How terrible was last night’s Sopranos? Let me count the ways:
1) Sleepwalking performance from Ben Kingsley. Truly painful to watch.
2) A numbingly obvious subplot about mobster’s interest in free loot for celebrities. Like Chris’s buddy, who’s in the business, wouldn’t know about it. Like Chris, who is obsessed with Hollywood, wouldn’t know about it.
3) Wilmer Valderamma.
4) Wilmer Valderamma.
5) Wilmer Valderamma.
6) Chris falling back on the wagon while on a vacation… again.
7) Artie confronting Tony and then breaking down in tears… again.
The hostess’s nonsensical confession. First she cries and tells the truth, then she tells Artie to fuck off and says that she and Bennie laugh at him? Huh?
9) A whole episode that has almost nothing to do with Tony, even in a tangential way. At least the “Gay Vito” episode gave us a picture of how the “new Tony” does business.
10) The final scene with the Italian hitmen, marveling over the cheap dollar. Cute, but pointless.
11) The “opening the books” dinner for a few reasons: a) Who the hell are these new guys? We’ve never seen them before. b) Why would Phil be at the dinner? Isn’t an entirely different family?
Here are the two redeeming features of the episode:
1) Lauren Bacall getting punched in the face. Great shock value.
2) Artie Bucco beating the shit out of Bennie. Score one for the regular people.
Posted by myownworstcritic 
