Sopranos, Season 5, Episode 4, "All Happy Families"

Another solid episode.

Best line (of those I can remember):

"What's different about you?"
Tony upon seeing AJ with his eyebrows missing, permanent marker still on his forehead despite obvious scrubbing, and a big pink spot on his cheek. 

(Loved seeing AJ with his face superglued to the floor.)

AJ's reaction to Tony's ultimatum about the car was fantastic.
A superb job is being done by Edie Falco and James Gandolfini as Tony and Carmela try to negotiate being parents while separated while going through their own emotional struggles.

Dr. Melfi's reading Tony's letter was very amusing with her correcting his spelling and grammar every third word or so. 

Carmella's little snipe at Tony that his friends just laugh at his jokes because they're afraid of him seemed to hit a nerve.

David Lee Roth looked like death warmed over (but he has for some time).
My spouse enjoyed seeing Lawrence Taylor, former NFL linebacker in the first poker scene, more though.

Also, the Johnny Sack-Little Carmine feud took another step forward this week, I can't wait for that to play itself out.

The Feech story seemed to end a little abruptly and I wonder if it's really ended. It was brilliant the way they set him up, though. They dropped the bait and Feech's own greed led him right into the trap.

And what about next week? Christopher is whacking somebody and the teaser was edited to make it look like it might be Ade, but  I really doubt he would whack her in that fashion..
Speaking of Ade, I wonder what the deal was with that conversation she had with Silvio?

Still not enough screen time for Steve Buscemi...
They need to do something with the Tony B. character instead of just paying Buscemi to sit around doing nothing. The guy can light up dialog, if they'll give him something interesting to say. Right now, he just looks bored with the gig.

 

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interesting to see some of the setups for the future.

also AJ got a good lesson that being a kid still happens when you are older just on a different level like hotboxing or dutch ovening :)