Shook the Spot
May 25, 2006
HBO is taking Memorial Weekend off . . . replaying the last three episodes, for anyone who needs to catch up . . . so in the interim, here's a recap of the season thus far and a thought or two on the impending season sort-of-finale . . .
Season Premiere [Comments] [Post Two] [Comments]
OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 1 . . . "MEMBERS ONLY"
THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 1 . . . "MEMBERS ONLY" . . . SPOILERS
Best Line: "What are you, a hockey player? You took an oath. There's no retiring from this." —Tony
Off-Camera [Comments] [Post Two] [Comments]
"YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST ENVELOPE" . . . TONY NETS $1 MIL PER EPISODE FOR FINAL EIGHT . . . CAPTAINS LOOK TO RE-UP AS WELL . . . SPAT WITH HBO — IT'S NOT TV, IT'S CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS . . . JOURNAL, TIMES TRY THEIR HANDS AT LAME MAFIA PUNS
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 2 . . . "JOIN THE CLUB" . . . NEW DEETS ON THE SHOOTING . . . IF ONLY TONY HAD A LifeAlert EMERGENCY PENDANT . . . SPOILER IN THE EPISODE SYNOPSIS . . . CHIANESE SEES HIMSELF IN SIX FLAGS GUY . . . NEW YORK TIMES NOT OPTIMISTIC FOR TONY TURNAROUND . . . "HE IS CERTAINLY OFF TO A BAD START"
Episode 2 [Comments]
"OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN / STAY THERE!" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 2 . . . "JOIN THE CLUB" . . . AJ VOWS REVENGE . . . CHRISTOPHER FIGHTS TERRORISM . . . THE FAMILY HUDDLES . . . AND INTRODUCING KEVIN FINNERTY AS TONY'S ALTEREGO . . . WHIP OUT DAD'S TWELVE-DISC TONY BENNETT BOX SET
Best Line: "Maybe he was a homo and thought there was no one he could talk to about it. It happens, you know." —Bobby
Episode 3 [Comments]
"SKIP'S GONNA MAKE IT" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 3 . . . "MAYHAM" . . . JAMES GANDOLFINI WAKES UP, A NEW MAN . . . CHRISSY WRITES HIS OWN ENDING . . . AJ, UNARMED, HITS A&E . . . CARMELLA BARES ALL ON THE COUCH . . . AND THE LADIES MACBETH
Best Line: "What if I am Kevin Finnerty?" —Kevin Finnerty
Episode 4 [Comments]
THE ORIGINAL G . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 4 . . . "THE FLESHY PART OF THE THIGH" . . . PAULIE LOSES TWO MOTHERS . . . BOBBY LAUNCHES A RAP CAREER . . . TONY EVOLVES
Best Line: "I'm going to wait for Vito? Hour and a half to take a dump, that guy. Could probably build a jetty with what comes out." —Tony
Episode 5 [Comments]
THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, ESPISODE 5 . . . "MR. & MRS. JOHN SACRIMONI REQUEST . . . "
Best Line: "Even Cinderella didn't cry." —Phil
Episode 6 [Comments]
THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 6 . . . "LIVE FREE OR DIE" . . . AT THE HALFWAY POINT, VITTO IS STILL REALLY GAY . . . "TRYING TO WORK A CELL PHONE MENU IS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SCREAM"
Best Line: "I agree with that Senator Sanitorium." —Tony
Episode 7
"WE LEAD THE WORLD IN COMPUTERIZED DATA PROCESSING" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 7 . . . "LUXURY LOUNGE" . . . ARTIE SHOOTS, SERVES A RABBIT . . . CHRISSY JACKS LAUREN BACALL . . . RUSTY TAKES TWO TO THE HEAD
Best Line: "The fishes have been cleaned." —Heroin Addict
Episode 8
"OLD NAVY AND BED BATH & WHATEVER" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 8 . . . "JOHNNY CAKES" . . . AJ DROPS 2 G'S IN CLUB, BOA KNIFE IN JAIL . . . VITO DEL MAR SCUFFLES WITH A FIREMAN . . . TONY TAPS, UNTAPS THAT CHICK FROM ER
Best Line: "It's over for the little guy." —Patsy
Off-Screen [Comments] [Post Two] [Comments]
FUZZ CATCH ARTIE DIPPING HIS NOSE IN THE SPICE RACK
CONFIRMED: TONY HIT BY CAB IN WEST VILLAGE
Episode 9 [Comments]
"YOU NEVER HEARD OF PULLING OUT?" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 9 . . . "THE RIDE" . . . CHRISSY DONS A ROCK, HITS THE ROCK, AND ROCKS OUT WITH THE DON . . . PAULIE CONFRONTS MORTALITY, HIS ADOPTED MOTHER, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND LAWRENCE WELK . . . FLASHBACK!
Best Line of the Season: "You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie." —Tony
Episode 10 [Comments]
"LET'S JUST SAY, DICK CHENEY FOR PRESIDENT — OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING UNIVERSE" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 10 . . . "MOE N' JOE" . . . VITO'S A BOTTOM, BUT WOULD RATHER DIE THAN LIVE FREE . . . TONY WANTS TO FUCK JANICE, BUT NABS HER GINNY'S HOUSE INSTEAD . . . JOHNNY SACK PLEADS TO 15 YEARS, BUT MIGHT AS WELL STAY IN FOR LIFE
Best Line: "Nobody wants his sister to be the town pump." —Tony
Episode 11 [Comments]
"I LOVED HIM LIKE A BROTHER-IN-LAW" . . . THE SOPRANOS — SEASON 6, EPISODE 11 . . . "COLD STONES" . . . POUR A LITTLE OUT FOR VITO . . . CARMELLA IN THE CITY OF LIGHT . . . AJ ENTERS CONSTRUCTION AT THE GROUND LEVEL . . . NEW YORK: IT'S ON
Best Line: "There's nothing gay about hell." —Phil's wife
Season Finale-For-Now
Lil' Voz suggested the other night that we go back and review the opening sequence in the season premiere, with the William Seward Burroughs reading. After all, AJ has certainly lived up to his role as Ka, "the Double." So here's what we heard way back when and who, roughly, was paired to each verse, according to Television Without Pity. Read carefully . . .
[VITO, JANICE] The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls, Top soul, and the first to leave at the moment of death, is Ren, the Secret Name. This corresponds to my Director, He directs the film of your life from conception to death. The Secret Name is the title of your film. When you die, that's where Ren came in.
[BOBBY, GENE ] Second soul, and second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: Energy, Power, Light The Director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.
[MEADOW, FINN] Number three is Khu, the Guardian Angel. He, she, or it is third man out . . .
[RAY CURTO] Number four is Ba, the heart, often treacherous . . .
[AJ] Number five is Ka, the Double . . . The Ka, which usually reaches adolescence at the time of bodily death, is the only reliable guide through the Land of the Dead . . .
[CARMELLA, ADRIANA] Number six is Khaibit, the Shadow, Memory, your whole past conditioning from this and other lives.
[CARMELA, ADRIANA] Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains.