Boca (The Sopranos)
| "Boca" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Andy Wolk |
| Written by |
Jason Cahill Robin Green Mitchell Burgess |
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham |
| Production code | 109 |
| Original air date | March 7, 1999 |
| Running time | 51 minutes |
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"Boca" is the ninth episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos. It was written by Jason Cahill, Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Andy Wolk and originally aired on March 7, 1999.
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Meadow's soccer coach, Don Hauser, has become well liked by the fathers of the girls on his team including Tony Soprano, Artie Bucco and Silvio Dante, because of the success he produces on the playing field. The three fathers invite Hauser to the Bada Bing for drinks after a win. Soon, however, a newspaper reports that Hauser is leaving for a college coaching job at the University of Rhode Island, and the mob fathers begin trying to convince him to stay. Paulie Gualtieri delivers a 50-inch television to the coach's house and insists he take it. Christopher Moltisanti returns the coach's "missing dog" after apparently stealing it himself.
There is also unrest among the girls on the team. It's revealed that the coach has an ongoing sexual relationship with one of his players, Ally Vandermeed, who is a close friend of Meadow's and the star of the team. Shortly after the announcement that the coach is moving on, Ally tries to kill herself by slitting her wrists while her teammates are hanging out in a park. When Tony and Carmela learn of the suicide attempt, Meadow informs them about the inappropriate relationship between coach and player. Meadow tells her mother that Ally is in love with the coach, but that he won't leave his wife.
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