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{{Infobox Television episode | Title = Kennedy and Heidi |
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| Series = [[The Sopranos]] |
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| Season = 6 |
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| Episode = 83 |
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| series = [[The Sopranos]] |
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| Guests= ''see below''| |
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| Airdate = [[May 13]], [[2007]] ([[HBO]]) |
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| season = 6 |
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| Writer = [[Matthew Weiner]] and [[David Chase]] |
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| episode = 18 |
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| Director = [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]] |
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| director = [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]] |
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| Episode list = [[List of The Sopranos episodes|Episode chronology]] |
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| writer = [[Matthew Weiner]]<br />[[David Chase]] |
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| Image =[[Image:No Screenshot.svg|300px]] |
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| music = {{ubl|"[[Comfortably Numb]]" by<br>[[Roger Waters]], [[Van Morrison]] and [[The Band]]|"[[Pretenders II#Track listing|The Adultress]]" by<br>[[The Pretenders]]|"Minas de Cobre (For Better Metal)" by<br>[[Calexico (band)|Calexico]]}} |
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| Prev = [[Walk Like a Man (The Sopranos episode)|Walk Like a Man]] |
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| photographer = [[Alik Sakharov]] |
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| Next = [[The Second Coming (The Sopranos episode)|The Second Coming]] |
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| editor = William B. Stich |
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| production = S618 |
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| airdate = {{Start date|2007|5|13}} |
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| length = 52 minutes |
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| next = [[The Second Coming (The Sopranos)|The Second Coming]] |
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| season_article = The Sopranos season 6 |
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"'''Kennedy and Heidi'''" is the 83rd episode of the [[HBO]] [[television series]] ''[[The Sopranos]]'', the sixth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season, and the 18th episode of the season overall. Written by [[Matthew Weiner]] and series creator and showrunner [[David Chase]] and directed by [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]], it premiered in the [[United States]] on May 13, 2007. |
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==Starring== |
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"'''Kennedy and Heidi'''" is the 83rd episode of the [[HBO]] original series, ''[[The Sopranos]]''. It is the sixth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season. The episode was written by [[Matthew Weiner]] and [[David Chase]] and was directed by [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]]. It originally aired on Sunday [[May 13]], [[2007]]. |
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* [[James Gandolfini]] as [[Tony Soprano]] |
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* [[Lorraine Bracco]] as [[Dr. Jennifer Melfi]] |
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* [[Edie Falco]] as [[Carmela Soprano]] |
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* [[Michael Imperioli]] as [[Christopher Moltisanti]] |
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* [[Dominic Chianese]] as [[Junior Soprano|Corrado Soprano, Jr.]] * |
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* [[Steven Van Zandt]] as [[Silvio Dante]] |
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* [[Tony Sirico]] as [[Paulie Gualtieri]] |
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* [[Robert Iler]] as [[Anthony Soprano, Jr.]] |
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* [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]] as [[Meadow Soprano]] |
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* [[Aida Turturro]] as [[Janice Soprano Baccalieri]] |
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* [[Steven R. Schirripa]] as [[Bobby Baccalieri]] |
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* [[Frank Vincent]] as [[Phil Leotardo]] |
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* [[John Ventimiglia]] as [[Artie Bucco]] |
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* [[Ray Abruzzo]] as [[Little Carmine Lupertazzi]] |
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* [[Dan Grimaldi]] as [[Patsy Parisi]] |
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* [[Sharon Angela]] as [[Rosalie Aprile]] |
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* [[Kathrine Narducci]] as [[Charmaine Bucco]] |
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''* = credit only'' |
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===Guest starring=== |
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* [[Julianna Margulies]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Julianna Skiff|Julianna Skiff]] |
