The Sopranos Iceberg Explained

Support me on Patreon: / elusoryyt
Scenic Media clips:
The Sopranos: 2022 Super Bowl Car Commercial Analysis - • The Sopranos: 2022 Sup...
The Sopranos: Final Scene Analysis - • The Sopranos: Final Sc...

[@Elusory]

00:25 Chapter 1: Underneath Satriale's 09:18 Chapter 2: Davey Scatino's Locker 16:53 Chapter 3: Purgatory 27:18 Chapter 4: The Emerald Piper 35:02 Chapter 5: Satanic Black Magic 49:08 Chapter 6: Inn At The Oaks

[@elsamso1]

Great video bro

[@ASPECIALNEEDSMEDIA]

Also in regards to the 3:00 thing, Paulie mad a call to the Doctor during his whole cancer situation and it was early 3am

[@oli3437]

Christopher is the cat not Adriana. Michael Imperioli states during a Soprano’s reunion interview with most of the cast that he was the cat. Also Joe Pantoliano has stated in a interview that his character did not kill the horse and it was Butchy who orchestrated the hit on Tony by having his Hair Salon model become Anthony Jnr’s girlfriend so he would know Tony’s whereabouts at all times. You really need to see these interviews with the actors in the show to really know what actually happened. All these other theories are BS and David Chase will never give the fans any real answers as he gets off on screwing with us and has told actors of the show in the past he decided not to do certain scenes or stories because the fans would enjoy them too much. He’s a genius but also a pretentious asshole

[@elsamso1]

@@oli3437 I do subscribe to the idea that Ralphie didn't kill the horse because he was truly reformed after his son's accident. But I always thought Patrick Parisi was the most likely to have told his Dad about where the Sopranos were having dinner, and Paulie and Patsy gave up Tony to NY for a number of reasons.

[@gowkie3940]

I heard he took a deal, he compromised.

[@_chevy_stepside]

Although not verbally mentioned here, it’s heavily implied that Phil did 20 years in the can.

[@notsocrates9529]

Grilled cheese varsity radiator it's the jacket with pulp, some pulp.

[@nils8584]

It’s mentioned a couple a three times

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

I still don't understand. How many years did he do?

[@NickB-pr4uh]

He comprised

[@Nikedemos]

It's a cool fan theory, but it doesn't hold very well when you take into account the number of peeps he uttered about that hypothetical situation (or rather, did not).

[@bojakai2102]

You know, quasimodo predicted all of this

[@Rschr101]

DID QUASIMODO HAFTA READ FA DAVID?!

[@coltonwilkie241]

That's the hunchback of Notre Dame!

[@arhandemirok2189]

who did wha-?

[@bodsnvimto]

Quasimodo? Not exactly sure who he is but he seems to ring a bell.

[@nobshistoryengineering4421]

You also got your halfback of Notre Dame

[@br9377]

After reading the title I thought this was gonna be a video about Ginny Sack.

[@Rschr101]

Ohhh😂

[@breezus3928]

No more with the weight remarks, Tony. They're hurtful, and destructive!

[@swampghost72]

Ginny wasnt in this video cause shes busy getting lipo..

[@coltonwilkie241]

What she needs is her own zipcode

[@pedro_gonzalex]

I heard ginny sack is so fat when she stepa on the scale she sees her phonenumber

[@noahsherwood2445]

The Virgin Mary scene scared the shit out of me when I first caught it, especially seeing her reflection and the loud music

[@RogueTheology]

So good

[@noahsherwood2445]

genuinely more terrifying than any episode of American Horror Story@@RogueTheology

[@michaelmanzella24]

The other thing that terrifies me is that if you read abt “divine” encounters in the Bible a lot of time it talks abt how the devil will deceive you through apparitions and that if it was real they call out “be not afraid” so I think that the “Virgin mother” was really a malevolent spirit

[@nuggetz9380]

Bro same. Shit scared me

[@elite1361]

​ @michaelmanzella24 In the bible it also says that good scares the evil. Maybe that's why Paulie perceived her in such an unsettling way

[@opaljk4835]

What’s wild is Tracee was actually only in a single episode. There are other characters like this who seem like they’re in more but are just in a single ep

[@Centhar]

Holy shit I had to triple check that was right, thought it was at least three. Mental

[@datoad82]

She was thoroughbred

[@opaljk4835]

@@datoad82 they treated her with less respect than pie o my

[@notsojoerogan]

Mr. Kim was only in one episode too. It floored me when I realized that. I felt like he’d been in a few episodes throughout season 5

[@coltonwilkie241]

Well she was a hooah

[@chrisxavier3147]

Hannibal "Lecture" was an intentional line, as it was one of the first malapropisms that the show became known for

[@ArthurSchoppenweghauer]

Here we go, the Hannibal Lecture series...

[@etsequentia6765]

It was dat Don something, producer of The Simpsons.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

@@etsequentia6765 Personally, I feel I'm reminded of Lewis the Whatever's finance minister. *"The* something"...

[@LucasMartins-dy6no]

The sacred and the propane...

