Tony's I Get It, Explained - Soprano Theories

[@SopranoTheories]

What do you think Tony’s “I get it!” means?

[@backforblood3421]

I think it was just a reference to his luck changing since he killed Christopher, which I think he specifically mentions at some point.

[@jeboccuzzi10]

@@backforblood3421 I agree

[@dandavis8300]

Tony sees that he's in "Eddie Valentine hell". It's a character in the Twilight Zone that Carlo tells him about. Small time hood Eddie Valentine dies, and goes to a place designed especially for him where he can have anything and everything, beautiful women, wins every spin of the wheel, but he decides he's not happy. The game is rigged so it doesn't mean anything. He tells Mr. Zip, his "guardian angel" about it, and says he's not cut out for heaven and wants to go to the other place. Mr. Zip informs him that "this is the other place, buhahaha!".

[@backforblood3421]

@@dandavis8300 "Maybe you should start sucking..." Never mind. That would definitely be deleted in this horrid day and age. I have the Twilight Zone series Blu-ray set, and did see that one during my attempt at watching the entire series before I gave up on the whole thing.

[@willissudweeks1050]

I agree that he probably saw he wasn’t going to change but also that how was really did fit into the whole of things in some way.

[@franciscvmpbell]

He finally realised why he never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@lancraft]

😊👍🏻

[@Omerta369]

The most cringey,unfunny and overused joke for anything Sopranos related.

[@aodh5966]

@@Omerta369 it is, but this was great use of the phrase

[@jjarichardson]

@@Omerta369 Go get your shinebox

[@Omerta369]

@@jjarichardson super original

[@yoloswaggins1579]

He finally understands that Phil did 20 years in the can.

[@Papa-eb1lt]

Well I never knew that

[@dusanradojkovic8190]

Yes, that's what was troubling him for so long.

[@gleventhal]

He compromised. No manigot.

[@gabee7268]

The show has bad writing cuz I never heard that once

[@1eyejackffs934]

I haven't seen this episode and a while, but doesn't Tony explain this Epiphany to dr. Melfi, something about our mothers being like a bus, they drop us off and go on their way.

[@lane6216]

I totally agree with this theory. I always felt Tony’s “I get it” moment was him finally releasing his last bit of humanity. He felt free because his inner conflict was finally over. It’s a very hard scene to watch when viewed that way.

[@explodingplant2]

And damn, looking back at it the acting is phenomenal

[@Johnnysmithy24]

It might be my favorite scene of the show

[@lane6216]

Arian Serrano#2, one of my favorite scenes is when Tony comes home drunk, after not hurting Meadow’s soccer coach, and he says, “I didn’t hurt nobody.” That scene is brilliant on so many levels.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

@@lane6216 Yes! I always loved that scene! I have to admit that is actually one of my least favorite episodes of the show, but that scene alone made me like the episode

[@lane6216]

Arian Serrano#2, I agree! One of my least favorite episodes. But, man, that ending. Perfection.

[@CovertRadio]

Tony finally realized his mother gave her life to her children on a silver platter.

[@Void7.4.14]

Facts 💯

[@davidsthubbins176]

😆

[@alexsm3882]

And how did he repay that kindness? Thrown inside a nursing home.

[@rdgpromotions6087]

@@alexsm3882 It’s a retirement community!

[@CovertRadio]

@@alexsm3882 IT'S A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY!!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?!? YOU KNOW,..... I KNOW SENIORS WHO ARE INSPIRED!!! AWW FORGHETIT!!!

[@grendel0013]

I’m a fan of the theory that Tony slurred the words “I did dent” to honor the memory of Christopher’s drug addiction.

[@Paul-cl3sy]

I am fucking 💀! Thank you so much for figuring it all out ! Lmao! 🤣

[@pat442389]

hahahah thats a funny comment and he really acted that scene well.

[@playbackproductions1]

Yeeeeeeeeeees

[@jmo2475]

LMAO

[@danielmcallister4816]

Legend

[@LightAndDarkMdness02]

I think the epiphany is that he realizes he has inherited a wasteland. His life is a wasteland. He's destined to corrupt, poison, kill, and ruin the lives of every single person he cares about. The chemicals getting poured in the lake with the ducks gives it away.

[@mattjindrak]

And he fucking loves it, hence his jubilation at the epiphany

[@nmartell1007]

@@mattjindrak it was at that moment i wanted him dead

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

@@nmartell1007 me too and then they didn’t show him killed on purpose. Kind of pissed me off.

[@sinistar3198]

Yeah same

[@robertbusek30]

I’ve been thinking about Tony’s mindset in that last season. Did he maybe call out a hit on himself?

[@blackoutproductions6508]

Coming straight from the episode, I thought it meant that killing Christopher was what lost him his bad luck streak - hence the constant winning at the casino and his burst of laughter. Murdering his nephew was like severing his last attachment to humanity. He accepted who he was and in turn, the universe gave him an acknowledgment in the form of winning countless bets. Most of his pain and misery stemmed off of his constant failure to become the good man he always wanted to be, and his incessant urges he desperately tried to repress. If anything, with the near death experiences, it was the universe showing him he couldn’t change, and that perhaps being who he was by nature, was a necessity to balance the world (as all good things need a counterpart). He finally found his place in the world, and I believe his emotions overwhelming him came at the sudden relief, that he wouldn’t be judged for his actions or his desires, because that’s what he was sent here to do.

