Pretty Cool Things

07/05/2008 In TV by argikon

Ambiguous ending or not, I will truly miss this brilliant show. It had everything a great tv show should have… excellent writing, humor, violence, irony, suspense, etc etc. I find it incredible that it’s almost been a year since they wrapped it up. Anyway, as a reminder of what we’ll miss, here’s a top 10 list of my favorite “wackings” on The Sopranos.

10. Tony Blundetto

Tony B (played brilliantly by Steve Buscemi) is Tony Soprano’s first cousin who went to jail for him back in the day. Although deeply protective of him at first out of his obligation and guilt, when Tony B starts moonlighting and takes out Phil’s son, Tony is left with no choice but to keep the peace by personally whacking his cousin and saving him the horrific torture he would likely have endured at the hands of Phil.

9. Bobby Baccalieri

Bobby Bacala gets whacked while shopping for toy trains. We should have seen his assassination in a hobby store coming, with his stupid obsession with model trains and all.

8. Christoper Moltisanti

Tony suffocates his nephew Christopher “ya shoulda been a male model” Moltisanti after they get into a car accident caused by Christoper’s intoxication.

7. New York guy who disrespects Meadow

Tony Soprano stomps on one of Phil’s guys American History X style after he finds out he was inappropriate with his daughter Meadow. One of the cool things about this is actually a few scenes later when he is in a meeting and finds one of the guy’s teeth in his pant cuff.

6. Fat Dom

Silvio and Carlo kill Fat Dom when he repeatedly makes wiseass remarks about Carlo being gay. Explosive and brutal violence suddenly coming out of nowhere - classic Soprano moment.

5. The Waiter

Chris and Paulie hit a waiter in the head with a brick, and then shoot him as he suffers a subsequent seizure in the parking lot…All of this because Chris left a 14 dollar tip on a $1186.00 check and the waiter had the nerve to ask why.

4. Richie Aprile

Janice shoots Richie Aprile after Richie punches her in the mouth. I think this is the only time in the history of the Sopranos that I actually rooted for Janice.

3. Phil Leotardo

Phil Leotardo gets shot in the head in a gas station. As his wife is screaming for help, she forgets the car in drive, and the car runs over Phil’s skull, with the grandkids in the car the whole time.

2. Ralph Ciffaretto

Tony smashes Ralph Ciffarett0’s head on the floor when he finds out Ralph killed their beloved racehorse “Pie Oh My”. The added humor to this dark moment was the discovery that Ralph wore a hairpiece and was actually bald. (This video seems to have been removed by Youtube.  I’ll post it up again as soon as I find a replacement.  For now, here’s the cleanup scene afterwards)

1. Sal “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero

Big Pussy gets pumped full of lead on board The Stugots after they discover that he was cooperating with the feds to get out of a heroin conviction. Contrary to his nickname, he took it like a man when he saw what was coming.

Honorable Mention:

Adriana La Cerva

Christopher’s fiancee was doomed the moment she spilled the beans about her cooperation with the feds to Chris.