[@ilikemitchhedberg]

Thank you so much, 🙏 numb ass tea

[@JeffTheHokie]

Tony didn't send Paulie and Chris to the woods to execute Valirey. Paulie was simply sent to Valiry's apartment to collect a payment, and it was supposed to be a friendly encounter (Valirey was a capo or higher under Slava). Paulie stupidly picked a fight with him leading to them going to the woods to bury the (still living) body.

[@greggoryallen8673]

Well said

[@earnthis1]

Yep, that was a dumb episode, that went nowhere. Like most.

[@Kaixfikwind]

@@earnthis1 It's great because it went nowhere lol. In the end, the money Paulie was supposed to pick up was in the car that is now missing haha. One simple task and it turns into this mess- two assholes lost in the woods and a missing interior decorator.

[@Kahgro]

@@greggoryallen8673the sacred and the propane

[@RenegadeShepard69]

@is1 it was the height of the paulie-chrissy rivalry and the official start to tony's distrust of paulie that pushed paulie away until the last episode when he had no one else. And the start of bobby being more than just junior's babysitter too. Also it's good worldbuilding to have them interacting with a few other "mafias". Edit: Also I'd like to add that this was the first time that I truly felt like this glorified crew was completely out of their depth more times than not and were too panicky and messy to not fall apart eventually. It was good to have a joke episode show Paulie's and Chrissy's biggest fuckup.

[@josephvoskuhl878]

Saying "I'll cut to the chase" while showing David Chase's cameo is great.

[@CincinnatusPublish]

34:38 James Gandolfini once said the weight gain came from eating the food on set. The food was so good they would sometimes have to tell the cast to slow down during takes because they were running out of food for the scene.

[@thedoveston6781]

If you watch restaurant/meal scenes in tv and film, the actors rarely actually eat. They might drink, but they usually just push food around on their plates. With so many takes and re-shoots, the actors don't want to bloat on food and put on weight between productions. There's an English comedy called Friday Night Dinner that ran for several years. The majority of the show is set around the dinner table, yet in all those years you never once see anyone actually consume food.

[@CincinnatusPublish]

@@thedoveston6781 I know, and it's really obvious when you watch shows like The Big Bang Theory. However, that didn't apply to the actors on the Sopranos.

[@RobbyRockaholic]

They actors just said in a 25 reunion show that they would eat the food and have to slow down because they got full , Carmela- Edie falcon would apparently chew gum to make it look like she’s chewing food .

[@Adam-ef9nk]

​@@thedoveston6781 I'm sure I recall Martin stuffing his face a hell of a lot in Friday Night Dinner?

[@RevisedGames]

I heard that The Russian Valery actually survived the incident out in the Pine Barrens. After that he moved to Liberty City and changed his name to Ray Bulgarin and became the boss of the Russian Mob...

[@earth6161]

In a deleted scene Chris and paulie see him in a bar in season 6 and shoot him dead but chase removed it to fuck with the viewer's lol

[@owendiguardi6321]

Underrated comment 😂 best I’ve ever seen if this had a million+ views you’d be at 100k likes

[@user-iy3el6gb8y]

Always with the scenarios

[@succulentstan]

@@earth6161Where can I watch

[@earth6161]

@@succulentstan I've not seen it but the late paulie sirico spoke about it in detail in a interview before he passed

[@zubileegluckgluck]

one small thing: 'members only' is the name of the company that made that particular style of jacket in the 80s. it doesn't say anything on the back, it's referring to the name on a small piece of cloth on the upper left pocket. it became an iconic style of jacket that resembled no others at the time.

[@SupaEMT134]

I was thinking the same exact thing. I grew up around those years

[@chrisdraughn5941]

I take it both of you are ex-members, huh?

[@richardrude9087]

Right. After hearing him say that I can’t take the rest of the video seriously

[@Stats2BackIt]

I just bought a members only windbreaker like 6 months ago purely because of this show

[@malalford]

It still exists. The style is actually called a "racing jacket"

[@skraegorn7317]

About the censorship in the "Made In America" ending, what i've heard is that David Chase wanted a black screen with no credits all the way to the HBO logo. He was unable to obtain a waver for that from the Directors Guild of America, so he had to have the credits roll after the screen cut to black.

[@jamesmeow3039]

I feel credits don't take away from the impact tbh.

[@paddypibblet846]

He compromised

[@gregwallace6159]

@@paddypibblet846😂

[@KrolKaz]

Wow that's so lame of the directors guild. Dude creates an iconic tv show that puts money in just about everyone's pocket and he's unable to finish it the way he wants due to some ridiculous bureaucratic nonsense. You think he'd get a pass for that.

[@paddypibblet846]

@@KrolKaz It wouldn't be fair to the people who worked on the show. Their names on the credits help them get hired for other works.

[@danielchamorro7084]

I personally think the cat was Christopher. Something about Paulie disliking the cat even though it wasn’t doing anything reminded me of when Paulie would try to get under Chris’s skin. This could be proven more with the scene where the cat lays near Paulie, showing how at the end of the day, whether they went through any turmoil or anything, they were always going to be family and near each other yk?

