Season 2 Episode 1, "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office"

The two characters with whom I have parasocial relationships in The Sopranos are Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti, Tony's cousin and a crucial component of Tony's crew. This episode is the first of Season Two and Tony is acclimating to his new life as boss. In the beginning of the episode, Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpiensero (another member of the crew) re-appears after going missing for a while and not saying a word to Tony. Tony is understandably pissed at Pussy for not keeping him in the loop. So Pussy shows up in Ton's driveway ten they take it inside and talk in Tony's house. Pussy claims he felt that he wasn't able to open up to Tony and was getting odd vibes from him and the crew. I totally get this as Tony can have an extremely volatile personality at times and I'm sure it would be intimidating to go up to him and let your feelings be known. You don't know how he'll react.

As for Chris, he's now the head of an investment firm that sells a program called "Webistics." he decides to take a trip to the Jersey Shore instead of overseeing the project so he hires two associates (Matt and Sean) to watch the office for him. One of the guys in the office is advising his clients to consider alternatives so these associates Chris has hired administer the guy a beating and pour coffee on him for not selling the program. Tony finds out about this and then scolds Chris for being irresponsible in putting these two psychos in charge and putting the business at risk. Doing something irresponsible like this is nothing new for Chris and is why it's so hard to root for him sometimes. The guy's judgement is just off too much of the time.

Tony's sister janice also is now staying at Tony's house after she comes back from Seattle. Tony's not too enthused about this and they don;t have the best relationship. They both talk about their mother and Tony remarks that she"s "dead to (him)." This is because, in the finale of Season 1, it was revealed that their mother put a hit on her own son. I could not even begin to imagine how Tony feels in regards to this. The possibility of my own mother wanting me dead would leave me so perplexed, hurt, and angry. Tony calls her the "devil" (lol) and puts her house on the market, on account of her being in the hospital.

Tony also has now stopped seeing his therapist and is self-medicating (uh-oh). His wife is urging him to return to therapy but Tony is unwilling. It's probably a pride thing. Something I really identify with regarding Tony is his difficulty in revealing his true feelings and emotions. He tends to bottle his true feeling up until they come spilling out in anger or sadness, something that I do from time to time.

Chris is out to dinner with his girlfriend Adrian (with whom he has an extremely volatile relationship) and Matt & Sean. Chris gets into a big argument with Adriana and he ends up hitting her and vice versa. She storms out of the restaurant while Chris yells at her to "get (his) dinner ready." His actions and words towards her are pretty despicable. Why do I like this guy again?

                                              Chris Moltisanti and his girlfriend, Adriana

                                  Tony and his sisters (Barabara on the left, Janice on the right).