[@allovdem]

Very good

[@darrenhalpin6685]

Just finished the EP 20 mins ago I said the exact same thing

[@MattyT43]

Same

[@repunched106]

So it s a okay to be a piece of 💩?

[@brandyholmes1094]

Just paused the episode to come here to say this.

[@carminelupertazzijr3512]

Tony finally understood the sacred and the propane

[@lordfatcock]

Maybe he wants to get a few films in under his own sub species

[@eddie756]

very allogorical

[@hinkhall5291]

It means he finally understands Christopher’s high ramblings at his mother’s wake.

[@maxolydian9115]

Hahahahaha yes

[@brianoblivion6659]

Damn, I read that in Hank Hill's voice

[@gleventhal]

Even with computers!

[@stealthmode1303]

Mudda*

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

"My mudders wake, jesus christ."

[@robmurrah3224]

Remember the episode where Melfi decides to drop Tony as a patient: "The criminal uses insight to justify heinous acts." That's the purpose of "I get it." I don't think it really matters what the insight is. He has some drug-induced "epiphany" in the desert and it's not going to change his behavior at all. The whole point of the epiphany is to justify heinous acts, which in this case, is killing Christopher. I don't really see the argument for "I get it" being Tony realizing he'll never change. It seems very speculative. Tony doesn't change, but that doesn't mean the insight itself is that he will never change. I think it's the other way around. The "insight" and all of his other attempts at deep thought are all bullshit. They don't change who he is. Tony just uses insight - which I guess is really just pseudo-insight - to justify his criminal behavior.

[@nelsongibson114]

I don’t think the theory of him thinking he’ll never change and your citing of the fact that Tony uses insight to justify heinous acts are mutually exclusive. Actually, these two ideas work hand in hand. Tony having an epiphany about the fact that he’ll never change, and that he might as well not worry or feel guilty about it (the videos theory) is a perfect example of Tony, a sociopath, using insight to justify his heinous acts.

[@Sion67Productions]

To me that shows you agree with the theory, because he sees no use in contemplating his actions and feeling guilt. He has accepted that he will carry on with his actions and no suffering will befall him if he doesn't let it. It's the throwing away of his conscience

[@GreatGregarious]

Charles schwab ova here.

[@willnailer2118]

The sacred and the propane

[@Fuyos]

Best interpretation I have seen damn. He knows he will never change and life is no longer about that to him.

[@bakedjohnwick4793]

Anyone who’s tried psychedelics knows that these “I get it” moments are part of the experience. The next day you don’t “get” shit.

[@bcwiss]

Exactly! This is the correct explanation for Tony's statement. He's just having a psychedelic experience. During a drug trip "it" all makes sense. You see how every piece of the puzzle of life fits together in a harmonious whole. Once the drug experience wears off, you're back to the humdrum of everyday existence where nothing makes sense at all.

[@tidypog3272]

Yeah you do

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Not true....ive taken LSD a few times but it's been years and definitely still has influence. Sure...you feel more in tune actually on it, but you can understand the experience after the fact. I'm not condoning drug use....but psychedelics aren't like opiates and amphetamines....it can be a beautiful experience without the easy degeneracy attached.

[@samum5856]

I have my „I get it” moments when I drink wine.

[@ZackZ-mg9uq]

Not exactly true. Shrooms especially were a life changing experience for me...even after the affects wore off

[@MechaSandvich]

Not gonna lie all this time I thought he said I did it, in regards to killing Christopher

[@Blackstar81]

Me too lol.

[@DirtySouthJR]

Having not seen this yet I left a similar comment wondering if it was just me. Glad to know it wasn't

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

me too

[@SultanKhan66]

The guilt was killing him. He screamed it, in that way it was like confessing and now he can move on. When he gets back from Vegas you can see he no longer feels guilty, no longer mentions the baby seat, and even has no objections to Christopher's picture hanging in his office.

[@TrumpFanNetwork2]

He said "I get it" not "I did it."

[@jamesharris40001]

He finally understood the importance of fresh produce

[@rsmith7994]

Or the difference between apples and bowling balls.

[@Buugzy]

He finally understood why Phil did 20 fucking years in the can and still compromised

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

I loved that line.

[@RyanGilbert16]

He started to seriously consider eating salads

[@eidsongregory5795]

FUCK THE IMPORTANCE!

[@STONESGAM]

He explained the "I get it" moment to Melfi in the next episode. When he said your mom is like a bus or bus driver...she brings you into the world but then she goes on to her own experience/life and you spend your life trying to get back on the bus instead of just letting it go. I am paraphrasing the whole comment/convo but he told her he had that thought on Peyote.

[@vedranmedic8695]

Derek Gabrys,exactly..i remember the episode where he' explaining to Melfi what he ment.No need for 'extended' explanations like this

[@johnchief270]

@@vedranmedic8695 I found this video to be pretty insightful none the less, kinda struck accord with me too

[@greatestlifts7161]

You’re absolutely correct!!! It’s that simple.

