Film Student Watches THE SOPRANOS s6ep6 for the FIRST TIME 'Live Free or Die' Reaction!

[@onepcwhiz6847]

The actress playing Vito’s wife is the sister of Lorraine Branco (Dr. Melfi).

[@postshanna]

Thanks for pointing that out. Some angles look exactly like her

[@tidepride86]

Lol Chris with the Vince McMahon walk heading in to The Bing

[@chrism6347]

I noticed on my third re watch

[@ReymundoCortez]

This is what I hate most about Carmela and Meadow they will go and tell Tony something they know will set him off. They known how he is and when he reacts the way everyone knows he will, they will throw up their hands and act innocent and then try and shame Tony.

[@gregsgoogle2947]

Not true about Meadow. She never sought out her dad to tell him about Vito & the security guard. She knew about Vito for a long time & said nothing. Not until it became common knowledge did she say something. If you want to think something bad about Meadow maybe think how she’s trying to use Finn.... as a ticket out of Jersey. She keeps Finn in the dark about most of what she knows about her mob family ties. Tells Finn that his fears of Vito are no big deal. She’s downplaying things to Finn she knows are serious. She senses her relationship with Finn is on thin ice because of her past & the more he knows the chances of him bolting go up.

[@ReymundoCortez]

@@gregsgoogle2947 she told her mom knowing she would tell her dad. Even Finn could see that. She is a replica of her mother. And when Finn first told her about Vito and the way the guys act at the job she dismissed his fears and defended them and just made it sound like Finn didnt know what he was talking about.

[@Cassxowary]

so like you and most people who aren’t vegan and any kind of bigoted like speciesist?(:

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Toni Kalem ( Angie Bumpensero) write the episode “All Happy Families”.

[@charlesquinn8860]

Fun fact: it's interesting that you say Vito is finding himself in a "Jackie Jr. situation." The town where Jackie Jr. was whacked (Boonton, about ten mins. from where I grew up) is the same town that they're pretending is in New Hampshire (Dartford? Something like that?), i.e.--movie magic, they're filming in Boonton but Vito is "in New Hampshire."

[@tidepride86]

Oh and Vito's wife is played by Melfis actress' sister

[@darth856]

To be fair to Patsy, he dared to say he couldn't care less in front of everyone.

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Dude really didnt give a shit. He was the only one to laugh at Chris's union joke later on too.

[@gwenjackson8583]

Weirdly, though, wasn’t Patsy the one who beat the hell out of Gene for making the “you oughta know, sweetie” joke (teasingly implying he was gay)? Or am I misremembering that?

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

@@gwenjackson8583 no that was Little Paulie.

[@1ButtonDash]

in the scene at 10:45 when Vito drove off, he really ran over that one dude's foot so they left the shot in

[@hurley31]

I thought that looked very realistic so this makes sense now. Poor guy 😂

[@johnny-vu6rl]

one of the actors accidentally got his foot run over when vito drives away, you can see him limping on screen after

[@tidepride86]

Oh yeeeaaaa. The big guy back there I see it. Pretty wild. Good eue

[@darth856]

So what happened to Buscemi's character actually happened here for real? Interesting.

[@nadzalln]

😮

[@kylegacy]

A nice Breaking Bad chiral with this episode - BB also has an episode titled 'Live Free Or Die', as it's the New Hampshire motto, as seen on the licence plate of Walt's car in the S5E1 flash-forward opening scene (the car he steals in 'Felina'). Both Vito and Walt escape to NH to hide from the people they know once their secrets are discovered: Vito, somewhat content to freely roam around in public, a criminal whose family - *the* family - can't accept him for who is, and Walt, miserable as sin and having to hide away because his family could never accept him for becoming a criminal.

[@Bctass]

David Chase came right out and said in the final season he'd show how those guys weren't criminal geniuses or even nice guys.

[@camillecarroll106]

"Live Free or Die" is New Hampshire's motto.

[@tidepride86]

Nah IF it happens, Vito gets what he deserves. Cant be walking around sexually harassing people.

[@steelydanlover1972]

When Tony said Senator Sanatorium, he mean Senator Santorum, as in Rick Santorum. Santorum was the Republican Senator for Pennsylvania. He ran for the Republican Party presidential primaries in 2012, he came second, he lost to Mitt Romney.

[@ReymundoCortez]

She could stop giving tony a pass for the permits or maybe just maybe she could have her dad follow the actual codes and build it correctly.

[@betweenlakes]

This is the second time I'm watching this show, through these reactions, and it's amazing how much I'm noticing for the first time (which you're picking up on), like Angie Bompensiero becoming more successful than the other mob wives. Such a great show.

[@gregsgoogle2947]

Angie is no angel or hero. She’s a mobster now. She runs a mafia controlled body shop. Just like her husband. Did you noticed who Angie was having a meeting with?? Tony let her keep the body shop so he has a place to chop stolen cars. Angie works for Tony. How is that a good thing??

