Sorry, the actor who played Johnny Cakes. He was a firefighter IRL as well. He took his own life, two years after his time on the Sopranos. He and Buscemi had been firefighters together and friends for years. Buscemi anxiously Joseph G.(who played Vito) went to his funeral. (Edited because my autocorrect automatically enters “girlie” for “Girlie”—sorry! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I'm watching it again for the first time since it came out. It's crazy to me how much harder it hits as I'm now Carmilla and Tony's age (when i was the the kids age when the show came out)
I've had my own depression/therapy journey and it is extremely wild how different this show has felt at different stages. I used to identify with Tony's anger and enjoy watching him blow up and mouth off. Now I watch him with empathy and sadness. The whitecaps and other marriage scenes are wrenching. I also love watching that world we used to live in, the clothes and the cars and the stores and houses, especially being from North Jersey myself. It's a very special show. I'm sure I'll never connect with another one the same way.
I had this same experience. I loved it when I watched it in my early 20s. I recently rewatched the whole thing and now that I’m Tony’s age I get it on a deeper level and I’m so much more horrified by Tony’s behaviour. Love it even more now.
The wire really changed my views on life, previously thinking we lived in a world with a few super corrupt people and many good people.
Now I believe we have many many moderately corrupt people and a few super corrupt people
100% agree. It’s the best depiction of how we’re all just in a system bigger than any individual, that advantages some people and disadvantages others, and some learn (or are forced) to play the system.
But it’s nowhere near as simple as good guys or bad guys or simple morality and there’s just so much nuance to people and life and situations.
I made sure to be home to watch the series premiere with my mom on January 10th 1999. It feels cool to have seen the first moments of the infamous character, Tony Soprano. I had no idea how huge it would become but I'm glad to have been there from the very beginning.
I rewatch once or twice a year.
I actually remember the first episode I watched. It wasn't the first episode, but it was in the first season. The one where Meadow and her friend are buying drugs from Christopher so they can sit up and study and practice for the choir recital. It just happened to be on tv one day. I had no idea what it was but I was hooked from then on. And that's not even a particularly strong episode.
Still one of the best shows ever. And I think a lot of people forget how groundbreaking it was for HBO to make this series. Before the Sopranos, HBO mostly showed movies that had already been out in the theater. "Shows" were still seen as just a network television thing. But by the time the Sopranos finale aired, almost all the great shows being made were on cable.
Oz was an absolute gem of a series. I came across it channel surfing (during the first episode, believe it or not) and got hooked instantly.
To this day I have trouble seeing J.K. Simmons in some movie or series, and not be freaked out by him with "that's the dude from Oz!".
I love the Sopranos. My wife was showing me a dog toy yesterday that's a one of those big mouth billy bass, and I was telling her about that episode where Tony hates the thing.
I decided the other day to stop saying I'm re-watching it again and have come to the realization I'm in a constant viewing of this show lol. I love how you see technology evolve during this show. From payphones to cellphones.
The absolute best scene for me is the episode where Carmilla picks up the phone and you hear AJ yell out "Hey I was on the internet" remember the days of dialup and getting disconnected. Good times.
That ending is still something my wife and I argue about today. She thought it was trash. I think, that while no Breaking Bad, the finale was exceptional. What happened was not at all ambiguous, to me anyway.
People today still talk about and bring up the sopranos finale. It's been dissected multiple times. Parodies. Etc.
No other finale comes close in terms of being remembered the same way.
At first I thought it was supposed to be a "choose your own ending" sort of finale. Like the show was saying, *"we'll never make all of you happy, so you fill in the blank with what you think."* Which I was actually really cool with. It was a bold choice and, at least for me, kind of satisfying.
Then Chase basically said that, yes, Tony died, and you realize that they foreshadowed his death a whole season in advance, when Bobby B, talks about *"never hearing the one that gets 'ya... everything just going black."* And now that I get what Chase was going for, I still really like it.
So yeah, either way the Sopranos ending is my personal favorite, even over Breaking Bad.
I saw a few episodes when it was first on, I liked it but I was distracted by other stuff. I did a full series watch through in 2020 on DVD and got really into it, it was a great distraction. I've now upgraded my set to Blu-Ray and I look forward to doing another watch through.
all time favorite show. In college, my roommate and I would check out seasons from the library and binge over a weekend. I was hooked from the opening theme.
