The Knight in White Satin Armor

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"The Knight in White Satin Armor"
The Sopranos episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 12
Directed by	Allen Coulter
Written by	Robin Green Mitchell Burgess
Cinematography by	Phil Abraham
Production code	212
Original air date	April 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)
Running time	60 minutes
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"The Knight in White Satin Armor" is the 12th episode of the second season of the HBO television series The Sopranos. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, and directed by Allen Coulter, and originally aired on April 2, 2000.

Synopsis

gets him out of trouble but angrily rebukes him: his duty is only to collect evidence against Tony.

.

Richie and

Satriale's

.

In the morning, Tony encounters Livia, in whose house Richie and Janice were staying, for the first time since her stroke. Tony explains that Richie has left; Livia smiles at a distraught Janice and says she knew it wouldn't last. She laughs when, on his way out, Tony stumbles down the stoop and falls on the front walk. Janice returns to Seattle.

Carmela contrives a meeting with

. She says that one day she might be free and, as she leaves, kisses him lightly on the cheek. Victor is greatly relieved when she has gone.

Loading the washing machine, Carmela smells

, urges her to accept it.

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.
• Pussy Bonpensiero
• 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
• Richie Aprile
• Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
• Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
• * = credited only

Guest starring

First appearances

• Jackie Aprile, Sr
  .
• Albert Barese
  : Acting capo of the Barese crew while his cousin Larry Boy Barese is under indictment.
• Svetlana Kirilenko: The cousin of Tony's comàre
  , Irina.

Deceased

• Richie Aprile
  : shot by Janice after he punched her in the mouth for defending his son being a ballroom dancer.

Title reference

• The phrase is spoken by Irina. She confuses the set phrase "knight in shining armor" and the Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin".

Cultural references

• Junior mentions "old man Profaci" Joe Profaci when Richie cannot "sell" the plan.
• Tony sarcastically comments that Junior is a double-agent like Matt Helm.

Music

• The music being played when Rick and Juliet are ballroom dancing is The Paris Suite Soundtrack from the album Forget Paris.
• The song played over the end credits and during Richie and Janice's engagement party is "I Saved the World Today" (1999) by Eurythmics.
• "The Memory Remains" by Metallica is playing in the background at the Bada Bing.

Filming locations

Listed in order of first appearance:^[1]

• Livingston, New Jersey
• Kearny, New Jersey
• Newark, New Jersey
• Paterson, New Jersey
• Verona, New Jersey
• Satriale's Pork Store in Kearny, New Jersey
• Newark Penn Station

Awards

• Allen Coulter was nominated for the
  Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series
  .

References

1. ^ Ugoku. "The Sopranos location guide - Filming locations for". www.sopranos-locations.com. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

External links

• "The Knight in White Satin Armor" Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
• "The Knight in White Satin Armor" at
  IMDb