A quick end

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Episode of the series The Sopranos
title A quick end
Original title The Knight in White Satin Armor
Country of production United States
original language English
length about 60 minutes
classification Season 2, episode 12
25th episode in total ( list )
First broadcast April 2, 2000 on HBO
German-language
first broadcast		 April 6, 2002 on ZDF
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Director Allen Coulter
script Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
production David Chase
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A quick end (original title: The Knight in White Satin Armor ) is the twelfth episode of the second season and the 25th episode of the HBO series The Sopranos , which first aired on April 2, 2000. The episode was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess , produced by David Chase and directed by Allen Coulter .

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Tony Soprano wants to break up with Irina Peltsin and she threatens him with suicide just in case. Tony doesn't care and he leaves her. Later, Irina's cousin, Svetlana Kirilenko, calls him and informs him that Irina tried to take her own life. Tony visits her in the hospital and tells her that she needs help. Tony discusses Irina's problem with Jennifer Melfi. Tony tells Carmela the story, which makes her even angrier. Tony sends Silvio Dante to Irina's house and has $ 75,000 handed over.

Janice Soprano talks to Carmela about her upcoming wedding to Richie Aprile. Carmela tells her that he'll take a lover in six months at the latest.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero takes a closer look at his job as an FBI informant and tries to engage Richies and Janice's Tony in a conversation about illegal activities at the engagement party. Pussy begins to feel like an agent and independently pursues Christopher, which leads to an accident. Skip Lipari reminds Pussy that he is not an agent and should focus on Tony.

Richie is reprimanded by Tony. He is no longer allowed to trade drugs on the route of his garbage trucks. Richie has had enough of Tony and plans a coup against Tony. He first discusses this with Junior, who takes an indifferent stance. Then Richie speaks to Albert "Ally Boy" Barese, who is acting capo for the crew of his imprisoned brother Larry Boy . Ally Boy is also not enthusiastic about the overall situation of the family, but would never do anything about the boss Tony. When Junior learns that Richie couldn't persuade Ally Boy, he decides that he is better off with a boss Tony than with a boss Richie. He warns Tony and he and Silvio decide to forcibly remove Richie from the world.

In a bad mood, Richie sits with Janice at dinner. He tells her that he feels it is a shame that his son Richard Aprile, Jr. wants to be a dancer. He also suspects him to be gay. Janice thinks this attitude is ridiculous and Richie angrily hits her in the face. Janice is shocked by this disrespect and after Richie makes fun of her, she gets a pistol and shoots him on the spot. Shocked by her own behavior, she calls Tony and asks him for help. He appears immediately, calls Christopher Moltisanti and Furio Giunta and orders them to dispose of Richie's body. They saw his body in small pieces in the butcher's shop in Satriale's and Christopher decides not to go out to eat in Satriale's for a long time .

Tony sees his mother again after a long time. Then he buys Janice a bus ticket to Seattle. Janice asks Tony what's wrong with her family.

Tony tells Carmela that Richie has left. When she asks further, he tells her that he went there, from which one cannot return, which gives her a shock. She decides to go to Rome with Rosalie Aprile.

Deceased

  • Richie Aprile: Shot by his fiancée Janice after punching her in the face during an argument.

First appearance

  • Jackie Aprile, Jr .: Son of Rosalie Aprile and the late Jackie Aprile, Sr. and nephew Richies.
  • Albert "Ally Boy" Barese: Acting Capo of the Barese Crew while his brother Larry Boy Barese is in custody.
  • Svetlana Kirilenko: cousin of Tony's lover Irina.

Trivia

  • The FBI agents mention Patty Hearst and her Stockholm Syndrome as an example of Pussy Bonpensiero's relationship with the FBI and his role as an informant.
  • Pussy self-deprecatingly codenamed "Fatman" when he phoned the FBI, an ironic reference to the Jake and the Fatman series starring Joe Penny . Penny plays Vic Musto in this episode.

music

  • At the end of the episode, I Saved the World Today is played by the Eurythmics .

Prices

  • Allen Coulter was nominated for the 2000 Primetime Emmy Award for directing. Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for screenplay in 2000, and William B. Stich was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for cinematography in 2000.

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