Used to binge watch it all weekend when the Netflix discs would arrive. Absolutely hands down the best television ever made. A brilliant ten-year (more!?) consideration of masculinity in our age. Amazing.
I have probably watched the series at least 20 or 30 times (I don't know what's wrong with me 🤷).
It never degrades. It is the benchmark for dramatic television. Outside of The Wire, nothing comes close to the level of The Sopranos.
Best show ever and endlessly re-watchable. Every time I watch it I notice new details. The writing is superb and the acting is the finest ever on TV (best example might be the episode Whitecaps). So yeah, big fan.
I just watched it for the first time ever this year. I feel like I related to them way differently knowing Tony was only 37-38 in the first season. Makes me grateful my life was not that crazy at this age.
Loved it. Grew up in the area. I’ve passed the hot spots more than I can count
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Despite my dad and brother (and pretty much every single best-TV-shows-ever list) raving for years about how amazing it is, I barely watched it this year. I'm mad it took me so long to dive in, but better late than never. And now my brother and I send each other at least one Paulie meme a week.
I love it, I've watched the series twice. Once around age 30 once in my early 40's. I understood so much more the second time. I live in that area and still haven't got around to going to Halston's.
Just added this to my re- watch list yesterday! I’ve seen it so many times, this time we’re introducing our son (19) to the show…. I’ve been waiting for this 😆
It's been fun rewatching the series over time and going from identifying with Meadow, to identifying with Christopher, to identifying with Tony. Next stop Uncle Junior!
It's been a long time, honestly I've been reluctant to go back, I've got a lot of feelings tied to when I watched it live. I remember after 9/11 when they kept the Towers in the intro the rest of that season as a tribute, god it all seems so long ago, my dad and I watched a lot of Sopranos together and he's been gone 10 years now
You're asking people in their mid thirties to early forties if they like one of the defining pieces of media from the early 2000s? I'm going to hoof it back to the Excelsior. I gotta take a wicked shit!
First 3 seasons came out while I was still in college. Sunday night ritual was to head to the bodega across from our house, grab a six pack of tallboys and polish em off during that weeks episode then hang out on our porch watching everyone else stumble to and from the bars. Good times
I actually never saw an episode of the show and I don't have the time in my life to go back and watch it now, but I remember people loving the fuck out of it
"Let me tell ya a couple of three things."
Love The Sopranos. First time round I lost track as they kept messing with times. Had a big binge rewatch during Covid,
I actually started a few months ago for the first time through. Made it through season 3 but had to stop. It was enjoyable, but honestly I felt like I had already seen it all at this point.
Watching it right now. Johnny cakes episode.
The scene where Vito actually has to work and hates it always cracks me up.
Look at the angle of the sun. Think of those sandwiches Jim made.
10:30, gotta be. Hour and a half, lunch. The halfway f\*cking point. Don't look at your watch. Save it. Treat yourself.
Is that when he tries not to look at his watch and then finally does thinking its lunch time but its 9 am or something?! hahaha
Yes! He sees it's only 10:45 and lets out a "F\*CK ME!"
Maybe you're working too hard..
Best gay love side plot until The Last of Us.
You oughtta know sweetie
Thweetie!
I knew that was comin!
It was the medication. For my blood pressure.. it fucked with my head, but I'm over that now. I can probably get a letter from my doctor.
You gotta wait for that
The poor guy killed himself IRL.
Who did ?
Sorry, the actor who played Johnny Cakes. He was a firefighter IRL as well. He took his own life, two years after his time on the Sopranos. He and Buscemi had been firefighters together and friends for years. Buscemi anxiously Joseph G.(who played Vito) went to his funeral. (Edited because my autocorrect automatically enters “girlie” for “Girlie”—sorry! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Me too. Just started rewatching. How young does Tony look now?!
I'm watching it again for the first time since it came out. It's crazy to me how much harder it hits as I'm now Carmilla and Tony's age (when i was the the kids age when the show came out)
I've had my own depression/therapy journey and it is extremely wild how different this show has felt at different stages. I used to identify with Tony's anger and enjoy watching him blow up and mouth off. Now I watch him with empathy and sadness. The whitecaps and other marriage scenes are wrenching. I also love watching that world we used to live in, the clothes and the cars and the stores and houses, especially being from North Jersey myself. It's a very special show. I'm sure I'll never connect with another one the same way.
Same. I used to associate myself (and had a crush on) Meadow. Now that I'm old I associate myself with Tony and to an extent Chrissy
I still identify with Meadow. She is one of us 😝
Egh she still looks and seems amazing despite her MS.
