Monday, January 16, 2012

THE SOPRANOS - Season 2.12 - THE KNIGHT IN WHITE SATIN ARMOR

What a shocker.  It's Janice that kills Richie.  He hits her and in rage, she brandishes a gun and shoots him dead.  The problem with this is, we're cheated out of a big showdown between Richie and Tony now.  That's where the entire season has been leading to.  Yes, this murder is shocking but the greater conflict has been wasted. 

There's a subplot about Tony's Russian mistress that's a complete waste of time.  Who cares about her?  When Tony breaks it off, she tries to commit suicide.  Did we really need to waste twenty minutes of screen time on such a periphereal character? 

Season is filled with a lot of clinching instead of the vicious knockout punches we're expecting.

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