[@LateCambrian]

I love that he called Senator Mike Santorum (a super anti-gay conservative politician), Senator Sanitorium, LOL

[@tidepride86]

Lol oh you better believe those tickets came from Hesh

[@RonaldRobert-us7qk]

Well, Sil did used to own clubs. Also, I think he might know Springsteen somehow? 😀

[@RonaldRobert-us7qk]

Interesting that you bring up the similarities between Vito's situation and Jackie Jr. They were first cousins after all. Vito is first cousins with Adriana as well, which puts a weird Game of Thrones spin on his claiming he had a shot with her when Chris was in rehab. New sub, by the way. Your insight is great!

[@eliemoses]

Thank youuu

[@RonaldRobert-us7qk]

@@eliemoses Thank you! I'll admit, it was hard though. I mean, you're a Gunner. 😯😂

[@eliemoses]

@@RonaldRobert-us7qk 🤣🤣

[@nadzalln]

Wow didnt realise the family connection! That family has been hit hard!

[@RonaldRobert-us7qk]

@@nadzalln Ha! Great pun! 😂

[@JeffBurn-b1i]

You expressed how keen you were on seeing the reaction from the guys, about Fynn telling Vito's playing lollipop on the security guard and then edit it out of the video. Poor form my man.

[@johnny-vu6rl]

us having to wait a week between episodes? you underestimated yourself 😎

[@FH-hu5vn]

How much more betrayal can Paulie take, the poor guy?

[@pkub47]

Tony is not a Capo..he is a Boss. Paulie is the underboss, Silvio is the Consigliere... Chris Moltisanti, Bobby Baclieri, Vito Spatafor, CarloGervasi and Albert Barese are capos/captains. Ray Curto was also a capo. Although for many in New York like Carmine Lupertazzi, The Soprano Family formerly the Dimeo Family are just a glorified crew with Tony being a head Capo of all the other capos in North New Jersey area.

[@childrenoftheabzu]

I love how Vito ended up in this gay new england paradise complete with antique shops and gay fire men.

[@steelydanlover1972]

I love how Tony's opinions on homosexuality and gay romantic relationships went from "I find it disgusting" to "I don't give too much of a shit what people do behind closed doors with consenting adults" to "What the fuck. I suppose something in side me says, "God bless, a' salut'"" in the space of two minutes, and Melfi didn't even have to say a word to him. I also love how Tony feels the need to prove his heterosexuality to Melfi by saying, "And just for the record, my incarceration was very short term, so I never had any need for any anal... you know?" and "You think I'm lyin', don't you? About when I was in jail", as if it bothers Melfi at all. It's kind of a case of "the lady doth protest too much."

[@onepcwhiz6847]

I miss Furio being on the show.

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

You know, there are worse things that can happen to a person than Furio not being on the show.

[@andykishore]

Can you please do a reaction to The Many Saints of Newark after you finish this series?

[@steelydanlover1972]

It's doctor-patient privilege.

[@gregsgoogle2947]

What’s up with this fantasy that Angie is a strong & independent woman?? She works for the mafia now. Tony let her keep the body shop so he could use it & her as cover for all his car crimes (air bag scam, chopped stolen cars for Italy.. etc). That’s what Ro was saying... Angie used to be a mob wife but now she’s a mobster. As an employee of Tony’s crew... Angie is more dependent on Tony than Carmela is as his wife. Angie is just another version of Tracee. One mistake & your dead. Now tell me how awesome Angie is.

[@steelydanlover1972]

I think Elie is just impressed that Angie is the only one of the mob wives on the show who has been able to achieve any significant degree of financial independence from her husband or significant other. The fact that Angie is making her money illegally is beside the point. Funny thing is though, Angie was only able to achieve this financial independence AFTER Pussy was gone from her life. Angie would never have been to achieve this type of financial independence if Pussy was still in her life.

[@gregsgoogle2947]

@@steelydanlover1972 Wasn’t commenting on his reaction but more to the overall attitude in the comments that Angie is doing good for herself. Truth is... she was more financially independent when she was giving away free sausages at the store. Then she was only beholden to Tony for her stipend. And she tried to take advantage of that using her healthy dog as a ploy. Angie is regressing. She’s not progressing. She owns & runs a criminal enterprise founded by her dead mafia husband. Quantity of money isn’t financial independence when it can & will be all taken away in an instant because it’s all predicated on crime. Angie has exposed herself to a long prison sentence. And to FBI surveillance. And to the wrath of Tony if she ever crosses him. How do things always turn out for Tony’s employees?? Georgie?? The lawn guy?? Tracee?? Davie?? They end up broke or dead. Even cops that worked for Tony turn up dead eventually. Amazing. Some people are so far behind they actually think they’re winning!! Angie is one of those people.

[@steelydanlover1972]

@@gregsgoogle2947 Okay, I should have worded this better. Yes, Angie is financially dependent on Tony. However, here is the kicker, by owning and operating Pussy's old auto shop, Angie rakes in more money for herself than any of the other mob wives, none of whom run a business. Of course, Angie is kicking her money upstairs to Tony, but her position as owner and operator of Pussy's old body shop means that she is at the very least the same level as an associate of a Mafia crime family, even though she is a woman. This position of associate, even just a woman associate, of a Mafia crime family already means she has more financial independence than any of the other mob wives. Ultimately, however, you are right, she would have greater financial independence if she stuck to giving out free food samples at her local supermarket. However, she still has greater financial independence as the owner and operator of Pussy's old body shop than Carmela, Rosalie or Gabriella.