[@greatestlifts7161]

What’s crazy is the fact that I was literally just having this conversation with myself and this popped up.

[@oggjoshua]

This is good information. But Tony has always been a bad interpreter of his self experience, and he's a pathological liar besides. Being the unreliable "narrator" that he is, what he tells Melfi is far from being the only or (necessarily) best explanation.

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

He was actually saying "I'll get it!" He realized he forgot his fucking shine box.

[@DougBernsBass]

W

[@wadewilson8011]

🙄🙄

[@balwc147]

😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

@illuminoubshell Man graduated with honors. Class of '04

[@travisswann23]

The duck reference was a good side note. Any real Soprano's fan realizes (no matter how much we don't want to believe such) that there Tony has had multiple chances to be decent however he plunges more and more into a dark place he can't turn back out of. He becomes a selfish degenerate gambling sociopath. Good video once again 👍

[@richardsantanna5398]

I agree with everything except that he's a sociopath. He clearly loved his family.

[@edouardmarionneau9262]

@@richardsantanna5398 Really? Beating is son, trying to undermine his mother, making racist comments on his daughtersboyfriend, cheating his wife almost openly with multiple partner, is that what you call loving your family?

[@richardsantanna5398]

@@edouardmarionneau9262 None of that proves he didn't love his family. It just shows he sometimes had unhealthy ways of showing his love. Also, undermine his mother? She tried to kill him. If anything he was too good to her and Junior.

[@tedwojtasik8781]

@@edouardmarionneau9262 Sounds pretty normal to me

[@tedwojtasik8781]

@@richardsantanna5398 He was a stugots!

[@devinsimmons1009]

In my personal opinion I think it's Tony realizing the universe is telling him not to feel bad about Christopher, because he's going to experience the same fate he did eventually and that what goes around comes around. If you notice the sun rising almost looks like a wink, like it's saying you're next, and Tony saying "I get it" is like him saying I'm ready.

[@Kole1389]

It's not a wink, it's an obvious nod to the lighthouse and light flashes that he saw as Kevin Finerty while he was in coma.

[@duaakazmi7739]

@@Kole1389 two things can be true at the same time

[@scifinerd17]

@@duaakazmi7739You’re gay

[@christopheranjos2327]

The closest time Tony verbalized his negative traits that comes to mind was when he told Scatino he was the scorpion to his frog.

[@thefeature7041]

Classic sociopath. Lex Luther told Clark the same story in Smallville. They justify their behavior as being something that is innate within themselves. "I dont wanna be a piece of shit, its just my nature." doesn't sound as cool as the scorpion and the frog." When in reality they are capable of not choosing evil.

[@andrewgenton6323]

I have a theory that the entire show is his trip through Hell like Christopher said you'd relive your death over and over again, and possibly everything leading up to it. Which is probably why the scenes with him in the end were disorienting and he had the familiar look on his face when entering the dinner. He knew he was at the end of his trip and now is waiting for us to restart it.

[@add69420]

I like this theory👍

[@grekygrek]

Idk i feel like the entire show would be toooooo long. Chrissy said it restarts every day, they play cards and whack dickie the same way he died every night.

[@jebprendergast101]

The sun flickering over the horizon reminds Tony of the “beacon” from his coma journey.

[@AnomolousGrandeur]

I read that as bacon lol

[@PoshingtonSpark]

Ive had trips like that where the meaning of everything comes to you and your insecurities melt away due to an enhanced understanding of the human experience. So you stand there giggling like a child saying "I get it". Or in my case laughing saying "I hacked the matrix"

[@jbard9892]

Yup, but if you try to write it down the next morning it will just be the ramblings of an idiot. Tony didn't learn a thing.

[@thee_morpheus]

...

[@lostcapital2591]

What ?

[@JFairhart]

The entire series is about Tony’s search for the meaning of life. He realizes his chosen criminal career most likely leads to prison or death. The constant dread of his fate together with the agitation associated with dealing with his “associates” who hug and kiss each other in one moment, could flip or kill you in the next. His panic attacks are the overload of the stress he carries with him in a life he feels powerless to change. “You are who you are” Tony admits to Dr. Melfi. The epiphany Tony had when he says, “I get it.”, in my opinion, is his acceptance of himself and his life as it is. Until we each choose to do so, we can never find that lasting inner peace. As long as some part of us wants something else or something different, there is dissatisfaction at the root of it. Contentment comes first and is a necessary first step before one can experience life as meaningful. Even a mob boss can find contentment while carrying out his mob boss duties. He justifies his actions as necessary because the victim did something to deserve what he got, a bankruptcy, beating or being whacked. Rationalization is the primary coping measure used to justify our misdeeds, from the petty to the extreme. A true sociopath doesn’t need rationalization or justification to do evil deeds. They just delight in the evil act itself without the need to explain it or the ability to feel for the victims. If Tony had been a true sociopath, the question of the meaning of life would have never occurred to him. Tony is merely an extreme example of every person, we are all hypocrites to one degree or another. And our search for the meaning of life is what we all share.