[@Roc_Official]

I get what you are saying. I think that was what the writers maybe had in mind, that the cat is a symbol of Christopher.

[@k1llertoad]

Tony also says something like "this cat caught a rat in the basement" when they are in the safehouse, Chris told Tony about Adriana in his basement, and at the end he stares at Paulie, because he's a rat, since he tried to betray Tony for johnny sac, and may be behind his killing in the dinner at the end

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

It's too old to be Chris

[@mastshak]

I just realized in the restaurant at the end of the series, there’s like a mural with football players on in. It says State Champs-he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@kenon6968]

small hands

[@restinpeace8263]

Also the number each player is wearing represents the calibre of pistol the two shooters are carrying

[@thedoveston6781]

Tony Sirico was never a member of the Colombos. He was a very active associate and likely would have been made, but he was with them at a time when the family was plagued by infighting. During his association with them the family fought several brutal wars and didn't induct any new members at all. During his last stint in prison he saw a production by an acting troupe which inspired him to give acting a try. He largely drew on his own experiences, which is why he was cast in so many mafia roles, notably in Goodfellas, Gotti and The Sopranos.

[@Thegoodfellasocialclub]

The kid that plays tony in the flash back when tony is a kid is Bobby boriello jr his dad was a real mobster named Bobby boriello who was John gotti’s hitman

[@billymuellerTikTok]

during the time Tony Sirico would have been active, people weren't being made - the five families closed the books (and stopped making guys) after the arrests from the Apalachin meeting in 1957 (when Tony Sirico was only 15) and they didn't open the books again until 1976 after Sirico had gotten out of prison and started an acting career.

[@keez994]

They were supposed to collect money from the Russian, not kill him.

[@nerfgunner2327]

Thats what i was thinking, big mistake there.

[@orlandocast7941]

@@nerfgunner2327he makes a million of them a minute

[@coltonwilkie241]

Potatoes tomatoes as they say

[@joseramos9152]

This guy knows nothing about this show at all smh 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@alvarezjorge517]

@@joseramos9152what I was thinking too. When he says he killed Ralph Cifaretto and mentioning that she was a beautiful creature and connecting that with the stripper. Like Jesus it was about the horse he burned in the barn fire. Tony didn’t give a fuck about the stripper

[@s.m.assies6448]

I'm a few months younger than Gandolfini was and I just, for the third time, finished watching The Sporanaos in december. What struck me was how young Gandolfini still looked in the first series.

[@jockoadams3377]

"When I was young, you were old ladies.. now I'm old and you're still old."

[@KrolKaz]

The drugs and booze really took a toll on his body. Watching the last season and going back immediately to season 1 episode 1 is scary. He was a great actor and an even greater man by all accounts but unfortunately couldn't handle the demons that eventually ended his life prematurely.

[@bajorekjon]

​@@KrolKazI honestly think the food he ate was just as detrimental to his health as the drugs or alcohol, maybe even more. Not to mention the amount of stress he dealt with

[@konstantinzdorovtsev3513]

@@bajorekjon An older gentleman explained to me once : some people drink, some do drugs, some smoke, some eat "

[@tmonte9445]

i think for Paulie he’s not an angel but i think he’s protected by the virgin mary herself due to the fact that his biological mother is a nun and to be the last one in the crew standing

[@Sushi_bar]

Thats pretty dope. She was a bad girl tho xd

[@swampghost72]

He nearly died that one time though...The guy jumped out the tree and came after him with a chainsaw..He had to defend himself..

[@sammclaughlin515]

Wow. Never thought of it that way

[@KadenHartley]

​@sammclaughlin515 Well maybe next time then you will😡😡😡🤬

[@SubManifest]

@@swampghost72same with that Russian pr*ck too

[@alexkarassavidis3023]

I have to say, the editing in this was way better than it needed to be for the subject matter. I loved the motif of the characters watching themselves on screens within the show. Well done!

[@Elusory]

Thanks Alex! I covered like 50+ subjects I think and I was amazed at how easy it was to compile so many clips of all of the different characters sitting in front of their television sets. Television is apparently a huge, huge theme in the show. I probably could have added this observation in the "Made in America meaning" bit. Cheers!

[@degu6089]

@@ElusoryHave you read SCP 2614? It's a fun short scary. Very spooky haunted vibe which this video reminded me of. You might like it. And naturally it's very Sopranos.

[@ejromm]

'Hannibal Lecture' is not a mistake, you've seen this show 8 times and don't know that the characters are constantly using malapropisms?

[@Leviathan56]

you know, Quasimodo predicted all of this. The hunch back of notra damus

[@alteredpenguin2073]

Tracy wasn't 18. Tony said she just had her 20th birthday. She was the same age as Meadow. Reason Why they were both essentially the main focus of the episode she died the.

[@winslowjoy2629]

And she was only in one episode

[@Elusory]

@@winslowjoy2629 yeah, I was wrong about this too, but technically not if you count flashbacks! In that case it's more than one. Otherwise, yeah she was only billed for one episode: University

[@tmonte9445]

@@Elusorythere was a deleted scene image during the dream sequence episode where tony was having dinner with his family and the camera pans to tonys family and then to tony and then to his family again but it changes from meadow to tracy sitting down next aj in the table

[@Elusory]

@@tmonte9445 didn't know this, wow. that would have been so awesome to see her years later in The Test Dream

[@Rschr101]

She was a thoroughbred, but maddone those chompers.

