86 Days of The Sopranos
Season 2, Episode 12: The Knight in White Satin Armor
In our 86 Days of The Sopranos we’re up to Season 2, Episode 12: The Knight in White Satin Armor. Below are my impressions. Please provide your feedback in the replies, and try to avoid any big spoilers for those that are watching this iconic series for the first time…
** Tony is mad at his Russian goomah for not wanting more in life other than going out to eat with him and screwing. He breaks up with here. She threatens to kill herself.
** Tony meets with Richie and Jackie Jr. There’s more tension as Richie feels like he’s not getting enough from Tony.
** Junior’s lawyer wants to hire specialized analysts to go over the 200 hours of FBI surveillance tapes, but it will cost him an extra 400K.
** Junior talks with Richie, who says Tony only cares about himself. Junior: “That coke is my lifeline right now.” They start talking about knocking off Tony and Richie says they’d have support from the Barese family. Junior: “Go talk to Ally boy but feel him out. He’s a slippery F. Don’t commit.”
** FBI Skip wants to wire Big P up for Janice’s engagement party. And Big P is not against it, says he’s sick of being Tony’s errand boy.
** Carmela finds some of Tony’s clothes in the washer and presumably smells that Russian goomah on them.
** At the engagement party, Janice tells Tony that Livia is on prozac now and is a changed woman. Tony is not buying it. We also briefly see Meadow talking to Jackie Jr. Richie and Janice exchange heartfelt toasts to each other. Carmela listens and then leaves quickly crying.
** Tony’s goomah, Irene, attempts suicide by taking 20 sleeping pills and we meet her one-legged sister at the hospital.
** Janice is trying on wedding dresses with Carmela and she tells her about holding the gun to Richie’s head while they’re having sex.
** Richie talks to Ally Boy, Albert Barese, and he’s not down for a hit on Tony.
** Carmela heads down to the paint store to see Vic, who she wishes was her knight in white satin armor. Carmela thanks Vic for skipping out on their lunch date because she may have done something that day that she’d be sorry for forever.
** Tony asks Dr. Melfi to recommend a psychiatrist for Irina. Tony can relate to her because he thinks she’s depressed.
** Richie and Jackie Jr. try to convince Junior to go ahead with the hit on Tony but he tells them he’s got to think about it. Junior after Richie leaves: “He couldn’t f-ing sell it … he’s not respected … who am I better off with … I’m better off with Tony, definitely.”
** Big P visits Christopher. He gets some advice on a drug company stock they’re gonna run up. Does Big P want the info for himself or the FBI?
** Richie tells Janice a decision that went against him is impacting them financially. She’s pissed. Janice: “He just can’t handle that our house is going to be nicer than his f-ing house.” She tells Richie that Tony told her he doesn’t want Richie around his kids. Now, he’s pissed too.
** Big P thinks he’s a cop now. He tries to follow Christopher to a truck heist but hits a person on a bicycle and wrecks his car. He gets out and limps away from the scene.
** Irina calls the Soprano house and their polish maid calls her a Russian whore and she calls her a bearded Pollack hag (both speaking in Russian I presume). Tony picks up the phone and hangs up on her.
** Tony tells Carmela it’s been over for a long time. She calls BS because his clothes still smell like perfume. He tells her about the suicide attempt. Carmela: “You are putting me in position to feel sorry for a whore who F’s you.”
** Junior meets with Tony, tells him Richie is trying to move against him. Junior said he was playing them because he suspected they were out to get Tony. Tony asks: “How do I know you’re not playing me?” Tony eventually says he’s grateful and gives Junior a bigger percentage in one of their “businesses.” Junior: “You gotta wonder where Janice is in all this, my little niece.”
** Tony tells Silvio about Richie wanting to take him out. Silvio: “I genuinely don’t think there’s anything to gain by keeping him around.” Tony: “Get it done.”
** Janice and Richie are fighting at home. Richie tells her to put his dinner on the table and keep her mouth shut. Janice tells him to shut up. Asks Richie what difference it would make if his son, the ballroom dancer, was gay. He punches her right in the mouth. She is upset and Richie digs in a little more: “You gonna cry now?” Janice walks away, comes back with a gun and shoots Richie right in the chest as he’s sitting down at the dinner table. She walks over to him and shoots him again in the chest -- a true Soprano.
