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I love that AJ wasn’t fired for being lazy, but for cutting corners and breaking rules. He’s doing exactly what his father has showed him his whole life. Exploit the situation, cut corners, and justify your actions after the fact

Tony doesn't actually hate his son. He loves him like a brother in law.

AJ quitted before the Blockbuster franchise went down. He was like Quasimodo, he predicted all of this.

I love the idea of Tony getting mad at AJ for stealing shit to sell.

Dr. Melfi’s estimation of Tony Soprano as a father just fuckin’ plummeted

the way tony looks at him on his computer cracks me up everytime

That bit at the end went deep. “What you resent Carmela doing by protecting your son from you is the same thing you resent your mother for NOT doing when you were a kid”

The irony of Tony and Carmela hating on AJ for behaving exactly the same as them...entitled, spoilt and lazy.

He never had the makings of a blockbuster employee

My opinion of Anthony Soprano Junior as a chit-chat room giggler, just fuckin' plummeted.

Tony doesn’t really hate AJ, he feels tremendous guilt that he failed as a father

2:05 Finally, a scene all Borko viewers can empathise with.

Tony soprano was my favorite character, i wish they did more with him.

What Melfi says at the end is pretty huge tbh. In modern day, we see a lot of people who come from “the hood” make it out. Then their kids kinda get criticized as “having it easy”. It’s like…isn’t that what you strive for?

The moment of silence…..then “ I couldn’t hit him anyhow “ on account of his size. Genius writing…..and acting

The scene with AJ laughing attached to his computer is actually really sad... He went from being connected to his Dad years before to only finding his connection and solace with being on the internet isolated away from his father... Lot of sons probably have this these days very sadly

I remember being 10 and my dad was watching Sopranos. I remember crystal clearly walking by and seeing the scene where Tony says he hates his son and it stuck with me ever since. Deep down, I feel like a lot of kids feel like AJ and that their dad's secretly feel that way about them...

"How tf you do that?" Kills me everytime lol 😆

Tony Soprano just hates seeing people have fun first it was Paulie now it's his son lmao.

A lot of people didn't like the therapy parts of the show. I really enjoyed them. Tony really was the sad clown. I bet he wished he could be the one laughing at a computer without a care in the world.

2:07 when you post the same shinebox joke on a borko video for the 70th time

“I quit my job at blockbuster” Carmela: *but your the manayer!*

The religious fanatics at Blockbuster were some of my favorite characters, wish they had done more with them.

If Carmela would’ve let Tony kick AJ’s ass the way his father kicked his, he might’ve grown up getting soft drinks of choice.

Tony just wished AJ referred to him as “my fawtha”

Robert Iler did a great job as AJ. Plays an angsty, lazy teen really well. It's hard not to hate AJ but it also makes you wonder the psychological effects it would have on a kid growing up with a mob boss father

I'll tell you one thing and I'm not ashamed to say it, my estimation of AJs role as a son just fucking plummeted.

I really liked AJ. I felt empathy for him, because we could clearly see that his behavior was a product of his household environment. He grew up seeing bitterness, screaming, all kinds of things… he was bound to be this lazy teen who needs to find an easy way to make money and do things, as he was bound to become depressed. The environment where he grew up basically told him to be that way. And I can relate to that. That’s why I never hated AJ. Sure, he was a complete idiot sometimes, but above that he was always lost.

“… is she there drinking champagne with you…. In her wheelchair?” Priceless

"You got fired from blockbusta?" Aj: "That's my story"

brilliant scene, carmella, someone who does nothing by feeding off tonys income, scolds aj for missing work, while tony, who has decades of no show jobs at barone sanitation and spends all day eating sandwich and watching tv at satriel, scolds aj for being late and calling sick

Melfi: What is it you want from your life? Tony: Soft drinks of choice.

I had a friend who worked for blockbuster and I can confirm Tony's slight shock at how it's possible to get fired is spot on haha

This show is so frozen in the aughts culture of the US and I love it for that reason as I was in highschool when it aired. It was so prescient from the flip phones, the war on terror, the hummer vehicles, the pre-housing collapse speculation, the hairstyles. This show would be vastly different if it were made today. It just would not have the same flavor. It was truly made in the perfect era-frozen in amber. Thank God David Chase graced us with this masterpiece.

