Fortunate Son (The Sopranos)

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"Fortunate Son"
Henry J. Bronchtein
Written byTodd A. Kessler
Cinematography byAlik Sakharov
Production code303
Original air dateMarch 11, 2001 (2001-03-11)
Running time58 minutes
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"Fortunate Son" is the 29th episode of the

Henry J. Bronchtein
, and originally aired on March 11, 2001.

Starring

Guest starring

  • Johnny Boy Soprano
  • Rocco Sisto as Young Junior Soprano
  • Andrew Davoli as
    Dino Zerilli
  • Hugh DeAngelis
  • Mary DeAngelis
  • Svetlana Kirilenko
  • Johnny Sack
  • John Fiore as
    Gigi Cestone
  • Patsy Parisi
  • George Loros as
    Raymond Curto
  • Benny Fazio
  • Jackie Aprile, Jr.
  • Carmine Lupertazzi
  • Richard Maldone as
    Albert Barese
  • Rosalie Aprile
  • Irina Peltsin
  • Laila Robins as Young Livia Soprano
  • Patrick Tully as
    Noah Tannenbaum
  • Peter Byrne as Security Guard
  • Megan Curry as Punked-Out Coed
  • Steve Grillo
    as Pizza Customer
  • Kevin Janicelli as Roy DelGuercio
  • Mario Lavandeira
    as Male Student
  • Steve Mellor as Bill Owens
  • David Mogentale as Coach Goodwin
  • Peter Napoliello as Football Dad
  • Sal Petraccione as George Piocosta
  • Frank Savino as Operator #1
  • Paul Reggio as Operator #2
  • Jessica Ripton as Pizza Customer #2
  • Johnny Spanish as Junkie
  • Brian Anthony Wilson as Warren Dupree
  • Lou Bonacki as
    Francis Satriale
  • Mark Damiano II as Young Tony Soprano
  • Juliet Fox as Young Janice Soprano
  • Elxis McLaren as
    Young Barbara Soprano

Synopsis

Paulie gives Chris his sportsbook
operation, although Chris will have to give him a portion of his weekly profits. Chris makes some bad judgments in his first week and comes up short. Paulie is unforgiving and demands payment by the end of the week, imposing an extra payment for the delay.

witness protection program
. Tony was close to Jackie's father, who did not want his son to follow a life of crime. Jackie says he was struggling in school and could never become a doctor. Later, Tony tells Chris not to involve Jackie in any criminal activities.

Jackie has a plan to rob a charity concert at Rutgers. Chris needs money to pay off Paulie and agrees to help Jackie with the robbery. Chris takes over the operation and makes Jackie the getaway driver. While Jackie is waiting nervously in the car, he hears a gunshot and wets himself. Later Chris gives Paulie the money he owes. Paulie passes his own cut up to Tony, mentioning Jackie's involvement in the robbery. An angered Tony phones Chris, who ignores the call.

A.J. joins the school football
team, making his father very proud, especially when he recovers a fumble at a game. When A.J. is made defensive captain and praised effusively, he passes out on the field.

Mr. Satriale the butcher's pinkie for not paying a gambling debt. At dinner that night, his mother was excited by the fresh juicy joint of meat. The parents danced sensually together in front of the children; that was when Tony had his first panic attack. When he tells Dr. Melfi
this, she sees a connection between meat, his parents' sexuality, and his panic attacks, saying "We've made real progress today."

Title reference

First appearances

  • Carmine Lupertazzi
    :     Boss of the Lupertazzi crime family, one of the five New York Mafia crime families.
  • Benny Fazio
    : Associate of Christopher and member of the Soprano crew.
  • Dino Zerilli
    : Friend of Jackie Aprile Jr. and partner in crime.

References to other media

Music

  • The music that is playing in the background in the first pizza parlor scene is "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin. "Rock and Roll"'s appearance on this Sopranos episode was the first instance in Led Zeppelin's history that one of the band's songs was licensed for a television series.[1]
  • The music that is playing in the background in the second pizza parlor scene is "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" by Van Halen.
  • The music being played in the bar while the game is on is "All Good?" by De La Soul.
  • The song played at Christopher's party at the Bada Bing is "I See You Baby" by Groove Armada.
  • The song being played as background music in the restaurant when Tony meets Jackie Aprile, Jr. is "The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez.
  • The next song is "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" by The Jaynetts.
  • The band song played as Tony has a flashback to his childhood is the Notre Dame Victory March.
  • The song being played as background music in the scene when young Tony talks with his father is the Hugo Montenegro arrangement of Ennio Morricone's main title theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
  • The song played over the end credits is "Where's the Money" by Dan Hicks.

Filming locations

Listed in order of first appearance:[2]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-933821-18-4
    .
  2. ^ Ugoku. "The Sopranos location guide - Filming locations for". www.sopranos-locations.com. Retrieved 2020-08-21.

External links

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