Episode 49- "The Strong Silent Type"

Episode 49- "The Strong Silent Type" -Aired Sun Nov 17,2002

( together ) ah, there ain't no bear back there. Fellahs ! Well, the way I feel right now, I'd like to meet a bear. What would you do if you did meet a bear ? Oh, that bear'd have just as much chance as this pork chop. Where you boys all goin' ? It ain't over. Somebody's gon na get somethin'they ain't expectin'. Have a bite. Look out, here he comes ! ( Doorbell ) where's furio ? Ah, he couldn't get a flight out of rome in time, so, I'm driving again today. Come on in, he'll be right down. No coffee, I gotta go, okay ? What the hell'd you do to your hair ? I cut it. What do ya think ? I thought we agreed that you were gonna talk to me first if you were gonna do somethin' to your hair. What do you think of it ? It's short. Good, he eats his carrots. Makes you look younger. Benny's waiting for you. Alright. Come here. You fat honey dripper. Come up with the rest of our money or I'll strip the lard off your ugly... pretty, pretty. Pretty, pretty, pretty. Cosette ? Come on, mommy. Let's go for a walk. Cosette ? Where's the dog ? You shut the tv ? Where's the dog ? Oh, my god. Cosette ? What ? Christopher ! She's not breathing ! Her neck feels broken. What the fuck ? Oh, my god, she's dead ! I fell asleep. What ?! She must've crawled under there for warmth. Are you fuckin' crazy ?! You fuckin' killed her ! I didn't kill her, I must've sat on her. Oh, jesus. Oh, my poor baby. I'm sorry. It was an accident for chrissake. How long I been sayin' she shouldn't be on the furniture ? It's 'cause you were fuckin' high, christopher. You and your fuckin' smack ! Fuck ! Lifestyle. I'll get you another dog. I don't want anothedog ! Four in the side. One up the ass. Ho ! So, nobody's heard from ralph ? I'm startin' to worry, ton'. I'll call him again. Try the gay man's choir. I read they were havin' tryouts today. Three ball, far corner. Sonofabitch. Hey, chrissy. Where you been ? This was in the mail for you outside, tony. Uh, U.P.S. What's goin' on ? He's callin' ralph. ( Ralph on answering machine ) leave a message and make sure you leave your phone number. With my schedule I cannot look up phone numbers. Answerin' machine again. You're up, T. How you doin' ? Feelin' alright ? Me ? Yeah, great. Aw, fuck. What's that, ton' ? Ah, it's tony and ralph's horse, pie-o-my. Where you goin', ton' ? Your shot. What are ya doin' ?! That's a forfeit, that's our money. ( Dialing ) bing. Get rid of that fuckin' picture. What, you don't wanna-- you hear me, burn it ! I never wanna see the fuckin' thing again ! ( Foreign language ) what ? What's with ralph ? Fuckin' bermuda triangle ? This shit with his kid. He's probably down in the bunker. I'll tell ya. If I didn't know better. We're off the record here, albert. We're off the record ? It's tony. What ? Am I wrong ? Honestly ? I don't know. Take a leak. This is bad, my friend. I mean, don't get me wrong. I wouldn't piss on this ralph if he was on fire. But to whack the guy over a horse ? How fucked up is that ? If it can happen to him, it could happen to any of us. And what's next ? You get clipped for wearin' the wrong shoes ? What can you do, tony's the boss. Centuries of tradition here. Exactly my point. If tony did do this... whack ralph, over a fuckin' horse. That guy'd be the first guy on line to pull his fuckin' plug. Tony. Ronnie, hey, uh... I think justin recognized me a few minutes ago. Thank you. ( Doorbell ) come in, come in, he's gettin' dressed. I'll wait in the car. Oh. Well, welcome back. I bring presents. Really, that is so sweet. Also, for the grownups. I bring some of my uncle's wine, but its come later. I just made some coffee, are you sure ? Thank you, but I wait in the car. What's the matter with you ? I'm sad for my father. Alright, but you gotta get over it. So I unwrap the paper, and there she is. With her head held high and her ears perked up. And there I am smilin'. What happened then ? Still, I gotta be the sad clown. A front for my friends, my family. You know, a brave front. I've heard you describe yourself this way. The sad clown. I've never seen it. Carmela also painted a very different picture. What do you mean ? Volatile, punching the walls. Compulsive, gorging on food. Kind of a far cry from the seltzer bottle and bicycle horn. Well, I'm sorry. Maybe you'd like carmela to be in here if I'm so fuckin' obnoxious. What I'm trying to establish is your response to sadness is usually rage not humor. Well, you two don't have to trouble yourselves. 