[@bluenote7848]

The “Made in America” title, as explained by David Chase, came from the part of the episode where Tony and Carm are entertaining Patsy and his wife, who are soon to be their in-laws. The wife, played by Donna Pessoa, is clearly dazzled by all the lush surroundings and objects in the Soprano home. At one point, she lifts up her very fancy teacup to peek underneath it, assuming that it’s very expensive English china, and is surprised when she sees the stamp on it, “Made in America.” That moment is symbolic of the illusory quality of much of their existence: things aren’t always what they appear to be.

[@adamantiiispencespence4012]

Made in America 2ouod not be indicative of poor quality.

[@gabriellaweber4693]

Ha, I've never heard this take before and I really like it. You can apply to the show throughout and even that ending.

[@bajorekjon]

It's actually a dinner plate, not a tea cup. And it's a 'blink and you'll miss it' scene. I just rewatched it since I didn't remember that part, and you are correct, it's very subtle

[@joashnegi1308]

After seeing the many saints of newark, my estimation of davide chase as a writer fucking plummeted.

[@Elusory]

this guy's got an IQ of 136. It's been tested

[@CincinnatusPublish]

Chase said he should have re-watched the Sopranos before making the Many Saints of Newark.

[@Elusory]

@@CincinnatusPublish really? doubling down on what @joashnegi1308 said above, then

[@swampghost72]

He read wisdom from sunta zoo and prince matchabelly..

[@CincinnatusPublish]

@@Elusory The Many Saints was incredibly disappointing.

[@everia_games]

Just when i thought i was out, they pulled me back in

[@allknowerofwwetna1]

This was awesome. I appreciated the time you put into the editing. It's not just Minecraft footage or something like that. To an extent I like those icebergs, but this felt like a much more immersive experience

[@ryanb7949]

That is definitely Janice that moved the placemat, resulting in the wine glass to move

[@winter7360]

great video, deserves waaaay more views and the little clips you splice in-between topics are gold.

[@D00MerJohn]

I will always think that Butch is the most likely architect of Tony's assassination. For whatever reason, he had it out for Tony the moment they introduced the character. That kind of animosity doesn't just go away, getting Tony to do his dirty work and take out fill with just icing on the cake.

[@johnlinford3791]

Pauli and pat parisi. In one of last episodes they have a meeting in a bar and say “ is that thing taken care of “ ….something along those lines . But definitely them . The pair of em talking in one of Tony’s dreams as well .

[@emor6100]

Also shoved a gun in Butch's face while he's sitting down eating...

[@noahsherwood2445]

"We gotta stop meeting like this." he says as he actively gets in Tony's way, physically blocking him.

[@forza8719]

@@noahsherwood2445very deep

[@alexjaybrady]

Brainless the second imo

[@PhantomFelix211164]

Ralph's kid doesn't die (or at least, its not shown), as the last time Ralph talks about him, he says that doctors say he likely will recover

[@Leviathan56]

He would recover but probably won't walk well and had to completely relearn to talk

[@SultanKhan66]

I watched the Superbowl commercial and in no way was AJ represented as a "ghost or spector". So yeah I'm rolling my eyes.

[@saturnschild4188]

I think he meant watch the video another creator made on the commercial not that the commercial represented AJ as a ghost

[@reddevil2158]

Maybe you should watch the video that the man put work into to change your opinion😂

[@SultanKhan66]

@@reddevil2158 As being someone from New York I would never take advice from someone from Jersey (aka The Armpit Of The World)

[@joemamma416]

​@@SultanKhan66I'd rather live in the armpit than live in NY and be in the butthole of the world.

[@MJAce85]

​@SultanKhan66 I guess you've never been to Manhattan. Talk about a shithole

[@freddynovember5842]

I love how you edited this to make it appear they are watching their memories on T.V. Great video!

[@alarikaguilar7543]

Thanks for this video. Very well done. Interesting narration as well. Like all the little relevant imagery sprinkled in the background all throughout the video. Good video.

[@JasonRobertSnyder86]

In season 1, when meadow is singing in the choir,the song is about guardian angels. The song is a Welsh air, All Through the Night

[@simonlhill-si4sx]

Ar hyd y nos it’s called in Welsh

[@murdoph]

This video is incredibly well edited. Feels very lo-fi yet unsettling. Great job!

[@romanverdugo7468]

awesome video, I love the little edits you did in the beginning of each topic.

[@RhadaGhast100]

On the topic of the pilot, there is also a few story elements that are different to the main show. I.E Tony already being the "The Boss" and Junior being jealous over that. Silvo talking about Artie like he didn't know em, etc.

[@Rschr101]

The pilot gets a passh for that.

[@RAD1111able]

early installment weirdness

[@groinBlaster31]

Yeah. Also the store is called Centanni's, the small mention of how Toni beats up the guy in front of the HMO because "he says he's nothing compared to the guys that used to run things." That's never touched on again right?