[@desmondturner5435]

Was with you until you said hes not a true sociopath

[@JFairhart]

@@desmondturner5435 - I now agree with you, Tony was a sociopath and he shines a light on all of us to discover our own various degrees of sociopathic tendencies.

[@Flameb0]

@@desmondturner5435this is just arguing semantics. tony is capable of feeling inner conflict from his actions. whether or not this fits the definition of a “true sociopath” isn’t a particularity interesting question. either way, tony is an evil person, because, he commits evil acts

[@damonz45]

Awesome video, I think the "I get it" was a callback to when Christopher had mentioned to tony that the rugularness of everyday life was too hard for him, Tony sort of realized what Christopher meant. Given that Tony seemed to have unfortunate luck when he was Kevin Finnerty.

[@The_board502]

I always thought the I get it was Tony saying he understands he is a terrible person and there is no going back and when he dies he is going to hell

[@SopranoTheories]

That’s a possibility too! Great point.

[@leoalphaproductions8642]

Or he’s just higher than a kite and thinks he got it all figured out. He took psychedelics. I know exactly the feeling he was having. And it’s very subjective.

[@edd8914]

@@leoalphaproductions8642 Yeah, Tony himself admits as much. He can't even remember what it meant when he was sober. It's very common with psychedelics; it's a like dream, it made perfect sense at the time, and then later it all crumbles away into ambiguity.

[@leoalphaproductions8642]

@@edd8914 I think psychedelics just give you a sense of enlightenment. Try doing math problems on psychedelics. I’ve heard people tell that it feels like you’re a genius and all your answers make perfect sense. Then when you sober up, and go back to check the answers, they’re complete nonsense and make no sense whatsoever lmao.

[@leoalphaproductions8642]

@@edd8914 the thing with psychedelics is they certainly help you think outside the box on abstract concepts and philosophy. But if you’re trying to be objective and empirical, you’re gonna have a very difficult time.

[@commanderdanielcousland9981]

I like to think this ties back to the meadow guardian angel theory, throughout the series Tony is trying to be better and his daughter is there as a Virgil to his Dante trying to keeping him alive to achieve the change. When he decides to end his attempt at redemption he loses the protection of his daughter aka why she was late at the end of the series.

[@josephmassaro]

I find it amusing that Carmela thinks she's going to heaven. Tony overcame his delusion that he'll ever change. Carmela is still deep in her own delusions.

[@blakcinephile]

Eh, delusion doesn’t exactly equate to unforgivable sin

[@josephmassaro]

@@blakcinephile My point was that her delusion was how little she believes herself complicit in those unforgivable sins.

[@Bilboswaggins2077]

After her bad date with the school teacher I think Carmella realized that she was happier when she was delusional and in denial. She retreated back into Plato’s cave because it’s what she’s comfortable with

[@bodhi8297]

@@josephmassaro right but there’s a big difference between being complicit in something terrible and having committed it. After all it’s up to God to judge not Carmela, that is based upon Carmelas beliefs

[@josephmassaro]

@@bodhi8297 And no doubt it's the cheap excuse Carmela uses to absolve herself of her complicity. It's unlikely she could stop Tony's criminal activities by testifying against him. She doesn't know enough to be useful. But she continues to live a well to do lifestyle, enjoying the fruits of Tony's blood money. She is unlikely to pay for her sins in this life, but if you believe in an afterlife, then a line from Dickens is appropriate. “I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by link and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it." Jacob Marley - A Christmas Carol

[@J421-i6g]

Tony: "I get it!!! Phil did 20 fucking years!"

[@LuckyDT]

Juliana didn’t need to be hit on by Tony, he’s the one who turned her down, as she reminded him of Carmella.

[@CherylLerma]

But he kept trying after that, she only turned him down cuz she started banging Chrissy.

[@daniilgrigoryev6204]

He finally got the makings of the varsity athlete.

[@freebee8221]

What are you kidding me? He could barely hit 250

[@lesismorepro]

"I get it" refers to Tony realizing that Chrissy was the reason for his misfortune (at least in his mind)... This is why Tony said "he's gone" in the midst of his winning streak on roulette ... Chrissy has been a thorn in Tony's side since season one and throughout... Too many examples to name... The bane of his existence is finally gone...

[@derekrogers1668]

Yeah but he didnt understand how chris was his burden and fortune. If he didnt kill chris I have a feeling who would've lived but went to prison but in killing chris he sealed his fate. Dying in front of his family.

[@yassineazed5448]

Finaly sum reasanoble explination . salut

[@r3mdh]

THIS. This is what I thought it was, when I first saw the episode, some 14 years ago.

[@mskcrc]

"discussing about the death of his beloved nephew" YOU NEED AN EDITOR

[@KayDee215]

7:15 IRL that is rapper Lord Jamar from the group Brand Nubian who had an album called...Everything Is Everything.