Tony: How 'bout da fact I hate my son? AJ: OH! I'm a fuckin' Captain now, you don't talk to me like dat!

This time I kinda felt bad for AJ. He was hustling on the side and selling promotional items for cash, thinking like a businessman..the same type of mindset Tony would have had, or any of his crew for that matter.

I laughed way too hard at Gandolfini's "it's still a classic?" line delivery

Tony doesn't hate him. He hates himself but directs that energy towards anything and everything that gives him the excuse to do so.

Bro imagine if this was shot more recently and instead of Tony walking in and seeing AJ in a chit chat room, He walks in and sees him making a Tik Tok. Lol

Tony hates him self-- he projects it onto AJ

His own son is a disgrace, To cry like a woman like da.

Aj wanted to own and operate clubs and they said it was stupid. He wanted to own a pizza chain and start a family with Blanca and they felt it was all stupid. They wanted to send him to military school, but when he wanted to join the military they thought it was stupid. In the end they wanted him to work for Little Carmines porn studio and give him a BMW. They wanted AJ to be compliant at any cost to his happiness.

Everyone misses the key moment, Tony refusing to open up and going back to AJ. He refuses to take an assessment of himself or his life, and shirks any and all sense of wrongdoing. Narcissism makes sense, he learned it from his mother.

Homie was just chillin on the computer. Dad: "And I took that personal."

See Tony Expression when AJ says I can't live off what they pay me.....Jimmy my Favorite Actor just watching his character on this thing of ours The Sopranos....RIP J.G

Sad thing is....we're the chit-chat room gigglers.

I was in grief for years because I knew my father hated me (we had the same name) and I eventually realized he hated himself.

Jesus, that last exchange between Tony and Melfi is amazing. Gandolfini delivered such a captivating character.

Melfi should have pressed the issue. She was in the right direction about Tony lifestyle. And than when Tony didn’t answer the question and changed the subject back to AJ she backed down. She should have gone back to it and reminded him that his criminal lifestyle is destroying tony’s own family including his own son.

Aj: Stealing Movie Promotional Items 🍿 🎥 Vito: Lot Of Money In This Shit 👷‍♂️

2:05 AJ was reading the comment section of Borko’s Sopranos videos.

I love it how Dr Melfi just calls Tony on his shit through Therapeutic conversation. Even though AJ got on my nerves, I did feel bad for him. Having Tony as a father would be so fucking frustrating. No matter what you do in your life, right or wrong, it'd never be good enough. At least AJ and Meadow grew up to be nothing like their hypocritical parents. Tony and Carmella did their best as parents, but lets face it, they do take a lot of their anger out on their kids, especially Tony towards poor AJ. Tony is such a hypocrite and I love it how Dr Melfi constantly reminds him of it during their Therapy sessions. Psychology in a nutshell.

I bet my father has the same look, when i am watching sopranos clips and giggling like a school girl

This scene is why I don’t laugh when I’m alone on my computer

I'll always be blown away at this show for creating the connections and tendencies between the family and real life in the 90s and 2000s. Even in the Mob, Tony sees his son glued to the computer and even in the Mob, AJ is misunderstood and sees his father as the absentee, glued to work and obsessed with the things that it gives instead of focusing on love and kinship. It is a mirror image of numerous families in the capitalist age of the 2000s

@1:01 Tony’s laugh is so hilarious he’s like “this is unreal” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Tony looked at AJ like he looked at Christopher before he killed him 😳

AJ puts Greta Thunberg to shame with his environmental activism

the writing is so strong. there's no other show like this one

Melfi always checkmated Tony and he hated her for it. But she was also the only one he could talk to.

Idk why people are saying Tony doesn't really hate AJ. Everyone who watched the Sopranos hated AJ. Some people are just fucking annoying lmao

Tony was constantly battling mentally whether to bring his son into the life or not. He wanted him to be a doctor/lawyer, but it was evident that AJ wasn’t capable of that. This is the point where those thoughts started to completely dictate his relationship with his son. His defense mechanism was to act like this.

