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Walk Like a Man (The Sopranos)

"Walk Like a Man" is the 82nd episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos, the fifth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season, and the 17th episode of the season overall. Written and directed by executive producer Terence Winter in his directorial debut, it originally aired on May 6, 2007, and was watched by 7.16 million viewers upon its premiere.[1]

"Walk Like a Man"
The Sopranos episode
Episode no.Season 6
Episode 17
Directed byTerence Winter
Written byTerence Winter
Featured music
Cinematography byPhil Abraham
Production code617
Original air dateMay 6, 2007 (2007-05-06)
Running time55 minutes
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Starring edit

* = credit only

Guest starring edit

Synopsis edit

A.J. struggles with depression after his breakup with Blanca. He quits his job at the pizzeria, sulks around the house, and makes comments suggesting thoughts of suicide. Carmela persuades him to start therapy. Tony tells Dr. Melfi he was going to permanently quit therapy but decided against it in light of A.J.'s problems. He laments that his son has inherited his "rotten fucking putrid genes".

Tony persuades A.J. to attend a party at the Bada Bing with "the two Jasons" – Jason Gervasi and Jason Parisi. Carmela is angry at first, but is later satisfied to see that A.J. is socializing again. He begins to associate with a profitable sports betting business they are running at school. At a frat party, they use A.J.'s SUV to take a kid who owes them money into the woods. They pour sulfuric acid on his toes while A.J. helps hold him down.

Tony speaks to FBI Agents Harris and Goddard about Ahmed and Muhammad, who have stopped visiting the Bada Bing, and gives them the cellphone number one of them had used.

Christopher and Paulie are selling stolen power tools in a hardware store belonging to Christopher's father-in-law, and dividing the take. However, Christopher is seeing the other members of the crew less than before. At a barbecue that he and Kelli host, Tony tells him that his absence from Soprano family gatherings could be seen as a lack of commitment; Christopher reminds him that he is avoiding such meetings to keep his sobriety, as there is always alcohol around. He tells Tony that his father, Dickie Moltisanti, wasn't much more than "a fucking junkie."

Paulie sends Little Paulie and Jason Molinaro to break into the hardware store and steal some items, which they sell to Paulie's Cuban contacts in Miami. Christopher confronts Paulie and demands compensation; Paulie crudely rebuffs him. Tony brushes off Christopher's complaints. Christopher finds himself increasingly sidelined in the family, with Bobby apparently taking his position in Tony's inner circle. When Little Paulie steals again from the hardware store, Christopher tracks him down and throws him out of a third-floor window. He survives, but with six broken vertebrae. Paulie (Gualtieri) then vandalizes Christopher's landscaped front garden with his Cadillac CTS.

Tony makes peace between Christopher and Paulie, and the money situation is worked out. The two reconcile their differences at the Bing, where Christopher drinks with Paulie to mark the occasion. Christopher gets drunk and rambles about his daughter, causing Paulie to make some off-color jokes. Christopher thinks everyone is laughing at him, Tony most of all, and abruptly leaves. He goes straight to J.T.'s apartment, but J.T. cannot help him much as he is no longer Christopher's sponsor, he has work to do, and it is dangerous for him to hear the things Christopher starts to tell him. Rebuffing him, he says, "You're in the Mafia." After a few seconds, Christopher quietly says, "Fine", and begins to walk away, before turning around and killing J.T. with a shot to the head.[2]

First appearances edit

  • Jason Parisi: son of Patsy Parisi and a friend of A.J. Soprano and Jason Gervasi. He attends Rutgers University and is part of a small-time crew that runs sports book operations at his college. He and Jason Gervasi are known as "The Jasons".
  • Walden Belfiore: soldier in the Gervasi crew, seen at the Bada Bing! with the other mobsters.
  • Dr. Richard Vogel: A.J.'s psychiatrist

Deceased edit

  • "J.T." Dolan: murdered by Christopher Moltisanti, after refusing to listen to his story about the Mafia.

Title reference edit

  • The episode's title refers to the song "Walk Like a Man" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, which is about a father telling his son to get over a woman who left him. Tony tries to pull A.J. out of his depression over the breakup with Blanca. Frankie Valli himself formerly had a role in the series as New York capo Rusty Millio, and an earlier episode ("Big Girls Don't Cry") was also named after a Valli song.
  • The phrase alludes to the belief that a man should be tough. A.J. should get over Blanca, Chris should get over his weaknesses for drink and drugs.