[@soldatonegro]

That was done on purpose I think. Old Man DiMeo was said to see Jackie and Tony both as possible successors. But even quieter kept was that Jackie and DiMeo both agreed Tony would be better fit. Junior was jealous because DiMeo favored Johnny more than himself, and saw it repeated when DiMeo favored his nephew.

[@paulmatthews2415]

I just see you talking about Tony's death and yet you don't mention how when Christopher dies he warns Tony and Pauly about 3:00 and the shooter came at Tony's 3, which you do mention

[@raptorshinryu]

Plus Chris mentioning his father telling him that in hell you relive your death for eternity, and when Tony initially enters the diner, he stops short after entering with a concerned look, with the next cut being Tony seated at the booth from the point of view of where he was standing before the cut. Absolutely intended to make the audience feel like he was seeing himself.

[@PYRO-ON]

Greatest iceberg vid I’ve seen on the Sopranos, AND I HAVE SEEN EM ALL!!! Great work, worth the wait!

[@Cesar0673]

Love the editing style in this. I know I’m looking to much into it but the editing style of Tony watching moments of his life on the tv followed by the eerie silence really does make it look like he’s in purgatory or something and he’s watching moments from his life. Also 35:16 sends chills down my spine

[@jedisquidward]

Really great video. The decision to frame each entry through the characters watching TV is really creative, and beyond that, getting this huge amount of B-roll for every specific thing you talk about is something often taken for granted, but not easy. Also, I was such an idiot at 8:13 that I looked at this video's footage of that video already being watched and concluded that I had already seen it!

[@Elusory]

That is hilarious. That would be next level if that's possible someday, where the video would be clickable and overlayed like that and could show you where you currently were if you watched it already. And yeah, the B-roll really took forever to gather. and thanks for appreciating the "characters watching TV" bit ❤️ super funny, spooky, or downright dumb for every section haha

[@lorenzomiceli2898]

the fact that I finished the show on the 9th of January is crazy. Loved every single bit

[@Xpwnxage]

Me and my gf finished about 5 days before the anniversary.

[@rainbowtrouter4201]

I was so surprised to see that you had less than 5k subs. I love the Sopranos so much and you just helped me love the show even more, amazing video.

[@czechman00]

Great video, the extra effort in the editing really stands out! I do think it’s worth reconsidering your interpretation of Tony’s coma dream. In the dream, Tony is actually not Kevin Finnerty, he accidentally switches his briefcase with him and is stuck dealing with it for most of the dream, but he’s still Tony. I don’t see how Finnerty can represent Tony’s inner good person when Finnerty is presumed to have sold a faulty heating system to monks. Also in the dream someone asks Tony how he made the switch from selling patio furniture to precision optics, and previously on the show Tony has remarked multiple times that that’s would he might have been doing if he hadn’t been in the mob. Rather to me it seems like Tony in the dream is who he could have been, and Finnerty and his briefcase represents who he is in real life and the baggage of the mob. This also fits with your idea about Tony being fatalistic about life and that he had no choice with respect to the mob and what he has done. Dream Tony ends up with Finnerty’s brief case through no fault of his own, it’s simply an accident (fate) that he got stuck with it, yet that’s what causes conflict for Tony in the dream, like being being confronted by the monks. Let me know what you think!

[@sketchysketchu]

The edits of everybody watching themselves on the TV really reminds me of Tony's dreams. Amazing editing touch

[@Elusory]

Thanks a lot! 29:26 is definitely up there for me in the mashups I did. Very creepy vibe involving one of his dreams, like you said

[@sketchysketchu]

​@@Elusory Just got to the edit(I break up longer videos like this to watch over time) loved it. Also Phil turning the TV off LOL. Makes me realize how much of the show has characters watching TV, almost as much as eating food, it always felt sort of meta to me

[@sketchysketchu]

To comment on Lilyhammer, I watched it right after my first viewing of Sopranos. Pretty good (and funny) show, and some great Sil moments. It's a different character, but it's practically a cartoon version of Sil. The show is basically Sil solving the problems of his new friends in Norway in his own Jersey mob guy way, and teaching them as well. Its actually a really heartwarming show, but it gets strange later on in the final season and doesn't end particularly well. But the first season (and the second for the most part) was worth the watch. (Learned a little about Norwegian culture too, which is always fun)

[@guccibirkin188]

What Tony said while killing Ralph had nothing at all to do with Tracee. He was referring to Pie O My. The racing horse that Tony assumed Ralph killed. That was the whole reason he was in his house in the first place.

[@AtaSancaktar]

What are you, stunod? The scene clearly nods to Tracee's death. "She was a hoaaah!" -> "It was a hoaaahs!" Tony could've been thinking about both of them while pummeling Ralph.

[@jasonredding9183]

Yup 100%. He was talking about the horse, not Tracy. I turned this off as soon as I heard how wrong he was. That was basic sopranos knowledge.

