Walk Like a Man (The Sopranos)
| "Walk Like a Man" | |
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| The Sopranos episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Terence Winter |
| Written by | Terence Winter |
| Featured music |
"Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse "The Valley" by Los Lobos |
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham |
| Production code | 617 |
| Original air date | May 6, 2007 |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
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"Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse
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"Walk Like a Man" is the 82nd episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos, the fifth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season, the 17th episode of the season overall. It was written and directed by executive producer Terence Winter in his directorial debut, originally aired on May 6, 2007, and was watched by 7.16 million viewers upon its premiere.
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A.J. Soprano struggles with depression over his breakup with Blanca. She quits seeing him completely after he breaks down in tears every time they have a conversation, saying this embarrasses her. A.J. quits his job at the pizza parlor, sulks around the house, and disturbs Meadow with suicidal comments that remind her of a girl from college who threw herself off a library balcony. Tony and Carmela have disagreements about how to help A.J. They each try to have encouraging and consoling talks with him but to no avail.
In a psychotherapy session with Dr. Melfi, Tony tells her he has been once again seriously contemplating finally quitting therapy for good, saying he concluded it is useless. Melfi disagrees. Tony says he, in fact, intended to quit it in this meeting, but the situation with A.J.'s suicidal behavior has come up and stopped his plans. Tony gets teary as he tells Melfi he blames himself for what he believes is a hereditary condition of depression in his family he passed over to his son.
For lack of better options, Tony and Carmela assign A.J. to a therapist who prescribes an antidepressant. After Tony notices mobsters Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi proudly talking about their sons, he tells the young men to invite A.J. to hang out with them. On his father's orders (and to the chagrin of his mother), A.J. goes to a party at the Bada Bing! with "the two Jasons" (Jason Gervasi and Jason Parisi) - fraternity members who are his age. As he accompanies them from one party to another, he begins to associate with their sports betting business they are running at school, from which they are profiting considerably. At one frat party, they use A.J.'s SUV to take a gambler who fails to pay his debts into the woods to beat and torture him by pouring sulfuric acid on his toes while A.J. helps hold him down. Carmela and Tony are content to find that A.J. is becoming more outgoing and spends less time at home.
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