** Janice calls Tony and tells him he needs him to come over right now. Tony thinks it could be a trick and comes in with a loaded gun. He sees the body and Janice says it was an accident. Tony tells her to keep quiet, take a shower and give him the clothes and shoes she’s wearing.
** FBI Skip visits Big P in hospital. The dude he hit is in a coma. Skip tells Big P that being an FBI employee is not going to happen.
** Christopher and Furio show up to dispose of Richie’s body while Tony cleans up. Janice appears to have lost it although you never know if it’s an act: like mother, like daughter.
** Christopher and Furio cut up the body and run it through a meat grinder.
** Livia comes down the stairs in her motorized chair as Tony walks in. He tells her Richie didn’t come home and they’re worried. The always sunny Livia: “He probably jilted her. That’s the story of her life.” Mom of the year. Tony: “What kind of an f-ing chance did she have with you as her mother.” Livia says she did her best, blames Tony and calls him cruel. He falls down running out of the house.
** Silvio visits Irina and leaves her with 75K. He tells her something else good will come along.
** Janice is catching a bus out of town. Tony jokes: “All in all, I’d say it was a pretty good visit.” Janice: “What’s wrong with our family.” Tony tells her that their mother is a narcissistic personality, a person incapable of experiencing joy.
** Tony comes home and tells Carmela that Janice went back to Seattle and Richie is gone. Carmela: “What do you mean gone?” Tony: “Gone.” Carmela: “Where?” Tony: “After 18 years of marriage, don’t make me make you an accessory after the fact.” Carmela: “Holy shit … OMG … that was not a marriage made in heaven.”
** Carmela tells Tony that her and Rosie Aprile are going to Italy for three weeks on their own. Because if she has to do “it” anymore, “I just might commit suicide.” Carmela walks away, Tony looks stunned as we fade to black. The season two finale is next.
Murder count: One in episode, 17 in series
What were your impressions of The Knight in White Satin Armor…
Season 2, Episode 12: The Knight in White Satin Armor
In our 86 Days of The Sopranos we’re up to Season 2, Episode 12: The Knight in White Satin Armor. Below are my impressions. Please provide your feedback in the replies, and try to avoid any big spoilers for those that are watching this iconic series for the first time…
** Tony is mad at his Russian goomah for not wanting more in life other than going out to eat with him and screwing. He breaks up with here. She threatens to kill herself.
** Tony meets with Richie and Jackie Jr. There’s more tension as Richie feels like he’s not getting enough from Tony.
** Junior’s lawyer wants to hire specialized analysts to go over the 200 hours of FBI surveillance tapes, but it will cost him an extra 400K.
** Junior talks with Richie, who says Tony only cares about himself. Junior: “That coke is my lifeline right now.” They start talking about knocking off Tony and Richie says they’d have support from the Barese family. Junior: “Go talk to Ally boy but feel him out. He’s a slippery F. Don’t commit.”
** FBI Skip wants to wire Big P up for Janice’s engagement party. And Big P is not against it, says he’s sick of being Tony’s errand boy.
** Carmela finds some of Tony’s clothes in the washer and presumably smells that Russian goomah on them.
** At the engagement party, Janice tells Tony that Livia is on prozac now and is a changed woman. Tony is not buying it. We also briefly see Meadow talking to Jackie Jr. Richie and Janice exchange heartfelt toasts to each other. Carmela listens and then leaves quickly crying.
** Tony’s goomah, Irene, attempts suicide by taking 20 sleeping pills and we meet her one-legged sister at the hospital.
** Janice is trying on wedding dresses with Carmela and she tells her about holding the gun to Richie’s head while they’re having sex.
** Richie talks to Ally Boy, Albert Barese, and he’s not down for a hit on Tony.
** Carmela heads down to the paint store to see Vic, who she wishes was her knight in white satin armor. Carmela thanks Vic for skipping out on their lunch date because she may have done something that day that she’d be sorry for forever.
