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Eugene’s suicide was so visceral and realistic. It wasn’t cinematic. You could see the hopelessness in his eyes and then his body naturally tries to fight against it but its already too late.
A really funny moment occurs in this episode. Throughout the first 3 seasons whenever Livia bitched about people wanting to put her in a "nursing home", Tony would usually respond angrily, "It's an ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY!". In this episode when Janice mentions putting Junior in an "assisted living facility", he doesn't want to and exclaims "It's a NURSING HOME!". 🤣
I think she learned her lesson when Tony smashed her Cadillac headlights with a bat after she Went to Carmella complaining about money and vet bills when she’s driving a Cadillac
Kudos to Angie, she got down to it and worked hard doing crappy jobs but finally owning and running the car shop and even earning steady on the side with the crew. So hats off to Angie especially when she drops the car on Carmela, as good as a slap in the face from a woman carmela was hiding from because she was working in a supermarket. 👋👋
Hell yeah, love Ang. I've always been more of "one of them" in the eyes of other women bencause I'm strong, independent, outspoken and have no problem outshining men in their world. And I get true respect from (some) men, which seems to make submissive women resent me. I mean, I'm a Sopranos girl, I can't bring myself to give a shit about the Grey's Anatomys and other female centric snoozefest shows of the world.
She was hiding in the supermarket because she didn't want to embarrass Angie. It also frightened her, because she knows it could just as easily happen to her. If she wanted to be mean about it, she could've walked up to Ang and started talking to her, but that's her friend.
@@histguy101 I agree, at that point it terrified Carm becuase, as you said, she saw how easlily that could be her. It spurred her to try to get mmore control over the money if I recall. But that dynamic had changed by the last season. I do think that Ang was sort of rubbing her independent success in Carm's face. Carm is used to being the one that always has the newest, niceset, best of everything. And is used to getting admired and sucked up to for it by the other wives. But when Ang is oozing with self confidence, and demonstatres that she can have whatever she wants, like the Vette, AND she's EARNED it herself? I think that made Carm jealous and/or inferior, because Carm knows that EVERYTHING she owns has been given to her from Tony. ANd she knows she could not survive withot a man. The same insecurities she has about Meadow. Sorry for the long reply :)
Pu$$y going into the "witness protection program" (getting murdered) was likely the best thing that ever happened to Angie. Working in the supermarket opened her eyes to how tough life can be in the real world (the world of a woman who is not a mob wife). Thankfully Tony still had enough love for Pu$$y to allow her to run the auto body shoop that her husband had a share in. Angie grew as a person. She discovered and developed talents she never knew she has. Angie's new life after Pu$$y's disappearance is the only real positive outcome from all the characters associated with Tony Soprano.
Eugene‘s death is for sure the most difficult to watch out of the entire show. So realistic. The natural response to fight the fact he’s losing oxygen but in addition to the lifelessness in his eyes and the piss in his pants tops the scene off. Amazing show, but tragic nonetheless
My theory has always been this episode sets up the season finale. Between Tony's shirt when he's shot by Junior and the Member's Only jacket, there's a few hints to the final diner scene.
@@martijnstuart95 Is it? It's seems far more obvious that it's a meta statement on episodic television having no logical end point, rather than a theory which is entirely post hoc which hasn't been vindicated whatsoever by anyone involved with the show. Not only that, but it would actually invalidate the earned catharsis of Little Carmine's character who decided to leave the senseless violence of mob life. For him to insert himself again at the end in a way completely hidden to the viewer would be terrible writing.
Did Tony ever understand that Junior thought he was someone else when he shot him? The impression I got was that Tony never made the connection between Junior’s action and his increased dementia.
He'd have to be an idiot if he didn't know, since he was talking about Malenga throughout the episode and called him that when he shot him, but writers of later episodes had Tony acting like he thought Junior tried to kill him.
@@hahajaxsontv not really. He visits him in the last episode and is still clearly angry at Junior. He sees that his uncle’s dementia is serious, but at no point he makes the connection, especially since he leaves him behind in that state facility.
I JUST realized the shot where Tony’s passing out on the floor after being shot, is recreated at the beginning of the finale, further foreshadowing his death
I love the foreshadowing on Fortunate Son of when Eugene is being made. When Tony says "once you enter this family, theres no getting out" they show a shot of Eugene with this silly grin on his face.
