The Sopranos - Top 25 Episodes Ranked

[@DisparityOfBeliefAndTruth]

Hits hard when you mentioned it premiered 25 years ago. It’s always a bit of a trip when you rewatch a show from yesteryear and you realize that you’re now older than the character who was 20 years your senior when it was in its prime.

[@RGSCOTT]

Perfectly expressed, good sir. And, if you’ll forgive me for being direct, the sheer depth of humanity that you’ve managed to imbue your comment with betrays your username… 😉 1) it’s safe to say your words are *not* the product of a ‘foolish’ mind (what 19th-century British folk commonly referred to as ‘tom foolery’…) 2) the irony of ‘Tom the Austere’ publicly sharing an honest, introspective piece of himself is masterful. In all sincerity, I completely understand the Uber-trip that Time and Mortality take us on, and certain special times in our younger years (such as the magical summer I binge-watched the entire Sopranos series. I had never experienced that level of television before. And now I’m older than Tony. Just like you. 🫣

[@TupDigital]

Agreed. Life is nuts.

[@Dead_Again1313]

Man I feel you on that. Now I get why my dad watches black and white shows from the 60s still.

[@DavyDredd14]

My Top 5 THE SOPRANOS Episodes : 5. 'College' 4. 'Another Toothpick' 3. 'Whoever Did This' 2. 'Pine Barrens' 1. 'Funhouse'

[@Rosegoldshawwty]

I have never understood the hype behind the pine barrens

[@aaronwood8110]

Pine barrens is the episode that got me turned onto the show. Those guys killing a deer by accident got me deep.

[@pretzelstick320]

@@RosegoldshawwtyI always think that about college

[@cycross3969]

Excellent video and lovely montage at the end. Also big shout out to the season 1 episode "Boca", the ending where Tony gets drunk and says "I didn't hurt nobody" easily the most emotionally impactful ending to an episode in the series for me.

[@BingoLumpkin-u4v]

As a Junior fan I have to agree with “Boca” and another quietly good one is “ House Arrest.” A great episode if you love yourself some Corrado Soprano.

[@tylersmith2854]

I will always love how in “Whoever Did This” Ralph is the first and only person to finally call Tony out on his hypocrisy, and ends up dying to Tony’s ego. Something I just noticed in this video, is that “Employee of The Month” is the elaboration and culmination of the theme of true Justice that was first introduced in “Boca” about the mob justice towards The Soccer Coach and then Artie Bucco of all people try and do the moral thing and talk Tony out of not killing him. Brilliant.

[@NeverEverNever-a2cg]

Do you really think Tony would of? Super hypocritical. Seems like the biggest rat was always Meadow. She started war and led to Vitos death.

[@absoluteutility]

Made in America no. 1 no doubt. The entire series is good but that finale is great. To me, the show builds to the finale. And the finale itself is everything. It's perfect.

[@theduragdan]

@@absoluteutility it gives you a sense of closure cuz everyone was dying or ratting and the themes and colors were cold and dark, but at the same time makes you want to watch the whole thing over with the sudden ending

[@bryanuhl124]

The Blue Comet is probably in my top 5 of the series, but I couldn’t imagine it being the finale. Not seeing Phil get popped would’ve been a huge downer for me.

[@DaveSCameron]

Hahaha! Really enjoyed your quality presentation and witty asides, keep it up Sir. 👍☘️

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you very much. Cheers!

[@StuffAndAlsoThings]

Any list that doesn’t just throw pine barrens at number 1 is a good list. Amour Fou is criminally underrated tho

[@gregthegroove]

Amour Fou and All due respect ate AWESOME. I esp love Amour Fou. I’m a Hit is a Hit & Marco Polo type guy!