[@karimmoop9560]

Yandemamen Godcast he had an intreview with Ice Cube

[@JollyWailmer]

These videos give me a whole new perspective on the sopranos and well written TV in general. I’ve seen the sopranos a few times but I only ever watched on a superficial level. I may rewatch it trying to read between the lines so to speak

[@XIntoxicationalX]

That's how all well written TV shows feel to me at first

[@mickyzzzeee]

You have to do that for yourself man..it will open up a whole new perspective

[@JollyWailmer]

@@mickyzzzeee that’s what I’m saying I’m going to do

[@jacksonturley3406]

Wow. Watching these really makes me realize why this is the best show ever made. So good it brings me to tears sometimes.

[@empac8631]

I always saw the “I get it!” moment at Tony realizing he finds more joy in ignoring the grief he can feel (Pussy’s betrayal and death never truly leave Tony’s mind, he always feels hurt from it and even Vito he’s sad the guy dies for being who he is in secret) and Tony fully embracing his sociopathic mindset. He doesn’t feel grief for Chris, and in turn he goes and has a fun weekend, experiments with drugs, hooks up with a hot woman, and starts winning money again. In order to keep profiting, he has to let go of any attachment to his mob family, be ready to be fully ruthless, and do whatever he wants to do to enjoy his life. I always saw the sunset as a mirror to the flashing lights in the sky in his coma dream. He was told he couldn’t cross over without leaving his baggage/business behind. Now in life he sees a light but it’s an epiphany that in order to keep going and exceeding at what he does he has to look out for himself in the game and profit fully. It will also lead to him essentially entering “the light” by the end

[@Flameb0]

the “light” motif clearly represents death, but more specifically (imo at least), the afterlife. and in tony’s case, the afterlife means hell. the dream sequences make this abundantly clear. this time however, the flashing light is seen at sunrise, clearly, and in the waking world, rather than the world of dreams. tony is not only going to hell, he already is in hell. thats what i believe the flashing light signifies here. and thats what i believe his epiphany relates to. “the roulette wheel follows the same principals as the universe”. tony cannot change because what will happen and what has happened are the same. tony is going to hell and thus he already is in hell. his acceptance of that is both a relief and a horror

[@danafreeman6068]

He finally understood the importance of declawing the gerbils before use.

[@KMcNally117]

@Maester Gryphon Look up Elton John or Richard Gere Gerbil.

[@gfunkmadness]

He called detective mike hunt of beaver falls for some pointers on how no to get caught in a public bathroom like paulie

[@mikimiyazaki]

@@gfunkmadness 😂😂😂😂

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

I always thought he was saying "I DID IT", referring to killing Christopher, and that he felt free of a great burden with christopher gone. That was weird for me because I hadn't thought he viewed Christopher as a burden. A problem, yes, but not a burden he wanted to be free of.

[@colmivers]

Exactly what I thought... I refuse to alter my view on this 😂

[@theguitarfather1837]

He did say I did it...

[@theguitarfather1837]

@@colmivers he said I did it

[@nlogan1989]

@@theguitarfather1837 Actually just watched the show for the first time; I heard, and assumed it was, "I did it" until I saw this video. And "I did it" does seem to fit the situation, even after watching this "I did it" still seemed to make more sense. So I went back and rewatched the scene, hoping to give support to you here... Trouble is he says "I get it... I GET IT!!!" Could've been either when he shouts it, but the "g" and "t" are quite discernable when he says it calmly at first. Then there's closed captions... "I get it."

[@quinntoohey406]

You can google the script its ‘i get it’

[@briananderson9164]

Best interpretation of this episode imo. The "I get it" was him succumbing to solipsistic self interest. No more self help, no more attempts to be a better human being. Greatest show ever made.

[@mikemastro1717]

I like all these theories .. what I always thought is that when Tony yells “I get it” he meant he gets why Chris was the way he was, always messing up from his addictions and never living up to Tony’s expectations of him to takeover the family if anything ever happened to Tony ..which is why he went to Vegas with Chris’ mistress and partied like Chris did, so I always thought Tony yelled “I get it” as if he was talking to Chris telling him that he finally understands why Chris was the way he was and that maybe was his way of coming to peace with chrissys death

[@Larfleeze9047]

Damn. great take

[@mikemastro1717]

@@Larfleeze9047 thanks man .. makes sense tho right

[@etchedheadplate9]

That close up shot of Tony with tears in his eyes after screaming out "I GET IT" is one of the best moments on the show for me. Amazing performance by Gandolfini on that one!

[@ScotisticDad]

When you are a mafia boss, you can't really change.

[@themaniak3265]

Exactly if ur a mobster period u can never change unless u rat

[@JohannesLabusch]

To me, the "I get it!"moment refers to the cosmic joke that fate is playing on all of us. It's related to John Lennon's line "Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about". You might even say that it's a moment of breaking the fourth wall, where a character in a fictitious story understands that he's just a chess piece, without a chance to manipulate his own fate. This parallels Christopha's conviction that he's cursed, ever since he saw the bird at his initiation into the mob. I also saw a foreshadowing of the show's famous end here. Tony's body pose in this moment looks to me like he's giving himself over to the unavoidable conclusion of his story. In this last season, there are lots of foreshadowing hints, such as Sil's experience as a bystander to a killing. He later marvels that he didn't hear the shot until after the victim was hit. It's the realization that we're powerless over our mortality. In his fucked up way, Tony is mourning Christopher, and in the earlier scene at the casino, he collapses in helpless giggles, which is the silly relief of a killer thinking he got away with it. In this later moment, I believe Tony understands that he is as doomed as his victims. He's giving up, he's giving in, he's giving himself over to whatever his creator, God or David Chase, has in store for him.

