I know you're a fellow fan but just in the interest of accuracy, the character who died was not wacked.

I still don't get the Meadow cult.

Here's what I liked: the complexity of Tony's thoughts and actions. Right back to the start in a sense -- deep thoughts about parents, children, spouses, things we hold in common and are hesitant to say. It's almost all subtext.

David Chase has talked some in interviews about that subtext without telling us all of it. He puts that into the show. I can't remember many such instances of a serious artist putting it out there and letting us come along with him for the ride.


>This one had it's good points - a wacking of a major character right at the start.
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>The bad parts - zero Medow scences in this one! waaah! wwaaah! (However the peyote-popping hooker in Vegas looked pretty...)
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>>KG and Juan, surely you can't complain about this one. It was a classic Sopranos episode, right up there with "Funhouse" and "Pine Barrens" IMO. I knew it was going to be great from the opening credits, when David Chase was listed as a co-writer. He vets every word that goes on the air in every episode but he usually doesn't attach his name to the script. This one was pure Chase.
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>>A major character died and I almost felt like it was someone I knew. It wasn't, of course, but this series sinks its hooks so deep into your subconscious you almost start feeling you do know them.
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>>No spoilers, please .... if you reply about the major plot point, leave a screenfull or so of blank lines above. Thanks.