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The Sopranos Season 6 Spoilers and Info
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Last updated on 7/17/2006 (on page 3). New spoilers and/or casting information are marked NEW.

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General Spoilers:

Episode production numbers, tentative air dates, and titles:
Ep 601 - 03/12/2006 - Members Only
Ep 602 - 03/19/2006 - Join the Club
Ep 603 - 03/26/2006 - Mayham
Ep 604 - 04/02/2006 - The Fleshy Part of the Thigh
Ep 605 - 04/09/2006 - Mr. and Mrs. John Sacramoni Request
Ep 606 - 04/16/2006 - Live Free or Die
Ep 607 - 04/23/2006 - Luxury Lounge
Ep 608 - 04/30/2006 - Johnny Cakes
Ep 609 - 05/07/2006 - The Ride
Ep 610 - 05/14/2006 - Moe N' Joe
Ep 611 - 05/21/2006 - Cold Stones
Ep 612 - 06/04/2006 - Kaisha

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Ep 613 - 01/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 614 - ??/??/2007 - A Few Kind Words
Ep 615 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 616 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 617 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 618 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 619 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)
Ep 620 - ??/??/2007 - (title unknown)

• 12/16/2004 - Federico Castelluccio will return to "The Sopranos." His hitman character, Furio -- who went home to Sicily after falling in love with Carmela Soprano -- comes back to New Jersey to go head-to-head with Tony Soprano. (source: Detroit Free Press; found with ask.com) (UPDATED 2/16/2006: FYI, this article was moved to their archives and is no longer available unless you pay for it. I haven't found any other articles indicating that Federico will be returning to the show, so this early "spoiler" may not be true.)

UPDATED 3/7/2006: We will not see Furio again. (source: nj.com interview with David Chase)

• 4/21/2005 - From an article at foxnews.com by Roger Friedman: It looks like Toni Kalem is out as Angie Bonpensiero, widow of Big P***y. The show has sent out a casting notice for a new actress to play the role. Angie's main feature, according to the casting office: She's "grating." UPDATED 2/8/2006: Toni Kalem is still listed as playing Angie Bompensiero in this article.

Ginny Sack, wife of mob boss Johnny will get a wiseguy brother who owns a Lenscrafter franchise. His name will also be Anthony. He'll be modeled on Carlo, Connie's husband from "The Godfather."

Uncle Junior will hire a slick new lawyer. We may see a little of Eugene Pontercorvo's family, too. Eugene, one of the late Ralph Cifaretto's crew, will get a wife and two kids: a 16-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter.

And Janice Soprano may have had a daughter with husband Bobby Bacala since we saw them last. There's talk that a 16-month-old baby girl is being sought to play the part. (source: info posted by CameHeavy at HBO Sopranos boards)

• 5/19/2005 - NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- "'Sopranos' Adrianna Fate Revealed on DVD": An extra feature in the "The Sopranos" fifth season DVD reveals Adriana la Cerva didn't survive her trip to the forest. In the HBO mob series, the future Mrs. Christopher Moltisanti was found out to be talking to the FBI and taken to the woods and shot by Steven Van Zant`s character, Silvio. But because the shooting was offscreen, her ultimate fate was murky, the New York Daily News said Thursday. However, in the DVD to be released June 7, actress Drea de Matteo makes it perfectly clear.

"For all of those of you who think I'm not really dead, now you know," de Matteo says. "I'm really dead." (source: UPI article on dvd.monstersandcritics.com)

• 5/24/2005 - "The Sopranos'' sixth season, "is going to be about money, materialism, buying stuff, consumerism,'' [David] Chase said. "The U.S. is a great country, but everything is up for sale.'' (source: bloomberg.com)

• 5/24/2005 - Mirroring the amount of time it was off the air, [the show] will pick up roughly two years after the death of Adriana and the arrest of New York mob boss Johnny Sack. (source: zap2it.com)

• 7/7/2005 - Scenes were filmed recently at a home made to look like a secluded country inn, according to HBO officials, who said that the shoot would probably constitute a three-minute scene.

To make the house look like a country inn, the crew wrapped small, white Christmas tree lights around the pillars of the front porch and on all the trees in front of the house. They also put backlights in all of the windows and had extras placed in front of them, to create the illusion of a packed house.

One neighbor was told that the scene was a dream sequence, and she said that the profusion of lights gave the house a “dream quality.” She also said that in the scene they were filming, James Gandolfini drove up to the property and was met by the actor Steve Buscemi, who she thought “was playing some kind of host.” (source: zwire.com)

• 7/13/2005 - Steve Buscemi is directing an episode this season. (source: usatoday.com)

• 7/23/2005 - "The Sopranos'' wants to film an episode in the Morris County town [of Boonton]. But some residents are still sore over a previous episode that depicted a character getting killed in "Boonton,'' although the episode was not actually filmed there. The show's producers want to use Main Street in Boonton to depict a fictional New Hampshire town. (source: philly.com) (Aw, guys! Come up to the real New Hampshire to film... there is no substitute!

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• 8/6/2005 - Robert Iler has lost 35 pounds through the Atkins diet and exercise. Three years ago, the 20-year-old actor weighed 180 pounds. (source: contactmusic.com)

• 8/11/2005 - HBO announced Thursday (Aug. 11) that in addition to the 12 episodes for the Emmy-winning show's sixth season next year, creator David Chase and Co. would produce eight "bonus episodes" to air in 2007. But that's it. A network representative tells Zap2it.com that the series will end with the last of those eight extra installments.

The eight added episodes can't quite be called a seventh season, as the cast and crew will continue in production after finishing season six. "Sex and the City" followed a similar pattern in its final year, airing 12 episodes in the summer of 2003 and returning for its final run in early 2004. Season 6.5 [is scheduled to air] in January 2007. (source: zap2it.com)

• 8/11/2005 - Actor Donnie Keshawarz will play Muhammed, a North African arms dealer in the upcoming season of "The Sopranos." His tongue-in-cheek character, who deals with Tony Soprano's nephew Christopher Moltisanti, provides comic relief on the show. Donnie played Essam Tazir, an Iraqi soldier who tangles with Sayid (Naveen Andrews) in one of the first-season flashback scenes in "Lost." (source: blogs.mercurynews.com) Here's a picture of him from his Web site (donniekeshawarz.com):

• 10/30/2005 - Mario D'Elia (pictured below), a barber at Family Barber Shop on Broadway who is also an actor, appears in an episode. "They gave me a script and I read the lines and (they) thought I was funny reading it," D'Elia said. Before filming the scenes at Silver Cup Studios in Long Island City on Oct. 7, he rehearsed with other cast members such as James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, who play Tony and Carmela Soprano, in Kearny -- where scenes at the pork store are set. (source: dailyrecord.com):

• 11/11/2005 - Tony gets shot for the first time, in an attempt on his life, early in season 6. But he will survive.