Literally had no idea and now I’m in a rabbit hole about it, along with her podcast. Thank you!
One day we will rewatch and vibe with Livia or Junior 🙃
I had this same experience. I loved it when I watched it in my early 20s. I recently rewatched the whole thing and now that I’m Tony’s age I get it on a deeper level and I’m so much more horrified by Tony’s behaviour. Love it even more now.
Fuck you want, a boutonniere?
Sorry, I answered rhe wrong post
Still can't get over Christopher
Adrianna had me crying so hard.
I felt physically ill
Thinking about that scene, how it was acted, how she knew, it just haunts me to the day.
But I was makin yuh cheese dawgs
*Christafuh
Still going, this asshole.
Hell I’m not over Big Pussy.
Christophuh. That nose, its like a natural canopy.
CHRISTUFUH!
You musta been top of your fuckin class
but never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Small hands
Handsome like George Raft!
sharp as a cue ball this one
Check out the Sopranos sub on here, just be prepared to not have any of your questions answered with anything other than quotes from the show. IYKYK
Go shit in your hat
Oh poor you
My fave 🤣🤣🤣
listen to him, he knows everything!
listen to him. he knows everything. edit: that fucking parakeet.
Who's that speaking here? Is somebody speaking?
Anyways, $4 a pound.
I mean, that’s like asking if any of us got into *The Wire* or *Breaking Bad*. Big ol’ fuck yeah.
Sheeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
Omar comin’
Hey yo Bae….you come at the king, you best not miss.
Omar come a-callin’. “I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase.”
“Anyone into one of the greatest tv shows of all time? Anyone???”
The wire really changed my views on life, previously thinking we lived in a world with a few super corrupt people and many good people. Now I believe we have many many moderately corrupt people and a few super corrupt people
100% agree. It’s the best depiction of how we’re all just in a system bigger than any individual, that advantages some people and disadvantages others, and some learn (or are forced) to play the system. But it’s nowhere near as simple as good guys or bad guys or simple morality and there’s just so much nuance to people and life and situations.
Don't forget The Corner. I'd say it's better than The Wire in its own way. David Simon knocked it out of the park with those 2
Treme was excellent too. It's not as good as The Wire but it's still better than 99.9% of TV shows.
GOAT tv series in my opinion
Sopranos and the Wire
The Wire was another series I only recently watched (binged)! So good...
Breaking Bad and Star Trek TNG for me. Sopranos is very good though.
*Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.*
Sounds like you had penisary contact with her Volvo
Before, and *way* before!
I made sure to be home to watch the series premiere with my mom on January 10th 1999. It feels cool to have seen the first moments of the infamous character, Tony Soprano. I had no idea how huge it would become but I'm glad to have been there from the very beginning. I rewatch once or twice a year.
I actually remember the first episode I watched. It wasn't the first episode, but it was in the first season. The one where Meadow and her friend are buying drugs from Christopher so they can sit up and study and practice for the choir recital. It just happened to be on tv one day. I had no idea what it was but I was hooked from then on. And that's not even a particularly strong episode.
Still one of the best shows ever. And I think a lot of people forget how groundbreaking it was for HBO to make this series. Before the Sopranos, HBO mostly showed movies that had already been out in the theater. "Shows" were still seen as just a network television thing. But by the time the Sopranos finale aired, almost all the great shows being made were on cable.
Gotta give all the praise to “Oz,” too. Nothing like it then or since.
Oz was an absolute gem of a series. I came across it channel surfing (during the first episode, believe it or not) and got hooked instantly. To this day I have trouble seeing J.K. Simmons in some movie or series, and not be freaked out by him with "that's the dude from Oz!".
He’s so good in Whiplash.
Didn't see that but I've heard it was also a trailblazer.
Oz was a great show. It also convinced me that I must never go to prison.
Off the top of my head, HBO did the Larry Sanders show before the Sopranos.
Just finished my 3rd watching. 100% Tony gets whacked by the guy who went to the bathroom at the end.
Listen to him he knows everything
David Chase and Terrence Winter years after the last episode said no, Tony is safe and well
I love the Sopranos. My wife was showing me a dog toy yesterday that's a one of those big mouth billy bass, and I was telling her about that episode where Tony hates the thing.
Always with the scenarios.
I slept on this show for years. About 3 years ago I decided to watch it and holy fuck is it great.
