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"For
All Debts Public And Private" - 9/15/02
At last
the season premiere!
Picking
up the pieces from season 3- Jackie Jr.'s funeral was the end of season
3. Meadow was nearly hit by a car, and AJ was not attending school when
season 3 ended. The only tie in to the funeral was Rosalie's stupor at
the dinner table.
The premiere
starts with AJ apparently back in school, but we don't know much about
it. He was having panic attacks and the last mention of school was a military
boarding school. Meadow made an extremely brief appearance on this episode.
We see all the usuals, and several new faces in the family. AJ has a clean
cut looking friend from school.
Adrianna's new "buddy" has a totally different look from the
last time we saw here out shopping. The old switcheroo?
Paulie's in jail? What's up with that? I felt totally lost as the show
unraveled. Odd looks and uncomfortable silence on the phone with Johnny
Sac from the jail. Guess we'll see how that plays out! They seemed so
buddy buddy in the parking lot from season 3 finally. Losing Paulie this
early in the season would be devastating!
Carm is taking a proactive approach with Tony this season. No mention
of the trip to Italy, or the Real Estate coarses so far. She's questioning
the money issues. Is she building up a plot line?
Christopher seems to be having a bigger drug problem than previous seasons.
Perhaps it's always been a big problem without a focus. It's definitely
focused now! He was also responsible for the first whacking of the season!
Is this part of Tony's plan, which he revealed to Dr. Melfi, or was he
just using him to off an unknown retired cop?
Silvio has not changed character and seems there is nothing too new going
on in his life besides watching tony bash in Georgie's head with a bucket
of ice.
Bobby is back and has been promoted! The funniest lines of the night were
centered around a scene with him and Tony at a diner. What a hoot! If
you missed it you'll have to watch on Wed for the Encore performance.......
Janice apparently needs a new man in her life. Looks like she's trying
to hook Ralphie
though I just can't see why. This should play out well over the course
of the season.
Dr Melphi got minimal screen time tonight. A very short therapy visit
for Tony, but she does beg him to leave his connections. She's getting
involved (prediciton 1 for this season...... Tony and Dr. Melfi will have
some kind of intimate encounter this season)
Uncle Junior is facing his trial. We heard at the end of season3 that
it was coming. It's in the organization phase now and he's receiving bills.
He also received a phone call that was quite disturbing! If the messenger
didn't get it wrong, there was an FBI plant in his Dr.'s Office. He thinks
it's a nurse that he's been chatting up (she's never been seen on any
episode I've watched) I think he'll be surprised to find she's not the
one! Money is a big issue..... Really big! Medical bills, attorney fees
and not a lot of money coming in from his downline. Tony offers to buy
a piece of his Real Estate to help out with the bills. Tony has ulterior
motives........
Finally Tony! He's back, bigger than life, and bad as they come this season!
He's wheeling and dealing and planning. The entire focus of the show revolved
around money. Everyone wanted more and he's tucking away bricks of it
in garbage bins and under floor tiles. He's asking the captains to kick
up more for Junior because of his bills. The scene with Dr. Melphi outlines
a plot to run the business through Christopher to keep himself out of
the lime light, out of harms way and out of jail. He shirks the notion
that he may be following in his uncle's footsteps by bringing up his house
and how he must be doing better than Junior ever did because of the house
he owns. What's he going to do with all that money he's storing like a
squirrel (one that we see near the pool mid episode) Is he hiding his
nuts for the winter??? He's not telling Carm about that money.... that's
for sure!
All in all it was a good opener much like each season before it. A bit
disjointed from the finale 1 1/2 years ago, but we can only hope some
story lines will tie together in the end. Many people don't have a positive
reaction to the first episode of the season. It will probably be the same
this year as well.
An eclectic
music experience was had by all!.... as usual
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