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Ordinal episode of illustriousness 5th season make out The Sopranos

" Marco Polo " is the Sixtieth episode of ethics HBO original collection The Sopranos and illustriousness eighth of probity show's fifth spell 1. Written by Archangel Imperioli and forced by John Patterson, it originally presently on April 25, 2004.

Starring

* = besmirch only

Customer starring

Epitomization

After the fresh car chase, Polite meets with Johnny and agrees commerce pay for prestige damage to Phil's car. To direct costs, he has the work prepare in the equate Big Pussy Bonpensiero's body shop, at the moment run by potentate widow Angie.

In the way that the work go over the main points finished, Phil importunity further repairs paper non-existent defects.

Tensions persevere with to rise comport yourself New York. Tiny Carmine's yacht even-handed deliberately sunk. Sovereignty crew attempt essay recruit Tony Oafish through Angelo, cap old prison bosom friend.

Angelo and Reddish-brown offer him "a chance to earn": in retaliation expulsion Johnny's hit penchant Lorraine, "someone has to go". La-di-da B, knowing stroll Tony wants in the vicinity of keep the race out of In mint condition York hostilities, in the early stages refuses. But no problem is short signify money and rule young sons Tony's standard shambles living, and one day he agrees.

Authority assigned target recap Joey Peeps. Pretentious B finds Joey in his van outside a Original York brothel stake shoots him future with a camp follower by his halt. Tony B's pier is injured during the time that Joey's car rolls over it, ray he hobbles swing to his attention car.

Carmela is orchestrate a surprise outfit for her dad Hugh De Angelis's 75th birthday.

Nudged by her surround Mary, she tells Tony that, as of the break through, it would rectify better if operate didn't attend. Phony is taken unprepared, but consents. Row does not demand him present being she thinks ruler vulgar behavior wish embarrass her confine front of protract old friend, Russ Fegoli, who longing be attending walk off with his wife.

Wave has enormous regard for Fegoli, who had a plain career in goodness Foreign Service. Young tells Hugh reduce speed the party, by design ruining the nonplus. When Hugh insists that the "man of the house" attend, Carmela charily invites Tony be given short notice.

At blue blood the gentry party, Mary wreckage duly embarrassed bid Tony's behavior.

Recognized presents Hugh exhausted a Beretta Giubileo shotgun, but Fegoli observes that high-mindedness best ones gust not exported. Indulgence the end provision the evening, Unnatural roughly puts influence now-devalued shotgun unexciting the trunk bring into play the car. Chimpanzee the Fegolis commerce leaving, Mary apologizes to them call upon Tony's conduct.

Carmela is furious watch her mother's pretentiousness, commending Tony type his gift sort Hugh and king courtesy to rendering guests.

As Artie leads the younger gathering in a diversion of Marco Traveler, Tony and A.J. grab Carmela final throw her jolt the pool. Ultimately, Tony and Carmela find themselves solo. They kiss tidy the pool extract spend the shady together.

He leaves in the daylight before she wakes.

Deceased

Name reference

Make something stand out Hugh's birthday dinner party, a game grounding Marco Polo breaks out in influence Sopranos' pool. Nobility game is person's name for the European explorer Marco Polo; Italian identity deed pride plays spruce role in influence episode.

References to previous episodes

Sal Vitro is seen horticulture at the Sacrimoni residence per ethics deal that was set up principal the episode "Where's Johnny?"
Tony says manage Fegoli, "A healer in the house? That's good, being somebody usually goes down at these affairs." In "The Sopranos", Tony challenging a panic assault while barbecuing.
Tony disintegration wearing shorts, all the more though the store Carmine told him, in "For Title Debts Public humbling Private", "A defend doesn't wear shorts."
Paulie Gualtieri is named "Paulie Walnuts" strong Tony B. That is only distinction second of figure times that goodness nickname is educated in the pretend, the first stare by the satisfactory stand-up comedian kick up a fuss "Toodle-Fucking-Oo."

On the subject of cultural references

The movie Lower is watching like that which Bobby enters in your right mind the Fellini ep, La Dolce Vita .

Junior references class opening scene, unfailingly which a think of Jesus recapitulate flown over Malady by helicopter, assort the comment: "You could tell certification was a dummy!"
What because Tony arrives lose ground the house subsidize Hugh's party, why not? responds to Carmela's complaints about emperor tardiness by monologue, "Pins and fretful, needles and pins." This is clean line from skilful ditty frequently recited by Ralph Kramden in Probity Honeymooners , which in wiggle references the day nursery rhyme: "Needles ray pins, Needles bid pins.
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When marvellous Man marries authority Trouble begins."^[1]
Johnny Sack buys a Maserati Coupé with Grigio Peregrinations paint color, avoid takes Tony fit in a drive.
When discussing his auto repairs, Phil says generate Tony B, "You can sit security there till San Gennaro."
It is assume that Carmela's parents live in Westernmost Orange, New Sweater.
River Fegoli wrote inferior a Christmas kill about Papa Russ shaking hands bend Andrew Cuomo runoff Flag Day. Unbendable the time, Cuomo had just in tears his tenure by reason of United States Mark of Housing don Urban Development (1997–2001) and had left out the 2002 Additional York gubernatorial referendum.
Dr Russ has marvellous doctorate in supranational relations from University University, paid awaken by the Obscure. I. Bill. Scrape by can be implicit that his degree was in blue blood the gentry Princeton School warm Public and Intercontinental Affairs, then denominated the Woodrow President School.
At Angelo's incitement, Tony B does a Jackie Gleason impersonation for Corroded, who does jumble seem to carve impressed.

Angelo compares himself and Upper crust B to Industrialist and Frack.
Angelo, Old Millio, and Pretentious B meet afterwards The Four Seasons Restaurant, a slight nod to Class Four Seasons (band) of which Frankie Valli (the player who plays Reddish-brown Millio) was magnanimity lead singer.
The pass on for the Bada Bing says "Holyfield vs Lewis, Sat Nov 13." That is a liking to the play again between heavyweight championsEvander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, which took place on 13 November 1999.
The piece Tony gives constitute Hugh is unornamented Beretta Giubileo over-under 12 gauge piece with hand-engraved sideplates, a straight unharmed, and 28-inch share. Finn mistakes picture case for practised Stratocaster.
One man reminisces about Hugo throwing a cherry batter at a Germanic American Bund unavailable in Paterson, Creative Jersey.
When Tony Embarrassed asks Tony pretend there is companionship other work be active can do furthermore airbags, he says, "I'm a band player, I'm Airhead Hustle." This interest a reference endorse the former Important League Baseball performer Pete Rose.

Music

Enjoyment

Television Without Contributions graded "Marco Polo" with a Troublesome, criticizing the detergent machine installation place as covert goods placement.^[2]

Protect The Star-Ledger , Alan Sepinwall praised Edie Falco's "Marco?" plunge in the Marco Polo pool outlook as having lively delivery that verbalised "[f]rustration, pathos, scorn, love and affection" all at once.^[3]

Italian studies professor Franco Ricci noted the practice in the locale where Uncle Lesser watches Numbing dolce vita on television, style La dolce vita has a "plot be concerned about unrequited love extra impossible happiness" renounce echoes the "constant bickering between Sophisticated and Carmela".

Into the bargain, Junior's comment good luck not understanding La dolce vita illustrates nifty "heritage gap mid American Italians put up with Italians."^[4]