[@guccibirkin188]

@@jasonredding9183 In all fairness, the show is quite intricate and I’m sure someone could develop the theory he was referencing both when doing it. I only really picked up on it as I am re watching so I get the mistake. However the scene does take place almost immediately after Tony discovers Pie O My’s death. Probably wouldn’t hurt this guy to freshen up before making videos on the subject.

[@tammy2760]

@@jasonredding9183 I'm pretty sure the guy who made the video meant that deep down, Tony connected Pie o My's death with Tracee's death

[@philtimesten]

I feel like Tony didn't care about Tracy as a person so much as he looked at as a symbol of meadow. That certainly fueled his feelings about ralphie, but in my opinion, it was only about the horse. Animals didn't know how shitty Tony was, so he loved them more, plus they are innocent and unspoiled as to the lifestyle that he lives. Something that he struggles with throughout the series, was that he wanted out of that life deep down, but he was already tipped over the edge and barreling down the mountain. So that on top of the horse making him money was a double plus.

[@ballerrr273]

Barely in this video and I love the effort with editing you did in this video instead of just lazying reading a script like so many iceberg videos. Excellently done

[@DENMAR411]

The best editing on an iceberg video I've ever seen. Hats off

[@Acro_YT]

This is quite nice, added to playlist!

[@malif1279]

Can't believe Better Call Saul was released in 1999! Either way this is a great video and the editing is just immaculate, you truly do have the makings of a varsity youtuber This deserves millions of views

[@Elusory]

LOL. Love BCS too! Thanks for the love ❤️

[@kupferpirate1859]

better call saul? that was 2015 dude lmao

[@RickJames-wf2rm]

​@@kupferpirate1859 he's implying BCS is the best show ever

[@Ar1AnX1x]

great video dude, amazing editing, made it very entertaining

[@kathyvanwinkle9969]

I think you did a fantastic job here. I watched the series so many times and in fact will watch so many more times lol, but you brought things to light that I didn't really consider before now, so thanks! My favorite scene is Hugh's birthday party, they get to enjoy the pool and the nice house and yard like a "normal" family, you don't see that too often throughout the series. 🙂

[@santanademarco1171]

First scene of 6:21 Made in America sums it up for me. Tony appears to be dead, lying in a casket with an organ playing. Chase said all the answers are right in front of you in the last season, referring to if Tony died or not.

[@reddevil2158]

It is obvious that he does die, it’s just lazy casual viewers that don’t slightly understand what happens in the final scene. A lot of people hate the ending because they don’t actually see Tony get shot up (and his family as-well if the theory is right)

[@eddiekaspbrak4624]

@@reddevil2158But why would his family get shot? Killing 3 other additional ppl would be so unnecessary

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@eddiekaspbrak4624it’s happened before but meadow would be alive

[@bloodthirstck655]

“They don’t do it in front of family”. Then Phil gets whacked in front of his family, meaning they broke the rules. It was kind of really sloppy from Tony in the end. I think he was just spiritually done with everything, I almost feel like he knew what was coming and just wanted to go out this way to be honest. Seems a real obvious way he was gonna die.

[@00700790210]

I heard an interesting theory once that Tony didn't get shot in the diner, but instead died/got shot at the end of The Blue Comet. There's definitely something up with the ending of TBC and the opening of Made in America. In the last scene of The Blue Comet; Tony goes to the bedroom, shuts the door, sits on the bed, thinks back to Bobby tell him you probably don't hear it when it happens, lies on the unmade bed wearing a black leather jacket and black pants, with the AR-15 on his chest, and stares at the door (which you can see a key in the lock of but we know he doesn't lock it), and then goes to sleep. In the first scene of Made in America; Tony wakes up wearing a grey sweatsuit, on a made bed, and the AR-15 is standing up against the nightstand. It's possible that he woke up at some point in the night and stood the rifle up, but not to make the bed and change clothes. You might get the odd mistake in the Sopranos, but such blatant changes couldn't be a mistake when Chase has already said, something along the lines of, everything happens for a reason and if you notice something then it was meant to be there. I think there was something else too in regards to the diner scene, but I can't remember it properly. It comes back to Tony looking at something and then seeing it from Tony's POV. When he first walks in the diner you see him look forward then there's his POV. Then back to a shot of Tony where his expression seems to change a bit, but then from his POV it's him sitting in the booth. Like he's looking at himself sitting there. I dunno it's weird. The good thing about the Sopranos is the amount of ambiguity and that you always notice something you hadn't seen before on rewatches. That's why people are still discussing it 17 years after it ended.

[@ginamalone193]

I took the change as a few days have gone by?

[@therussianyetishow1238]

That quick cut after “question your leadership” fucking got me

[@willusions]

Your editing of the characters watching sopranos clips in the show reminds me of the dream sequences in the show

[@Aughlag]

Your editing makes this an enjoyable iceberg video

[@mushmouth1872]

I honestly think that the “ghost on the stairs” is junior just not wanting to be in the conversation

[@KidFresh71]

Love the supernatural elements in the Sopranos (ghosts, dreams, Virgin Mary, peyote trip, parallel life in the coma, Chris going to Hell and Tone almost going to Hell). To me, these trippy moments take the show to a whole other level. I understand that some people do not care for these aspects, but to me they are my favorite parts.