'Cause I doubled my dosage. I don't want you taking 80 milligrams of prozac. You kick it up to 80 for a week, 10 days, just to pull back on the stick get the nose up then you duck back down to 40 before the limp dick thing sets in. One, that's ineffective. Two, it's not a treatment for grief. Let's get back to pie-o-my. It's sad that you've lost something that you love. That being said, it is a horse. What the fuck is the matter with you ? The only other time you've become this emotional in here. It was those ducks. That was different, that was a whole different thing. They were, they were ducks. Is it different ? You haven't grieved in this way for people. Your mother, your best friend. Can't I just be sad for a horse without some touchy, feely, freudian shit component to it ? When it was the ducks, it embodied feelings of dread about your family. That something terrible was gonna happen. It's just the miserable way she died. It just makes me wonder what kind of fuckin' toilet world we live in. A friend of the family, little boy gets shot with an arrow, cuts off the flow of blood to his brain. Oh, no. 13 years old. He's gonna live, but he's never gonna be right. How awful for the parents. Yeah. My nephew. I love that kid like I love my son. But I think he's got a drug problem, heroine. And it kills me just to say it, 'cause I got so many hopes tied up in this kid. This is christopher. And this 9-11 shit, I don't know. You know the shit that's goin' on everywhere. It's like some fuckin' asshole is stalkin' the whole human race. Anthony, did any of your associates think about any of this ? I don't know, we don't talk about it. I know it's fuckin' ridiculous, but I feel like the reverend rodney king, jr., You know ? "Why can't we all just get along ?" What's ridiculous about it ? Come on, don't jerk me off, this is me you're talkin' to. You've caused much suffering yourself, haven't you ? My wife prays to god. What kind of god does this shit ? How about carmine lupertazzi ? Christopher ever talk about a dinner with him and tony last july ? Nope. What's the matter, adriana ? You and christopher arguing ? It's a stressful time right before a wedding. A lot of guys get cold feet. He's fuckin' stoned on "h" all the time, okay ?! There, you happy ? You know, we put you guys on the mailing list for hazelden. That rehab shit ? That's where all the brochures are comin' from ? From you ? Convince him he needs help, that he should be in rehab. Ohh. Look at you with that little face. ( Crying ) these flat screens... I'll tell ya, no glare, high definition. I was watchin' "on the waterfront" down at sears ? Kar malden's nose hairs looked like fuckin' b-x cables. Voice mail again. Chrissy, we're down here waitin' for the tvs. Let me ask

you somethin'. The other day. T. With that picture. He looked like he was gonna cry. And still no word from ralph. Where the fuck is this kid ? What you want around here ? Can you do an eighth of scag ? $500. Yeah, wrap it up. Get the fuck out the car, bitch ! Motherfucker, you know who I am ?! Who the fuck is this ? You know who the fuck I'm with ?! You ain't no fuckin' cop, that's for sure. The fuck you gonna do with that, bitch ? Stick it up your mother's twat ! Ah, goddamnit ! What ? It's a piece a shit. The cork, it got stuck in the bottle. Homemade crap. That somebody cared enough about to carry all the way from the old country for you. What a fuckin' week. I talked to ronnie, asked her if she's even heard from ralph. Little fuckin' kid's got a respiratory infection now. She just heard about pie-o-my, she's sick about it. Hello ? We're talkin' about justin here. Sorry, I was thinkin' about my mother, her skin condition. Oh, my god. Did I forget to take that out ? What's wrong with you ? Sorry, ma. Dad's right. It's not a bad drive, it's interstate all the way up to boston. If you don't want to accompany me, fine. Your sister can come up from florida. Come on, she's not gonna do that. Of course I'll go. Did she tell you, hugh ? My horse died ? Pie-o-my. Oh, that's too bad. God, this wine. There was a fire at the stables. She had to be destroyed. You should've seen her. String beans, hugh ? ( Doorbell ) oh, my god. Baby, what happened ? He got jacked by some spics. They took his ride, his fuckin' watch, too. Jesus christ, the cartier ? Oh, christopher, you're bleeding. Stop touchin' it. Oh, my god, baby. Listen, do you think I could get some money ? What ? Who are you ? Eddie. From down the park. He's good people, adriana. I took him home. You know, he was all fucked up but I straightened him out. He owes me 30 bucks. Get the fuck outta here. What ? Adriana. Get outta my house. Don't stiff me on this, man. Get out ! What's the mat ter with you ? The guy's my friend.

