The Sopranos - Employee Of The Month

[The G.O.D II]

you talking about that fakkit who owned the sporting good store??

yea davey. Loaned him gambling money and wound up taking over his sporting good store. Tony tried the same thing with Artie too. The only reason he fell back was because he didn't want ppl to know that he was the reason the Artie tried to off himself. But yea Tony definitely would have expected some ass for killing that guy. You saw how thirsty he was when him and Carmella separated.

 

[Methodical]

yea davey. Loaned him gambling money and wound up taking over his sporting good store. Tony tried the same thing with Artie too. The only reason he fell back was because he didn't want ppl to know that he was the reason the Artie tried to off himself. But yea Tony definitely would have expected some ass for killing that guy. You saw how thirsty he was when him and Carmella separated.

Well, actually...Tony did warn him like 4th time "This game is not for you, I don't want to see you get hurt" yet Davey didn't listen and keep begging him was like " Let me in, I can play with big guys with big game, I know I can win"

Tony was like was like all right but mind you Tony doesn't know Davey owes Richie's money over $8,000. Davey did this to himself.

 

[smoove157]

yea davey. Loaned him gambling money and wound up taking over his sporting good store. Tony tried the same thing with Artie too. The only reason he fell back was because he didn't want ppl to know that he was the reason the Artie tried to off himself. But yea Tony definitely would have expected some ass for killing that guy. You saw how thirsty he was when him and Carmella separated.

i dont know man, he specifically told davey he couldnt play in the executive game. and davey owed money to richie anyway, before he started even owing tony. thats the thing about someone who has a gambling problem, you dont have to force them to do shyt. they're gonna gamble, and dude ended up owing tony 80 stacks (iirc). after giving up the car, which meadow was a c*nt for not taking, he had no choice but to go along with the bust-out.

as far as artie goes, dude ALWAYS wanted to be a gangster. he got caught up trying to be slick with that armanac bridge loan shyt.

tony was never into screwing over his friends, he had enough income streams, he didnt have to shyt where he ate. plus, davey wasnt his boy like artie was his boy.

 

[Methodical]

i dont know man, he specifically told davey he couldnt play in the executive game. and davey owed money to richie anyway, before he started even owing tony. thats the thing about someone who has a gambling problem, you dont have to force them to do shyt. they're gonna gamble, and dude ended up owing tony 80 stacks (iirc). after giving up the car, which meadow was a c*nt for not taking, he had no choice but to go along with the bust-out.

as far as artie goes, dude ALWAYS wanted to be a gangster. he got caught up trying to be slick with that armanac bridge loan shyt.

tony was never into screwing over his friends, he had enough income streams, he didnt have to shyt where he ate. plus, davey wasnt his boy like artie was his boy.

Not to mention, Uncle Junior wants to kill turncoat "Little Pu$$y" in Artie's first restaurant which is why Tony tried to stop Uncle Junior from having a mob hit in his friend's his establishment could damage Artie's business..

 

[jay211]

Tony always screwed his friends. That's what the whole series showed. Tony was a selfish b*stard. It was never enough for him to make money or get bytches, he wanted yours too. Remember that chick that was fukking Ralph? And how pissed Tony got when that chick was sleeping with Chrissy. And Tony took over Ralph's horse. Tony always had his eyes on someone else's prize. He was a greedy, backstabbing prick, who wanted to be "perceived" as a decent guy.

 

[The G.O.D II]

I think you dudes are completely missing the point and this always happens when Sopranos threads are brought up. Tony is a sociopath who doesn't care about anyone. Carmella said it that hes doesn't have any friends. This is the same guy who offed Chris and insulted his sister any chance he got. The same dude who killed a man over a horse. He knew Davie was a regenerate gambler but still gave him money. He knew Artie was investing in a scam but still gave him money. You guys seriously think he wouldn't have taken advantage of Melfi if she had him murder her rapist?

 

[The G.O.D II]

Not to mention, Uncle Junior wants to kill turncoat "Little Pu$$y" in Artie's first restaurant which is why Tony tried to stop Uncle Junior from having a mob hit in his friend's his establishment could damage Artie's business..

My God you dudes can't be this gullible. You think he burned it down solely for that purpose?

 

[jackswstd]

Tony always screwed his friends. That's what the whole series showed. Tony was a selfish b*stard. It was never enough for him to make money or get bytches, he wanted yours too. Remember that chick that was fukking Ralph? And how pissed Tony got when that chick was sleeping with Chrissy. And Tony took over Ralph's horse. Tony always had his eyes on someone else's prize. He was a greedy, backstabbing prick, who wanted to be "perceived" as a decent guy.

Also beating Assemblyman Zellman for sleeping with the Russian broad

 

[dennis roadman]

My God you dudes can't be this gullible. You think he burned it down solely for that purpose?

why did he burn it down?

i agree with your analysis of tony tho. he was so driven by his sociopathy that he was actually a terrible boss, he could only look out for himself amd not the family. and that led to him being got of course, because you can't fukk everyone over and be a "public" figure.

