The Sopranos Season 6 Ep 17 & 18 First Time Watching! TV Reaction!!

The Sopranos | Season Six
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[@cardaderdention]

You guys had a rocky relationship with Christopher. Sam even said quite a few times she couldn’t stand him. Yet at the end both of you guys were totally shocked & devastated at his tragic & sad ending. Chris was definitely one of the most complex characters in TV history. Truly a testament to the writing & Michael Imperioli’s phenomenal performance.

[@samantha_schmitt]

Couldn’t have said this better!

[@the_vile_one.]

Agree 100%. After the hit on Adrianna I thought I was done with the series, but watching Christopher in these later episodes brought the character full circle for me.

[@michaeljames6817]

They make you feel bad for him even though he just murdered a guy for not listening to him.

[@wrestlinginfodude2644]

both kendall and christofer are one of the greatest tragic and complex television characters of all time and one of the greatest of all time with Tony sopreno ,don draper and Walter white

[@screamdream5011]

Tony yells "I get it!" at the end, in the desert. It may very well be the most climactic moment of his entire character arc, leading up to this. The central question since the very beginning of the show has been: can Tony be redeemed? We know he's a murderous, violent, unfaithful gangster, but we've also seen all his other, kinder and more sensitive sides. The hope has been that his therapy sessions can give him the ephinany he needs to turn his life around and save his soul in the end. But throughout the show we come to see how hopelessly futile this all is. Tony's life, identity and entire social circle are all defined by the Mafia. Changing and growing might not be literally impossible for him, but it would require such a massive overhaul of his life that it effectively becomes impossible. Changing and growing is hard, falling back on old habits is easy. Tony's ephinanies come and go, and little by little, his soul is chipped away at by all the increasingly evil shit he comes to do as part of the path he's carved out for himself. Tony killing Christopher, who has been like a son to him, is the final straw that kills the last remnants of whatever soul he has left. He crossed the line into irredeemable evil. And then he proceeds to spend the rest of the episode looking for excuses and rationalizations for why it was morally necessary. But when he gets high in the casino, it finally starts to set in for him. He did it because he is a selfish monster, and Christopher had become too much of an annoyance for him. He kills him and gets away with it, steals his mistress, keeps winning at roulette, and he convinces himself that it's all connected. That the universe is rewarding him for it. He finally decides to completely stop trying and to embrace his ugliest, lowest instincts. This is what he is now, there's no soul left to save. He might as well enjoy himself.

[@zman6513]

On a psychological level he killed his father. He was like a father to Christopher. But Christopher’s father Dickey was like a father to Tony. Tony realizes the connection and that he severed it. He has to break free from his past that has made him into the monster he is. But that’s only the first big step. Now the work of repairing the soul, the essence and spirt of Tony must begin. Unfortunately we see how that does not happen later.

[@jbacunn]

The recreation of the Office Space scene was an all timer. The acting, the camera work, the editing. Perfection. I was dying. 🤣

[@brismithejedi]

💯 I was not prepared to laugh that hard during a Sopranos reaction!! Hahaha

[@samantha_schmitt]

😂😂

[@vickjr98]

Too good 😂😂😂

[@mondegreen9709]

I'm sorry, could somebody please fill me in? I haven't seen Office Space.

[@omargonzalez-gv5qg]

@@mondegreen9709recommend watching it! Good comedy movie

[@RoosterCogburn1008]

Just earlier this season, Fat Dom was stabbed to death for calling Carlo gay; last season, Little Paulie got a bottle smashed across his face for the same joke. And we all remember the fallout from the Ginny Sac jab. You guys have commented a lot about how much image matters to all of these men. In one of Christopher's last scenes, we see Paulie make a heinous joke about his daughter that in an earlier season would have led to justified, violent retaliation. But here, everyone collectively laughs in Chris' face because none of them respect him as a man. Really powerful.

[@francisalbert1799]

“I get it!” Tony finally understanding that he doesn’t need to pretend to have any principles anymore. He killed Christopher. Nothing bad happened to him after it. He was rewarded for it at the roulette table. The universe is uncaring and he can do whatever he wants because it will never matter. It also goes back to his conversation with the scientist at the hospital. There are so many opinions on it that you can have different conversations about it that’s what makes The Sopranos so great!

[@tidepride86]

Christopher died knowing Tony killed him. You can see Chris looking up at Tony as he's taking his life. "I oughta suffocate you, ya little prick!" -Tony to Christopher at his intervention after finding out he sat on Adriana's dog

[@albertcardenas9437]

In my 4 rewatches I never caught on to that, that's a crazy good catch

[@JoeyMartz]

Talking sopranos magnified that line on the podcast.

[@tidepride86]

​@@JoeyMartz10000%. It's a good podcast for the most part. Steve Schirripa (Bobby Bacala) was pretty annoying at times though

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

I always took Christopher killing JT not so much as Chris wanting to hurt somebody because he was mad about what happened with Paulie and the others, but when he tells JT "I'm pouring my heart out" and JT says "You're in the mafia!" it's like he's telling Chris we're never going to be the kind of friends who talk this way. And Christopher realizes he has nobody. His only "friends" are the mob buddies he just saw laughing at a joke about his daughter. He's feeling rejected and alone and he lashes out.

