Tony in crisis

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Episode of the series The Sopranos
title Tony in crisis
Original title The Sopranos
Country of production United States
original language English
length approx. 54 minutes
classification Season 1, Episode 1
1st episode overall ( list )
First broadcast January 10, 1999 on HBO
German-language
first broadcast		 March 12, 2000 on ZDF
Rod
Director David Chase
script David Chase
production David Chase
camera Alik Sakharov
cut Joanna Cappuccilli
synchronization

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Tony in the Crisis (original title: The Sopranos or Pilot ) is the pilot episode of the HBO series The Sopranos , which first aired on January 10, 1999. The episode was written and directed by executive producer David Chase .

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Anthony "Tony" Soprano from North Caldwell , New Jersey , has two families: On the one hand, there is his real family around his wife Carmela, daughter Meadow and son Anthony Jr. (AJ). But Tony also has a second family - the Mafia , because he is a high-ranking member of the DiMeo family, which determines the criminal activity of New Jersey. When he collapses due to a panic attack while having a barbecue in his garden, the doctors cannot find a physical problem and refer the patient to the psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi. In their first meeting, she tries to find out what could have led to this attack.

Since Tony, who introduces himself to her as a consultant in the garbage disposal business , doesn't think much of psychology , he initially reacts negatively and uncooperatively. Nevertheless, he describes Dr. Melfi details his daily routine up to the panic attack: He complains about the stress of his professional life and describes a feeling that he has somehow come to the end of something. Ducks that were nesting in his swimming pool flew away and he has the feeling that his daughter Meadow doesn't get along with her mother, Tony's wife Carmela. The induction of his nephew Christopher into the family business is anything but easy. In addition, his mother, a pessimistic and cynical old woman, worries him, who can no longer cope with her everyday life on her own. At the end of their first session, the doctor and patient find that Tony feels depressed, but when Dr. Melfi wants to talk about the ducks, Tony hastily leaves the practice. When Tony visits the Green Grove retirement home with his mother , where he would like to place Livia, she bursts into sneering laughter and he suffers a second panic attack. He returns to Dr. Melfi, who prescribes the anti-depressant Prozac . In their next session, Tony firmly refuses to admit his mental weakness and believes the medication will lift his spirits. He describes her a dream: ducks flew away with his penis. Dr. In this dream, Melfi recognizes Tony's projection of his family's love onto the ducks in his pool. The disappearance of the ducks triggered the panic for fear of somehow losing the love of his family. To both of them, Tony begins to cry.

As the episode progresses, the viewer learns more about Tony's life when he tells Dr. Melfi tells. In addition to the violence, omnipresent in his professional life, he initially conceals from her that he is an unfaithful husband. At dinner together, Tony admits to Carmela that he was going to a psychiatrist and was now taking Prozac. However, she has to promise him to keep everything to herself.

There are also problems in business: competing waste disposal companies damage the waste management company Barone Sanitation , for which Tony officially works. His nephew and subordinate Christopher is tasked with "eliminating the world". This lures the junior boss of the competition, the Czech Emil Kolar, into an ambush and shoots him in the back room of Tony's butcher shop Satriales . Together with Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero he then disposed of the corpse without leaving any traces. After Emil's sudden disappearance, the Kolars give up competition with Barone. In addition, there are professional tensions with his uncle Junior (Corrado Soprano Jr.), who envies his nephew's supremacy in the organization. Junior wants to have the defector "Little Pussy" Malanga murdered. This is to take place in Vesuvio , the restaurant of Tony's old childhood friend Artie Bucco. To prevent the inevitable business damage, Tony wants to persuade his uncle to take the matter up elsewhere. However, this remains hard and does not give way. Ultimately, Tony finds himself forced to detonate a bomb in his friend's restaurant so as not to harm Artie by killing Malanga. Artie's restaurant is completely destroyed, but he thwarted Junior's plans and saved the reputation of Vesuvio.

At his son's birthday party, Tony feels sorry for his old friend and offers to help. Junior complains to Livia of Tony's constant interference in his affairs and even openly does not shy away from his murder, while Livia remains silent.

deceased

  • Emil Kolar: Czech garbage disposal manager murdered by Chris Moltisanti at close range for business reasons.

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main characters

Minor characters

  • Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
  • Alton Clinton as an MRI Technician
  • Phil Coccioletti as Nils Borglund
  • Michele DeCesare as Hunter Scangarelo
  • Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva
  • Elaine del Valle as Sandrine
  • Giuseppe Delipiano as Giuseppe
  • Siberia Federico as Irina Peltsin
  • Michael Gaston as Alex Mahaffey
  • Joe Lisi as Dick Barone
  • Katherine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
  • Joe Pucillo as Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo
  • Michael Santoro as Father Phil Intintola
  • Bruce Smolanoff as Emil Kolar
  • John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco

Awards and nominations

David Chase won a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series and Joanna Cappuccilli won an Emmy for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing in a Series for this episode . The episode was also nominated in the two Emmy categories Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series and Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series .

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