growing up as an Italian in NJ I can verify that the only form of therapy is "You're killing your muddah!!!"

Vito jr had a sit down with two bosses and disrespected them and still lived to tell the tale, I got to say he should have been made then and there 🤴 👑

Even Meadow's constant disrespect didn’t prepare Tony for the Vito Jr boss fight.

"And what about Paulie? You thought about his feelings? How much more betrayal can he take?!?"

"Your Uncle Phil talked to you?" "Yeah, something about him being in the can for 20 years."

Tony’s breathing should have a spot in the ending credits

That kid defeated Tony and Phil what a legend

This proves it, Tony never had the makings of a varsity social worker .

Sometimes you call me Kelly Osbourne.

"We were friends" "Butt buddies?" LMAO

"Oh you're being funny? That's good. Because I'm sure you miss him, a lot. Whatever he was." That's the most humanitarian line Tony utters in the whole series.

Despite how weird Vito jr is, I like how unfazed he is from Tony and phil’s pressure. It’s also sad in a way, he knows exactly what’s happened to his dad, and now he’s detached from fear and shame.

"You know how much thats gonna cost...your mother." LOL Tony knows damn well he would be paying the majority.

Good line when he says "what am I supposed to do about it?". He's right. What is he supposed to do about growing up in a mafia family and then learning his dad was gay after he was brutally murdered? The fact he's not more fucked up is a miracle.

This kid gets threatened and physically manhandled and he doesn't even flinch

This kid was one of the toughest people on the show. Grown men would be terrified of being manhandled like him, and he barely even gets phased by it.

"You go around feeling pity for yourself." I love how that line has been haunting Tony the entire series.

"you dont even know me. Sometimes you call me shinebox junior"

Tony's breath, Paulie's Hehehehe and Silvio's shoulders all deserved Emmy awards.

The brilliance of this scene is that all the kid wanted was a hug and someone to tell him it's going to be alright. And Tony knew it but with all his bravado he couldn't find the courage in himself to do it. Great scene

This kid's a lot smarter than A.J. and tougher too.

The similarity of what Tony sees in himself in Vito Jr doesn't go unnoticed. As soon as Vito Jr says "what am I suppose to do about it?" You can see Tony think, however quickly of his own mother and what he was suppose to do about her. Great acting and script writing.

"I'm disapointed because you were always a good kid" "You don't even know me. Sometimes you call me Gino Jr."

"Sometimes you call me Carl's Jr."

The actor kid held up well in the scene w gandolfini. Great work on both actors parts. Writing was great too

"You dont even know me." "What does that mean?" "Sometimes you call me CARLO jnr." The look on tony's face when he's checkmated by a 12 year old bahahaha

“Did uncle Phil talk to you?” Yeah he taught how to make a grilled cheese on the raddiator.”

The actor who played the kid held his own with James Gandolfini. Look at his eyes after he said "what am I supposed to do about it."

Once Vito Jr Said "What am I supposed to do about it?" There was NOTHIN else Tony could say... He knew he was right... Telling a 12 year old child to man up, especially knowing that the kid's in that position BCUZ of Tony and his Uncle Phil wacking his Father. The Hypocrisy of it all hit Tony hard so he had to walk off...

"why would I listen to you? You never even had the makings of a varsity athlete? - Vito Jr

"Your Uncle Phil talk to you?" "Yeah, he told me a couple tree tings..."

Tony is SO infuriatingly close to saying the right things to Vito Jr. (and other characters in the series) but always somehow says the worst possible combination of things that makes the situation worse

"What about cho muddah? What about cheese been true?" Lol

Uncle Philly talked to me but I don't really know Iranian

Ya look like a puerto reecan hoowah

Vito jr. is a master of verbal combat. He stonewalls everything that Tony throws at him and waits for moments to diss him. His insults continuously dismantle Tony's attempts at emotional appeal - He tries to tell Vito jr. that he always was a good kid - Vito jr. counters this and calls him out for not even knowing who he is. Tony tries to come back again by talking about what good friends him and Vito were - Vito jr. accuses him of homosexual behavior. He does the same things when Phil tries to talk with him. He does subtle things to provoke people so they get frustrated and give up talking to him.

