North Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, self-described "waste management consultant," reluctantly seeks a psychiatrist's help after blacking out. Lest he appear weak, he must keep his therapy a secret from the rest of the Mob. He's stressed: his teenage daughter is giving his wife fits; his mean-spirited mother refuses to move to a retirement community; his aging Uncle Junior, jealous of Tony's rise to the top, won't stay in line and engineers a plot to kill Tony; and the feds, armed with RICO, are circling. In therapy, Tony must come to terms with his father's example, his mother's manipulations, and his own fears of death and loss of family.

The "Green Grove" retirement community is based on, and filmed at, the Green Hill retirement community in West Orange, New Jersey.

[the dean of a college that Meadow is applying to is asking Tony for a $10,000 donation]


Carmela Soprano:
I think you should pay him, Tony.


Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
No fucking way!


Carmela Soprano:
What, your daughter's future isn't worth 10,000 dollars?


Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
That's not it. That motherfucker's full of shit. He's shaking me down.


Carmela Soprano:
No, he's not.


Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.:
Oh, yeah? Who knows more about extortion, me or you?

(Opening Credits)
Written by Larry Love, Mountain of Love, Mississippi Guitar Love and Rev D. Wayne Love
Performed by A3 (Alabama 3)
Courtesy of Geffen Records, Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.
Contains a sample from "Standing At The Burial Ground"
by Mississippi Fred McDowell
Contains a sample from "Mannish Boy"
Performed by Muddy Waters
Used courtesy of Sony Music
Contains elements from "Tell Me"
Performed by Chester Burnett
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets, Inc.