Sopranos-Paulie On Purgatory

Paulie explains how purgatory works to Chris this is from season 2

[@timothyaldrich2415]

This is Paulie trying to convince himself he's not going to hell

[@zamp6969]

Timothy Aldrich pretty much

[@anyviolet]

exactly

[@joemckim1183]

@@anyviolet 6000 years, that's like a few days here. Paulie can do that standing on his head.

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

Exactly. He says these things only so that he could get sleep at night. That's one awesome thing I noticed about Sopranos and its characters. Every time they commit to some bad actions they always try to talk like it was nothing. They kinda try to justify themselves that the things they do are not "that bad" and they always point the good things that happen due to their crimes.

[@Chloe-ge7vv]

Exactly. The same way Tony said hell wasn't a place for Chris and people like him to Melfi.

[@YungM.D.]

I love how he breaks down the afterlife into a math problem

[@quafog]

Hahah "you add them together, and that's your sentence" simple as that😂

[@MaxNiu]

Scott Steiner ovah heah

[@joemckim1183]

@@quafog It's never been debated.

[@gregduva9411]

Solve for x.

[@yugatrasclart4439]

@Sam Negasi that's nothing compared to eternity

[@matthoostal2268]

Phil Leotardo is in heaven telling everyone how he did 20 years in purgatory.

[@questadam2879]

Was there a radd-ee-tor and tissues ?

[@arempy5836]

"20,000s years I was in the can"

[@paulevans6066]

And not a fucking peep!

[@justaboutbi]

He wanted wings. He compromised he had thighs.

[@bmac9090]

I wanted to go to Heaven. I compromised I went to Purgatory.

[@DCI-Frank-Burnside]

Vito arrives in purgatory with a 6000 year sentence. After a while, he figures he must have done 100 years. Looks at his watch--ten minutes!!!

[@1994firestar]

Look at the angle of the flames xD

[@joredmusic7461]

@@1994firestar 🤣

[@jd7634]

"Treat yourself...ok now look...FUCK ME!"

[@krisla8211]

@@jd7634 😂😂😂😂

[@RonanTOC]

😂😂😂

[@kooj22]

Cheers to those 6,000 years, Paulie. RIP legend

[@robosoldier11]

That’s right the actor did pass away. I do hope he ended up alright.

[@jerm8123]

that’s like a couple of days here

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

Now he only has 5,999 years to go, but I'm sure it will only feel like a few minutes to him

[@Marksman_12]

​@@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716 Not exactly the right words but I hope your intent is to pay your condolences.

[@U2m2]

Paulies hell is an eternity of carmine not knowing who he is

[@mikemcgrath6150]

And nothing to eat but ketchup packs.

[@one0hwon514]

And Vito betraying him.

[@mariedanyeris2811]

And someone else getting the hest punchlines in jokes

[@Cinderella121]

@@one0hwon514 and getting stabbed in the heart

[@allaware1971]

Paulie Is already in purgatory.

[@REALDEALRIPTV]

"Hell is hot, that's never been disputed by anyone". - Paulie Walnuts

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Paulie had the best lines in the series. Him and Chris are practically a sitcom lol.

[@rayrenz3599]

I would have definitely watched a spin off show called Chris And Paulie. Just Paulie and Chris doing side things in the sopranos universe like dead drops and errands. It would have been hilarious lol

[@CaptainTrips560]

Ditto w/ Bobby & Junior.

[@ryanmichael1298]

@@CaptainTrips560 And Murf

[@CaptainTrips560]

@@ryanmichael1298 who is Murf again? It’s been about a year since I watched the show all the way through

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Along with Junior.

[@ScootyPuffSr7]

Say what you will about Paulie and his goofy takes on spiritual matters but it seemed like a recurring theme on the show was that Paulie respected the complexity of the Universe. And he was humble about his place in it. I think that it's meant to be the main reason he survives through the end.

[@doniellestenson3502]

Tony ridiculed Paulie for his vision of the Holy Mother.However Paulie never wavered.He just kept sun bathing at Satriales.

