The Riley Factor

I've never watched the show, but I predict it will END-end with everyone putting hits out on each other, all accidentally meeting in the same place to perform the hits, and then ending up having to kill everyone else in the room for the hell of it. To put it more bluntly, they'll all die...

Well, I was really hoping Chrissy was gonna get whacked a few weeks ago, what with pulling a gun on Tony and all, but alas it did not happen. I also predicted that he and Ade were gonna get together, even though Brett was all "Tony wouldn't dare". He's the boss for Christ's sake, he can do what he wants. Anyway, I think Tony Blundetto is gonna end up either with Carmine's family or whatever mob family that was that he killed that guy for, or that Tony Soprano is gonna find out that he killed that guy for Carmine or whatever family that was and kill him for betraying them. As for Tony and Carm, they won't be getting back together, as alluded to in the previews for next week's show. Really, I think the whole thing is going to end in an utter bloodbath. Because like every mob movie ever made, the feds always find out, people start crossing each other, and shit ends in a hail of bullets or with everyone going to jail. So, knowing that the show can end only one of two ways, its up to you to figure out which way. The only way to rule out the feds is to get rid of Ade or Chrissy, and if that happens, then we know that the show's going to end with a bunch of people dying. If it doesn't, then all the Sopranos are getting arrested and thus ends the show. Besides, I've noticed lately that the show is getting way too predictable. Its starting to piss me off when nothing shocking happens. Also, wtf was up with Tony's father's mistress in the last episode? What a piece of crap. I wish I hadn't even watched the damned thing. Anyway, yeah, see what you got me doing. I'll stop now before I go on for hours...

My latest Sopranos theory (in keeping with the fact that the writer/creator of the show hates being predictable) is that Tony B is going to somehow end up harming Meadow Soprano. I've had the feeling since the beginning of this season when he first ran into Meadow. First I kind of got a weird sexual vibe from the scene, but as things are prorgressing I see that Tony B is a bit more crazier then I'd originally thought. I know when he looks at Meadow he thinks of his daughter and all, but I sense he's getting very jealous of Tony S, and now with him making a hit on a NY made man...once Tony S finds out, the shit is going to hit the fan.

What do ya think? Am I as crazy as I want to be?

You need to all get original ideas and stop biting off of mine. I already suggested that people will die. How about someone thinking up something else that could possibly happen in a show about the mafia besides people dying, huh? Munga people!

I think that Pauly and Carm are going to get together, and tony is going to get with Silvio. Meadow is going to realize that she is a lesbian hippy and grow her body hair very long and date her fathers psychiatrist, jennifer melfi, who will also come to realize she is a lesbian. anthony (tony's son) is going to join the queens of the stone age, as their drummer, as you can see he has been practicing for several weeks now. adriana is going to become a stripping, coke head rat, and work at bada bing, and christopher is going to overdose on some kinda drug. even though tony and silvio will have a relationship, tony will have his fathers mistress as his own, because he has always wanted to be just like his father. lil'carmine is going to quit cause well he just isnt cut out for the whole mob scene, and eventually all of the couples mentioned will get together and have one gigantic mob orgie. oh i forgot, janice will probably put rat poisoning in (is it bobby she is with??) her man's kids chocolate milk or something, so she will end up dead when he realizes it and kills her. uncle jun will get with the one legged russian and live with her until he passes away will trying to put her fake leg on for her.

alright, im obviously bored, so i will just say this much, the "sopranos fan" has a good theory and one i have actually took notice of forming as well, so i think that he is pretty darn close to what might happen. but his mentioning that the writer likes to be unpredicable wont really be true if what he predicts to happen actually does happen now will it???

I don't think he's gonna harm Meadow. I think his seeing her as his own daughter leads him to become more jealous of Tony, which is going to culminate in the two of them going at it, with one (probably Blundetto) ending up dead. Psychologically he's searching for someone to replace the void left by his missing daughter, and he's found that in Meadow. In his mind, Meadow is the closest to his daughter he'll ever get, and in order to ensure it, he's going to try to get rid of Tony, who not only should have been the one to go to jail instead of him, but has everything he has wanted and felt he should have had. If he goes crazy and hurts Meadow, that ruins what they've been leading up to in the previous episodes, what with him being jealous of Tony and all, and if that is what happens, then I'll stop watching the show altogether, because its starting to get stupid besides for that. They're taking much too long to develop key plot points and spending entire episodes on pointless shit that we don't need to see. It pisses me off.

