All language subtitles for The Sopranos - 1x07 - Down Neck.en

Here, take a swig.
And don't backwash.

Shit!
Don't break it.

Quick, it's almost time
for the nuns' rosary.

This is eighth grade
history, man.

Stealing the sacramental wine?
It's not sacramental
till they bless it, moron.

All clear!
Are you gonna confess this?

I'm gonna tell them
i stole something,
not what!

Go! Form it up!
Form it up!
Let's go, boys!

Hustle, hustle,
hustle, hustle!

There we go.
Straight lines.

Straight lines.
There you go.

Come on, soprano, dicarlucci,
shake a leg.

Jumping jacks. Ten of them.
Count'em down.

One, two, three, four,
two, three,

five, six, seven, eight,
four, five, six, seven,

nine, ten.
Eight, nine, ten.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight,
dicarlucci, barber, soprano,
let's go! Sync up!

- What's so funny, gentlemen?
You care to share?

Sorry, mr. Meskimmin.

Okay, kick- outs, boys.
Floor! Kick!

Return! Up!

I'm dizzier than shit.
Kick!

Return! Up!

Fuck.
Here he comes.

Floor. Kick. Turn. Up.

What's going on here?

Come on, stand up.
On your feet. Let's go.

Whoa.
Man!

- I don't feel so good.
- I don't want any excuses.

Mr. Meskimmin,
i gotta go to the bathroom.

Is that alcohol
on your breath?
Oh, no!

Hey, how's the boy?
How am i?

I got dust
up the crack of my ass,
and i'm starvin' to death.

You're doin' an excellent job.
Allow yourself
to take pleasure in that.

Guy's been raggin'
in my fuckin' ear all day.
I'd like to kill the prick.

You hear that, prick?
Get him outta here.

Just get him
the hell out of here!

Is there a problem?
Look, you made
your point, okay?

I made my point?
You made your point.

What point is that?
Enough with this
work stoppage.

This is a union safety official,
and he stays...

until the union
deems this workplace
is free of hazard.

I have the money.
You do?

Christopher,
give the union and call...

and see if this gentleman here
has paid up his union dues.

Then pop one
of these wheel covers.
We'll check the brake pads.

I'll get right on it.

I'll get your money, okay?
We shall return.

Halle- fuckin'- lujah.

Gimmie your cell.
I gotta call carmela.

You sure it was them?
They were drunk in gym class.

Byron barber vomited
all over the teacher.

I didn't even drink it.
I spat it out.

- Anthony.
- On top of this,
you're gonna lie to me now?

He's very sorry, father hagy,
and he's gonna be even sorrier
when he gets home.

Anthony, why don't you
wait outside.

He's suspended for three days.

Well, at least
let me pay for the wine.

The theft of the wine
is not just a crime
against property.

This is an affront to
our holy sacristy.

I've asked dr. Galani--
he's our school psychologist--
to join us.

He's been keeping
an eye on anthony,
meeting with his teachers.

Why don't you pick it up
from there, doctor.

Um, hi.

In many respects, anthony is
a normal, healthy eighth grader.

Sister patricia,
his art teacher,

thinks he shows strong skills
and spacial orientation.

But the thing is, though,
and it's not just
this one incident,

anthony sometimes has trouble
following the rules.

Weighing consequences.

At times, doesn't think
before he acts.

And it's thought that
there's a good possibility...

anthony could be a. D. D.

A. D. D.?
I'm sorry.

Attention deficit disorder.
I knew it.

I always knew
there was something.
Well, what is it?

It's an aggregate
of symptoms--

inattention, impulsivity.

Sometimes, although
not always, hyperactivity.

Of course, to be sure,
we'll need to give him
a thorough evaluation.

All he needs is
a whack upside the head.

If he's got an illness--
it's an illness, right?

You'd hit somebody
who was sick?
You'd hit somebody with polio?

- You hit anthony?
- Nobody gets hit in our house.

Not exactly my idea.

I don't know what the world's
comin' to if you can't
do a little tarantella...

on the kids every
once in a while when
they step out of line.