That description... lmfao

This kid was a badass tbh. Tony had this dude by the face like he was gonna knock the crap out of him and he didn't break a sweat.

“Do you know how much that’s gonna cost?!? .......... your mother.” 😂😂😂 I died laughing at that part!

Vito Jr was probably the smartest kid in the sopranos. He wasn't oblivious to the fact what his dad did, and his behavior behind closed doors. He's the only child not scared of Tony or Phil.

For a moment, I think, Tony recognized something in Vito Jr that reminded him of himself. Look at how he reacts to "What am I supposed to do about it?" after Tony asks him about his mother. Kinda of reflects on how Tony felt about his mother.

0:37 Tony should have made him there and then

I would've loved to have seen Furio giving Vito Jr this pep talk

"Sometimes you call me Ginny Jr."

"Now go home and get your make-up box"

I'm sorry that kid, is a phenomenal actor. Crying out for help, and he just wants to be loved and not abandoned...He wants security

Vito jr: “ butt buddies” Tony: “ that was one time! In college, we were drunk, quit changing the subject “!!!

Based on the way this kid stared into Tony's eyes, even this kid is tougher than AJ.

I thought Tony was gonna give him some money after he yelled at him

lol, this weird kid is tougher than most of the dudes working for tony.

“You go about in pity for yourself…” and all the while a great wind carries you across the sky

Tony never had the makings of a varsity “Butt Buddy”.

Sometimes you call me Ginny Sack.

It’s honestly so sad how he turned out, the times we see him before he’s such a happy and well behaved kid but reading that news article fucked him up forever

From what I've just seen, I think this was Tony's way of speaking to himself. That resolve, that drive and that determination follows him because he didn't get this kind of talk from someone, and by him talking to Vito jnr. this way just helps him sweep everything under the rug for himself

For a second, after letting go of the kids face, Tony almost acted like a human. You can see how he was about to comfort the kid and tell him everything was going to be okay, maybe he even wanted to hug the poor little fella. Then the demon inside him noticed, and Tony was himself again.

I was a kid without a father, and every so often some guy would try to give me a one time Gipper speech. I resented them like this kid did. There is no substitute for you Dad teaching you life's lessons EVERY day. Not just once as a favor to your mom.

The fenook doesn't fall far from the tree

The older I get, the more my heart breaks for this kid.

"What am I supposed to do about it". That line made Tony pause for a second and realizes the kid is just a product of his environment and that they were the ones that caused this madness when dealing with Vito. This just take us back to when Tony told Paulie "Who gonna take care of his kids?"

LOL. the kid asked Tony Soprano if he had a butt buddy.

"Listen to me! I'm not some fucking social worker! Now you knock this weird shit off or I will introduce you to a glass plate window!" How ironic that Tony felt offended that Carmela couldn't recognized that he is suffering from depression and he needs this therapy, medication and more understanding to what he was going through.

Vito Jr:”what am i supposed to do about it?” Tony: *heavy breathing intensifies*

You realize that Tony's affect in the first half of this convo is actually pretty supportive...especially at 0:46, when he sympathizes with Vito Jr.'s having lost his father, "whatever he was." One of those relatively rare, brief glimmers of tolerance from Tony during this show.

They say, and I believe it's true, that we are often resent and get more angered by the faults/weaknesses we see in others that we in fact have within ourselves. For me, it is definitely the case in my life. Throughout the show Tony resents those that he perceives are in a state of pity for themselves. Even when he get's it wrong, like Vito JR who is just a kid going through some heavy shit. It's completely normal for him to be a bit fucked up right now. But Tony see's it as a weakness and gets angered by it. Was the same with Chris. Those he admires as the 'Gary Cooper' types. Which is true of a lot of men I think, especially modern men who look to a by gone era.

Tony’s breathing was a made guy and Vito Jr wasn’t.