[@illyrian9976]

@@radioactivehalfrhyme You can be humble and still a horrible person. No one will say that Paulie was anything close to a good guy, but he knew that there are things he doesn't understand which are greater than him. Tony always thaught that he was the greatest and smartest guy in the room (even though he hated himself). In that way Paulie is a much more humble guy than Tony ever was.

[@benriffle104]

Shit, Paulie might be correct about all this spiritual shit on the show. It's pretty clear the supernatural is real in the Sopranos universe.

[@hisholiness4537]

@@radioactivehalfrhyme Paulie was humble. Look up the scene where Chris asks him about his arc. Gives a much better talk than any of the other guys ever could

[@THEgnoj]

Lols you must be pretty dumb if you think Paulie is a humble guy

[@young29mob]

Paulie is my favorite character lol "6000 years in eternity terms is nothin, I can do that standing on my head, it's like a couple of days here"

[@Capcoor]

young29mob It is said that in the afterlife, a thousand years is but a day.

[@MrStephenRGilman]

I think they got that from a George Carlin routine.

[@lolmanittakesguts]

@@Capcoor In the before life, billions of years was too fast to even be perceived. The eternity after this will go by even quicker than that.

[@joshshrum2764]

He is my 2nd favorite character in the show neck in neck with Junior, but my favorite character has to be Tony, sure he’s the main character, but he still has a ton of great substance.

[@capncake8837]

@@Capcoor Yeah, but it’s still a thousand years. I doubt it’s gonna go by quickly.

[@timnaughton918]

hell is hot! that's never been disputed by anybody! hahahahaha!!

[@chess1458]

LMAO.....My favorite part....the heat woulda been the first thing you noticed....haha

[@anyviolet]

lol two words: Dante Alighieri

[@nicksm7980]

@Justin, Dante was from the north of Italy. I 'ate da Nort!

[@nuckymancini7013]

IKR the heat DEFINITELY wpuldve been the 1st thing hedve noticed

[@samirul223]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nuisanceabatementvehicle160]

Paulie has a incredible grasp of what he assumes is due process in the afterlife.

[@rlope001]

hahahaha- In my opinion, one of Paulie's greatest scenes! He's so scared of going to hell he has to rationalize Chrissy's near death experience...priceless.

[@CobraRedstone]

If he was actually scared he wouldn't be living the life he was. He was just coping.

[@RUdigitized]

Ah yes Paulie a real biblical theologian

[@YingGuoRen]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Italian Catholics had superstitions like this lol.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

R.I.P. Tony Sirico, hope you made it through Purgatory by now

[@MrStrawberryfields4]

"The shinebox woulda been the first thing you noticed. That's never been disputed by anybody!"

[@questadam2879]

Tell that to Tommy D.

[@seansmith6255]

I love how paulie is all the sudden an expert on purgatory Coming up with mortal sin x 50 + venial sin x 25=sentence out of nowhere

[@k.anderson5039]

Wasn’t his mom the nun?

[@thesleekgreek]

Phil leotardo at heavens gates: I did 20,000 years in purgatory - and this is the thanks I get!

[@HayastAnFedayi]

Paulie needs a Czechoslovakian interior decorator to show him how to properly tidy up Chrissy’s room

[@questadam2879]

Watch it Comrade.

[@chefboiardeeznutz9881]

I bet he wiped chrissys ass bare handed before he got an answer about the afterlife

[@felipepineda1585]

But not that same one from before. His house looked like shit!

[@nahuelmat]

Imagine going to the afterlife and the guy in charge of where you get to go is Paulie Walnuts, you take a walk with him as he explains how many years you gotta spend in purgatory, says it's nothing compared to the years he did in the can!

[@PlgDctr]

Say what you will about Paulie's goofy take here, but I think it was quite wise and wholesome what he did. By trying to comfort himself, he also somewhat comforted Chris, who was in a very bad place at the moment and could use any emotional support he could get.

[@kevinsembrot9566]

Hits a little harder today… RIP to the legend

[@James-vc1kc]

Definitely Paulie’s best scene. All the details about Paulie rationalizing not going to hell overlook the fact he INTENTIONALLY woke up Christopher to have this conversation

[@bobbyfirmansyah8580]

Dont you see He just tidying up the place

[@Mundanesoup4]

LMFAO I love it when Chris is like oh yea I forgot about purgatory lol

[@mikeybennett9516]

6,000 years starting today. RIP Tony Sirico

[@Scootero]

Well said.