- So what happens now?
- He'll be given a complete
battery of testing.

Psychological, behavioral,
medical.

Let me ask you a question.

These other kids,
you keepin' an eye on them?
Are you testin' them?

The ones that aren't
named soprano?

There's no immediate plans
for that.

We attend every child
at verbum dei...

according to his own
special set of circumstances.

And so what dowe,
as the parents, do?

Nothin'?

Oh, no. I mean,
anthony's misbehaved.

He should be consequenced.

It's a crime.

To suspend that child
from school with all
the money you give them?

I bet that gym teacher
shit a brick...

when your little friend
puked on his boots,
huh, anthony?

- Wanna encourage him?
- Hey, whatever happened to
"boys will be boys"?

He stole from the church.
They don't make'em
any lower than that.

- What a loser.
- That's enough out of you.

His father was the same way.

I practically lived in
that vice president's office.

- Could we not, please?
- Well, you only remember
what you wanna remember.

Yeah, well, i must've had
another son...

who stole a car
when he was ten years old.

Yeah, he could barely see
over the steering wheel.

He was a hellion, this one.
Him and his little crew.

They used to steal lobsters
on the boats on the shore...

and sell'em for a buck a piece
down on bloomfield avenue.

- Really?
- How many times
do i gotta say this?

I don't want that kind of talk
in front of this kid!

- That stuff is wrong,
and i don't condone it!
- Yeah, sure.

- Who do you think
you're yellin' at?
- What?

- You stupe.
- What did you just say?

- I didn't say anything.
- What's he doin' now?
What's goin' on?

- He yells at me
like amiserable.
- Anthony.

I thought this could wait
till after dinner, but
your father and i have talked.

You are not to play mario cart
or go skateboarding
for three weeks.

And no tv.

- No.
- You're not gonna sit
on that internet either.

Every day, you ride your bike
to green grove retirement home
and visit grandma.

- Oh, that'll be nice.
- It's not fair!

Some fuckin' day, huh?
I feel like a bomb went off.

All the stuff
that doctor was sayin',

i never saw any of that
in anthony.

You never noticed the way
he picks at the tongue
of his tennis shoe?

Like he can't help himself.

If he even has this thing.

Something's goin' on.

Carm.
Yeah?

You think he knows?
I don't know.

She knows.

- Are you--
- really?
What makes you say that?

- Are you in--
- i don't know.

Things she says.
She makes remarks,
like this today with him.

- Are you in the mafia?
- She talk to you...about me?

Talk to me?

Did something happen
on that college trip?

- Happen? -

- like what?
-

i don't know.
She seemed peculiar
when she got back.

I think pretty soon we're
gonna have to, you know,

talk to her
about the business.

Yeah, the two of us
should sit down with meadow,

talk as a family.

And with him,
they'll give him the tests
and we'll see what's what.

Right?

Good night.

Good night.

Maybe i don't wanna admit
there's something wrong
with my kid.

But this all sounds
like bullshit to me.

What do you mean?
If he's got a disease, why
do they tell me to punish him?

Doesn't that sound like bull?
A. D. D. Is
a controversial subject.

Is it a disease or a way
for these psychologists
to line their pockets?

Many children can really benefit
by professional intervention.

- He got in a little trouble.
- You don't consider
his behavior out of the norm?

No.

I don't know.

What do i know about it?
What do you mean?

Oh, i gotta
spell it out for you?

Do you see his behavior
as a reflection of your own?

Look, like i said,
maybe- maybe i don't wanna admit
there's something wrong,

but, you know,
if he's got this thing,
we'll deal with it.

If he had polio,
we'd deal with it.

You pick up the pieces
and you go on from there.

So that's what we're gonna do.

Do you have anything else
you wanna say about this?

Well, last time
you were telling me you had
intimate feelings for me.

But you've not mentioned it.

Intimate feelin's?

I think i said
i was in love.

How are you doing with it?

Well--

i just can't turn off
my feelings'cause you tell me
it's a byproduct of therapy.

I never said you should
turn off your feelings.

Well, i already got
a girlfriend.