The first few episodes of season 6 where really good and somewhat underrated. The first few episodes where the last of the old Sopranos. Season 7 was very dark and different, but still interesting. Tony lived, but it was sort of like the old version of the Sopranos died and they stepped into a different Soprano world after his recovery.
TV Series Like Breaking Bad, Narcos, etc. They all have that last arc of "now everything is going to hell, karma incoming!" and then it gets very dark.
One of Tony's really cruel moves not letting Eugene out of the game to retire, ii think Tony was jealous of Eugene's good fortune and simply didn't like the idea of him retiring living happily ever after. It's really harsh and petty of Tony imo. That all said we find out the Fed's have him by the balls anyway so getting out the game wasn't going to happen at least until the Fed's had used him all up.
He should have just asked to move to Florida, set up some rackets down there, and kick up to Tony. He could've eased into it. Instead, he told Tony about the money. The full amount. Then pestered him for an immediate answer.
Haha that was so brutal when Angie had a way slicker car than Carmela. Especially since she didn’t show-off about it, unlike Carm did with poor Ginny Sack.
I love how after Eugene did the hit, he wiped blood onto the map of which he was to move to, foreshadowing that it wasn’t gonna happen because of the path he chose
Thank you Kino for being on board with the members only theory. So odd that others on yt haven't really dug into it regarding the finale. It's so obvious.
Funny intro. You know, as you are closing in on the end of the show, I think you should consider going back to the beginning and go through each episode and focus on something you didn't cover previously. Something esoteric.
Isn't that the episode where Ray dies in the fed's car? They then tell Eugene they lost an asset when he is reporting to them, he figures out it's Ray, they tell him FL is a no go which alongside his son's addiction pushes him to the end?
Members Only is one of my favourite episodes maybe if only for the use of seven souls at the beginning. A lot of people imo really overanalyse the song's connection to the series and I think a lot of forced connections are drawn, although there are some that I think are valid. The part of Rem and Sekhem shows and relates to Janice and Bobby. Whilst a lot of people have come up with very wild theories it's actually very simply explaining the relationship between Janice and Bobby, Janice is the director, and Bobby is the one that pushes the buttons, it's basically just saying Janice manipulates Bobby to her own ends which we have seen and know to be true. Meadow being shown when the part of Khul the guardian angel is playing is an obvious connection, Tony refers to her as such and her presence in college literally saves his life, as does her voice help pull him out of his coma. Her being the third soul and the idea of her meant to save him three times (but is absent on the third) lines up really well. The only other notable ones are Ba and the remains, which are AJ and Carmella respectively. AJ as Ba makes the most sense since Ba is described as being "a hawk with your face on it, shrunk down" AJ bears Tony's name, also having "reached adolescence at the time of bodily death" and being "the only reliable guide through the land of the dead" suggest that AJ and Carmella die with Tony at the end. I think another really underappreciated part is the beginning of Carmella doubting the narrative about Adrianna, since Carmella has always been told by Tony that wives and kids get looked after if anything happens, what Ade shows to her is that women aren't immune in cosa nostra and it could happen to her, and her dream is the awakening of that.
Good point on the Members Only connection in this episode and final scene. The guy Eugene shoots he calls Teddy which is the same name that Febby in the College Episode calls Tony.
I always liked the opening montage in this episode it had been two years between seasons as you mentioned so it was a good and quick way to catch the audience up on what the characters had been up to as well as a way to say some heavy shit is gonna go down this season
Anybody else ever notice that the presumptive murderer wearing the Members Only jacket in the Finale resembles STEVE PERRY -- the Lead Singer of JOURNEY, whose song, "Don't Stop Believing" is playing on the diner jukebox when the screen cuts to black -- exactly as Perry would have looked at the time of the Finale (and years after recording the song and leaving the band)?
This is how we know that in the final scene of the final episode, when the screen went black at the end, that Tony was murdered by the mob guy in the Members Only jacket. All mob guys went inside to do time when the jackets were expensive and in style at the time they got put away.
In 1986 I was 8 and my mothers friend gave me her sons Members Only jacket that he out grew. It was black and beautiful. I loved that coat wearing with my spiked hair and fake Ray Ban Ray Charles glasses
I grew up on Ft Myers Beach. Lived in Ft Myers and Cape Coral, too. I will say one thing, yes, there are mafioso in Florida. My grandmother’s brother was an associate.
