From Where to Eternity
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Henry J. Bronchtein |
| Written by | Michael Imperioli |
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham |
| Production code | 209 |
| Original air date | March 12, 2000 |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
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"From Where to Eternity" is the twenty-second episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the ninth of the show's second season. It was written by Michael Imperioli, directed by Henry J. Bronchtein and originally aired on March 12, 2000.
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With friends and family by his side, Christopher Moltisanti clings to life in a hospital ICU. During the night, his heart stops and the doctors attempt to resuscitate him. He is pronounced clinically dead for over a minute, but the doctors manage to revive him. Fearing for his life, Carmela Soprano finds an empty hospital room and admits to Jesus that the members of the family have entered their occupations with eyes open but prays that Christopher will recover and "see the light." When he is conscious, he asks to see Paulie Walnuts and Tony Soprano and tells them of a trip he made to hell, where he saw Brendan Filone and Mikey Palmice in an Irish bar playing dice and celebrating St. Patrick's Day every day and that they had a message for Tony and Paulie: "Three o'clock."
Tony dismisses Christopher's story, but Paulie becomes obsessed with the message. Eventually, Paulie consoles Christopher with the idea that what he saw was purgatory, instead of hell. Paulie is awakened nightly at 3:00 a.m. with nightmares that wake his girlfriend's children. At the suggestion of his girlfriend, he eventually seeks the help of a psychic, using the pseudonym Ted Hughes. The psychic claims to see the spirits of the men Paulie killed following him. Believing his donations to a church should have prevented him from being haunted, Paulie takes out his frustration on a chain-smoking priest, telling him he feels that the Church has forsaken him and that he won't be giving any more donations.
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