[@HagelBiscut]

I've seen the interpretation that this is tony realising there is no god and more specifically him coming to terms that it's all a big nothing. But I don't really buy that interpretation as I think the show has too many supernatural hints in it. Although I understand why someone could have this interpretation as it fits with how dark and depressing the show got in it's last couple seasons.

[@Sernival]

HE STOLE UR COMMENT BRO

[@HagelBiscut]

@@Sernival tbh if he really did read my comment and took my interpretation as the basis for this video i think it's kinda cool. Although i guess some credit would be nice if that is what happened but yet again i doubt I'm the only person with this interpretation or the only person to write a comment about it.

[@iAmiSaid]

Amazing. This was very well done, thank you for sharing

[@jakubwrona2040]

I still think his "I get it" was about what he talked later about to dr Melfi - mother being a bus drivers and life being about getting off the bus.

[@podcastler]

I think that scene shows that Tony is no longer fighting with himself, he has embraced evil and he doesn't need to have panic attacks anymore.

[@NaeOnYT]

Interesting analysis! I very clearly hear "I get it," not "I did it," and I always thought it meant that Tony realized/decided being good or evil doesn't make a difference. Luck is random and the consequences of his actions won't matter in the long run, or if they do, it's not enough to make him change his behavior in the now. So why bother trying? In some ways, it felt like a reminder to the audience that Tony is not a good person, and his DESIRE to be good means little in the face of his actual behavior. I don't feel like it's just a random statement made on a peyote trip. One of the things I liked about The Sopranos was that it utilized the Chekhov's Gun principle, and everything in a scene or a line of dialogue has some purpose or serves the storyline as a whole. So if the scene builds up to that line, and Gandolfini put so much thought in to his delivery of that line, it must be important.

[@SopranoTheories]

Exactly! I don’t believe either than it was just a coming to realization or terms moment because of the drug trip. I agree with you. He realizes he’ll always be evil and it was a reminder to the audience that he was an evil person. Cause we see him kill Christopher in the beginning of the episode but after that we just see him do normal things like party and go to Vegas.

[@Reaps_x]

Well said

[@BedfastSquid]

@@SopranoTheories idk bro have you ever done psychedelics? They’ll have you thinking you’re the next messiah lol. Even the simplest things can seem profound. I think he was just tripping haha

[@andresnoneya]

Great breakdown and thoughts! I’ve watched the series now 8x and learn something new every time

[@silviodante93]

He finally realized he has small hands.

[@TaliaZuriShaya]

Tony - "Son of a bitch!! Did I just tell you not to say that again!!" 😆😹😂

[@sanben86]

I think you are spot on. When the talks to Melfi he says that he saw that mothers are a bus, and we try to get on the bus, instead of stepping down and living our own life. In this case, Tony from the beginning wanted to prove to his mother he was a good boy, and he said it again to Carmela once he is back from the hospital. He no longer wants to get on the bus, he no longer wants to be the good boy he can´t be, he is free.

[@olivieira2664]

You should make one about the supernatural on the show

[@olgierdolo5510]

That'd be great!

[@pophangtime88]

the dream sequences itself is worth a hour of conversation. If i wasnt so busy with work, id do it myself but hey..."the world needs ditch diggers too" XD

[@olivieira2664]

@@pophangtime88 They are, man! Such genius writing

[@mattg4836]

Based on personal experience he probably momentarily realized the meaning of life and Immediately forgot

[@joshnow8552]

Psychedelics in a nutshell.

[@mattg4836]

@@joshnow8552 lol yep

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

He gets that Chris was his bad luck charm.

[@n.dhingra7765]

Tony comments on the experience with Melfi, saying, "This is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are the bus drivers. They are the bus. They are the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey, and the problem is, we keep trying to get back on the bus. Instead of just letting it go." Previously, he'd told Melfi, "I’m a good guy, basically, I love my family." The vision is another way of coping: the "something else" lets Tony accept through pseudo-profound mystical resignation what he must reject. To his credit, Tony needs to cope. (Richie and Ralphie and Phil wouldn't need a vision.) Sadly, though, Tony can't take responsibility, because that would mean rejecting his family completely--the bus that "gets us here" and leaves us in Newark.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

He was SUCH A DAMN GOOD ACTOR

[@geefaith21]

It’s about the facts that he realizes grooming Christopher to be in the top 3 was the biggest mistake of his organized crime career that’s why before chrissy dies Ton is having the worst gambling luck he ever had . His Peyote trip he’s seen it and his gambling did a complete 180 and that’s what he gets IMO

[@pvthfindxr]

i too have yelled "i get it" while tripping

[@vishalsam1996]

Well explained! I can totally relate to the I Get it line and its meaning. I have reached a point in my life where I understand that there is no point in proving myself that i am a better person, i am relieved to understand that i am never gona change! I Get it!!

