The Sopranos Season 5 Ep 5 & 6 First Time Watching! TV Reaction!!

The Sopranos | Season Five
Episode Five - Irregular Around the Margins
Episode Six - Sentimental Education
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[@Shadywhtboy22]

Henry Yuk, who plays the laundry owner Kim, is imitating his Korean accent. His IRL voice features a most exquisite Brooklyn accent.

[@mr.a8315]

Cool. 👍 He just did it for yuks then. 😋

[@Chirpy_Squirrel]

Carmella definitely is a user. The key here is she doesn't even necessarily realize it, she turned on immediately after the situation with AJ improved. She is used to taking subversive actions with Tony to get what she wants as part of the mob culture. A "normal" person identifies it immediately. This is a way of the series showing that yes, Carmella isn't a good person either, whether responsible herself or as a victim and exhibiting this as a learned behavior. She essentially doesn't know how to function in a normal relationship at this point.

[@czos9239]

Yep, had to look up the S/E so it wouldn't be a spoiler (it all blends for me) as she's not above also directly threatening others if "required:" _When Jeannie fails to persuade Joan to write a letter of recommendation for Meadow, Carmela presents Joan with a ricotta pie and a folder of Meadow's high school transcripts. When Joan refuses to write the letter, Carmela implicitly threatens her. Later, Jeannie informs Carmela that Joan has caved and agreed to write the letter._ In this ep she says (paraphrased): "You better watch your step." There's also mention that Carmella gets confused over intelligence and sexual orientation. So potentially used to a life of brutish threatening men. Little wonder she would choose that brutish path herself when it's useful.

[@Hexon66]

But the point is... it *IS* a normal relationship, if we as viewers are willing to take a cold hard look at ourselves. David Strathairn's character (the teacher, don't remember the name) definitely was used by Carmella, but "regular' people do that all the time. In fact, if we consider him a regular person, what was his motivation? He abandoned all his principles as an educator. Why? To keep the supply of sex with the mom flowing? He was used by her, but definitely not a victim, he was using her as well. The show displays a mob family, but it's not entirely ignoring the shortcomings of the 'regular' viewers.

[@liteflightify]

@@Hexon66 I think that’s what some people tend to miss about this show. Yes, the series is entrenched in “mob culture”. But the show has a rather nihilistic view of human dynamics in general. David Strathairn’s character is presented as being no better than Carmela, at least as far as their “relationship” went. However, he can make himself feel superior in the situation due to not being a part of “mob culture”. The series has always had an “everyone is different degrees of horrible” viewpoint.

[@Phantomgreen29]

Now we get to the point where Phil Leotardo enters the show and things get really fun. One of the best side characters in any show period.

[@carterisgod22]

Phil made everything so chaotic 😂

[@iBreakinlol]

THE SHAH OF IRAN

[@MaliciousIntent83]

twenty fucking years!

[@Phantomgreen29]

@@MaliciousIntent83 Let me tell ya a couple a three tings

[@iBreakinlol]

whatever happened there? WHAT EVER HAPPENED THERE!!!????

[@NicolasBowling]

Ones of the biggest disappointments was the massage parlor falling through. Self sabotage at its finest.

[@tidepride86]

Yup. The Patrice Oneal syndrome

[@LiamATL007]

I never realized how Dark he was. When Tony had the revolver to Chrissies head, my man blurted out “DO IT!!” Full send. 💀

[@normie2716]

I know. That one even caught _me_ off guard. 😆

[@YoureMrLebowski]

shout out to your editing mr schmitt. i haven't watched The Sopranos in years and you do a great job of showing enough of the show that i follow along easily while keeping the copyright gods happy. 👍🏼🙂 this is a great show.

[@claya7580]

I consider it a homework assignment to watch the next two episodes ahead of your reviews!

[@tidepride86]

*You threw food at Vito, that's gotta be resolved.*

[@mr.a8315]

Yes because it missed going in his mouth. He's mad.

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

Carmella's father is on to her "woe is me" nonsense.He's probably had a lifetime of it. The last time Carmella was as depressed as this was when the old jewish shrink told her some home truths about the man she was married to and the deeds she was condoning by continuing to be married to him etc... Anytime she gets a doze of reality she goes into self-pity mode and her dad is likely immune to it all by now.

[@tidepride86]

Lol the guys Korean. Paulie:. *Rememba Pearl Hahbah*

[@jesterssketchbook]

my meatballs just finished cooking, and now you upload this? ohhhh Madonneee! A salut

[@SIRtrizzytreyofcameltoe]

10:23 Tony continuing to incidentally give Chrissy shit about Ade’s lil pup is just absolutely hilarious to me.