HBO is denying a report [in the British newspaper the Daily Mirror] that Black Eyed Peas frontwoman Fergie will play a cop working undercover as a stripper in the Bada-Bing club. (source: nydailynews.com)

• 11/22/2005 - Frankie Valli will appear in two or three episodes in season 6. (source: lasvegassun.com)

• 11/29/2005 - On Monday, November 28, James Gandolfini and Michael Imperioli were in Morris Township, NJ shooting a scene for the show at Rod's Steak & Seafood Grille. Inside the restaurant, part of which is a renovated rail car, Gandolfini and Imperioli stood in a dining room near a bar wearing suits. The steakhouse's owners said their only concern was the nature of the scene being shot. When they were told it would only be a conversation between two characters, they agreed to allow the filming. For the scene being shot inside, the steakhouse was asked to make 12 T-bone steaks and to provide some bottles of wine. (source: app.com; Asbury Park Press)

• 12/13/2005 - This is a casting notice posted on July 18, 2005 on a bulletin board, supposedly by Melissa Braun at Grant Wilfley Casting (the organization that does casting for extras for The Sopranos):

The Sopranos: Seeking men to portray Gay Leather Bar Patron extras on an upcoming episode of the HBO television series, "The Sopranos." Paid compensation for those selected. Tattoos, body piercings, and leather wardrobe a plus. No experience necessary. (source: mailman.lbo-talk.org)

(Who goes to the gay leather bar? Vito? Could that have anything to do with his getting a black eye and having to go to NH in episode six? I can't vouch for the casting notice's authenticity, but I thought I'd post it anyway, because it may be real. UPDATED 4/9/2006: Well, the casting notice for the gay bar scene was real; the scene was in the fifth episode of the season, "Mr. and Mrs. John Sacramoni Request," but Vito doesn't have his black eye yet.)

• 1/14/2006 - Julianna Margulies, who plays a real estate agent and love interest to Tony Soprano (Other spoilers say she and Christopher have sex later in the season, so apparently she "interests" more than just Tony.); Hal Holbrook, who plays [an ailing Bell Labs retiree] ensnared by the mob after he falls ill; and Ben Kingsley, who plays himself, are among this season's guest stars. (sources: carthagepress.com, post-gazette.com, and filmstew.com)

• 1/14/2006 - Anthony Jr., along with Christopher, will have big years. So will Paulie, if the clip reel rings true. [At the Television Critics Association's press tour,] critics were shown a clip reel with the juicy voice-over from Richard III, "Now is the winter of our discontent..." The story will pick up in real time, nearly two years after the fifth season finale. After the capture and trial of rival boss Johnny Sack, there is a ripple effect. People are dissatisfied, suggested Imperioli. "Disquieted," Chase corrected. (source: jam.canoe.ca)

• 1/14/2006 - In a montage of clips shown to critics from the 12-episode season that starts March 12, there was some fisticuffs, some gunfire, at least one guy getting hit on the head with a pipe, Tony Soprano kissing someone who isn't his wife, Uncle Junior in jail, and was that Tony's sister Janice in a wedding dress? (source: sptimes.com) (Janice is already married; critics saw scenes of Johnny Sack's daughter's wedding and got confused.)

• 1/14/2006 - A clip from the upcoming sixth season, beginning March 12, showed what appears to be Janice getting married and Johnny Sack's wife fainting at the reception. It appears A.J. may get locked up in a facility of some sort and Paulie stabs someone in the chest. (UPDATED after the episodes aired to say that Janice didn't get married; Allegra, Johnny Sack's daughter, did. And A.J. didn't get locked up; he went to the facility to kill Junior, who was living there.) Here's a picture from season 6 from the article (source: post-gazette.com):

• 1/14/2006 - Tim Daly returns, along with Frankie Valli. Lorraine Bracco's sister Elizabeth is on deck (she plays Vito Spatafore's wife), as are Lord Jamar, Treach and Jerry Adler. Hal Holbrook will play a scientist who falls in with the mob. The sixth season's storyline revolves around the fact that Johnny Sack has been arrested and is now facing a RICO trial for murder. "People have the chance to see a possible, potential future for themselves in that, and it has a ripple effect," Sopranos creator David Chase said. (sources: blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com, miami.com, and foxnews.com)

• 1/14/2006 - Asked whether the show would end with the characters' lives continuing through time or whether the Soprano saga would come to a definitive close, Chase said: "The truth is both." (source: backstage.com)

• 1/15/2006 - Johnny Sack's potential conviction will touch off a wave of jealousy and ambition among mobsters. Tony's gang considers getting involved in a movie; actor Ben Kingsley (who played a vicious mobster in Sexy Beast) will guest-star as himself in at least one episode. Clips from the show make it appear that Carmela will hire her own husband to kill one of her enemies. (source: miami.com)

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• 2/7/2006 - BOSTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A key character in HBO's hit series "The Sopranos" will reportedly get whacked in Boston during the upcoming season. A "well-placed rat" told the Boston Herald not only is Beantown featured in the sixth season of the mob drama, so are Beantown's finest: The Boston Celtics will be playing (on a car radio) in the background as the hit goes down. A Celtics spokeswoman confirmed the show has asked permission to use a radio broadcast from a game last year, the Herald said. "But that's all we know," she said. (sources: UPI.com, thetrack.bostonherald.com)

• 2/12/2006 - The sixth season has Tony and Carmela reunited, but it's far from hunky-dory at Casa Soprano. Creator David Chase has revealed that "the period of calm" begins to work on Carm's nerves, leaving her with a "sense of unease." (source: northjersey.com)

• 2/21/2006 - Here's a large version of the season 6 poster for The Sopranos (source: tvsquad.com):

• 2/24/2006 - Here's a promotional photo of Johnny Sack in his orange prison jumpsuit:

• 3/1/2006 - Here's some spoilery info from the latest TV Guide magazine: Christopher will make a new love connection; Tony is living at home and he's funding Carmela's $600,000 real estate project; Meadow and A.J. are both living with their parents; College grad Meadow takes a year off while her fiance Finn is off at dental school; A.J. is trying to find himself; Paulie has some problems to deal with he's never dealt with before - big stuff of a personal nature; Janice is more rooted and concerned with problem-solving on a real level; Tony has gained weight; there will be some sort of unexpected beef between Tony and Silvio.