[@Marksman_12]

I think you mean to pay your condolences but the way you put it is not right, it is foul. Please correct it.

[@Leviathan987]

"Hell it hot. That's never been disputed by anybody."

[@derekborba2644]

Love how Paulie figures it all out to make himself feel better lol.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

Christopher too... he was trying to get the idea of being hellbound out of Chrissy's head.

[@n.b.8616]

"was it hot?" "yeaaahhh i dont know....whaat the fuc"

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

Jesus, he spouts this nonsense with such authority.

[@Capcoor]

jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178 Often wrong, but never in doubt.

[@factsandtruth9917]

@@tdawg713 lmao good one, but your Democrats are no better. If you think Obama was better than Bush, or Republicans are better than Democrats. You're just as a big a fucking idiot as Paulie while trying to speak with more authority.

[@bigktx1339]

Facts and Truth what does this have to do with politics and democrats you moron? You’re probably one of those delusional religious people like Paulie

[@antatomik]

@@bigktx1339 Hey man sorry for the late comment hope you are well but i want to reply this. So which delusional religious people is Paulie part of, the ones that care for people and want people to enjoy this life as much as the next? or Is he of those who say they are religious but don't give a crap about anyone and try to hide their bad from themselves?

[@jsilva4847]

@@antatomik Watch the show. It's a pretty easy question.

[@fro_e]

"Yeah... I dunno... what the fuck..." Love his delivery.

[@themanwiththeplan728]

And now he can finally rest in peace, RIP Tony Sirico

[@j9NCIAPA]

Paulie will finally find out if he was right. Rest in Peace Paulie.

[@anastasia-wj2bv]

purgatory - a little detour on the road to paradise

[@agapegr]

I can't get over how funny this scene is... He is hilarious...love him

[@howardmctroy3303]

This hits a bit different now that Tony Sirico has checked out.

[@rohamtavakkoli7562]

1:50 Jesus is like what's with the accounting down there????

[@andrewmartin9469]

And 6000 years is nothin in eternutty toyms. I can do that standin on my head .The way Paulie says that haha

[@levy9595]

"Ts like a coupla days heah"

[@misham2563]

Love Paulies logic on this whole matter. Seems he has it all figured out.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

Remember the scene with the psychic? Pauly is fucked. 😳

[@spike8642]

He’s making a little detour in purgatory right now

[@sixstringfretter]

Alright...I think I got it. Watch for horns or goat bumps, pay attention to the heat (hell is hot) and the time (three o'clock is suspect) 50 years for major sins, 25 for minors. 6000 years eternity = 48 hours real time. Time passes quicker if your standing on your head. When waking up a gunshot victim, pretend your tidying up the place. It helps ease them into conscientiousness. Ok...got it. Pauli is genius.

[@CaptainTrips560]

The funniest part of this is that Paulie’s math means he thinks he’s only committed an absolute maximum of 120 mortal sins, even if he hasn’t committed any venial sins

[@capncake8837]

He also assumes that math determines how long you spend in Purgatory and not, y’know, how long it takes for you to be redeemed.

[@franksoul]

You went to purgatory my friend. Sopranos was epic.

[@dannythomas417]

Better than the entire second half of Game of Thrones.

[@lj3234]

@@dannythomas417 can’t really compare the two but yes

[@archkull]

@@dannythomas417 Most things are better than the entire second half of Game of Thrones

[@moose3426]

God bless you Pauline. I guess the 6,000 years starts today

[@JRiggz108999]

greatest scene ever..."tidying up??"

[@quackaholicsanonymous7210]

What I love about this, he explains it to him, then later when he is sleeping, "YOU'RE DRAGGING ME TO HELL ! YOU'RE DRAGGING ME TO HELL!" Paulie was the best character on the show. I really hated to hear of Sirico's passing.