So crazy having a face reveal this early out of left field! it's something i would've expected for the finale or never expect at all. I did not picture you as asian though, just a plain ole white guy lol. So it begins! #Sopranostember
Not sure if you covered it and I missed it, but there’s a part that really emphasizes Tony’s Scumbag personality when he extorts Gene for “his taste” of Eugenes inheritance. Absolutely disgusting
Edit: op! Nevermind! Ol Kino Boy is on top of it! I love William Burroughs lol Congrats on the sponsor! Also I always liked the beginning of the S6E1 intro; that spoken word song is by William S. Burroughs, who was a very interesting man and varsity dope fiend.
Hey love the videos man. Just wanted to point out that the scene in Anthony Infante’s store, where Tony takes the glasses and says “I’ll get ya later….”, wasn’t like a clepto thing or just to do it. It was a calculated play meant to assure Anthony, a civilian, that he’s gonna be messed with relentlessly until the thing with Phil is resolved. It’s to drive in a point about “yea get this done, and go to your brother in law directly on this, or I’ll have people here everyday fucking with your business” it worked…..temporarily anyway ;) keep up the good work man!
I think folks get this episode wrong. Eugene didn’t kill himself to get out of the life. He did it because with him gone, his wife and son were free to move to Florida, away from the drugs.
Ha! Nice intro lol I felt like the "it's the JAACK-ETT!" Line had more of a Borat feel to it, but that's cool because I love Borat too lol "I run over'a da Beansie weeth'a my car! Veddy nice!" 👍🏿👍🏿
I'll be honest. The first time I watched this episode, I'd forgotten that Eugene was a character, so when he showed up and became important, I was like, "Oh hey. Another old friend who was never there before. I know where this is going." Then, he died the same episode, which I didn't expect, then I went online after the episode and found out, oh, he was there the whole time. Lol, my bad. In my defense, there are so many characters in this series that a lot of them sort of blend together. Even after Vito became super important, I still failed to remember that he was the guy who shot Jackie Jr. If asked to describe him, I'd say he's a dark-skinned, overweight Italian man, which, as it turns out, accurately describes about half the cast of this show. I also forgot about Patsie having a twin brother and having a grudge against Tony (this one is because I watched it in increments with long breaks in between). Tl;Dr I has the bad dumb brain.
Perfect way to put that TV Trope! They do it so often in The Sopranos. “Introducing, person that everyone knows very well who has never been seen on screen before”
Hey can you do a vid explaining the rise and fall of the sopranos crew? Like how despite the whole series everything looks to be as usual but from what i saw since the start tony was losing money and being the root of all of his own business issues
I wore a member’s only products before and I was immediately hit with buyer’s remorse. The product felt just like any other $20 product and it simply wasn’t as effective what it was meant for. Their jackets even the winter ones are very thin and doesn’t protect you from the elements that it claims to do. It just felt cheaply made. You are simply paying for just the name, nothing more. I started wearing 5.11 products and although some of their products are questionable, they never failed to last, at least for me.
Eugene’s suicide was the cause of Tony’s death imo… the great story writing blurs that with so many different possibilities but just the members only jacket is so subtle and right under your nose you think the most simple explanation isn’t it
1. You didn't do the voice, "IT'S THE JAACKETT!! 2. The Jacket was not a Members Only. It was a "leather" trench coat. The one Richie got off of Rockie DeMao. The toughest guy in west Essex, until Richie got a hold of him.
I never understood that stealing the sunglasses part it makes NO SENSE, Tony's trying to keep things cool with new York cause they could wipe them out so he steals from the bosses brother in law when all he has to do is mention it to Johnny and I assume that would make a problem cause it's pretty disrespectful.
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@Lucius Cornelius Sulla you did but you were busy cooking grilled cheese off the radiator
It's the JACKETTTT!!!
Lemme tell you a couplea tree tingz
Marone!
How much is the discount?
Eugene’s suicide was so visceral and realistic. It wasn’t cinematic. You could see the hopelessness in his eyes and then his body naturally tries to fight against it but its already too late.
I bet mine will be more realistic
The fact that he pissed himself was the topping on the cake of realism
@@Fallout3ProHunter are you alright bro?
@@Fallout3ProHunter Seriously though, you okay?
@@Fallout3ProHunter People love you man please talk to someone you trust. Help is out there.