That's your friend ? Hazelden, what's this ? It came for you in the mail. Recovery ? You put me on a mailing list for junkies, now ? Huh ? Wh ere do you get your balls, huh ? Where ?! Ho, ho, what are ya doin' ?! What ? Sil said torch it. A classy piece like this ? Horse with the trees, wooden frame. 25 to 30 g's at a minimum. Yeah, I think it was tony said he wanted it burnt, paulie. Specifically. Put it in my car, I'll take it home. Alright. It'd be an honor to hang his picture in my house. Tony, can you come down here, please ? What ? What's the matter ? What happened ? Your nephew. Christopher did this ? He hit you ? What for ? What's the difference tony ? He was high. Little prick, I'm gonna ring his fuckin' neck. Where is he ? He's been using drugs. Heroine. ( Male ) yeah ? Who's this ? You called me, maricon. Where's christopher, asshole. Yeah, fuck your mother. Oh, his car was stolen by some puerto ricans. They took his cell phone, too. I don't know what to do. I already packed a suitcase for my aunts in daytona. Take it easy. Don't do somethin' you're gonna regret. Three weeks before their wedding. Maybe he needs to be in rehab. You can hire someone to do an intervention, apparently. Girls, come on. We're a family, here. Now I gotta spell it out for you ? Take it easy. Let me figure out how to handle this. Please, don't hurt him. Come here, honey. ( Male announcer ) fight plan will win out. At this stage the fight is getting closer and closer and closer, because... why am I always having to come here ? Fur, hi. Carmela. Anthony. How are you doing, man ? Ah, did we come at a bad time ? Um, the decorating ideas. You want to come in ? I'm sorry for the mess. Oh, please, this is nothing. So, there is a page from metropolitan home. Now wait till you see how a mirrored backsplash can amplify a room. You want something ? Uh, something to drink ? We gotta go. Uh, if you've got a cup of coffee. He loved that little man by the way. Gobbetto. He's good luck. Not that he remembered to thank you. And meadow loved that book. Ah. You know, I feel bad, I didn't give you something. I bring something, but I forgot it when I left that morning. Balsamic vinegar. 35 years from my sister's husband's family. Live in modena. So, uh, aside from your dad, um... was it wonderful being back in italy ? Oh, it was wonderful, yeah. Go home and see your friends, your family. I gotta be honest, um... it was not so nice. I don't belong there no more. No ? Something change. Maybe me. What do you mean ? I'm like a visitor in my own town. Life went on without me. There is nothing there for me now. No special someone ? I feel strange to live here also. Maybe I should never have come to america. You've made such a nice life for yourself, though. You've got a wonderful home. A girlfriend. No. No, what do you mean, no ? Jessica ? I tried to talk to her, but, there is no communication. Like with some people, you know what I mean ? That's what love is built on. Si. So, why did you come back ? You said you'd take me to comp usa so I could get a new magic stick. And I will. Yeah, well, I got stuff to do. I told you. Well, I'd better get going. Thank you very much for the vinegar. ( Teapot whistling ) ( door slamming ) hello ? Oh. Where's bronco ? She jump ship already ? She's in hospital for awhile. Cyst. Hm. Where's the old fart ? I gotta talk to him. It's his afternoon nap. You want me to wake him ? Nah, give him awhile. Want some wine ? From furio's uncle in italy ? He says they had a lot of sun in this year. Ah , salute. It needs ice. I'm gonna watch the bloomberg. Mm. So, what's all that ? I'm making a website for my business. You know how to do that ? I'm going to pay somebody 35 bucks an hour ? I stuck, I call bill. You got married yet ? Maybe when he gets back from port st. Lucie. The baseball spring training for his mets. That bill's a lucky man. You russians, you got all the angles, you come over here, you bust your ass. People are people. Well, look at you. You got every excuse to be in the bottle and here you are uh, designin' websites. What do you mean ? What excuse ? Well, you're uh... no, what ? Come on, you know, that uh... oh. My leg. Of course. I don't think of it right away. There are worse things. ( Male on tv ) countdown timer with automatic shut-off. Simply put your food