Unidentified Black Males
- Episode aired May 2, 2004
- TV-MA
- 59m
Tony finds out that his cousin wants a bigger share of responsibilities, while Finn makes an embarrassing discovery about Vito.Tony finds out that his cousin wants a bigger share of responsibilities, while Finn makes an embarrassing discovery about Vito.Tony finds out that his cousin wants a bigger share of responsibilities, while Finn makes an embarrassing discovery about Vito.
- Meadow Soprano
- (as Jamie-Lynn DiScala)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Bobby Darin version of "If I Were A Carpenter" is used in the soundtrack rather than the Tim Hardin version because of Darin's Italian pedigree, born Walden Robert Casotto. His name is mentioned in the last episode of the show as well.
- GoofsAt the graveside service for Joe Peeps, the initial wide shot (timestamp 29:29) shows Johnny Sacramoni sitting to the left of the coffin while Rusty and Carmine are standing to the right behind Joe's mother. Later there is closeup of John looking up and glaring at the other two while they look back at John (timestamp 30:11-30:14). However, John is looking to his right and the others are looking to their left when it should be the other way around, given where they were placed in the opening shot.
- Quotes
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: To what do I owe this pleasure?
Carmela Soprano: I don't know if you'll see it that way I asked you to lunch to tell you I'm filing for divorce
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: That's nice, you invite me to a public place so you can ambush me? So you think I won't make a scene?
Carmela Soprano: Spare me your outrage accept the fact that I'm moving on with my life
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Moving on? That's what you were doing after the party last week?
Carmela Soprano: You and I both know that didn't change anything
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: First of all we're Italian, we don't believe in divorce, we believe in the nuclear family
Carmela Soprano: Despite your best efforts I have attorney who is going to aggressively pursue my custody of AJ and an equitable distribution of our assets
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Our assets?
Carmela Soprano: I am through in trying to get you to provide beyond the minimum for me to live
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: So it's all fucking money? That's all this is to you?
Carmela Soprano: After all we've been through is it so hard to own up to that bullshit tax return?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: You want money? What about the forty grand you stole from the bird feeder? You're such an investment genius
Carmela Soprano: You want this to get ugly? Because these guys live for that
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: And you think I don't? The only reason you have anything is because of my fucking sweat you knew every step of the way where the money comes from, you walk around in that mansion in your five hundred dollar shoes and diamond rings and you act like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, you don't want it to get ugly? Too late
Carmela Soprano: I want what I'm entitled to
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)
- SoundtracksBelieve Me
Performed by The Skyliners
This is an excellent episode with great character drama and humour.
The story has several characters deluding themselves over the reality of situations and the lie attributing two black males as the cause of various problems is an amusing recurring point. In the exchanges between the two Tonys it is especially ironic by the writers.
New Jersey's souring relations with New York is set up well by Tony's deception and it puts you on edge waiting for what happens next. Others have mentioned the George W. Bush parody of the "brainless the second" Little Carmine character, which was bizarrely too subtle for me to notice first time round, but I can clearly see it now with his malapropisms and the influence of surrounding characters.
Finn and Meadow's scenes are quite melodramatic, but are so well written and performed that for me they avoid feeling like a soap opera. Jamie-Lynn Sigler is very amusing during some of her character's spoilt-brat, emotional outbursts. Aside from one quite nasty violent incident, all the scenes on the construction site are hilarious to me and I never get tired of seeing Finn trying to navigate the mafia world with the likes of Paulie and Vito breathing down his neck.
The situation between Carmela and the divorce attorneys feels especially realistic, as you imagine it would be for an estranged wife pursuing this type of action against someone like Tony.
As always the acting is excellent and the production values are superb.
It's a 9.5/10 for me but I round upwards.
- snoozejonc
- Dec 13, 2022
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- Punta Dura - 34th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, USA(Nuovo Vesuvio)
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- Runtime59 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1