Season 2 Episode 5, "Big Girls Don't Cry"

The episode begins with Chris paying a visit to a nail salon (with whom there seems to be some sort of business between). Chris is pissed at the owner for not having the money that he is owed. He threatens him and calls it unacceptable. Something's definitely going to go down later with this.

A couple scenes later, Chris is shown arriving to an acting class. When he introduces himself in front of the class, he changes his last name and says he works in stocks (he does this for obvious reasons). Anyway, I'm glad this episode is setting itself up for a lot of Chris. His appearances in the show fluctuate sometime so it's good to see him back after he's been lightly used the past 3 episodes or so. Relating to the story itself, Chris' desire to get into Hollywood was a subplot I always enjoyed. It was very different from what we were seeing with the mob stuff and I also respect Chris for wanting his career to go beyond the mob life.

Meanwhile, Tony receives a call at his house telling him that his sister Janice is trying to take out a loan on their mothers' house.This enrages Tony and he rips the phone out of the wall and throws it, in front of Carmela and AJ, who is cut to multiple times throughout the scene looking a bit frightened of his dad. After Carmela scolds Tony for being immature, she sternly tells AJ to go get dressed. Tony's behavior in situations like these make me feel bad for AJ and the fact that he 1) Has a dad with such a volatile personality and 2) Often takes the brunt of that. I wish Tony would be a better example for his son sometimes.

Another scene at acting class with Chris. He's doing some improv with some other actors and when one of the other actors messes up by taking something out of his pocket when he was supposed to be holding a bag of oranges, Chris calls him and says, "What are you doing? You just dropped your oranges." The class laughs and the teacher praises him. Chris is super pleased with himself. I feel happy for him. Finally something Chris is good at AND getting recognized for.

Later he's practicing some lines with his girlfriend at their apartment. He gets frustrated with some of the lines in the scene and Adriana compliments his acting skills. Good to see Chris 1) Being passionate about something other than drugs and 2) Getting along with Adriana.

                                                               Chris in his apartment.

                                                     Tony and Paulie discussing business.