The Sopranos: Season 5 Discussion Thread

[davepeck]

incredible, i thought. absolutely loved the return of "the bear" at the end. perfect.

steve - i\'ve got the dvd sets of seasons 1-4. if you wanna borrow them one at a time, just let me know.

[ChrisPitch]

Landed 20 of HBO\'s 124 Emmy nominations

The key ones for a Drama Series:

Outstanding Cast

Outstanding Directing: "Irregular Around The Margins" Allen Coulter; "Long Term Parking" Tim Van Patten

Lead Actor: James Gandolfini

Lead Actress: Edie Falco

Supporting Actor: Michael Imperioli, Steve Buscemi

Supporting Actress: Drea de Matteo

Outstanding Drama Series: against CSI, 24, Joan of Arcadia, West Wing. The Sopranos has never won this award.

Outstanding Writing: "Where\'s Johnny?" Michael Caleo; "Unidentified Black Males" Matthew Weiner; "Long Term Parking" Terence Winter; "Irregular Around the Margins" Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess

It should also be noted that Deadwood, another stellar HBO program, garnered 11 nominations, and Six Feet Under, one of television\'s finest, did not receive any because it aired only one episode, the finale of Season 3, during the period of elgibilty.

Pitch

Personally, I thought Season 5 of The Sopranos was very strong with a quality finale. Overall, I consider it better than Season\'s 3 and 4.

[obsession600]

Supporting Actor: Steve Buscemi

Outstanding Writing: "Long Term Parking" Terence Winter

So Nice!!!

[davepeck]

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|89525|1|,00.html

(Friday, July 23 09:34 AM)
By Rick Porter

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) "The Sopranos" is up for 20 Emmy Awards this year, but it looks like it won\'t be in the competition at all in 2005.

HBO chairman Chris Albrecht told reporters at the TV Critics Association press tour Thursday (July 22) that the mob drama\'s earliest likely return date is the first quarter of 2006. On the plus side, it\'s possible that creator David Chase will deliver more than the previously announced 10 episodes for the show\'s final season.

Fans of the show are, by now, used to long delays between new seasons of "The Sopranos." They waited 16 months between the show\'s third and fourth seasons -- a delay that kept the series out of Emmy contention in 2002 -- and 15 months between the fourth and fifth.
 
The gap between season five, which ended in June, and season six will probably be between 18 and 21 months. "It\'s like the Harry Potter book," Albrecht says. "You\'ll wait for the sequel and be very happy to get it."

Albrecht also says that there\'s "an inside chance" Chase will come through with more than 10 episodes for the final season. "We\'ve talked to him about it. He hasn\'t said no," Albrecht says. "And with David, that\'s always a very good sign."

In the meantime, several other HBO dramas will fill the gap. "The Wire" is set to open its third season in December, while both "Carnivale" and "Deadwood" are expected back in the first half of 2005.

[ChrisPitch]

However long it takes, as long as it\'s worth it. I felt it was more than worth it this season.

I think The Wire and Deadwood are both quality shows and Carnivale is interesting, but managed to go the entire first season without revealing key details about the show\'s premise and plot, which I found frustrating. I\'ll watch the upcoming seasons of all these shows.

Pitch

[ChrisPitch]

Most Outstanding Drama Series. It\'s about time. Plus Most Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series for "Long Term Parking," a.k.a.: Adriana gets it.

[davepeck]

big ups to ma main man Michael Imperioli fo da Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series n me julie Drea de Matteo fo Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series. safe.

[ChrisPitch]

Me totally forgot about Imperioli. Him was a key part of the season. Does you think he can win it again? Techmology reigns supreme. Hear me now. Oh wait, I\'s in the wrong thread.

[freddiewaht]

tough seeing big jimmy gandolfini get totally snubbed when attempting to give thanks and praise!!its fucking tony soprano for gods sake..somebodys gettin whacked big time now!!

[davepeck]

breaking news: adrianna\'s really dead!! :holyshit:

• Terence Winter, who won for writing for The Sopranos, said the winning episode was of Adriana\'s killing. He said it was more difficult to write her death than other violent scenes: "The death happens off camera. ... I didn\'t want to see it. I didn\'t need the image in my head of an actress and a person and a character that I\'d come to know and love all these years." On theories she isn\'t really dead: "I\'ve heard that, too, but she\'s dead."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=680&e=2&u=/usatoday/20040920/en_usatoday/bradampjensextalkadrianaofsopranosisreallydead

:rolleyes:

[skalnbyc]

I have never seen this show.  Any good?