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The episode starts with a meeting between the New York and New Jersey families. They're discussing [[asbestos]] removal and how [[Phil Leotardo | Phil]] was unaware that Tony was dumping asbestos. Phil asked for a 25% cut of what they get for dumping, Tony rejects his offer. After the unsuccessful meeting [[Tony Soprano|Tony]] and [[Christopher Moltisanti|Christopher]] drive home along a winding road in the middle of the night. Tony talks with Christopher about the events of the past year, including his shooting at the hands of [[Uncle Junior]]. Christopher, appearing noticeably high, maintains the conversation on a subsistence level, while his driving becomes increasingly erratic. While fumbling with the car's radio buttons, Christopher swerves into the opposite lane, nearly hitting a sedan driven by two teenage girls named Kennedy and Heidi. Christopher's car avoids the oncoming vehicle, only to veer off the road, flipping over many times and finally coming to rest at the bottom of a hill. Tony suffers minor injuries while Christopher, having not worn his seatbelt, is suffering from a crushed rib cage. Christopher asks Tony for help, telling him that he will never pass a drug test and will lose his driver's license. Tony exits the car and begins to dial 9-1-1 on his cell phone, he then looks over to the back seat and sees Christopher's daughter's car seat where she could have been seated, which was impaled by a tree branch. Obviously frustrated, he hangs up the phone and attends to Christopher, who is now coughing up blood and appears to be dying. Tired of Christopher's constant carelessness, Tony holds Christopher's nostrils shut causing him to choke on his own blood while gasping for air. |
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* [[Sarah Shahi]] as Sonya Aragon |
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* [[Daniel Baldwin]] as himself |
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* [[Greg Antonacci|Gregory Antonacci]] as [[Butch DeConcini]] |
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* [[Max Casella]] as [[Benny Fazio]] |
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* [[Cara Buono]] as [[Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti]] |
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* Michael Countryman as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Dr. Richard Vogel|Dr. Richard Vogel]] |
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* [[Michael Drayer]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Jason Parisi|Jason Parisi]] |
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* [[Frances Ensemplare]] as [[Marianucci Gualtieri|Nucci Gualtieri]] |
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* [[Frank John Hughes]] as [[Walden Belfiore]] |
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* [[Marianne Leone Cooper|Marianne Leone]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos - friends and family#Joanne Blundetto Moltisanti|Joanne Moltisanti]] |
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* [[Arthur Nascarella]] as [[Carlo Gervasi]] |
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* Dennis Paladino as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Alphonse "Al" Lombardo|Al Lombardo]] |
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* Joseph Perrino as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Jason Gervasi|Jason Gervasi]] |
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* [[Bambadjan Bamba]] as Cyclist |
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* Al Roffe as Operations Manager |
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* Phyllis Kay as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Rita Lombardo|Rita Lombardo]] |
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* [[Mark LaMura|Mark La Mura]] as Alan Kaplan |
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* Joey Perillo as John Stefano |
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* Elizabeth Dennis as Andrea |
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* [[Chris Bashinelli]] as Kevin |
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* [[Lindsay Campbell]] as Professor Kline |
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* Christiana Anbri as Heidi |
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* Leah Bezozo as Kennedy |
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* Gregory Zaragoza as Croupier |
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* [[William DeMeo]] as [[List of The Sopranos characters in the Soprano crime family#Jason Molinaro|Jason Molinaro]] |
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* Artie Pasquale as [[List of The Sopranos characters in the Soprano crime family#Burt Gervasi|Burt Gervasi]] |
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* John Wu as Morgan Yam |
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* Matt Sauerhoff as Victor Mineo |
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* Edward Furs as Driver |
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* Alexander Flores as Kid |
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* Ray DeMattis as Gerry Gaultieri |
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* [[Maureen Van Zandt]] as [[Gabriella Dante]] |
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* [[Denise Borino|Denise Borino-Quinn]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Ginny Sacrimoni|Ginny Sacrimoni]] |
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* [[Elizabeth Bracco]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Marie Spatafore|Marie Spatafore]] |
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* Danielle Di Vecchio as [[Barbara Soprano Giglione]] |
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* [[Anthony Ribustello|Anthony J. Ribustello]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Dante "Buddha" Greco|Dante Greco]] |
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* John Cenatiempo as [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Tony Black|Anthony Maffei]] |
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* John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia as [[Albie Cianflone]] |
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* [[Jonathan LaPaglia]] as himself |
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* Vinnie Orofino as [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Bryan Spatafore|Bryan Spatafore]] |
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* Ed Vassallo as [[Tom Giglione]] |