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

It was a pocket rat....and it yapped

[@SIRtrizzytreyofcameltoe]

@@crazyjoedavola5430 Well what, was it bawrkin’??

[@vasiliarkhipov2121]

It seems totally realistic to me that the one Tony didn't sleep with, nearly blows up his whole life. I am not a big believer in mysticism, but I have to say there is this really spooky thing that happens: You're doing bad shit all the time and the one time you actually try not to do it, it blows up in your face like you did do it. I grew up in the ghetto and I saw this happen so many times. The second somebody starts trying to like do the right thing or get their shit together, life just blows up in their face. It's like the universe is punishing you for trying to change. It's so weird.

[@GeneralProfessor]

I went through that and in order to reach the other side my punishments were depression, addiction and isolation. From my experience one way of looking at this phenomenon is that the devil wants his due. When you enter his service, so to speak, you get everything you desire and it all seems to be for free. But nothing ever is. Everything comes at a cost sooner or later. So the moment you decide to change and leave his service he knocks at your door and he wants payment in full for everything he gave you. You truly want out? Not only will you need to give up all the benefits, you will also need to pay for all your bad actions. At that point you have two choices: Give up and try to dodge the obligation while in the process cursing your family and children to pay for you. Or pick up your cross and bear it yourself. Repent, accept that you will have to suffer for every littlest bad thing you ever did, and pray for strength to make it through. If this is a topic that interests you I can't recommend enough the book Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. It's a story about a young guy whose conscience doesn't care that he can perfectly rationalize the crime he has committed. He has every logical arguement for why his actions were "good" but the core of his being won't let him rest until he repents and suffers for it. Only then can he find some semblance of peace.

[@pollystye3270]

I actually think it's that when people are doing things they know are wrong, they take extra steps to protect themselves. However, when they start trying to correct their behaviour they tend to behave more carelessly in other areas. Just because Tony didn't sleep with Ade, that doesn't mean that him travelling with her at 3 am trying to score coke isn't still a really dodgy thing to do.

[@Moltisantiproductions]

That’s so true bro the amount of times this shit happens is scary

[@mitchellbeston1033]

Yes she kissed the construction bloke, and yes its the one show i've watched where every single character is unlikeable at some point. Sil is my favourite character, yet even he has his moments.

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

i'm not going to spoil anything, but Sil being "likeable" and funny makes a certain thing that happens later even harder to watch. Because you realize "oh, he's a mean bastard too". If you're in this "thing" you can't be good person, period.

[@omaewamoshindeiru616]

Christopher calling Vito a parade float 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JasonMoir]

"She's going to have so much diarrhea after this." Yes, yes she will.

[@ladyhotep5189]

"Her whole asshole rotted out" when Christopher said that I almost fell out the chair.

[@maine0389]

Michael imperioli who plays Christopher is a phenomenal actor, love him 💕 , Christopher was always my favourite character in the show. Just the way Michael plays him is something else, so many layers to his character 👌

[@Johnny6666]

Absolutely. And when you see Michael Imperioli in anything else (particularly his stage acting), he is nothing like Moltisanti. He's an incredible actor who, perhaps unfortunately, will forever be remembered for 'The Sopranos' (as amazing as it is).

[@ureallysuckglobes]

@@Johnny6666 he’s got The White Lotus now too, and Goodfellas, of course. I hope Lotus will help him get more high profile roles again.

[@RobertSmith-bz5ug]

Carmela is a user... Lets not forget how she approached her neighbor and her sister when she wanted to get Meadow into Georgetown.

[@jamesmorant1406]

Christopher was a real piece S--- the way he treated Adrianna

[@Everarmed89]

Not sure how I’d feel if Samantha didn’t say her signature “Hello” at the beginning of each reaction

[@YoureMrLebowski]

confused. bewildered. befuddled. off.

[@positivelynegative9149]

🤣

[@meetyouinheaven]

I would already be thinking the channel is about to come to an end

[@positivelynegative9149]

@@meetyouinheaven 🤔

[@waynecanning4122]

and the 'Bye!" at the end

[@MrDman21]

Kinda hard to root for anybody on this show. The protagonists are also the antagonists 😏

[@mr.donatello]

“Keep your eyes on the prize” + “Eye of the Tiger” = words of wisdom from Christopher: “Keep your eye on the tiger” The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor + Kim is Korean = words of wisdom from Paulie: “Remember Pearl Harbor”

[@Everarmed89]

I love how Tony pats the apple after putting it back. Like sorry, but not really

[@vickjr98]

😂😂🤣 exactly

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

Carmella 100% kissed Mr Wallpaper...

