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re: Sopranos. A few of the story lines that didn't make sense.

Posted on 1/10/24 at 1:31 am to
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 1:31 am to
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quote:Caitlin Rucker

Wow she blossomed very well, she was not attractive "in college"

Damn.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:27 am to
AJ's girlfriend Blanca was way out of his league.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 4:28 am
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:15 am to
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Jackie Jr. was supposed to be in Pre Med at Rutgers.


Premed just means you’ve declared it as your major. You’re not in medical school yet. So he was saying he was just a freshman in college. Nothing special.

I agree with AJ. Hated his character but I guess that was the point, he was spoiled and a disappointment, not like his father. I do believe him being the football star was Tony and then believeing he was better than he was. Like he was an average player but they saw him as a star.

Jackie Jr was a great character and should have had a major role. They totally wasted his character.
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Arkansas
Member since Jun 2009
13495 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 6:53 am to
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Jackie Jr was a great character and should have had a major role

Ehhhh, not for me.

Wished Ralphie could've stayed on the show longer, but shite was boiling for way too long with Tony and him. You knew it was just a matter of time before Tony had to deal with Ralphie.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:53 am to
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Premed just means you’ve declared it as your major. You’re not in medical school yet. So he was saying he was just a freshman in college. Nothing special.

I agree with AJ. Hated his character but I guess that was the point, he was spoiled and a disappointment, not like his father. I do believe him being the football star was Tony and then believeing he was better than he was. Like he was an average player but they saw him as a star.

Jackie Jr was a great character and should have had a major role. They totally wasted his character.



Agree. AJ was about how we coddle and spoil our kids today, not about him being some strong take over the mob type character. Jackie Jr. was one of the funniest characters on the show. He was doomed from the start though so not sure they could have avoided his demise.
Posted by texn
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 8:47 am to
AJ never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Posted by ReedRothchild
South MS
Member since Jul 2019
1240 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 8:54 am to
Carmella was attractive enough. I think it was a thrill thing, hooking up with the boss's wife taboo. That's how I viewed it.
Posted by redfishfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:04 am to
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Like AJ being a football star.


I took that as AJ got lucky, got a few sacks, and Tony overblowing it like a lot of parents would and thinking AJ was WAY better than he actually was. I never once got the feel from the writers that they were saying AJ was actually a good athlete.


Tony's mom and sister story lines bothered me more than anything. We all know people like them but son of b I hated watching them do anything.

Posted by Dire Wolf
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Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:13 am to
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Also Tony was paranoid about anyone knowing that he was seeing a psychiatrist, but dated and some chick that he met in her lobby.
In reality Tony would have probably had her whacked so she couldn't blab about it.


Gloria offed herself so he didn't have to worry about it. He also made it very clear to her that he would kill her

Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10794 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:19 am to
the Gloria story line was about how Tony was attracted to destructive women like his mom and sister, not about how logical and cunning he was.
Posted by jdd48
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:35 am to
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And lastly Meadow's meathead boyfriend Jackie Jr. was supposed to be in Pre Med at Rutgers.


That's the last thing I'd ever refer to Jackie Jr as. He was just an entitled wanna be gangster.
Posted by redfishfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
4425 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:45 am to
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the Gloria story line was about how Tony was attracted to destructive women like his mom and sister, not about how logical and cunning he was.


Bingo
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:40 am to
I agree with you about Carmella. That bothered me a lot. I liked Furio and that was a crap way to write him out. Would’ve been more realistic to have Furio go after Meadow or Adriana.

Posted by redfishfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
4425 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:53 am to
Gosh I wish I could unwatch the show just to watch it again.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
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Member since Feb 2009
52925 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:58 am to
5'5" 180-200 lbs wouldn't necessarily keep someone from being good at nose guard or something in middle school, especially if he was quick and athletic, and playing against a bunch of white kids. Sure, he was a pussy, but probably had a lot of subconscious toughness because Tony is his dad.

Carmella wasn't a smoke show, but she was a fine looking middle-aged mother.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 11:59 am
Posted by chinese58
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Member since Jun 2004
30627 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:59 am to
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AJ had a sack in a game, and got named captain for a game in middle school football.
Some of us peaked early. We may have loved and lost, but at least we got in the game.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
91239 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:38 pm to
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Like AJ being a football star. A defensive lineman that led the team in sacks and was voted team Captain. The guy that played AJ is 5' 5" and even when he was a fatso probably didn't even weigh 200 pounds.


He didn’t lead in sacks. He recovered a fumble after riding the bench for 3 quarters. And I think at that point of the show he was Junior Varsity. The school was an elite catholic private school in Jersey, they wouldn’t have had much in the way of top athletes anyways.

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Also the way that they portrayed Carmella as some sort of babe. They had Furio & the Construction Guy on the verge of risking their lives to get with a Mob boss's wife because she was just so irresistible, when in reality she is not even remotely attractive. Ugly face, old & wrinkled, horrible "mom bod".


She wasn’t a babe but I don’t find her ugly either. The construction guy made sense. He was hurt from losing his wife and Carm threw herself on him so that prompted an emotional response. Him being a blue collar guy she wasn’t out of his league.

Furio’s character was different from the rest of the monsters. He seemed to value a connection and communication over physical looks. He wasn’t big into fricking all the strippers and such either.

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Also Tony was paranoid about anyone knowing that he was seeing a psychiatrist, but dated and some chick that he met in her lobby.


Everyone learned of Tony seeing the psychiatrist way before he started seeing Gloria

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And lastly Meadow's meathead boyfriend Jackie Jr. was supposed to be in Pre Med at Rutgers.


He was never pre-med he lied to appease Tony who tried to honor Jackie Sr wish that his son go to school and not get caught up in the “business”
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
91239 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:43 pm to
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Gloria Trillo forever my girl.


She was smoking to me. And her level of crazy made her hotter. I’ve dated a dangerous chick like that once. They will frick your head up. Sex is good though

Adriana is still the hottest in that show to me. The gaudy goombah makeup, clothes, hair really fit her. It makes most women look trashy but her it actually made her hotter


Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
91239 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:47 pm to
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Jackie Jr. was one of the funniest characters on the show.


Jackie was a douche.

The funniest characters were Paulie and Ralph. Any scene with Paulie and Christopher was comedic gold
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
8366 posts
Posted on 1/10/24 at 1:13 pm to
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Any scene with Paulie and Christopher was comedic gold

Like when they were lost in the Pine Barrens
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