The fact that this mad lad actually got members only to sponsor him, mad respect
IKR it's just perfect *
IKR it's just perfect *
Kino is a FUGGIN LEGEND.
My estimation of Kino just fuckin skyrocketed!!
GOT NO SPLEEN, GENE!
This fuckin Kino. He's more creative than Spielberg!
😂😂😂😂
Thats one of my favorite lines lol
Angie upstaging Carmela was unexpected but wildly satisfying.
The fact you actually partnered with members only is so cool! This channel has really grown
Amen.
I really want to get a jacket like the red one, LOL.
I'm amazed the co. is still around. My mom had one and loved it.
If they weren't so flimsy I'd get one now.
@@jh6025 Oh, do you mean Richie's leather one? That doesn't seem red though.
@@KutWrite yeah! Was it a maroon color? The one Tony gives away.
@@jh6025 To me it looks light tan.
A really funny moment occurs in this episode. Throughout the first 3 seasons whenever Livia bitched about people wanting to put her in a "nursing home", Tony would usually respond angrily, "It's an ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY!". In this episode when Janice mentions putting Junior in an "assisted living facility", he doesn't want to and exclaims "It's a NURSING HOME!". 🤣
it’s a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY!!!
Exactly
its a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
It’s a retirement community 🤌
whenever i hear the word 'nursing home' my mind immediately jumps to tony insisting it's a retirement community
Nice of Richie to send you his niece’s lingerie. He’s old school.
Didn’t he disappear into the Witness Protection Program?
@@hardatworktom2244 Yeah that's why Kino markered out the info
@Barton Farley common knowledge is the guys retarded
He sent him a jackeeet!
Angie was an underrated character. She made her bones legit after Pussy dipped, didn't complain much, despite Tony's selfishness
I think she learned her lesson when Tony smashed her Cadillac headlights with a bat after she Went to Carmella complaining about money and vet bills when she’s driving a Cadillac
@@sean5558 Phil still wasn't sitting at 12oclock though
She threw a fit about that new factory seat Phil wanted
@@manny44 id throw a fit too if 12 o clock was virtually unobtainable. Body shop's a busy schedule
@@isaacster5027 we never did find out how that was resolved, maybe if the seat wasn't askew the car would've rolled softly over his head
The intro to this season is top-tier. The way each character represents the seven souls and foreshadows their end is great.
Plus, THAT Meadow dance!
Kudos to Angie, she got down to it and worked hard doing crappy jobs but finally owning and running the car shop and even earning steady on the side with the crew.
So hats off to Angie especially when she drops the car on Carmela, as good as a slap in the face from a woman carmela was hiding from because she was working in a supermarket.
👋👋
She was one of us, now she's one of them - Carm to Ro.
Hell yeah, love Ang. I've always been more of "one of them" in the eyes of other women bencause I'm strong, independent, outspoken and have no problem outshining men in their world. And I get true respect from (some) men, which seems to make submissive women resent me. I mean, I'm a Sopranos girl, I can't bring myself to give a shit about the Grey's Anatomys and other female centric snoozefest shows of the world.
She was hiding in the supermarket because she didn't want to embarrass Angie. It also frightened her, because she knows it could just as easily happen to her.
If she wanted to be mean about it, she could've walked up to Ang and started talking to her, but that's her friend.
@@histguy101 I agree, at that point it terrified Carm becuase, as you said, she saw how easlily that could be her. It spurred her to try to get mmore control over the money if I recall. But that dynamic had changed by the last season. I do think that Ang was sort of rubbing her independent success in Carm's face. Carm is used to being the one that always has the newest, niceset, best of everything. And is used to getting admired and sucked up to for it by the other wives. But when Ang is oozing with self confidence, and demonstatres that she can have whatever she wants, like the Vette, AND she's EARNED it herself? I think that made Carm jealous and/or inferior, because Carm knows that EVERYTHING she owns has been given to her from Tony. ANd she knows she could not survive withot a man. The same insecurities she has about Meadow. Sorry for the long reply :)
Pu$$y going into the "witness protection program" (getting murdered) was likely the best thing that ever happened to Angie. Working in the supermarket opened her eyes to how tough life can be in the real world (the world of a woman who is not a mob wife). Thankfully Tony still had enough love for Pu$$y to allow her to run the auto body shoop that her husband had a share in. Angie grew as a person. She discovered and developed talents she never knew she has. Angie's new life after Pu$$y's disappearance is the only real positive outcome from all the characters associated with Tony Soprano.