• 3/1/2006 - Things kick into high gear with a momentous event near the end of the premiere. Look for major story lines involving Soprano son A.J., who gets a job, and Mob lieutenant Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, who has "two very big personal issues that he deals with this year that are monumental," actor Tony Sirico says. [During the season], Carmela and Rosalie Aprile win a trip to Paris. Julianna Margulies' character is also named Julianna. (source: usatoday.com)

• 3/3/2006 - More season 6 images (source: comingsoon.net):

• 3/4/2006 - Clues about several characters this season: Tony is very prosperous. He's still seeing Dr. Melfi because of concerns about AJ. Carmela is nervous. She used to cry on a moral level about what they did to make their income. Now she's concerned about where this will all end. And once in a while, she asks herself about Adriana. AJ is in college, but not a very good college. He wants to go into the club business, and there's no better way to do that than going to clubs and drinking. Meadow has graduated, is taking a year off, and is interested in either law or medicine, which explains why she's after a law-firm internship. As for Finn, he's back in California at dental school.

Junior's retrial is still pending, and the federal government has to figure out the jury-tampering thing before they can bring him back to trial. But his condition has continued deteriorating, so the question is whether he is even competent. Christopher is sober, and he has been promoted to captain. Without Adriana, expect Christopher to move along romantically as well. [Janice] and hubby Bobby Baccalieri have a baby girl, Dominica, which changes everything. Janice also thinks Junior should be in a retirement community, which Tony opposes. Johnny is in prison and mounting his defense. He's under pressure to support his family and to keep his crime family together. With Johnny in prison, Phil is the NYC family's acting boss, and he's not as amenable to working with Tony as Johnny was. Those guys have a toxic relationship. But Phil is an old-school guy and tries to put business ahead of his personal feelings. (source: ew.com)

• 3/5/2006 - Actor John Bianco plays the recurring character of Jerry Torciano, who is Phil Leotardo's right hand man. One of the episodes he appears in is #11 of season 6. (sources: gamespot.com and thesopranos.com)

• 3/5/2006 - Tony spends a lot of time taking care of Uncle Junior (Janice apparently had a baby during the hiatus and is way too busy). Naturally, facing illness and mortality sends him right back to Dr. Melfi. "Where's the dignity?" he asks her. "I'd rather they hold a pillow over my face." It's nice of Tony to care, since Junior once took a hit out on his nephew. And it's even funnier because, as Melfi points out, Tony once tried to kill his own mother by putting a pillow over her face.

There are glints of classic "Sopranos" morbid humor in the new season, but it feels darker than in the past. Several episodes take place in a hospital. Adriana pops up, smoking literally and figuratively—she's a pretty sexy ghost. But she's not a lot of fun. Except for Christopher's attempt to muscle his way back into the movie business ("My idea is 'Saw' meets 'Godfather 2'," he says, after beating a screenwriter into working with him), there's not much to laugh at. Death hangs over the new season—perhaps because it's hanging over the show itself.

Tony naturally takes all this morbidity very personally. Just when you thought you'd explored the man's entire psyche over the last five seasons, we get another window into him. Who would Tony be if he hadn't gone into the family business, hadn't married Carmela, hadn't even grown up in Jersey? Through an extended dream sequence—the guy's in major therapy, so you've got to give him the occasional dream to analyze—we discover the Tony he wishes he were. Turns out he's a traveling salesman who wears a jacket and tie. He calls home from the road and has cute, perky kids. "Anthony" doesn't yell at uncooperative hotel clerks and doesn't have a Jersey accent—Tony without the deses and dems is hilarious. The dream runs on a bit too long, and it could do with less searchlight symbolism. But tapping into a new side of Tony after all these years is fascinating, and more than a little sad. He doesn't just hate his mother, or his job. A part of him hates the sound of his own voice. (source: Newsweek article at msnbc.msn.com)

• 3/6/2006 - Relax, Frank Vincent fans. Word is the ‘‘Sopranos” wiseguy has managed to not get whacked during the much-anticipated upcoming season of the HBO mobster hit. ‘‘I’m still around,” Vincent revealed, noting that James Gandolfini & Co. have finished shooting through episode 12 of the 2006 season. (source: thetrack.bostonherald.com)

• 3/7/2006 - In an episode airing late in the season, and directed by Tim Van Patten, A.J. gets a job at Blockbuster, but when Carmela goes there to rent "Cinderella Man," she finds out that A.J. was fired 3 weeks ago, but didn't tell his parents. They are not amused. (source: petoskeynews.com)

• 3/15/2006 - Silvio finds himself with more power than he ever imagined in coming weeks - and he pays for it with anxiety-triggered asthma attacks. Paulie, meanwhile, uncovers a deeply buried secret about his past that rocks his sense of identity and sends him into a panic-induced rage. Even Anthony Soprano, Jr. , slacker-par-excellence, feels the icy hand of existential dread for the first time - and looks as if he's headed for a crack-up. (source: baltimoresun.com)

• 3/15/2006 - Because the following actors are trying to renegotiate their contracts for the final 8 episodes that will start shooting in June, I'm assuming their characters survive the first 12 episodes of season 6: Michael Imperioli (Christopher), Tony Sirico (Paulie), Steven Van Zandt (Silvio), and Steven R. Schirripa (Bobby). (source: online.wsj.com)

• 3/17/2006 - Joe Mancini was the stunt double this season for Joe Gannascoli (Vito). He said he is in a total of seven of the new season's episodes. He filmed a fight scene in West Milford, among other stunts, and "actually shot somebody in the head." That scene was described by producers as "very, very disturbing." Mancini said it was filmed in the snow on a driveway, and was shot through trees. He was told that the footage where he is standing in as Vito would be the footage used in the show. In one stunt, Mancini said, he is dragged 35 feet in a parking garage, hit in the head with a hammer and thrown into the trunk of a car. "This is a huge year for the character Vito. His character really comes out," he said. Here's a photo of Mancini with Joe Gannascoli (source: suburban.gmnews.com)

• 4/15/2006 - Joe Gannascoli filmed scenes at Rockefeller Center with Elizabeth Bracco (who plays his wife) and the actors who play his kids, and they were all wearing fall/winter coats. (source: lbracco.com) UPDATED 4/22/2006: "They shot at least two scenes [at Rockefeller Center]; one right on the ice rink and one at the tip of the Channel Gardens in front of the rink. Both involved Joe Gannascoli aka Vito Spatafore. [In the Channel Gardens scene] he was with a young girl-maybe 7, posing for a picture in front of the rink." (source: velvet-sea.blogspot.com) (So, it looks like either Vito survives at least until cold weather sets in, or he's going to imagine that he does.):
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Episode Spoilers:

Ep 601, "Members Only":

• 5/19/2005 - The new season will pick up roughly in real time, about two years after the deaths of Adriana and Tony B. and the arrest of Johnny Sack. There is a wake in the first episode, filmed at Cozzarelli's in Belleville. Supporting actors Max Casella and Frankie Valli filmed scenes at the wake.

