The Strong, Silent Type
| "The Strong, Silent Type" | |
|---|---|
| The Sopranos episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Alan Taylor |
| Story by | David Chase |
| Teleplay by | |
| Cinematography by | Alik Sakharov |
| Production code | 410 |
| Original air date | November 17, 2002 |
| Running time | 53 minutes |
"The Strong, Silent Type" is the 49th episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the 10th of the show's fourth season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter, Robin Green, and Mitchell Burgess from a story by David Chase. It was directed by Alan Taylor and originally aired on November 17, 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 *
- Furio Giunta
- Johnny Sack
- Ralph Cifaretto**
* = credit only
** = voice only
Guest starring
- Hugh De Angelis
- Rosalie Aprile
- Valentina La Paz
- Little Paulie Germani
- Benny Fazio
- Dane Curley as Justin Cifaretto
- Vito Spatafore
- Patsy Parisi
- Svetlana Kirilenko
- Elias Koteas as Dominic Palladino
- Joanne Moltisanti
- Richard Maldone as Ally Boy Barese
- Marissa Matrone as Ronnie Capozza
- Carlo Gervasi
- Mary De Angelis
- Gabriella Dante
- Agent Sanseverino
- Frank Santorelli as Georgie
- Elena Solovey as Branca Libinsk
- Daniel London as Eddie
- Herman Chavez as Street Punk
- Carlos Pizarro as Drug Dealer
- Cristina Ablaza as Doctor
Synopsis
A week after
New York in on the HUD
scam. When Tony refuses, Johnny threatens him. Tony calls a meeting of key family members and asserts that Johnny had Ralphie killed over the HUD scam. He stresses that no action should be taken until they have proof.
At a session with
Napoleon
-like" uniform. Paulie hangs it up again and sits with his back to it while watching television, but Tony's eyes are still on him.
Rosalie
, who urges her not to go any further with Furio; they both know what Tony would do if he found out.
Tony admires
Svetlana, who has established her own nurses' agency, which supplies the nurse assigned to Junior
. When the nurse is ill, Svetlana takes her place. Tony goes to the house one afternoon when he knows Junior is napping. They have sex on Junior's couch. Afterward, Tony is put out when she suggests they not see each other again. The regular nurse returns unexpectedly and can tell what has been going on.
Patsy
will be watching him. Chris begins to express remorse for his actions.
Deceased
- Cosette: Adriana’s dog who is killed when Christopher, high on heroin, sits on her while she was lying on a sofa. Cosette later appears in a dream sequence in the season 6 episode "Cold Stones."
Production
- Carmela (Edie Falco) sports a new, shorter hairdo beginning with this episode.
Title reference
- The episode's title refers to series pilot, and again in the 4th season episode "Christopher." Svetlana also displays strong and silent traits in the episode, commented on by Tony.[1]
Other cultural references
- At the start of the episode, as Christopher gets high on heroin before sitting on the dog, Cosette, the television was showing the Our Gang short film Bear Shooters (1930).
- When Adriana comes home Christopher is asleep in front of the TV, on which the 1966 movie The Oscar is being shown.
- Paulie tells Silvio he watched On the Waterfront in HD and was impressed, saying "Karl Malden's nose hairs looked like BX cables".
- The baseball game Paulie watches near the end of the episode is a Boston Red Sox–New York Yankees game played at Yankee Stadium on September 4, 2002, and won by the Yankees, 3–1. The play shown is Yankee designated hitter Jason Giambi's third-inning two-run homer off Red Sox starter Derek Lowe. Then-Red Sox left fielder Rickey Henderson is also referred to by the game's play-by-play announcer, Michael Kay.
- When Carmela and AJ are at Furio's house, AJ is wearing a Soulfly T-shirt.
- When Chris checks into rehab, the receptionist is reading the self-help book A Course in Miracles.
- Upon his return from Italy, Furio gives Meadow a copy of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
- Tony tell Svetlana that she reminds him of actress Greta Garbo.
Music
- When Adriana is talking to the FBI agent, the other car stereo is playing the song "Analyse" by The Cranberries.
- When Paulie, Silvio, and Tony are playing pool at the Bada Bing, the song "Life is a Bullet" by Papa Roach is playing in the background.
External links
- "The Strong, Silent Type" Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
- "The Strong, Silent Type" at IMDb
References
- ^ "The Strong, Silent Type (4.10)". January 15, 2014.