[@MrFish626]

yeah, at that point there's really no one he can depend on, the mafia life has consumed it all

[@daron85]

43:18 was hilarious to me. Tony: "Seriously, I can't take it." Little Carmine: "It's alright. We're here for you." The look Tony gives him lol. That wasn't at all what he meant.

[@TheBrushGuy]

lmao how have I never noticed this before, that’s hilarious

[@daron85]

@@TheBrushGuy lmao

[@masamune2984]

39:25 Edie Falco’s reaction to Christopher is one of the most realistic reactions I’ve ever seen for hearing news about something like that, such as a sudden family death; for anyone that has been unfortunate to receive similar, she nailed it. The creepy vibe that, once again, Tony is delivering news as if he cares just adds to the dichotomy.

[@king_supreme1102]

I thought the same thing. Incredibly real shocked reaction.

[@Lindy-kv3wy]

Fun little detail, in episode 1 Christopher is introduced driving tony with a hat on and that’s exactly what he’s doing in his final moment on the show.

[@godfather4377]

Exactly except it’s dark and just like the relationship is now. Then it was bright colors, like the relationship was to start. All done on purpose to show the similarities and differences from then to now.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

At the end of Episode 18, Tony exclaimed “I get it”. Christopher is dead, his bad streak of gambling losses is over, and a major liability to him personally has been removed.

[@markhamstra1083]

And he was high on peyote.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

@@markhamstra1083 Certainly was!

[@kapner2104]

Once Christopher took the drink and got upset by Pauly’s words, he indirectly set his fate. These 2 episodes are the epitome of Christopher’s character arc that he couldn’t stop talking about in season 1. Unable to control himself from himself.

[@robertbeal7051]

You know had an arc? Noah

[@ryanc9888]

Pauly says the wrong things at the wrong time all through out the series and it causes nothing but chaos.

[@kapner2104]

@@ryanc9888 Pauly and Chris constantly fought like cats and dogs, nothing good was gonna come of drinking with those guys again Edit: misspell

[@shainewhite2781]

3 episodes left! I'm gonna miss these Sopranos reactions.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Crazy how fast the end is approaching! It's not over yet but we are already so sad

[@ratedr7845]

​@TBRSchmitt will you do breaking bad?

[@samantha_schmitt]

😭

[@samantha_schmitt]

@@ratedr7845we’ve seen Breaking Bad, unfortunately, no first time reaction but we’ve considered Better Call Saul

[@lisainthecold4287]

@@samantha_schmittplease do BCS, you both will love it and appreciate the writing no doubt!!!

[@georgebickford1516]

I remember Michael Imperioli going on Letterman shortly after Chris' demise episode, and told Dave that he received lots of flowers from fans wondering if he was alright.

[@georgebickford1516]

Maybe I missed it in your video, but I do recall Paulie driving all over Chris' property in retaliation to him pushing Paulie's nephew out of a 2nd story window.

[@BlueShadow777]

There are other 'reactors' who thought that Tony killed Christopher as an act of mercy... to 'put him out of his misery'. They're wrong. You guys were smart enough to realise that Tony saw it as an opportunity to get finally rid of Christopher. Christopher was a constant liability to Tony.

[@BattleMatt]

As much as I love The Sopranos Season 6 is very dark, to the point I miss the lighthearted moments and one-liners of earlier seasons. This is when David Chase wrings out the last of any sympathy we still might have for these characters.

[@Emanuel-bm9vn]

All of Tony’s charm and confidence that makes him likeable in the first 5 seasons completely dissipates in favour of paranoia. It’s like Chase is banging us over the head with the fact that Tony has always been an irredeemable piece of shit.

[@pauldavid842]

I agree with the above comment. It's like David Chase knew it was the last season so he wanted to take the time he had left to remind the audience these are all evil fucks and have been the whole time. The veil fell away.

[@eliroth9978]

"I get it now" Tony on some level knows he killed Christopher not for any moral reason, but because he selfishly saw him as a burden. The whole thing with the baby seat was nothing more than an excuse for him.

[@darensparks]

After Tony realized that the boss in clever was actually about him , and that Christopher would always believe that Adriana blew Tony before the car accident , I think Tony decided his bond with Chris was basically over. Take that into consideration with the fact that drunks and junkies are more likely to become snitches it was merely a matter of time.

[@mr.donatello]

You guys nailed it last week when you said that Tony’s bad behavior used to be somewhat balanced by his charm and charisma, but in this last season, that’s all gone and we’re left with just the bad person Tony has always been.

[@bbwng54]

Excellent job on promoting the Valencia theater chairs! They really picked an articulate, excellent couple to promote and detail their product.

