TV: 'I GET IT!!!' - What did Tony Soprano mean?

Tue, 15 May 2007 14:44:12 GMT

WARNING: Sopranos spoilers are contained in this entry.

So I had let my DVR recordings pile up for a couple of weeks, and go a double-header of The Sopranos last night. I successfully avoided the spoilers about....

SOPRANOS SPOILER AHEAD. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOST RECENT EPISODE BEWARE!

...Christopher dying!!! That blew me away. It was weird though, that much like Tony did in the show, I found that I almost felt relieved that he was gone. He is a character you end up caring about despite his obvious bad traits. However you end up almost painfully watching him in this self destructive cycle of pulling it together just before falling apart again, usually taking new people with him. It seems that he never went down alone and someone was always left damaged (or worse) from him poising their life.

I missed it in the show, but apparently when Tony looked down in the car after the accident, he saw needles and a bag of coke. I saw the baby seat, but I somehow missed the drugs entirely. In hindsight, Tony's decision makes a lot more sense. With Christopher's inane blabbing to the screen writer about "all the things that he knew", it seemed like only a matter of time before he either purposefully flipped or compromised everyone anyway.

So as the show carried on, there was just more and more evidence that Tony has become completely devoid of feeling aside from feelings of jealousy (jealousy of the other mobster's kids, jealous of the Vegas girl mentioning Christopher...) I was commenting to my wife that they do such a good job transferring the uncomfortable air of discontent to the screen. You almost feel that anxiety that Tony seems to walk around with. Then after much of the show underscoring Tony's lack of soul, in the most unlikely circumstances, that being on peyote in the middle of the desert after tripping and watching the sunrise, he stands up and shouts at the top of his lungs:

"I GET IT!!!!!"

Has Tony just regained his soul?

What is in store for the last 3 episodes?

Any predictions?

Grand Canyon... It's on!

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 05:00:00 GMT

My father and I decided that this was the year that we would hike the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. I know this seems crazy, but it is actually a paperwork challenge to be able to hike the Grand Canyon. There is an application process in which you have to fax your request in the 1st day of the month 6 months before the intended date of your trip with a detailed itinerary, including where you will be sleeping and when. We sent faxed our paperwork in and held our breath on the 1st of April, 6 months before we hoped to go in September. After no word for a month we finally contacted them, only to find out that we had been rejected. Discouraged, but not beaten, we laid out the calendar to see if there was another time that would work. We decided that November would be acceptable, albeit a little colder. It should be in the 60s in the bottom of the canyon though where we will spend the majority of our time. Once again, we laid out our itinerary and faxed in on July 1. My dad received a letter today dated July 6, 2005 telling him that they were sorry, but they were unable to accept out application. He spent a good hour walking around the house cussing and feeling terribly disappointed. A bit later my mom noticed there was another letter from the Grand Canyon dated July 7, 2005.

Dear Mr. Shuck, we have accepted your request to hike the Grand Canyon on the dates of November 1, 2 and 3, 2005. Enlcosed are your passes, which you will need to affix to your backpack and carry with you in the canyon. There is no need to stop by the back country headquarters before departing on the trail.

So in 3.5 months, I will be taking this in....

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TV: 'I GET IT!!!' - What did Tony Soprano mean?

Grand Canyon... It's on!