>>214525756
He was a boy scout

>>214525756

This smoke's actually pruning my thread.

I love how Tony ends up feeling really bad for this guy but then hes such a dick Tony says fuck it. and people act like Tony is all bad

yeet

>>214525815
No, it’s more like Tony came in with a half-assed apology to try to make himself feel better, and the dude responded as he should to a psychopathic mob boss

>>214525927
Tony was pretty sincere when he told that political councilman guy or whatever that he didn't want the guy to lose his job

Wait they fired him? I thought he was just demoted.

>>214525756
He didn't really do anything too wrong and I think Tony had a bit of pity/respect for him

>>214525756
Why does The Sopranos do this thing of introducing a character that's important to an episode and basically never bring them back or mention them again?

>>214527663
Why do you ask dumb questions?

>>214527695
Not a dumb question at all. I guess the answer is that it's an old show with a very episodic format

>>214527663
Well that's life isn't it?
Not everyone is the main character of every story

>>214527663
yeah, its a complete mystery why the sopranos kept introducing characters just for their lives to be completely ruined by being in contact with tony. what the hell was any of that about anyway i mean whats the point where's the resolution or comeuppance??

>fountains of wayne

shit i love that band

>>214528053
I see this excuse being made a lot for The Sopranos. Sometimes it works but other times it comes off as a bad excuse for lazy writing.

>>214528155
But it's not just characters whose lives are ruined by Tony

>>214525756
He was a murderer and rapist of women

>>214528406
... what entire institutions or ethnic groups did tony ruin?

>>214528366
You come off as fucking retarded.

>>214529198
It's not a big flaw, but I do think it was a problem. Ralph's son is another example of this kind of writing. I still enjoy the show but when I first watched it, these kinds of things kinda caught me off guard. I think the "that's just life" works in some parts of the show, but in other times I think it's being used to cover up the writing or times when the writers didn't really have a clear plan for the story.

>>214529287
Your sisters cunt is a problem

>>214529287
>the writers didn't really have a clear plan for the story.
I mean, they didn't, not all the time. people forget this but the Sopranos was a soap opera. it was, for the most part, just being made up as they went along. that's just how tv was made back then. when you watch more modern shows where everything is intricately planned out in advance, that's BECAUSE the Sopranos raised the bar for what television could be as a medium. at the time, it was experimental, and they were really just figuring things out as they went. I think you do have to look at some things through that lens.
another thing is that each episode of the Sopranos is basically treated as its own self contained story. there were obviously character arcs over the course of the show and a few long term story arcs, but every episode has a beginning, middle and end, and characters might be introduced to be in service of that individual story, but not be necessary for the show at large.

>>214525756
That's not a pic of charlie kirk tho

>>214529408
>that's BECAUSE the Sopranos raised the bar for what television could be as a medium
This. I think it's just that I had an overly high expectation of the show. The show was revolutionary for it's time and it's still a great show but it has shown it's age in some aspects and other shows have since surpassed it in various aspects. I think the flaws of the show just seemed much more glaring to me because of how it was constantly praised as the greatest show of all time.

shuck 'em down?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_vdovKg5s

>>214529465

>I think the flaws of the show just seemed much more glaring to me because of how it was constantly praised as the greatest show of all time

It was for the era it was released in. I like to think of the series as two big mini series in Season 1 and 2. The show starts to spin it's own wheels with S3.

>>214528458
Based Alien 3 reference.

>>214529634
It was the greatest show in terms of quality in the era it was released in, and it's the greatest show today in terms of influence. And yeah I also noticed the show gets much better after Season 2.

The greatest show of all time with the greatest characters of all time. It changed TV and cable TV forever. It elevated the platform to cinema. In the past the small screen always took a backseat to the big screen. Not anymore. Thank the Sopranos for that.