[@jazzyjazz3707]

Legend has it Paulie is still baffled by that tree a clock thing

[@remrec08]

The man is a living philosopher.

[@socalcraigster]

According to Catholicism, Unbaptized children who died were condemned to purgatory for eternity. I think the church just walked that back. How many people suffered because of this we will never know.

[@darkoanton5]

Paulie and Archie Bunker had the best lines on TV.

[@trevmac8362]

*Absolutely*

[@MrUndersolo]

Stifle yourself!

[@payasotriste]

RIP Tony Sirico, you absolute legend!

[@duarte2140]

I like how he either severely miscalculated how many sins he commited or he is just terrible at maths

[@slayinputangg]

pauly actually thinks he's going to 'paradise'? lol...

[@Invincible-Under-the-Sun]

Robb actually thought he was going to take out Tywin?

[@MrCoconut212]

+Hideo Kojima He could've if he wasn't so fucking dumb. Did he really thought Freys won't turn on him after he planned to go North with all his forces and leave them all alone for his enemies to butcher?

[@Invincible-Under-the-Sun]

Coconut212 No he didn't Tywin had the numbers, the money and the hardest castles to infiltrate. If you read the books, you'll know Robb's whole campaign relied on Renly and Stannis. Once Stannis was defeated at the battle of the blackwater Robb wanted to compromise, but Tywin wasn't going to let it happen and Robb wasn't going to let Tywin strip his titles and lands. It was tragic seeing Robb from Cats POV. there was no chance. I recommend you to read AWOIAF and the actually ASOIAF books. You might change your mind about Tywin, I actually see him as tragic character in the books. 

[@MrCoconut212]

Hideo Kojima I read all of them + Dunk and Egg and the history one. Well, he could've taken Tywin out if Edmure would've let Lannister forces through and didn't stop them until message about besieged King's Landing arrived. Robb was unlucky, but he was stupid to marry Westerling girl too. Without that, maybe, Freys wouldn't have turned against him.

[@charliemoody3318]

Why not

[@GenosGlory]

you been slacking off on me and you left me unprotected. you never going to see another dime from me.

[@windshieldraindrops8228]

Paulie is an epitome of hope : still hopes to go paradise

[@calbassas87]

RIP big guy. Hope you’re not doing your time in poigatory

[@cradle652]

The greatest philosophical treatise on afterlife.

[@Koba-rr6oz]

He's in the big shinebox in the sky.

[@tuggspeadman761]

Even under the influence of a ton of morphine Chris knew Paulie was full of s*** when he said just trying to tidy up the place.

"....or buds for horns?" LMAO.

[@EricTheActor805]

@Ra HoWa Buds

[@EricTheActor805]

@Ra HoWa "Did anyone there have horns or buds for horns, those goat bumps?"

[@nuckymancini7013]

No, it was just. @big Irish goon in old fashioned clothes

[@SAOrules]

“Hell is hot. That’s never been disputed by nobody!”

[@dominykascyras4470]

"Forgot all about Purgatory...."

[@ps_omni]

What I love is that Paulie is more afraid than christoper that he needed to rationalize to christoper to put himself at ease

[@armandoperez5281]

“just tryna tidy up the place” lmfao a hospital room

[@RSaRKAN]

I can do that standing on my head lolll best line in the whole sopranos epilogue.

[@nathanielhellerstein5871]

And for that brag, that's just what he does.

[@ogreman-lll-957]

Rip Paulie.

[@Medici375]

LOL - "you went to purgatory my friend!"

[@TheShoxsta011]

"I was just cleaning the room" *Rattles the bed*

[@questadam2879]

I know this was fiction but right now I hope Tony Sirico A.K.A "Paulie Walnuts" Gaultieri has a one way ticket to Heaven. Rest in Peace Wing Head. Eh Eh.

[@merkloe2635]

“I’ll tell ya. I’m still baffled by this tree o clock thing” - 🤟

[@TheSeraphrim]

Lol

[@ciarankeane3115]

RIP Paulie

[@raccooneyes2099]

i could listen to paulie's wisdom all day.