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* Joe Pucillo as [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo|Beppy Scerbo]] |
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* Michelle Maryk as Jo Lewis |
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* Dina Pearlman as Ellen Reinstein |
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* Mickey Pizzo as Sal Pisano |
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* Sejal Shah as Chandrakanta Pisano |
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* Zuzanna Szadkowski as Elżbieta |
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* Marc Wolf as Mark Lewis |
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==Synopsis== |
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Tony is rushed to the emergency room, where he calls [[Carmela Soprano|Carmela]] to tell her about the accident. Largely unscathed, Tony is home the next morning, and is visited by the members of his crime family who all lament the death of Christopher. Tony is ambivalent towards Christopher's passing, and has a dream in which he admits to [[Jennifer Melfi|Dr. Melfi]] that he killed [[Sal Bonpensiero|Big Pussy]], his cousin [[Tony Blundetto]], and implicitly Christopher as well. In reality, Tony find himself unable to discuss his true feelings about Christopher's death with anyone, only hinting to Carmela that he feels relieved. Finally he reveals to Melfi that Christopher was the biggest blunder of his career and he is happy he is gone. |
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[[Anthony Soprano, Jr.|A.J.]]'s therapist sees that the prescribed drugs are working: he is happier and calmer, and taking college courses again. He continues to spend time with [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Jason Parisi|Jason Parisi]] and [[List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family#Jason Gervasi|Jason Gervasi]] at their [[frat house]]. They laugh about Victor, whose toes were amputated after they injured him with [[sulfuric acid]]. The two Jasons and others assault a [[Somalis|Somali]] student while A.J. stands by in distress, doing nothing. He relapses into depression. "Why can't we all just get along?" he says to his therapist. |
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[[Phil Leotardo|Phil]] discovers that the construction/demolition waste that [[Tony Soprano|Tony]] has been sending to Barone Sanitation contains [[asbestos]]. At a meeting in New York, he says that he will not accept any more unless he receives a 25% cut; Tony refuses. As [[Christopher Moltisanti|Christopher]] drives him back to Newark, Tony admits he may have to yield, but the waste is eventually dumped into a lake. |
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During the preparations for Christopher's wake, Tony hears that [[Paulie Walnuts]]' "mother" [[Nucci Gualtieri]] has died of a stroke. (In an earlier episode it was revealed that Nucci was actually Paulie's aunt.) The Soprano family and associates attend Christopher's wake in morbid celebrity fashion, with Tony appearing noticeably disgusted by the ostentatious display of mafia grief. Meanwhile, Nucci's wake is poorly attended, deeply upsetting Paulie, which he admits to Tony during Tony's brief appearance at the ceremony. |
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Chris is restless as he drives, and Tony looks at him carefully. Their car drifts into the opposite lane, then swerves sharply to avoid an approaching car. They go off the road and the car rolls many times as it descends an embankment. Tony exits the wreckage in pain but with only minor injuries. Chris, who was not wearing a seat belt, is seriously injured, with internal bleeding. He manages to tell Tony to call a taxi as he would not pass a drug test. Tony begins to call 911 for help but, after glancing at a [[child seat]] in the rear of the car, changes his mind. He pinches Chris's nose shut so that he cannot breathe, and he chokes to death on his own blood. |
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Fed up with the outpouring of grief over Christopher, Tony makes arrangements to fly to [[Las Vegas]] on a private plane to get away from the sadness back home. In Vegas, Tony meets up with a beautiful exotic dancer with whom Christopher used to spend time. He tells her that Christopher has died, and she begins to accompany him during his Vegas trip. The two have sex, smoke [[marijuana]] and try [[peyote]] together, with an inebriated Tony winning a large amount of money on [[roulette]] while high from the drug. Believing his recent bad luck has ended, he yells out happily, "He's dead! He's dead!" While in Vegas, Tony receives a phone call from Phil Leotardo in New York, insincerely offering condolences for Christopher's passing, while providing no relief for the original asbestos impasse. |
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Tony dreams that he tells [[Jennifer Melfi|Dr. Melfi]] that he killed Chris, [[Big Pussy Bonpensiero|Pussy]], and [[Tony Blundetto|Tony B]]. During his actual session, he recalls Chris as a liability and an embarrassment and says he resents having to feign remorse in front of his family. At the [[wake (ceremony)|wake]], he is disgusted by the display of sorrow. He and Carmela also go to the wake of [[Paulie Walnuts|Paulie]]'s adoptive mother [[Marianucci Gualtieri|Nucci]], who has died of a [[stroke]]; Paulie is angered by the poor attendance but appreciates Tony and Carmela's presence. |
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The episode concludes with Tony and Sonia looking out on the Nevada desert. Still feeling the effects of the drug, Tony sees the sun flicker in the distance. He stands up to walk towards it. Both crying and laughing, he yells out at the sun, "I get it. I get it!" |
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Tony decides to get away to [[Las Vegas]]. He meets Sonya, a stripper who was Chris's mistress. They have sex, smoke marijuana, and take [[peyote]]. Playing roulette, he has a winning streak. He mumbles, "He's dead," and collapses on the casino floor laughing. With Sonya, he watches the sun rise over the [[Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area|Red Rock Canyon]]. There is a flash in the sky, and Tony cries: "I get it!" |