[@Arthur_King_of_the_Britons]

Kennedy & Heidi were my favourite supporting characters in the show. I wish they did more with the them

[@mast3rNate]

LMAOOO THE OFFICE SPACE REFERENCE IS MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE VID 😂😂😂❤

[@atree5688]

The cap that Christopher wears in his last scenes serves as a callback to his first scene in the show, but there’s a lot further symbolism there - As a movie, as Christopher’s magnum opus, Cleaver serves to Tony consciously, and Christopher on some subconscious level, as a reminder of the resentment between them. It’s about all that Chrissy given and done in order to be “the good son” just to earn Tony’s disapproval; of course what Tony sees is all that he’s done for Christopher just for the kid to hate him. One might say that the movie “cleaved” a wedge between the two. But beyond a stupid pun or a straight-to-DVD movie, meat cleavers hold a lot of meaning for both Tony and Christopher. The Sopranos serves up a revelation about Tony’s condition in the episode “Fortunate Son,” which is also the episode in which Christopher gets made: a young Anthony Soprano once followed Johnny Boy and Junior into Satriale’s, and ended up seeing his father punish the vendor for missing payments by chopping off his pinky finger with a meat cleaver. It’s one of Tony’s first exposures to not just the extreme violence of mob life, but what his own father is capable of. It’s not the last - several of Tony’s exposures to extreme moral depravity come from his father, such as his first hit - but unique about this is that it is one of the few moments where Tony receives clear fatherly approval. In the midst of the fear and confusion upon seeing his dad chop off an innocent person’s finger, Tony is praised for his ability to witness this and not “run away like a little girl.” The lesson here is that to be a man, to be worthy of his father’s respect, to be who he’s meant to be, is to be a violent, domineering criminal. The first image of a blood-spattered meat cleaver, though, comes in the very first episode, and Tony is nowhere in the picture, although he’s surely on Christopher’s mind as he shoots waste management rival Emil Kolar through the head in hopes of moving up in the ranks, having placed a few lines of coke on a meat cleaver as a distraction for the unfortunate first murder victim of the series - and of Christopher’s. For both Tony and Chrissy, the blood-spattered cleaver symbolizes a loss of innocence, alongside a key inciting incident along the path that they are on today, a never-ending search for respect and acknowledgement and approval through the fulfillment of “being a man.” Leading up to Christopher’s last breath, we see through Tony’s eyes this deep father-son conversation about Kaitlin and the important things in life, we have pretty telltale signs (the fidgeting, the loss of focus) that Christopher is using again, and we have this hat, steeped in meaning. And then, of course, we see this terrible crash that should have killed both of them - and as Tony notes, would have killed Kaitlin. The repeated bringing up of the baby seat is on one hand in ridiculous taste, but on the other, I have to give him props that Christopher would have been a severely damaging influence to that child’s life. Of course, Tony knows this well because of how well-acquainted he is with the damage that Johnny Boy has done to his - and the damage that he’s done to his own sons - one of which is very imminently in this scene going to receive a lot more damage by Tony’s hand. Tony’s drug suspicions are confirmed when Christopher says he’ll never pass a drug test, and we can see the disgust on Tony’s face at his request not to call 911. As Tony’s eyes flick back and forth and Chrissy repeats himself - the meat cleaver, Christopher, the demolished baby seat - all of the subconscious associations we’ve been seeing this whole run of episodes are surely coming up: his father and the dark path he set him on, his father’s emotional and often physical absence within the home, Tony’s own dissatisfaction - unspokenly shared with Christopher - with the path and the cycle he’s in, the desire and the inability to change, the fatherly influence that he’s aimed to have, the cycles that Tony’s perpetuated within his family, those which Christopher may now perpetuate with his own. Though he shuts down Paulie’s question later in the episode, has he truly done right by Chrissy? In “Walk Like a Man,” the unfortunate son pretty much says absolutely not. But whatever the case, Tony has come dangerously close to murder when confronted with these unpleasant questions before, with Bobby, Paulie, and maybe even Hesh. Now, in this moment, Christopher is perhaps the perfect manifestation of everything wrong about Tony’s life. That’s one of the darkest things about this murder - it doesn’t seem to be a matter of calculation or even of some strong emotional response, it’s as if he just knew what to do next, almost instinctually. And with that, Tony’s “biggest blunder” has been purged and the weight that’s been dragging on him these past few episodes - the weight of his father, of his own life, of the lives he hopes to mold - is, for a time, lifted. “He’s dead.”

[@Bawookles]

"Kennedy and Heidi" is the most shocking episode of the series for me. That Tony could kill Christopher like that was always so shocking to me. And then that incredible ending with Tony yelling "I GET IT!" at the sun when it "blinks" at him, which is throwback to the blinking searchlight during his coma at the beginning of the season. Tony has an epiphany about life and death and it brings him to tears.... but will it last? Christopher is a tragic character, and is more like Tony than Tony realizes. Christopher was born into this mafia life, and just like Tony, it eats away at him and makes him miserable because there is no real way to escape it. Christopher self-medicates with substance abuse and dreams about being a filmmaker, but he could never leave the mafia life, and of course it killed him in the end.

