What do you consider the best Sopranos episodes?

[Dave24]

What do you all consider the greatest and best sopranos episodes?


For me these episodes were what I considered the best:

1x5 College

1x8 The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti

1x9 Boca

1x13 I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano

2x4 Commendatori

2x6 The Happy Wanderer

2x9 From Where to Eternity

2x10 Bust Out

2x11 House Arrest

2x13 Funhouse

3x1 Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood

3x2 Proshai, Livushka

3x3 Fortunate Son

3x6 University

3x10 ...To Save Us All from Satan's Power

3x11 Pine Barrens

3x12 Amour Fou

3x13 Army of One

4x1 For All Debts Public and Private

4x2 No Show

4x9 Whoever Did This

4x12 Eloise

4x13 Whitecaps

5x1 Two Tonys

5x5 Irregular Around the Margins

5x9 Unidentified Black Males

5x10 Cold Cuts

5x12 Long Term Parking

5x13 All Due Respect

6x9 The Ride

7x1 Soprano Home Movies

7x2 Stage 5

7x3 Remember When

7x5 Walk Like a Man

7x6 Kennedy and Heidi

7x8 The Blue Comet

7x9 Made in America







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[Bigblackted4]

So WhiteCaps instantly came to mind but I might do some research and come with a better answer. I think it’s one of the best close outs to a season of any show I’ve watched. Packed with a lot and also foreshadows a bunch as well. Cold Cuts is another one that came to mind as well. That dinner scene

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Funhouse is probably my favorite

 

[smoove157]

this is good stuff.

I know a lot of people will say pine barrens..... theres some great stuff there. the guy was an interior decorator.....

don't think I have one specific favorite, but I love Season 1 episode 12 Isabella

the fact that your mom convinces your uncle to put a hit out on you.... the whole thing is incredibly fukked up

we also have Tony tripping on the Lithium to the point where he's having fake lunch with a made up Italian shorty BUT, dude was with it enough to thwart the hit

 

[Lootpack]

College - Sets the tone of the show and where I actually began thinking that I was seeing something special. Identity defining episode.

Funhouse - I love how surreal this episode was with the dreams. As someone who watched Twin Peaks, you can see the inspirations drawn from it. It wasn't a one trick pony either....there were similar dreams all throughout the show. Out of all the season closers, this one hits the hardest with p*ssy.

Whoever Did This - A haunting episode in a haunting season. The end scene with Tony looking into the mirror and Tracee's pic being attached after what had transpired was

Long Term Parking - I cringe everytime I watch this episode just off of how brutal and devastating it was. I wasn't the biggest Ade fan, but that was hard to watch.

Whitecaps - The chemistry between James and Edie in this episode. You felt like a fly on the wall with just how real the argument felt. I swear I ducked when Carmella threw them bags out the window.

Kennedy & Heidi - I hated this one at first. We see Tony stoop to the lowest of the low here, and as hard as it was to watch, the episode from beginning to end was structured really well. Tony wildin out on peyote and Sarah Shahi's appearance made for some top of the line television.

 

[Robbie3000]

Obviously Pine Barrens was a classic. Don’t remember the titles, but the fever dream episodes: Season 1(attempted assassination), Season 2(p*ssy gets whacked) and Season 5( Tony B kills Philly’s brother) were some of my favorites.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

S1: Isabella
S2: Funhouse
S3: University & Pine Barrens
S4: Whitecaps
S5: Long Term Parking
S6A: Join the Club & The Ride
S6B: Kennedy & Heidi & The Second Coming

S2 > S6B > S1 > S3 > S5 > S6A > S4.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Good list @Dave24, I'm a sucker for eps with funny Christopher moments so I want to add Live Free or Die and Luxury Lounge. Dude was hilarious in these.
Live Free or Die is one of the funniest eps period just for the reactions to finding out Vito is gay.
Christopher's speed walk into the Bing is the best.

 

[Bigblackted4]

S1: Isabella
S2: Funhouse
S3: University & Pine Barrens
S4: Whitecaps
S5: Long Term Parking
S6A: Join the Club & The Ride
S6B: Kennedy & Heidi & The Second Coming

S2 > S6B > S1 > S3 > S5 > S6A > S4.

Interesting your list of seasons

 

[The G.O.D II]

Pine fukking barrens(no explanation. Interior decorator)
University(Brutal episode juxtaposing that strippers abuse by Ralph and Meadow by the half breed)
Whitecaps(Probably James and Falcos best performances through the whole season)
Employee of the month(Melfi brutal rape and the conflict of possibly unleashing tony after the cops release the rapist was great to watch)
College( The episode that put this show in the map)
The knight in white satin armor( Janice kills Richie in a solid twist. Really show how crazy she was)
Made in America(Phil’s death is hilarious plus the forever debated ending on tony fate)
Funhouse(the best of the dream episodes and Big p*ssy ending)
Long term parking( Ad The dream sequence of her leaving that transition to the reality of her in the car was Silvio still is heartbreaking)
Kennedy and Heidi(Tony finally puts Chris out his misery. Then fukks one of his side pieces and does hallucinating drugs in Vegas)

 

[Lootpack]

Good list @Dave24, I'm a sucker for eps with funny Christopher moments so I want to add Live Free or Die and Luxury Lounge. Dude was hilarious in these.
Live Free or Die is one of the funniest eps period just for the reactions to finding out Vito is gay.
Christopher's speed walk into the Bing is the best.

Christofah really got some of the best episodes in the show, although some of them swing tragically for him

The Ride and Walk Like a Man are gems.

 

[Lefty Gunz]

Pine Barrens, College and Long term Parking

 

[Dave24]

Pine fukking barrens(no explanation. Interior decorator)
University(Brutal episode juxtaposing that strippers abuse by Ralph and Meadow by the half breed)
Whitecaps(Probably James and Falcos best performances through the whole season)
Employee of the month(Melfi brutal rape and the conflict of possibly unleashing tony after the cops release the rapist was great to watch)
College( The episode that put this show in the map)
The knight in white satin armor( Janice kills Richie in a solid twist. Really show how crazy she was)
Made in America(Phil’s death is hilarious plus the forever debated ending on tony fate)
Funhouse(the best of the dream episodes and Big p*ssy ending)
Long term parking( Ad The dream sequence of her leaving that transition to the reality of her in the car was Silvio still is heartbreaking)
Kennedy and Heidi(Tony finally puts Chris out his misery. Then fukks one of his side pieces and does hallucinating drugs in Vegas)

Great list! In University felt that Meadow and Noah were both emotionally abusive to Meadow's roommate. Thought it was hypocritical that meadow got upset at tony for not being sympathetic with regards to caitlyn mental issues yet meadow was the same way.

 

[NZA]

Pine Barrens

 

[Paper Boi]

i think College captured the theme of the show and Tony's dilemma perfectly.

balancing being a family man and a high level wise guy.

also showed us that he wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty, when he didn't have to. really had his sociopathy on display. flipping switches from loving father to cold blooded killer like it was nothing.