the wives in this show caused the mens downfall. Only Sil had a loving and supporting wife. Hey Blueprint, I need a wife like you for a green card
Livid died before her last scene. Clever editing.
Thanks! And yep, too bad she didn’t get to write in the baby journals! In the end, just like Svetlana says, “She defeat me.”
@@SopranosBlueprint The baby journal, I forgot about that 😂
Why did in the thumbnail Silvio looks like Sylvester Stallone?
Just the angle from the photo 😊
maybe i have this mob mentality but i cannot feel any sympathy for any rat in this show, they were a threat to the family and they got what was coming, almost all of them took an oath and they broke it, the only one i actually felt bad for was Adriana, she was trapped by the feds in such a shitty way, but i mean she couldnt handle 5 years in the can for her husband, she died in the bed she made for herself
Yeah, I can definitely see where you're coming from. I think besides Adriana, the person I feel the worst for is Eugene, but perhaps it's more because I feel badly for his family that he left behind.
Jimmy should watch some Mafia movies.
Agreed. He could pick up on some tips.
Christopher was right though! He could’ve ended everything with one phone call literally everything. He could’ve saved Adriana‘s life his own everything however, as he’s pumping gas, he sees an average Joe and doesn’t want to live like that. I don’t blame him. He saw a man struggling counting his change, trying to pump gas, knowing that he probably won’t have money to get any other type of pleasure in his life other than that gas. Christopher knew that he would have to go and live the civilian life which he wasn’t accustomed to. But I feel that Christopher sold himself a little too short. Even though he didn’t deserve it, in season, one or mid season two, he got his series 7 license for stockbroker where they had a pump and dump scam he could’ve definitely used that to start a pretty lucrative career but he would’ve known anything but it was definitely got him in the door
Really glad the TH-cam Algorithm blessed me with this
Cheers to the algorithm 🎊 glad you enjoyed the video! Plenty more to come.
How about this humidity
Those Islander tickets, right?
Wow, SanSeverino sucked as an agent 💀🤣
She was pretty though
@@vgcq02you're thinking of "Danielle from Whippany" lol
Would you be anything other than cold, callous, and lacking in sensitivity if you were law enforcement and you've got a cold blooded killer in the palm of your hands? Eugene was more than happy to kill yet another person in order to get Tony to release him from the mafia life. So if course the FBI etc would literally bleed them dry for any information they can get. I remember watching an interview with Anthony Casso. Despite being in prison and getting emotional over his daughter, he was still adamant that he felt no remorse or guilt for the people he murdered or their families.
Even Alpo was in Maine 🤣
What is this a cut censored version..
Ohhhhh you making Soprano videos and not paying Borko....
Are u familiar with the AI Soprano Memes?!
it's a good video, but
jesus the CGI Livia, I get why they did it and Rest in Peace Nancy Marchand, but jesus each time ya see it, in this day n age with the image rendering
it feels like a bad youtube poop
Yeah, I can imagine it would be more sophisticated today! I remember the first time I watched, for a split second, I was like, “Why is Livia’s head so small?!” and then realized it was not, in fact, actual Livia in the flesh. RIP to the amazingly talented Nancy Marchand ♥️🙏🏼
You do realize that Jimmy Altieri most likely wasn’t a rat. That was a mistake Tony Soprano made because he’d rather believe it was Jimmy that Vin was taking about rather than Big Pussy Bonpensiero. Although it’s possible Jimmy was a rat, the storyline suggests otherwise
The storyline is pretty ambiguous, he did call that meeting to discuss shit that had already been discussed, got out real quick from that gun charge that pussy ran from, only to show up acting weird as hell asking Tony a bunch of questions. Then when they whacked him, he initially tries to”pull rank” askin Chris and Silvio if they “forgot he was a captain”, then when they tell him to “call for help on his radio”, his eyes go wide and he’s almost speechless. So not at all DEFINITIVE but, it’s definitely not totally clear one way or the other.