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In a side story, [[Anthony Soprano, Jr.|A.J. Soprano]] is spending time at the college with [[Jason Parisi]] and [[Jason Gervasi]]. The boy that they tortured last episode for not paying his gambling debts in revealed to have had some toes amputated due to damage from [[sulfuric acid]]. A bicycle messenger runs into Gervasi's car door which is carelessly opened as the bike was passing by and an argument ensues, which results in the messenger being racially insulted and beaten. A.J. throws the bike in the path of an oncoming vehicle and it is crushed. He later regrets the incident and laments to his psychiatrist. |
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==Guest starring== |
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*[[Cara Buono]] as Kelli Moltisanti |
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*[[Elizabeth Bracco]] as Marie Spatafore |
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*[[Max Casella]] as Benny Fazio |
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*[[Frances Ensemplare]] as Nucci Gualtieri |
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*[[Joseph Perrino]] as Jason Gervasi |
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*[[Michael Drayer]] as Jason Parisi |
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*[[Dennis Paldino]] as Al Lombardo |
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*[[Marianne Leone]] as Joanne Moltisanti |
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*[[Maureen Van Zandt]] as Gabriella Dante |
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*[[Michelle Maryk]] as Jo Lewis |
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*[[Sarah Shahi]] as Sonia |
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*[[Julianna Margulies]] as Julianna Skiff |
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*[[John Wu]] as Morgan Yam |
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*[[Gregory Antonacci]] as Butch DeConcini |
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*[[Daniel Baldwin]] as Himself |
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*[[John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia]] as Albie Cianflone |
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*[[Arthur Nascarella]] as [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the DiMeo Crime Family#Carlo Gervasi|Carlo Gervasi]] |
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*[[John Ventimiglia]] as [[Artie Bucco]] |
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==Deceased== |
==Deceased== |
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*'''Christopher Moltisanti''': |
* '''[[Christopher Moltisanti]]''': seriously injured in a car crash and then murdered by suffocation by Tony, who squeezes his nose shut when he is gasping for air; he dies choking on his own blood. |
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* '''[[Marianucci Gualtieri]]''': dies of a stroke |
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==Final appearances== |
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* '''[[Ginny Sacrimoni]]''': Johnny Sack's widow |
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==Title reference== |
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* Kennedy and Heidi are the names of the teenage girls in the car that nearly collides with Christopher's vehicle. Kennedy, the passenger, suggests that they go back to the crash scene, but Heidi refuses out of fear of losing her [[learner's permit]] for violating curfew. |
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*Tony remarks that Chris's wife, Kelli, behaves and dresses like [[Jackie Kennedy]] at Christopher's wake. |
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==References to prior episodes== |
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* Tony and Phil mention the Barone Sanitation sale, which happened in "[[The Fleshy Part of the Thigh]]." |
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* Tony has been involved in a number of car accidents in the past, and, as in this episode, was not harmed seriously in any of them. He crashed his Suburban when escaping hitmen in "[[Isabella (The Sopranos)|Isabella]]," crashed it again when passing out from a panic attack in "[[Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...]]," and, in "[[Irregular Around the Margins]]", when a wild animal runs in front of his Escalade during a nighttime ride with Adriana, Tony flips it and it gets totaled. |
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* In [[Pilot (The Sopranos)|the pilot episode]], when Christopher is first introduced, he is wearing a [[baseball cap]] and driving Tony to New York City. Right before he dies, he is wearing a baseball cap and driving Tony back from New York. According to an article in ''[[TV Guide]]'', Michael Imperioli states that he does not know if this is intentional or a coincidence. |
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* Christopher dies in large part due to his [[drug addiction]] (it both contributed to him crashing the car, as he was intoxicated, and as one of the motives for his homicide by Tony). Christopher struggled with his drug addiction for many years, most notably since the trip to [[Naples, Italy]], seen in the Season 2 episode "[[Commendatori]]", where he picked up the habit of injecting [[heroin]] from the Italian gangster [[List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family#Tanno|Tanno]]. Following the drug intervention in "[[The Strong, Silent Type]]" (Season 4) and his stay in rehab, Christopher's life was marked with periods of sobriety and relapses after particularly stressful experiences. Additionally, in "The Strong, Silent Type," Tony asks [[Junior Soprano|Junior]] for advice on how he should deal with Christopher, after having learned of his addiction. Junior tells him that he should be "put out of his misery," as it used to be done by the mob in the old days. |