 

[smoove157]

Tony always screwed his friends. That's what the whole series showed. Tony was a selfish b*stard. It was never enough for him to make money or get bytches, he wanted yours too. Remember that chick that was fukking Ralph? And how pissed Tony got when that chick was sleeping with Chrissy. And Tony took over Ralph's horse. Tony always had his eyes on someone else's prize. He was a greedy, backstabbing prick, who wanted to be "perceived" as a decent guy.

the difference between davey/artie and the guys you mentioned ralph/chrissy, are both in the life. you can't tell me you watch that show and you see tony going out of his way to screw people that he knows on the square/family side of his life. that would defeat the whole purpose of his "cover."

I think you dudes are completely missing the point and this always happens when Sopranos threads are brought up. Tony is a sociopath who doesn't care about anyone. Carmella said it that hes doesn't have any friends. This is the same guy who offed Chris and insulted his sister any chance he got. The same dude who killed a man over a horse. He knew Davie was a regenerate gambler but still gave him money. He knew Artie was investing in a scam but still gave him money. You guys seriously think he wouldn't have taken advantage of Melfi if she had him murder her rapist?

@ the bolded

again, chrissy and ralph are both in the life. both of guys also were both habitual line steppers and rule breakers. tony was the boss, and both chrissy and ralphy had broken rules.

My God you dudes can't be this gullible. You think he burned it down solely for that purpose?

its not about being gullible, dude had other motives that involved shytting on uncle junior, but he wasnt trying to shyt on artie.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Most rational human beings don't go around asking or paying people to whack somebody. As much as she wanted to tell him she couldn't live with that dudes death on her conscience.

This.

Employee of the Month was one of the most moralizing episodes Chase ever made, and in true The Sopranos fashion, the fans missed it. By the end of the episode everyone is hoping she's gonna sick Tony on the rapist. You have the tense pause, and Melfi's haunting "no". Black screen. At that point the viewer is supposed to stop, think, and feel ashamed for the way he/she was clamoring for the rapist's blood and was basically endorsing murder.

 

[Torrential]

I wish she did

 

[Mr. Pink]

i dont know man, he specifically told davey he couldnt play in the executive game. and davey owed money to richie anyway, before he started even owing tony. thats the thing about someone who has a gambling problem, you dont have to force them to do shyt. they're gonna gamble, and dude ended up owing tony 80 stacks (iirc). after giving up the car, which meadow was a c*nt for not taking, he had no choice but to go along with the bust-out.

With all due respect breh I think you're seeing what you want to see. Tony didn't reluctantly go along with the bustout. He enjoyed the shyt out of it. He and Richie Aprile were all smiles splitting their profits. At one point Davey directly asks him "why did you let me get in debt with you"(I'm paraphrasing). And Tony responds with something along the lines of "I can't help it, I just see opportunity. I knew you had assets".

The point is that Tony is a predator. Sure, Davey was weak and stupid, but a decent human being wouldn't take advantage of that(or at least not to that extent). Tony had to take advantage of it. The fact that Davey was his friend didn't give him a pass. Tony was compelled by his predatory nature, just like the proverbial scorpion.

 

[Methodical]

Tony always screwed his friends. That's what the whole series showed. Tony was a selfish b*stard. It was never enough for him to make money or get bytches, he wanted yours too. Remember that chick that was fukking Ralph? And how pissed Tony got when that chick was sleeping with Chrissy. And Tony took over Ralph's horse. Tony always had his eyes on someone else's prize. He was a greedy, backstabbing prick, who wanted to be "perceived" as a decent guy.

Of course, that's who he is but when come to his friend like Artie, he's actually care for him and he knew it that Artie wasn't a gangster like that and didn't built like that, he's just a nice guy, He's grew up with Artie. On Davey, he's a just friend and both their kids went school together and Tony knows he's a nice guy and that's why he warned him several time about a high-stakes poker game but he was like "f*ck it, I'm done warning him". Not to mention, he went behind Tony's back without asking him for more loans when Tony slept during the game until he asked Christopher about it and that drive him more pissed.

 

[Roberto Dinero]

Of course, that's who he is but when come to his friend like Artie, he's actually care for him and he knew it that Artie wasn't a gangster like that and didn't built like that, he's just a nice guy, He's grew up with Artie. On Davey, he's a just friend and both their kids went school together and Tony knows he's a nice guy and that's why he warned him several time about a high-stakes poker game but he was like "f*ck it, I'm done warning him". Not to mention, he went behind Tony's back without asking him for more loans when Tony slept during the game until he asked Christopher about it and that drive him more pissed.

Yeah, basically. Davey did it to himself, he didn't heed Tony's warnings so then Tony said, "You know what, f*ck it". It didn't help that he went behind Richie's back either.

Also they didn't have the same relationship as Tony and Artie did. As for Melfi not telling Tony about the guy, I was disappointed, but I understood. Its already been said on this thread. He might not have asked for a favour straight away but if the situation did arise, that would be like money in the bank to him.

The Sopranos is my favourite show ever btw. Lol, I feel about The Sopranos the same way @hexagram23 feels about Breaking Bad.

Also at someone on this thread saying Meadow was a c*nt for not taking Eric's car. If that was your friend and out of nowhere your dad was offering you his car over some bullshyt, would you take it? I don't think I would. Well, not without a good explanation anyway.