As Mediocrates once said: It’s good enough
I love The Sopranos. Sadly, this season has really been a re-hash of stories past. Chris loan sharking his AA friend was pretty much the same story (though shorter) of Tony sharking his friend with the sporting goods store.
Steve Buscemi plays the new guy who is upset about the amount of cash he earns. They have one every season and he usually gets killed off after one, maybe two, seasons. The twist this time was that he tried to stay straight for about five episodes. Yawn.
And another sit-down results in someone getting beaten up. And more sexual escapades implied with the psychiatrist. Snore.
I really expected, given the tensions with the Russian mob from a couple of seasons ago, this to be the season for the war with the Russians. But no, just boring divorce stuff.
This season has become a real snorer. But I still watch.
Meanwhile, if you haven’t caught HBO’s Deadwood (right after the Sopranos), you should. It’s pretty good and fairly original. It’s got that kind of libertarian flavor to it in that the main characters elude to the fact it’s not part of the US and are trying to keep it from being annexed. Mind you, that libertarian flavor leads to a few wealthy individuals running the town in that robber baron fashion. Good TV though.
April 26th, 2004 at 1:49 pm
Al Swearingen kicks ass.
April 26th, 2004 at 4:39 pm
“The twist this time was that he tried to stay straight for about five episodes. Yawn.”
Which is a real shame, because that would have been a nice source of tension. I have also noticed that he characters have gotten uniformly more petty. Which is probably truer to life, but its not as interesting.
April 26th, 2004 at 4:53 pm
Could have been nice if he’d kinda fought with easing into it (do a little small time crime here and there) instead of just capping some dude and a hooker for some cash.