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* In "[[The Strong, Silent Type]]", when Tony discovers during the intervention that Christopher accidentally sat on and suffocated Adriana's dog, Cosette, he remarks that he "ought to suffocate" Christopher. Appropriately, Christopher dies suffocating on his own blood as Tony smothers him. |
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* In "[[Long Term Parking]]," in one of his rants about Tony to Adriana, Christopher says: "That's the guy, Adriana. My uncle Tony. The guy I'm going to [[hell]] for." In "[[From Where to Eternity]]" (Season 2) he believed that he went to hell when clinically dead. |
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* Right after the scene when Carmela is informed of Christopher's death, Tony awakens suddenly from a dream of Kelli hearing the news. As he awakens, the sound of a crow cawing is heard, just prior to Silvio and Paulie's entering Tony's room to offer condolences. In "[[Fortunate Son (The Sopranos)|Fortunate Son]]", Christopher saw a crow outside the window during his induction ceremony into the mafia, which he interpreted as a bad omen. |
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* Carmela tells Tony that it was Christopher who comforted her in the hospital when Tony got shot by Junior ("[[Join the Club]]"). |
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* Tony looks up and sees the headlight of a passing car as Christopher dies. This is similar to the white light he sees in his coma dream in "[[Join the Club]]". |
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* At the end of the episode, Tony sees a flash of light over the canyon with the sunrise, and shouts, "I get it!" This may be the same flash of light he sees (but looks away from) in his hotel room during his coma at the end of "[[Join the Club]]". |
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* In "[[Chasing It]]", Carlo relates to Tony the ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' episode, "[[A Nice Place to Visit]]", in which a dead gangster, Rocky Valentine, finds himself unable to lose when gambling and able to have any woman or any other pleasure he desires. Originally, he believes himself in Heaven, until it is revealed he is actually in Hell. In this episode, Tony finds himself in a similar situation while in Las Vegas, winning at roulette while standing with Chris's goomar both high on peyote. Also, at one point during this trip, he encounters a flashing red devil logo on a slot machine. |
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==Other cultural and historical references== |
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* Al Lombardo, angry, says that [[Syracuse Orange men's basketball|Syracuse]] is losing a basketball game when in the family gathering after Christopher's death. |
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* Hanging out with the Jasons, A.J. and a girl compare antidepressants [[Lexapro]] and [[Wellbutrin]]. |
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* Baby is called a "[[Sfogliatella|sfugliadell']]," an Italian pastry. |
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*Nucci dies on her way back from ''[[Jersey Boys]]''. |
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* A.J.'s English professor talks about [[William Wordsworth|Wordsworth]]. |
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* A.J. says he took a class about and is interested in the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]], and remarks that "nobody knows who started it." |
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* Carmela is watching an old episode of ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'' wherein [[Dick Cavett|Cavett]] is interviewing [[Katharine Hepburn]]. |
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* At Christopher's wake, Tony comments, "fucking [[James Brown]]", when Joanne breaks down crying. He also says the mourning Kelli looks like [[Jackie Kennedy]] with her appearance and the sunglasses. |
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* After witnessing the savage beating of the black cyclist, A.J., distressed, asks his therapist, "Why can't we all just get along?" [[Rodney King]], a black man beaten by Los Angeles police in an incident that sparked national protests and riots, famously asked the same question. |
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==Production== |
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* The truck in which Christopher and Tony crash on the side of the road was initially shown to be a [[Cadillac Escalade#Third generation (2007)|newer model Cadillac Escalade EXT]], but is revealed to be the [[Cadillac Escalade#Second generation (2002)|previous model year]] truck, when shown after the crash. |
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==In popular culture== |
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* The car crash sequence and Christopher's death are recreated for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Season 19 episode "[[Papa Don't Leech]]" in which Homer fantasizes about suffocating Abe Simpson after having a near-fatal rollover crash. |
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== Music == |
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See [[List of deaths in The Sopranos series]]. |
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* The song that Christopher puts on the car stereo and on full volume as he is driving Tony right before the crash is [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Comfortably Numb]]", performed by [[Roger Waters]] featuring [[Van Morrison]] & [[The Band]], the first track from [[The Departed#Soundtrack|the soundtrack]] of ''[[The Departed]]''. |
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* The song playing when Tony is first being driven in a taxi in Las Vegas is "Are You Alright?" by [[Lucinda Williams]]. |
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* The song playing in the background when Tony first meets Sonya is "Outta My Head" by [[M. Ward]]. |