Tony would feel better if he remembered he enjoys an Arnold Palmer but it never occurs to him to order one

Shame about Blockbuster. AJ had a chance to become the manayer.

Tony doesn’t hate AJ. He just hate what he’s become. Tony somewhat prefers Meadow because she takes a lot of his characteristics (mostly bad). In some ways, Meadow is like the son Tony never had.

You know the show is old when they talk about blockbuster 😂

2:10 same look he gives Paulie in that hotel room laughing at that stupid show 🤣🤣

“Carmela’s father you can knock him over with a fuc**n feather” lmaoo

Those Rhesus monkey characters, I wish they had done more with them

Tony's estimation of AJ as a man Just plummeted

Ouf marron🤚everyday Borko posts without an HBO copyright infringement is a gift, remember that.

Tony: ‘if it was up to me I’d drag AJ behind my car right now.’ Carmela: ‘Oh would you take it easy over there, f*ckin judge Roy Bean’

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : Sad day. Junior Soprano : Mm hmm. Kid was always a dumb fuck though, wasn't he? Didn't he almost drown in 8 feet of water with a cinder block tied to his feet and a bag over his head? Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr. : The backyard pool. I always tried to lay off all AJ's problems on a learning disorder, but...well, stupidity would be a learning disorder, wouldn't it?

" Her father, you could knock him over with a fuckin feather" gets me everytime lol

Blockbuster Manager #1-"We can't have him in our employee break room anymore. That much is true." Blockbuster Manager #2- "Employee break room? He's gotta GO."

Just like his dad - always making excuses. Sad cycle playing out in this scene.

I was like AJ during highschool, depression/anxiety and trying to hide away from problems/reality while gaming a lot. My father was just like tony. He never expressed it directly tho but i could feel he felt exactly like this. As sopranos we are also catholic family, where is stigma to talk about depression or other mental health problems. All worked out after i moved to another country and find my own path

The knocking out his baby teeth line with one shot kills me every time

Aj Has tremendous moxie for his size,,he’s fucking fearless🤌

Everything in the sopranos is exceptional , the writing , the casting , the camerawork ...and then on top of that you have the sublime acting with James Gandolfini knocking it out of the park in every scene ..we were so blessed to have witnessed this show

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU, NO LOOTING FROM THE JOB SITE!"

AJ: 500$ for a bottle of cristal! Tony: Ok... From now on go to Pizza Parlor and u get soft drinks of choice END OF FUCKING STORY!!!

Tony hates himself and sees a lot of himself in AJ. He loves AJ, but resentful of the fact that AJ had the upbringing he wished he had.

Borko saves the day, I was trying to find this clip as Tony's angry expression towards AJ was hilarious.

I looked almost exactly like AJ from about 2002-2005 (his appearance changed a lot) and was a manager at a blockbuster video. It was weird.

If Tony would have let Ralph mentor AJ, he could have ended up a success story like Jackie “you know my fawtha” Aprile-

Georgie got extra beatings because of AJ’s weaknesses. Poor b*stard

The scene between Tony and his therapist talking crap about AJ reminds me of the beginning of GTA 5 where Michael tells his therapist how pissed he is at Jimmy's lack of achievement and commitment

AJ later dated Rhiannon, a girl that was the only person outside the immediate family that knew where Tony would eat his final dinner.

"I'm supposed to get a vasectomy when this is my male heir?"

Died on da vine

Tony loved AJ like Christopher and a turned over car in the woods

The writing, the deepness of the characters... amazing series. Every session was a show of their own

Tony looks at him through that room the way a worker would look at one of their colleagues when they see them having a laugh with someone after they have just pissed him off.

The Rhesus monkeys at Blockbuster were my favorite characters.

Carmela - "and then on top of everything else, you send those skanks an 1000 dollar bottle of Cristal?"

AJ gives the worst possible response in every situation

Tony is right Borko. You sitting at your computer laughing as you post these says it all.

2:00 Tony contemplates wAcking AJ