Absolutely was a rat. He just wasn't the only one. Seems it was an epidemic amongst the Jersey family
@@booognish You are right, it’s not clear whether or not Jimmy’s a rat, which is why it should not have been presented as if it was a forgone conclusion. Sure there are things we can point to that will suggest he might have been, but there are many things I can also point out to suggest he wasn’t. The truth is, it’s not clear one way or the other the way it was with Big Pussy, Raymond, Eugene, etc. Also, it was clear that whether or not he was a rat, the reason he was killed is because Tony thought Vin mistook Pussy for Jimmy. He would rather believe Jimmy betrayed him than Pussy. Yes it could be that Jimmy was a rat anyway, but there was certainly nothing even close enough in the storyline for this to be presented as if it were fact rather than speculation. I honestly don’t know or care if the character of Jimmy was a rat, but it was one of those things that David Chase left up in the air for people to discuss their theories on, not something presented as a fact. It’s like what happened to Furio, the Russian in forest, or Tony in the last episode, you simply don’t know and can only speculate.
@@booognish it’s clear he’s a rat
He’s obviously a rat lol wtf. “So uhhh what are you gonna do about that Colombian money?” He also got out of jail for an illegal gun when he’s already out on bail for another crime. AND Skip, Pussy’s handler alludes to Jimmy being a rat. Finally, when Jimmy has a gun to his head and Sil calls him a rat, he doesn’t even attempt to defend himself. If he wasn’t a rat wouldn’t he be incredulous and blindsided by the accusation? It’s possible he wasn’t a rat because the show didn’t confirm it outright, but to say he “most likely” wasn’t a rat is absurd
Did this girl just decide to record her first time reading these lines and said , fuck it good enough?
The audio I so quiet. I can barely hear it.
Thank you for the feedback-I’ll make note of that moving forward. 👍🏼
The amount of rats in the inner circle yet tony still avoids jail is the most unrealistic part of the show. Maybe if it were a big newyork boss i could buy it but an glorified crew? Come on. Lol. This takes places post 9/11. It is canon that john gotti real life arrest exist in this show which implies the fbi had more than enough resources and laws to catch small fries like tony. Lol
What always sticks out to me along those lines is how Ray was a Captain and in the inner sanctum for so long to the point that Old man DiMeo allegedly wanted Ray to step up and be the next boss, yet Ray didn't have enough inside information to implicate Tony, or at least not until the day he died in Agent Sanseverino's car? I guess it's possible he was playing them for awhile, but he seemed pretty eager to help from the scenes we saw him with the FBI.
The problem I have always seen with Adriana is she never should have known a thing. Christopher should never have said one word about the business. No one should ever have said anything to her.
That way if they would have tried to press her into wearing a wire they would have heard nothing. She would have asked Chrissy how was his day and his reply should have been none of your f**ing business. Everyone else they were made men or associates. They were the lowest of the low for being rats. I blame Chris and anyone else for her death.
If Eugene would've gotten rid of the wife and her constant prodding, I doubt he would've committed suicide.
That was so unfortunate how that all went down. “His master’s voice” - Eugene was being pulled and ordered around by so many different people with nothing really in return besides more agita.
@@SopranosBlueprint Yes, it's perturbing to find myself sympathizing with these guys as I follow their character arc. He was such a sorrowful figure in that episode, but then you think back how he almost took one of Little Paulie's eyes with a sucker punch at the construction site. I have to tell myself, "These are ALL bad guys!"
@@alxra Right?! I also feel bad for his young daughter :(
@@SopranosBlueprint well, I heard she smashed her lunchbox in to a girl's head at school for not handing over a twinkie. Just kidding. The surviving families always got the worst of it, didn't they? That's why your video on Angie was so good. She made lemonade out of lemons.
Even though I had a lot of sympathy for Adriana & liked her character a lot, she was a total airhead. Sorry, but that's the way I feel about her. When confronted by the FBI she should have said 4 simple words; "I want a lawyer". Secondly, she should have gone directly to Tony & tell him of the encounter. But, I get it. That wasn't the way her story was meant to play out. It was very sad the way it ended for her.
The whole show is about rats 😳 think that’s how they called it the sopranos cause they sing to the police