"The Sopranos" is not TV, but HBO. You can do some very crazy things on HBO.

"The Sopranos" is one of the most popular and most popular TV series of all time. It depicts the struggle between the gangster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and his two families: close and solid portraits of his descent family and criminal family. The show aired in 1999 and produced 6 incredible seasons, combining psychodrama with mafia movies.

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Although the show is very realistic, real life is very extraordinary. Although it does not contain any overly exaggerated or immersive content, there are so many wild and unpredictable moments in "The Sopranos", and it is hard to believe that it will be broadcast on prime-time TV shows. Whether it's comedy, drama, horror or a combination of the three, these moments make the audience vigilant at 9:00 pm every Sunday.

This article contains spoilers for the Sopranos.

One thing that distinguishes the Sopranos from many crime stories is its emphasis on mental health, and Tony's dreams allow us to occupy the front row in his inner chaos.

"Test Dream" starts normally. Tony checked in at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan to leave his mother's dilapidated house, followed by a maze-like 20-minute dream sequence. In it, Tony shares the bed with the elderly Carmin Lupretazi (Tony Lipp), drives with the dead, is chased like a Frankenstein monster in Jersey, and tries to persuade His wife Carmela (Edie Falco) asked him to keep his horse at home. This is a disturbing crazy journey because it is fun and it is hard to think of another show that can make it happen.

Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri (Tony Sirico) is not a good person. He often stabs Tony in the back, tends to have a naive temper, and he will kill anyone for a penny. Poly is despicable, but his worst moment was when he found out that he was her sister's son and threw his mother to the wolves. His mother is his aunt, and his aunt is his mother.

In the next few episodes, Pauli kept slandering the woman who raised him until he saw the amazing sight of the Virgin Mary in Badaling. Mary stayed on the screen for a second, floating in mid-air, improvising with a heavy guitar. This was a truly disturbing panic that jumped out of the left court, which was enough to scare Pauly into forgiving his adoptive mother.

If you want to watch season 1 of the series and then skip to season 6, it will be like you are watching two different shows. Although Season 6 is really relaxing, it's like watching a Wagnerian tragedy. In contrast, Season 1 was a one-minute riot, but it was significantly more brutal. This may explain the strangest blow in the entire series, and that is the one where Tony hid the gun in the fish.

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In the first season finale "I Dreamed of Jeanne Cusamano", Tony launched a counterattack against the crew of his younger uncle (Dominique Chiannis) after trying to kill his own life. Tony forced one of his soldiers, Chucky Sinoor (Sal Rufino) onto the boat. After chatting with the fish he had just caught, Tony suddenly took out a pistol from the fish’s mouth. Blowed Chaki away. This is a way to hide and carry.

Richie Aprile (David Proval) is the main villain of Season 2, and he is an unforgettable person. He is cunning because he is fearless and is one of the few people who is not afraid of Tony and his abilities at all.

His arc is mainly about his reintegration into the family after a long time in prison, without realizing that the game has completely changed. He brazenly pushed cocaine onto the trash route and tried to enter Tony's life through his relationship with his sister Janice (Ada Tetoro). You would think that this season will end with some kind of climactic confrontation between Tony and Rich, perhaps a one-on-one duel, or a well-planned assassination. No. Instead, after hitting her, Jane unceremoniously shot her twice in the chest. As Carmela said, "That's not a marriage made in heaven."

"Luxury Lounge" is a series of the underrated Sopranos, it is one of the best series. It allowed Tony's best friend Artie Bucco to work hard to save his restaurant into focus, but it also has the most interesting B plot in the entire series. Tony's nephew Christopher (Michael Imparioli) and the cool-headed "little" Kamina Lupretazi (Ray Abruzzo) try to cast a cast for their movie Cleaver.

Next came the two awkwardly trying to sell the film to Sir Ben Kingsley (as himself). Chris's tough attitude is not good for him, and Carmine's proficiency in English is not helpful. Chris hunts down Kinsey in the rest of the series, he accidentally let the actors get a lot of free and expensive things at the awards ceremony. This caused Chris to rob the late and great Lauren Bacall (and herself) outside of one of the performances and cast a shadow in front of her. He clumsily took a basket of good things and left, then kicked it to Tony who was unmoved. Grace? No. Wild and dark comics? Yes.