[@paulymar5996]

So you may be the muthafuckin' fuckin' boss of these reactions. Just as long as you realize....👉

[@wowitseligh]

This is one of the most hilarious episodes ever. It’s kind of eye opening to see just how homophobic and racist paulie is in the final season but him randomly saying “aids?” And “I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the heart!” Are all time lines 😂😂

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

get yourself a sandwich, any kind ya like...a soda?

[@steelydanlover1972]

It's so odd in that even though Bobby, Patsy and Tony don't care at all that Vito is gay, they know what their line of work is and the culture that goes along with it. As a result, they have to pretend that they care that Vito is gay, even to just a lesser extent, in order to stay in the good graces of guys like Carlo, Paulie and especially the guys who are part of the older generation, who they have to work with, where homosexuality is especially frowned upon.

[@Capo_Renzo]

How anyone can like Carmela, I’ll never know

[@johnny-vu6rl]

why is that so hard to understand? it’s more puzzling that people can still like chris or tony at this point of the show than her

[@Capo_Renzo]

@@johnny-vu6rl if you’re a dummy, you’re a dummy. The good news is you’re not alone

[@vlohnn3082]

have you heard the good news???

[@RonaldRobert-us7qk]

He is risen! Great Thanksgiving..er, Easter reference. 😂

[@wowitseligh]

The Vito arc is probably the most controversial in the show. A lot of people wished it just wasn’t included or even thought it was “woke”. A lot of the cast members didn’t like Vito’s actor also because he apparently wanted to shine more in the sopranos so he lost the weight and came up with the gay storyline but the writers liked it and went with it. I enjoy it but I can also see how some people think that it’s a weirdly injected arc born from a man who wanted the fame. Especially considering how his actor today is still just doing random advertising for money on social media he’s a good actor but pretty shameless ngl

[@eliemoses]

i like it cos its good to showcase the mafias perspective of something like that happening. The reactions from all the charcters.

[@wowitseligh]

@@eliemoses I think it works in the show well thematically also, and was a good plotline. Would cut the weird voiceover Vito does while he’s working though lmao. Overall good arc

[@corinaperez226]

Vito did a season of Celebrity Fit Club. He lost weight for his health. He talked about how he used to play baseball when he was younger, and at that point in his life, he could barely move because of all the extra weight.

[@tidepride86]

Aaaand it begins. The first of the Gay Vito episodes. I don't mind these next couple episodes, but I know a lot of Soprano fans don't really like this part of the season

[@tidepride86]

​@Kyuzo-dj2fpthat's a good way to put it

[@jeremyrfritz]

I think it's great. It feels like the one thing that wasn't covered already on the show; how these guys, or the mafia in general, would react and "deal with" discovering one of their own is gay. Paulie's, "I feel like I been stabbed in the haht!", and, "You don't gotta worry about no problems from Vito!" to Finn, always cracks me up, as do Carmela and Ro's reactions to what Meadow tells them.😆

[@johnny-vu6rl]

really? why not, i always thought this was one of the most interesting storylines the show did

[@tidepride86]

@@jeremyrfritz hahaha Paulie's reactions are always the best

[@tidepride86]

@@johnny-vu6rl oh it's probably a variety of reasons. You'd have to ask them

[@corinaperez226]

Tony didn't lose Tony B. He executed him. Once again, pointing out the gossipy women. What were the guys doing when they were discussing Vito? And that bullshit about the women spreading it all over town. Please. Chris couldn't get to the guys fast enough to tell everything. You get on my nerves with that.

[@BrianPappas-dp7hn]

Untenable. Last time I heard that word used was Gustavo speaking about the Walter/Jesse situation.

[@blueshadowdx]

This whole plotline with Vito in Season 6 really paints the picture, especially in today's society vs when the show first aired, just how dispicable the "protagonists" we've been following are. Season 6 as a whole does a phenomial job of this

[@tidepride86]

Nah even back in 2007 gays were widely accepted. They just never were in the mafia

[@blueshadowdx]

@@tidepride86 For sure, but more now than ever

[@johnny-vu6rl]

@@tidepride86nah, things are drastically different today than they were then

[@tidepride86]

@@johnny-vu6rl lol nobody said it wasn't different. you better believe it's different nowadays lol.

[@billdouglas8701]

So after all they’ve done, and all the people they’ve killed, being “homophobic” is what’s supposed to bring home to me how despicable they are?

[@steelydanlover1972]

The show Tony is talking about is The L Word.

[@Buzza235]

Vito ended up settling in a gay town.

[@Kleen6288]

SECRET IS OUT🫢, I like your thoughts about Tony having to care that Vito is gay in front of mob guys in the pork store but with Dr. Melfi he’s ok with it, tough situation for a Mob Boss to deal with