The Sopranos - Woman always controls a man secretly

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Memorable scenes of The Sopranos TV Series. It was more than 2 years when James Gandolfini passed away. I miss The Sopranos, I miss Tony Soprano, and I miss James Gandolfini so much.
Sometimes it's good to come back here, and watch his greatest scenes over and over again. He was a very talented and fascinating actor. I hope these videos help to keep his memory
alive.
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Twitter: / the_sopranos_tv

[@gitdeefaw]

The interpersonal interaction in this series is so believable it's ridiculous. I know old folks just like Livia and Junior

[@Testsubjex]

Junior is a goon

[@cougarhunter33]

100% hateable. Nancy Marchand played her so well.

[@furious3383]

May she Rest in Power.

[@SeansLipSyncingSock]

And yet Edie Falco described Nancy Marchand as “ferociously funny.” No wonder she was so good in the “Naked Gun” movies, among others.

[@fabalmz894]

@Nao you could hate that void when it starts to fuck with your life and psyque and plotting against you and manipulating and so on.

[@Gemmarose9012]

@Nao She wasn’t suffering. 😂

[@byrongammonbyrongammon9937]

Brilliant writing. It was never about organized crime or the Mafia. It was about relationships and their inherent tensions.

[@jrob4795]

Like every drama...

[@jameskennedy4377]

The series had a lot of excellent villains - Richie, Ralphie, Phil, etc. - but Livia was tough to beat. I HATED her.

[@shakedaddy1]

I hated Janice the most out of everyone.

[@mickfunny4185]

shakedaddy1 Janice never tried to get Tony whacked, Livia did

[@user-ki2se8br8k]

Mick Funny Janice manipulated Richie into making a move against Tony, before she killed Richie herself

[@evolutiontail5697]

Ralphie isn't a villain to me. He worked well with tony til the horse drama.

[@incarnateTheGreat]

@@shakedaddy1 Richie was definitely up there with Livia.

[@barbiquearea]

I kind of see where Tony gets his ruthlessness from. Then again he's a cub scout compared to his own mom.

[@masterzombie161]

Well to be fair Livia never cheated on her husband, she never even slept with Junior even though they do have feelings for each other.

[@Sernival]

@@masterzombie161 they'd need to come up with a new advisory rating for a scene like that

[@deathrager2404]

@@masterzombie161 it's the guy's mudda zombie... the guy's mudda...

[@SauceWorld]

@@Sernival 😂😂😂🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@njc2107]

Never had the makings of a varsity Cub Scout.

[@EddieMush]

Yeah. And i'm playing shortstop for the Mets.

[@speezleventis7475]

I LOVE how Livia always said “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Hahahaha

[@ziggysmom5646]

Lol, that's her famous line. Tawkin about🤣

[@speezleventis7475]

@@ziggysmom5646 😂

[@SeansLipSyncingSock]

"I don't know what you're TALKIN' ABOUT." Jeez, that flash in her eyes could turn you into ice.

[@Niallersz]

Nancy Marchand is absolutely brilliant

[@coxyefc]

She is. Her character was one of the best in the show. A real shame she passed away. Her character could of been even more enthralling as the series progressed.

[@chasjohn57]

ugoodHomeBoy She told David Chase to keep her working even though she knew she was ill. God bless her!

[@johnaddeo2251]

I never even would've thought to cast Nancy Marchand as Livia. That's why I make comments on KZbin videos and David Chase is a genius.

[@1940limited]

I loved Ma. She was one of my favorite characters even though she wasn't on the show that much. I'm sorry she didn't live longer and could have stayed on the program for all six seasons.

[@qbconnect]

"Both of your sisters left New Jersey so young you woulda thought there were contracts out on them." 😂😂

[@MJSpiritual]

I see the flames of hell flickering in those eyes of hers.

[@jakep1979]

One of the scariest characters on the show, no way I would trust her.

[@jakep1979]

Isabel Beckerman So in essence you send her back to the cold dark abyss she came from.

[@smoking1212]

MJSpiritual lol

[@martin13145]

The great thing about this scene is that Tony has inadvertently fueled Livia's paranoia. Shortly after she finds out he's going to a psychiatrist, he comes to visit her, asking questions about the past, confirming her fears that "he goes there to talk about his mother". I think that's when she decides to have him killed.