[Terence] Winter wrote the sixth season premiere. "There will be some changes," Winter explains. "There are certain ramifications to things that have happened in the past. These characters aren't necessarily in touch with their feelings, so there will be old wounds still there, but not necessarily in your face."

Silvio [has a] fuller, less helmet-y hairstyle.

Tony replies to Christopher's complaint that the mood is morbid by saying, "This is a funeral home. We're surrounded by death."

Lenny Venito [plays] a new character called Butter. (source: nj.com) UPDATED 2/8/2006: This tmz.aol.com article says Lenny Venito plays a character named "Murmur."

• 6/8/2005 - Written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten. The episode title is an allusion to the '80s jackets that have recently become de rigueur again — and to membership in "the family."

There is a scene behind the Bada Bing in which Tony and Christopher have a meeting with Phil Leotardo and his entourage, which today consists of Vito Spatafore (a somewhat slimmed down Joe Gannascoli). Tony is attempting to smooth things over with Phil after Tony's cousin, Tony Blundetto, gunned down Phil's brother Billy in one of last season's final episodes.

They also have business to discuss in the wake of the arrest of Johnny Sack in the season finale. "As of right now," said Vincent during a break in filming, "I'm handling Johnny's business, so whether I'll be the big man or not remains to be seen." (source: nydailynews.com)

• 6/13/2005 - There is a new addition to the Soprano family, courtesy of Janice and Bobby Bacala. There will be a funeral in the first two episodes and several castmembers killed off in season six. "We gotta do it," said Chase. "People tune in for that, so you have to." (source: Watch With Kristin at eonline.com)

• 6/13/2005 - Outside the Bada Bing, Tony negotiates with Phil over the split on illicit profits from a joint endeavor. Leotardo has moved up - maybe temporarily, maybe not - as Brooklyn mob boss, now that Tony's old nemesis (but a reasonable man nonetheless), Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni, is in federal custody. (source: philly.com)

• 12/12/2005 - Here are some pictures (click to enlarge) of the cast dressed for filming the wake at Cozzarelli's (source: nj.com):

• 2/7/2006 - A promotional image:

• 2/8/2006 - Tony ponders an associate's retirement request, and shares a recent windfall with Carmela. Junior takes Tony on a backyard treasure hunt; Hesh seeks restitution for a wrong perpetrated on his son-in-law. Written by Terence Winter; directed by Tim van Patten. (source: tmz.aol.com)

• 3/1/2006 - The first episodes include a potential step-out moment for [Tony's] long-time right-hand man, Silvio Dante. And here's a picture of Meadow from the season premiere (source: nydailynews.com):
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• 3/5/2006 - There are a few new characters—notably a Mafia soldier hoping to retire. (Except Gene Pontecorvo, the Mafia soldier hoping to retire, isn't a new character.) There's a murder, a suicide, a shooting, a maiming and a fatal heart attack in the first episode alone. The first episode ends with a bang; it's a twist most shows would save for a season-ending cliffhanger. (source: Newsweek article at msnbc.msn.com) (Tony can't be shot in the first episode, because he goes out to California in the second episode, and Hal Holbrook (Tony's hospital roommate) doesn't show up until episode 4. Tony must be shot in either episode 2 or 3. UPDATED 3/7/2006: A new spoiler says that the episode ends with Tony cooking for Junior. If the show also ends with a "bang," I'm starting to think that Tony may get shot while he's cooking dinner. A character who is the head of trauma surgery - Dr. Plepler - and appears in episode 4 in which Tony is in the hospital after being shot, is also in episode 2, so it appears that Tony gets shot by episode 2. Maybe Junior shoots him because "senility" is setting in. <--- My latest theory

. According to one source, the preview scenes shown to reporters seemed to show Junior in jail, and in episode 2 Junior's new lawyer appears, so Junior shooting Tony would explain both of those things. But if Tony gets shot in the first episode, I don't know how he goes out to California in the second, then is back in the hospital in episode 4. Maybe the trip to California is a dream?)

• 3/7/2006 - The new season opens with a spoken song about souls, secret names and the ancient Egyptians. The [opening sequence] is a slyly disjointed succession of images — or what seems disjointed on first viewing. William S. Burroughs' "Seven Souls" spoken-word piece plays ominously over scenes of what has transpired in the lives of the characters since we last saw them (and what, by extension, may ultimately befall them).

The Sopranos are in turmoil. Carmela is worried all the time. Tony is more pessimistic than ever and warns son, A.J.: "I don't care how close you are. In the end your friends are gonna let you down. Family: They’re the only ones you can depend on." Tony and Carmela are hooked on Japanese cuisine. In the first episode, Tony dines out once on pasta, but three times on sushi. “I don’t know about you, but ever since we found this place I catch myself fantasizing about this,” says Carmela as she savors a bite of eel. “Me, too,” says Tony, grinning. “Sometimes during sex.”

Uncle Junior has slipped deeper into dementia. The episode ends with Tony cooking dinner for Uncle Junior, with a vintage Artie Shaw record playing on the phonograph. The associate of Tony's who wants to retire is Gene Pontecorvo. (sources: orlandosentinal.com, msnbc.msn.com, and sfgate.com)

• 3/8/2006 - What's the first thing heard in the first episode of season 6?: One FBI agent says to another, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.” His colleague then upchucks. (source: bostonherald.com)

• 3/9/2006 - ~~peachpye220 on the Sopranoland forum has posted a complete synopsis there of the first episode, and also gives some info about episode 2! Read only if you want to be totally spoiled!~~ UPDATED 3/9/2006: peachpye220's post was removed, but if you scroll down further to mj's post on that board, it oddly gives virtually the same summary: click and scroll down for mj's post (Whoo-hoo, me! I was actually right about something

)

• 3/10/2006 - Want even more details about the premiere before it airs? Incredibly, the episode summary for "Members Only" is actually up on the HBOonDemand page for a different episode! The episode title that displays is "All Due Respect," but the summary is obviously the one for "Members Only." Poster pogue67 let me know about HBO's "oops." Thanks, pogue67!:

THE SOPRANOS 65: ALL DUE RESPECT

"I don't care how close you are, in the end your friends are gonna let you down. Family. They're the only ones you can depend on."

When Phil Leotardo visits Johnny Sack in jail he assures him he's playing nice, but complains that Tony wants the same split on the Office Park deal as the Esplanade. Phil tells him to hold firm---"But don't turn it into World War III."

Eugene Pontecorvo has inherited $2 million from his aunt, and he and his wife Deanne see his inheritance as a way out. Gene goes to Tony with a gift and a request for a favor: permission to retire to Florida. Tony's not thrilled, but when he agrees to think about it, Gene gives Deanne the green light to make an offer on their Florida dream house.