[@rainman42]

WOW..EXCELLENT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND ALL THE HARD WORK YOUVE DONE ON THIS UPLOAD!!! As a soprano fanatic ive seen tue series over 100 times including when it was actually on HBO weekly..its the best series in tv history with the best main chatacter in tv as well..sometimes id go from " made in america" right back to the pilot and continue again because its just that good...i do this with no other tv show...when it was on A&E years ago, i could watch wherever it was when i turned on the channel and just watch because like i said, the show is amazing..writing, acting, everything was perfect... ..all these theories, conspiracies, ideas, and Easter eggs do make alot of sense...some ive heard, most i havent and i do look at the series a little different knowing what youve expressed here and i have to say its very interesting. Alot makes sense. Thank you again for the dedication and time and effort that went into this upload...

[@Mindfultranslations]

Amazing work…. I’m truly in “awer” of you to quote Bobby bacalao. 😊

[@Rschr101]

To the victor belong the spoils.

[@newjojosupercutsandmore2489]

Never heard the jersey devil theory before but that’s actually funny as hell and it’s my new head canon given the show’s supernatural elements

[@twograves693]

I am so glad this was made, Love the show, Love the theories, Thanks.

[@degu6089]

I love how well edited this!

[@joeychick9045]

Glad you popped up. Great job. 👏

[@noka1979]

The Best TV series ever, i love all these insights, i get goosebumps, i have never watched another serious drama series that can come close, i have fallen away from such shows as they are not good anymore, thank you for the work on this.

[@520angling5]

54:40 Absolutely blasted on edibles right now and I can’t handle this.

[@Elusory]

😂 just a theory!

[@Rschr101]

I can't have this conversation again

[@zerokev6691]

You're weak. You're outta control. And you've become an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.

[@Avalanche_Hockey166]

Commenting so I can watch later when i get out of work. Hour long Sopranos iceberg analysis to kick off 2024? Mannnnn, It’s the little things in life I swear.

[@heisenberg4406]

0:22 “I’ll just cut to the chase” Shows the cameo by creator David Chase. Love what you did there.

[@marcusshakur3481]

David Chase is my favorite writer, director, producer, etc The genius of The Sopranos remain unmatched.

[@drob4812]

Awsome video. Finished the show recently and I already want to rewatch it

[@LtJackboot]

Congratulations! I have watched The Sopranos dozens of times and binged the entire series probably half of that. at 14:55 you showed me something that I had not noticed before, the parallel between the members only diner hits! 25 yrs!

[@PhantomFelix211164]

I always thought "Made in America" was referencing the term "made" as in becoming an official part of the crime family. That they are Gangsters in America.

[@saulwest8254]

3:50 Pretty sure the catalyst for killing Ralph was Pie-O-My not Tracey.

[@michaelsuder486]

It was both. Doesn't have to be one other, hence the vagueness in his wording. He said "creature " not animal to point towards the horse or girl /person to point towards Tracee. He saw Meadow in Tracee plus he loved animals

[@djqkronicles24]

It definitely was the killing of the horse. This is alluded to when Dr. Melfi is told that psychopaths don't benefit from therapy, it in fact sharpens their ability to lie, and they show emotion through animals. Tracy is just the catalyst between the rift from Tony and Ralph. Had Ralph not killed the horse, he'd still be alive.

[@zZzJohnnyBoyzZz]

great video man! This is the best show of all time in my opinion I gotta re watch!

[@AndresDiaz-qs8gk]

This gotta be the best sopranos theories video hands down !

[@pancakes40051]

53:35 Paulie was an Angel; dont froget his line when talking to the soccer coach, "my name is Clarence". A nod to the movie Its a Wonderful Life where the main character meets his gaurdian angel with the exact same name.

[@RichWeigel]

True he also seemed to know how many years one would have to do in Purgatory.

[@gregwallace6159]

@@RichWeigel😂

[@johnclay2716]

>stuffed animals in her room means Meadow is young I've dated girls in their 20s with stuffed animals all over their room

[@johnclay2716]

The hannibal lecture mispronunciation is on purpose

[@Elusory]

@@johnclay2716 curious about the mispronunciation being on purpose - how so?

[@johnclay2716]

@@Elusory It's a joke throughout the show that they're all dumb NJ Italians who mispronounce things or get names wrong Think Bobby saying " Quasimodo " predicted this instead of " Nostradamus "

[@Elusory]

Yeah, this makes a ton of sense, you are correct. Thanks for explaining that

[@johnclay2716]

@@Elusory Of course, great video btw

[@jaylalor8075]

This was amazing, thank you!!

[@schrisdellopoulos9244]

Tracey was in one episode, not a "couple." That's a simple one. You aren't an actual Sopranos expert are you? You never had the makings of a varsity KZbinr.

[@brendanmuller7301]

I actually have an alternate theory about the ending that plays into the "its his hell" thing. My theory is that the entire show from start to finish takes place on a rerund of some of Tony's worst and last years of life ending with his death the cut to black and starting with the black screen from the pilot. So on and so forth for all eternity.