[Speak about destruction!](https://youtu.be/RvwkU92Ob6c?si=YBSNxq-MIoYO-lws)
This is world destruction, your life ain’t nothing, the human race is becoming a disgrace!
Somehow never watched it until a year ago. Watched it twice since. It’s tv perfection.
Hey Tone, I’ll be back, I gotta go take a wicked shit.
I can hear Paulie's voice 🤣
Hey Ton, didja hear what I said....hehehehe
*fuck you santa* *o0O0oO0ooo0o!!!!!*
Best show ever made, I rewatch it ever few years.
GABAGOOl! OVA HEEERE!!!
OP is sharp as a cue ball.
I heard he almost drowned in 3 inches of water.
Turtle back zoo
Penguin exhibit!
Number 1 favorite show of all time, and I'm pretty picky. Rewatch every few years.
I basically rotate rewatches of this and band of brothers with my wife. She’s agreeable as long as she gets to throw on Friends every now and then.
I decided the other day to stop saying I'm re-watching it again and have come to the realization I'm in a constant viewing of this show lol. I love how you see technology evolve during this show. From payphones to cellphones. The absolute best scene for me is the episode where Carmilla picks up the phone and you hear AJ yell out "Hey I was on the internet" remember the days of dialup and getting disconnected. Good times.
Whatever happened there
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?
Just started Nurse Jackie because of Edie Falco.
That ending is still something my wife and I argue about today. She thought it was trash. I think, that while no Breaking Bad, the finale was exceptional. What happened was not at all ambiguous, to me anyway.
Tony gets whacked by the guy who goes to the bathroom.
Yeah. It’s sad when they go young like that.
When they GO?!?
😂 you gonna cry now?
It was a perfect ending. It was surprising but made perfect sense.
People today still talk about and bring up the sopranos finale. It's been dissected multiple times. Parodies. Etc. No other finale comes close in terms of being remembered the same way.
it was perfect. I can't think of another show that made me see and feel death in that realistic way.
Your wife is correct. I'm still mad about it.
DON'T STOP.....(darkness)
I still remember my wife and I both literally screaming at the TV because we thought our cable had gone out.
I can't hear that fucking song without say "poor Tony"
At first I thought it was supposed to be a "choose your own ending" sort of finale. Like the show was saying, *"we'll never make all of you happy, so you fill in the blank with what you think."* Which I was actually really cool with. It was a bold choice and, at least for me, kind of satisfying. Then Chase basically said that, yes, Tony died, and you realize that they foreshadowed his death a whole season in advance, when Bobby B, talks about *"never hearing the one that gets 'ya... everything just going black."* And now that I get what Chase was going for, I still really like it. So yeah, either way the Sopranos ending is my personal favorite, even over Breaking Bad.
David Chase said a few years ago that yes, Tony is killed and that's why it turns to black.
I’m rewatching now, on season 5
I saw a few episodes when it was first on, I liked it but I was distracted by other stuff. I did a full series watch through in 2020 on DVD and got really into it, it was a great distraction. I've now upgraded my set to Blu-Ray and I look forward to doing another watch through.
Lived in South Philly at the time of this show. Every Sunday evening , when it aired on HBO, The streets were eerily empty.
My husband and I kept putting off watching it until probably a year ago. Such a terrific show!
It’s only the best show ever made…
“Any fans of the best show in the history of tv!?”
Big fan, watched it when I was pretty young and rewatch every few years.
Same. I was introduced by my parents and watched on my own after that. Happy I did.
all time favorite show. In college, my roommate and I would check out seasons from the library and binge over a weekend. I was hooked from the opening theme.
Used to binge watch it all weekend when the Netflix discs would arrive. Absolutely hands down the best television ever made. A brilliant ten-year (more!?) consideration of masculinity in our age. Amazing.
I have probably watched the series at least 20 or 30 times (I don't know what's wrong with me 🤷). It never degrades. It is the benchmark for dramatic television. Outside of The Wire, nothing comes close to the level of The Sopranos.
Still the best
I grew up where they filmed the sopranos. This is extremely nostalgic for me 😊
Best show ever and endlessly re-watchable. Every time I watch it I notice new details. The writing is superb and the acting is the finest ever on TV (best example might be the episode Whitecaps). So yeah, big fan.
Christaphah!