[@TheValhalla1989]

This episode ending with “evidently chicken town” would of been great.

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

great song

[@alejandrohualdez5550]

The legendary bard of Salford: John Cooper-Clarke.

[@charleshart9045]

Just watched this episode for the first time today. One of my favorites in the show

[@yerboogieman1097]

Anyone whos tripped balls on hallucinogens already knows

[@tomiecacique]

Exactly lol. Even David Chase himself said that the “It” is what everyone realizes on psychedelics.

[@add69420]

@@tomiecacique bett u can’t explain “it”😂

[@fliprhd3758]

you covered it a bit with the everythang is everythang part and the relation to Finnerty but also think about Chris death he was suffocated by Tony, he did what Junior tried, killed his nephew, aswell as how he wanted to suffocate his mom with a pillow. he is the same abusive dad as his own too and when the sun came up in the desert he might have realised this... everythang is everytahng

[@Sion67Productions]

Interesting point of view there, I always thought he said I get it because he understood why Christopher pursued the pleasures that he did but it makes more sense that it's him accepting his own nature. Things take a turn from there after all

[@kalelobe5710]

What I can’t shake is how the sun brightens before he says “I get it”, like it does when he’s in the coma and the beacon throughout his coma is in the background and is insinuated that the beacon is the entrance to the other side. Almost like he accepts whatever fate he has after he dies.

[@theedwardian]

He's at peace with himself, and finally accepts who he is. Unfortunately for everyone else, he's a murderous sociopath.

[@MulliganSnicker]

I don’t know about this take. Just watched the series. Later in the episode, or perhaps it was the next episode, Tony explains exactly what he felt he “gets” now after his peyote trip. He says he believes there’s more to the world than what we see. And he said mothers are like the transporter that takes us from another world to this one. He said we spend all our lives trying to go back with the mother. Melfi’s look at him kinda just says it all. She’s the kind like, okay Tony figured something out but doesn’t realize that what he’s thinking is actually just a self-realization rather than some actual universal thing

[@themaniak3265]

Tony couldn’t really change if he wanted to he in the mafia regardless if he was a sociopath or not being evil comes with being a mobster and once ur in theres no gettin out💯💯🤷🏾‍♂️

[@PeterLambert2211]

I’ll be honest, I always heard it as “I did it!” I thought it was his need to confess to something. But his face after saying it never really matched that idea. I think it makes more sense that the idea from the video is true. He is both relieved and terrified in that moment.

[@juiceboxleal6254]

These little subtle things are great. The sound of the ducks, the devil in the casino. Side note-that girl in vegas is gorgeous, hottest girl in the show

[@carladaquila8190]

agreed.

[@Anthonyheat]

Tony is probly the most well written character in tv history

[@johnnymontana2536]

I've always thought he said "I did it." After all of the pretending he had to do and the denial, he is finally admitting that he killed Christopher. But David Chase is very clever and intentionally tries to confuse us so its probably both "I did it" and "I get it." Hence why we can't differentiate between the two.

[@thatbag911]

He finally understood that Johnny was a saint

[@davidnacey7281]

I always thought "I get it!" was just the bluster of someone who's high on drugs. I think it's actually the final downfall of Tony. As someone who is living with depression, Tony both wants to live and wants to die. His reaction to the assassination attempt showed that his will to live was stronger. The extended "Kevin Finnerty" dream sequence showed that his willingness to die had become so strong that he nearly walked into the house, which would have meant accepting death. Life and death wasn't Tony's only paradoxical duality. He also struggled between good and evil. His therapy, so central to the show's plot, revolved around his struggle with depression and his wish to be a "good man" (his Kevin Finnerty alter-ego) while cynically justifying his evil acts and lack of remorse. Tony accepting his evil nature pushed his personality out of balance and led by degrees to his death. We were treated to so much foreshadowing leading up to the final scene of the series in the diner. It's impossible to believe that Tony didn't see what was going to happen. "Kevin Finnerty" was Tony's dress rehearsal for hell. After a life of using his evil sociopathy to get everything he wanted, Tony will spend eternity in a world where things just happen to him, lost luggage, credit cards that don't work, a road trip that doesn't end, trade shows he can't attend because his ID isn't accepted, stuck in a hotel he can never leave, talking on the phone to a family he can never see. His last trip to Vegas is in effect his final acceptance of this eternal fate, and even an eagerness to run to it.

[@willissudweeks1050]

Dude this is a great video. I missed that part about the tornados being the same wind system and I really love it so thanks.

[@pmwest7977]

You forgot to mention the Born Again Christian trying to convert Tony to the Light before Tony became the most evil person in Season 6.

[@carlosrodiguez5571]

That Christopher was dragging him down, an he doesn't need to worry about him

[@ozricaurora6943]

The light in season 6 to me represents the last chance Tony has to change his life and become a better person. He seems to take it seriously early on in season 6 like the lighthouse in the coma. But during the peyote scene when he vomits then stares up at the light, he looks at it almost like he's mocking or laughing at it. then when he sees it one last time in the desert, that's when he realises he will never change.