in and set the timer, walk away. And your new george foreman grill will tell you exactly when your food is grilled to perfection. ( George foreman ) this grill does all the work for you. With my exclusive 20 minute digital countdown timer with auto... heroine, you got only one option. A dog you love catches rabies, you put her out of its misery, anthony. Salute. So what do I do, uncle jun ? The feds get him in his condition, who knows what he's liable to say. You go on trial like me, you won't sleep at night. All the more reason to clean him up. Still, he's A... he's a major liability if it were anybody else. It reminds me of people's feet. I don't know if I can do that other thing. Dominic palladino, do you remember him ? B&e guy, a real juicer. Well, he's in A.A. Now. I thought, maybe I'd give him a call. They can treat this shit now-a-days. Me with the competency hearings. You with head shrinkers. This one in rehab now. I was so upset when he didn't bring me a present back from italy. He got somethin' for A.J. And for meadow. He did give me some vinegar, but I don't think it was meant for me. It must've meant somethin' that he felt bad. Carmela, you sound like you're 15 years old. I say I'm helpin' him decorate. I bring A.J. With me. Now even he smells a rat. Carmela, if tony suspects one iota you know what'll happen to furio these guys are livin' in a different century. It didn't stop you. Steve at the gym ? I felt so guilty all the time. The lies, and the sneaking. It took jackie goin' in the hospital to get me to stop. We haven't slept together yet. You're not fuckin' him ? So this isn't really real. It is real. Ah. We communicate. He looks at me like I'm beautiful. He thinks I'm interesting when I talk. Just those few minutes when we see each other I live for those. I feel like my life is slippin' through my fingers and I will never be happy. If you haven't slept with him yet, don'T. And don't go over there anymore. We're all here ? Good afternoon. Uh, for those of you who don't know me, my name is dominic and I'm an alcoholic and an addict. Don't forget, scumbag. As some of you obviously don't know. I've also been in recovery now goin' on four years. I joined A.A. In prison, and frankly, it saved my life. Okay, now, we're all here today because we have one thing in common. Not only do we share a certain background and culture. We also care about chris and want to help him with his heroine addiction. Now, any one of you guys been involved in an intervention before ? Hmm ? Caught our daughter smokin' pot once but, uh... not really, no. No problem. An intervention is a non-judgmental confrontation. A "care-frontation" we call it. Now, what we need from you guys is to make a list of specific times where christher's drug use impacted on you directly. For example, adriana, is it ? You would say somethin' like this, christopher, last monday you came home from work high and belligerent and you were physically abusive to me. What if he's high when we try to talk to him ? Then we wait till he's sober. During my first intervention, steven patrano waited 10 hours for me to sober up. Your first intervention ? In 1997, I suffered a relapse. As in heroine addiction, alcoholics suffer a fairly high recidivism rate. Great. So he's takin' advice from a two-time loser. There are no losers in recovery. Actually, I neve r really met ralph's kid. I saw him once from a distance, though. Handsome boy. He's got a long struggle ahead of him that's for sure. Doctors, rehab. Physical therapy. I think I'm gonna have the medallions of veal. So what's up you make me late for a table at the tavern on the fuckin' green ? How's your real estate business ? Excuse me ? You know, hud. Garside street, you, ralph, zellman. Zellman tell you this ? Now, carmi ne doesn't knowanything about this yet, tony. I'm givin' you an opportunity to cut a deal, make it right. Last time, frelinghuysen avenue I cut you in outta friendship, but that's over, john. You got nothin' comin' to you. You or carmine. You sure you wanna go down this road, tony ? How much to paint a different suit on him, change his face a little ? Pardon me ? Why throw it away ? A stronger chin maybe ? I was thinkin' like those paintin's you see in the courthouse. Somethin' classy, you know, like uh... a revolutionary war