She's russian. 24.

How old are you?

I find it interesting that
it took you so long to tell me
you had a girlfriend.

How are you doing with it?

I gotta ask you
one more question about my son.

You think i should...
go easy on him now,

or press him a little harder?

Well, that's difficult to say.

What, you want a raise, maybe,
to figure this out?

Anthony? Anthony jr. ,
you get up!

Why? I don't have to go
to school. I'm suspended.

You are not laying around
in bed all day.

We're not runnin'
a hotel over here.

Get up!
Have some breakfast.

I don't wanna.
I'm not hungry.

What you are gonna do today
is get up and go rake.

You're gonna do
some work around here.

Mom, where's my gray jacket?

I left it downstairs.
What'd you do with it?

Hello?

Anthony jr. ,
turn off that music!

Your father is sleeping!

You said i couldn't
watch tv or play nintendo.
What?

You didn't say anything
about music.

Turn it off right now!
Why?

Because i said so
and your father is sleeping,
for christ's sake!

Mom, i can't find it.
Where is it?

Johnny, come on!

Uncle jun, what are you
doin' here so early?

Where's your old man?
He said he'd be
waitin' outside.

- Want me to go get him?
- Hey. Did you hear
the game last night?

Joey pepitone, three rbis.

No kidding?
My mom made me go to bed.

Anthony, why aren't you
on your way to school?

You miss your bus,
you wanna walk through
the colored neighborhood?

Junior.
Big fancy car.

We're goin' to my sister's
tonight, and you promised
to bring a pork loin.

Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
Nonstop. Don't you
get sick of yourself?

Dad, could you and uncle jun
give me a ride to school?

Not right now, tony.
You be good, though.

Pay attention to what
those teachers tell ya,
ya hear me, anthony?

Okay.

See ya, ma.
Okay. Be good.

Hey, wait up!
Shit.

- Hey, rocco.
- Come on!
Move, move, move, guys!

Move, move, move!
Hey, john, john,
one more day, man!

Don't make me come after you,
you fuckin' piece of shit!
There's gonna be a huge payoff!

I'll fuckin' kill you,
you piece of shit!

What do you got?
What do you got?

What the fuck is this?
What the fuck
are you bringing me here?

Huh? Who are you
fuckin' with, rocco?

Fuck you!
Motherfucker!

Huh?
You asshole!

Huh, rocco?
Piece of shit!

You're up.

Who the fuck can sleep
with all this shit goin' on?

I was thinkin' about
fuckin' jefferson airplane
this mornin'.

How about that?
1967.

Made me think
about my father.
What about him?

First time i ever saw him
whack the shit out of somebody.

What made you think
about that?

Something to do
with my son, i think.

You know,
what's been goin' on.

Why did your father whack
the shit out of some guy?

I never saw him do
something like that.

I mean, he used to whack
us kids around a little bit.

Really?

Yeah, the belt was his, uh,
favorite child development tool.

Hmm.
This was different, though.

You could tell he knew
what he was doin'.

How did you feel about
your father after that?

I didn't want him
to do it to me.

Seriously.
What do you
want me to say?

I'm just glad
he wasn't a fag.

How did you and your father
get along?
Good.

He was a good guy, my father.
Everybody liked him.

He knew how
to have a good time.

He loved shellfish--
clams, oysters.

Taught us kids how to eat'em.
You put a little worcester
on there, you know.

You suck'em down.

It's good.

My mother never
ate anything raw.

But he wasn't around much.
What did he do
for a living?

Retail meat and provisions.

And a little numbers.
Extortion, loan sharkin'.
How did you feel about that?

How did i feel?
About your father...

being engaged in
illegal activities?

Well, i-- you know,
i never really knew about it.

- When did you find out?
- Who remembers?

But you thought of
that incident this morning.

Are you concerned that
your son is going to
find out about you?

Don't start talkin' to me
about legitimate business.

What about chemical companies?

Dumpin' all that shit
into the rivers,

and they got all these
deformed babies poppin' up
all over the place.

Does he know anything?

I don't know.

- Has he asked you?
- No.