Well I never....the words you are speaking are appalling. (and how horribly i mispelled at word is too im sure) you have a very good way of looking at the meadow/tony b/tony s. relationship, but you could also look at it this way. first off the guy is becoming more and more crazy each episode, he started out being all straight laced and just went off the deep end quickly. he is very jealous of tony, and feels that tony has gotten everything in life that he hasnt, and i think that there is a possibility that he may want to make tony suffer like he has. to just kill someone is far less torturous then killing someone that person loves and making them have to live with that loss.

he really has no "love" for meadow, i mean the guy has been locked up for 17 years and hasnt seen her since she was a little girl, so i dont think it would be that hard for him to actually kill her. so while you could be right on your theory, i would also not discount the theory presented by "soprano fan", because revenge mixed with a little mental disorder, and 17 years of prison can drive a person to commit some unthinkable crimes. i guess we will only wait and see.

if he killed meadow, i wouldnt stop watching, i would be even more addicted, first off she doesnt even have a major roll at this point, and secondly that shit would just be crazy!

-riley out

Possibly he'll kidnap Meadow. I think that if someone really wants to strike Tony Soprano they should go for one of his kids. That would really piss him off.

But it wouldn't make any damned sense. If Tony B. was going to snap, he wouldn't snap and just kill Meadow.....he'd kill everyone. Besides, I don't think that the writers of the show are bringing in the relationship between him and Meadow to start some crazy plot point that's going to culminate in some insane shit. They're brining it in to further develop the jealousy he feels for Tony S. and how rotten his life is in comparison. That feeling was voiced by his son when he stole that book of Olympic whatever-the-fuck-it-was from Anthony Jr, when he said "But he already has so much, I figured he wouldn't miss it". He's going to snap, that much is for certain, but he's most likely not going to snap and kill Meadow. Its one of those things television writers don't do. Trust me. I don't know how I know these things, but I do. Somehow I'm able to predict what's going to happen in most shows that I watch. I did it last season with Six Feet Under. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I was going to be a writer or fiction. I don't know what it is, but I do this every season.

I smell some online gambling brewing!

i dont know if he is going to kill meadow or not, but i thought it was a very interesting theory. my only point is that him harming meadow should not be totally discounted for the simple fact that the desire to ruin someone, combined with extreme jealousy, and being mentally insane can cause someone to do crazy things. and if you want to hurt someone, you strike them where it will hurt worse. the way to make tony suffer is to harm or take away one of his kids. tony has killed someones kid before didnt he (jackie??) so its not like its totally not in the mentality to kill someones kid or whatever.

but like i said, i dont know what will happen, but i have noticed that he is becoming more and more crazy as the show goes on, and more and more hateful towards tony, and even carm. when she asked him to do something for her (after he dropped his kids off to her all day without asking) and he said, "what am i a slave now?" or something along those lines.

anyway, im getting tired and feel as though i may be speaking in incoherant sentences, so i guess that means its time to end this now.

The episode with Tonys father's goomba pissed me off. They spent the whole episode with too much of that bitch in it - only to develop the plot line that Tony demanded money from Phil Leotardo in New York and to get that rivalry going on.

The season was picking up some serious speed up to that point. The party episode I enjoyed though - they had alot on continuity going on with all of the characters you see in the background of some of the scenes being around. And why didnt they show Tony banging Carmela in the pool? That would've been cool if Artie woke up in the middle of it and he "jumped in".