[@handsomehanson4657]

"6000 thousands years is nothing in eternity terms, I can do that standing on my shinebox"

[@khadraxy]

I had to cut the watching and come here 😂 that was such a piece

[@zamp6969]

The heat would have been the first thing you noticed 😂

[@nuckymancini7013]

That's never been disputed by anybody

[@tim9845]

RIP PAULIE WALNUTS

[@manolis.799]

Interestingly in Dante's Inferno, the floor of Hell is frozen over

[@MasterManto]

It's a very interesting view that Dante took. Hell is seen as a fiery landscape with lava and ash and sulfur in many depictions, both religiously and culturally. It's excruciatingly hot and painful. However, Dante's view is that the lowest level of Hell, as you said, is completely frozen, and the reason why is that it's the farthest from the light, from God's warmth and comfort.

[@mikehunt3688]

I liked his fourth circle, where he saw many clergymen, even some popes

[@SATMathReview1234]

@@mikehunt3688 John Chysostom patriarch of Constantinople said the road to hell is paved with the skulls of priests, with the skulls of bishops and abbots lighting the path

[@davidesguario9729]

@@MasterManto it’s also because the lowest circle of Hell is reserved for traitors, whose heart is as cold as ice

[@MasterManto]

@@davidesguario9729 Very true

[@sixstringfretter]

Let me make sure I got this right. Mortal Sin x 50 + venial sin x 25 = Purgatory sentence. And 6000 eternity years = 2 days normal time. Purgatory has no heat, and nobody there has horns or goat bumps. The Irish run the place, they have a dress code and the card games are fixed. Got it.

[@jabscha7051]

The modern Thomas Aquinas

[@SleimanSam]

Paulie Walnuts Math & Scott Steiner Math are a gift to humanity.

[@davidstemmler1836]

If Paulie ends up in heaven, who goes to hell?

[@archkull]

Funny thing is many forms of christanity say purgatory involves some form of fire lmfao

[@melissapenrod]

I love the way Paulie figures up the "sentence".

[@MaloneysDigest]

6000 days, just a couple of days in the can! 😂

[@user-dk9hl5ez9k]

God could let Paulie off just for being a positive fella

[@AMomentInTimeProductions]

Jesus said you do not enter the kingdom f heaven by your good works, doesn't happen

[@BeeHatGuy]

He's right about Christopher being in purgatory. Otherwise, how else was Mikey Palmice rolling dice with the Romans & Irishmen, and also able to follow Paulie to a psychic?

[@bendu8282]

Yep

[@anthonypiranio7409]

Good point

[@markblackmore521]

“...a little detour on the way to paradise”.

[@dr.fabritziovanmong1956]

That was prison psychology classic!

[@codeallnight56514]

Paulie saying he could do 6000 years standing on his head 😂

[@theentertainmentbargainbin7044]

Rest In Peace my man. Enjoy your 6000 years.

[@claywest9528]

Love it how Paulie has a souls time in Purgatory worked out like a prison sentence. 6,000 years? An easy stretch of time! Compared to eternity.

[@JOEYP1970]

It's a real close race as to who my favorite sopranos actors are,either Paulie or Uncle Junior-----both crack me up!

[@KellerCRD]

It's too bad they never speak to eachother in the whole series

[@arturczerwinski2616]

Purgatory is 100 times worse for Carmine, as there is no Paulie there.

[@bagelboy4234]

I get a kick out of Christopher giving Pauli a clear indicator that he was in hell (Dickie kept losing and suffered the same horrible fate repeatedly) and Pauli keeps digging for an excuse for why he’s going to purgatory instead.

[@bluemoonheaven5600]

Ah Paulie... got bad news for you !

[@nomad8k]

a little detour in the way to paradise lol

[@GordiansKnotHere]

F*cking guy can barely read a book but he's giving Chris the basic formula breakdown for Purgatory sentencing... Beautiful!

[@dorifussmann7740]

This is an epic piece of this amazing TV show. Christopher forgot about purgatory. EPIC

[@k.anderson5039]

One of my all time favorite scenes

[@ashtonwhyte7997]

One of the greatest scenes

[@ameyajoshi742]

Paulie - Just trying to tidy up the place 🤣