Chasing It
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Tim Van Patten |
| Written by | Matthew Weiner |
| Cinematography by | Alik Sakharov |
| Production code | 616 |
| Original air date | April 29, 2007 |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
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"Chasing It" is the eighty-first episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos. It is the fourth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season, the sixteenth episode of the season overall. It was written by executive producer Matthew Weiner and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on April 29, 2007 and was watched by 6.76 million viewers upon its premiere.
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Tony Soprano is gambling with increasing ferociousness and frequency. He hits a particularly unlucky gambling stretch and his continuing losses begin to impact his financial obligations as boss. Vito Spatafore's widow, Marie, turns to Tony for help with her son, Vito Jr., who has become markedly antisocial following his father's murder. Vito, now a Goth, desecrates a graveyard, hangs a cat, and constantly misbehaves at school. Having been previously told by her late husband that she "would be taken care of" in case of his death, Marie approaches Tony with a request for $100,000 to move her family to Maine, where she believes her family could escape the contempt of the neighborhood for Vito's homosexuality and her son could be resocialized. Tony, to Marie's disappointment, resists and suggests that Phil Leotardo (Marie's cousin, who murdered her husband and who now, Tony believes, should compensate for any fallout of his actions) should get involved. Tony meets Phil in a party where he is celebrating becoming the boss of the Lupertazzi crime family, complete with a private singing performance from Nancy Sinatra. Phil agrees to talk to Vito's son. Both Phil and Tony each have a man-to-man talk with Vito Jr. to try to make him stop his delinquency, but their attempts seem to be fruitless and neither of them are willing to help with the move financially. However, Tony changes his tune after Vito Jr. publicly defecates in the school shower after being teased and is expelled from school. Tony proclaims to his closest subordinates that he will pay for the relocation of the Spatafores and receives their commendations for his claimed goodwill; Tony also angrily adds he will "never forgive" Phil for not coming through on the financing for the family's move. However, Tony soon gambles away the $100,000 he had reserved for the family's move to Maine on a football bet. In a change of plans, he offers Marie to pay her to sign her son up to a boot camp program in Idaho instead. He plays down Marie's worries that corporal punishment is permitted in such places, assuring her not to "worry" about the expenses as he would pay the $18,000 for it. Marie takes her time swallowing the disappointing offer but ultimately accepts it. Vito Jr. is then soon promptly taken away from his home against his will by the boot camp's representatives, leaving his mother and sister in tears at the sight.
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