Hanging out at the Pork Store, Vito boasts that the only problem with losing weight is that he may have to join Clothing Anonymous, "You shoulda called your sponsor before you bought that jacket," says Ray Curto.

Agent Harris shows up with his new partner, Goddard. "Where you been," Tony asks. "I got some new federale in my rearview the last six months." Harris, it turns out, was transferred to Terrorism and just got back from Pakistan where the only thing he caught was a parasite.

After dinner at a Chinese restaurant, Hesh and his son-in-law, Eli, are jumped. Hesh escapes, but running away, Eli is hit and dragged by a taxi. He survives, barely. Seems one of Phil's guys- Gerry Torciano - thinks Eli is freelancing in Brooklyn, when in fact he was just collecting for Hesh.

Hesh calls in Tony to straighten things out, but Phil seems in no hurry to accommodate. When Phil is slow to return a call, Tony complains to his crew that he needs to use Ginny's brother as a back channel to Johnny Sack. T blows up: "What the f$#% is it? I can't catch a f*%$#*' break?"

He catches one-though he doesn't even know it-- when Ray Curto keels over just as he's about to tell Agent Robyn Sanseverino what he's got on Tony. The Feds have lost another informant. Meanwhile Tony visits Ginny's brother, optometrist Anthony Infante, to ask him to pass along a message to his brother-in-law Johnny Sack. When Anthony next accompanies his sister Ginny on visiting day, he passes it along: "The guy from Jersey asked me to talk to you." Johnny tells Anthony to have Phil deal with it.

Junior's mind is playing tricks again-he's convinced that p**** Malanga is stalking him, and that he stole 40 Gs from a job back in the '70s. Tony can't take it. But when he complains to Melfi and she suggests assisted living, Tony cites family loyalty. Melfi hammers at Tony about his mother and his denial about her, and he turns on her: "What was your mother like?" But Melfi's not fazed: "She was controlling and manipulative at times. She also never tried to kill me."

After much delay, Phil shows up for a meeting at the Bada Bing offering 50k for Eli's troubles. That settled, they move on to the Office Park. When Tony agrees to a 65/35 split, Christopher balks. "I'm not caving, it's a strategy," Tony explains. "Johnny's in jail. You keep him happy, he'll keep a lid on Phil."

Christopher orders Gene to take care of a bad debtor, promising to put in a good word to Tony "on that Florida thing" in exchange. But after Gene shoots Teddy Spirodakis in a fast food chicken joint, Silvio breaks the news that Florida's out. Deanne is devastated- "Tony, Tony! Why don't you kill him?....You think I don't know you've done it before?" she screams. It only gets worse when the Feds call in Gene, who we learn has been a cooperator, and tell him he's got to replace Curto as their man on the inside. Feeling as if he has no choice, Gene hangs himself.

Called off a cruise on the Stugots II to babysit Junior, T bust in on Janice and Bacala, but she's too busy with her new baby to help out. "F$#@ it! You want something done, do it yourself."

Tony makes dinner while Junior goes to look for his teeth. But the aging wiseguy finds a gun instead, and in a fit of paranoia, shoots Tony in the stomach. Junior hides in the closet while Tony struggles to make it to a phone to call 911.

(source: ~~HBOonDemand.~~ NEW - UPDATED 3/11/2006: HBO has removed the incorrect summary for "All Due Respect," so that link no longer takes you to it. But here's the cached version of the "Members Only" summary on the "All Due Respect" OnDemand page.) (Based on the summary, I would assume that the wake and/or funeral in the first episode is for Ray Curto.)

• Roles:

-~~Butter~~ Murmur (played by Lenny Venito) UPDATED 2/8/2006: This tmz.aol.com article says Lenny Venito plays a character named "Murmur," not Butter.

-Dr. Ba (played by C.S. Lee):
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-Teddy Spirodakis (played by Joseph Caniano)

-Bada Bing Waitress (played by Lisa (Fotedar) Miller)

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Ep 602, "Join the Club":

• 2/8/2006 - In the March 19 episode ("Join the Club"), Tony goes to the West Coast but suffers from what HBO calls "a case of mistaken identity." (source: newsday.com)

• 2/8/2006 - Tony suffers from a case of mistaken identity during a west coast business trip. Written by David Chase; directed by David Nutter. (source: tmz.aol.com)

• 3/6/2005 - Tony has trouble on a business trip to the west coast; the New Jersey faction mourns the loss of another associate; Christopher discusses terrorism with the FBI. Hesh: Jerry Adler. [Agent] Harris: Matt Servitto. (source: titantv.com)

• 3/9/2006 - Tony is effectively removed from the action for the following two episodes, [the 2nd and 3rd eps of the season,] seemingly trapped at a business conference and getting slapped around by Buddhist monks. Silvio tries to fill the power vacuum and fails, to comic effect. (source: bostonherald.com)

• 3/9/2006 - Soprano episode 2 --Tony is in a coma and has a dream that he is a 9 to 5 civilian working man. When he's not dreaming they shoe Carmela and the family going thru hard times; sticking by him at the hospital, talking to him to keep his brain stimulated. Very emotional Carmela scene. (source: mj's post at the Sopranoland forum)

• 3/11/2006 - This season's second episode, "Join the Club," which [David] Chase wrote, sets in motion an underlying story of mistaken identity that could stand on its own as a modern "Twilight Zone" yarn. Like most, that episode is sparked with dialogue where characters reveal themselves (to the audience, at least) as either clueless, or lying, or hiding from the truth. In a tender moment, Carmela tells Tony, "You're a good father. You care about your friends." Say what?! (source: cnn.com)

• Roles:

-Nurse Tuthill (played by Gary Cowling):
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-Countryclub Member (played by Sonny Vellozzi) (Something interesting I noticed about this actor: He also plays at least 3 other characters/roles in at least 3 other episodes this season. Either it means nothing at all that this actor plays so many roles, or someone is being followed - or protected - by this man, or someone keeps dreaming or imagining that they see this man in various places.):
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-Camera Man #1 (played by Eli Harris):
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-Dr. Ba (played by C.S. Lee)

-Dr. Lior Plepler (played by Ron Leibman) - 45, head of trauma surgery, Israeli-born, movie-star handsome. Recurring character.

-Dr. Keith (played by Jonathon Gentry)

-Nurse's Aide (played by Randy Blair)

-Bald Guy (played by Scott Davidson)

-Larry Benedek - Uncle Junior's new lawyer.