[@TheRedPeril]

One thing I will say, you said it’s only a matter of time when AJ wanted to go at his dad. Even forgetting that a guy like tiny can have someone killed with a look, he will always remain a very intimidating guy. Those shoulders, the way he leans over you. Gandolfini is tremendous in this, really really tremendous.

[@censortube8662]

Carmela's father just walked out because he wasn't buying her bs about blaming Tony for everything. She knew who Tony really was and still chose to marry him for the materialistic benefits.

[@mechanoid2k]

Also despite all his faults Hugh really liked Tony, always did.

[@9odfathr]

You aren’t supposed to be with another Made-members girl or wife alone, or they’d kill you in real life and her too back then

[@Anthony-kw4en]

There's no honor amongst thieves.

[@MrDman21]

Yep

[@positivelynegative9149]

But it still happened regularly. Most famous case is probably Paul Cicero and Karen Hill.

[@knutinho2001]

​@@positivelynegative9149 Henry wasnt made

[@tomking7080]

More mob guys got killed over a woman than those that ratted.

[@Duskwalker68]

The game of telephone that happens really shows how all of them are like gossiping children.

[@charlesswitzer8378]

Carmela is a horrible person. It’s easy to emote sympathy for her while watching because the writers purposefully create a sympathetic/quasi-victim, co-dependent narrative around her, which they stop doing around this episode. Season 6 really hammers it home.

[@Writeous0ne]

right... anybody who can be involved in that life even if it's a wife is automatically a shitty person. IRL people who use people sometimes actually believe they aren't a user or a bad person, they're acting on their subconscious which is their true self, the surface level they present to the world is fake and only intended to help achieve what they want.

[@candice44]

She is horrible, but in her defense she’s in a lot of pain - she doesn’t have great relationships with her kids, Meadow periodically lashes out at her and AJ straight up hates her, and the relationship she has with Tony is just a plane crash. She’s desperate for love and doesn’t get any. Believe me, i won’t make any excuses for her, she’s an AWFUL mother and person. But I’ve come to see her as just another tragic figure.

[@charlesswitzer8378]

When Tony starts 'leaning' on the inspector again at the end of Season 6, Part I, there is this tiny little scene where she is in her bedroom going through cards. She takes the card from the person she was going to get to look into Adrianna's 'disappearance,' but simply smiles and throws it into the never gonna use it pile. She instinctively knows they killed Adrianna, but as long as she gets the luxuries she wants, she is okay with going back to suppressing what she already knows...and now they killed one of the actual family members and not someone directly in the business. She is good with that. That solidified Carmela Soprano for me. She is pure garbage. and the writers putting that brief little scene in is their way of telling the audience, you sympathized with her all these years... it is actually a brilliant scene and one of many things that makes this the greatest show ever.

[@candice44]

@@charlesswitzer8378 One of Carmela’s greatest flaws is that she deludes herself, she allows herself to be bribed and delusional about the nature of her life… so when you say “she instinctively knew they killed Adrianna”, I don’t know if that’s true - her intuition is definitely telling her something, but it’s something she has never allowed herself to believe. Same with Pussy/Sal. So it’s not so much that she is a stone-hearted sugar mamma, she’s more pitiable than that - like, just imagine how she’d react if she knew the realities of Tony’s life and job, like if she watched this TV show. She’d be mortified and wouldn’t go on, right? She’d be horrified and would never forgive Tony. So there is some kernel of goodness in her. Sadly it’s just inaccessible. But she’ll eventually get the tab when Tony is killed in the finale - that’s when the bill is gonna come and it’ll destroy her.

[@bigredtlc1828]

The priest and Carmela are 2 actors with interesting characters in Nurse Jackie. Changes the dynamic completely. That's a great series if you guys appreciate Edie Falco's work on Sopranos. Great actress in a completely different role. It's a little jarring at first as you realize it's the same person but then the story gets you hooked.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

19:48 "job interview?" 😆

[@J03J3rk0ff]

Gabagool. It’s always gabagool.

[@russellward4624]

You guys are way too naive with Carmella. She 1,000% intended to use him. She doesn't think it's bad because that's how she does things. She views it as how to get things done.

[@thelizardking3036]

Let me tell you a couple of three things. Remember Pearl Harbour, and keep your eye on the tiger.

[@jasonthompson2355]

Vito: 'They're all sources of pleasure though..." Sign of things to come

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

Carmella kissed the wallpaper guy in the bathroom.