It’s an honor to be joined by men this sopranostember
I'd be honored if Kino married my cousin...
Eugene‘s death is for sure the most difficult to watch out of the entire show. So realistic. The natural response to fight the fact he’s losing oxygen but in addition to the lifelessness in his eyes and the piss in his pants tops the scene off. Amazing show, but tragic nonetheless
For me the most death are hard...
Or funny.
Ok for real, the ad is probably the best part. "And nothing else" had me rollin.
My theory has always been this episode sets up the season finale.
Between Tony's shirt when he's shot by Junior and the Member's Only jacket, there's a few hints to the final diner scene.
David Cage is a phenomenal writer so there’s no doubt in my mind that he’s preemptively setting up the finale.
@@RustyShacklferd1996 you mean David chase lol David cage is the guy who made Detroit: become Human
I can't fathom why the "tony dies in the end" interpretation is so popular
@@donjuanmckenzie4897 Because it is by far the most logical one?
@@martijnstuart95 Is it? It's seems far more obvious that it's a meta statement on episodic television having no logical end point, rather than a theory which is entirely post hoc which hasn't been vindicated whatsoever by anyone involved with the show. Not only that, but it would actually invalidate the earned catharsis of Little Carmine's character who decided to leave the senseless violence of mob life. For him to insert himself again at the end in a way completely hidden to the viewer would be terrible writing.
I wanted Richie's jacket. I compromised. I wore Eugene's instead.
Good choice. Eugene's came with a nice necktie. 😉
@@airmackeeee6792OHH!
The Members Only Tie-in is top tier sponsored content. Love watching your channel evolve!
Hear hear *
This dude is an absolute boss.
Did Tony ever understand that Junior thought he was someone else when he shot him? The impression I got was that Tony never made the connection between Junior’s action and his increased dementia.
In the last episode
He'd have to be an idiot if he didn't know, since he was talking about Malenga throughout the episode and called him that when he shot him, but writers of later episodes had Tony acting like he thought Junior tried to kill him.
Yeah it took him awhile to put that together lol 😂
@@histguy101 Tony totally held a grudge, tho, it was almost like cognitive dissonance or something.
@@hahajaxsontv not really. He visits him in the last episode and is still clearly angry at Junior. He sees that his uncle’s dementia is serious, but at no point he makes the connection, especially since he leaves him behind in that state facility.
I JUST realized the shot where Tony’s passing out on the floor after being shot, is recreated at the beginning of the finale, further foreshadowing his death
-.-
steal?! just an unlucky coincidence that they all forgot their wallets.
I love the foreshadowing on Fortunate Son of when Eugene is being made. When Tony says "once you enter this family, theres no getting out" they show a shot of Eugene with this silly grin on his face.
Member's Only? You were told to kick up to Borko.
Borko, you mean that other pigmy things going on on UA-cam? Fook, I’m a huge fan of him as well………..dammit, I’m Paulie Walnuts.
@@brettbaratheon9776 Historically, Kino always said that Borko is nothing more than a glorified youtuber
Aye pal borko wants his restitution!
@@brettbaratheon9776
Sucking mainstream pewnuts doesn't make one Walnuts.
Seven souls was one of the coolest moments of the show
also I hope they let you keep the jacket
Kino leads the world in computerized 'members only' jacket giveaways
Here we go boys, it's Sopranostember. Gonna be a blast. I got my gabbagool ready
You mean your grilled cheese? Off the radiator?
It's just fat and nitrates
Actually teaming up with 'Members Only'. What a legend!!!
The first few episodes of season 6 where really good and somewhat underrated. The first few episodes where the last of the old Sopranos. Season 7 was very dark and different, but still interesting. Tony lived, but it was sort of like the old version of the Sopranos died and they stepped into a different Soprano world after his recovery.
TV Series Like Breaking Bad, Narcos, etc. They all have that last arc of "now everything is going to hell, karma incoming!" and then it gets very dark.
funniest ad tie-in i've seen. THE JAAAACKEEETTTT!!
One of Tony's really cruel moves not letting Eugene out of the game to retire, ii think Tony was jealous of Eugene's good fortune and simply didn't like the idea of him retiring living happily ever after.
