My regret is I didn't find this board until years after the fact.
We used to have good time on alt.tv.sopranos, but that's just degenerated into some spam hellhole.
Its_da_Jackeeettttttt,
I didn't have HBO then. A friend at work had the first season (maybe 2) on video and she lent them to me to watch. I was hooked immediately & ordered HBO before the next season started.
Being on the West Coast it aired 3 hours later (or so I thought)on HBO. Every Sunday I'd hold back from going to the Sopranos thread cause I hadn't seen the episode yet. It killed me.
Well, little did I realize that I HAD HBO East Coast as well as West.

No, the roots are not blonde.

Needless to say, I was thrilled to join in the discussions AS the episode aired.
TIS