Calling All Cars (The Sopranos)

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"Calling All Cars" is the 50th episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the 11th of the show's fourth season.^[1] Written by David Chase, Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, and David Flebotte from a story by Chase, Green, Burgess, and Terence Winter, it was directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on November 24, 2002.

Starring

• James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
• Dr. Jennifer Melfi
• Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
• Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti *
• Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
• Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
• Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
• Anthony Soprano, Jr.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano *
• Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
• Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
• Johnny Sack
• Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
• Ralph Cifaretto

In Miami, Tony meets with Little Carmine, who agrees to travel home and talk to his father. Tony threatens action against New York should negotiations fail to yield results.

That night, Tony dreams: He follows Ralphie to an old house. Ralphie disappears; Tony then sees himself as an Italian-American immigrant, coming for a masonry job at the house. Before he enters, he sees a female figure with a shadowy face resembling his mother walking downstairs. He enters — and wakes up short of breath, sweaty, and startled. He goes out to the balcony, into the bright Miami sun, and stares at the ocean.

First appearances

• Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi Jr.
  : capo in the Lupertazzi Family and son of the boss, Carmine Sr.

Title reference

• Dr. Melfi uses the phrase "Calling all cars" when trying to reach Dr. Kupferberg after Tony quits therapy. The phrase is an old police radio dispatch call for all radio patrol cars to assist a fellow officer or to look for a suspect or situation.

References to past episodes

• After A.J scares Bobby Baccalieri III and his sister by faking a séance at the Ouija board and squeezing water on his head, Bobby reveals to both his father and Tony that A.J. had locked him in
  Furio Giunta's garage at Furio's housewarming party, in the episode "The Weight
  ."

• When Bobby is lying in bed in the dark, grieving for Karen, the TV is playing The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film).
• Bobby Jr. is seen playing the computer game Max Payne.
• Janice talks to Bobby Jr. through
  AOL Instant Messenger
  .
• When using the Ouija board, A.J. mentions Captain Jacobus, the protagonist from the book Captain Jacobus by L. Cope Cornford.

Cultural reference

• Little Carmine puzzles Tony with some talk about "Lewis the Whatever's finance minister, de something" who built a
  King Louis XIV, who built the famous Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (which, contrary to what is stated in the episode, predates the Palace of Versailles
  ), but was accused of embezzlement and spent the last 19 years of his life in prison.
• Tony stays at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach during his trip to Florida.
• When Janice notices the mud on Bobby's shoes, he compares her to "Marge Hingenbrender," a malapropism for Marg Helgenberger, who played forensic scientist Catherine Willows on CSI.

Music

• The song played over the end credits is "
  Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys
  .
• The song played on the car radio during the opening dream sequence is Smokey Robinson's "The Tears of a Clown."
• While Tony is on the phone with Svetlana, Eric Clapton's version of "I Shot the Sheriff" is playing in the background.
• The song playing on the stereo when Carmela brings Bobby's kids to A.J.'s room is "Clocks" by Coldplay.
• The song playing in the background while Janice is on the phone with Bobby is "Roxy" by Concrete Blonde.

References

External links

• "Calling All Cars" Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
• "Calling All Cars" at
  IMDb