It's really harsh and petty of Tony imo.
That all said we find out the Fed's have him by the balls anyway so getting out the game wasn't going to happen at least until the Fed's had used him all up.
He couldn’t though, once you’re in, there’s no getting out.
Rules are rules. Plus he took an oath. Can't just up and leave whenever you feel like it
@@brettbaratheon9776 At the very least, if you somehow do manage to get out, they will pull you back in.
He should have just asked to move to Florida, set up some rackets down there, and kick up to Tony. He could've eased into it.
Instead, he told Tony about the money. The full amount. Then pestered him for an immediate answer.
@@histguy101 literally he could bought his way out idk giving tony 200 or 250k and get the F out but the fbi had him by the balls
Haha that was so brutal when Angie had a way slicker car than Carmela. Especially since she didn’t show-off about it, unlike Carm did with poor Ginny Sack.
there was not much difference between the 2 cars i think the cayenne is 47k at that time and the Z06 was like 51k
@mohamedhichemmouzali6505 yeah but the vette is a coochie magnet
I love how after Eugene did the hit, he wiped blood onto the map of which he was to move to, foreshadowing that it wasn’t gonna happen because of the path he chose
I actually bought a classic, mint green member's only jacket like 5 years ago. Thing is so comfy.
"comfy" ?? What are you a poofta,?
I had no clue that Members Only was still in business.
They're sold at Macy's for like 80 bucks
@@kerrystrother1560 , WTF? Those jackets were ugly as heck back then, so people are actually wearing them now?
@@kerrystrother1560 , or are talking about what they sold for back then?
@@Tony.Technics.1200s Thats what they were selling for last Christmas. I've seen quite a few of them recently
@@kerrystrother1560 , Oh wow, I had no clue, tnx
As another fan of Richie. I'm glad you used him of all characters as your good pal. Maybe the next box from him will be from satriales 😂
Lol ,no need to pick him up at the airport or anything..people are so helpful these days.
You can never truly delete any forms or data, Kino. I need to remind you that we lead the world in computerized data collection.
In season 1 all Carm needed to buy her off was a new pair of designer shoes and a bag. By season 6 it was $600k to build a house and a new Porsche.
The jacketttt
🤌🏻
Me: Say it. Say it. SAY IT!
Kino: It's the jacket!
Me: YEAAAAAHHH!
Episode directed by Tim Van Patten, aka "Salami" from The White Shadow. Capicola, salami, it's all coming together.
And Joyce Van Patten as a shrink.
We lead the world in computorised data collection, there's no way you can delete the data after the giveaway ends.
You seriously think anyone who is arsed can't get hold of you anyway?
@@DaveSCameron it's a reference from the show, Artie yells that to Martina after their fight
@@hmmm5155 Oh yes I remember now, you missed the old "" s😉
dude, you got partnered with member's only, that's honestly sick as hell. Good job bud. Love the channel, happy to relive the sopranos with you.
Can we all appreciate Kino's girlfriend lending her underwear for this intro. Salut.
Just don’t let Paulie Walnuts anywhere near it.
episode should be called "A Couple of Three Things Only"
Thank you Kino for being on board with the members only theory. So odd that others on yt haven't really dug into it regarding the finale. It's so obvious.
I approved of Meadow's dance in the opening montage of Season 6. Should extend the scene to really highlight Jamie-Lynn Sigler's performance, ya know.
Fake horny
Funny that Tony's face looks just like it does in the last episode when he wakes up in bed that looks like a casket lol
This is my favorite Pure Kino video. I wish it was longer.
Funny intro. You know, as you are closing in on the end of the show, I think you should consider going back to the beginning and go through each episode and focus on something you didn't cover previously. Something esoteric.
That sushi restaurant was across the street from my high school in Wayne NJ
Isn't that the episode where Ray dies in the fed's car? They then tell Eugene they lost an asset when he is reporting to them, he figures out it's Ray, they tell him FL is a no go which alongside his son's addiction pushes him to the end?
