Amour Fou (The Sopranos)

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"Amour Fou"
The Sopranos episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 12
Directed by Tim Van Patten
Teleplay by Frank Renzulli
Story by David Chase
Cinematography by Alik Sakharov
Production code 312
Original air date May 13, 2001
Running time 60 minutes
Guest actors

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"Amour Fou" is the thirty-eighth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the twelfth of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Frank Renzulli from a story idea by series creator, David Chase. It was directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on May 13, 2001.

Starring

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Guest starring

Episode recap

Carmela Soprano and Meadow are spending time in an art museum when Carmela begins spotting blood. She asks for a tampon and goes to the restroom. When she returns, Meadow is looking at paintings. Carmela is brought to tears when she sees Jusepe de Ribera's The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Later, while watching something sentimental on television, Carmela begins to cry but quickly regains her composure when she realizes it is only a commercial for dog food. She later takes confession with a priest who is pursuing a doctorate degree in psychology.

Tony continues to see Gloria Trillo, even as her erratic behavior continues. When he tells Dr. Melfi about his passionate love-and-hate relationship with Gloria, she uses the term "amour fou" (crazy love). The situation escalates when Tony gently breaks up with Gloria and she responds by threatening to tell Carmela and Meadow about their affair. When an enraged Tony tackles her, she begs him to kill her. Tony leaves and warns her to never contact him again.

Jackie Aprile Jr. and his friends Carlo Renzi and Dino Zerilli decide to rob Eugene Pontecorvo's game. The three don ski masks and enter the Aprile crew hangout where the poker game is taking place. The dealer, "Sunshine", keeps heckling the would-be robbers and is fatally shot by a panicking Jackie. A firefight breaks out: Furio is shot in the thigh by Jackie, and Christopher shoots Carlo in the forehead, killing him instantly. In the waiting room, Christopher warns Tony that he knows Jackie Jr. was the escaped robber and that he has to be killed.

At the pork store the following morning, Ralph meets Tony to discuss the fate of Jackie, Jr. Ralph wants to give him a "pass". Tony tells Ralph it is his decision because the game was under his protection, but strongly implies that Ralph will never get the respect he so desperately wants if he declines to kill his stepson.

Patsy Parisi and Gloria go for a test drive in a new Mercedes. Patsy pulls the car over, brandishes his gun, and tells Gloria it's over between her and Tony, and if she contacts Tony again it will be Patsy himself, not Tony, who will kill her.

Deceased

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Production

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Music

Awards

James Gandolfini won his second Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in this episode.

References

  1. 1 2 The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season — DVD commentary

External links

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