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

I get it...

[@darth856]

It's so messed up that Paulie felt worse about Chris' death than Tony did.

[@sinner8684]

I really appreciate the sympathy you guys feel for A.J. Too many Soprano fans, in my experience, see the kid at surface level--a spoiled, entitled brat who should be doing better for himself and stop whining. AJ is by far the only character I felt bad for in this entire show. His lack of direction, lack of intelligence to express himself properly, and overall upbringing being the reason he's so messed up.

[@Everarmed89]

Two scenes from these episodes with Tony that show his evil self. The slow motion scene at the Bing when everyone’s laughing at Chris. He almost looks demonic with the smoke around him. The other is when he is suffocating Christopher. The absolute deadness in his eyes. Truly haunting

[@king_supreme1102]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Those Tony images were burned into my mind, pure evil.

[@Emanuel-bm9vn]

@@king_supreme1102 and yet the Vegas scenes when he’s by himself would deceive a non-viewer that he’s a chill guy. Tony was a sociopath through and through who eventually became his mother.

[@MrFish626]

For as horrible as Chris may be, at least he still had a soul, at this point in the story Tony is just a husk of a human being

[@ryanc9888]

Tony killed his cousin Blundetto & his nephew Christopher. At least you can’t accuse him of nepotism lol

[@frankgesuele6298]

Just business.

[@fredfredburger5150]

38:50 I remember in one of the earliest Sopranos reactions Samantha saying "I hope it works out for Christopher"...back then I was thinking of this episode thinking "oh Samantha, it really doesn't"

[@johnnyboy7144]

That office space routine was fkn GOLD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you 2 are the best lololol

[@agitatedmongoose]

I believe the epiphany he had in the desert that he now fully understands is that he no longer has to pretend he is a good guy. That he is what he is and he is glad he is.

[@leutianleyva5116]

i've always felt that Christophers brilliant ending arc overshadows AJ's 2 episode arc. the lifestyle that AJ got roped into was exactly the same as what christopher and tony were in, surrounded by success, fake friends, and bullies.

[@hettbeans]

I've watched this show from start to finish 11 or 12 times, and every time I pick up something new, some little nuance of dialogue or some hidden meaning, etc. I just noticed for the first time that Tony's whole "I have to sit here and pretend to be upset" is a total reversal of his season 1-2 "I have to sit here and be the crying clown, laughing on the outside and crying on the inside". Greatest show of all time.

[@tevinwms1104]

“Walk Like a Man” was the only episode in the series directed by veteran writer/EP/later "Boardwalk Empire" creator Terence Winter. It was also the only television episode that Winter has ever directed through almost 30 years in the industry, during which he wrote or co-wrote 25 of the 86 "Sopranos" episodes, winning four Emmys in the process.

[@tidepride86]

He's probably my favorite writer in "the business"

[@vickjr98]

@@tidepride86 he's great. Did an excellent job on Boardwalk Empire too

[@Ben-hg3bz]

I hope they will watch Boardwalk empire, no one does reactions of this show

[@JasonMoir]

We've been waiting for this reaction the entire series. 😮

[@samantha_schmitt]

I can see why! 🤯

[@JasonMoir]

​@samantha_schmitt Love the Office Space reference with the camping chair BTW. 😂

[@KlooKloo]

Ade finally gets revenge from beyond the grave for Cosette

[@DA-yl8js]

The first time I watched this show I was a bit younger and didn't quite pick up on all the show's themes, but I remember that when Tony kills Chris and just takes off to Vegas with no remorse was the first time that I truly realized that Tony is evil. If I could give the second half of this season a title, it would be, "The Fruits of the Life". Everyone, particularly Tony, is living with the consequences of their choices, and it goes to show that living that life just leads to misery

[@AlucardFGC]

Christopher's Death and Hesh's Wife Death really shows that Tony is truly irredeemable at this point and is fucking evil

[@michaelsegriff3362]

They’re all sociopaths and stone killers.

[@matthewbarton782]

The ultimate line imo from this series that describes almost every character, if not all, is when Meadow tells Tony from a few seasons prior in their kitchen. "Sometimes we're all hypocrites." That line describes every character on this show. They all convince themselves that they do no wrong or play blind to it.

[@godfather4377]

I think the Comfortably Numb Song, tied into why Tony killed him. "The child has grown, the dream is gone". And we see Tony processing that's how he feels about him now. Everything he had with Chris was gone, so Tony could and would kill him, since there was nothing left with him. He went to Vegas, to sleep with someone Chris was sleeping with. Because I believe its what he wanted to do with Ade and didn't get the chance. So he's going to screw the next best thing of his. It just speaks to how evil and disgusting Tony has become. EDIT: I think it was revenge for Chris screwing Julianna Skiff (real estate agent - and him not screwing Ade). It's petty, evil, and fits to what Tony has become. A real piece of crap.

[@JangTheKim]

Love the Office Space segment on the old chair. Adios. You will be missed. Great reaction as well. I love these 2 episodes.