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* The song playing in the background as Tony and Sonya are having sex is "[[Pretenders II#Track listing|The Adultress]]" by [[The Pretenders]]. |
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* The song playing in the background when Tony and Sonya are talking in bed is "Space Invader" by [[The Pretenders]], which was also featured in the season 2 episode "[[House Arrest (The Sopranos)|House Arrest]]." |
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* The song played over the end credits is "Minas de Cobre (for Better Metal)" by [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]]. |
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==Awards== |
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==Title reference== |
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* The episode's director, [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]], won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]] at the [[59th Primetime Emmy Awards]]. |
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* Kennedy and Heidi are the names of the teenage girls driving the car which nearly suffers a collision with Christopher's vehicle. |
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* Kelli Moltisanti shows up at Chris' funeral looking, as Tony remarks, like "[[Jackie Kennedy]]". |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/index.html#/the-sopranos/episodes/6/83-kennedy-and-heidi/index.html "Kennedy and Heidi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818123846/http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/episodes/index.html#/the-sopranos/episodes/6/83-kennedy-and-heidi/index.html |date=2016-08-18 }} at [[HBO]] |
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* The following actors submitted this episode as their 2007 Emmy choice: [[Julianna Margulies]] (Julianna Skiff), [[Cara Buono]] (Kelli Moltisanti), [[Marianne Leone Cooper]] (Joanne Moltisanti), [[Maureen Van Zandt]] (Gabriella Dante), [[John Ventimiglia]] (Artie Bucco) and [[Sarah Shahi]] (Guest appearance) |
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*{{IMDb episode|0995836}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:43, 4 January 2025
| "Kennedy and Heidi" | |
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| The Sopranos episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Alan Taylor |
| Written by | Matthew Weiner David Chase |
| Featured music |
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| Cinematography by | Alik Sakharov |
| Editing by | William B. Stich |
| Production code | S618 |
| Original air date | May 13, 2007 |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
"Kennedy and Heidi" is the 83rd episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos, the sixth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season, and the 18th episode of the season overall. Written by Matthew Weiner and series creator and showrunner David Chase and directed by Alan Taylor, it premiered in the United States on May 13, 2007.
Starring
[edit]- James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
- Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
- Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
- Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
- Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr. *
- Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
- Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
- Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
- Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano Baccalieri
- Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby Baccalieri
- Frank Vincent as Phil Leotardo
- John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco
- Ray Abruzzo as Little Carmine Lupertazzi
- Dan Grimaldi as Patsy Parisi
- Sharon Angela as Rosalie Aprile
- Kathrine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco
* = credit only
Guest starring
[edit]- Julianna Margulies as Julianna Skiff
- Sarah Shahi as Sonya Aragon
- Daniel Baldwin as himself
- Gregory Antonacci as Butch DeConcini
- Max Casella as Benny Fazio
- Cara Buono as Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti
- Michael Countryman as Dr. Richard Vogel
- Michael Drayer as Jason Parisi
- Frances Ensemplare as Nucci Gualtieri
- Frank John Hughes as Walden Belfiore
- Marianne Leone as Joanne Moltisanti
- Arthur Nascarella as Carlo Gervasi
- Dennis Paladino as Al Lombardo
- Joseph Perrino as Jason Gervasi
- Bambadjan Bamba as Cyclist
- Al Roffe as Operations Manager
- Phyllis Kay as Rita Lombardo
- Mark La Mura as Alan Kaplan
- Joey Perillo as John Stefano
- Elizabeth Dennis as Andrea
- Chris Bashinelli as Kevin
- Lindsay Campbell as Professor Kline
- Christiana Anbri as Heidi
- Leah Bezozo as Kennedy
- Gregory Zaragoza as Croupier
- William DeMeo as Jason Molinaro
- Artie Pasquale as Burt Gervasi
- John Wu as Morgan Yam
- Matt Sauerhoff as Victor Mineo
- Edward Furs as Driver
- Alexander Flores as Kid
- Ray DeMattis as Gerry Gaultieri
- Maureen Van Zandt as Gabriella Dante
- Denise Borino-Quinn as Ginny Sacrimoni
- Elizabeth Bracco as Marie Spatafore
- Danielle Di Vecchio as Barbara Soprano Giglione
- Anthony J. Ribustello as Dante Greco
- John Cenatiempo as Anthony Maffei
- John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia as Albie Cianflone
- Jonathan LaPaglia as himself
- Vinnie Orofino as Bryan Spatafore
- Ed Vassallo as Tom Giglione
- Joe Pucillo as Beppy Scerbo
- Michelle Maryk as Jo Lewis
- Dina Pearlman as Ellen Reinstein
- Mickey Pizzo as Sal Pisano
- Sejal Shah as Chandrakanta Pisano
- Zuzanna Szadkowski as Elżbieta
- Marc Wolf as Mark Lewis
Synopsis
[edit]A.J.'s therapist sees that the prescribed drugs are working: he is happier and calmer, and taking college courses again. He continues to spend time with Jason Parisi and Jason Gervasi at their frat house. They laugh about Victor, whose toes were amputated after they injured him with sulfuric acid. The two Jasons and others assault a Somali student while A.J. stands by in distress, doing nothing. He relapses into depression. "Why can't we all just get along?" he says to his therapist.
