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Woke Up [The Echoes] This Morning

Further cementing this season's place as the best in the history of The Sopranos, a minor plot device in this week's episode is last year's Notre Dame-Michigan game (so this season is apparently set is the fall of 2005...), the second game in Coach Charlie Weis' Notre Dame career and a monster upset that ended with the Irish beating the Wolverines 17-10, ending their 16-game winning streak.

Other than that, so far it's an Artie Bucco-heavy episode.  Two whackings and a guest appearance by a fastidious and scatterbrained Ben Kingsley round out the highlight reel so far.

To be updated after the second half...

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Update:

My, my, Artie knows about a thousand ways to say, "Kill me Mr. Fazio."  The episode concluded in similarly Bucco-heavy fashion.  The restaurateur gets into a violent scuffle with mafioso Benny Fazio, leaving him battered and with a skinless right arm.  All in all, the show did little to advance any of the ongoing plot lines, other than Christopher's Hollywood dreams, which did offer some of the bright spots in the second half.

After joining Kingsley on a fabulous shopping spree and becoming miffed about the social injustice of celebrities getting free merchandise, Christopher (or his proxy) proceeds to mug Lauren Bacall (also playing herself) and snatch her basket of swag following what appeared to be an awards show.

Later, in a satisfying jab at Hollywood fashion, Tony is wholly unimpressed by his "cut", which includes a fussy wristwatch and a Burberry tote "for a pocket dog".

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Woke Up [The Echoes] This Morning

Further cementing this season's place as the best in the history of The Sopranos, a minor plot device in this week's episode is last year's Notre Dame-Michigan game (so this season is apparently set is the fall of 2005...), the second game in Coach Charlie Weis' Notre Dame career and a monster upset that ended with the Irish beating the Wolverines 17-10, ending their 16-game winning streak.

Other than that, so far it's an Artie Bucco-heavy episode.  Two whackings and a guest appearance by a fastidious and scatterbrained Ben Kingsley round out the highlight reel so far.

To be updated after the second half...

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Update:

My, my, Artie knows about a thousand ways to say, "Kill me Mr. Fazio."  The episode concluded in similarly Bucco-heavy fashion.  The restaurateur gets into a violent scuffle with mafioso Benny Fazio, leaving him battered and with a skinless right arm.  All in all, the show did little to advance any of the ongoing plot lines, other than Christopher's Hollywood dreams, which did offer some of the bright spots in the second half.

After joining Kingsley on a fabulous shopping spree and becoming miffed about the social injustice of celebrities getting free merchandise, Christopher (or his proxy) proceeds to mug Lauren Bacall (also playing herself) and snatch her basket of swag following what appeared to be an awards show.

Later, in a satisfying jab at Hollywood fashion, Tony is wholly unimpressed by his "cut", which includes a fussy wristwatch and a Burberry tote "for a pocket dog".