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

100%

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

I guess the "moral of the story" is: you are who you are, and you can't escape your past. Tony tries to do things different and it doesn't matter, no one believes him. Carmela has been married to Tony for too long, she's a mobster too. Tony B tries go do the right thing, but being honest is not in his blood and he ends up working for Tony. Christophah' and Ade are in a toxic relationship, they are stuck in it no matter what.

[@king_supreme1102]

I don’t think the Priest was ever trying to have sex with Carmela. I think he definitely wanted to, but was never going to go for it. Carmela and him talked about it a while after the night he slept over. She told him she thinks he tries to get a “whiff” of sexuality, without actually doing it. He seemed to take that to heart. So at this point I don’t think he’s motivated at all by having a crush on her. (I mean technically speaking sleeping with that other guy would be a sin, so no surprise as to why he objects)

[@izzonj]

The priest thinking of having sex with Carmella would be a sin in the catholic church. He would have had to confess that urge to another priest which would bring the gravity of it home to him. If course, in the real world...

[@YoureMrLebowski]

16:19 "I guess I believe ..." 🤣🤣🤣 daniel's impression, favorite moment this review

[@okay5045]

The priest is not interested in Carmela or any of the women in his orbit. He is just a user. He knows who their husbands are and he uses them for all he can from them.

[@chaosofdanny48]

Always waiting for these Sopranos reactions!!! Definitely in my top 5 favorite shows.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

if you get new chairs but stop holding hands i will be 😢. it's very charming ☺️, and very schmitty

[@YoureMrLebowski]

22:51 daniel has seen the show 🙂

[@YoureMrLebowski]

25:07 "ya think?" trouble with a capital Tony

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

Don't know why the over abundance of hate towards father Phil, everything he said , his advice was correct in the Catholic faith despite his personal shortcomings which were never all that bad anyway, he admitted to having "carnal" thoughts/temptations for Carm but he never acted on these impulses. Seems kind of disrespectful to the Catholic faith to just dismiss his invoking of sin as if the very concept is just obvious superstition or nonsense. Don't know why so many people feel so free to shit on Christianity in it's various forms without hesitation but would never think of doing so for other faiths such as Buddhism or Islam etc...

[@SARGEHALO666v2]

Very true. Tony sleeping around with other women is wrong. Carmella doing the same is also wrong. And yet the reacting wife called it “empowering.” Modern women LMAO.

[@AlucardFGC]

I was waiting for this one 😂 I love the back-to-back episodes ❤💯

[@patron40silver]

Hey🙋🏽‍♂️and hello🙋🏽‍♀️. You guys ROCK. Thanks for the time and hard work you put into these reactions. They're very much enjoyed and appreciated.

[@sebastianblack6506]

"Parade float...." "Kung Pao coochie...." LOL

[@maniac50ae14]

She grabbed the gun simply because she feared being alone

[@mr.donatello]

TBR Schmitt is on a biiiiig success journey!

[@JTD2001]

30:45 Best fight scene of all time😂

[@YoureMrLebowski]

31:11 "you could root for a character..." 27:46 a short time earlier

[@YoureMrLebowski]

24:50 sam approves ✅☺️

[@1920sBuffaloGuy]

It makes me physically ill how much of the humor/references goes unlaughed at or unrecognized.

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Eye ON the tiger. LOL

[@mexikodro]

Been loving the reactions from you guys especially the sopranos🔥

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@JSavo_]

Idk why I thought of it but you guys should totally watch “Kalifornia” from 93 I think. Brad Pitt is awesome in it.

[@carmenlear1349]

Amen. I thought I was the only one. My now late sister and I watched this movie Kalifornia together & we thoroughly enjoyed our last moments together this time last year. She had lung cancer. I enjoyed all of the dramatic/comedic performances from the actors. Pitt was so ripped in body & soul. Please Sam/ Daniel review this movie. I so love your analysis of the Sopranos..I think Six Feet Under, Wire and so many other shows are worthy of your brilliant reviews. I look forward to your postings. Wish you two the best. Keep em coming & ✌️.

[@claya7580]

Wow, there is an old expression - "avoid even the appearance of impropriety"... Tony in a car alone with Adrianna (aside from what they would certainly have done if they scored some coke, heh) should have been avoided at all cost... hard enough for ordinary people, much less the assorted sociopathic characters on this show.

[@zdubbs22]

y’all don’t remember carmela making out with the wallpaper man? that was not a dream!