[@samantha_schmitt]

Haha thank you!!

[@michaelsegriff3362]

My God, the old chairs were horrible. I had no idea. Congratulations on your sponsorship, and enjoy those luxurious love seats!👍🏻

[@samantha_schmitt]

@@michaelsegriff3362 thank you!!

[@JangTheKim]

@@samantha_schmitt Even though there are 2 episodes of the Sopranos in the video, my favorite part was Sam's one armed spin dance. Freaking classic!

[@nightking0130]

It’s nuts how many layers are in this show. At first you think it’s about a man trying to change. Then you realize it’s a show that slowly reveals the monster that is Tony Soprano. Its weird because if you notice everytime a family member leaves or gets killed we see more of the monster that Tony is. When Meadow left he became more violent in his home life, when Christopher died I believe it was the final act that completely dehumanized Tony Soprano in the eyes of the audience. Remember this was someone Tony considered family it was his own blood yet Tony killed him for simply being an inconvenience and felt nothing. And James Gandolfinis performance is like nothing I have ever seen. I think this might just be the greatest performance I have ever seen in any media. The amount of depth that be introduced and the amount of emotion he could convey with just his face was extraordinary. RIP James Gandolfini. I truly don’t think we will see another human being like him.

[@Jay-Kaizo]

That skit was fantastic. Love the leg drop kicks and the falling down to punch it stuff lmao

[@007steveT]

Someone may have already clarified this - The reason Tony killed Chris was because Tony was ALWAYS concerned that Chris might “flip” due to being involved in drugs and alcohol (which is basically what happened to Adriana- due to covering up the murder in the club, the FBI had her by the balls). Remember when Chris first went into rehab after the intervention (can’t remember what season), Tony said to Chris “If it was anyone else……” basically saying to Chris if you were not my nephew, you’d be dead for this. So- when the accident happened, Tony saw it as an opportunity to finally relieve himself of the stress of what Chris might do in a drunk/high state and killed him. When Tony goes to Vegas and starts “winning”…. He believes in his mind that his good luck is coming back BECAUSE Chris is dead. That’s why Tony says “He’s dead” at the roulette table…..and when he is in the desert in the final scene shouting “I get it!”…… He is basically saying “I understand now”

[@MrTomlette]

My take on Tony's descent is that he hates his life so much because of everything he has become, he's projecting it into the people around him. With Paulie, he wanted to kill the person that is closest to his father, which is to say, the reason he's in the mafia to begin with. This time, he just refuses to see Christopher with some empathy even though both of them are explicitely connected because of the mental health aspects, and when he kills him, he's metaphorically killing the part of himself that is in pain and seeks relief in therapy.

[@jamesmorant1406]

You guys gonna be wonderful parents love your reactions Tony and Christopher relationship was never the same after Chris question him about Jackie Jr and Tony never appreciated Chris giving up Adriana

[@samantha_schmitt]

I can see that! I honestly hadn’t realized how long it’s been going downhill

[@jamesmorant1406]

@samantha_schmitt They we're so tight the first two seasons but season 3 when Chris question Tony decision about Jackie Jr that's when it fell apart and he still thought Tony Slept with Adriana

[@tristansummerall2346]

I'm not completely sure about Tony yelling "I GET IT!" in the desert, but the way I see it Tony has realized that the only way he succeeds and prospers is by being evil, hence the devils face in the casino he is so fixated with, to make it in the Mafia he has to be ruthless and unforgiving against people who have or could potentially cause him trouble in the future. Christopher has given Tony a fair amount of problems but killing your nephew who you deeply love is practically unthinkable for everybody except for people that are evil. So Tony accepts the fact that he has the be the bad guy to give himself the best life possible in his situation.

[@coreyhamby2989]

so glad you guys got that sponsor. You all deserve to be comfy while making these videos. you guys do such a good job.

[@jeremyrfritz]

Tony had had enough of Christopher for sure, but he *was* going to call 9-1-1 until Chris told him he'd never pass a drug test. That's the straw that broke the camel's back in Tony's mind; the FBI getting their hands on a recovering Chris as he goes through months of recovery (and withdrawals) in the hospital. Christopher was warned when he came out of rehab that that was his one and only second chance, and he was still given several more after that.

[@SeenACowSki]

Christopher’s downfall was that Italy trip in Season 2. Once he got introduced to hard drugs, it started his decline from his intended trajectory…which was Tony’s number 2….high up in the family. He never fully recovered from his addictions.

[@NatoHoro]

Hahaha Love the "office space" tribute! Much love to you guys! 🍻

[@OklasoonaHomer]

It always cracks me up that it wasn't too long ago Tony was worried about hollow points and he's carrying a sawed-off in his car.

[@haqashaq]

The Office Space tie-in was awesome! Get Sam some cardboard…we gotta see more moves!!!

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hahaha thanks! We were super excited to share our silly attempt at copying the famous printer scene! Yeah she can crush it on the dance floor!