I think Tony should fuck Adriana and get that whole shit out of the way. Also, I think Fiorio should come back from Italy and take Carmella back with him. Then the whole family will break apart...Meadow will be the new crime boss after Chrissy shoots Tony for fucking Adriana, then Tony B. will take out Lil Carmine and start running New York. Meadow and Tony B. will decide its more lucrative to merge the two families and after a night of drinking Anthony will be beaten to death by a gang of kids that think he's gay. Carmella will then start a true Mafioso in Italia and some jealous wife will strangle her to death after discovering she was fucking her husband like a true mob boss. Chrissy will end up overdosing on heroin because he's so distraught over killing Tony S., which is why Meadow is the new mob boss. Uncle June will slowly deteriorate and end up at a nursing home singing Italian opera to himself and trying to find more funerals to go to. Tony's sister will end up losing it and killing Bobby Bacala and his kids, and will then hole herself up in the house for hours, until police finally break down the door and find her mumbling some shit to herself while stuffing her fat face full of Italian food.

And they all live happily ever after...

Imagine if the shit really ended like that. I seriously would enjoy that. If everything just totally went nuts all at once without reason. Now THAT'S unpredictable...

I know for a fact that Furio won't be back.

oh mr. sopranos fan thinks he's the shit cause he knows so much doesnt he. i made mention about furio coming back too, but found out that WON'T happen.

i agree that the entire episode dedicated to tony's fathers mistress was a little freakin retarded, but its over now so we can all get past that. i also liked "the party" episode, and was also a little curious as to why they didnt really show carm and tony in the pool since they show much more graphic any other time. during that episode is another example of why my mom shouldn't watch the show. this is her exact words during that scene, "why are they doint that right there? me: "what?" mom: "i dont understand why they would do that right there in the pool outside like that, when all they have to do is just go inside, that makes no sense whatsoever." me: "well, did you ever hear of the heat of the moment..i guess thats why!" mom: "well thats just stupid, who would do that."
me: (thinking to myself but could never say it outloud to my mom) "I WOULD!!!"

all this speculation and talk about the sopranos lately is getting me pumped up for tomorrows show, oh wait im always pumped up cause TV has become my life these days.

Yeah really though, who would bother stopping and being like "We have to go inside now", and then proceed to get redressed and dried off and make the long trek inside and up to the bedroom? That's just silly. Not only does it ruin the moment, but I wouldn't even want to bother after all that. Besides, by that time Carmella and Tony would've been fighting and throwing shit at each other, so then we wouldn't have this new and exciting key plot point. And Fiorio will come back, but just to steal Carmella away in the night. Tony'll never even have to know...

And you know why? Because fiori means "flower" in Italian. Thus, flowers don't really go away, they only lay dormant until winter passes. So, Fiorio will come back. There is symbolism in the name...

Anyone notice that Tony is pointing the shotgun he gave his father in law at someone in this year's previews for the new season?

WTF...when/how did you notice that? either you watch each episode like 1,000 each, or your one perception SOB, man! so the answer to that questions is, no i didnt notice that.

by the way did anyone else notice the sopranos ad at the bottom of my page? not sure how it got there, but i thought it was pretty darn cool!

Its a smart ad. It takes whatever you're talking about on the page and puts up an ad pertaining to the subject. You can thank John for that. Smart little Google ad. Its so cute!

Anyway, "Sopranos Fan" is on to something though. They will give away hints to what's going to happen at the end of the season throughout the shows and previews and whatnot. You just have to pay attention. I noticed that last season. Its like a conspiracy or something. BTW, Tony was the shooter on the grassy knoll, I'm sure of it...

Alright tell me that Vito giving the security guard a blowjob is predictable.

Of course it is. The whole damn family is gay, couldn't you tell?

Firstly, SopranosFan obviously reads some message board about the Sopranos.
Secondly, Steph, (insert some smart ass remark about Italians and the Sopranos to piss of Steph).
Thirdly, Angela needs to make another post soon, perhaps on how she's learning to mingle with Bridgetonites down on Commerce.

I don't read Sopranos Message Boards, I'm not one for spoilers.

PS - Vito called up Howard Stern this morning to talk about the blowjob scene - good stuff.

Well...why make a new post when this one seems to be so popular. I listened to vito on howard stern this morning, and that is officially when i found out the freakin bj was for real. i mean WTF was it a second long and i blinked or something? i was watching it, and then i saw him sitting in the van with the dude and meadows bf lookin at him all crazy. i thought meadows bf was just being freakin paranoid or something. man im pissed. as much as i enjoy homosexual male encounters, and then i gotta go and miss it...oh well, thats what re-runs are for i guess.