Phil discovers that the construction/demolition waste that Tony has been sending to Barone Sanitation contains asbestos. At a meeting in New York, he says that he will not accept any more unless he receives a 25% cut; Tony refuses. As Christopher drives him back to Newark, Tony admits he may have to yield, but the waste is eventually dumped into a lake.
Chris is restless as he drives, and Tony looks at him carefully. Their car drifts into the opposite lane, then swerves sharply to avoid an approaching car. They go off the road and the car rolls many times as it descends an embankment. Tony exits the wreckage in pain but with only minor injuries. Chris, who was not wearing a seat belt, is seriously injured, with internal bleeding. He manages to tell Tony to call a taxi as he would not pass a drug test. Tony begins to call 911 for help but, after glancing at a child seat in the rear of the car, changes his mind. He pinches Chris's nose shut so that he cannot breathe, and he chokes to death on his own blood.
Tony dreams that he tells Dr. Melfi that he killed Chris, Pussy, and Tony B. During his actual session, he recalls Chris as a liability and an embarrassment and says he resents having to feign remorse in front of his family. At the wake, he is disgusted by the display of sorrow. He and Carmela also go to the wake of Paulie's adoptive mother Nucci, who has died of a stroke; Paulie is angered by the poor attendance but appreciates Tony and Carmela's presence.
Tony decides to get away to Las Vegas. He meets Sonya, a stripper who was Chris's mistress. They have sex, smoke marijuana, and take peyote. Playing roulette, he has a winning streak. He mumbles, "He's dead," and collapses on the casino floor laughing. With Sonya, he watches the sun rise over the Red Rock Canyon. There is a flash in the sky, and Tony cries: "I get it!"
Deceased
[edit]- Christopher Moltisanti: seriously injured in a car crash and then murdered by suffocation by Tony, who squeezes his nose shut when he is gasping for air; he dies choking on his own blood.
- Marianucci Gualtieri: dies of a stroke
Final appearances
[edit]- Ginny Sacrimoni: Johnny Sack's widow
Title reference
[edit]- Kennedy and Heidi are the names of the teenage girls in the car that nearly collides with Christopher's vehicle. Kennedy, the passenger, suggests that they go back to the crash scene, but Heidi refuses out of fear of losing her learner's permit for violating curfew.
- Tony remarks that Chris's wife, Kelli, behaves and dresses like Jackie Kennedy at Christopher's wake.
References to prior episodes
[edit]- Tony and Phil mention the Barone Sanitation sale, which happened in "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh."
- Tony has been involved in a number of car accidents in the past, and, as in this episode, was not harmed seriously in any of them. He crashed his Suburban when escaping hitmen in "Isabella," crashed it again when passing out from a panic attack in "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...," and, in "Irregular Around the Margins", when a wild animal runs in front of his Escalade during a nighttime ride with Adriana, Tony flips it and it gets totaled.
- In the pilot episode, when Christopher is first introduced, he is wearing a baseball cap and driving Tony to New York City. Right before he dies, he is wearing a baseball cap and driving Tony back from New York. According to an article in TV Guide, Michael Imperioli states that he does not know if this is intentional or a coincidence.
- Christopher dies in large part due to his drug addiction (it both contributed to him crashing the car, as he was intoxicated, and as one of the motives for his homicide by Tony). Christopher struggled with his drug addiction for many years, most notably since the trip to Naples, Italy, seen in the Season 2 episode "Commendatori", where he picked up the habit of injecting heroin from the Italian gangster Tanno. Following the drug intervention in "The Strong, Silent Type" (Season 4) and his stay in rehab, Christopher's life was marked with periods of sobriety and relapses after particularly stressful experiences. Additionally, in "The Strong, Silent Type," Tony asks Junior for advice on how he should deal with Christopher, after having learned of his addiction. Junior tells him that he should be "put out of his misery," as it used to be done by the mob in the old days.