general. Napoleon and his horse. That kinda thing. He's rather portly to be napoleon. Not napoleon exactly. Like napoleon. Sit down, sit down, sit down, relax. What's goin' on, ton' ? I think I know what happened to ralph and if I'm right. He ain't comin' back. It was in new york. Johnny sack ? What was it ? The fat joke ? I'm sure that didn't help. Carmine... this hud thing we're into, they wanted a piece of it. I think they confronted ralph, things went sour. What'd he say, john ? Wasn't what he said so much as what he didn't say. We're talkin' about new york here. Before we anything, in terms of a payback you go to your people. I want a full investigation. Nobody makes a move 'til we know what happened. You understand ? What the fuck ? What's goin' on ? Have a seat. Christopher, hey. I'm dominic. I know you don't know me, but uh... yeah, you're guy who, uh, broke into stew leonard's that time, you stole all those pork loins. Yeah, but that's not why I'm here today. Christopher, we're here to talk about your drug problem. What ?! Jesus christ, you fuckin' kiddin' me. Sorry, baby, please. No, fuck this shit. You were told once. Now, sit down. Sit down. Ma ? Jesus. Christopher, this won't be easy for any of us. But I want you to know that we're here today because... we care about you. What was this, your idea ? All we ask is that you listen. Adriana, you want to begin ? "Christopher, I love you very much. "My only dream is that we have a happy life together. "The last few months things have got very bad with us "because of you using drugs all the time. You're high all the time and I can't take it." Be specific, hon. "When we firststarted goin' out, "we made love all the time. Now, because of the drugs..." jesus, is this fuckin' necessary ? ( Palladino ) go ahead adr "you can no longer function as a man. "L ast week when I came home to learn "that you had killed our dog. That was the final straw." Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... you killed the dog ? What'd you do that for ? It was an accident. What, was it barkin' ? He sat on her while he was high. Ah, jesus christ. I fell asleep. She got suffocated or somethin'. Are you done, adriana ? Silvio. You killed little cosette ? I oughtta suffocate you, you little prick ! Tony, we're going in order. Silvio. "When I came in to open up one morning, "there you were with your head half in the toilet. "Your hair was in the toilet water. Disgusting." I told you I had the flu. I said my peace, chrissy. Great, I can't even defend myself, now ? No one's attacking you, chris. Look, it doesn't change anything. But I can verify that he was sick for a little while. Still, this thin gwith the dog. How could you not see it on the chair ? You're getting emotional, tony. That's 'cause I know what it's like to lose a pet ! I happen to know that you were high at my mother-in-law's wake. You were talking non-stop for 20 minutes, nothing but gibberish. My mother's wake. Jesus christ. Paul ? You wanna read your statement ? I don't write nothin' down. So I'll keep this short and sweet. You're weak. You're outta control. And you've become an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else. Ho, ho, listen to you. Guys, guys, whoa, whoa, whoa. We said, "non-judgmental". Fuck that. Let him take his medicine. Seriously, paulie, you wanna talk about fuckin' up ? Watch it, chrissy. What ? I thought we're bein' honest here. You got some balls, you know that. All of you. You want to talk about self-control, how about you, sil ? Fuckin' every slut you got workin' in the place when you got a wife and kids at home. Guys, guys, whoa, whoa. Christopher ! Or you, paulie. Yeah, remember last winter in the woods with the russian guy. Christopher, I am fuckin' warnin' you ! There he goes, mr. Type "a" personality. We are here to talk about you killin' yourself with drugs ! Not my fuckin' personality ! That's right. I'm gonna kill myself ? The way you fuckin' eat you're gonna have a heart attack by the time you're 50. Paulie, sit down. You're talkin' to the boss here. Good, maybe someone will smack some goddamn sense into him ! Great, my own mother. Fuck you, you fuckin' whore ! Hey ! Oh, my god. Whoa ! Guys, guys, please ! Come on ! Stop it ! Get him up ! Excuse me ? How's he doin' ? I'm a relative. He slipped off the kitchen