Cunnilingus & Psychiatry: "The Ride"

(SPOILER SPACE: If you don't want any of Sunday's Sopranos episode spoiled for you, do not scroll down past the picture of Christopha Moltisanti)



Sunday's episode was pretty much missable as far as storyline was concerned but excellent for those of you that are really into characters Christopher and Paulie.

I find the Christopher character to be the best written on the show and this week did nothing to disspell that belief. "The Ride" was a microcosm of Christopha's entire life for the past six seasons. Being taken under Tony's wing and all the destruction that comes with that in the background of his attempts to better himself, whether it be through screenwriting or drug addiction recovery. It pains us to see Christopher relapse just as it would a real friend or family member, thats how you know a character is real written, when you care about him or her like you know them. The disjointed attempted at bonding scene at the end in Tony's basement was a message that Mafia life didn't have that much to offer him.

This episode like last week's used symbolism to bring home a point with the glasses of wine when Tony was talking about impeding Christopher's progress. It was impossible not to sense the hypocrisy in that.

The other main character of the episode was Paulie. Still reeling from the revelation of his true mother, Paulie half-asses the funding for the Italian Street Festival run by the church. Of course an accident is caused by the cheap funding of safety and it directly affects another family member, Bobby and Janice's child. A possible case of Prostate Cancer keeps Paulie from caring even at this point and we see more scenes of him staring into a mirror. This didn't do as much for me as it was simply the same old Paulie mannerims just shown in a different context.

Other passing thoughts:

I am enjoying the marginalization of the Janice character.

"You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie" was a genius line.

They seem to be going back and forth between Vito in New Hampshire episodes, I didn't see any previews for next week missing the original showing but hope to catch a repeat.

Brother Derek Disappointment

Didn't get to see the Kentucky Derby as the Norwegian Dawn only had ESPN International and TNT as sports stations. Brother Derek came in a tie for 4th. Starting from 18 killed him as the dirt kicked up by the pack slowed down his usualy fast start.

Brother Derek will hope for a better showing at The Preakness which is a shorter race much more suited to his running style and has a chance for a better draw and fewer horses.

C&P Delay

This week's edition of "Cunnlingus & Psychiatry" will be delayed until at least tomorrow as my early evening nap lasted through Sunday's Sopranos episode to 2:30am. I extended the nap until 6, but I'm still tired and you don't care, so keep checking for the Sopranos and 24 recaps which will probably come at the same time.

Chasing Amy Scrotum

I am in recovery mode from the Mike Friedlander Bachelor Party, even after sleeping through most of Sunday after I got home. The night was event and reference filled and I hope to get to a full recap at some point (although this is move-in week for me which will be hectic). Here is what I learned on the trip:

Barbeque delivery is a profitable racket in more ways than one.

Overnight cruises attract groups of women known as "cougars". Actually I already knew this and figured something like how our night went was going to happen to some degree.

If Austin went to Jersey's house she would cook him some Chicken dish.

Austin loves to make random conversation.

You can give a girl on a boat the adopted last name of "Scrotum" and she'll go with it.

I am among a group of friends that are extremely entertaining at Karaoke. Of all the drunk things I've done with the Kliq I had no idea anyone even enjoyed this. Jeff's La Bamba and meeting Lori on the empty 12th deck were watershed moments of the night.

Tax Attorneys may or may not give blowjobs, but I sure wish they did.

At 12:00 "we go DISCOOO!"

Forget Dangerous Doug, we have Dangerous Matt, he knocked Beers' drink over THREE TIMES.

I've lost my dance floor fastball.

You can't go to the bow of a ship and scream "I'm King of the World!!!", impossible.

Crazy girls wrestle for no reason.

Most white people do not stay up after 2am, even on an "all-night cruise".