Commendatori (The Sopranos episode)
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Tim Van Patten |
| Written by | David Chase |
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham |
| Production code | 204 |
| Original air date | February 6, 2000 |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
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"Commendatori" is the seventeenth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the fourth of the show's second season. It was written by David Chase, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on February 6, 2000.
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While attempting to watch a bootleg version of The Godfather, Part II, Tony Soprano announces to his crew that he will be traveling to Naples, along with Paulie Walnuts and Christopher Moltisanti, to make a deal with a local Camorra family (distantly related to the Sopranos) over the smuggling of stolen cars. Although Tony is excited by the prospect of the trip, he downplays its appeal to Carmela, who is upset that Tony will go abroad with his mob associates but not his family. Tony tries to explain to Carmela that it is a business trip and there will not be enough time for leisure activities.
That evening, a family (credited as the Sontags) are car-jacked by two black men wielding guns. The robbers start to drive away but then realize the family dog is still in the vehicle. They let it out via one of the passenger seats and it runs away, despite the family's cries for it to come to them. The patriarch of the family angrily yells to himself about the "niggers" that stole his car, making his family upset. However, the next shot shows Tony looking at a picture of the Sontags' SUV along with pictures of other stolen vehicles, making it clear that the carjackings are being performed at Tony's behest.
Over lunch with Rosalie Aprile and Angie Bonpensiero, Carmela asks Angie how her transition with Pussy is going now that he is home. Angie regrets having Pussy home and has been sick ever since. Angie then tells the wives that she had recently undergone a test for a tumor and Pussy had little sympathy for her. As the other wives listen in horror, she confesses that she has contemplated suicide but instead will pursue divorce when the results come back. Angie's tests soon come back negative, but she begins to file for the divorce papers as soon as the legal firms return from the upcoming Jewish holiday. Carmela, obviously taking the matter personally, reminds Angie that Pussy is a doting father, and persuades her to stay with him for the sake of their children who, although grown, are in precariously transitional stages in their lives. Angie tells Carmela that when Pussy arrived home after many months of absence, she felt depressed and angry. As she leaves, Carmela seems ambivalent about the reasoning she has presented to her friend. When Pussy arrives home and silently presents flowers to Angie, she pauses for a moment and then swats him with them.
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