For me it has to be Christopher and its not even close.

Runner ups would be

Johnny sack

Adrianna la cerva

Ralphie Cifaretto

I don't think any other death touched me as much tho. Maybe Gene who hanged himself

They could build an empire like Bobby Flay, and it wouldn’t make a difference.

I'm not a Mafia expert but I feel like having a guy who clearly didn't want to be in the Mafia anymore would have been a major liability for Tony? Eugene had become a millionaire so there was no reason for him to remain in the Mafia anymore, he was even willing to pay Tony to allow him to leave yet Tony still refused?

He's not Italian so he could never get made anyways, what does he actually get out of it? Maybe that's why he just drove away when things went wrong lol, he thought "Fuck this, what the hell am I even doing here to begin with?"

1. The goat fucker guy.
2. Little Paulie.
3. Benny.
4. Tony B.

Edit:
5. Ralph

Why does it feel like Christopher doesn’t spend anytime mourning or feeling guilt over Adriana. They were together for so long and of course I’m sure it’s to show just how much he has convinced himself it was the right thing to do because she was nothing but a dirty rat but no fully fleshed out storyline of inner conflict or turmoil about losing the one person who truly cared for him? Idk maybe that’s the point. I guess it shows his all consuming loyalty to Tony. What do others think? I would have liked to see him be more haunted by his choice more because it would show just how contradictory he is like every other character at some point in the series.

He violated my wife’s *honor*.

He *insulted* her! He made a very insensitive joke about her body to some friends of ours.

I have to repeat it? My word’s not *good* enough?

He said she was having a 90-pound mole removed from her *ass*. The implication was her ass is *so* big, she could have a mole that size *removed* from it.

we see it once, but how often does it go down? once a month? twice a year?

Prior to that conversation, do you think Bobby sat by himself thinking about the hunch back, quarter back and half back of Notre Dame?

What were his thoughts? It’s a conspiracy? It’s God’s doing? One’s a fucking cathedral?

Is that the dumbest thing a character on the show ever admitted to doing?

The more I think about The Sopranos, the harder it becomes to tell whether Tony genuinely loves the people in his life or simply loves having them around.

He provides for his family, mourns his friends, and occasionally shows real tenderness. But the moment someone stops serving his interests, that affection often disappears.

Do you think Tony was genuinely capable of unconditional love, or was every relationship ultimately about him?

Did Christopher decide not to go into witness protection at the gas station?

When he sees the dirt bag with kids, does he think hey, if that loser can have kids then why should I stick with Adriana if she can’t. He realizes he has no future with her, but he still wants to have kids. This leads him to call Tony.

Since watching the show I keep finding myself talking about the show all the time. I kind of wonder what was the scene that sold people on the sopranos?

I just finished watching Sopranos, and Junior has to be my favorite character.

I understand at the beginning of the show when we are first introduced to Junior, he can be seen as a frankly unlikeable character, especially when he tries to put a hit on Tiny, and listening to Livia’s nonsense.

As the series progresses though, and especially when his dementia peaks, does anyone else feel bad for him? To me, it feels like most of the family understands somewhat he has dementia, but at the same time they don’t understand fully how dementia effects an individual mentally or physically.

It sounded like although everyone else but Tony understood on some level that Junior shooting Tony was due to his dementia, after he is hospitalized, except maybe a visit or two from Janice, Bobby, or Junior’s friends, no one comes to visit or sends mail.

I mean isn’t the point of this show that blood and family are everything?

After he mistakes Tony for Pussy, and shoots him, barely any family come to visit him, and although he don’t see his death in the show, it’s most likely he dies alone.

It’s sad seeing him so lonely. You can tell especially towards the end of the show when his dementia progresses, that although he has that angry streak in him, his demeanor is rather childlike and innocent, to the point where when Tony finally goes to visit him at the end of the series, Tony himself can’t even be angry or mad at him, although he tries to be at the start of the visit.

I suppose it’s a very honest and realistic scenario. Many older adults are placed into care homes and are forgotten. Many older adults in these care homes made choices in their lives that prevent continued connections, and many die alone due to it.

Deceased:

Jackie Aprile Sr

Jackie Aprile Jr

Ritchie Aprile

Adriana La Cerva

Vito Spatafore

Bryan Spatafore

So many tragedies in less than a decade. This family has more bad luck than the Kennedys. Sad. Rosalie must have been worn out from all the funerals she had to attend.

Uncle Junior’s next scene: I have cancer, so leave me alone about going to your father’s funeral

Gotta love the hypocrisy with these characters

.. after my 55th rewatch, I'm getting the feeling Tony's connected to the Mafia.

ok, can some Italians please help me out with this one? what's the difference lol?

Do you guys use it in the house? lol

I have a sopranos hot take that will probably get some people on my back; the whole subplot about uncle jun giving head was the single best subplot in tv history, you genuinely cant beat it

Why da fuck is Christopha dragging Tony’s name into returning the Comley truck Brendan boosted ??

Tony had nothing to do with it. There’s a body involved! What da fuck Chrissy?? This kid’s supposed to be “capable”??

she’s so hot when she’s angry and Artie just can’t handle it

I think it’s so funny how this one line ends up being interpreted
I have seen people say he meant skate board and that shows his lack of caring but I feel like it’s clear Junior just bought him a surfboard that AJ never used because he doesn’t surf (nor skate really)

Rewatching the series again and I was thinking about what lessons did Tony learn by dating Gloria?

If she had not threatened his home life, does anyone think that Gloria could have been a long term goomar for Tony?

Gloria had it all and yet deep down she felt she had nothing.

When Dr. Melfi was describing her behavior to someone else she made it seem like Gloria’s problems were because she was whiny and ungrateful about her life.

I liked her character because she was classy, and independent in her work life. But I also liked her because she was codependent and needy in her personal life.

She was trying to get help from Dr. Melfi but I still struggle with understanding why?

And once Tony realizes her issues why did he continue to deal with her until he couldn’t?

Gloria reminded Tony of something he did or didn’t get from his mother but I couldn’t figure it out.

The way things ended with those two still bothers me to this day and it’s why I do so many rewatches to figure it out .

Whenever he had a chance to change, he found an excuse to go back to being the same person. Therapy gave him the tools to understand himself, but he mostly used that understanding to justify his behavior.

I think that’s what makes his character so disturbing. He wasn’t incapable of understanding right and wrong. He just rarely cared enough to change.

Do you think Tony ever genuinely wanted to become a better person, or did he only want to feel less guilty?

50 years in the can, not a fuckin' peep and he didn't get no grilled cheese off the raddyator. Brooks was from the Shawshank old school, he shouldn't have to explain himself. Fuck Phil and his alligator tears. I've said my piece.

I don’t usually cry, even at my saddest moments but something weirdly hit me about Tony in the hospital bed. Especially when meadow saves him from death with her voice. It felt so raw and authentic to see a show that glamorized mafia life to a dying person in the hospital. The symbolism of Kevin Finnerty as well and how Tony dreamt of another life really makes me think how vulnerable these made guys really are.

P.S - for some reason, this episode did make me cry as it hits close to home seeing someone in the hospital bed after having an uncle who passed away in a similar state. May be a biased review of the episode but wow there’s a reason this is genuinely the best show ever made.