Try HBO on demand, you can fast forward to the blowjob scene, and rewind it as many times as you like (god knows I did!!!)

The part that scares me SopranosFan, is the fact that I believe every word of that.

So now I'm wondering WHO the BEAR is going to kill. It's inevitable.

The bear is a symbol. C'mon now. Notice how it always shows up when she's pissed off cuz Tony keeps hanging around. The bear represents Tony, and the way Carm fears it and wants it away from her and the kids is how she feels about Tony.

Alright, I'm through making shit up. I don't know why we needed to see the bear again, or WTF was up with that whiny bitch Meadow and all that ridiculous nonsense. I swear to God by the end of the fucking episode I wanted to beat her to death with a blunt object.

Also, John, you're just jealous cuz I have more hair than you do.

Alright so I'm thinking Adrianna is gonna be dead by the end of the season - shes gonna turn in Tony B for Christopher throught the casino somehow...Chris will find out shes a rat.

And I think it's pretty obvious what's coming for Junior...

Howard Stern brought up an interesting (probably obvious) speculation about the Sopranos this morning. He stated that he thinks (probably next season - the last) Carmella will be the one who kills Tony Soprano. I'd have to say I agree. I don't think they'll end the show with Tony going to jail and why else end it if Tony isn't dead, and who better to kill him then Carmella?

She probably will kill his ass, i know if he was my husband i would seriously think about it. all i know is i cant wait to see this weeks episode cause i saw christopher crying in the previews and im dying to know why.

the bear is going to eat AJ cause he wont stop playing those freakin drums.

And in case anyone was wondering, I GOT TO SEE THE BJ SCENE LAST NIGHT!!!! i was so darn excited...and also, before the bj scene came up, but i knew that he was gay from being told about it, vito really was makin some queer eyes at the straight guy...it was funny to see that for the second time and see how obvious it was, but not notice it the first time i saw it.

anyway, im making no sense...

Meadow's boyfriend does look like Joe Perry, I'd have to agree with Vito. C'mon Finn! Try not to get killed before the season is out...you've got 5 episodes to go!!!

I'll bet the bear's gonna maul Tony. Either way we definitly know someone's getting killed next episode cuz of the body bag being thrown in the water on the previews. My bet is that it might be Ade, since Chris was crying and whatnot, and there was mention that Chris was the one to do the killing in the preview. Anyway, there's only 4 or 5 more episodes to go, cuz Six Feet Under will be back on in early or mid-June, so the shit's gotta hit the fan soon.

Also, wouldn't it be ironic if yet another of Meadow's boyfriends gets killed by Tony's order? Frankly, that'd probably be the last straw for Carmella, since I'm pretty sure she suspected that Tony killed Jackie Jr. Also, I agree with "Sopranos Fan" that Ade's probably going to get killed, if not in the next episode, then by the end of the season. She has to if they want to end it any other way than Tony going to jail.

i dont know if i think ade is going to get killed or not. and the info she has been giving hasnt really been about tony has it? i dont want her to get killed...i kinda like her! maybe carm is going to kill AJ this week, him and his disrespectful ass.

also, WTF is up with Finn proposing to meadow? do you think he did that just cause he's scared and wants tonys protection? that whole thing made no sense to me whatsoever. out of nowhere he is like oh lets get married...if i was meadow i would have been like WTF!!!!!!, then i probably would have said yes. HA j/k. i would have said let me think about it, um ok yeah...

Make this go away already! How many damn theories can you people have?

Here's a theory: Let it go and just be surprised when shit happens. If you keep coming up with all these theories, one of them is bound to happen, the shock factor of the show will be lost, and then you'll say it sucks and became predictable.

DAMN YOU ALL. Just let mindless entertainment stay mindless. Please.

My theory is that Kate is going to get strangled by SopranosFan later on tonight for her comments on this post. But its just a theory.

Anyway, I don't want Ade to get killed either. And, Finn's fucking gay as hell and I hope Vito does kill his dumb fucking ass, after fucking his dumb fucking ass. Plus, Meadow is an annoying whiny bitch, and I wish they'd leave her out of the episodes. She's a disgrace to intelligent women everywhere...

Hey Kat, don't bring me down!

Bring on the Cold Cuts!