[@HEYTORO]

elite editing brother very fun wach

[@Cutekuramon]

My favorite show of all time. Its been years since I first watched it and I have yet to find anything that has touched me the same way. The depth of the characters, their mental illnesses, their hypocrisys and complexs are all so raw and so human. My favorite Sopranos theory is that the supernatural exists in their world and my favorite episode is Commendatori.

[@Elusory]

Agreed! Love the supernatural angle in the series. For example, I was thinking that it's so intriguing how they bothered depicting both the Virgin Mary and Pussy in mirrors? Wonder what the significance is there. And Commendatori is an A+ choice

[@Cutekuramon]

@@Elusory Paulie's fixation with the supernatural and his superstitious beliefs are very on contrast to Tony's nihilistic view on the world. I think it's because Livia really shaped his fatalistic beliefs, with Tony going on how he believes there's nothing after this life etc. While Paulie was raised with more love by his mom/Aunt. I never heard of the theory that Adriana could be the cat and I love it. Even in death she still was loyle to Chrissy lol.

[@ronstecher4345]

Tony didn’t die. It was the audience that was killed off. The last scene we see is Tony looking at the door as Meadow enters and then the screen goes black from OUR perspective, not his. He is looking in our direction. Notice the song “Don’t Stop Believing” is playing, meant again for the audience. Beneath that song on the juke box is “Any Way You Want It”, again left to audience interpretation. If it were Tony being killed we would have seen the last scene through his eyes, lookimg towards the door and then it goes black, as he discussed with Bobby on the lake. The final scene and the mystery man in the Member’s Only jacket represents Tony’s never ending paranoia that he will live with to the end. No matter what happens or how successful he is he will always be suspicious, never trust anyone and always be looking over his shoulder. Life goes on for Tony as he picks up the pieces of what is left of his crime family while his wife and kids venture off into their own new endeavors.

[@neilbooker8510]

Absolutely. The audience got whacked as end of the show.

[@thadoc5186]

Nope. You got it wrong pal.

[@ronstecher4345]

@@thadoc5186 unless you are David Chase himself, there is no definitive right or wrong answer. I stand by my interpretation.

[@HeaRtllesSs]

Certainly could make the case for both him being alive or dead, it was purposefully made that way. But i lean more on the side of him dying especially cause of the dialogue with bobby and meadow being his "protector" throughout the show and how much screen time her parking took given the fact that it was the last scene of the show. Either way i've yet to find anything as enjoyable as this show and i've watched most of the good ones.

[@thadoc5186]

@@ronstecher4345 That's why I love America. You're allowed to be wrong.

[@thej2241]

To me, Phil gripping the bed covers while Vito gets beaten to death looks like he’s processing some kind of traumatic event in his mind, possibly reminding him of his previous “compromises” when he did 20 years in the can

[@foodank_atr817]

I haven't watched in a while but I swear there's mention in the first episodes of Meadow needing Tony to show her how to parallel park and he doesn't have the time at the moment.

[@Elusory]

Don't recall this, huge if true

[@Chde8xu]

Please make a part 2 !!!

[@btothea5641]

I’ve seen the series about 100 times now, so I was surprised to see stuff here I hadn’t caught before, like the wine glass moving, and the guy from upstairs peeking down during the wake. Good list man! 😊

[@IronWolf277]

I was on a big "Mafia" Film kick back in the day, buying all the DVD's i could find (Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, The Untouchables, etc.) It was right around the time Sopranos season 3 was dropping. Needless to say i watched season 1&2, and i was hooked to this series! It still holds up today, one of the GOATS!

[@damnnina1419]

And with the Russian in the Pine Barrens...it was a camera angle from up in the tree where the blood trail stopped. I think he was looking at em from up there

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

I always thought that too

[@djqkronicles24]

No, Buscemi directed that episode and he said it was just a shot used and not a hint of the Russians point of view. Strictly unintentional.

[@pablobogado4921]

Hey, Nice Video! I would have like to hear your toughts on the Note that appears while tony is in the Hospital, and the "Bobby kill Harpo" theory

[@Wriggles.Lantern]

Sick video dude, I’ve been waiting for a solid sopranos iceberg. Do you have any tips for someone interested in video essay content?

[@danielmzlos1895]

Alright, this was a good show but you got to get over it.

[@barrybj]

38:38 I don't think it was ever confirmed Ralph's son died. Ralph even said he might be okay before his own death.

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

The whole video is full of errors

[@br3akstuff]

Justin would likely be disabled but there is literally zero proof he ever died lol

[@gwensstepbro4966]

this was super well done, nice

[@casterminion5047]

great video, good job!

[@vadamane]

I always thought “Gino” was just the bakery kid getting Vito’s name wrong.

[@worfsonofmogh323]

Christopher wouldn't have talked to him like he didn't know him if that was the case.

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

No

[@erics362]

The Russian went on to continue his successful career as an interior decorator. But his house still looked like 💩.

[@travisbartholomew6646]

Great job on the video

[@YourGrace_06]

I will never forget the tracee episode. I watched it when it first came out. I was 16 and watching it with my dad and now my son is 16 watching it with me