You forgot about how the song seven souls talks abt a guardian angel when meadow is shown which forshadows Tony’s death in a way
Members Only is one of my favourite episodes maybe if only for the use of seven souls at the beginning. A lot of people imo really overanalyse the song's connection to the series and I think a lot of forced connections are drawn, although there are some that I think are valid. The part of Rem and Sekhem shows and relates to Janice and Bobby. Whilst a lot of people have come up with very wild theories it's actually very simply explaining the relationship between Janice and Bobby, Janice is the director, and Bobby is the one that pushes the buttons, it's basically just saying Janice manipulates Bobby to her own ends which we have seen and know to be true. Meadow being shown when the part of Khul the guardian angel is playing is an obvious connection, Tony refers to her as such and her presence in college literally saves his life, as does her voice help pull him out of his coma. Her being the third soul and the idea of her meant to save him three times (but is absent on the third) lines up really well. The only other notable ones are Ba and the remains, which are AJ and Carmella respectively. AJ as Ba makes the most sense since Ba is described as being "a hawk with your face on it, shrunk down" AJ bears Tony's name, also having "reached adolescence at the time of bodily death" and being "the only reliable guide through the land of the dead" suggest that AJ and Carmella die with Tony at the end. I think another really underappreciated part is the beginning of Carmella doubting the narrative about Adrianna, since Carmella has always been told by Tony that wives and kids get looked after if anything happens, what Ade shows to her is that women aren't immune in cosa nostra and it could happen to her, and her dream is the awakening of that.
Imagine being such an Alpha male, that you get Members Only to sponsor you. Dude you’re the Goat!
Good point on the Members Only connection in this episode and final scene. The guy Eugene shoots he calls Teddy which is the same name that Febby in the College Episode calls Tony.
The actor is also one of the dudes from Capone’s crew in Boardwalk Empire
I always liked the opening montage in this episode it had been two years between seasons as you mentioned so it was a good and quick way to catch the audience up on what the characters had been up to as well as a way to say some heavy shit is gonna go down this season
Anybody else ever notice that the presumptive murderer wearing the Members Only jacket in the Finale resembles STEVE PERRY -- the Lead Singer of JOURNEY, whose song, "Don't Stop Believing" is playing on the diner jukebox when the screen cuts to black -- exactly as Perry would have looked at the time of the Finale (and years after recording the song and leaving the band)?
Yeah I noticed that big time.
In a million year, I would never have guessed what you actually look like. From a fellow asian in Cambodia.
This is how we know that in the final scene of the final episode, when the screen went black at the end, that Tony was murdered by the mob guy in the Members Only jacket.
All mob guys went inside to do time when the jackets were expensive and in style at the time they got put away.
This is so crazy I was just thinking of getting a members only jacket for the many saints of Newark showings in october
I never noticed Sil walking out with sunglasses too. Lmao
That was an amazing intro. I almost fell out of my chair laughing
4:36 you got me there LOL
Completely unexpected out of nowhere Kino face reveal!! What a cutie 😍
In 1986 I was 8 and my mothers friend gave me her sons Members Only jacket that he out grew. It was black and beautiful. I loved that coat wearing with my spiked hair and fake Ray Ban Ray Charles glasses
I grew up on Ft Myers Beach. Lived in Ft Myers and Cape Coral, too. I will say one thing, yes, there are mafioso in Florida. My grandmother’s brother was an associate.
So crazy having a face reveal this early out of left field! it's something i would've expected for the finale or never expect at all. I did not picture you as asian though, just a plain ole white guy lol. So it begins! #Sopranostember
He did a podcast recently with sopranos theories where he revealed his face
Not sure if you covered it and I missed it, but there’s a part that really emphasizes Tony’s Scumbag personality when he extorts Gene for “his taste” of Eugenes inheritance. Absolutely disgusting
Here we go, Don't wake me up when September ends, let me absorb Kinos magical work...
-Finally sees Kino
..just a...just a fucking kid....a baby
Edit: op! Nevermind! Ol Kino Boy is on top of it! I love William Burroughs lol
Congrats on the sponsor!
Also I always liked the beginning of the S6E1 intro; that spoken word song is by William S. Burroughs, who was a very interesting man and varsity dope fiend.
Bro 9:36 was hilarious how briefly you covered that suicide xD
4:13 how many times do I have to tell you? Green Grove is a retirement community!
'You still liking the jacket, Kino?''
I'm always amazed that things that I remembered as having spun out over several episodes, actually happened in the same episode.