- In "The Strong, Silent Type", when Tony discovers during the intervention that Christopher accidentally sat on and suffocated Adriana's dog, Cosette, he remarks that he "ought to suffocate" Christopher. Appropriately, Christopher dies suffocating on his own blood as Tony smothers him.
- In "Long Term Parking," in one of his rants about Tony to Adriana, Christopher says: "That's the guy, Adriana. My uncle Tony. The guy I'm going to hell for." In "From Where to Eternity" (Season 2) he believed that he went to hell when clinically dead.
- Right after the scene when Carmela is informed of Christopher's death, Tony awakens suddenly from a dream of Kelli hearing the news. As he awakens, the sound of a crow cawing is heard, just prior to Silvio and Paulie's entering Tony's room to offer condolences. In "Fortunate Son", Christopher saw a crow outside the window during his induction ceremony into the mafia, which he interpreted as a bad omen.
- Carmela tells Tony that it was Christopher who comforted her in the hospital when Tony got shot by Junior ("Join the Club").
- Tony looks up and sees the headlight of a passing car as Christopher dies. This is similar to the white light he sees in his coma dream in "Join the Club".
- At the end of the episode, Tony sees a flash of light over the canyon with the sunrise, and shouts, "I get it!" This may be the same flash of light he sees (but looks away from) in his hotel room during his coma at the end of "Join the Club".
- In "Chasing It", Carlo relates to Tony the Twilight Zone episode, "A Nice Place to Visit", in which a dead gangster, Rocky Valentine, finds himself unable to lose when gambling and able to have any woman or any other pleasure he desires. Originally, he believes himself in Heaven, until it is revealed he is actually in Hell. In this episode, Tony finds himself in a similar situation while in Las Vegas, winning at roulette while standing with Chris's goomar both high on peyote. Also, at one point during this trip, he encounters a flashing red devil logo on a slot machine.
Other cultural and historical references
[edit]- Al Lombardo, angry, says that Syracuse is losing a basketball game when in the family gathering after Christopher's death.
- Hanging out with the Jasons, A.J. and a girl compare antidepressants Lexapro and Wellbutrin.
- Baby is called a "sfugliadell'," an Italian pastry.
- Nucci dies on her way back from Jersey Boys.
- A.J.'s English professor talks about Wordsworth.
- A.J. says he took a class about and is interested in the Arab–Israeli conflict, and remarks that "nobody knows who started it."
- Carmela is watching an old episode of The Dick Cavett Show wherein Cavett is interviewing Katharine Hepburn.
- At Christopher's wake, Tony comments, "fucking James Brown", when Joanne breaks down crying. He also says the mourning Kelli looks like Jackie Kennedy with her appearance and the sunglasses.
- After witnessing the savage beating of the black cyclist, A.J., distressed, asks his therapist, "Why can't we all just get along?" Rodney King, a black man beaten by Los Angeles police in an incident that sparked national protests and riots, famously asked the same question.
Production
[edit]- The truck in which Christopher and Tony crash on the side of the road was initially shown to be a newer model Cadillac Escalade EXT, but is revealed to be the previous model year truck, when shown after the crash.
In popular culture
[edit]- The car crash sequence and Christopher's death are recreated for The Simpsons Season 19 episode "Papa Don't Leech" in which Homer fantasizes about suffocating Abe Simpson after having a near-fatal rollover crash.
Music
[edit]- The song that Christopher puts on the car stereo and on full volume as he is driving Tony right before the crash is Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", performed by Roger Waters featuring Van Morrison & The Band, the first track from the soundtrack of The Departed.
- The song playing when Tony is first being driven in a taxi in Las Vegas is "Are You Alright?" by Lucinda Williams.
- The song playing in the background when Tony first meets Sonya is "Outta My Head" by M. Ward.
- The song playing in the background as Tony and Sonya are having sex is "The Adultress" by The Pretenders.
- The song playing in the background when Tony and Sonya are talking in bed is "Space Invader" by The Pretenders, which was also featured in the season 2 episode "House Arrest."
- The song played over the end credits is "Minas de Cobre (for Better Metal)" by Calexico.
Awards
[edit]- The episode's director, Alan Taylor, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.
External links
[edit]- "Kennedy and Heidi" Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
- "Kennedy and Heidi" at IMDb