[@joeandthefoxybunch34]

I always thought he said "I did it", confessing his murdering if Christopher and finally getting it of his chest and saying it out loud

[@Buugzy]

Tony gets it (Glorified Crew)

[@johnlennon5143]

here’s me thinking he yelled “i did it!!”

[@mikeytrains1]

I think his "I get it!" is both a mix of him accepting his spiritual fate and the fact that he'll never change -- and that's what scares and relieves him. he knows what's going to happen at some point and he knows he's not going to change.

[@mirziyodm]

IMO, by "I get it!" Tony meant that he has finally got his luck back by the death of Chris, who was his greatest hidden enemy (as a potential successor as boss) from the start.

[@charlesswitzer8378]

A sociopath cannot and never will admit to their personality and outlook, but interesting perspective and accurate. I think it means that he "gets" how life is in fact ultimately pointless. Every living thing dies and the only tangible fact there is to hold onto is that a repeat of life on this Earth is never going to happen. We are all walking around on limited time in a one-off experience with about a century-long lease if a person is incredibly lucky. He talked about this with Melfi back in season 1, and again when AJ tapped into existential nihilism in season 2. With that mindset, he can easily justify his murderous actions and his crimes etc., since it doesn't matter how virtuous or evil a person is---it all ends the same way, never to be repeated.

[@giannirusso8406]

I think he was saying he understands chris’s drug problem now

[@Pauliewallnutts]

bingo.

[@steve-from-toronto]

Accurately re-titled: Tony’s I Get It, Not Explained.

[@bzd1983]

(In a delusional state from the drugs) he believes he discovered the meaning of life.

[@bcwiss]

Yes, that's what it is. Nothing more and nothing less.

[@thechknnuggetgod1709]

I thought he yelled “I did it” as a drug fueled outburst after having to pretend to be sad about Christopher for so long

[@PaulClipMaster]

Good analysis. I think his "I get it" meant he became a nihilist.

[@nepesilva2284]

Nihilist? Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.

[@johnny196775]

It is absolutely clear to me that "I get it" refers to the "New York Times" newspaper, which he no doubt remembered just then he had a subscription to.

[@steveblackman1563]

It all could mean a couple of three things really.

[@actually-will1606]

I always understood it as he believed that the universe is indifferent to his actions. The sun still rising no matter what he does.

[@add69420]

So true😌

[@chrisnationtv1230]

He said “I did it” meaning he’s the one who killed Christopher…

[@theconsciousobserver6829]

Yeah that's what I thought he was saying. "I did it." A confession to God.

[@Cusnpbzn]

That's what I've always thought. The sun was sending him a message? Sounds vague. What was that message? None is ever stated. So, I'm pretty sure he said, "I DID it!"

[@TalmadgeGray]

The parallel of the sun flickering and the lighthouse in his coma dream was the perfect merger during his psychedelic trip. Well done.

[@ALKHEMICAL_PHILOSOPHY]

Yesss. I caught this as well. He finally completed the dream sequence he was set up for wirh Christopher. Sealing his fate

[@luisfinol93]

Could the finale of Mad Men be the ''I get it moment'' of Don Draper?

[@MrTCHOSS]

I always thought the end of Mad Men was to show us that through his trying to find himself and the meditation, that he came up with "have a Coke and a Smile" ad and ended up pitching it to land the biggest account he's ever had. What we were seeing is the idea of the commercial being planted in his head.

[@luisfinol93]

@@MrTCHOSS yeah, I feel the same. What I'm saying is that if Tony is realizing that he is a bad person, Don is realizing that he is and ad man. We can also add the white shirt and the smile to the mix

[@MrTCHOSS]

@@luisfinol93 Yep. A realization that they are who they are.

[@JosueDominguez-g4z]

The way I interpreted the “I get it” moment was that nothing mattered; that he could try to be good, but that there’s no point as his bad deeds had no real consequence to him. That he could just do whatever he wants and it wouldn’t matter in the grand scheme of things whether he tried to be a good person or give in to his worst attributes; especially when doing bad things without remorse only made life easier or better for himself.

[@yvc9]

He's on a hallucinogen, of course he gets it.

[@tnfloose9023]

He saw the sun flash which resembled the light house flash from what he thought was purgatory but was actually an alternate reality where he was a good man. Seeing the flash connected the two and he realized that as Randy Blyth puts it, "this god that I worship, this demon I blame, conspire as one they're exactly the same".

[@mitchellmahurin3465]

Great song 🤘

[@claudedavis201]

My first experience with psychedelics, I remember saying “oh now I understand life. Everything is alive and connected. I get it. It all makes sense now.” So I always just assumed tony was having a very similar experience being it was his first psychedelic trip as far as the viewer is concerned

[@WhtMike2006]

That's what I thought too Claudiius

[@bcwiss]

Yes, exactly. This is what happened to Tony and is *the* reason he exclaims "I get it!"

[@KidFresh71]

Another great upload. Soprano Theories rocks! P.S. If you pause the frame right before Tony is going to enter the "hell house" in his coma, that's not his mother on the front porch beckoning him in. It's a scary looking, white-faced ghoul. Maybe a demonic version of Livia.