Redux 1.06 Poda Bing: a Sopranos retrospective

Poda Bing runs it back on "Pax Soprana".
Note: Poda Bing Redux is also on YouTube.

00:00 Intro
01:00 The importance of skin care in this thing of ours
02:25 The importance of proper Italian delis
03:27 Bridge awe (again)
04:16 Sinatra all over Tony's shirt
05:09 Melfi's flirt meter
06:28 Best part about coffee dates
08:38 The power of Melfi's non-answers
10:41 The Elia Kazan-ness of certain shots this episode
12:39 Junior and David Stern
14:00 The respect for everyday characters in the show
14:30 Choice cuts
18:59 Would Tony be a fast texter?
21:25 An idea for Dua Lipa
22:03 The surgical precision of Johnny Sack's introduction
23:56 People at tables waiting
24:52 General writing nerdery
25:56 The ritual of garage conflicts
28:36 How not to court someone
30:45 Chase and Kandinsky connection
31:47 I miss "Flight of the Conchords"
35:11 Tony's path to coming clean to Melfi
39:39 How to handle being a witness to a crime perpetrated by O.C.
43:32 The notion of intermediaries and how Livia is *not* a good one
48:04 "Hesh's Horses" and Vik's quotation book
50:05 The sweet & sour of this episode

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