[@Kollin011]

That's all it takes for these personality disorder types. Someone proving you were wrong is enough for a death sentence from them.

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

Martín Lasarte you know she refused to let her husband move to Reno and get rich, right?

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

she's malignant

[@robshastri1346]

Great observation. Also she was always royally pissed off about being in the Senior Citizen’s home to begin with...instead of living w/Tony & his family. That’s why she poisoned Junior (and later Artie Bucco) against Tony.

[@wolfstealth782]

@@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone " Are you drunk0? ! 😆

[@Therion0184]

She may have been controlling, but not as much as she was ABUSIVE TO DA STAAAFFF!!!

[@rampageclover9788]

Hands down the best female character

[@AtlantaGymFan]

This is a perfect role for this incredible actress!

[@ltngirlll]

She was very manipulative. She controlled all the men in her life. She threatened to kill her kids many times. She was never happy and was cynical about everything. I thought she became like that because of her husband, Johnny. But this went beyond that

[@arkady714]

I'll never forget when Carmella's dad tore into Livia at her wake ("How many ruined Christmases?") He'd have nothing of Janice's narcissistic white-washing and rationalizing. Remembering bad people as if they were good, just because they'd died is unfair to good people. Man, the depth that the characters of this TV show had was unreal.

[@Ericbryanmr]

Livia had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@spanglerjs]

“I don’t know what you’re talking about “-- she was awesome 😎🙌🏻

[@diop533]

That Livia was so ruthless the Devil himself was scared of her.

[@patgogan7324]

"ALWAYS WITH THE DRAMA!"

[@ispeakmytruth1549]

Don't forget the albacore around his neck!

[@qbconnect]

"OH, Mr. Sensitive now. Well if it bothers you maybe you better talk to a psychiatrist." Ouch! That's up there with 'He never had the makings of a varsity athlete'. Probably harder coming from your own ma 😢

[@Alprazolam]

My grandmother was a carbon copy of Livia Soprano. It's amazing my Dad turned out normal.

[@MiggyStyx]

“If you were born after those feminists... you would’ve been the real gangsta.” Such a badass line

[@v1das007]

I don't know what you are talking about.

[@mikekling5880]

It's amazing Tony didn't become Norman Bates.

[@thesinghchauhan2634]

Like literally every actor the series Nancy Marchand was an absolute OG of an actor to play Livia Soprano. Anyone who has worked with salty older folks knows how perfect she was as a twisted woman. Every time I watch her play Livia I am pushed to suspect if Nancy herself knew someone as such as Livia.

[@PacRimJim]

Shades of Ancient Rome.

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

+David Govett Livia wife of the emperor augustus and mother of tiberius she herself tried to have her own son drusus assassinated. History is great, gives writers what they need to come up with a concept game of thrones is another example

[@matthewzakrzewski1797]

Her name ain't livia for nothing

[@NinjaBuddha503]

Exactly what Tony needs, he's acting Boss of the family and he's guilting his mother for a better life. He could have stayed out or moved but he stayed in Jersey and he took the Oath. His mother is so right to tell him like it is. She's put up with alot of bs. Tony tugged her strings with that one and she retaliated.

[@markdubois3614]

It's NO Wonder Johnny boy soprano had such a reputation as tuff as nails mob guy he was married to that! WOW!!

[@wyattbutler87]

Then there's the flashback episode of Tony's mother in the hospital fearing for her life, and both Tony and his father lied not to be there. But yet again there was a flashback episode of when Tony was just boy and his mother threatened to cut him with a knife... so I have to say that she was the true psychopath.

[@EDTGO1]

Why bothered me about the show. Continuity was not that good. Characters personalities would change to fit what that episode would try to show or talk about. This show was alright but gets to much credit. Was not that well made.

[@billgates6244]

EDTGO1 What? Personalities were very consistent?

[@EDTGO1]

No they dont. Personalities and Characteristics would change all the time. Especially side characters. For what ever purpose of that particular episode was.