counter spraying for ants ? Well, he was wearin' socks. Are you aware that he has a drug problem ? Really ? The man has a hairline skull fracture. We'll admit him, keep him overnight. One minute. Give us a minute, okay ? Okay. Does it hurt ? They gave me some aspirin. Well , enjoy it 'causeit's the last fuckin' drug you're ever gonna take. I'm sorry, T. I-- shut the fuck up and listen to me. You're my nephew, christopher. And I love you. And that's the only reason you're alive right now. If it were anybody else, anybody. They would've had eir fuckin' intervention right through the back of their head. You and me... we're close. We've done a lot of things for each other. That cop shot my father. I know what you're tellin' me, I'll never forget that. This is how you repay me. I gotta worry if you're gonna flip over a nickel bag of white powder. No, tony, never. You lied to me. I told you, you were the future of this family. I gave that responsibility and you looked me in the eye and you accepted it and you were fuckin' high. Tony. Shut up. Tomorrow morning I gotta go with patsy up to this rehab place in pennsylvania. You're goin' in. You're stayin' in. You're goin' to every fuckin' session and you're gonna keep your mouth shut. Now, if you need anything, anything at all, patsy's gonna be half a mile away from you. In a motel. Do you understand what I'm sayin' to you ? Huh ? Do you understand ? Tony, I'm sorry ! How did I fuckin' get to this ? Oh, well, he comes again. Brought some pastries. Is he takin' a nap ? Yeah. Is he drivin' you to drink ? I can drive myself. Salute. ( Sighing ) I needed that. What's the matter ? Spent a long time in the hospital last night. The shit that goes on down there. I wasn't expecting visitors. How 'bout those mets ? Don't start with me and those mets. You know, I was thinkin' about you. Ah, so you're drunk already. No, no, no, no. I was just thinkin' about the way you are. How you always have this little smile. Like you got your own private joke. You don't talk much, do ya ? Well, I wish I knew your secret. Lose a leg and start makin' websites. That's the whole purpose for people like me to inspire people like you. Jesus, no offense. That's the trouble with you americans. You expect nothing bad ever to happen when the rest of the world expects only bad to happen. And they're not disappointed. Well, that's a fuckin' grim outlook. You have everything. And still you complain. You lie on couches and bitch to your psychiatrists. Ha. You got too much time to think about yourselves. Sounds like me, alright. You're not so bad. You have many fine qualities. You are big and strong, full of life. Mischief. I have always feel positive towards you. You should see yourself now. In the shadows there. With the smoke all around ya. You're beautiful. You remind me of that movie star, um... irina is beautiful. Greta garbo. May I help you ? Yeah, uh... christopher moltisanti. ( Speaking into intercom ) brad to reception,your one o'clock client is here. So you'll call me later ? No phone calls for the first two weeks. House rules. I'll write. I was thinkin' a keepin' a journal anyway. Get it published maybe under my pen name. Chris. Brad miller. Congratulations. You got here, dude. That's the hardest part. I'm gonna have to search your bag. Cigarette's are okay, right ? Cigarette's are fine. In fact they're encouraged for patients who smoke. But chris, no chocolate allowed. No caffeine, or substances containing caffeine. All set ? I love you, baby. I love you, too. ( Buzzing ) so, uh, when's bill comin' back ? Next week. Well, I'll be busy for a few days but uh... see ya when I can. I think it's not a good idea. What do ya mean ? Maybe I call you, mm, but I don't think so. You didn't like it ? I like it, very much. But tony, come on. You're a nice guy but I got my own problems. I don't want all the time prop you up. What are you fuckin' kiddin' me ? ( Speaking russian ) what you doing ? I didn't expect you so soon. Tell my uncle I'll talk to him later. ( Italian music playing ) carmela ! Carm ! ( Male announcer ) kenny lowe is not a 98, 99 mile an hour guy. ( Crowd cheering ) driven out to deep left field ! Keipler chases henderson on the run ! Safe ! Anpposite field home run... ( drums playing )

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