Michael Corleone: All right. This one time. This one time I'll let you ask me about my affairs.
Kay Adams:Is it true? Is it?
Michael Corleone: No.
The common thread throughout the Season 2 Opener is Lies...
The season opens with Frank Sinatra singing "It was a Very Good Year" while reintroducing us to the cast of the Sopranos. All members of the Sopranos family and the extended La Famiglia are highlighted. Livia, Tony's mother laying in the hospital filled with rage and delusions, Christopher partaking in drugs to escape the reality of life, Tony conducting an extra-marital affair and once home attempts to cover up the perfume smell of this latest mistress by tossing his clothing in the washing machine. Tony crawling in bed looks at Camella who also turns to face Tony with her eyes open. Once she sees Tony is looking at her she immediately closes her eyes and rolls over.
Tony is wrapping up the mess from last season - the attempt on his life. He is like an accountant with a balance sheet. When the episode is over he feels like he has measured the risk and dealt with it handledly. He did it in part by creating a ruse. In order to isolate your prey you create a ruse to catch them off guard. Create a comfortable environment and then BAM. We've seen this tactic before. Maybe that is why we all get suspicious when things are going well. These wise guys are too egotistic sometimes to catch on to the threat right in front of them. They continually fall into traps of their own making.
When you lie be careful to cover your tracks. Don't say too much that you might say something that contradicts your story. Sometimes in denying something you actually let something slip that affirms your actual guilt.
Christopher gets someone else to pass a stockbrokers test so he can setup a boiler room selling valueless stocks to unspecting investors. Lies and more lies.
Tony met with Dr. Melfi after he suffered another one of his attacks. He asked her to continue treating him. She refused stating that due to her status of being in hiding for a while due to Tony's business she lost a patient due to suicide. When Dr. Melfi is explaining this I couldn't help but wonder, was Dr. Melfi really telling the truth?
Just when I thought that the Sopranos couldn't bring anything more to the wisdom table he introduces Tony's sister Janice. The dynamic of siblings will bring more to the discussion of wisdom in the following episode reviews. For this episode let's keep to the fact that Janice was not completely honest about why she has decided to return home. Tony knows it...Siblings have a history of knowing each other like no other. For now let that marinate like a good pasta sauce...
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