[@billgates6244]

Normally people don't just re-assert their opinion when asked about it. Exmaples?

[@EDTGO1]

LOL, Well 1 you have that dude who hanged himself after getting millions form a will. He is suppose to be Tony's muscle and tough. He even beats that one dude for breaking balls who is connected not giving a fuck. All of a sudden for the purpose of the episode showing that you cant just get out of that life. They have him win millions from a will, be stressed out not only about that, but his kid doing drugs and then he is a rat to the cops. I still dont get Steve Buschemis 180 flip as well. Doing all that work to go straight and is about to open his massage parlor or what ever the fuck he was doing and all of a sudden snaps and beats up that Asian guy. For the same purpose of showing that he cant escape the life.

[@bobpage6597]

So, the inference here is that if Livia had supported Tony's dad in going into business with Rocco.....the Sopranos would be "billionaires" as Livia mentioned. Although, I guess Tony & Carmella wouldn't have met in such a scenario. *flares eyes* "I don't know what you're taaaaalkin about!"

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

Norman Bates its not an inference, its true. the problem isn't even that Livia refused to let her husband go to Nevada, its that she refuses to admit it and say sorry. she refusee to make amends.

[@etherealcatholic5711]

My "grandmother" was a southern version of Livia. She threw my mom down a flight of steps when she was 9 yrs old. She slapped my mom,then cut off her long hair with scissors as my mom cried . I have heard a thousand stories about my "grandmother" from various ppl. This woman was truly fucked up & evil.

[@Brandon-hn4yg]

Ethereal Catholic u must be from Mississippi

[@wolfstealth782]

So sorry bc I had zero positive maternal experiences with the woman I was forced to "be raised by" and its really sad but sounds like you're mom def blessed 🙌❤ w you = -)

[@CoastersBolts]

Such a shame Nancy Marchand died after the 2nd season. Would have loved to have seen where Livia's story arc would've gone.

[@joej19]

Haha "Well that's what people do when they're looking for someone to blame for their life isn't it?"

[@tonyc7301]

Livia was a great heel character. And those flashbacks they did of her when she was young. She made Tony and Janice look like angels.

[@arserobinson7118]

I always found Livia quite hard to understand, like did she really want Juniour to whack Tony or was it just she didn't realise what was coming out of her mouth, because of times like when she set fire to her kitchen and ran over her friend with the car . I always got the impression Livia was borderline personality, but in her older years had some dementia with it, and because of her selfishness, neurosis and misanthropist way of thinking would say stuff without thinking what the consequences would be or fully knowing what she said.

[@robshastri1346]

Arse Robinson She was royally pissed off about being admitted to the Senior home, instead of living in Tony’s house. And so she poisoned Junior’s mind, hinted he should whack Brendan (which he did) and ultimately made him paranoid that Tony & the Captains were about to make a move on him. She certainly had her issues with clumsiness, being physically incompetent, etc. But in Tony’s case it was stone cold vindictiveness. Even when she inflamed Artie Bucco by telling him it was Tony who had his restaurant burnt down....she was wheeling & dealing against him to the bitter end. The writers did a great job of showing that even though her physical health was in major decline, her mind was as sharp as ever.

[@rogersimpson8871]

This scene. I can just watch over and over.

[@yooohenyoo6388]

Imagined if Johnny Boy did go along with Rocco

[@Dominick_Calvitto.]

OHHHHH POOR YOU....

[@whatsgoingon07]

If I had a mom like livia I’d be ruthless too

[@maylabrown4584]

I hope in the Saints of Newark, we get to see a glimpse of how truly horrible Livia was to not only Tony (and Janice/Barbara) but Johnny Boy himself.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

She's the kind of woman men fear. Guys if you ever get even a hint that your girlfriend is someone like her you RUN!

[@mosatsoni4324]

The least convincing "I don't know what' you're talking about" in history.

[@colechapman6976]

If the mafia weren’t so sexist Livia would’ve made an amazing mob boss since she’s manipulative, lacking emotion, and calculating.

[@CreationuL]

Now this is why fellas u don’t get MARRIED

[@biggbals4375]

Livia had the makings of a varsity militant feminist

[@ttmike42]

Livia never knows what anyone is talking about.