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Ep 603, "Mayham"

• 1/14/2006 - Carmela confesses she knew what kind of man Tony is when she began dating him and he brought her father a power drill. "I knew behind that power drill was probably a guy with a broken arm or worse," Carmela says in voiceover. "I'd go to my priest and cry about how my husband made his money, but that was bull -- because there are far bigger crooks than my husband." (source: post-gazette.com)

• 2/8/2006 - [In the episode airing] on March 26, Silvio and Paulie divide some spoils while Christopher turns to his old and battered buddy JT (Tim Daly) for some help in "a new venture." (source: newsday.com)

• 2/8/2006 - Silvio divides the spoils from Paulie's latest score, and heads off a territorial impasse between Bobby and Vito. Carmela turns to an unexpected source for help with AJ; Christopher turns to an old writing acquaintance, JT Dolan (Tim Daly), for help in a new venture. Written by Matthew Weiner; directed by Jack Bender. (source: tmz.aol.com)

• 3/1/2006 - Things are relatively quiet with Christopher, until he meets up again with J.T. Dolan. J.T. is the writer with the gambling problem whom Christopher met at a Gamblers Anonymous session and subsequently found ways to abuse. J.T. has just staggered back to his feet when he meets Christopher, with predictable results. (source: nydailynews.com)

• 3/16/2006 - Tony tries to head off a potential lawsuit (part of his dream/vision while still in a coma); Silvio suffers from the strain of added responsibility; Christopher proposes a business opportunity to a friend from rehab; Vito and Paulie squabble over the spoils from a recent score; Carmela needs help dealing with A.J. Finn: Will Janowitz. Little Carmine: Ray Abruzzo. (source: online.tvguide.com)

• 3/23/2006 - It looks from this picture like Carmela goes to see Melfi about A.J. (source: HBO Newsletter, "The Skinny"):
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• 3/26/2006 - Paulie and Vito discover more than $1 million stashed in a dishwasher while invading the territory of Colombian drug dealers. Silvio is sent to the hospital with an asthma attack. Christopher gets the itch again to make movies, a plot twist that brings Ben Kingsley into the cast. (source: home.hamptonroads.com)

• 3/26/2006 - The title of the episode comes from Paulie, who says, "It was f***in' mayham!" regarding a holdup that goes wrong. (source: time.com) [/color] [color=purple](I'm guessing what goes wrong is the Colombian drug dealers job, although if there are "spoils" to divide, it sounds like they at least came out of it with some money.)

• 3/26/2006 - "Episode 3 is worth watching for Christopher's unconventional movie pitch and for a riotously funny "conversation" between Tony and Paulie." (source: weeklystandard.com)

• 3/26/2006 - Paulie Walnuts suffers a most unfortunate accident to his nether regions in The Sopranos episode "Mayham," and boy does he let people know about it. Meanwhile, Carmela goes all Tony Soprano on A.J. after his outburst on the local six o'clock news ("Growing up Soprano -- it's just plain weird"), while Tony recovers -- kinda -- from his "accident" at the hands of Uncle Junior. All that, and philosophical Buddhist monks. (source: canada.com)

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Ep 604, "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh":

• 7/30/2005 - Hal Holbrook will play Tony's hospital ~~roommate~~ (According to new information, Tony has a private room.) in a multi-episode appearance, according to a source close to the actor. No word on exactly what's ailing Tony or how long he'll be in the hospital. (source: nydailynews.com; info posted at nj.com/weblogs/sopranos/) UPDATED 11/11/2005: Tony's likely in the hospital due to being shot. (source: nydailynews.com) UPDATED 3/28/2006: Hal Holbrook is in a different room from Tony, and Tony visits him there. Also, Tony never gets a roommate during his hospital stay. (source: The poster soapwithaprize on the televisionwithoutpity.com board) Hal Holbrook gives a touching performance as a thoughtful scientist.(source: orlandosentinel.com)

• 1/27/2006 - The 80-year-old [Hal] Holbrook plays a hospitalized patient in the episode set to air April 2. (source: jacksonsun.com) According to filmstew.com, he'll play a scientist who used to work for Bell Labs in New Jersey and becomes involved with the mob after he falls ill. (source: nydailynews.com)

• 3/7/2006 - Jason Barone (Chris Diamantopoulos) upsets the wrong people when he tries to sell his late father's garbage business. (source: orlandosentinal.com)

• 3/15/2006 - A brief turn by Hal Holbrook as John Schwinn, a terminal cancer patient, allows him to tease Tony about mob violence; after the doctors deliver Schwinn's death sentence, he looks his new Mafia friend in the eye and says with a twinkle, "Maybe you could whack me?" After Tony winces, Schwinn acknowledges that he has gone too far. "Bad joke," he says.

"You're part of something bigger," Tony Soprano tells Paulie Walnuts at the end of Episode 4, a reflective moment that reveals Tony's latest and most powerful obsession yet: the fleeting magic of life itself. (source: nysun.com)

• 3/15/2006 - Episode four has some weird moralistic stuff and societal commentary: Creationism, evolution, rap, healthcare. But there's also a lot of family business. Plus Paulie and Bobby plotlines that each go totally haywire! (source: springstvtalk.blogspot.com)

• 3/16/2006 - Tempers flare when Barone Sanitation is put up for sale; Bobby helps an aspiring rapper pad his résumé; Paulie's world gets turned upside-down by a family matter; Tony converses with an evangelical about religion and dinosaurs. John: Hal Holbrook. (source: online.tvguide.com)

• 3/21/2006 - Tony and Johnny Sack haggle over Barone Sanitation's future; an aunt's revelation shocks Paulie. (source: tivo.com)

• 3/22/2006 - Naughty By Nature's Treach and Brand Nubian's Lord Jamar will both be making guest appearances in episodes of the final season of "The Sopranos." (source: rapnews.net)

• 3/23/2006 - Paulie gets the shock of his life, and, in true Paulie fashion, he can't let it pass quietly. (source: shns.com)

• 3/26/2006 - Paulie’s aunt makes a deathbed confession that rocks him. Barone Sanitation, Tony’s legit business and a cash cow, faces an uncertain future when the owner dies and his heirs take over. (source: home.hamptonroads.com)

• 3/26/2006 - "The April 2 installment includes a truly brilliant scene with a rich, philosophical discussion involving Tony, a gangsta rapper and a scientist played by Hal Holbrook." (source: mercurynews.com)

• 3/28/2006 - Written by Diane Frolov & Andrew Schneider; directed by Alan Taylor.