FYI theres only 4 epsiodes left of the Sopranos left this season. And you know what sux? Theres a two week gap between the 12th and the 13th (final) episodes. Bastards.

oh yeah bring on the cold cuts! oh, and i hate that when they like make you wait two weeks for the finale and stuff, thats just not right!

Last nights episode should've been called feelings, cause either people were hurting other peoples feelings or getting their feelings hurt. And it looks like Tony Soprano is beginning to spin out of control. He's losing...pissing off his sister cause I think he was jealous of her anger management success, or just testing her to see if it really was working...he reminded me of his mother how he was getting to Janice. And Christopher is definitly about to go off the deep end. He's been getting really pissed off all season and the two tonys teaming up on him isn't helping. And Johnny Sack better watch the F out, cause with him pissing off Tony and Tony in his current state of mind, the shit is gonna hit the fan.

i thought it was a pretty good episode. i could totally relate to christopher as far as knowing how it feels to have your feelings hurt by someone you trust and love. it sucks! i felt really bad for christopher, and tony is being a whacko...as always i cant wait till next week.

Has anyone noticed the distinct ring of Tony's cell phone throughout the season? I wonder if thats a plug for a certain cell phone or if they want us to know what the sound of his cell phone sounds like for a reason...

And also one more thing about episode 62 cold cuts - I loved the shot where tony was pissed at carmella cause she emptied the pool and they had the camera like down in the pool looking up at them...the camera was like daring Tony to push her ass into the pool (AGAIN).

i havent noticed the sound of tony's cell phone ring for some reason...ill have to try and pay better attention next time.

you know what bothers me though about like last nights episode and actually other episodes as well...its hard for me to remember who certain people are, like ones they dont show very often or whatever. it takes me a while to figure out who the person is and what side they are on and whatever, and that gets on my nerves!

Yeah, I have the same problem. I also don't know what the fuck was up with last night's episode. I kept asking Brett, "Did he wake up yet, or is this still the dream?". That seriously pissed me off because they haven't developed a single plotline the entire season. It seems like they're saving up all the action and plot for the last episode. And it better be good to have wasted my time like this...

I personally think they are saving up the plot lines for the final season (next season - the 6th - final???). It just seems like thats the way it will all go down, because there are alot of undeteremined storylines in this show and I don't think they'll nail them all in 2 episodes.

The creator, David Chase, originally intended the show to run for 4 seasons, so obviously it was all supposed to culminate last year, but now he's forced to stretch it out (whatever he does have planned for Tony Soprano). Maybe that's one of the reasons for alot of the storylines being 'forgotten'. Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see...

so sopranos fan, do you know for sure that next season will be the final season? or is that just a rumor you heard? i have enjoyed the show this season overall though, i just have to like double check with someone exactly who is doing what and so on cause i just cant remember certain characters for some reason.

Last nights Sopranos (Long Term Parking) was the best episode out of the past 3 seasons. Does it get any better then this...?

I believe last nights episode was the beginning of the downfall of the Sopranos. War is about to break out between NY and NJ. I'm pulling for NJ.

There's no telling whats ahead for Christopher but it can't be good. The drugs are back and the love in his life is no longer there.

There seems to be some balance between Tony's family life and mob life. Since his family life is starting to go good, it can only mean that the mobster life can only be downhill from here...

http://www.lbracco.com/images3/sopranostca300.jpg

Keep an eye out for this one.

Oh and in case you missed it, watch it in slow motion:

http://www.lbracco.com/media%20files/sopranos0513p.WMV

All Due Respect.

I just realized how much Vito was really enjoying that back rub in the 2nd episode of this season...

I think that the last episode was the best that I have seen too! I'm very sad about adriana, I cant belive that christopher would do that. I guess it would be safe to say that he belives "blood is thicker then water". i can't wait for the final episode, but its a bitter sweet thing, cause although i can't wait for it, that means when it comes it will be no more sopranos for a while, but hey, i wont be that sad cause that will also mean six feet under is starting...

im trying to remember the back rub vito got in the 2nd episode, refresh my memory for me sopranos fan.

My sources are telling me that the sixth season of the Sopranos will be the last. Instead of 13 episodes there will be only 10.