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Top Episodes of The Sopranos

just me doing a lil ranking of one of the best shows of all time.
10Garbage
Version 2.0

This episode is so slept on by fans of the show. I give it real props for showing depression as it is. Not some romanticized bullshit about overcoming mental illness, we’re shown first hand just how dire Tony’s mental health is. “I’m not a husband to my wife, a father to my kids, I’m not a friend to my friends. I’m nothing.”

Fantastic look into the mind of a severely depressed man. He sleeps all day, doesn’t take care of himself, can’t even be bothered to get dressed for dinner with his mother. This is real shit man.

And then we have the attempted hit on Tony, which is one of the most shocking moments in the series at that point. Excellent episode that really doesn’t get its due.
9Leo Sayer
Silverbird

Whoever Did This (409)

Ralphie, possibly the most entertaining but despicable character in the show, finally getting some very sympathetic scenes where we see that despite being a complete piece of shit, he cares very deeply for his son.

Of course we’re dealing with the aftermath of the death of Pie O My. What follows is a brutal fist fight between Tony and Ralph, ending with the latter being chopped to pieces, never to be heard from again. It’s a bleak look into one of the many ways life can end as a mob guy. Joe Pantoliano got a very deserved Emmy for his performance.
8John Cooper Clarke
Snap, Crackle and Bop

Stage 5 (614)

One of the few episodes where Johnny Sack gets most of the spotlight is also one of the strongest.

We learn early on that John has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. What follows is a grim hour of television ending in the death of the “King of New York”.

If you’ve seen someone close to you suffer from a terminal illness, you know how hard this hits.

It ends with the baptism of Christopher’s daughter, very clearly showing the tension between him and Tony reaching a breaking point.
7Dean Martin
Dino: Italian Love Songs

Amour Fou (312)

Amour Fou is one of the few (actually, maybe the only) episodes here where I think every single plot line is just as strong as the others.

We have Tony ending things with Gloria, who I always found to be one of the most interesting and tragic characters in the entire series. The scene is brutal to watch when it escalates into violence, with Tony wrapping his hands around Gloria’s neck, begging him to kill her. Tony has one of the best lines in the show, saying “I didn’t just meet you, I’ve known you my whole life.” referring to the similarities between Gloria and Livia.

We have Jackie fully committing to being a total dipshit when he and his crew decide to rob Eugene’s game, emulating what his father did years earlier.

This all culminates in one of the most expertly acted scenes in the entire series, with Ralph and Tony subtly shifting the blame on each other. It’s so low key but both characters motivations are clear.

Just a very tightly written episode.
6Pink Floyd
The Wall

Kennedy and Heidi (618)

I’ve never seen a show kill main characters so nonchalantly. Tony and Chrissy are just simply driving home. There’s some tension in the way Tony keeps eyeing Chrissy, and then Chris loses control of the car and rolls it over a hill.

Chris starts begging, not for his life, but for Tony to call him a cab because he knows he won’t pass a sobriety test.

That was all the reason Tony needed to suffocate him as he sat there. And this all happens in like the first 10 minutes of the episode.

The rest of the episode focuses on Tony trying to justify Chris’ death to himself and everyone around him. He goes out to Vegas to “settle Christopher’s affairs”, but really it’s to fuck one of Christopher’s women on the side and do a shit ton of peyote.

The ending in the desert, where Tony, still high, yells “I get it!”. It’s one of the darkest moments in the show. We’re seeing Tony completely letting go of trying better himself. We’ve lost the hero in our “anti-hero”
5Tindersticks
Waiting for the Moon

Blue Comet (620)
I always talk about how, at it’s core, The Sopranos is more of a character study than it is a mob show.

Forget about that. This is where shit hits the fan.

Melfi drops Tony as a patient for the final time. A lot of people complain about this feeling abrupt, and I used to as well, but upon rewatch its easy to see her having more reservations as the series goes on.
With tensions rising, New York goes to war with New Jersey, Tony and Sil are the main targets, and they figure that taking out Bobby too would be the death of the NJ crime family. What follows is the most action packed and intense episode of the series.

As Patsy and Sil leave the Bing, New York thugs open fire, leaving Silvio shot multiple times, barely clinging to life. They ambush Bobby after his sad remarks about his son having very little interest in him. He doesn’t even get a chance to fight back as he’s shot to death.

“You probably don’t even hear it when it happens.”

Poor Bobby.
4The Rolling Stones
Voodoo Lounge

Funhouse (213)
The first time we get a real extended look into Tony’s psyche is a bleak and unique blend of tension, humor, and harrowing realizations.

Tony knows that Pussy is a rat, he’s suspected it all along. The fever dreams did all of the heavy lifting, but he gets confirmation by finding the recorders Pussy had been using.

Pussy’s desperation on the yacht is palpable. Drinking himself into a stupor before facing the friends he’s been selling out for the past few years. He tries to convince them that he’s feeding them misinformation, but it’s far too little, too late. Paulie, Sil, and Tony shoot him to death and leave him out to sea.

The episode closes with a montage showing the destruction that the family has caused in Newark for their own gain. The series could’ve ended right here and it would’ve been fine, instead we get four more fantastic seasons of television. Just shows that despite the fact that I prefer the later seasons, the first few are still incredible.
3Chamillionaire
The Sound of Revenge

The Second Coming (619)

Throughout the series, we’ve always been shown how Tony impacts the lives of his friends and family. His line of work has always taken a mental toll on Carmela, Meadow, and AJ, and that at the forefront of this episode.

AJ staring down at the pool, bag over his head, with a cinderblock tied around his ankles, he had been suicidal all season but it obviously really comes to a head here. His cries for help and Tony showing no hesitation diving in to save his son always brings a tear to my eye, and then full blown water works when Tony yells at him, only to realize how completely and utterly broken AJ is here. AJ cant even manage to put together a coherent thought before Tony comforts him.

Even as the threat of war from Phil Leotardo looms over our lead, the show has always been a character study before a mob show, and that’s made abundantly clear here in this fantastic episode.
2Heart
Little Queen

Long Term Parking (512)

It was really a toss up for number one between this and what ended up being my number one, and this one comes damn close. Michael Imperioli and Drea De Matteo’s acting in this episode, and in one scene in particular, I would say is the second best acted moment in the series.

Adriana admitting she was and FBI informant was a gut punch. Christoper smacking her around and crying about how much he loved her was heartbreaking. All around probably the most hopelessly depressing situation to be a part of.

Christopher’s betrayal of Adrianna completes his arc that he yearned for in Season 1. Adrianna’s death is the most emotionally devastating moment in the entire series. We lost the most innocent (at least as innocent as you can be in the world of The Sopranos) person in the show, and Chrissy lost what little of his soul was left.

He died with Adriana, he just didn’t know it yet.
1Derek and the Dominos
The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary

Whitecaps (413)

The be all end all episode of The Sopranos has very little to do with murder, extortion, complex HUD scams, or even the Esplanade. It focuses on the complete and utter dissolution of a marriage. James Gandolfini and Edie Falco put on an absolute fucking acting clinic helped by incredible writing and pinpoint direction.

The aftermath of AJ and especially Meadow, realizing that they’ve been taking this life for granted, is genuinely heartbreaking. Jamie-Lynn Sigler in particular gets to show off some serious acting chops.

Everything else about the episode is just icing on the cake. Hiring two black guys and then disposing of them when they’re no longer needed is one of the best examples of how cruel and unforgiving this line of business is.

This episode stands above every other episode, and obviously over anything most other shows are capable of. Masterpiece.
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