• 3/28/2006 - Canadian actor Chris Diamantopoulos plays Jason Barone, a naive young civilian who inherits his father's waste management business only to learn quickly that organized crime has its fingers dug in deep. Barone has a scary encounter with the menacing Paulie, which meant the two actors had some physical scenes together. He describes how Sirico assured him that he would give him a "little" stage push from which he should recede a lot. "I didn't have to move a lot, the guy pushed me halfway across the room! I mean, I'm glad he didn't use his full strength, 'cuz I would have gone through a brick wall." Diamantopoulos doesn't even know - or cannot say - how many more episodes he will be in, much less what's going to happen to him, being on the wrong side of Paulie Walnuts. (source: canada.com)

• 3/30/2006 - Lord Jamar has a prominent role in the next episode of "The Sopranos." (source: marketwire.com)

• 4/1/2006 - Treach and Lord Jamar’s turn in HBO’s “The Sopranos” takes place this Sunday (April 2). The artists will play thug rappers who interact with mob kingpin Tony Soprano during his recovery from a coma. The episode will explore the subject of street credibility in the hip-hop industry. (source: eurweb.com)

• 4/1/2006 - Hip-hop meets the mob when Treach and Lord Jamar hook up with Tony and his crew in the fourth episode. Chase deftly explores the vast similarities between the two worlds with humor. He also plays up the disdain that Tony and his friends have for anyone who whacks for no reason; and for those whose complexions contain pigment. (source: blackvoices.aol.com)

• 4/2/2006 - Tony is full of spunk -- challenging a couple of born-again Christians who want to banish contraceptives but not Viagra -- and befriending a scientist who has evolutionary ideas. Meanwhile, Bobby helps a rapper whose credibility is suffering because he's never been shot, and Paulie Walnuts can't handle the truth when his aunt spills a family secret. (source: winnipegsun.com) (It sounds like Bobby's going to shoot one of the rappers, to help him with his street credibility problem. Aw, Bobby's so considerate. I bet the guy gets it in the fleshy part of the thigh. It's just a guess

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• Roles:

-Dr. Lior Plepler (played by Ron Leibman)

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Ep 605, "Mr. and Mrs. John Sacramoni Request": (I'm not exactly sure how to spell "Sacramoni," because even HBO.com spells it two different ways - "Sacrimoni" on the this week's episode page but "Sacramoni" on Johnny Sack's page. The spelling with an "a" gets a lot more hits in Google, so I'm going with that version.)

• The title refers to the wedding of Allegra Sacramoni, the daughter of mob boss John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni.

• 7/27/2005 - [The cast and crew were] at Christ Church in Cobble Hill today to shoot a wedding, and among those on hand for the nuptials were Tony and Carmela (i.e., James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, sporting an up 'do). (source: tvguide.com)

• 7/30/2005 - More details about the wedding: The [Brooklyn] nuptials were for the daughter of mob boss John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni, played by Vincent Curatola, said people on the set. Although Johnny lives on Tony's turf in New Jersey now, family ties apparently led his daughter to wed in Christ Church at Kane and Clinton streets in Cobble Hill.

Johnny arrived at the wedding under federal escort — he was busted in the last episode of season five. And during the wedding, Tony suffers one of his occasional panic attacks. Here's a thumbnail (below, left) of Sharon Angela and Tony Sirico from the shoot (source: nypost.com); UPDATED 1/15/2006: (The second picture shows Tony at the wedding and/or reception.) (source: post-gazette.com):

• 7/30/2005 - [Because of Johnny Sack's presence at the wedding,] there were extras on set dressed as U.S. Marshals, forcing each character to go through a metal detector and be searched for weapons as they entered the church. The regulations didn't sit well with Tony Soprano, who suffered a panic attack when he was ordered to go through the metal detectors several times and remove his shoes. (source: hollywood.com)

• 7/30/2005 - Louis Gross, 23, has been cast as Tony's new bodyguard. "Basically, Tony kind of takes me on, and I get to drive him and look out for him and stuff like that," he said. Gross is going to be in at least one episode of the show, directed by Steve Buscemi, with the promise of more. (source: recordonline.com)

• 8/26/2005 - "Episode 5 of season six is directed by Steve Buscemi. I was on the set that day, asked a PA what episode it was (number five), and Buscemi was obviously directing." (source: email sent to me by JD. Thanks, JD!)

• 12/1/2005 - In the 11/14/2005 issue of The New Yorker, there's an article on Steve Buscemi. In it, he discusses this episode: Johnny Sack, who's in prison awaiting trial, is allowed out by the Feds for six hours to attend his daughter's wedding. Tony attends the wedding having just gotten out of the hospital and is bearing scars from whatever it is that happened to him. Johnny Sack disgraces himself by breaking down and crying when the Feds tell him it's time to go and Phil Leotardo smells blood in the water and starts talking about how Johnny has lost it. (source: overthetop.beloblog.com)

• 1/27/2006 - Shayna Steele will be singing in a Steve Buscemi-directed episode of HBO's "The Sopranos" in Spring 2006. (sources: prnewswire.com and shaynasteele.com) UPDATED 4/2/2006: "This is the episode where I sing at Johnny Sack's daughters wedding reception. You'll love the big Jersey hair they gave me." (source: collect.myspace.com):
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• 2/7/2006 - Two promotional images:

• 3/22/2006 - Johnny Sack asks permission to get out of jail for his daughter's wedding; Tony's on the lookout for personal protection. (source: online.tvguide.com)

• 3/27/2006 - Lou Martini Jr. (Johnny Sack's brother-in-law Anthony Infante) appears in this episode. (source: casperstartribune.net)

• 3/28/2006 - Tony hires a new bodyguard. Written by Terence Winter; directed by Steve Buscemi.

• 4/3/2006 - Tommy Riccardo and his band TR Touch worked closely with Director Steve Bucemi and the Executive Producers of The Sopranos to arrange all of the music for the fifth episode of the new Season 2006, as well as a featured spot appearing on the show with his band [at the wedding reception]. (source: trtouch.com)

• 4/3/2006 - Here are some pictures of the church scenes being filmed. The last image shows Meadow and A.J. reacting to their fainted father on the steps in front of the church (source: southbrooklyn.net):

• 4/8/2006 - A small photo of Tony, Johnny Sack in his tux, and Carmela (source: timewarnercable.com):
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• 4/8/2006 - Tony loses control of his crew. (source: television.aol.com)

• 4/9/2006 - Tony is having trust issues, so he looks outside the family for protection when he hires a bodyguard. (source: television.aol.com)

• 4/9/2006 - Theresa Suarez, pictured below with Edie Falco, plays the wife of Anthony Infante, Johnny Sack's brother-in-law; Theresa's husband Mario Suarez, pictured below with James Gandolfini, plays one of Phil Leotardo's soldiers. Mario could only divulge that the April 9 episode will have an intricate bearing on future plotlines. "I'll say this, it looks like Christopher may have a new girlfriend," says Mario. (source: acweekly.com):
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• 4/9/2006 - Leonard's of Great Neck was the catering hall used to film the wedding reception of the daughter of character Johnny (Sack) Sacramoni. (source: silive.com)

• Roles:

-Wedding Guest (played by Sonny Vellozzi, who also plays at least 3 other roles in at least 3 other episodes this season)

-Jason Molinaro (played by William DeMeo)

-Tony's Bodyguard (played by Louis Gross)

-Wedding Band Guitarist, uncredited (played by Tommy Riccardo)

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Ep 606, "Live Free or Die":

• 9/18/2005 - (Since the state motto of New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die," I would guess that this is the episode set in NH. I don't know for sure if all of the spoilers I've listed for this episode actually occur in this particular one or if they happen over several episodes, but they were all filmed in Boonton, NJ and set in the same NH town, so I included all of them here. If I find new info that places any of these spoilers in other episodes, I'll move them.)