- How are you
gonna handle that?
- I don't know.

- Did you ever talk
to your father about it?
- What, are you kiddin'?

No kiddin', tony.
That doesn't sound
like anthony.

Yesterday, he's a little boy.
Today, i gotta worry about him.

Teenagers.
Yeah.

My daughter's been givin' me
all this feminist shit
about this place.

How it "objectifies women."
You know, shit like that.

These girls are pullin' down
$1500 a week.

This bears no weight
with theprincipessa.

Meadow was one thing,
but this is myson.

Boys are different from girls.

Pussy, kevin and matt,

they ever ask you about
this thing of ours?

I lied through my teeth,
but they knew.

Fuckin' nitwits.
They love me anyway.

It's hard to raise kids
in an information age.

To protect them.

Hey.
Hey, what's up?

Who's got an anniversary
or special occasion?

What are these, antiques?
I was pickin' up
the chinaman's vig,

and the fed- fuckin'- ex van
was wide open.

Guy went in for a burger
or some shit.

No shit? Fedex.
They're usually pretty careful
with those.

- You did this
in broad daylight?
- Nobody saw me.

That's interstate commerce,
you fuckin'mamaluke.

You wanna spend eight years
in prison for a stupid stunt
like that, be my guest.

I'd take a lickin'
but keep on tickin'.

I'm gettin' the fuck outta here.
Jesus christ!

What's with his ass?

He's got a lot on his mind.

And what do you think
is going on
with this one, anthony?

I don't know.
How many more of these
are left?

The quicker you answer,
the faster we'll be done.

Whatever pops
into your mind.

'Cause there's no guy?

Okay, good.
Where do you think he is?

Out buying food
for the horse?

Anything else?

Watching tv, maybe.

Maybe he's watchingsouth park.
Number one was supposed
to be on tonight,

the one where cartman
gets abducted by aliens...

and they give him an anal probe
and it makes him fart fire.

You're home.

You know, if it's bad,
the a. D. D. , they put
anthony in special ed?

Doctors say that?
No, the doctors
don't know anything yet.

They just started the testing
this afternoon.

I just picked up these books
at the mall.

Help me to help my child?
Listen to this.

"Approximately 50% of children
diagnosed with a. D. D...

receive help from
special education teachers
in their school."

We don't even know
that's what he's got.
You're right.

Let's just be ignorant.
Why worry about anything now?

You blame me,
don't you?
Who said anything about that?

No, go ahead.
You blame me.

I blame myself.
For what?

"For what?"

For stayin' with me?

I have two eyes.

Oh.

And who do we blame
our daughter on?

Straight- a student,
national honors society,

featured soloist
in the choir.

Yeah, this isn't
goin' anywhere.

"Like father, like son,"
right? What about
"daddy's little girl"?

What about you?
You and your uncle lenny,
thatobatz.

My son's got that
in his gene pool.
Do i blame you for that?

If it helps you.

Hi, grandma.

Well, look who's here.

Oh, look at that
little face.
Ow!

Ooh.

Pearl, meet me grandson.
This is your grandson?

He rode his bike
all the way over
to visit his grandma.

How do you like that?
How come he's not
in school?

Because he was a bad boy.
Ow!

Yes, he was.
That's why.

Oh, he's a big one!

She had a stroke.

Now half her brain is gone.
Whoa.

So, what shall we do?
What shall we do?

Let's see. Ah.

Let's play scrabble.
You'd be surprised
how good your grandmother is.

I don't think so, grandma.
I'm kinda wiped.

Oh, you're
a 13- year- old boy.

You're too young
to be so tired.

They sent me to
a psychiatrist all morning.

I took, like,
a million tests.
A psychiatrist?

Yeah, you know,
'cause i got suspended
and everything.

They sentyou
to a psychiatrist?

Yeah.

But that's crazy.
That's all nonsense.

That's nothin' but
a racket for the jews!

- Dad goes.
- He does not.

- Yes, he does.
- He does not.

- Yes, he does.
- To a psychiatrist?

- Yeah.
- He does not.

