The indictments serve to prove out Tony’s strategy of making Junior the boss. Tony does his best to help Junior save face, with the suggestion that Junior probably wants everyone to do a little “spring cleaning.” An annoyed Junior snaps, “That was my next comment.” On that note, all the capos grab their wives and kids, making a mass exodus from the reception – Big Pussy even grabs back the envelope he gave to the bride and groom. They’re all shocked when Junior brushes it off with, “You guys see indictments under your bed at night.” Raymond Curto tries to guide him with a “Better safe than sorry, no?” Junior maintains his position and gets annoyed when they turn to Tony to get some direction. The Soprano capos circle around Junior waiting for him to give orders on what the next move should be. Larry Boy Barese shares the news that they may be facing federal indictments due to a tip he’s received. And the way it unfolds with Christopher getting the news from his mother that his name is in the Star Ledger, is very sweetly done. Nothing lifts a blue mood than having your name mentioned in the paper. Tony recognizes that Christopher is depressed and uses their time in the car to determine if Christopher is suicidal. His depression continues to deepen during the episode but Christopher doesn’t seem to know how to express what’s going on – he tells Tony he thinks he may have cancer. For as his script’s dialogue suggests, “I must be loyle to my capo,” he is making a choice that will affect his life. It comes up in discussions with Jimmy, Georgie, Paulie and boils over when he feels slighted by the young bakery clerk.Ĭhristopher’s arc is, in fact, being developed and it may be that consciously he doesn’t realize it but subconsciously he does. He’s also dealing with self esteem issues, not getting the recognition within the crew or from Tony for what he’s done. In spite of Big Pussy’s darkly humorous blend of fatherly and murderous advice regarding the nightmare, “the more you do, the better you sleep,” which, not surprisingly, fails to comfort, Christopher sinks deeper into his depression. You ever had our sausages?” as well as a more direct message that Christopher made a mistake in the disposal of the body that will, well, come back to haunt him. Plus, he’s having nightmares where Emil Kolar haunts him with the enigmatic “In the Czech Republic, too, we love pork. In addition to his day job, he’s got a stolen laptop and a script-writing software program with which he hopes to put together a script to share with his cousin’s girlfriend who works in Hollywood.As Christopher struggles with screenplay, he is equally as troubled by his own lack of a story arc in his life.

In the last episode Melfi and Tony talk about choice and predestination, in The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti, Christopher yearns to be taken seriously and desires to do more than just survive. Written by David Chase, Frank Renzulli “You ever feel like nothin’ good was ever gonna happen to you?”Ĭhristopher poses this question to Paulie who answers, “Yeah and nothing ever did.