The Sopranos Season 5 Episode 7 'In Camelot' Full TV Reaction!!
Added 2023-04-03 18:09:21 +0000 UTC
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Christopher from S4 and A Hit is a Hit from S1 are way worse episodes than In Camelot. At least with this episode, we get more insight into Tony’s upbringing. Those 2 episodes were simply throwaway fillers that added no substance to the overall story or character arcs.
JG
2023-04-08 22:21:18 +0000 UTCChasing It is the only episode of The Sopranos where after it aired I thought "That wasn't very good."
Kevin Charley
2023-04-05 01:45:35 +0000 UTCthat one is just annoying. But then again that whole season they were really doing everything possible for us to dislike Tony. Kiesha is pretty terrible. I forward through that episode
Ghost Crusaders
2023-04-04 22:09:28 +0000 UTCChasing It is worse.
Kevin Charley
2023-04-04 22:01:51 +0000 UTCworse episode in the series.
Ghost Crusaders
2023-04-04 21:14:42 +0000 UTCSam's facial expressions during the Marilyn impersonation were priceless.
David Murray
2023-04-04 09:16:16 +0000 UTCThank you for beautifully articulating this. This is one of the most important episodes of the series.
Laura Palmer
2023-04-04 04:34:08 +0000 UTCDon't know if you, or anyone, really cares but since you mentioned it, I think Tony’s route in the opening theme is basically emerging from the Lincoln Tunnel on the NJ side, the Turnpike, I-95 by Newark Airport, Lincoln Highway, Pulaski Skyway, I-280, Through the towns of Jersey City then Kearny then Cedar Grove and finally to his house in North Caldwell.
Robert Livingood
2023-04-04 04:23:04 +0000 UTCFunniest line to any Law & Order junkie: “I have a meeting with Rene Balcer!” Also you guys wondered who the actor was playing the TV writer: that’s veteran Tim Daly (brother of Tyne Daly, Dirty Harry’s female partner in The Enforcer, btw). He’s been working solidly, mostly in TV since the early 1980s and he’s been in a ton of stuff including the Cheers spinoff Wings (for an inexplicable 8 seasons) and the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff Private Practice.
Robert Livingood
2023-04-04 04:21:51 +0000 UTCAlso? Points for the sopranos closing an episode with Session from Linkin Park
Stan the Man
2023-04-04 03:39:59 +0000 UTCAlright, I’m going to bat for this episode because I feel like it’s one of the most maligned episodes of the show. In my opinion not only is it brilliant but a pivotal moment in Tony’s arc. This episode is about how the past that Tony always longs for and romanticizes wasn’t as rosy as he thought it was. Right off the bat we see that Tony, a grown man, thinks that his childhood dog spent out his days in a farm. Instead it was “gassed”, and later revealed that Tippy lived with his father’s goomah for 10 years. Interestingly enough, Tony was under the impression that Livia had the dog put down, and ironically enough Fran had him put down instead, the woman who supposedly provided for Johnny Soprano what Livia couldn’t. There’s so many psychological aspects in that alone. Fran is a quasi-mother figure to Tony this episode. She represents the glory days of his father’s youth. She bonds with him right away, reminds him that his father loved him and even better to Tony was that she had a fling with JFK. As it turns out, Fran was responsible for one of the biggest rifts in the Soprano family, when Livia had her miscarriage. Papa Soprano decided to spend the night with her instead of visit her life and Tony covers for him, probably causing some resentment in her to build that persisted into the series. It turns out Fran is very materialistic and it almost seems like she conspired to bump into Tony, because she knew she’d help him out. The narrative in the show and in Tony’s mind was that Livia was the source of misery and torment in the family. But this is a landmark episode showing her in a sympathetic light for the first time ever. She was the victim of circumstances in the life she lived, sort of like Carmela and even Tony himself. This doesn’t excuse her actions during the course of the first two seasons, but it’s obvious she carried her sorrows due to her husband’s action. This relates to how Tony often hurts his own family. Tony almost comes to the realization that his father was just as wicked if not more so, but he can’t bear to admit it and digs in deeper. That’s why he concocts the story of Fran almost breaking up JFKs marriage, because he wants to continue the lie he keeps telling himself. The final scene with the lightning and thunder going on in Tony’s mind, seen in his eyes, as he lies at the bar is phenomenal nonverbal acting from Gandolfini. I also like how everyone is just humoring Tony as he tells his story. Carmela is right, he has no friends just lackeys. I liked how Tony B seems incredulous, which kind of alludes to some of the tension they had in earlier episodes. Also, the Phil and JT storylines were great too.
Sol95
2023-04-04 01:07:24 +0000 UTCYeah, he wasn't stalking that woman. He just found himself a legal loophole to get out of the house. He had fun being in the company of people and eating good food. But, what he didn't count on was being confronted with his own mortality. Being at that many funerals forced him to realize the sad end he has waiting for him. Dying alone with no children to carry his legacy.
Michael Chavira
2023-04-03 23:53:51 +0000 UTCI'm so glad you guys finally spoke about the opening credits. I have often wondered what your thoughts are about it. Hopefully you'll say some more in future episodes. It does follow Tony's drive home from New York. You get to see the transitions in the neighborhoods, from the big city, to the industrial/commercial zones, into various residential areas where the houses start to get bigger along the way, then arriving at the upscale suburbs where Tony lives.
Michael Chavira
2023-04-03 23:41:28 +0000 UTCFran is pretty cringeworthy, especially during the Happy Birthday song but she is supposed to be that way. She goes from classy woman to cringey to show Tony another side of his father. He wasn't just a "cool" guy who was manipulated by Livia (Tony likes to put it all the problems on his mother) but was a huge dick who would leave his pregnant wife in the hospital while he was fucking some chick. It's overall an important episode in Tony's arc/
Joe Lazarus
2023-04-03 21:50:28 +0000 UTCI know this is a least favorite episode for a lot of people, but the chase scene with Tony and Phil to the song Rock the Casbah is an all time favorite of mine. "You okay in there, mistah?" 😂 And Junior's emotional breakdown is a really well-played emotional moment.
Marcus Cato
2023-04-03 19:40:28 +0000 UTCJunior was attending all the funerals just to get out of the house because of house arrest.
Shaun Eberle
2023-04-03 18:34:43 +0000 UTC
