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Pine Barrens Episode- The Sopranos

Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:59 pm
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:59 pm
Doing another rewatch of The Sopranos. Just finished Pine Barrens. What a fantastic episode. So many great lines and exchanges. The acting in that episode was top notch.

Christopher Moltisanti: frick you, Paulie. Captain or no captain, right now, we're just two assholes lost in the woods.

Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: [turning to Christopher] You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator.
Christopher Moltisanti: His house looked like shite.

Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: [eating frozen condiment packets in the van with Christopher] Not bad! Mix it with the relish!


Side note: Jackie Jr is way worse than AJ
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 9:00 pm
Posted by bayouteche
The Beaches of Wham Brake
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:07 pm to
One of the GOAT episodes of the GOAT show!

When Bobby walks out in the camo and Tony loses his mind laughing!
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:21 pm to
Watched a Michael Imperioli interview and he said they had a blizzard the day before filming and were about to cancel but then the director (Steve Buscemi) thought the snow fit the episode perfectly...made the environment even more alien.
Posted by DomincDecoco
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:49 pm to
Pauly rigging up show out of van carpet and twine.

Chrissy: ““Bruno Magli over here”

later…

Said shoe comes apart in higg snow and Pauly’s hands are too cold to retie the knot…in frustration, Paul shoots said shoe multiple times.

Paulie: “you motherfrickkkkkkerrrrrrrrr!!!”

Still one of the hardest Ive ever laughed.
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 9:51 pm
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:54 pm to
“Russians ain’t all that bad”

“How about the Cuban missile crisis? Cocksuckers moved nuclear warheads into Cuba, pointed em RIGHT at us.”

“That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshite.”
Posted by DomincDecoco
RIP Ronnie fights Thoth’s loafers
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:54 pm to
Also:

Chrissy: “were lost.

Paulie: “were not lost. stop getting cunty”
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:20 pm to
Shirripa wore a strap on to get that reaction from Gandolfini.

Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20028 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 9:01 am to
What perplexed me about that episode is that they couldn't find the guy even with several inches of snow on the ground and no way in hell the guy doesn't leave tracks in the snow.

Guess the producers were trying to show their "City Boy" lack of understanding about how to track people in the woods, no matter the circumstances.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
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Posted on 7/25/24 at 9:32 am to
quote:

Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: [turning to Christopher] You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator.
Christopher Moltisanti: His house looked like shite.



Without a doubt top 5 best line in the show.
Posted by DomincDecoco
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Posted on 7/25/24 at 9:32 am to
Every episode after that i kept waiting for them to take revenge.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 7/25/24 at 9:52 am to
quote:

Guess the producers were trying to show their "City Boy" lack of understanding about how to track people in the woods, no matter the circumstances.


It was a riff on the Rasputin story, as well. There was no way he was shot in the head, out in those conditions, without proper clothing and still made it back to the car and even steal it from them.

Yet, the evidence suggests he did. He was an "operator" apparently, and with good storytelling, some of best details happen only in the mind's eye of the viewer/reader.

That is why it is the definitive stand alone episode of one of the greatest shows of all time.
This post was edited on 7/25/24 at 9:53 am
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20028 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 10:30 am to
quote:

Every episode after that i kept waiting for them to take revenge.



Yep, that whole storyline went nowhere when it came down to it. Just a one and done episode.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 11:13 am to
quote:

“Russians ain’t all that bad”

“How about the Cuban missile crisis? Cocksuckers moved nuclear warheads into Cuba, pointed em RIGHT at us.”

“That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshite.”


Almost as funny as the "His house looked like shite." line.


Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
13241 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

It was a riff on the Rasputin story, as well. There was no way he was shot in the head, out in those conditions, without proper clothing and still made it back to the car and even steal it from them.

Yet, the evidence suggests he did. He was an "operator" apparently, and with good storytelling, some of best details happen only in the mind's eye of the viewer/reader.

That is why it is the definitive stand alone episode of one of the greatest shows of all time.


Interesting. There was the curse on those who killed Rasputin but that curse was on Christopher not Paulie.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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95597 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 12:38 pm to
And I would be remiss if I didn't mention that, although it was a story concept originally by one of the main directors of the Sopranos, Tim Van Patten, Buscemi actually directed the episode.
This post was edited on 7/25/24 at 12:41 pm
Posted by Carson123987
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Member since Jul 2011
68037 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

Almost as funny as the "His house looked like shite." line.


yep, 2 funniest lines for me
Posted by msap9020
Texas
Member since Feb 2015
2151 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 1:53 pm to
Great episode but they really tore Pauly down in that one. We always knew what kind of guy Chris was but not Pauly till that episode.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
40323 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 2:18 pm to
quote:

yep, 2 funniest lines for me



the GOAT

Tony Soprano: How many f***ing times I've told you it's an SUV watch where you park off road the Cadillac converter and the dry vegetation

Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr.: I didn't see the leaves

Tony Soprano: You can grill f***ing steaks on that converter, I told you!

Carmela Soprano: If there was children playing in those leaves, you'd run them over?

Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr.: I guess?

Tony Soprano: You're going to get cute now?

Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
12265 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 2:32 pm to
The best part to me was that they skipped lunch, but by that night they were eating ketchup packets like they hadn't eaten in a week and were starving to death
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8705 posts
Posted on 7/25/24 at 4:16 pm to
Another random thing I always laugh at now while doing the rewatch is how Tony would always beat the shite out of Georgie at the Bing.

Over just random simple stuff, transferring a phone call, pouring out ice, etc..
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