[@kshitijsrivastava6440]

My top 10 10. The knight in white satin armor 9. Funhouse 8. Long term parking 7. Whoever did this 6. Pine Barrens 5. Soprano home movies 4. Stage 5 3. College 2. Made in America 1. Whitecaps

[@CSM100MK2]

pretty much love any video you produce. great work as always, good editing, and love your personal voice/humor in the narration. also - you don't need to be on camera yourself like all these other narcissistic youtubers who get popular and think it's about THEM! keep the video on the content, not a talking head - you're a classic and and the best, thanks for focusing on quality rather than ego or patreon shoutouts or sponsor bits.

[@nancyvillines4552]

I enjoyed this very much. Thanks 😊

[@robweissman5952]

Wow Lynch... Ya know I'm itching for more uploads!

[@theduragdan]

its also interesting the parallel between the godfather malon brando slapping the guy for crying in the movie, and johnny sack the boss himself crying in the show

[@CSM100MK2]

People cry?

[@opaljk4835]

Am I missing something here? What’s the parallel exactly beside people crying

[@theduragdan]

@@opaljk4835 the whole theme of the sopranos is that they got into this when it was all over (2000s instead of 70s) where their collective morals and actions that were taken have regressed

[@CoreyT127]

@@CSM100MK2Not dudes!😂😂

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

I've never watched or seen those movies. Don't need to. You're absolutely right. How did all of society in fiction/ reality degrade? Real lack of standards. Each generation.

[@steveo_008]

Well done, so many great episodes means this would have been difficult. For me Whitecaps is my favourite. The pinnacle of cable tv imo.

[@batgurrl]

Awesome list for the best TV drama of all time. I totally agree with your top 5, despite many lists putting Pine Barrens in the top spot, but your narrative convinced me. I love Whitecaps too, because of it’s obvious drama.

[@WowLynchWow]

I still remember how mesmerized I was watching the scenes between Tony and Carm in Whitecaps. Powerful stuff. Blue Comet was so well executed onscreen and has long remained my favorite episode. Cheers! :)

[@Xpwnxage]

20 years I spent waiting for your next Sopranos upload. Not a peep.

[@CSM100MK2]

this generation...

[@rilsinbee]

ive been enjoying your content on the sopranos, i only just finished watching the series for the first time a few weeks ago myself. do you think youll make a future video going in depth on the ending? id be interested to hear what you have to say about it

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you very much. At some point, I may go into more depth on the ending, or perhaps the final season itself.

[@cmehustle]

Rummy, this was F’ing incredible. Loved the sopranos breakdowns almost as much as the boxing ones!

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you very much! Cheers!

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace! Wow Lynch University didn’t make the cut? That episode haunted me for years…excellent writing and brutal imagery…thanks..

[@melanoidmarkus]

Great list 👌🏾⭕️👍🏾

[@yagzdinc3601]

23:43 Another important detail about this scene is that Christopher also sees the kids within the family. You can see him contemplating on his current lifestyle and the life of the poor family, and then he realizes it is at least a "family", which he will always lack with Ade - because she can't have children. I believe that was the moment he made his decision.

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

32:52 - you missed the "holding out on me", over tic-tacs!

[@mattmolloy636]

I’ve only watched the first 45 seconds but I’m here to just tell you that you’re wrong. Idk why yet, but I’ll tell you when I’m done 🎉

[@kassygo1375]

You did not say why

[@barbaraannscarlet7885]

Well done 🎉 Great choices 🎉

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you very much. Cheers!

[@jennydeaf9O9]

Ed & Nadine are in the Fallout TV show! Eyepatch 'n all!

[@WowLynchWow]

Someone mentioned something similar. Haven't gotten around to watching it yet, but intend to do so.