Production edit

  • Carl Capotorto (Little Paulie Germani) is promoted to the main cast and billed in the opening credits but only for this episode.
  • "Walk Like a Man" is the directorial debut of Terence Winter, a Sopranos writer and producer since the second season, who also wrote this episode. Winter, along with creator David Chase is one of only two screenwriters on the show to have both written and directed a single episode at the same time.
  • Georgie the bartender of Bada Bing! returns in this episode for a brief final appearance, despite having been severely abused by Tony in "Cold Cuts", which led to Georgie's resignation, and his insistence for Tony to stay away from him. He was apparently later reasoned with and convinced to come back after a pay-off from Tony.
  • The scene where Christopher observes mobsters laughing in slow-motion and looks for Tony's reaction, in particular, is similar to the scene from "All Happy Families..." where Tony observes the slowly laughing Mafiosi and gives most attention to Feech La Manna's reaction. Both Tony and Christopher seem to look for how these important people genuinely value them in the difficult-to-fake situation of immediate laughter.

Connections to prior episodes edit

  • Christopher and Paulie have feuded many times in the past, most notably in episodes "Fortunate Son" when Christopher became made, "Second Opinion" when Paulie harassed Christopher and sniffed Adriana's panties, "Pine Barrens" when they got lost in the woods, "The Strong, Silent Type" when Christopher's drug intervention took place, and "Two Tonys" when Christopher had to pay for Paulie's outrageous restaurant bills.
  • Tony turns down Dr. Melfi's offer to recommend a therapist for A.J., saying her previous referral for Meadow was "incompetent," referring to the psychotherapist who encouraged her to take a gap year in college and go on a trip to Europe in "No Show".

Other cultural and historical references edit

  • In the opening scene, Tony walks down the stairs singing about his "hands feeling like two balloons" from "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
  • At the start of the episode, A.J. is in the living room, watching a Tom and Jerry short, "Yankee Doodle Mouse" on TV.
  • Carmela quotes to AJ from "In Memoriam A.H.H." by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "better to have loved and lost".
  • A.J. is watching the movie Annapolis when Tony comes downstairs at night.
  • While A.J. is switching channels, Tony spots the John Wayne movie Hellfighters.
  • Tony says A.J. could have died in Iraq (meaning he would have been old enough to be enlisted) when Carm protests about him going to a strip club.
  • Before Christopher murders J.T. Dolan, Dolan is writing a script for Law & Order. Michael Imperioli starred in five episodes of that show in a recurring role as Detective Nick Falco.
  • After Tony and A.J. arrive home to find Carmela and Meadow up, snacking, Carmela mentions that they stayed up to see Rachael Ray on Leno.
  • Carmela reads Rebel-in-Chief by Fred Barnes, a book about George W Bush.
  • The guys joke about Christopher ordering a Lime Rickey non-alcoholic cocktail.
  • Tony mentions the songs "Tears On My Pillow;" there are two different songs of this name, one by Little Anthony and the Imperials and one by Johnny Nash. He also mentions the Nat King Cole song "Mona Lisa."

Music edit

  • Tony sings a few lines from "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd as he descends the stairs at the start of the episode.
  • "White Flag" by Dido is playing at the pizza parlor when A.J. watches a couple kissing and breaks down in tears.
  • The song playing while Tony is flirting with a stripper at the Bada Bing! is "Emma" by Hot Chocolate.
  • While Jason Parisi is talking to Tony at the Bada Bing!, "Body Burn" by Cubanate and "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse are played.
  • The song played at the first frat party is "Salt Shaker" by Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz.
  • The song playing at the party when Jason Parisi tells AJ about the financial benefits to be had taking sports bets from fellow students, and as a stripper offers AJ a lapdance (which he accepts, albeit with a marked lack of enthusiasm) is "Y.U.H.2.B.M.2" by Whitey.
  • The song playing in the VIP room of the Bing when Christopher reconciles with Paulie is "Mood Indigo", performed by Keely Smith.
  • The song played at the second frat party is "Hand On the Pump" by Cypress Hill.
  • As Christopher exits the bar, El Michel's Affair's version of Isaac Hayes' cover of "Walk On By" can be heard playing.
  • Tony is listening to "Tom Sawyer", by Rush, as he arrives home from the bar.
  • The song played over the end credits is "The Valley" by Los Lobos.

References edit

  1. ^ "TV Ratings". Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2007.
  2. ^ Matt Zoller Seitz (May 7, 2007). "The Sopranos Recap: Season 6, Episode 17, "Walk Like a Man"". Slant Magazine.