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

Doing coke while you have IBS is a recipe to have an, ahem, "accident"

[@31olegna]

Kinda easy to call just about everyone a garbage person in this show but you see these results due to their environment as well

[@fenianbastard6226]

Even though Tony sleeps around Without thought for Carmela’s feelings, cheating on your spouse should never feel “empowering”...

[@alvin2795]

Hi guys love you both ❤

[@jamesharland5137]

Someone needs to count tonys car crashes including the melfi dream ...tonys insurance premiums must be mega

[@alvin2795]

Addiction is as real as cancer and twice as deadly

[@natedoggg2002]

Carmela did kiss the construction guy in the bathroom in Season 2!

[@YoureMrLebowski]

8:56 😆

[@tallonrock1471]

Hold up hold up. I think you guys misunderstood. Tony was ONE HUNDRED PERCENT going to get with Adriana if they didn’t get in that crash. Chris knew. Not that it excuses anything he did.

[@JaySewani]

Please react to Barry Bill hader is so good in that show

[@YoureMrLebowski]

Barry is a GREAT show!

[@JaySewani]

@@YoureMrLebowski ikr can't wait for April

[@joerogan9522]

Tony saying to Christopher " or this is as far we go " gives me 🥶🥶

[@mr.a8315]

Yeah, the delivery is chilling. Tony's tone of voice says he's sad but he's resigned to doing it.

[@christopherconte27]

Get home late from work on Wed nights so I eat alone and its been my routine to watch these reactions every week.

[@alvin2795]

Chris is an addict dosent excuse but does explain his behavior

[@alvin2795]

Love the subtle threats ❤

[@shawnboyce1663]

Thanks for the hard work.

[@alvin2795]

To be fair ade might be the sexiest woman ever ❤👍

[@alvin2795]

Shes in Dexter 👍

[@mystudio817]

Great episodes. Now let’s get with American beauty please…. I’m sayin please hahah❤❤

[@laudanum669]

Any teenaged boy that hasn't read "Lord of the Flies" is missing out.

[@bilalabdallah5606]

24:22 no , Carmela missed Victor Muso, the wallpaper guy in the room she wanted wallpaper done in, and then at the end of the episode tony got off his charge and sat in the same room in the middle of the night and had a sigh of relief. Also, Vic was Dave Scatinos brother in law

[@YoureMrLebowski]

5:44 uncomfortable moment. 🫣

[@YoureMrLebowski]

21:18 😆

[@raminybhatti5740]

If anything, Tony is a spitting image of Fred Flintstone, not Barney 😃

[@ajdelprete]

Make sure you guys check out Nurse Jackie at some point.

[@chainetest1]

I really like your reactions, guys! Even when i disagree with you 😅✌️. To my point of view, you give so much more credit than she deserves to Carm'😂

[@onepcwhiz6847]

How can you forget the kissing in the little bathroom?

[@Flesharrower]

"How could asking someone you're with for help be using them? That's what people do!" Carmella doesn't even realise she's doing it, but it's absolutely true, she's a user, it's how she's managed to get the things she wants in her marriage. All of these characters are the same; being terrible is just their nature, they can't escape it, even if they wanted to (Tony B). The old "leopard changing its spots" adage.

[@vtjbproductions]

Carmella kissed the wallpaper guy

[@soundguy78]

Yes!!!!😎😝😂🍷🚬💕

[@shainewhite2781]

COOL!!

[@alvin2795]

Im not worried about my life 😃😃😃

[@albundy124]

15:00 nobody: Daniel: do it!! xd

[@TBRSchmitt]

😂

[@mr.donatello]

There’s a funny (and deliberate) scene transition in this episode that only half made it into the youtube version: Adrianna goes running from the car in an emergency to go poop. It immediately cuts to a closeup of Tony’s face where he’s grunting in pain and discomfort. It zooms out to reveal he’s getting the cancer removed, but transitioning from Adrianna almost pooping herself to Tony grunting in discomfort was a hidden joke. There are many “hidden” comedic scene transitions. Keep an eye out for them! btw I happen to live near where Tony and Adrianna crashed.

[@michaelgoodyear9369]

Christopher is my fav character. Stop hating!

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Strap in. Tony B's shit decision making is just beginning...

[@michaelmills34]

Loving them!

[@alvin2795]

Takes too to tango all im gonna say 😃

[@thisisscorpio6024]

Thanks for reminding me why I can't stand AJ.

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

11:20 I don't think I believe Vito.

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

☝☝

[@thunderstruck5484]

13:50 Sam had me laughing “Where is he Bada Bing?” It just sounded funny, thanks y’all! I was hoping Tony would end Chris but I guess not