[@thisisnotachannel]

"Soprano Home Movies" hit home (literally, I guess) for me more than many other episodes due to the fact that they were vacationing (and filming, by proxy) in Lake George... because I have spent my entire 44 years living either there or 10 minutes away. I kept trying to recognise the scenery, and match it to my memory so I could figure out exactly where they were... still do every time I watch it... but to this day, I haven't figured it out. My favorite episodes are the ones which go into the more "Lynchian" style of directing/storytelling... the extended fever dream segments, and particularly the "Kevin Finnerty" episode. I don't really have a "top 10", but I could probably do a top 3... and also embarrass myself because I forget the episode names... "Soprano Home Movies" "Food poisoning fever dream episode" "Kevin Finnerty episode" Anyway... I like your top 25 better. Agreed with all.

[@WowLynchWow]

I love the Lake George area, and that probably likewise added to the appeal for me as well when it comes to Soprano Home Movies. I've been vacationing in that region for close to 45 years, usually at Schroon Lake.

[@thisisnotachannel]

I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I'm about 20 min from Schroon Lake. I find myself there semi-regularly. Just had the "Winter Carnival" out here on the ice of LG! Maybe we'll run into each other one day, Rummy!

[@absoluteutility]

How was college not mentioned? It established that the sopranos was more than just a mob show. It's a mob show that uses the established mob genre to analyze real, upper middle-class family drama.

[@jasonchislett3282]

Great list. Pretty much agree.

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jordanl1911]

Great video, but Whitecaps, Funhouse and Long Term Parking should be top 5

[@xavierrenegade]

1. Soprano Home Movies 2. Funhouse 3. Stage 5 4. I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano 5. Amour Fou 6. Whitecaps 7. Whoever Did This 8. Blue Comet 9. Army of One 10. University

[@CSM100MK2]

everyone be sure to click like and support the channel, for a decade he has remained top quality without ever being a sponsor sellout or becoming an narcissistic ego trip. He never bothers us for BS like 99percent of other analysis youtubers - support him and do your part if you've been watching for years like I have, the like count is WAY lower than I know us regular fans truly number.

[@WowLynchWow]

Thank you very much for the kind words. Cheers!

[@patdecorvo]

Sausage necklace- Lol. ..the government says I can't leave the house, and my family keeps me sedated.

[@cookieanddabutt2843]

Ralphie has the very best last line of a character on Sopranos to me. So much truth and shows how hypocritical Tony lived.

[@adminvrm1192]

Nice list. I wish a Tony B episode would have been included.

[@sfritzen]

The episode “Satan and all his powers“ over Christmas going back to the OJ trial etc. was my favorite episode shocked it didn’t make the top 25.

[@robertlee4172]

3:10...That underhanded toss of the Cleaver mug proves once and for all, Tony is no varsity athlete.

[@jonathan_rosa]

"Kennedy and Heidi" Top 5 at minimum ;)

[@batgurrl]

I disagree entirely

[@jonathan_rosa]

@@batgurrl lots of correct answers imo -- have u seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfEkoSBg9aKnbs

[@dinglbarry1275]

In any show, episodes where one of the central characters get killed, tend to get overrated in the scheme of things. It's a lucky break in a show with rotating directors to get a character death on you directing episode. With that said I don't know how I would rate "Kennedy and Heidi". I enjoyed the episode and I've seen the series multiple times around, but I'd really have to closely analyze the various episodes to see where it belongs. Long Term Parking is knee jerkingly one of my favorite episodes, but I don't know to what degree Adriana's death alone plays on my bias. It's certainly a good episode on it's own. It poses a lot of questions in Chris's overall journey as well as Tony's.

[@Jwhitspecialty]

Thanks for not putting Pine Barrens at #1. I love the episode a lot but it is definitely a little overhyped. It's a great standalone episode that I love to introduce people to the show with. But side note I swear if I hear "Guy was an interior decorator" "His house looked like shit" crack one more time from somebody who watches the show I'll lose it. There's 1000 lines that are funnier in the show idk why that's seen as the only joke popularly highlighted in the sopranos or even that episode

[@bazjr86]

I always skip that episode.