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Walk Like a Man is the 82nd episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos the fifth episode of the second half of the show s sixth season and the 17th episode of the season overall Written and directed by executive producer Terence Winter in his directorial debut it originally aired on May 6 2007 and was watched by 7 16 million viewers upon its premiere 1 Walk Like a Man The Sopranos episodeEpisode no Season 6Episode 17Directed byTerence WinterWritten byTerence WinterFeatured music Supermassive Black Hole byMuse The Valley byLos LobosCinematography byPhil AbrahamProduction code617Original air dateMay 6 2007 2007 05 06 Running time55 minutesEpisode chronology Previous Chasing It Next Kennedy and Heidi The Sopranosseason 6List of episodes Contents 1 Starring 1 1 Guest starring 2 Synopsis 3 First appearances 4 Deceased 5 Title reference 6 Production 7 Connections to prior episodes 8 Other cultural and historical references 9 Music 10 References 11 External linksStarring editJames Gandolfini as Tony Soprano Lorraine Bracco as 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 Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano Jr Jamie Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano Baccalieri Steve Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi Carl Capotorto as Little Paulie Germani credit only Guest starring edit Tim Daly as J T Dolan Max Casella as Benny Fazio Cara Buono as Kelli Moltisanti Michael Countryman as Dr Richard Vogel Michael Drayer as Jason Parisi Arthur J Nascarella as Carlo Gervasi Dennis Paladino as Al Lombardo Joseph Perrino as Jason Gervasi Dania Ramirez as Blanca Selgado Matt Sauerhoff as Victor Mineo Matt Servitto as Agent Dwight Harris Danielle Di Vecchio as Barbara Soprano Giglione Michael Kelly as Agent Ron Goddard Greg Connolly as Stan Nolan Carley as Mike Frank Santorelli as Georgie Marianne Leone as Joanne Moltisanti Anthony J Ribustello as Dante Greco John Cenatiempo as Anthony Maffei Frank John Hughes as Walden Belfiore William DeMeo as Jason Molinaro Mando Alvarado as Felix Ed Vassallo as Tom Giglione Lawrence Bingham as Construction Worker Madison Connolly as Alyssa Giglione Anthony Piccolo as Thomas Tommy Giglione Jr Synopsis editA J struggles with depression after his breakup with Blanca He quits his job at the pizzeria sulks around the house and makes comments suggesting thoughts of suicide Carmela persuades him to start therapy Tony tells Dr Melfi he was going to permanently quit therapy but decided against it in light of A J s problems He laments that his son has inherited his rotten fucking putrid genes Tony persuades A J to attend a party at the Bada Bing with the two Jasons Jason Gervasi and Jason Parisi Carmela is angry at first but is later satisfied to see that A J is socializing again He begins to associate with a profitable sports betting business they are running at school At a frat party they use A J s SUV to take a kid who owes them money into the woods They pour sulfuric acid on his toes while A J helps hold him down Tony speaks to FBI Agents Harris and Goddard about Ahmed and Muhammad who have stopped visiting the Bada Bing and gives them the cellphone number one of them had used Christopher and Paulie are selling stolen power tools in a hardware store belonging to Christopher s father in law and dividing the take However Christopher is seeing the other members of the crew less than before At a barbecue that he and Kelli host Tony tells him that his absence from Soprano family gatherings could be seen as a lack of commitment Christopher reminds him that he is avoiding such meetings to keep his sobriety as there is always alcohol around He tells Tony that his father Dickie Moltisanti wasn t much more than a fucking junkie Paulie sends Little Paulie and Jason Molinaro to break into the hardware store and steal some items which they sell to Paulie s Cuban contacts in Miami Christopher confronts Paulie and demands compensation Paulie crudely rebuffs him Tony brushes off Christopher s complaints Christopher finds himself increasingly sidelined in the family with Bobby apparently taking his position in Tony s inner circle When Little Paulie steals again from the hardware store Christopher tracks him down and throws him out of a third floor window He survives but with six broken vertebrae Paulie Gualtieri then vandalizes Christopher s landscaped front garden with his Cadillac CTS Tony makes peace between Christopher and Paulie and the money situation is worked out The two reconcile their differences at the Bing where Christopher drinks with Paulie to mark the occasion Christopher gets drunk and rambles about his daughter causing Paulie to make some off color jokes Christopher thinks everyone is laughing at him Tony most of all and abruptly leaves He goes straight to J T s apartment but J T cannot help him much as he is no longer Christopher s sponsor he has work to do and it is dangerous for him to hear the things Christopher starts to tell him Rebuffing him he says You re in the Mafia After a few seconds Christopher quietly says Fine and begins to walk away before turning around and killing J T with a shot to the head 2 First appearances editJason Parisi son of Patsy Parisi and a friend of A J Soprano and Jason Gervasi He attends Rutgers University and is part of a small time crew that runs sports book operations at his college He and Jason Gervasi are known as The Jasons Walden Belfiore soldier in the Gervasi crew seen at the Bada Bing with the other mobsters Dr Richard Vogel A J s psychiatristDeceased edit J T Dolan murdered by