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This episodes themes: Distraction and Avoidance.
Tony is driven to insulate himself from the business in an effort to fool the authorities after all that murder business and Dr. Melfi is distracting herself with alcohol using it as a coping mechanism.
Tony, in trying to avoid his normal routine, has found more time to think about things which is leading him into a depressive state. Dr. Melfi describes to Tony the anti-social personality disorder Alexithymia. The sign of this disorder is the need to be in constant motion. People with this disorder do not fair well when they have to slow down. Without directly saying so Dr. Melfi is suggesting that is what Tony suffers from. Further, Dr. Melfi doesn't want to admit that she has a serious drinking problem.
When Tony is confronted about his future brother-in-law selling cocaine on the garbage route after he specifically told him to stop Tony ignores what is being said to him and keeps himself distracted with a mundane task.
Tony apparently has had enough of this slow down and returns to his crime family at the end of the episode and quickly reestablishes himself.
In summary this episode's pearls of wisdom:
Everyone has stereotypes about others.
If you are trying to hide what you are doing insulated by changing what you are doing and avoiding the appearance of any wrong doing.
It happens sometimes that the behavior you claim to abhor you actual start mimicking that very behavior.
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