• 10/19/2005 - Several pictures of filming in Boonton, NJ can be found on this site. Boonton is standing in for a fictional town called Dartford, NH, (probably set somewhere in the White Mountains, since the name of the inn in one of the pictures is the White Mountain Bed & Breakfast). Actor Joe Gannascoli, who plays mob enforcer Vito Spatafore, had a black eye for his scenes. Arlene Love, Michael Fesco and Jim Cunningham, all actors out of Manhattan, were dropped off in front of the house and told to wait for their brief scenes as guests at the inn. Filming later continued at the Boonton Diner. (UPDATED 4/16/006 after the episode aired: Well, Vito didn't get his black eye in "Live Free or Die," but at least we found out that the guy with the moustache and black leather jacket is the cook at the diner, and we know what the episode title "Johnny Cakes" refers to. By the way, I've lived in either New Hampshire, Vermont, or Massachusetts my entire life, and I've never had Johnny cakes for breakfast. I don't recall seeing them on the menu at any diners/restaurants I've eaten in, either. They may have been a specialty at the particular diner that Vito visited, but they're definitely not commonly eaten or available in NH or central/northern New England. We put our maple syrup on/in lots of things: pancakes, waffles, French toast, donuts, muffins, etc. But Johnny cakes? Nope.)

Scenes during that two-day shoot revolved around a trip by Gannascoli's character to Dartford. Gannascoli and other crew members wouldn't divulge why Spatafore had left New Jersey or other plot points, but he said he needed to be "far away." In a previous season of the show, Spatafore shot and killed his own cousin, Jackie Aprile Jr., in what was called Boonton -- though that scene was not filmed in town.
(source: dailyrecord.com) (Hmm... they could have filmed at an inn located in the real White Mountains, surrounded by fall foliage, if they'd come up to my neck of the woods

)

Here are some pictures of filming at the "inn," including one of Vito with a swollen eye. (source: dailyrecord.com):

• 12/7/2005 - [In a] scene from episode ~~two~~six(?) of the forthcoming season, incarcerated New York Mob boss Johnny “Sack” [gets] a visitor. He learns he’s been dissed, and orders a hit. The scene takes place in a prison waiting room. Jump-suited Johnny Sacramoni faces his captain Phil Leotardo across a table. (source: iowalum.com article/interview with writers Robin Green and Mitch Burgess; info posted at the Sopranoland Forum by Miss Mastro) (Johnny didn't order a hit in the second episode, and Robin Green and Mitch Burgess didn't write episode 2. They did write episode 6, "Live Free or Die," so I've moved this spoiler from the episode 2 post to this one. Perhaps this scene originally took place earlier in the season, but for some reason they decided to postpone it until later. UPDATED 4/16/2006 after the episode aired: It looks like this scene may have been scrapped completely, because Johnny wasn't in tonight's episode at all. I wonder if this was the original scenario for Johnny ordering the hit on Rusty, but then it was changed?)

• 12/13/2005 - In the scenes filmed in Boonton that are set in Dartford, Spatafore is antique shopping and "showing a little softer side of Vito," Gannascoli said. Spatafore comes to find a piece of Roseville pottery in one antique store, which was filmed in Claire Ann's Antiques. Production crews hung signs on lampposts that read, "Welcome to Dartford," and painted the fictional name over the "Boonton" on the Boonton Diner sign. "[Vito] just wants to take a drive out and get away from the stuff in Jersey," Gannascoli said.

Here are pictures of filming at the diner and at the antiques store (source: dailyrecord.com article dated 9/8/2005), and also at the library (source: digitalgrit.typepad.com):
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• 3/25/2006 - Tony debates whether to give a top earner a second chance and looks abroad to settle a local dispute. (source: myspace.com blog and moviecentral)

• 3/28/2006 - Written by Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green; directed by Tim Van Patten.

• 4/3/2006 - Tony seeks guidance from overseas to solve a local problem. (source: titantv.com)

• 4/5/2006 - The photo below is of a scene being filmed in Boonton ("Dartford"). The man to the left of Joe Gannascoli (Vito, on the far right) is actor John Costelloe. (source: nypost.com):

• 4/15/2006 - Tony starts looking for someone to rub out Rusty per Johnny Sack's request. (source: freep.com)

• 4/15/2006 - Here are a couple of shots of extras who were in the "Boonton-as-Dartford" scenes. (source: dailyrecord.com) (I have to say, the woman and the older gentleman look suitably "New England-y" and generally wicked awesome in their in their L.L. Bean (perhaps?) duds (at least for work clothes), but the younger guy definitely looks like a "flatlander" trying to look like he's from around here (rural NH). His shiny new shoes and the sweater/sweatshirt draped over his shoulders are all wrong. Unless he's dressed for a date or is a serious metrosexual, he should be wearing hiking boots or sneakers and a long-sleeved T-shirt, maybe with a button-down shirt worn over it. Hey, just trying to help

• 4/15/2006 - Here's a photo of another actor from the "NH" scenes, and he looks an awful lot like the guy in one of the above pics who is identified as John Costelloe. (source: dailyrecord.com) (Unless Vito's going to run into two guys wearing black leather jackets and Hulk Hogan moustaches.):

• 4/15/2006 - Vito survives this episode, because he's in the episode summary for "Johnny Cakes," which is two episodes away.

• 4/16/2006 - Tony sends away to Italy for a hitman/tourist to do Johnny Sack’s bidding. (source: winnipegsun.com)

• Roles:

-Corky Caporale (played by Edoardo Ballerini) (Edoardo is a dual citizen of Italy and the U.S. and is fluent in Italian (source: edoardoballerini.com), so my guess is he's the overseas help Tony calls in for his local problem. UPDATED 4/16/2006 after the episode aired: Nope, it turns out he's not the guy Tony called in from Italy; since he speaks Italian, he'll be Tony's translator for/connection with the guy(s) called in to take care of Rusty.):
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-Bada Bing Customer (played by Sonny Vellozzi, who also plays at least 3 other roles in at least 3 other episodes this season)

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