sopranos

neocon · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:05

Which is the best series of the Sopranos? Should I start at 1 or go stright to 5?

I've never even seen it before, but am a fan of Goodfellas.

Judge Mortis · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:07

You MUST start with series 1 ...... It is one of the best series I have seen.

Faded · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:12

I'd never seen it as of a month ago but have now got up to Season 6.

Definately start with Season 1 as it helps with a lot of the character building, and remember its only 13 episodes a season, not your usual 20-24 as with other US shows so it shouldn't take that long.

Just be prepared for some of the most brilliant TV you have seen in a while

scorza · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:34

Definitely start with season 1. Lots of the bit-part actors in goodfellas have fuller roles in the sopranos.

Vixen · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:35

Start from the beginning so you can pick up stories and characters. If you were to start at season 6, you would be ruining a LOT for yourself when you went back.

Deluxe1 · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:37

You have to start at the beginning.

malccy · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:56

Such a shame it's finished now - one of the few good tv programmes around.

Muffin` · 22 Jul 2007 at 20:57

malccy said:
Such a shame it's finished now - one of the few good tv programmes around.

Aye, another fine HBO production

FeFiDoh · 22 Jul 2007 at 21:09

first episode of S1 is funny "ouch my leg"

Funniest ep has to be in S3 though I think it is when chris and paulie are in the woods, hilarious

ESP/BSS · 22 Jul 2007 at 22:44

R5Rich said:
first episode of S1 is funny "ouch my leg"

Funniest ep has to be in S3 though I think it is when chris and paulie are in the woods, hilarious

Agreed - the episode is called Pine Barrens, absolutely hilarious:

Tony Soprano: [over the phone] It's a bad connection so I'm gonna talk fast! The guy you're looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed!
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: Get the **** outta here.
Tony Soprano: Yeah. Nice, huh? He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy's like a Russian green beret. He can not come back and tell this story. You understand?
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: I hear you.
[hangs up]
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
Christopher Moltisanti: His house looked like ****.

To my mind, the third season is the last one worth bothering with. It became rather cliched and formulaic after this (there are some good episodes in other seasons though). And I worshipped the first three seasons. TV at its best.

Loki · 22 Jul 2007 at 23:16

Just watches season 1 as I only started watching it at Season 2.

Like most of the advice in here Season 1 is your starter for 10

rossyl · 23 Jul 2007 at 13:11

loads of hilarioous, disgusting and truly shocking moments throughout the six series.

Stoddy · 23 Jul 2007 at 13:41

I am going to miss The Sopranos. Pine Barrens was a great episode

panthro · 23 Jul 2007 at 14:09

I havent seen the second half of series 6 yet, but all I can say is that The Sporanos is the greatest TV show I have ever seen in my life.

Along with Curb Your Enthusiasm.

anksta · 23 Jul 2007 at 14:14

Sopranos has to be the greatest program ever, gotta start with S1, missin out loads if you dont. Pine Barrens is an awesome episode.

I dont know many other program that can blend so many elements so well. James Gandolfini puts in some of the greatest performances ever, has to be oscar worthy performances in more than half the episodes, I'm glad its not a film though.

The Sopranos seems to always draw comparisons to Goodfellas, Casino etc. but they're like 2 hours at most, Godfather all 3 films is still nowhere near as long as just 1 season of Sopranos. I dont reckon any of these films could have kept up anywhere near the same quality as the sopranos had they been series.

YoungBlood · 23 Jul 2007 at 14:33

I think I watched about the first 2/3 seasons of this, up to the point where Tony's phyciatrist has a incident in a stair well (don't wanna spoil it for people starting to watch it).
After that it seemed to drop off in quality slightly, I was dissapointed that she did'nt get Tony to sort the guy out.
Anway do things start to pick up again in the later seasons? and has its been canceled/concluded does the ending make watching the rest of the seasons worthwhile?
6 seasons seems awefully short to conclude such a open ended TV show.

melbourne720 · 23 Jul 2007 at 14:35

Judge Mortis said:
You MUST start with series 1 ...... It is one of the best series I have seen.

Agreed, easily the best season. IMHO the best thing from the states since Homicide: Life on the Streets.

jdderbys · 23 Jul 2007 at 17:11

always start from the first. This way if you like it you have a further 5 seasons!

NokkonWud · 23 Jul 2007 at 18:08

Must start on season 1, however season 3 takes some beating, especially the episode Pine Barrens: Link

Interestingly, prior to making this post I wasn't aware of how high the mark for this episode was

. Directed by Steve Buscemi as well, first episode directed by him.

As good as The Sopranos is though, I definitely prefer The Shield.

Johno please? · 23 Jul 2007 at 20:29

R5Rich said:
first episode of S1 is funny "ouch my leg"

Funniest ep has to be in S3 though I think it is when chris and paulie are in the woods, hilarious

Aye roflmao, I was cracking up when he started shooting his shoe.

I love how angry Paulie gets.