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Being without HBO, I've been Kazaaing the new episodes, and the first one finally finished last night.
I thought it was a phenomenal episode, and it was great to be back in that world. It really did a good job of letting us know what's happening with everyone, without making it too obvious, but that wasn't what made this great.
The relationship between Tony and Melfi has been so complex over the course of the series, and this episode just added some more layers. I think their relationship is one of the best examples of how most of the time the best way to create drama is to not give people what they want. The whole time, I was hoping on some level that Tony would just act really civil to her, and that she would accept his offer of a date, and it would go well. I think it's something about the brutish character being forced to act civilized, you want him to succeed, even where you know he'll fail.
But, getting them together, while it would give some interesting stories, doesn't make any sense character-wise. If Melfi has any common sense, she wouldn't get at all involved with him, and all her complaints were proven accurate when Tony stormed out at the end.
Their relationship reminded me a bit of Buffy/Spike, when Spike was just willing to do anything to make her like him, and he kept wearing her down. And similarly, as a viewer, you want them to be happy, but there's no intersting story there, by making their relationship a source of pain, it becomes much more interesting. And, similarly, by keeping Tony and Melfi apart, it is much more interesting story-wise than putting them in a happy relationship.
What I'm really interested in is to see where it goes from here, since I'm assuming if Tony isn't in therapy, and Melfi remains on the show, they're going to have some kind of relationship, romantic or not.
So, hopefully that next episode will download quick, I'm not used to having to wait between episodes, being a DVD viewer, so this is going to be a bit harsh.
Also, why is it that every article on the series seems to mention something like, "Chase refuses to tie up all loose ends, like the Russian in the woods." There's no reason to resolve the Russian storyline, it's not even a storyline, it's just a mcguffin. What kind of resolution could there be, just he's alive, or he's dead. Or, he's alive and coming back to kill Paulie! It's like asking what's in the box in Pulp Fiction, the whole point of it is the mystery.
Furio on the other hand, is a loose end, that should be wrapped up. |
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