[@furious3383]

"I hated that itch--!!!"(Next cutscene)

[@melvinbarnesjr.8222]

Johnny Boy Soprano plus a decent woman and maybe Tony would have had a chance to grow up a decent human being. But with LIVIA as a mother? Jesus, that woman was a living black hole!

[@robertchflynn]

someone explain the "'you threatened to smother (smuddah) his children" line...

[@gha7376]

In a flashback scene she literally threatened to smother her children (Tony, Janice, Barb) if Tonys father went to Vegas to work with Rocko.

[@chibz92]

Lmao she was in an episode of Cheers as Frasier’s mother; she was crazy then too.

[@ChristopherTrott]

Yea, that lady was the real gangster

[@maxemomaxemo6250]

MAXeMO MAXeMO2 minutes ago One of the top 10 villians in tv history !!!

[@dustytransitor866]

I hate her but you gotta respect how she can get under anyone's skin with her hostility

[@anthonyiuculano6002]

In man's defence, this was no woman.

[@dimboola59]

Livia had the makings of a Varsity Mafia Boss

[@Joscope]

Nobody’s head could shatter a flower pot better’n Rocco Aletore’s..

[@MysleZe]

My mother is the same now :(

[@joeblack390]

"if you would have been born after those Feminists, you would have been the real gangster" How right he was, look at the bitc... excuse me, "women" of today.

[@you6382tube]

As compared to the exemplary tRump, Cosby, weinstein type "males" of today?

[@kathconserv]

Liv was amazing.

[@elit3268]

Those viscicous one liners … they belong to Tony’s Ma.

[@josephlatourette8329]

That's hateful as she is to both Tony and his sister she's lucky they ever visit her at all

[@oiramet]

Doeray, don't you mean notorious.

[@pablosanchez6558]

It seems like Livia’s parents were in the mob too

[@PHATB0Y20]

Sopranos clip always control the KZbin algorithm

[@gipperbanana]

the thing that is inherent to the sopranos is the psyche of tony , it kind of gets overlooked after the seasons mounted up but this man was raised by two psychopaths and was surrounded by many more and he imo genuinely struggled to break free but went worse than all the rest , it was a vicious cycle and the sad fact is the wonderful gandolfini got eaten up by the same thing ,his weight gain was to play the part better ..i am not in any way speaking bad of a dead man as he was a wonderful actor and by all means a great person too but the role took a toll on him

[@Cwho9ss]

Tony dreading the past again

[@adamgoldsteintv]

I can’t wait to see what Livia is like in the Saints of Newark movie!

[@bonitobonita9263]

Young Livia roll would be played by the same actor who played the mother in bates motel. So must be good!

[@adamgoldsteintv]

@@bonitobonita9263 I am so pumped to see this!

[@bonitobonita9263]

@@adamgoldsteintv me too 💕

[@stickykitty]

Jeeesus Mary and Joseph This woman is my mother Like 20years ago My mother was tough as nails, ruthless Never wrong (so she thinks) and a cold face liar I think I might see a shrink now

[@emmanuele.l.2accnt.154]

0:50 Almost resembles Chrissy.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

Horrible! She's horrible!

[@guydutoit61]

Marlo Stanfield or Liva Soprano? Who was more evil?

[@guydutoit61]

Paul how so? Not against your opinion, just don’t know many people who’ve watched both shows and can give me valid reasons

[@guydutoit61]

Paul that’s more than fair point bro - thanks for that, always good to hear from someone who truly knows their TV shows well 🙌🏻so thank you bro

[@martinhousemuse]

The wicked matriarch among the empire of the wicked.

[@stickykitty]

Omg it’s Hester Crain Does this mean that Frasier nialls and Tony are bruddas ?? I thought Frasier and Niall where born in Seattle

[@markcarniato1567]

why is the volume so low? thumbs down

[@madhash83]

Well he might of had more problems than you think if he named you after the active ingredient in Xanax, lol jk

[@anthonyiuculano6002]

Am I the only one who wishes Tony had rammed her face through a few layers of concrete?

[@eldher713stunner]

so sad man ;/