Compared with other series, the tone of the first season of "The Sopranos" is more relaxed, but the conflict between Tony and his mother Livia (Nancy Marchand) may be the most disturbing and shocking in the entire series. Plot clues. It's hard to imagine any primetime TV series featuring plots in which a mother tries to kill her son.

Livia is not a likable woman. Most of the characters in the show are called "Void" or "Black Hole". This seriously implies that she has an undiagnosed borderline personality disorder: being a mob wife surrounded by lies, death and infidelity will not help. After Tony placed her in one of the best "retirement communities" in the state, the conflict started because it became clear that she could not live alone. As a reward for one of Tony's few acts of generosity, Livia started to kill his uncle by manipulating him to do dirty work. This plot line defines the rest of the show, and fans still want to know what the series will be if Marchan fails to pass after shooting the second season.

For a down-to-earth crime drama, "The Sopranos" contains many strange, fringe supernatural moments. The encounter between Poly and the psychic is only one of them, but it may be the most memorable.

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In "From Where To Eternity", Christopher is in the hospital after being nearly killed by two of his stupid subordinates. After regaining consciousness, he tells Tony and Paul that he is in hell, which is a noisy Irish bar where their gang members are humiliated every night. Poly was upset about this and Chris' other nonsense, and sought the help of a psychic to ease his emotions. However, the psychic is not good for him and has an incredible knowledge of Poly's murder list. In a rage, Poly tried to throw a folding chair at these haunting ghosts, ending one of the strangest and most interesting moments in the show.

Chris' life is a black comedy full of stupid mistakes. The "strong, silent type" features his stupidest and funniest way, he crushed Adriana (Drea de Matteo) dog Cosette in a coma. She returned to their apartment and found that Chris had passed out on the sofa, sitting on her dead dog: Chris protested weakly against his innocence, claiming, "She must have crawled there to get warm!"

This is just the beginning of the episode: Adriana is overwhelmed by Chris' addiction and behavior and intervenes on his behalf. His closest friends got together and tried to help him. His only problem is that all his friends are thugs with slow emotional development. This intervention is not a healing moment, more like Christopher's barbecue. The intervention ended with Chris yelling at his "friend", and they beat him in return. There is so much honor among thieves.

Like many shows, the season-end finale of "The Sopranos" usually marks some dramatic change in the protagonist's life. The season 4 finale "Whitecaps" was the class leader in these areas, and Carmela eventually separated from Tony.

As the wife of a thug, Carmela had to endure a lot. Of course, there are benefits such as beautiful jewelry and expensive houses, but she also had to lie to her children, was life-threatening because of Tony's "work", and had to endure his infidelity. In "Whitecaps", this all surfaced. She discovered Tony's latest affair and began a nuclear test. She threw Tony's clothes out the window, kicked him out of her home, and wanted to file for a divorce. This episode is nothing more than James Gandolfini and Edie Falco applying their pure acting talent to two bitter people who have become hate each other. This is shocking because it is real.

Among all the unexpected things done by the Sopranos, let alone the final scene of "Made in America". This episode has the harsh rhythm of a funeral parade, taking place in a severe winter, marked by colder photography and directors. At this point in the series, most of Tony's allies were dead and buried, and he almost had to rely on himself to end the mob war between Jersey and New York.

Regardless of everything, Tony managed to gain the upper hand and become the winner, but the episode is not over yet. After talking to the younger uncle who is now suffering from dementia for the last time and meeting with his lawyer, there is a mouse in his team, and he goes out to have dinner with his family. While they were waiting for his daughter Meadow (Jamie Lynn Siegler), the restaurant doorbell rang, Tony raised his head, and... the plot switched to black. This lack of closure is one of the boldest things the series has ever done. Is Tony dead? Is he in hell and spends this family dinner forever before he is beaten? Or is this just a dream of happier times? No one can say that this is one of the greatest and unexpected moments on TV ever.

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Matthew McDonough is the list editor of Collider.com and started working for them in November 2021. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a bachelor's degree in English. He worked for The New Paltz Oracle, a newspaper run by his college’s students, and interned at Hudson Valley Magazine, a publication in the Hudson Valley. Movies are his hobby, and his favorite directors are David Lynch and Andrei Tarkovsky.