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She also passes: "For once in my life I will exercise some self control."

Carl beckons Vito over at the Roadhouse to join the local guys for a beer. Tony's not thrilled, but when he agrees to think about it, Gene gives Deanne the green light to make an offer on their Florida dream house.

Hanging out at the Pork Store, Vito boasts that the only problem with losing weight is that he may have to join Clothing Anonymous, "You shoulda called your sponsor before you bought that jacket," says Ray Curto.

Agent Harris shows up with his new partner, Goddard. Ralph had listened to what Benny, Gene, and Little Paulie had to say. It has broken all rules, and set new standards for television excellence. Although one of the other guys might seem like a logical successor, they all have one insurmountable drawback: they're not blood. Gum the guy to death?". But Tony insists Junior can "f**kin' rot."

AJ sits across from with his new female therapist (with legs to rival Melfi's) from the psychiatric hospital. "The Sopranos" To Save Us All from Satan's Power (TV Episode 2001) Tony Sirico as Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri. Tony suggests he and Paulie charter a fishing boat to celebrate before they go home. It was the fucking coke. When he returns home late, hung over and without eyebrows, Carmela decides she's had enough and sends A.J. "Suppose I come over to your house and I find you dead? No more of this," he vows.

Meanwhile, Tony and Carmela, as Godparents, witness the christening of Christopher and Kelli's baby. I mean who am I? . '

Vito pulls alongside Paulie's car on a deserted street and hands off a tip "Colombian's knock off at noon." But when Paulie and Cary De Bartolo show up, the place isn't empty. Like Vito Spatafore and Benny Fazio, he is initially introduced as a small character, whose role slowly increases throughout the series. When Silvio Dante comes to Ralph's apartment one afternoon to get Tracee, who had been loafing around with Ralph instead of working to repay Silvio the money he had loaned her for braces, Silvio becomes violently frustrated and smacks her hard across the face, which Ralph finds funny. Tony looks up into its searchlightand suddenly he is in a hospital intensive care unit, with doctors working on him. Junior looks for diversions to relieve the tedium of house arrest, and eventually finds one in the company of a police widow. Meanwhile, Janice gets sucked into Livia's web. "Vito is a good father and a loving husband." Silvio leaves, and tells Tony. )

And Tony decides it's time to put aside his differences with Dr. Melfi, but not because he wants to go back to therapy. As he goes to get Paulie a drink, Tony considers an ax and fishing knives, struggling with what to do. It only gets worse when the Feds call in Gene, who we learn has been a cooperator, and tell him he's got to replace Curto as their man on the inside. Ralphs Apartment, New Jersey forces his parents to contemplate military school. But the main reason for the cost difference is corruption. With the annual pork-store holiday party approaching, Bacala reluctantly agrees to don the Santa suit that Pussy used to wear. Junior's trial is fast approaching and by his estimate, it's going to cost a million dollars to keep from spending the rest of his life in an orange jumpsuit. He tells the priest, "I've done things in my life that I shouldn't of done and (God's) making my son pay for it." In an attempt to make amends, Ralph asks Rosalie Aprile to marry him (she declines) and starts a scholarship fund in memory of Jackie Aprile, Junior.

Is this change for real? Carter works himself up over his father's reaction to a '96' on a 3rd grade spelling test: " 'What happened to the other four points,' he say F**k you! Finn, still shook up from his own interrogation about Vito points out that her family will likely impose a stiff penalty for being gay. One night, while Ralph is conversing with Christopher, Bobby, and Gigi, Tracee walks by, and Ralph comments that she can't even say hello. Go to location "Soprano house" Tony and Chris drive on a bridge. Eighty percent of the time it ends in the can like Johnny Sack. All the prerequisites to lead young men onto the field of sport."

Tony and his goomara, Valentina have just finished having sex when she heads for the kitchen to make him something to eat. He wants Tony to contact the Cajun brothers and force a sale to free up some cash for Johnny. In February 2003, in the episode "Whoever Did This", Ralph's son Justin is badly injured when a bow and arrow is accidentally shot in his chest while playing an unsupervised game of Lord of the Rings. Phil tells him that as long as Johnny's "folding laundry in Danbury" Phil's in charge and he's made his decision.

Carmela reminds Tony about the trip to Paris she won at the silent auction at the Feast. In the short and bloody war of 1999 with the Junior Soprano crew, Silvio helped Tony to plan hits on Chucky Signore and Mikey Palmice and remained supportive when Tony revealed that he had been seeing a therapist. But he soon has a more pressing concern. Creeped out but curious, Tony consults Janice. He claims he still feels every day is a gift, but "Does it have to be a pair of socks?"

At the feast, Paulie calls in for the results of his biopsy, but they're not in yet. At its worst: The costs of the mafias scamming of the Esplanade are at a much higher scale and affect New Jersey and U.S. taxpayers. Customers come and go - a shady looking guy who's been sitting at the counter enters the restroom. What can you possibly say about a show of this magnitude? Shortly afterward Cookie sees the error of her ways.

The next time Tony opens the feed bin, he notices an error, too - an accounting one. "You're a momma's boy."

But AJ's memories of visiting grandmother Livia do resonate. They probably get big paydays up front and get to skim and cherry pick off of all the money the unions make on the job too. That is the true cost of corruption in projects like the Esplanade. Title(s) Ralph's disappearance becomes quite an issue, but Tony eventually concocts a story that Johnny Sack had Ralph killed over a business deal gone wrong. He also undermines the leadership of the Aprile crew capo Cestone, who chooses the elderly Bobby Baccala, Sr. to kill Bryan's assailant, saying "You send in an old man; what's he gonna do? But when Bobby confronts the guy, he learns that Paulie refused to spring for a repair crew or rent out the newer, safer rides.

Bobby confronts Paulie at the feast's cannoli eating contest: As the guys hold them apart, Bacala screams that his baby girl was on that ride. Ralphie's crew becomes the highest earning crew of the family, mainly due to Ralph running the lucrative Esplanade construction project. Paulie agrees, but confides he's worried about his biopsy results. Sir Ben is uncomfortable to see he is sharing their first-class cabin to New York.

Tony and Carm dine at Vesuvio's, offering sympathy to Artie for his injured hand. Fearing the worst, Tony makes several more phone calls in an attempt to locate his cousin, with no results.

Eventually, Tony settles in for the night. Eugene reveals his mean streak once again in the episode "Eloise", when he and another associate engage in jury tampering, in which they are sent to intimidate a juror who is on Junior Soprano's trial. "Trust me," he tells her, "It's like taking a shit."