[@katienaida6165]

"The Weight" had my favorite use of foreshadowing in the series. Johnny Sac tells Tony, "No more weight remarks, Tony. They're hurtful, and they're destructive." Five episodes later, Ralph's remark about eating beef and sausage by the carload causes Tony to sucker punch him.

[@jordanl1911]

oh yeah good point. IDK if it was intended- probably not- but it works just the same

[@patdecorvo]

I love the order Lynch. Its perfect, one thing though, a Don doesnt wear shorts.

[@EddyLaCascalade]

1. Whoever Did This 2. Long Term Parking 3. The Knight In White Satin Armor

[@228allday]

I never noticed Charles S Dutton was in the show. ROC was a great show

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace! Bergen County’s Finest strikes again..I’ll never forget that cut to Black in “Made In America” 😂…I sat in my Brooklyn apartment; with my then fiancée in disbelief 🫢 Fabulous upload Lynch; Peace Out..

[@donovanmurray7558]

Great list….but no College?? Not even in the top 25???

[@WowLynchWow]

Which one would you swap out for College?

[@briandenapoli3250]

Any of the last season except last two and home movies

[@BLUEDELUCA]

Pretty accurate list.

[@sansbudget]

I just started the video. Just wishing my favorite episode "The Ride" is in here

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace! “The Knight in White Satin Armor” was amazing Lynch…uncanny writing..

[@guapodel]

We lead the world in computerized data collection!

[@spicyjuniormint]

22:29 She must have crawled under Christafuh for warmth, okay? Simple as that.

[@farishd7549]

My top 5 5.All due respect 4.whitecaps 3.Pine barrens 2.Funhouse Honorable mentions:Whoever did this,White knight in satin armor,The blue comet,From where to eternity and I dream of gene cusomano 1.Long term parking

[@talesfromthetrip]

I’m probably the only person who doesn’t like Commendatori lol I always skim through it on rewatches

[@RyansEggyRice]

Very confused how no one has mentioned Irregular around the Margins

[@ryandesain5090]

Rummy is that you?

[@LoafRock]

Garcia is going to pull it off

[@LoafRock]

He did it!

[@WowLynchWow]

He sure did!

[@Wallyworld30]

I had no fucking clue that Rummy's Corner had a Movie Channel! I could listen to Rummy read the Dictionary with that voice and accent! I subbed and I'm now excited to see what all Movies you've talked about. I already watched your video on "The Shining" lets see what else we got here!

[@NeverEverNever-a2cg]

Me too! I subscribe all the time!

[@GuamoKun]

Marco Polo is one of my favorite episodes but it has a severe lack of Kwistofah and Aide

[@Matt-vd4sg]

good picks but this list order is crazy

[@dinglbarry1275]

As the narrator of this channel said (Sopranos is great as a whole as opposed to merely the sum of it's parts)... I've watched the Sopranos numerous times around in binge fashion so it's challenging for me to separate it based on episodes. Episodes where significant things happen such as main character deaths tend to get a bias from much of the public for that reason because it's something easy to latch onto to pin point a particular episode. In a show with rotating directors it's always a big break to get an episode with a central character death. Of course Pine Barron's pulled it off with great humor and then many of us will think of the Chris intervention episode as having one of the funniest moments of the show (I'd be curious to analyze that episode as a whole in terms of it's ranking). White Caps for it having possibly the best acting from Carmella and Tony combined with it being the longest episode. However as a general rule... all shows including the greats like the Sopranos and Breaking Bad... I tend to dislike the married couple fight/split divorce scenes/episodes. Something about it isn't entertaining for me and it's typically my least favorite sections within excellent shows. But in the sopranos I still really appreciate the acting in the big fight scene in White caps.

[@PalmyraMedia]

I am only here right at this point 25:12 , but I can tell you right now. This list is already wrong. The top three should be. 1. pine barons. 2. Whitecaps. 3 Long term parking. Sam would even say depending on how you look at it, you can interchange white cabs do to the amazing amazing acting in that episode there’s not much anybody with a brain can say that wasn’t some of the most powerful acting in a long time, if not ever. And pine barrens was a great episode obviously because two great characters, it was comedic. And then, of course, is long-term parking probably some of the best video shot by Director, the writing.(Tim and Steve really killed it with this episode regarding that.) Let’s get something straight with Dave. Very very few exceptions in season six and some in season seven, don’t want to hear it. I will never call it season six a or B it will always be season six and seven to me. ) if there were any mediocre, as I don’t believe there are any really bad episodes, if there were any mediocre episodes, it was in those two seasons. At best. If people are wondering why am coming off so passionate, I’ve literally watched the show when it first came on and HBO I didn’t watch the first episode, but I was right there the second episode, and made up for it, catching up a replay of the first episode back in the day when you had to wait . Then when Netflix came out, I would order the desk and every 4 to 6 months I would upgrade my subscription to get the most amount of this possible so I can watch the whole show. And then chorus came streaming. I also Bootleggin copies to pirate, bay and lime wire, probably one of those. And to this day, I still watch it and break it out at least once a year. I asked to ask girlfriends how many times I think I watch the Sopranos and going by what I know I’ve watched every single season, well actually break it down this way. Season one through five I have watched at least 75+ time if not more Season six and seven, about 45+ times if not more. Season 6 I think is the season where I believe most of the mediocre episodes are but like I said, there are some in season seven or for you so calculus 6B even though that’s ridiculous to me. I like your video, give it a like, give it a subscribe, but honestly, I think if I went through that list, I would have to rearrange some, definitely up to this point as far as I can tell exchange at least three of them. But his suggestion because it was such a damn good show depending on how you watched it, I guess is how you can rank it. All I know is I love people that to this day that say oh, I never watch that show because it was too violent! Which, as every two soprano fan knows that is the biggest joke and why out there and just proves that they never saw three minutes of an episode. Because all of us die, Hards know it was comedic drama addicting and then yes you had your violence you had your sex. But it was interlaced so well that it was not overwhelming, so anybody out there that ever tells you that they didn’t watch the Sopranos, because it was nothing but violence & Sex . One laughing them in their face and call them out hopefully in public. Me personally, I would give them a call and walnuts.” Yeah what does that supposed to mean? What are you trying to say? 😂 God, I miss Tony Sirico, and definitely of course, James Gandolfini, but hearing of Tony Sirico, before the sopranos, even started, knowing who he was, by rumor, living only hour and a half away from where he grew up. All it was such a treat to watch him every Sunday. I really wish television go back to the way. It was in many ways. Watching the Sopranos was an event. Thanks for posting as you can tell from this long ass. Paragraph stirred up some emotions…

[@XanderShiller]

Feech got arrested for TVs people get for free now

[@rytheguy18gaming87]

Kennedy and Heidi placed that early is criminal.

[@JcoolV]

Whitecaps was always my favourite 😊

[@Lady_Boo]

Adriana's execution was the second worst one to watch, for me. Third? Christopher choking her. Superb acting! First worst was Melfi's rape. Lorraine Bracco really acted the bejeepers out of THAT scene.

[@gabrielmenezes1361]

No college, Isabella and amour fou? Damn, that’s hard.

[@EVILLOVER01]

I never noticed both Tony and carmine Sr hate this fucking shit. True bosses 🙌

[@tyronejohnson8867]

Employee of the Month BEST EVER Episode!

[@comicallyhigh2730]

Amour Fou you stunad

[@WowLynchWow]

Guilty as charged. That's an awesome episode, and one that probably gets underrated and a little overlooked because it immediately followed Pine Barrens.

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

You kinda said it at the end, but..... you missed every other episode!!!

