Rat Pack (The Sopranos)
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Alan Taylor |
| Written by | Matthew Weiner |
| Cinematography by | Alik Sakharov |
| Production code | 502 |
| Original air date | March 14, 2004 |
| Running time | 57 minutes |
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"Rat Pack" is the fifty-fourth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the second of the show's fifth season. It was written by Matthew Weiner, directed by Alan Taylor and originally aired on March 14, 2004.
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Tony meets with contractor Jack Massarone at a diner to discuss their business arrangements. Massarone presents Tony with a painting of Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. and tries to get Tony to discuss his connections with government officials. Tony deflects the questions, which turns out to be a wise approach: unknown to Tony, Massarone is wearing "a wire" hidden in his baseball cap, having become an FBI informant. Fellow informant and Soprano Family capo Ray Curto spends time at FBI Headquarters to help wiretap staff correct inaudible words that were incorrectly transcribed from a meeting he recorded.
As Tony, Bobby, and Uncle Junior reminisce at Junior's home, word comes from New York City that Carmine Lupertazzi has died. Uncle Junior is once again distraught over so many of his friends dying. The next day, during the funeral service, conflict arises between Little Carmine and Johnny Sack. Little Carmine seems to take offense at Johnny and his men telling jokes and laughing at his father's wake, as well as the fact that more New York mobsters are coming to greet John (whom they regard as Carmine Sr.'s rightful successor) than to him to express condolences. Little Carmine later argues with John over rosary beads placed in Carmine Sr.'s coffin. Little Carmine asserts that Ginny Sack placed Opus Dei (which he regards to be a "fundamentalist cult") beads in the coffin without his knowledge. He gives Johnny Sack heated words about it. Despite bonding with Johnny Sack while his father was dying, Little Carmine announces that he didn't mean the kind words he once said to Johnny, including that John was "like a son" to Carmine Sr. Tony and other bystanders overhear. Later, in a restroom at the Bada Bing, Johnny confesses to Tony he is astounded that Little Carmine is now contesting his position as the new Lupertazzi Family boss, after having been away from 'family' matters for years in Florida.
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