May 14, 2007

"The Sopranos" Last Night

Holy bloody hell. Literally. Very great, and very weird, episode that really showed the David Lynch influence on Chase that I've often read about. I won't go fully into spoilers, but let me refer to "A Nice Place to Visit," a "Twilight Zone" episode referenced by Carlo in the first gambling addiction episode, which I think is important to what happened last night:

Carlo, in Tony's doghouse for his failure to run the Family construction business as profitably as Vito, mentions an old "Twilight Zone" episode featuring a thug named Valentine. Tony cuts him off, but Carlo's apparently referring to "A Nice Place to Visit," an episode about Rocky Valentine, who dies during a robbery and wakes up in an afterlife where his every wish is granted. Every woman wants him, everybody thinks he's wonderful and every bet he makes is a winner. Eventually, Rocky grows so tired of what he assumes to be Heaven that he asks to go to "the other place," only to be told, "This is the other place."
Vegas is hell, in other words. While Costa Mesa was merely purgatory. (Kudos to TV critic Alan Sepinwall, who first noticed this.)

Matt Zoller Seitz's thoughts are also must-read, as always.

Posted by Stephen Silver at May 14, 2007 05:01 PM
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Yes, last night was very entertaining.
I can't wait for the box set to come out with everything on it.

Posted by: A at May 15, 2007 11:29 AM
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