People say the younger generations are screwed up but who made them that way. They say there's no fathers in the home but they jail or kill the fathers. SMH.

Tony's breathing is as Iconic as Darth Vader's at this point.

Kid played that part perfect. I thought it was real

i love how this little punk can command the attention and frustration of two powerful Mafia Bosses

Can we give props to this kid! Great acting!!! he was acting very volatile (as troubled teenagers) can behave...you can feel his pain about his dad being gone at the end.

"You go about and pity for yourself" Hahaha recycling that line

" You listen to me ok I'm not sum fucking social worker. Now you knock this weird shit off or I'm going to introduce you to plate glass window!"

This is what made Sopranos such great television. Behind all the bravado there was always a toll, always collateral damage, always suffering from those who were trapped in this world. No one on this show had a happy ending.

Tony had to hit the fridge for some gabagool, Vito wore him out.

Vito Jr: when I grow up I want to be like my dad

Insert varsity athlete/shine box comment here

I can’t with Tonys breathing Stole the whole scene 😂😂😂😂😂😂

"what am i supposed to do about it" idk not take a dump in the shower would help

The way Tony talked to Vito Jr. reminds me when my old man back in 1999 sat next to me while I was in bed and basically told me "playtime" is over, no you step up to the plate and either go to college or get a job and start paying some bills. I will always thank him for that because that day stills means alot to me specially now me being a father and a husband.

"Your Uncle Phil talk to you?" "Yeah, he said something about me looking like a Puerto Rican Hoare, whatever happened there....."

“Because I’m sure you miss him, a lot , whatever he was “ I love that line by Tony

0:01 - 0:11 I love how they give just enough details for the audience to imagine a scene, but not enough to give it all away.. great writing

Tony getting up after realizing he's not equipped for this boss fight 😂😂

I find it amazing how well researched the writers of this show were with just one single vague reference in this scene. When Vito Jr. says "I'm not going to Maine" this is in reference to earlier scenes talking about sending him to a boarding school for troubled teens. Now, if you haven't looked into the troubled teen industry you wouldn't know how unregulated it was and how many of these boarding schools massively abused the kids that were sent there. One of the worst troubled teen boarding schools was the Elan School which opened in 1970 and closed down in 2011 after the internet and Reddit spread the stories of the kids who went there and were effectively psychologically, emotionally, and physically tortured there. The Elan School was located in Poland Springs, Maine. So the school in Maine that they were talking about sending Vito to was the Elan School, where Vito would have been horribly abused if he didn't go to the school he ended up being sent too. Again, kudos to the great research.

This Puerto Rican hoowah owned both those mob guidos like a BOSS.

I felt this scene right here. Vito Jr. was going through a lot of pain and he was far more mature than the average kid his age.

carlo jr? more like... CARL's Jr. xD LMAO!

It's odd seeing a depiction of Louie CK's life when he was 15.

“Your uncle phill talk to you?” “Yea something about a fucking shine box”

So whatta happened at school today? A: She hit me And B: She was a shinebox

The scenes with Vito Jr really showed these mob guys true colors. Very evil people.

Vito Jr is in so much pain that he is not afraid of Tony at atll. He would not mind if Tony introduced him to the glass window. The kid is deeply hurt. I find it amazing that Tony Soprano a man who sees a psychologist cannot realize this kid needs psychological counseling at the very least.

I’m American 3rd generation Serbian , for me it was always “what would your paw think” talking ab my grandfather who immigrated here

When you realize that all of Tony's heavy breathing was from the struggle of Gandolfini's heart. 😢

Kid looks like a Puerto Rican shinebox.

My dad sent me to military school after coming in my room in the 7th grade and seeing me dancing to a Michael Jackson tape. He beat the fuck out of me and next school year I was at military boarding school. Best thing he ever did for me.

This kid outlived Phil Reotardo and Tony Soprano lol

I love when tony goes “oh you’re being funny...... that’s good” you can see him nearly lose it

Tony never really wanted Vito whacked you can see he's tearing up talking to that kid