303 # I dream of Jeannie Cusamano.

 The Sopranos 

 Season 1.Episode 12

 I dream of Jeannie Cusamano.

 

-Lawyer CONIGLIARO: Let me put this to you simply.
You can avoid these charges if you will testify that, in fact you were not the boss of North Jersey, that in fact ...your nephew Anthony Soprano was, and is. That he, de facto, controlled your capos with the backing of New York...communicating through their emissary, John Sacrimoni. We want Johnny Sack. But more than him we want Mangano and Teresi.

- Junior: I want to fuck Angie Dickinson, see who gets lucky first.

-Lawyer CONIGLIARO: We want you to confirm information we have through informants and wiretap that you were allowed to profit...but you were not making policy, and were not in the loop. You were positioned to take the hits and now you have.The question is, how long you gonna keep eating shit?  You're 70 years old. How many years you got left?

- Junior: My nephew running things? Not that strunz. Not in this life. 

 

 

302 # Isabella.

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 11

Isabella.

 

 -Carmella: Who's talking to you? What's he doing here?

- Tony: Agent Harris is just leaving.

- Agent Harris: We're offering your husband full immunity...in return for his testimony.
Relocate you and your family, you'll be completely safe.

- Tony: Don't talk to my wife.

- Agent Harris: He wouldn't have to go to jail?

- Tony: Carmela, ask this prick if I'm even indicted.

- Agent Harris:This assassination problem is not going to go away.

- Tony: I told you to stop talking to my wife! Carmela, will you wait outside?

 -Carmella: Kiss my ass, Tony!

- Agent Harris: We're your only option, Tony. It's not safe for you anymore.

- Tony: This conversation's over.

-Carmella: What do you know?

- Tony: He knows nothing. It was a carjacking! Now get out of here! You're upsetting my wife!

 

 

 

301 # Nobody knows anything.

 

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 11

Nobody knows anything.

 

-Carmela: You know,your son loves you very much.He worries all the time.
He felt bad that you didn't come to the open house. I don't care if you think it's disrespectful...but I want you to cut the drama. It's killing Tony.

-Livia: What are you talking about?

-Carmela: I'm talking about this"Poor mother, nobody loves me" crap. It is textbook manipulation...and I hate seeing Tony so upset over it.

-Livia: I know how to talk to people.

-Carmela: Well, I am a mother too, don't forget. You know your power, and you use it like a pro.

-Livia: Power, what power? I don't have power. I'm a shut-in!

-Carmela: You are bigger than life! You are his mother! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300 # A hit is a hit.

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 10

A hit is a hit.

 

-Chris: I think the only reason you've gotten this far with massive is he wants to be in your pants.

- Adriana: Boy, oh, boy.

-Chris: I let some experts listen to the demo. They sh1t all over it.

- Adriana: I'm sorry. Experts? Who, hesh? That old f*cking synagogue cantor?

-Chris: Silvio. He owned rock clubs in asbury. You heard what squid said. He's a professional engineer.

- Adriana: What about my opinion? That it's good, that it's special?

-Chris: His eyes are on your ass, adriana, 98% of the time. You know that.

- Adriana: This is just a way for you to keep me down.

-Chris: Aw, that ain't fair.

- Adriana: - I don't want these clothes. What's wrong with it, huh? What's wrong with visiting day?

-Chris: I don't know, but it's a problem that you don't know.
 
- Adriana: Richie, he'll sing anything.  You just don't want to believe that i could have a relationship with a man like massive that wasn't based on f*cking. That was based on intelligence, respect, talent.

-Chris: I'll shut up.

 

 

 

 

 

298 # Boca

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 09

Boca.

 

Roberta: -What's so terrible about pleasing a woman?

Junior: -You always have to talk about it.

Roberta: -Well, I want to know why!

Junior: -It's complicated.

Roberta: -Yeah. But why?

Junior: -Why? They think if you suck pussy, you'll suck anything.

Roberta: -You're kidding.

Junior: -It's a sign of weakness. And possibly a sign that you're a finocchio.

Roberta: -A fag?That's ridiculous.How would the two even translate? What are you gonna do?

Junior: -I don't make the rules.

 

 

297 # The legend of Tennessee Moltisanti.

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 08

The legend of Tennessee Moltisanti.

 

Chris: -You ever feel like nothing good would ever happen?

Paulie:- Yeah. And nothing did. So what? I'm alive, I'm surviving.

Chris: -That's it.I don't want to just survive.It says in movie-writing books that
every character has an arc, understand?Everybody starts out somewheres and then they do something...it changes their life. That's their arc.Where's my arc? All right, take Richard Kimble, right? No, that's no good. His arc is run, run, jump off the dam...Keanu Reeves, Devil's Advocate.

Paulie:- AI.

Chris: - Right. Keanu's a lawyer, gets all turned on by money, power and the Devil.
Then his wife says, "You're not the man I married," leaves him. You see the arc?
He starts down here, he ends up here. Where's my arc, Paulie?

Paulie: -Kid...Richard Kimble, the Devil's whatever, those are all make-believe. I got no arc either. I was born, grew up, spent a few years in the Army, a few more in the can. And here I am. A half a wiseguy. So what?

 

296 # Down neck.

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 07

Down neck.

 

Tony: -Remember the Allatores, Ma?

Livia: -Oh, why wouldn't I?

Tony: -They moved to Nevada.They're billionaires now.

Livia:-Oh, that Rocco Allatore,he was a real go-getter.

Tony: - Didn't Dad want to go with him?

Livia:- Your father? No.

Tony: -Yeah, he did.I remember you guys talking about it. Allatore would start a business,Dad would do it with him. Rocco just got him all worked up, that's all.

Livia: -What is this with all these questions?

Tony: -Dad wanted to go with him. You wouldn't let him.

Livia:  -Let him? What do you mean? You just tell me one time your father didn't do..exactly as he wanted.

Tony: -I don't know. Maybe this was his chance to get out.Dad was no choirboy, but maybe
with a little bit of support...

 

 

 

 

295 # Pax soprana

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 06

Pax soprana.

 

Tony: - It's nice here.

Hesh: -I can't stand the smell.The shit, flies all over. But I could watch them for hours. There's a kind of beauty to it.

Tony: -I envy them.

Hesh: - I wouldn't go that far.

Tony: - I would. They got no bills, no headaches, no family cazzi running around.
One horse likes another one, they fuck. That's it.  No problems. No hundred questions.No guilt. 

 

294 # College

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 05

College.

 

Carmella:- Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
It has been four weeks since my last confession... What am I talking about?
That's a lie. I haven't truly confessed in 20 years.

Father Phil: -Go on.

Carmella:- I have forsaken...what is right for what is easy. Allowing what I know is evil
in my house. Allowing my children...oh, my God, my sweet children, to be a part of it.
Because I wanted things for them. Wanted a better life. Good schools. I wanted this house.
I wanted money in my hands, money to buy anything I ever wanted. I'm so ashamed.

 

 

293 # Meadowlands.

The Sopranos

Season 1.Episode 04

Meadowlands.

 

Lewis:- You got any Advil?

Tony: -What am I, a fucking pharmacy?

Lewis:- What you got on Friday's game? I got three bills on Rutgers.

Tony: -That'll solve all your problems.