[@samantha_schmitt]

Yes!!! 😂

[@JMC296]

Anytime someone just calls everything out for what it is, especially using the word Mafia, it’s a showstopper. Tony and Co. obfuscate so much, using words and justifications to avoid being honest with themselves. The therapist Carmela sees asks “The Mafia?” when she tells him Tony’s crimes are “organized in nature” and she breaks down crying. Meadow calls Tony “Mr. Mob Boss” and he becomes very dark and menacing towards her. Ralphie calls out Tony’s hypocrisy over his feelings for Pie-Oh-My when they hurt people for a living, Tony kills him. JT yells at Chris for being in the Mafia (ie an environment that will never allow him to reach any sort of peace) and Chris shoots him.

[@SIRtrizzytreyofcameltoe]

This is about the point in the series where i personally gave up on Tony. Which it honestly should’ve been far sooner, because something happened to him after getting shot by Uncle Junior. He truly lost his way, and that event must have fucked him up in the head mentally, somehow. He never came out of that coma the same…

[@passwordprotectedd]

getting into the best episodes yet! can't wait to watch

[@TBRSchmitt]

Only 3 left!

[@channel55andaboxoftissues16]

tony was a complete devil in these episodes, but then james gandolfini absolutely hated the character so much, he called the writer/create David Chase 'satan'. He also spoke about how he would shower for an hour every day just to try and get the 'stink of tony soprano' off him.

[@thefaithslayer2553]

I think a lot of people forget something very important in the Tony/Christopher dynamic. Everyone remember Pussy? He was Tony's best friend. And Pussy flipped in order to save his own ass when he was busted on drug charges. They showed us repeatedly how much that weighed on Tony and shook him to his core. Now, with Christopher being an addict, Tony was always facing the possibility that there would be a day when Christopher would follow in Pussy's footsteps. Seeing the baby seat after the car accident just took it to another level. Now, instead of just the possibility of Christopher flipping if he gets busted for drugs, you also have the possibility that Christopher gets high and kills his wife and/or kid in an accident - and then what? Does he go to prison or does he flip? There was no chance that Christopher would be able to stay in the Family AND remain sober. Tony realized this. It was essentially a ticking time bomb scenario. Either it ends with the destruction of Christopher or it ends with the destruction of Christopher and others.

[@Paul-lf1bq]

The Valley by Los Lobos playing over drunk Christopher arriving home is my favourite episode ending.

[@Echo4Bravo]

Sam did the axe kick. 😂 That's a legit kick in martial arts. Used at the end of Death Proof.

[@michaelj4427]

Tony saw how Christopher was acting in the car. He knew something was off. Once Christopher said(twice) that he'd never pass a drug test, Tony saw an out and took it. If Chris somehow survived and the feds got to him, Tony would be done. Also, Carmella's reaction to Christopher dying gets me everytime.

[@chrisb7831]

Some things are inevitable.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Holy smokes seems like you been reacting to this show for years! Awesome show can’t wait for the last few episodes, thanks and Sam doing her new chair dance was amazing!

[@SouthernAssault]

Yup yup. Thumbnail seems about right :))

[@TBRSchmitt]

Not sure if we ever would have guessed that would go down between them...

[@elhamjabarkhil605]

Easily the best show of all time

[@positivelynegative9149]

Loved the recreation of the scene from Office Space. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Christopher killed JT because he had just told him a bunch of stuff that made him a witness-after-the-fact. Tony said, "He's dead.", because in his mind, Christopher was the reason for Tony's gambling losses we've seen in previous episodes. Now that Christopher was dead, Tony emmidiately won a bet.

[@b.ls.7276]

The Schmitts can react and act too? Yes! The recreation of the "Office Space" scene was beyond crazy good!!!👏 TBR's face and Sam's high kicks and dance moves are hysterical!🤣🤣 Enjoyed the whole parody, the new chair's promo and the reaction to these 2 dark episodes 😳 Thanks & enjoy your new chair. My husband wants one now.... RIP poor green folding chair

[@rare6499]

At least I know you guys are sitting comfortably now :) 🙏 I’m gutted we are coming to the end of this show, still my favourite of all time.

[@hypostatics9475]

You're almost done! Episode 19 is one of my favorites of the series. AJ becomes in this era of the show one of the best characters.

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

The deaths of Christophah' and Ade were the two most shocking to me in the show. I felt sorry for Adriana, but as far as I'm concerned Chris can rot in hell and should have died earlier.

[@michaeljudie6641]

Hey guys , I'm glad you got better chairs especially for Samantha. FYI the actor playing Paulie was in his youth a mob enforcer/collector who did prison time. He came , turned his life around and got into acting . He just passed recently also. You'll see next how valuable he was to Tony in mob matters. There is a book called " Made Men " about the DeCavalcante Family in NJ where the real life characters and locations in the show come from. The FBI had surveillance tapes of these mobsters describing themselves as being the characters in The soprano television show. Is it interesting read

[@OpenMawProductions]

36:57 Wasn't about being nice. The moment the guy said "mafia" Christopher snapped back to "reality." Which is what happened before with the cop who may or may not have killed his father. Christopher just swings back and forth to his extremes. The tragedy is that if he had just a little more control he could have escaped the life with Adriana, gotten cleaned up, and lead a normal life. His fate was basically sealed when he told Tony way back when that "the normal life" just was too hard for him, 47:22 The big reason for that is, this life doesn't pay. It just doesn't Every step of the way we see that none of them are truly happy. They can have all the material possessions in the world, but they have nothing in their souls. They're vacant. People die "What are ya gonna do?" They kill and eat afterward like its nothing. You ever notice that? They have a murder, and then usually follow it up with something extremely mundane like having dinner or shopping or something? AJ is showing all the signs of becoming his father. Props to the actor. Both of the scenes where we see him getting involved in violent activity, he is absolutely channeling Gandolfini in his facial expressions. Particularly in that second one where he stands there watching. Like father, like son. Takes all that insecurity, all that pain and venom, and channels it into being a violence peddler.

[@oldcat7]

Despite the fact that he is undoubtedly a terrible person, the show made me feel sympathetic towards Christopher. I felt as though he was someone who wasn't aware of how his actions translated to the real world. It's like he was born into this persona/lifestyle and he never really had a legitimate chance to be normal. You could tell that underneath it all he had a lot of terrific qualities but those traits could never truly be exercised when you are brought up in that lifestyle. It's sort of heartbreaking, to be honest.

[@marcuscato9083]

Man, that's really well said. You realize how bad they are but you gain a really detailed understanding of how they got to be so mentally sick.

[@Grins1811]

This is one of few times aj isn’t terrible. He really goes through being used by people. Tony is basically at this time giving in to all his terrible instincts. He uses what he learns in therapy to manipulate people.

[@philippeh3904]

Christopher, definitely one of the most complicated television characters.

[@masamune2984]

It’s such great visual story-telling when Tony looks back at the empty child’s car-seat with the massive branch through it. Then he knows; Christopher, unfortunately, will never overcome his addictions and issues, and cannot be allowed to be a father to a child he would have just killed, even if he would perhaps even have been a loving one. I feel even Christopher understands it in that moment (at least to a degree.) It seems that he’s partially obvious high and disoriented from the wreck, and asking Tony to help him get away, but also asking Tony to finally end his life’s struggle…just my thoughts, but sad all around, and a tragically yet inevitably fitting end for a character like Chris.

[@masamune2984]

I should add that Tony is obviously off the deep end and nonplused about a Chris’s death. Coping with depression, or genuinely callous at this point…perhaps both; either way…it’s creepy seeing how little he cares at this point. He really has become a monster, from a combination of an awful childhood. environment, depression and anxiety, but equally his own selfishness, arrogance, shallowness, carelessness, and callousness.

[@user-fo9ep4lp5x]

You did Office Space proud with the beating up of the chair!!!

[@redfrenchmoon2405]

Loved the murdering of the camping chair 🤣🤣luckily with the Sopranos you know now how to hide a body. The Sopranos is just a great show, greatness indeed!!!! Please consider the Americans at some points, it's up there.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Haha we considered it only fitting to murder our old chair during one of our more murder heavy shows! We have not seen the Americans so we will add it to our list of potential options, thank you!

[@buhdas56]

Yes, The Americans is the most under appreciated series I know about. Definitely one of my top 5 of all time.

[@redfrenchmoon2405]

@@buhdas56 if I may I wouldn't say underapreciated because everyone who saw it loved it.. But I would say just not enough people saw it like black sails.

[@michaelmills34]

That was great, the "Office space" homage was epic!

[@2005wsoxfan]

Drug charges bring long sentences which means Christopher could be offered a deal to turn everyone else in which is probably why Tony did what he did.

[@Sig509]

and he was just tired with him. Sure, he wasn't supportive when Chrissy was sober, but we need to look at the character through a whole series. Chris was weak, was given way more chances than someone who wouldn't be related to Tony, and had a very quick career, and for some time a paved road to be no. 2 in their organization. He fucked everything up.

[@2005wsoxfan]

@@Sig509 When Christopher was with his AA pal he said he had the goods on everyone and could easily turn them in. A good drug charge and he would have been worse than Puss.

[@pumpmb21]

Lmao I thought you were sitting in a black chair behind the scenes is crazy to see what you were using now I can’t unsee this 😂

[@godfather4377]

I love the symbolism of Chris and Tony's last scene, to the first. It says so many things in a little bit of time. It compares a lot to the first time we met them, to the last. Chris wearing a hat, driving Tony. Notice its bright outside, lots of color. Lot's of color in Tony's face. He's kinda scolding Chris, but you can tell the relationship is really good. Their actions and demeanor says it all, these two have a close connection. To the last, where its dark outside. Tony's lighting, makes him look very pale. He looks emotionless, compared to the first time with Chris. Everything is dull. Two symbolism's playing hard here. It shows that Chris was right and wrong. He himself, had no arc. He is right where he was at the start, basically. But the relationship he had with Tony did. They started up high, and dives into a dark pit of nothingness. Even before the car wreck, they're not mad, or beefing, but there's just NOTHING there between the two. I think it was a brilliant scene.