Christopher Moltisanti after refusing to listen to his story about the Mafia Title reference editThe episode s title refers to the song Walk Like a Man by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons which is about a father telling his son to get over a woman who left him Tony tries to pull A J out of his depression over the breakup with Blanca Frankie Valli himself formerly had a role in the series as New York capo Rusty Millio and an earlier episode Big Girls Don t Cry was also named after a Valli song The phrase alludes to the belief that a man should be tough A J should get over Blanca Chris should get over his weaknesses for drink and drugs Production editCarl Capotorto Little Paulie Germani is promoted to the main cast and billed in the opening credits but only for this episode Walk Like a Man is the directorial debut of Terence Winter a Sopranos writer and producer since the second season who also wrote this episode Winter along with creator David Chase is one of only two screenwriters on the show to have both written and directed a single episode at the same time Georgie the bartender of Bada Bing returns in this episode for a brief final appearance despite having been severely abused by Tony in Cold Cuts which led to Georgie s resignation and his insistence for Tony to stay away from him He was apparently later reasoned with and convinced to come back after a pay off from Tony The scene where Christopher observes mobsters laughing in slow motion and looks for Tony s reaction in particular is similar to the scene from All Happy Families where Tony observes the slowly laughing Mafiosi and gives most attention to Feech La Manna s reaction Both Tony and Christopher seem to look for how these important people genuinely value them in the difficult to fake situation of immediate laughter Connections to prior episodes editChristopher and Paulie have feuded many times in the past most notably in episodes Fortunate Son when Christopher became made Second Opinion when Paulie harassed Christopher and sniffed Adriana s panties Pine Barrens when they got lost in the woods The Strong Silent Type when Christopher s drug intervention took place and Two Tonys when Christopher had to pay for Paulie s outrageous restaurant bills Tony turns down Dr Melfi s offer to recommend a therapist for A J saying her previous referral for Meadow was incompetent referring to the psychotherapist who encouraged her to take a gap year in college and go on a trip to Europe in No Show Other cultural and historical references editIn the opening scene Tony walks down the stairs singing about his hands feeling like two balloons from Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd At the start of the episode A J is in the living room watching a Tom and Jerry short Yankee Doodle Mouse on TV Carmela quotes to AJ from In Memoriam A H H by Alfred Lord Tennyson better to have loved and lost A J is watching the movie Annapolis when Tony comes downstairs at night While A J is switching channels Tony spots the John Wayne movie Hellfighters Tony says A J could have died in Iraq meaning he would have been old enough to be enlisted when Carm protests about him going to a strip club Before Christopher murders J T Dolan Dolan is writing a script for Law amp Order Michael Imperioli starred in five episodes of that show in a recurring role as Detective Nick Falco After Tony and A J arrive home to find Carmela and Meadow up snacking Carmela mentions that they stayed up to see Rachael Ray on Leno Carmela reads Rebel in Chief by Fred Barnes a book about George W Bush The guys joke about Christopher ordering a Lime Rickey non alcoholic cocktail Tony mentions the songs Tears On My Pillow there are two different songs of this name one by Little Anthony and the Imperials and one by Johnny Nash He also mentions the Nat King Cole song Mona Lisa Music editTony sings a few lines from Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd as he descends the stairs at the start of the episode White Flag by Dido is playing at the pizza parlor when A J watches a couple kissing and breaks down in tears The song playing while Tony is flirting with a stripper at the Bada Bing is Emma by Hot Chocolate While Jason Parisi is talking to Tony at the Bada Bing Body Burn by Cubanate and Supermassive Black Hole by Muse are played The song played at the first frat party is Salt Shaker by Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz The song playing at the party when Jason Parisi tells AJ about the financial benefits to be had taking sports bets from fellow students and as a stripper offers AJ a lapdance which he accepts albeit with a marked lack of enthusiasm is Y U H 2 B M 2 by Whitey The song playing in the VIP room of the Bing when Christopher reconciles with Paulie is Mood Indigo performed by Keely Smith The song played at the second frat party is Hand On the Pump by Cypress Hill As Christopher exits the bar El Michel s Affair s version of Isaac Hayes cover of Walk On By can be heard playing Tony is listening to Tom Sawyer by Rush as he arrives home from the bar The song played over the end credits is The Valley by Los Lobos References edit TV Ratings Los Angeles Times May 9 2007 Matt Zoller Seitz May 7 2007 The Sopranos Recap Season 6 Episode 17 Walk Like a Man Slant Magazine External links edit Walk Like a Man Archived 2016 08 18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO Walk Like a Man at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walk Like a Man The Sopranos amp oldid 1220554218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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