- He does too.
- But why do you say that?
That's ridiculous.

Because it's true.
I heard him and mom
talkin' about it.

What does he need
a psychiatrist for?

Is it okay if i take
that pear, grandma?

He goes to talk
about his mother.
That's what he's doing.

He talks about me,
he complains.

"She didn't do this.
She did that."

Yeah.

I gave my life to my children
on a silver platter.

And this is how
he repays me?

Dad, what's that noise?
Noise?

It's a flat tire.
I asked you to clean those nails
out of the driveway, didn't i?

I was prayin'
for somethin' like this.

I spent too much money
on braces for two years...

not to take you
to the dentist now.

Maybe we should call
the auto club.

We change tires at our house.
Watch and learn.

Yesterday,
with the psychologist,
how'd that go?

Okay.

Yeah?
What'd you guys do?

He made me look at these,
like, pictures and stuff,

and then i had to say
something about them.

What'd you talk about?
Anything interesting?

That's kind of between
me and my therapist.

He told me i didn't have
to say anything
if i didn't want to.

That's what we pay extra for
at that school?

Anthony,
the other night at dinner,
you made a remark.

No, i didn't.
Yeah, you did.

Don't worry about it.
I'm not mad.

I just need to know
what you meant by it.
I didn't mean anything.

Come on.

Some kids at school
said some stuff.

What'd they say?
That you were in the mafia.

And what do you think?

I don't know.
There were all those guys
at uncle jackie's funeral,

and those other guys writing
down license plate numbers
and taking pictures.

Those were feds, right?
Just like ingodfather i.

Uncle jackie's funeral.
Right.
Then i was on the web.

I found this page
with uncle jackie on it.

It said he ran some union
that ripped off these
pension things or something.

Uncle jackie
was a complicated man.

But you loved him,
right?

Yeah.

You didn't see me
on that web thing, did ya?

No.

That's right.

Give me a hand with this thing,
so we can get the algae
scraped off your teeth.

I'm goin' crazy with this shit--
what he knows,
what he doesn't know.

He's gonna find out eventually.
What difference does it make?

Me, my father.

It's probably in
the genes, right?

You know, this a. D. D. Thing.
It's probably all genetical.

But what about pussy?

He's an acquaintance of mine.

This guy is a stone gangster,
and he's got three kids--

one who graduated and two
who are going to villaenova.

- How do you account for that?
- Then you got leopold and loeb.

They cornhole and murder
this kid for fun,

and their father
was a successful businessman,
a fuckin' millionaire.

Do you hold
your father responsible
for what you've become?

Yeah, sometimes
i think about...

what life would've been like
if my father
hadn't gotten mixed up...

in the things
he got mixed up in.

How life
would've been different.

Maybe i'd be sellin'
patio furniture in san diego
or whatever.

We were talking last time
about how you felt
when you became aware...

of your father's
criminal life.

Do you have any more
thoughts on that?

When you first started
therapy, you said...

that you had this dream
about those ducks.

They flew away with your penis.
It was a bad omen.

That something was going
to happen in your family.

Is this the terrible thing?

Look, if you know somethin',
please, quit fuckin' around.

I think it's important
to remember.

You said you liked
the history channel.

He who doesn't understand
history is doomed to repeat it.

Let's talk
about your father.

My father.

- Heads up!

- Why are you smiling?
- Just thinkin' about my uncle.

He used to throw
the ball with me.

The one with whom
you have all the static?

Yeah.

Uncle jun.

He was always practicin'
his curve ball outside,
in front of the house.

I was probably about...
eight or nine.

Then my sister came out.

The one who lives
in california?
Yeah.

Janice.

How does she feel
about your parents?

Who gives a fuck what she
thinks? She calls herself
vishnamatha or somethin'.

Soprano isn't
good enough for her.
Fuckin' wannabe dothead.

Why were you thinking
of your uncle?

I don't know.

- What are you doing?
- I'm getting in the car.

- Why? Where are you going?
- Someplace.

Dad, where are you going?
Can i come too?

No, your mother wants you
to help her get the screens
down to the basement.

