
The Sopranos
Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful son. A daughter named Meadow. An uncle who's losing his marbles. A hot-headed nephew. A not-too-secret mistress. And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss whose troubles are wrapped up in his two families. These days, it's getting tougher and tougher to make a killing in the killing business. Just because you're "made" doesn't mean you've got it made.
Pussy returns after months in hiding, Chris starts a boiler room stock operation, and Tony's long-lost sister shows up on the doorstep.
Junior leaves prison due to ill health and placed under house arrest, while Livia's health also declines. Pussy begins talking with someone interested in learning more about Tony.
Richie Aprile gets out after ten years in prison and starts reasserting his authority while unaware of the changes made in the crime family's archetype. Meadow gets in trouble after a party gets out of hand.
Tony, Paulie and Chris travel to Naples to conduct a business deal, while Pussy becomes more stressed over trying to balance his secret lives.
Paulie and Silvio get promoted, Furio gets welcomed, Pussy gets pushed aside, and Chris gets frustrated with his Hollywood aspirations while Janice and Richie become romantically involved much to Tony's disapproval.
Tony's old school friend digs himself into trouble with his gambling, while Tony's family problems only continue to grow.
Anthony continues to cause problems at home, while Pussy's divided loyalties cause him greater anguish.
Rebellion by some of the lower soldiers ends in bloodshed, while Carmela starts intimidating her neighbors to help Meadow's chances at Georgetown.
Chris awakens from his coma with a message from the afterlife for Tony and Paulie. Carmela, meanwhile, wants Tony to get a "cut", specifically a vasectomy.
Tony continues putting the squeeze on David, while Richie discusses the possibility with Junior of removing some competition while 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero continues to be an informant.
Junior feels the restrictions of his house arrest acutely, while Tony starts putting in hours at his actual job to allay FBI suspicions, while Junior and Richie uses the garbage pick up routes for a double purpose.
Richie and Janice get engaged, but Richie's violent temper reaches a fever pitch. Tony, meanwhile, breaks up with Irina, much to her dismay.
Tony gets sick from food poisoning and blames Artie's restaurant. Pussy, meanwhile, reaches the end of the line.
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Steven Van Zandt | Silvio Dante |
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Jamie-Lynn DiScala | Meadow Soprano |
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Drea de Matteo | Adriana La Cerva |
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James Gandolfini | Tony Soprano |
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Vincent Pastore | Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero |
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Edie Falco | Carmela Soprano |
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Michael Imperioli | Christopher Moltisanti |
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Aida Turturro | Janice Soprano |
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Lorraine Bracco | Dr. Jennifer Melfi |
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Dominic Chianese | Junior Soprano |
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Tony Sirico | Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri |
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Robert Iler | A.J. Soprano |
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Nancy Marchand | Livia Soprano |
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David Proval | Richie Aprile |
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Louis Lombardi | Skip Lipari |
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Federico Castelluccio | Furio Giunta |
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Steve Schirripa | Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri |
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Lillo Brancato | Matt Bevilaqua |
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Jerry Adler | Hesh Rabkin |
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Maureen Van Zandt | Gabriella Dante |
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David Margulies | Neil Mink |
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John Ventimiglia | Artie Bucco |
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John Fiore | Gigi Cestone |
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Peter Bogdanovich | Dr. Elliot Kupferberg |
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Nicole Burdette | Barbara Giglione |
Edition | Collectors Series |
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Packaging | Custom Case |
Nr Discs | 4 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Stereo Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Dolby Digital Stereo [Spanish] Dolby Digital Surround [English] |
Subtitles | Czech | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Finnish | French | Hebrew | Norwegian | Polish | Swedish |
Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
Edition Release Date | Nov 06, 2001 |
Regions | Region 1 |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 271 |
Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:33 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:43 |
Story Synopsis:
The entire second season of the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning HBO series, The Sopranos are brought to you here in all their widescreen splendor. Tony Soprano (Gandolfini) is your average joe; a middle-aged guy with an attentive family, friends, a mistress, a shrink to tell his troubles to, and a steady job...as a mob boss. (Laurie Sevano)
DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78:1 DVD set delivers image quality that is fairly consistent among the episodes. Images are sharp and crisp, but at times with a "digital" edge. Edge enhancement contributes to the "hard" appearance. Overall depth and clarity are pleasing. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered, with good visual information in the darker scenes. Colors are rich and well balanced, with accurate fleshtones and deep blacks. Other than occasional edge enhancement and shimmering details, the image quality is solid. (Suzanne Hodges)
Soundtrack:
Similar to the first season release, the Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel discrete soundtrack for these episodes are dialogue-driven, with conservative dimensional spread, both across the screen and into the surrounds. The audio is generally of a quiescent nature. Voices tend to have the ADR-characteristic which can limit spatial consistency with the visuals. There is a subtle sense of spaciousness, imparted by the distribution of atmospheric effects throughout the listening space. Some of the music has been quite nicely presented, with a palpable sense of envelopment. (Perry Sun)