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I don't know of another show that has called so much attention to the genocide. I admit I didn't even know about it before it became a part of the Armenian subplots on the show; the show spurred me to research it myself and now I find myself working to make others aware.

I have to give the producers much credit for including such a dark and controversial issue on the show.

If this whole Many Saints thing pans out, I hope we get another prequel afterward that has scenes explaining the before, during, and after of AJ walking through a plate-glass door. That was the incident that ruined Carm's planned trip to Rome with Rosalie. I just feel like it deserves a deep-dive.

1. Georgie

2. Ralphie

3. Adriana

4. Benny

5. Tony

6. Melfi

7. Chrissie

8. Janice

9. The lady Janice beat up at the soccer game

10. Jackie Jr.

11. Dr. Mahaffy

12. Muscles Marinara

I never knew that the name of the horse Tony bets on at the casino (where he boldly proposes to give the winnings to Vito's wife so she can fix her son), which was Meadow Gold, is also the name of a brand of ice cream here in the US. Yet another brilliant deep tie - Tony's main three loves, gambling, gorging on food, and his gorgeous daughter, come together and leave him defeated, as usual.

In "Pax Soprana", Melfi reads the 1998 novel "Riven Rock" by TC Boyle... In the book, a mental patient is treated by different shrinks with different approaches; some success seems to have been achieved, but then the patient lapses back into their former aberrant behavior.

That sounds like what happens to Tony in the context of his treatment. I wonder if it is a deliberate foreshadow, or a sort-of recursive kind where the later plot is deliberately influenced by what was not a conscience choice at the time?

This dude does it all. And I fucking mean it all:

• Founder of a record company
• Hit songwriter
• Horse Breeder
• Provider of loans to the community
• Proprietor of a racetrack
• Doctor
• Vehicle safety statistics expert
• Mohel consultant
• Inter-cultural relations ambassador
• Involved deeply in African studies

and much more, I believe.

I never noticed until today that Tony does the sign for "vagina", not "asshole", when he tells Grasso in two languages how he would sexually assault him if he could.

Tony fucks up while disposing of things a lot in ways that come back on him. Obviously not every time, but enough.

• Doesn't get rid of the Pie O My painting himself the first time and ends up coming face-to-face with Paulie's remix version
• Throws away his Cleaver mug after Chrissy dies by throwing it in the backyard bushes, thereby guaranteeing some gardener would eventually hand it back over to him
• Throws his gun into the snow while he makes a mad dash from Johnny Sack's place, and ends up almost being charged with something popcorn-related iirc
• Gets lazy disposing of his pocket contents and a broken nail ends up costing 40K
• Failed to oversee the disposal of his childhood pet and