No, i wanna go
with you guys.

He said no.
Janice.

Neither one of you's
will be goin' if you talk
to your brother like that.

Go on.

My mother was inside,
cookin' the meat for the gravy.

You know, the red lead,
pork bones and veal.

It was a sunday.
But you said--

i said we'd see.

What's the matter
with that child?
She won't eat.

Please, you won't have to
give me anything for christmas
if you get me this.

And you won't have to tell me
to take the garbage out.

I'm not supposed
to have to tell you
to take the garbage out!

Then why can't i have this?
It isn't fair!

I don't wanna hear about
that stupid electric organ
anymore!

- It's not stupid.
It's fun.
- I said enough!

He won't give me
a moment's peace.

If janice wanted it,
she'd get it. Janice always
gets everything she wants.

Where were they going today?
I don't know why i couldn't go.

- That's because your sister
does as she's told.
- That's right. I forgot.

Janice never does
anything wrong.
She's just perfect, perfect.

You're driving me crazy!

- No, i'm not.
- She said what?

She was high- strung, my mother.
Very dramatic.

Every night to her
is a night at the opera.

I could stick this fork
in your eye!

She wasn't gonna do it.
Holy shit.

That's why
i'm rememberin' all this.

On account of
where they were goin'.

- Where were they going?
- I found out
a couple sundays later.

The toll now stands at
11 dead and 600 wounded,

as well as hundreds
of businesses set ablaze--

mom, i'm going to
the c. Y. O. To play ball.

Take a bat with you.
Look what they're doin'
on springfield avenue.

Looting and sniper fire along
springfield avenue continue...

with mayor lou avenitzio
now placing the blame
on outside agitators.

Come on, dad!
Let's go!

I'm comin'.
I'm comin'.

Janice, keep your sticky
fingers off the car.

I just waxed
the damn thing.

Can i steer?

Maybe on the way home,
honey.

Here we are.

Come on.

Uncle jun?

Here.
Buy something nice.

My heart was broken.

You felt your father
was showing favoritism.

I still remember that feeling
in the pit of my stomach.

Did you confront them?

Have you been listenin'
to what i've been sayin'?

Kids don't confront
in my family.

But how does this pertain to
the situation with your son?

'Cause this amusement park
was where i found out my father
wasn't like other fathers.

I took the bus this time.

It was three transfers
from newark.

I had this candy bar
in my pocket.

It had sand or lint
or somethin' on it.

Hey, what you doin'?
Where you spittin'?

What do you mean?
I ain't doin' nothin'.
Yes, you did.

You threw that wrapper
on the floor.
Pick it up!

Leave me alone!
Come back here!
You're gonna pick it up!

What in the world?
- I don't know!

There he is!
Stop or i'll shoot!

You're under arrest!

- Stop!
-

- you're under arrest!

Give me your hands!
Guy's name was chicky sasso,

my father's cousin
on his mother's side.

Got out of vietnam
on account of that cop
blew his knee cap off.

What the fuck's the matter
with you cops?

Can't bring your kid to
an amusement park no more?

Daddy!

Daddy!
It's okay, baby.
It's okay, honey.

You go home
to mommy, sweetheart.
We'll take you home.

Why don't you go lock up
themoullions?

They're the ones that are
burnin' down newark.

I wanna call my lawyer.
I'm not sayin' shit
to you guys.

That's johnny boy soprano!

Whoa!

Asshole!
You're hurtin' my wrist!

Get the fuck in there,
clarabell.

He was usin' my sister janice
as a front.

All the guys
brought their daughters,

so that when they did
their business it would
look sweet and innocent.

That must have been
devastating.

Nah, it turned out
it was no big deal.

To see your father handcuffed,
being led away by the police?

Well, at the time, i thought
my head was gonna explode.

He looked...helpless.

But when i got home, my mother
had a different perspective,
which made me feel better.

- So in her pain,
she reached out to you.
- That's one way to put it.

Your father may not be
home for dinner tonight.
Go wash up.

I know.
What do you know?

I saw him gettin' arrested.
What did he do?

