Meanwhile, Tony calls his sister out on the fact that although he intended to sell their mothers' house, Janice took the "for sale" sign out of the ground. Tony's pissed about this and the fact that Janice is pretty much defending their mothers' actions. I empathize completely with Tony here. Janice is a super annoying and belittling character and I would also hate for her to be my sister. Sounds harsh, but it's true.
He calls Uncle Junior's right hand man Bobby Bacala into a meeting and informs him that he's going to let Junior keep earning (making a cut of their earnings) from jail and that he can keep his title of boss (even though it's literally only the title, Tony performs all the duties of the boss). He then tells Bobby to "get the fuck out before (he)" Classic Ton'!
As I'm watching these episodes (re-watching, rather), it's becoming pretty evident to me that Tony's temperament reminds me of my own dad's. Tony's mood is really prone to shifting in extreme ways, from overly joyous to angry. Tony also has very little patience for arrogance/negligence. My Dad is the same exact way, and the short fuse Tony exhibits in this episode really reminds me parts of my childhood, growing up with that from my dad.
He reconvenes with Bobby Bacala later in the episode and proceeds to call him a "fat fuck." Such a sweetheart. Also a fairly ballsy move, considering that Tony isn't exactly thin himself.
Chris has yet to appear in this episode and I'm now almost certain he won't be. Sad face.
Uncle Junior slips and falls in the shower. Tony comes over and urges Junior to go to the hospital while Junior refuses. Tony then physically lifts Junior into his car. V cute.
A great deal of time in this episode was dedicated to the continuing drama between the Soprano household and Livia Soprano, Tony's mom. Having already watched this show, I'm aware of the fact that Tony's mom dies in the near future (actually, Nancy Marchand, the actress who portrays Livia, died and they wrote the character off). Anyway, I would advise Tony to stop stressing so much over his mother because she'll be gone soon anyway. Sounds savage, but yeah.
Because I haven't seen these episodes in about three years, I'm going to make some predictions as to what I think will happen in the subsequent episodes: Tony and his mother are going to have an awkward encounter about DNR, which stands for "Do Not Resuscitate." In this episode, Tony and Janice had a big argument about what to do with their mother if she were to go into cardiac arrest. Anthony Jr overheard the conversation take place and then went to his Grandma in the hospital and asked her what it meant since his dad and aunt were arguing about it. Awkward...
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