Irregular Around the Margins
- Episode aired Apr 4, 2004
- TV-MA
- 52m
A car crash puts Tony and Adriana in a compromising position, and Cousin Tony tries to keep Chris from getting the wrong impression and the wrong information.A car crash puts Tony and Adriana in a compromising position, and Cousin Tony tries to keep Chris from getting the wrong impression and the wrong information.A car crash puts Tony and Adriana in a compromising position, and Cousin Tony tries to keep Chris from getting the wrong impression and the wrong information.
- Meadow Soprano
- (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
- Janice Soprano
- (credit only)
- Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri
- (as Steven R. Schirripa)
- Charmaine Bucco
- (as Katherine Narducci)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDrea de Matteo and Michael Imperioli both won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress/Actor in a Drama Series for their performance in this episode.
- GoofsWhen Christopher is telling Adriana about his toothache, he opens the door to his truck. In the truck mirror, for a split second, you can see a crew member wearing a gray hat, and another crew member standing next to him in a black hat.
- Quotes
Dante Greco: [Over the phone with Silvio] Tony walked away without a scratch but Adriana suffered a severe blow to the head
Silvio Dante: [Over the phone with Hesh] Adriana got caught giving the big guy a blow job
Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri: [Over the phone with Paulie] when the paramedics found her, she still had his cock in his mouth
Hesh: [Over the phone Hesh] statistics show that most single car fatalities are the results of guys "popping their loads" behind the wheel
Junior Soprano: [Over the phone] apparently, he came all over the sun visor
Agent Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup: [Over the phone with her colleague] guess who "went down" on Tony Soprano?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksChi' Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta (Magda) (from La Rondine)
Performed by Luba Orgonasova
With the Feech problem solved, Tony starts hanging out at Adriana's club. There the two get to know each other better, and soon she is confessing her worries to him and even offering him drugs. The downside of their friendship is that everyone else thinks they're having an affair, an idea that is reinforced when they have a car accident in Tony's SUV and rumors begin to spread about what they were doing when it happened. Naturally, the hot-tempered Chris takes the news very badly, hitting Ade and threatening Tony with a gun while drunk. In the end, the only thing that can save him from getting whacked for his excessive behavior is Cousin Tony, who uses his medical knowledge (he is planning to open a massage parlor) to prove nothing of what has been said could have taken place.
Irregular Around the Margins is arguably the best episode of the fifth series, except for the upcoming Long Term Parking, and it's all in the careful writing and soulful acting: in Gandolfini and de Matteo's hands, the complex bond that forms between Tony and Adriana becomes one of the most endearing relationships depicted on the show, and Imperioli (another Emmy-winner, and justly so) delivers some of his best scenes with his traditional yet gripping take on the "jealous lover" type, ably supported by Buscemi's final solution.
And for those who like the show's occasionally sick sense of humor (and who doesn't?), this episode contains a moment of foul-mouthed comedy genius: a montage where Paulie, Silvio and the rest of the gang exchange phone calls on what they think was going on in Tony's car. It's so good it could have been used in a Kevin Smith film, and that's a genuine compliment.
- MaxBorg89
- May 15, 2008
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- Punta Dura - 34th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, USA(Nuovo Vesuvio)
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- Runtime52 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1