[@mikecouri]

Need the episode college on this list

[@dinglbarry1275]

People love to throw down Sopranos quotes in various comment sections and many/some of them are painfully cliche', but I I get a kick out of the scene where Chris mugs lauren bacall and she says "my f__kin arm". That one is worthy of a quote every now and then, but no one ever does. I misquoted it for the longest time and I prefer my misquote more... i thought she said "my f__kin eye", which I think is a tad funnier than my arm, but still funny nonetheless. This was from Luxury Lounge which was 12th on this list.

[@mlobeatsfcp]

Long term parking the most memorable

[@86thrashed]

brilliant list…i’m hemorrhaging sponjolics ova here….

[@tomjones5650]

When your coach turns into a pumpkin 🎃 you gotta cry.😢

[@tomjones5650]

If Jr. Can't Bone Bobbi Sanfillipo. He screws a fencepost.😮

[@Marcus007]

I enjoyed this Interesting list! I cant pick a fav episode only that I think the show only got better as it went on. My favorite line from the series is “His apartment looked like shit!” LOL It’s great to hear you agree the ending’s ambiguity was not symbolic of Tony’s death but a device to allow a future installment of the Sopranos, where Tony would presumably be alive. We discussed this a while back. I interpret this as proof Tony lives on. Chase or VanZant also said VanZant asked Chase to keep Silvio’s fate ambiguous in the event of a future installment, which persuaded Chase. So this was possibility obviously loomed large in how Chase ended things. Also, Chase admitted he deeply resented the expectation & pressure on him to kill Tony in the end. So I think the ambiguity also served to allow Chase to defy this pressure, let Tony live, yet avoid the backlash. Of course, Gandolfini’s premature death makes another installment undesirable if not impossible. Strange, but for me his death deeply changed how I remember the show - it’s as if Tony did die in some tragic way because Gandolfini died. A great loss, it’s very sad.

[@billyfarber138]

Added bonus: A. I. Is not what we were told it going to be. It's basically a computer that pretends to be human by summarizing information from the internet on a certain subject. It regurgitates the information back to us as a generic opinion. The A. I. tries to emulate humor or other human emotions but it lacks a soul and real life experiences so it just comes off as dull, bland, and soulless.

[@aspiceronni4462]

Muscles Marinara. 😂

[@benedekfarkas5533]

Mine has to be Commendatori

[@amblueblue49596]

I just watched it over 4 weeks for the first time Maddone, best serie ever (above breaking bad and better call saul)

[@Julio-it1pl]

12:30 compromise?

[@petecotter6790]

Rummys corner!

[@skarloey7493]

rummys corner!!

[@nickgraham6720]

yeah

[@Sandux930]

Borkos gonna hear about thish

[@scientist23wannabe_23]

Kenedi and Heidi is easily #3

[@Rmush]

The narrator….Mustang Sally? 🤔

[@tomjones5650]

Hugh De Angelis ❤LOVES Virginia Mayo.❤😊

[@briandenapoli3250]

How you dont have college and all these last season ones is sacriledge . Its like you didnt watch the first season.

[@patdecorvo]

I wouldve made sure that Tony mulched his roses with what was left of that rossi p.o.s.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

28:03 Ab. So. Lutely.

[@aspiceronni4462]

The one with the bear.

[@Jeffgordonfan24hesthegoat]

Chris had Land Rover not hummer

[@24Vett]

I never realized how hot carmella was

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Hey! We called him "FATHER Jughead". Hmmm...

[@johanoberg1157]

University should have been somewhere

[@JeffKing-gt1kb]

The worst episodes were the dream sequences that were all David Chase written stories. One word - stupid and sophomoric. What were you David - on dope?

[@NotQuiteFirst]

But _Amour Fou_ though

[@Jwhitspecialty]

Im in awr of you

[@maxberglind3275]

College is top three. Funhouse in top ten.

[@cikosphysicaltherapist6017]

Gonna go on a limb, and say Pine Barrens #1 . But I think it's a little over rated.

[@nicholasdominic2825]

That’s what we call millicco hence the horn 😆 super superstitious much?