He didn't do anything.
They just pick on the italians.

Still, in my heart,

i knew my father
was no freedom fighter.

- So he went to jail?
- No, he came home
in a couple of hours.

We were watchin'
ed sullivan.

Hey. Livia!

Daddy!
Look who's home!

What happened?
What happened?

I stopped at nasto's,
got you some cherry vanilla.

That didn't take long.
Must be in good
with the uppity- ups.

Yeah.

Let this be
a lesson to ya's.

Those stupid cops,
they went to the wrong place,
arrested the wrong guys.

How's my little girl?
You all right, sweetheart?

I'm okay.
Good.

Johnny boy!
Hey, johnny boy! Hey!

Good for you, johnny!
Show those fuckin'
sons of bitches.

What's up, rocco?

So...everything okay here?
I don't understand.

The man your father beat up
was the same one
who was congratulating him?

Yeah, one of'em.
Rocco alatore.

Why did they arrest
your father?

He was in violation
of his parole.

"Association with
known undesirables."

But nothin' ever
happened about it.
It just kinda went away.

He'd been in prison?

He was away when i was little,
but they told me he was
in montana bein' a cowboy.

What?

- My son is doomed, right?
- Why do you say that?

Come on.
This is the part...

where i'm supposed to tell ya
how terrible my father was...

and the terrible things
he did to me
and how he ruined my life.

But i'll tell you somethin'.
I was proud to be
johnny soprano's kid.

When he beat the shit
out of that guy,
i went to the class,

i told'em how tough
my father was.

Do you think that's how
your son feels about you?

Yeah, probably.
And i'm glad.

I'm glad if he's proud of me.

But that's the bind i'm in,
'cause i don't want him
to be like me.

He can be anything
he wants to be.

He could be like, um,
this guy i knew in high school.

His grandfather invented
these little ties that go
on the end of salamis.

He made millions of dollars.
He's sittin' on his ass.

Have you communicated
any of this to your son?

Not in so many words.

Probably not at all.

What difference would it make?
You said so yourself.

It's in the blood.
It's hereditary.

Genetic predispositions
are only that--
predispositions.

It's not a destiny
written in stone.
People have choices.

She finally offers an opinion.

Well, they do.
You think that everything
that happens is preordained?

You don't think that
human beings possess free will?

How come i'm not makin'
fuckin' pots in peru?

You're born to this shit.
You are what you are.

Within that,
there's a range of choices.
This is america.

Right. America.

So, livia, what do you think?

Huh?
Okies and misfits.

That's who goes there--
losers.

The beverly hillbillies.
So now rocco alatore's
a loser?

I know i've had to rough
rocco up because of money, but
the guy's got a fuckin' brain.

He's gonna open
a new book out there.

And after that gets up,
we get a little
cash flow goin'--

oh, mr. Cash flow.
Big business man now.

Well, what do you know
about it? You're scared
of your own shadow.

Reno is growin'
by leaps and bounds, livia.

It's a chance to get in
on the ground floor!

After rocco gets a book up,
he's gonna open
a new supper club.

He wantsmeto run it.

A supper club.
Are you drunk?

Jesus christ almighty!

Fuckin' albacore
around my neck!

Every time i try to do
somethin'-- me and the kids
will go without ya!

They are not goin'
anywhere!

I'd rather smother them
with a pillow...

then take them to nevada!
Always with the drama!

Livia.
Here you are.
Oh, junior.

You scared me to death.

I can't stay,
but i didn't wanna let
another day go by.

Business headaches
like you wouldn't believe.

Oh, yeah, yeah.
You and theotherone,
with all your headaches.

Who, tony?
You shouldn't be
so hard on him.

He's got a lot to learn,
granted, but he's headed
in the right direction.

Where to? Overbrook
state mental hospital?

What?

Hey, uncle jun.
How ya doin'?

Hey.

He's keepin' his hair.

You see, what a good boy,
he comes to visit his mother.

Um, my son's stayin'
for dinner, junior.

I don't suppose
you have time.

You two wanna
visit each other.

Junior's very busy these days
with his headaches.

