The Sopranos (TV Series)

Fortunate Son (2001)

James Gandolfini: Tony Soprano

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• Tony Soprano : [to Christopher and Eugene]  Once you're into this family, there's no getting out.

• Tony Soprano : [to Christopher and Eugene during their making ceremony]  you know why we're here, if you have any or reservations now is the time to say so, no one will think less of you this family comes before anything else EVERYTHING before your wife and your children and your mother and your father it's a thing of honor and God forbid you get sick and something happens to you and you can't earn we'll take care of you because that's part of it

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : If you have a problem you just have to let somebody know

  [turns to tony this man right here] 

  Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri : his like your father it doesn't matter if it's somebody here or the outside you bring it to him and he'll solve it for you

  Tony Soprano : You stay within the family, give me your hand

  [tony takes a needle from Paulie and pricks a finger from Christopher and Eugene] 

  Tony Soprano : that's St. Peter, my family's saint as that card burns so may your soul burn in hell if you betray your friends in your family

  [puts the burning St. Peter card in Christopher and Eugene's hands] 

  Tony Soprano : now rub your hands like this and repeat after me: May I burn in hell if I betray my friends

  Christopher Moltisanti : May I burn in hell if I betray my friends

  Eugene Pontecorvo : May I burn in hell if I betray my friends

  Tony Soprano : Congratulations

  [everyone applauses] 

• Tony Soprano : [to Jackie Jr]  I'm going to say a few things: I'm just going to say some bad words and your just going to have to deal with it, I know what you're thinking, you're thinking I clipped your uncle. I didn't. I got some bad news for you your uncle was a rat. I've known you since you were a kid, I'm practically a member of your family and this hurt all of us.

• Tony Soprano : [Referring to his recollection of his mother excited by fresh meat]  it was probably the only time the old man got laid

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Probably

  Tony Soprano : Pretty sick huh? Getting turned ob by free cold cuts

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Do you think you questioned why the meat was free? The meat that was going into her children's mouths?

  Tony Soprano : [Referring to his parent's intimacy]  I don't know, I don't want to know, I don't even want to think about any of this shit

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm sure it was too much for you then too, that's why you short-circuited. Puberty, witnessing not only your mother and father's sexuality but also the violence and blood so connected to the food you were about to eat. And also the thought that someday, you might be called upon to "bring home the bacon", like your father

  Tony Soprano : All this from a slice of gabagool?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Kind of like Proust's Madeleine's

  Tony Soprano : [Confused]  what?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Marcel Proust wrote a seven volume classic: Remembrance of Things Past. He took a bite of a Madeleine, it's kind of a tea cookie he used to have when he was a child and that one bite unleashed a tide of memories of his entire childhood and ultimately of his entire life

  Tony Soprano : This sounds very gay, I hope you're not saying that

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : No, understanding root causes will make you less vulnerable to future episodes

  Tony Soprano : My fuckin head is swimming here

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : We're going have to stop, it's a lot to process but we've made real progress today, good work and I'd really like you to write down any thoughts or "associations."

• Artie Bucco : Any word from your Ivy Leaguer? And how's Carmella with the "empty nest"?

  Tony Soprano : What "empty"? every five minutes Meadow's home with a laundry bag but she's hauling food out, why'd she talk about Berkeley when she could barely make it over the George Washington Bridge?

  Artie Bucco : We created too nice of a home life for them, they don't want to go out to the world. But hey, they're closer to us than we were with our parents, that's not such a bad thing

  Tony Soprano : [to Jackie Jr. implying that his late]  what time is it?

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : I'm here aren't I? Out of respect to my father

  Furio Giunta : [Sensing Tony wants to talk to Jackie Jr. in private and leaves the table]  I have to make a phone call

  Tony Soprano : [Gestures to an empty seat]  sit down

  Tony Soprano : You want something to eat?

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : Not hungry

  Tony Soprano : [Jokingly]  that's too bad. I said "lunch meat"

  Tony Soprano : Want a drink?

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : [Shakes his head] 

  Tony Soprano : Lose the glasses

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : [Moves the sunglasses to the top of his head] 

  Tony Soprano : Now I'm going to say a few things: I'm going to say some bad words, and your just going to have to deal with it. Now I know what your thinking. Your thinking I clipped your uncle. On the one hand you'd be a shit head to believe me if I told you I didn't do it. But I didn't. I got some news for you. Your uncle was a rat

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : [Suddenly stands up in anger]  no fuckin way

  Tony Soprano : Sit down, sit the fuck down

  Tony Soprano : Your uncle was a rat and now his in the witness protection program

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : That's my father's brother your talking about

  Tony Soprano : Jackie, I'm a member of your family almost, you think I'm the only one that knows this about Richie? You ask anybody. This hurt all of us

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : [Beginning to be convinced by Tony]  Jesus Christ

  Tony Soprano : Your dad and me, you know how close we were? He never wanted this for you. He wanted you to be a doctor

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : Give me a fuckin break

  Tony Soprano : Let me tell you something: besides the money which is a shit load of, a doctor is a very powerful position

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : I'm no doctor. Do you know how hard you have to work to get your MD? How many years it takes? I was even thinking maybe Osteopathy, but I don't think I have the grades for that even

  Tony Soprano : But your not going to drop out of Rutgers are you?