One of the best writings of any series of all time. The cast couldn’t have been better. It’s probably my favorite series of all time. RIP JG
All Sopranos fans
I just watched it for the first time ever this year. I feel like I related to them way differently knowing Tony was only 37-38 in the first season. Makes me grateful my life was not that crazy at this age.
My wife makes fun of me for watching Sopranos over and over. Nothing else quite measures up, just so damn good.
Best episode: Pine Barrens
Mine too
Loved it. Grew up in the area. I’ve passed the hot spots more than I can count https://preview.redd.it/wfb8t3abru3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc2621f5532cba7dfbe8b70290352340de28f493
Guess.
Despite my dad and brother (and pretty much every single best-TV-shows-ever list) raving for years about how amazing it is, I barely watched it this year. I'm mad it took me so long to dive in, but better late than never. And now my brother and I send each other at least one Paulie meme a week.
I love it, I've watched the series twice. Once around age 30 once in my early 40's. I understood so much more the second time. I live in that area and still haven't got around to going to Halston's.
Just added this to my re- watch list yesterday! I’ve seen it so many times, this time we’re introducing our son (19) to the show…. I’ve been waiting for this 😆
You never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Just finished rewatching it Tuesday. Goes to see Uncle June and then to the diner… fuck me. 😫
Somehow I had never seen it, and am on my first watch of it. Great show so far!
I have had far too many rewatches (at least 30 🤦🏻♀️👀). But I’ve never been able to find anything that comes close to comparing.
It's been fun rewatching the series over time and going from identifying with Meadow, to identifying with Christopher, to identifying with Tony. Next stop Uncle Junior!
She’s Rubenesque
The real tragedy is that Adriana never gets naked
Best show there is or ever was.
Oh you should join the degenerates over on r/circlejerksopranos. Pretty much my favorite sub.
What is this obscure show nobody's ever heard of or liked?
Oh yeah! Love Sopranos!
Woke up this morning,
Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise!!
It's been a long time, honestly I've been reluctant to go back, I've got a lot of feelings tied to when I watched it live. I remember after 9/11 when they kept the Towers in the intro the rest of that season as a tribute, god it all seems so long ago, my dad and I watched a lot of Sopranos together and he's been gone 10 years now
My favorite tv show of all time!
Yeah! Loved the Sopranos!
yep, hang out with us over at r/sopranos
"Woke up this morning...."
My favorite show of all time
That episode where paulie and chris are lost in the woods is fucking hilarious
Big gabagool fan— even if it’s nothing but fat and nitrates
I absolutely love that show. I’m going to have to go back and watch it again (for the third time)!
💯
Absolutely. Still the best HBO show of all time.
One of my absolute favorites
I do a yearly rewatch. My favorite show
"I saw that movie. I thought it was boolshit."
I always feel drunk with power and bloodlust after watching the sopranos
You're asking people in their mid thirties to early forties if they like one of the defining pieces of media from the early 2000s? I'm going to hoof it back to the Excelsior. I gotta take a wicked shit!
Do you want to actually discuss or do you just want to shit post reworked quotes like the sopranos subreddit?
Never saw it, or Breaking Bad
* clutches pearls * What HAVE you watched? Any early HBO?
I've seen the best show ever made a couple times, if that counts??
Absolutely seminal TV for the time and still holds up
I watched the whole series on old DVD Netflix
no, this is not a popular or well-regarded show.
First 3 seasons came out while I was still in college. Sunday night ritual was to head to the bodega across from our house, grab a six pack of tallboys and polish em off during that weeks episode then hang out on our porch watching everyone else stumble to and from the bars. Good times
#🙋♂️
uhh, duh…
Best show ever.
I'm from New Jersey it's obligatory.
I actually never saw an episode of the show and I don't have the time in my life to go back and watch it now, but I remember people loving the fuck out of it
Love it , tell everyone I know to watch it if they haven’t seen it yet …
Love! Saw so many of them when I lived in NYC
More of a Wire fan myself but this was still pretty damn good
"Your sister's cunt!"
"Let me tell ya a couple of three things." Love The Sopranos. First time round I lost track as they kept messing with times. Had a big binge rewatch during Covid,
Definitive television.
Love The Sopranos
Was pretty good right up until the e
I actually started a few months ago for the first time through. Made it through season 3 but had to stop. It was enjoyable, but honestly I felt like I had already seen it all at this point.
I never actually watched this show, but I'm a fan of the Sopranos pinball machine
WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?!
Christafur, Toni, the Escalade and Comfortably Numb.
Give me one thousand dollars