Hit us poor suckers with no more HBO with a FULL and DETAILED recap please.

I too see Phil embittered. I think some sort of revenge is tooling in his brain.

Ya'll know I think Ade is coming back. Ya'll say no. I'm willing to entertain that, but, if tonight's episode was any indication, I think her demise is on Christopher's mind every day and he can't get Tony's connection with it out of his mind either.

Yes Babe, he hugged Tony at the end, but his expression? Madonne!

Yes, DC, I knew it was Tony B's name, since he said, "Tony Soprano's cousin, I can't even say his name." Phil was angry that he didn't get to kill him the way he wanted to, which is why I think he was even more brutal to Vito.

Another great episode. I was saddened to see Johnny Sack die off. Seeing the cancer take over his body was very difficult to watch, and it hits especially close to home for me, for personal reasons.

I'll be keeping a close eye on Phil Leotardo. I remember him telling Johnny that he had buried the beef with Tony Soprano out of respect for him. Now that Johnny is gone, things may change.

And the look in Christopher's eyes when Tony hugged him spoke volumes.

In the previews, anyone know what house it was that the FBI was digging up?

And what about Agent Harris at the end of Tony's driveway asking him about terrorists. What was that all about?

A few other things: what's going on between AJ and his girlfriend and what happened between Finn and Meadow.

Johnny Sack is in federal prison, right? What is Warren the doctor doing in federal prison for a muliple murder, a state offense? He did mention that one of his victims was a postal worker. That could get him sent to federal prison, but I think that's doubtful.

He cheated on his taxes.

The murder of a letter carrier (in the course of his job) would be a federal offense.

That ending scene of the christening with so much more going on had a "Godfatherish" feel to it.

I wrote an email to Vincent Curatola (Johnny Sack) last night and commended him on his performance as Johnny Sack.

And he wrote me back! I've written emails to a few celebrities and never once gotten a response. I wrote this one less than 12 hours ago and he already wrote me back! Talk about a stand-up guy.

Vincent Curatola was on Geraldo last night. It was ad to see Johnny go and in a painful way. It was also good to see paulie again. Looks like Phil Leotardo might be trouble. Meadow and Finn are history. A.J looks like a fool with that beard. It also looks like Uncle Junior is back next week.

Anyone else think that Blanca is pregnant? She was acting funny.

I loved the scene with Torciano getting whacked, at first I thought it was Silvio and I was like "NO!". It was done really well.

Cool!!

Johnny Sac was clearly a major character on the series and Curatola's portrayal of him added much to the show's feeling of authenticity.

So sad to see Sack go, if not only because his acting was superb. Blanca is pregant....Tony and Christopher...man that was like the hug of death, any connection to the Michael-Fredo hug near the end of Godfather II?

It seemed almost perfect when Paulie's cell phone went off during "Cleaver". I think Phil will have "Doc" killed for having Gerry whacked, he views himself as being weak and wants to change his image. See Johnny Sac go was hard, he was a great character and I feel as though Chase wrote him out in order to develop a fued between Phil and Tony to start a NY/NJ Mafia war. Great episode overall, next week's episode looks great since it's Tony and Paulie in Florida!

Maybe it's just me but there's a lot of GF II references this season...Tony sitting by the lake and Janice looking at him from a distance, Cleaver with Saw meets GFII, The hug thing, etc.

Great episode. Watching Johnny go was real tough. It just reminded me of visiting my mom at Calvary Hospital.

I see Phil's saying "no more" as though he's not taking anymore shit. From anyone. Much like Tony after he was shot, Phil tried to mellow a bit only to find out that in that world, the strong survive. I was touched by Little Carmine, retard that he is, admitting that he doesn't want the big chair for the sake of his wife. That could change in a heartbeat, but it was nice to see last night.

My only disappointment is that the spoiler threads on other sites have been 100% accurate so far, so I fear I already know much of what's to come. I'm sorry I peeked.

Paulie continues his "poor me" or "just me" attitude (phone call and 'I beat cancer' comment).

Pizza, you're right. Phil is definitely thinking of something major. Carmine is a gem. What was that malaproprism he said? I forget.

Why is AJ's girlfriend being such a B? So, AJ is living with her? A bad neighborhood, right. Uh, oh! What does that portend?

Carmela bringing up Ade - she's not going to let that go. Something's gonna come of that. What if Tony and Ade did make it? Because it wasn't shown doesn't mean it didn't take place.

Tell me, tell me!

IMHO Blanca is becoming annoyed with A.J.

I think that she's becoming annoyed with the Soprano family period. Anyone notice the looks that she was giving Tony?

I thought that she may be pregnant when she said that she had to go to the bathroom.

Well, remember Adriana's friends, Matoosh (spelling ?) and the other guy ? It's possible that Tony could feed Agent Harris stuff about them, in a Whitey Bulger or Greg Scarpa kind of way. Then the show could very well go out with a whimper, in a life goes on kind of way. I'm sure the feds wouldn't be beyond getting in bed with a mafioso sociopath like Tony in exchange for the supposed "greater good" of the country.

I've heard rumors that alternate endings might have been filmed.

I'm sure there have been. The alleged ice cream parlor scene could all be a diversion on Chase's part. I read today that he's LIVID about all of the spoilers that have been leaked so far.

Noone's mentioned Sydney Pollack, Geraldo, and Baldwin. Good choices and good portrayals.

man r.i.p johnny sack

his demise was similar to John Gotti for me, great character and so sad to see leave, i liked the episode lots of interesting things happened that you lot have mentioned

looking good for future episodes

Three things:

The picture's director. After Christopher gives his little speech, the director is left standing there about to speak as the microphone is taken away and the picture begins.

Why would Christopher cite Tony and the rest of the investors in a public forum?

At the cast party, Little Carmine tells Meadow "The sacred and the propane." Absolutely hilarious.

A few random thoughts:

Tony seemed moved by Carmine, Jr's. desire to back out of the Mob stuff in order to lead a happier life. I'm beginning to think this is a direction that Tony will take (especially in light of how he sees Christopher now).

I got the impression that Tony didn't believe J.T.'s proclamation that he made up the boss/other guy's girlfriend story (Tony probably figured that Chris beat up J.T. causing that bump on his head). Yet, Tony STILL watched the movie (with Broderick Crawford) anyway.

The last few minutes of the episode (with Phil Leotardo proclaiming that things would change and the christening scene) were as good as any that this series has shown.

The last few scenes with Johnny Sac were particularly hard to watch. The actress that played his daughter (the one that got married last season) did a wonderful job!

Valerie Bertinelli and Kirstie Alley have nothing on Ginny and Allegra Sacrimoni.

They looked absolutely emaciated.

I thought Sydney Pollack practically stole the episode. He's got great comic timing, although it was hardly a comedic role. Awhile back he was on Will And Grace as one of the parents and he was great. Not a bad director either.

Nobody's mentioned Jerry Capeci, the real-life Mob expert that we've discussed here on the boards!

Great episode. Probably one of the best acted episodes out of all of them. Stellar performances all around. Vince Curatola has really proven himself to be an amazing actor. Looks like Phil is going to start doing things his own way, that could be interesting. And also the whole middle eastern subplot looks like its gonna become a major storyline, maybe even leading to the family's demise. Amazing show, and it's only gonna get better