** Tony asks Dr. Melfi to recommend a psychiatrist for Irina. Tony can relate to her because he thinks she’s depressed.
** Richie and Jackie Jr. try to convince Junior to go ahead with the hit on Tony but he tells them he’s got to think about it. Junior after Richie leaves: “He couldn’t f-ing sell it … he’s not respected … who am I better off with … I’m better off with Tony, definitely.”
** Big P visits Christopher. He gets some advice on a drug company stock they’re gonna run up. Does Big P want the info for himself or the FBI?
** Richie tells Janice a decision that went against him is impacting them financially. She’s pissed. Janice: “He just can’t handle that our house is going to be nicer than his f-ing house.” She tells Richie that Tony told her he doesn’t want Richie around his kids. Now, he’s pissed too.
** Big P thinks he’s a cop now. He tries to follow Christopher to a truck heist but hits a person on a bicycle and wrecks his car. He gets out and limps away from the scene.
** Irina calls the Soprano house and their polish maid calls her a Russian whore and she calls her a bearded Pollack hag (both speaking in Russian I presume). Tony picks up the phone and hangs up on her.
** Tony tells Carmela it’s been over for a long time. She calls BS because his clothes still smell like perfume. He tells her about the suicide attempt. Carmela: “You are putting me in position to feel sorry for a whore who F’s you.”
** Junior meets with Tony, tells him Richie is trying to move against him. Junior said he was playing them because he suspected they were out to get Tony. Tony asks: “How do I know you’re not playing me?” Tony eventually says he’s grateful and gives Junior a bigger percentage in one of their “businesses.” Junior: “You gotta wonder where Janice is in all this, my little niece.”
** Tony tells Silvio about Richie wanting to take him out. Silvio: “I genuinely don’t think there’s anything to gain by keeping him around.” Tony: “Get it done.”
** Janice and Richie are fighting at home. Richie tells her to put his dinner on the table and keep her mouth shut. Janice tells him to shut up. Asks Richie what difference it would make if his son, the ballroom dancer, was gay. He punches her right in the mouth. She is upset and Richie digs in a little more: “You gonna cry now?” Janice walks away, comes back with a gun and shoots Richie right in the chest as he’s sitting down at the dinner table. She walks over to him and shoots him again in the chest -- a true Soprano.
** Janice calls Tony and tells him he needs him to come over right now. Tony thinks it could be a trick and comes in with a loaded gun. He sees the body and Janice says it was an accident. Tony tells her to keep quiet, take a shower and give him the clothes and shoes she’s wearing.
** FBI Skip visits Big P in hospital. The dude he hit is in a coma. Skip tells Big P that being an FBI employee is not going to happen.
** Christopher and Furio show up to dispose of Richie’s body while Tony cleans up. Janice appears to have lost it although you never know if it’s an act: like mother, like daughter.
** Christopher and Furio cut up the body and run it through a meat grinder.
** Livia comes down the stairs in her motorized chair as Tony walks in. He tells her Richie didn’t come home and they’re worried. The always sunny Livia: “He probably jilted her. That’s the story of her life.” Mom of the year. Tony: “What kind of an f-ing chance did she have with you as her mother.” Livia says she did her best, blames Tony and calls him cruel. He falls down running out of the house.
** Silvio visits Irina and leaves her with 75K. He tells her something else good will come along.
** Janice is catching a bus out of town. Tony jokes: “All in all, I’d say it was a pretty good visit.” Janice: “What’s wrong with our family.” Tony tells her that their mother is a narcissistic personality, a person incapable of experiencing joy.
** Tony comes home and tells Carmela that Janice went back to Seattle and Richie is gone. Carmela: “What do you mean gone?” Tony: “Gone.” Carmela: “Where?” Tony: “After 18 years of marriage, don’t make me make you an accessory after the fact.” Carmela: “Holy shit … OMG … that was not a marriage made in heaven.”
** Carmela tells Tony that her and Rosie Aprile are going to Italy for three weeks on their own. Because if she has to do “it” anymore, “I just might commit suicide.” Carmela walks away, Tony looks stunned as we fade to black. The season two finale is next.
Murder count: One in episode, 17 in series
What were your impressions of The Knight in White Satin Armor…