Not too busy to shoot the shit
with you, tony.

We gotta try
and catch a ball game.

Yeah, you got my number.
All right.

That man...

is so full of himself
since becomingcopporuggi.

He makes me sick.

You remember
the alatores, ma?

Oh, why wouldn't i?
You know, they moved to nevada.

They're billionaires now.
Oh, that rocco alatore,
he was a real go- getter.

Didn't dad
wanna go with him?
Your father?

No.
Yeah, he did.

I remember you guys
talkin' about it.

Alatore was gonna start
a business. Dad was gonna
do a little thing with him.

Oh, well, rocco just got him
all worked up, that's all.

What is this
with all these questions?

Dad wanted to go with him.
You wouldn't let him.

Let him?
Mmm.

What do you mean?
You just tell me...

one time your father didn't do
exactly as he wanted.

I don't know.

Maybe this was his chance
to get out.

Dad was no choir boy,
but maybe with
a little bit of support.

Oh, mr. Sensitive, now.

Well, if it bothers you,
maybe you better talk
to a psychiatrist.

Whoa.
What are you talkin' about,
a psychiatrist?

Well, that's what people do
when they're lookin'...

for somebody to blame
for their life, isn't it?

You're a real stone player,
aren't you, ma?

You threatened
to smother his children.
What does that mean?

Everybody thought dad
was the ruthless one,
but i gotta hand it to you.

If you'd been born
after those feminists,

you woulda been
the real gangster.

I don't know what
you're talkin' about.

Hi. Hi, please, sit.

I know you're probably eager
to hear the results
of our testing.

How's anthony doing?
Uh, good, i think.
Don't you think so, tony?

Yeah, i think so.
Okay.

Well, good.
Uh, let's get to it.

The good news is,
no evidence of
learning disability.

Cognitive function,
verbal and nonverbal,

intelligence testing,
arithmetic and
reading evaluation...

all within
the normal range.
Oh, thank goodness.

Got a clean bill of health
from his pediatrician.

No soft sign on
the neurological either.

That's all the good news.
Now, why don't you tell us
the bad news.

Well...

as to whether anthony
has a. D. D.

The results
were interesting.

The a. P. A. Standard
is for the subject...

to manifest six out of
nine possible symptoms
of a. D. D.

In testing, anthony manifested
five of those symptoms.

Five? Really?

He often has difficulty
awaiting his turn;

is often "on the go,"
or acts as if driven by a motor;

often interrupts
or intrudes on others;

and often fidgets
with hands or feet.

He "fidgets with
hands or feet"?

That's right.

You mean, like,
he fidgets?

Uh- huh.

And that's a sickness,
the fidget?

Mr. Soprano, it's one
of nine possible symptoms.

What constitutes a fidget?

- Tony--
- no, no.
What constitutes a fidget?

So what if he fidgets?
He's in school.
Who doesn't fidget in school?

And he doesn't wait his turn?
The kid's in puberty.

He gets a hard- on
every ten minutes,
for christ's sake.

- Anthony is a borderline case.
- Hold it. He's not a case.

He's a 13- year- old boy.
That's the trouble
with you people.

Every time you see a problem,
you turn it into a disease.

He's a kid who made a mistake,
and he's gonna pay for it.

But he's gonna be fine.
Come on.

Frankly, i think he's right.

And i don't think
we should have to pay
for this testing either.

To oppose this massive force
bearing down on midway,

admiral nimetts
had no battleships
in shape for the fight.

However, he had the carriers...

yorktown, enterprise
andhornet.

This might prove
to be the trump card.

You studying?

Government.

It's not the end
of the world, anth.

I'm depressed.

You're not depressed.

You're sad and you're angry
'cause you did somethin' stupid,
and you got grounded.

And you can't watch tv or play
on your fuckin' computer
for two and a half weeks.

It's gonna stay like that.

It isn't fair.

Got that right.

What are you doin'?
What's it look like?

Can i have one too?

This one's yours.

Gonna need sprinkles.

Okay.

You want nuts?
Yeah.

M&ms?

Pretty good.