  Jackie Aprile Jr. : No, but those fuckin Pre-med courses almost killed me. I only did it because my dad was sick

  Tony Soprano : But you should know he never wanted this life for you. And I'll tell you something: I don't want it for my son either

• Carmine Lupertazzi : So, you feeling, ok?

  Tony Soprano : Oh, you mean about my mother? I mean what're you gonna do? You pick up the pieces and you go on

  Carmine Lupertazzi : I meant your spells

  Tony Soprano : They're not spells. How the fuck do you know about that way over in New York?

  Carmine Lupertazzi : Everybody knows, there's nothing to be ashamed of. For Christ's sake, Julius Caesar was an epileptic

  Tony Soprano : I'm not an epileptic

  Carmine Lupertazzi : Whatever it is, you gotta take care of yourself... it's your health. Is the psychiatrist helping?

  Tony Soprano : Oh, you know about that too

  Carmine Lupertazzi : [shrugs]  so what? There's no stigmata these days: my kid saw a shrink, he got caught up with that thing with his wife, their very happy now

  Tony Soprano : What ever happened to privacy?

  Carmine Lupertazzi : Our Family's been doing our Jersey business for a long time with the Sopranos in a peaceful and profitable way and I wanna keep it like that. Take care of this for me, ok?

  Tony Soprano : Alright

  Carmine Lupertazzi : Why fuck around? Be a better friend to yourself

  Tony Soprano : I will and I appreciate your concern, really

• Tony Soprano : [after Carmella suggested to Tony, he not visit Meadow at college following the incident he had with Noah Tannenbaum, an African American friend of Meadow's]  this is about sambo right? I'm paying for that God damn college

  Carmela Soprano : I don't know what's going on over there but if you want to make a big scene at your daughter's new college, then comb your hair, and come right along: embarrass her, alienate her. Or better yet, cut her off, let her drop out of there and go to a state school, or maybe move back in here

  Tony Soprano : I was just trying to protect her from "herself" and I'll do that until the day I fuckin die

  Carmela Soprano : I'm not gonna tell you not to come: she's your daughter

  Tony Soprano : I'll probably watch the game

• Tony Soprano : [during his therapy session, referring to Hesh]  Alright, this has gotta start showing results or end. I talked to a business associate of mine, a man I respect about these panic attacks. Enough fuckin around, enough money in your pocket, what's the story here?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : The latest thought on treatment on panic attack syndrome is a three pronged approach

  Tony Soprano : [confused]  So, it's a "syndrome?"

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Medication to treat the depression, psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. We've got you on medication, if you feel you're ready, you could see a behaviorist

  Tony Soprano : Wait a minute, talk to somebody else?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You seem unhappy with my approach. If you're really ready to commit to mental health, I say "Great, let's get going." I'm ready to help but we'll have to "delve deeper" and focus. This latest "incident" for starters

  Tony Soprano : [referring to Noah Tannenbaum]  Alright, fine, my daughter brought home a black: They were on the couch watching TV, snuggling

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And?

  Tony Soprano : [referring to the Saturday Night Live comedy sketch performed by Eddie Murphy]  And she went upstairs and I had a frank conversation with "buckwheat" and you know, I told him to stay the fuck away from my daughter and she came downstairs and they left

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And then you had the panic attack?

  Tony Soprano : No, not right then, I ran to the kitchen to fix a sandwich, opened the cabinet, I saw a box of Uncle Ben's rice, then boom!

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I see, the rice logo, the first onset of hyperventilation that occurred upon seeing the rice?

  Tony Soprano : [after thinking it over]  No, I was taking the gabagool out of the fridge

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm thinking when you first came here: the panic attack with the ducks, as I remember it, you were grilling meat, weren't you?

  Tony Soprano : [amused, impressed, chuckles]  The memory on you

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [smiles]  Sausages, wasn't it?

  Tony Soprano : Sausages, steaks, yup

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Well, let's get back to that gabagool

  Tony Soprano : [after he finishes a phone conversation on his cell phone]  Sorry, where were we?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : The connection between your anxiety attacks and meat

  Tony Soprano : Right, what was it again?

• Tony Soprano : I got a phone call from some young kid Drew, he wanted to know when you were coming home?

  Janice Soprano : How'd he sound?

  Tony Soprano : He sounded like he was about fifteen years old... wait, is that your so called fiancée?

  Janice Soprano : His nineteen actually and he can go all night

  Tony Soprano : [not wanting to talk about her sex life]  So, when you are you going back to Seattle?

  Janice Soprano : It depends how long it takes to settle ma's estate

  Tony Soprano : you know how much we love you and you know how much we love having you around, but there's a whole big house over there and I know you want maximum value. So maybe for security reasons so it don't fall into disrepair, you could stay there?

  Janice Soprano : I've been thinking the same thing, I just don't want to push Svetlana out

  Tony Soprano : Yeah, well, I talked to her, she's gonna be moving out tomorrow maybe the next day

  Janice Soprano : Really?

  Tony Soprano : Yeah

  Janice Soprano : Great, I better go pack