[@chrisyoder3985]

I always have taken the whole Tony repeating about the tree limb and the car-seat to be a nod to his compassion for innocent things like animals or children (Pie-O-My, the ducks, the abused soccer girl from season 1). In my headcannon, that's his final straw, Christopher once again being high and untrustworthy but now he could kill his kid (like he already killed Ade's dog). Luv you guys's reactions! Also he screamed "I get it!" according to subtitles. :)

[@nightking0130]

The most infuriating thing is that Tony tried to justify it to himself by looking at that baby seat. In fact he only did it for self preservation. Same thing he almost did to Paulie simply because he was annoying him

[@nightking0130]

@@user-te2zq6tb9k if that’s the case why does he constantly remind everyone he meets about the seat being destroyed, he’s trying to justify it to himself. Also self preservation could be the reason he kills Christopher because he’s a liability. it can be both. Plus when Michael imperioli says it himself I take his view more than most people. Also tony is petty he’s always been petty. All these petty resentments and screw ups have been building to an opportunity to do this. He had no remorse, didn’t think for a second.

[@nukiesduke6868]

"But Christopher could kill him" Literally a nanosecond later *GASPS* That cracked me up.

[@gingerbill128]

I was just about to go to bed but i have to watch this.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hope you enjoy and have a goodnight rest after!

[@LadyLatency]

yo that office space scene was goated lmao dying laughing

[@jasonm8017]

I love your dog 🐶 he’s like; wth are you guys doing? Office Space? OK

[@samantha_schmitt]

😂😂

[@moniquelindsay3687]

You guys are so freakin CUTE! Love your reactions, but that Office Space reenactment was top tier 😂

[@twoheart7813]

Glad you got your setup improved to make your working environment more comfy and user friendly. Those Valencia chairs look very impressive for sure. Loved how you went gangster on your old chair

[@marcuscato9083]

Really enjoyed the riffing on Office Space!

[@kennethbrdk]

Man you beating up the old chair was hillarious 😂

[@hulkslayer626]

Tony was happy at the end because he thinks Christopher was the source of his bad luck.

[@tidepride86]

38:55 Those are the eyes of Satan himself. Tony is beyond evil. Something dead inside that guy

[@jasonpratt3970]

😂 when you have YT Premium and hit an infomercial!! Great reactions!!

[@samantha_schmitt]

😂😂 at least it’s skippable! Thank you!

[@jasonpratt3970]

@@samantha_schmittoh absolutely! I’m not mad I was just cracking a joke. Growing family, gotta get that green!

[@sebastianblack6506]

"Tony hasn't shed a tear..." Tony is a violent sociopath.

[@daron85]

The Office Space reference in the intro! LMFAO!!

[@jynxce]

I knew Chris would get most of the focus from the comment section, but that OS in the intro was spot on! lmao

[@daron85]

@@jynxce lol it was!

[@LHD2004]

That scene in the bar, Chris saw who all his "friends" really were for a moment.

[@kathyk5319]

Hopefully when you wrap up the series of The Sopranos you can talk about what you thought about the music. "The HBO television drama The Sopranos received considerable critical attention for effective use of an eclectic array of music.Series creator David Chase personally selected all the show's music, with the producer Martin Bruestle and music editor Kathryn Dayak-sometimes also consulting Steven Van Zandt, who portrays Silvio Dante on the show and is also a guitarist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. They often selected music after completing an episode's production and editing, but occasionally filmed sequences to match pre-selected pieces of music.

[@chrisb7831]

Tony went all the way to Vegas to sleep with Chris' mistress to get back at him for sleeping with Juliana Margulies (forgot her name on the show). Similar to what he did with Bobby. That's how petty and childish he is.

[@godfather4377]

I always felt it was more tied into Ade. But yeah, that's a good point. To me, Tony was probably more pissed that he didn't sleep with Ade, and Chris went ahead and slept with Juliana. We know Tony badly wanted to have sex with Ade, but in his mind 'controlled himself'. Which is BS, they were interrupted both times. First with Phil, then the car accident. He would have humped her brains out both times if he could. And would not have stopped it. That's why I think he was really pissed when Chris slept with her. And felt 'betrayed'. His words "this is the thanks I get". He means, him NOT sleeping with Ade.

[@chrisb7831]

@@godfather4377 Yes, I think that works too. Good point.

[@JoeyMartz]

A good way to start my day... always a pick me up when you guys put out new content... it must be so cool having this be your life/work..... Im currently going through a career crisis... i am a social worker and i am having major regrets..... I wish i was doing something i loved... Thanks for bringing me some enjoyment. :) -J from Essex Co (where tony s lives) NJ.... Ironically, i also work out of essex as well... ugh, fml 😅😢