Before watching the Sopranos, I really believed Gabagool was a made up word
It basically is, it just refers to capicola
Hey love the videos man. Just wanted to point out that the scene in Anthony Infante’s store, where Tony takes the glasses and says “I’ll get ya later….”, wasn’t like a clepto thing or just to do it. It was a calculated play meant to assure Anthony, a civilian, that he’s gonna be messed with relentlessly until the thing with Phil is resolved. It’s to drive in a point about “yea get this done, and go to your brother in law directly on this, or I’ll have people here everyday fucking with your business” it worked…..temporarily anyway ;) keep up the good work man!
I think folks get this episode wrong. Eugene didn’t kill himself to get out of the life. He did it because with him gone, his wife and son were free to move to Florida, away from the drugs.
Two things can be true
This is a weird thing to admit but I find myself listing off kinos patrons in order throughout my day sometimes lol
Just watch out for who's around before you mention placentajuan
Ha! Nice intro lol I felt like the "it's the JAACK-ETT!" Line had more of a Borat feel to it, but that's cool because I love Borat too lol "I run over'a da Beansie weeth'a my car! Veddy nice!" 👍🏿👍🏿
It's the jaaaaaaaacket! Fuck yeah, stoked for this month, thanks Kino
The Burroughs intro is one of my favorite moments from the series. He sounds like the voice of Death personified.
I'll be honest. The first time I watched this episode, I'd forgotten that Eugene was a character, so when he showed up and became important, I was like, "Oh hey. Another old friend who was never there before. I know where this is going." Then, he died the same episode, which I didn't expect, then I went online after the episode and found out, oh, he was there the whole time. Lol, my bad.
In my defense, there are so many characters in this series that a lot of them sort of blend together. Even after Vito became super important, I still failed to remember that he was the guy who shot Jackie Jr. If asked to describe him, I'd say he's a dark-skinned, overweight Italian man, which, as it turns out, accurately describes about half the cast of this show. I also forgot about Patsie having a twin brother and having a grudge against Tony (this one is because I watched it in increments with long breaks in between).
Tl;Dr I has the bad dumb brain.
Perfect way to put that TV Trope! They do it so often in The Sopranos. “Introducing, person that everyone knows very well who has never been seen on screen before”
Hey can you do a vid explaining the rise and fall of the sopranos crew? Like how despite the whole series everything looks to be as usual but from what i saw since the start tony was losing money and being the root of all of his own business issues
I wore a member’s only products before and I was immediately hit with buyer’s remorse. The product felt just like any other $20 product and it simply wasn’t as effective what it was meant for. Their jackets even the winter ones are very thin and doesn’t protect you from the elements that it claims to do. It just felt cheaply made. You are simply paying for just the name, nothing more. I started wearing 5.11 products and although some of their products are questionable, they never failed to last, at least for me.
BRO - You actually partnered with Member's Only - Amazing!
Great intro btw - been following you since the season 1 recaps.
Robbing those sunglasses was a power move aimed at Johnny Sack
Eugene’s suicide was the cause of Tony’s death imo… the great story writing blurs that with so many different possibilities but just the members only jacket is so subtle and right under your nose you think the most simple explanation isn’t it
That code saved me $4 off that jacket
I had no idea they still made those jackets. Brings back the 80’s cool . I had one in burgundy
Damn I missed out on the offer, who do I have to whack to get one ;)
1. You didn't do the voice, "IT'S THE JAACKETT!!
2. The Jacket was not a Members Only. It was a "leather" trench coat. The one Richie got off of Rockie DeMao. The toughest guy in west Essex, until Richie got a hold of him.
Pure Kino, borko, SopranoTheories, Don Junior, TonySoprano….I’m going to survive this Sopranos UA-cam war by the skin of my nuts.
Don't forget the new kid on the block, Sapranos street, already got like 3 videos out on the street
That was your best intro EVA!
So far. 😉
Man oh man, Christmas came early. 21 days of Sochristmas.
Congratulations on the Members' Only sponsorship. Who knows, maybe we'll see you hanging out at the counter in Holsten's...
Season 6 was dark as fuuckk
This first episode got me depressed
LMAO that intro.
Best intro and sponsorship, keep it up Kino!
I never understood that stealing the sunglasses part it makes NO SENSE, Tony's trying to keep things cool with new York cause they could wipe them out so he steals from the bosses brother in law when all he has to do is mention it to Johnny and I assume that would make a problem cause it's pretty disrespectful.
Like when Biff steals the pen.
I felt so bad for Eugene...I mean the actor really captured what it means to have no where left to go. Sad.